Saftey First at Camp Nana – ya think?

Lisa May 3, 2009 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Not to complain about camp or anything, but did someone forget to mention some overprotective tendancies of the camp director…hmmm. I am just saying… that Nana puts enough pillows around me for my photo shoot that … well  again…let’s just say, do we remember the snowbundle she used to wrap me in that could have had me in a walking or standing position at 1 month old… well, the pillows are towering so that they have me sitting….. and they are keep me sitting… no real chance of tumbling over… because just incase there isn’t enough cushion surronding my little butt, there are a pair of hands at every inch of the circle that surrounds me …  there is a radius of hands around me at any given moment! 

Silly Nana!

We went shopping this morning. Poppy, Nana and I, and let all the Aunts have a sleep in day.  We stopped at the store for much needed things at Poppy’s work, and then we went back to Camp… all my Aunts were up and waiting for me to come home.  Since then I have been fed, played with, strolled, held, and rocked.  It has truly been a nice day… I am going to rest because tomorrow, I have a princess-versary.   I will be five months old tomorrow!  I can hardly believe it.   5 PRINCESS MONTHS, and look at me… I don’t really look a day over 4 months… Usually I give mommy her princess-versary present, but since she is not at A SPECIFIC ADDRESS yet where she can get mail, I will take a special princess-versary photo for her tomorrow.  Until then, I hope you remember, I am your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

still… extremely Glam and  with cheeks that are simply irrisistable!

Guillianna!

GAP – and in Blue!

Lisa May 2, 2009 4Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

How are you doing?   I hope you have been able to see my love letters, and that they are making you smile.   Today is Saturday, May 2nd, and am not wearing PINK.   It is rare that I don’t have something pink on… and today was that day…

GAP  –   you know what that means… GREAT AUNT PAM!    She came to see me today, and hardly recognized me in blue!   

She took all of my Aunts to the mall today…and Nana and I just hung out at home, since Nana’s hip is sore.   I personally think it was an excuse and that Nana just wanted to play with me… she is like that…. always getting her kisses in, and watching baby Einstein and stuff.    I had a great day, took one great nap… which is odd for me, I am not usually a big napper… but today I was, hee hee, wonder if that means, up and party in my crib tonight?   Here are some photos of me today… and  I am looking as good in blue as I do in pink… what do you think?

Sometimes I just laugh out loud and crack myself right up…

Here I am enjoying the setting sun here in Michigan and another day at it’s end here at Camp Nana…

Aunt Alyx has been doing her reading in Parent magazine, about all kinds of things babies like, and I reap the rewards because she pays so much attention to me.

Aunt Mikayla, Aunt Allyssa and Aunt Arrianna are all seeing what things make a VERY SOON TO BE FIVE MONTH OLD LAUGH… they are good Aunts.   Aunt Pam, too even with having one of thier cars in for repair, she still found a way to get out to me. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

The sun is setting in the background, and there are flowers blooming but the most wonderful thing about this photo…. yep you got it, ME! 

Nana sent photos of the seasons to Uncle Nick while he has been gone this past year… and now she is sending them to you …. after spring /summer passes we will send you some of fall and then it will be winter again, and you will get some R&R, counting seasons, seems to be better than counting days… there are less of them… and they come and go quickly here in the MITTEN STATE.

I am using my leg muscles in the next shot and showing you how strong I am.  What do you think guys… could I pass you both up in PT…?

I am allowed to stand up here cause Poppy has me…

and what I am really thinking is…

Darn… I am too cute…

Blue, purple white … I have it all goin’ on…

Don’t I?

Tomorrow is as you well know by now…

ALL HANDS ON GUILLIANNA  SUNDAY!

Clearly a favorite day of the week for me…  and I plan on making the most of it…. Until tomorrow please know that I love you both, that I am today as always your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

P.S.   (a little note added late this day…. YES… it was party in my crib… 2am, 3am, 4am) 

 Thinking maybe…. that was one big nap… because let me just say… I WAS NOT TIRED TONIGHT… NANA and I had a party… all night!   Who says, Nana is too old to have fun…. LOL…. she may look a little weary for my all hands on Guillianna Sunday… but we had fun…

Friday in Farmington…

Lisa May 1, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Incase you forgot what my eyelashes look like, Nana got a photo so you can practically count them…

I spent the day in Farmington today, visiting my GG-ma and Papa Alan.   Aunt Audrey and Uncle Mel, stopped their entire day, just to come and see me… it was so nice.   I was very good on my field trip and we had a dinner with Poppy and all my Aunts at a fun place that fits us all soooo good.   My Aunts had FLAMING CHEESE, and I had my usual, Nutramagen which was delish!   I may be looking a little wide eyed here,

But, incase you were not fully aware, I am not the only thing being baby sat here at Camp Nana…. thankfully I am the only princess, but there are several PETS running the circus….. Nana  has had Mr. Bauer at camp since Uncle Nick departed for the South Pacific…. and Mr. Bauer, while being very cool, is on a strict schedule so that Nana doesn’t make him FAT  while Uncle Nick is away.    She also posts for Uncle Nick on Flickr.   Keeping him up to speed with things back at Camp Nana, and not only does she post my love letters, but his flickr photos.    She has posted the change from summer to fall for Uncle Nick and from Fall to Winter, and today…WE WENT TOGETHER on our field trip to take photos of what is happening in Michigan this first day of May.  

While spring has been here … in the Mitten State as elsewhere since March 21rst… the snow and ice, and hail have jaded me on what SPRING meant… today however, there are signs of spring everywhere and Nana has the photos to post for Uncle Nick.   I helped her out getting them since we do most everything together.   Really though mom did you know about this pet zoo thing… three dogs  (uh does it still count as a dog if it is the size of a small pony?YEAH I AM TALKING  ABOUT YOU MR GRIFF- WHAT EVER YOU ARE), four cats, four Aunts, soon one Uncle, and certainly –  last but not least ONE PRINCESS… how do we spell  CRAZY again…can anyone out there   GIVE ME A “N”  , GIVE ME  AN “A” , GIVE   ME  A ‘N’ .GIVE ME AN ‘A’ ….  what does it spell CRAZY…   So today I had a break from what we should no longer call CAMP NANA, and now call either Zoo Nana, or ‘Habitat for all things any time any place… any kind of critter’…   which while not as simple and easy to remember as CAMP NANA, is by far the most accurate title.   Hey Nana…. how about a group shot with all of us in the photo… let’s see if you really have what it takes… all of us here at camp, all smiling, all with our eyes open, and in one shot… okay maybe three tries… what do you say.. you up to the challenge?

Clearly this challenge may take a while since Uncle Nick is not due back for a bit yet… but  it should be a riot/zoo trying to make it happen… LOL! 

Tomorrow is clean the subdivision day, and two Aunts were assigned to that duty… I still fall under the choreless princess clause in my camp contract… so I am golden… I will try though to have photos for your enjoyment of the Aunties laboring during spring cleanup!  Until then, as always, your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

Kisses, Kisses and more Kisses … will Nana ever stop?

Lisa April 30, 2009 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

You know it is Thursday here, and you know what that means, Great Aunt Pam, is supposed to come visit after putting in a full week already, and having spend endless hours babysitting children, caring and helping them grow, well she then comes all the way to us, which means for her to travel quite a ways to come and care for me, and help me grow… and she does this because why?   I know, it must be my princess charm… but since she has a wedding she is going to, she is coming on Saturday or Sunday this week, and last week Nana had to get an MRI, so  I MISS YOU AUNT PAM, AND WE WILL SPEND TIME THIS WEEKEND PRINCESS BONDING.

Nana says, not to get to full of myself, but  my Great Grandma Sally always says, if you got it flaunt it… and well, I definately have it goin’ on… at least with Nana, she seems to not be able to stop kissing and hugging on me.  Nana claims it’s always for someone else… you know, she first kisses me about a hundred times and says, those kisses are from Mommy, and then pulls the same trick and says, oh and those are from Daddy.   I swear she it’s all the California fam, the Mimi, Poppa and Aunt Nori and cuz’s there, then hits Texas, with Aunt Sam and Cody.   She flips over to Washington and hits on Great Grandma Sally, and Grumpy… flies over the USA to PA and hits Grandmonster out there… GEEZ LOUISE… does Nana know someone in all the states?   Sure seems like it… I hardly get any hand sucking time in, she is so busy kissing or hugging and CLAIMING its for somebody not here where they can have at me… and EVEN THEN, she slips in several for people that I do get to see, JUST NOT EVERY DAY!   

So here I am, focused in for my brief time out from kissing and hugging to sit with my friend Quackers…

I am pretty intense when I am learning.  And every second I am learning something.

Nana is reading to me already… silly huh, but she says, she doesn’t know for a fact that it helps me learn, but she figures, it just can’t hurt.  And let’s face it she’s a total cheeseball.

I have more photos for you and daddy today, and I hope that they make you smile to see me… I am being so very good, and Nana is loving being able to make camp fun… she says the best things in life are hidden in some of the tough things we go through… sounds VERY OLD doesn’t it.    She says, that is allowed since she is now a GRANDMOTHER! But she is sure that everyone has rough patches in the road they travel, but it is not about the rough patches but instead about what we find along the way –  some gift, or memory, something that we get to keep and hold on to.    She says, I won’t remember a speck of this time we are having together, so she is writing down a special story for me… not just by sending you my love letters, but she says, she has MY WHOLE STORY for me in a grown up version… that I will be able to keep.  How I came to be here, and where I am from?  

 She says, really those are things for me to figure out…and seems to think I will all in my own time,  but she still has all kinds of stories that have led to where we are right now… putting it all down for me to read when I am grown.  You will get to see it on a different page of my website.   Not Love Letters to Mom and Dad, but the in story that is ours and ours alone.   See if you can find it… she says, her and poppy have had a real love story going on…and it will be going on long after she is not here anymore… because of  Uncle Nick, you, Aunt Mikayla, Aunt Alyx, Aunt Allyssa and Aunt Arrianna and now ME!

So… Mom and Dad… I am happy to report another week is almost over and we are working towards a goal…. just like everyone in this house it seems… All my aunts working towards getting the degrees they want, and you and dad working towards goals… Nana says, this is what life is… one set of goals set, and reached, just in time to begin a new set…

My new objective for next week…see how many kisses Nana plants on me… if I guess correctly…. I win a million bucks and we all retire from our jobs, except me of course, I will stay a princess…and I will always be your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Little Miss Serious…

Guillianna