Nana, the Beast…and a Walk on the Wild Side!

Lisa July 9, 2009 4Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Okay – so not to be mistaken with “Beauty and the Beast”, I am telling you…. today was Nana and the Beast Day, and a beauty, eh hem, not so much, however she is quite funny sometimes!

I woke up my usual happy self, and Nana had the Beast ready to take photos… I thought ” isn’t this a little early,Nana?”  She wanted to get me in the sun… which was planning on hiding behind clouds in the afternoon…. so she, the black beast and I, were on a mission… Mission: To Get Adorable Photos For Mom and Dad!

Hanging out in the yard, in my Lazy GIRL chair..

Don’t I look adorable..

I have on pink tights, and a ruffled skirt, and am sitting like a princess.

I have Nana’s lens cap…

and well.. .I am thinking of ways to hide it from her…

Maybe that will stop her!

Where to hide it?   Hmmmmmm………

Maybe I will just eat it!

Then I did my pose for the soldiers…

My version of

UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU!

What do you think?

I am far more adorable than the Uncle Sam image you are seeing in your head… here what do you think…. so cute I could get anyone to ENLIST, or maybe not, but still cute!

It is all about the

A T T I T U D E

and I have plenty of that..

Warning…

CUTE  BABY

With an Attitude!

Don’t think Nana and the Beast were done yet,

because they weren’t..

She was just getting started!  I was in for quite a day… looking for ways to make my mom and dad smile, and forget how far away they are for just a second or two… so here goes…

No we were not done… as a matter of fact… incase you are bored with my PRINCESS IMAGE…. Nana… well she broke down and let me TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE… WOO WOO…. Here are Nana and I…. I’m the cute one… Nana is on your right…

Get ready..

here we go…

Nana and the Beast were on a feeding frenzy…So enjoy me Mom and Dad… TRUST ME you won’t get bored, I am too cute.

I think, Nana just dated herself…

The caption on this shot,

YEA IT’S ME BEHIND THOSE FOSTER GRANTS…

MOVE OVER SOPHIA LOREN?   Hmmmmm

Can anyone say…. ‘OLD’?   It’s okay Nana, we don’t mind that you’re old.  You make camp that much more exciting when you do silly old person stuff.  Nana is cool, I can ask her and she will always tell me it straight.

So when my Great Aunt Nori sent me a tee shirt…

(THANK YOU SO MUCH!)

It got me to thinking…

I asked Nana….

Hey Nana,

“Do YOU think this diaper makes my butt look big…

Nana said, my butt is just right.    That’s what Nana’s do….

So, I have had a great day, and enjoyed my dress up time…

Hope you did too!

Here are a few more for you to enjoy !

Speaking of old…

Nana has trouble deciding what to order when she goes out to eat…. let alone deciding which photos to put up !

So before I leave you tonight, just remember, whether I am taking a WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, or sitting under a shade tree being princess, I am ALWAYS YOUR LITTLE MISS ADORABLE…. YOUR DAUGHTER….THE ONE THE ONLY

WILD CHILD…or… your little PRINCESS…

Your Sweet Guillianna!

P.S.  Thank you Gappy for my Thursday visit… and here is a photo for you… it is me, getting down with my bad self…

(ah… just for the record, I think we are listening to NEIL DIAMOND… ooooh Nana… so wild!

The Zoo… Oh I Meant Camp…

Lisa July 8, 2009 2Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yes, I made a boo boo, and called Camp a Zoo… but come on… can you blame me…

We have Uncle Nick’s cat Mr. B, the old kitty Kozette- from when Mommy was small, Layla Bear and the Prozac Cat… Grizzy… which keeps Nana busy in de-matting kitty fur, or picking up hair balls… (GROSS) and random kitty chases at any time of day.. where usually Mr. B is stalking one of the kitties.   Just not Ms. Kozy, since she is the big boss and no one messes with her.  We also enjoy the constant nervous energy of Justice, who barks just to hear himself, and never lets a squirrel or flying leaf pass by without a barking frenzy that could wake the dead.   Lady Liberty, is probably the worlds easiest dog, unless she sees Poppy in which case she whines and cries for him to pet her… and then the big beastmaster… MR GRIFF who needs no introduction or explanation… and thinks he is a toy poodle, who weighs in at 200 pounds.  Personally, I don’t find it fair that they can call me DROOLIANNA,  WHEN MR. GRIF TAKES THE CAKE IN DROOLING… I mean, have you ever seen his slimy drool come down from his humungus head and touch the floor… (GROSS).    When it comes to being one of Nana’s campers, well let’s just say, I am a piece of cake, a walk in the park and any other analogy you can think of.   After all, there is nothing I do that is GROSS, a princess like me, well you know…ROSES!

Today at the zoo, we pretty much just hung around.   I am still trying to sit up on my own for more than a few seconds, but this takes time and some strong back muscles. 

I haven’t heard but think my Mimi is moving this week closer to me, from CA to TN.  

No really big plans ahead. Other than plans to spend a week up in Northern Michigan in August if we can.   Nana may have to tidy up loose ends for Great Grandma Sally.   Before the unexpected trip here, we had planned to visit Great Grandma Sally in Washington in September but we’ll see now.   Uncle Nick is waiting to see if they will let him attend law school, since he just got back from the South Pacific in June, and applications were due in April… it’s a longshot, but he is trying.  All my Aunts have registered for school in the fall, and it seems summer is flying by already.   Before you know it  – it will be fall and then, we will be on our way to your R&R… woo woo!

Hope you had a nice day, I know I did… I ate really good this morning a new food called Strawberry Pear Granola… it was ‘yummo’.  Want me to send you some?

I will write again tomorrow, and let you know how I am, until then, I am your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE,

Guillianna!

How many babies are like me?

Lisa July 7, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

I had a good day.   I ate oatmeal with peaches and pears today.   I also am eating about six or seven ounces of formula at each feeding.   I am growing, and according to my doctor, I am doing just great.  According to Nana and the rest of the campers, I  AM TOTALLY AWESOME AND JUST PERFECT.    I am in the next size diapers now.   I am quite a scooter, and wiggle worm, but no crawling just yet.   I am so busy looking around that I love to be sitting up to eat my ‘bob’.    My favorite thing to watch is still ‘ Baby Bach’.    I really love that DVD.   When I am outside, either in my stroller or being held, I am so happy.    I just love the plants, the colors, and even a little teeny tiny bit of wind in my ‘hair’.   I am still on the medicine for my tummy…. but the doctor says this is okay too.  I go to the cardiologist  at Children’s Hospital on July 16th for a check up, but have had no problems so I am thinking they too will be happy.

I like to see Barney on television, and Elmo is a total fav.   I like when Nana makes her Elmo voice, and sings Elmo’s World.   Aunt Mikayla makes me laugh too, as do all the campers here.   They are entertaining me all the time.   Nana is reading as much as she can about babies with deployed parents.   Nana says she read FROM MANY SOURCES that it is impossible to spoil a baby… so she has thrown caution to the wind, and I am lovin’ that.   You should hear me laugh… I do it often, and sometimes I laugh so hard I have to stop to catch a breath. 

I am without doubt happy most all the time.   Just don’t be late with that ‘bob’ and I am a HAPPY CAMPER.

If I could I would take off running…. any second… but they say I MUST CRAWL BEFORE I WALK…

I may try to prove them wrong!

But once I do get to get up and go, chances are you will not be able to catch me!

  H   A  P   P  Y         B   A   B   Y  ……

I am not a sleeper.   I do not nap much, a wink here or there… but I am NOT into taking naps.   At night I am tired but fight going to sleep and about 9:30 I will zonk out, but still awaken in the night briefly.   Nana pats me back to sleep and I no longer get a feeding in the night.   (usually)  I wake up anytime between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m.   When I wake up NANA SINGS  HER VERSION OF A  “Good Mornin’ song… and yes, I am a very happy baby in the mornings despite this singing ritual. 

I love Sid, or Curious George when taking my morning bottle.   My best “rest time” or “power nap” is around 10 a.m .   20 minutes or so… and then after that there is no telling when or if I will rest again.  I hate to break it to you but the one draw back for you two is that I am in love with Neil Diamond.  Yes, I said Neil.   Nana and I listen to him quite often, and I LOVE HIM.   Not so much into other musical genres yet, but who knows… maybe I can learn to like the music you and mommy like… we may just have to slip a little Neil in every once in a while. 

I still hate when the sun gets in my eyes.   I still love tubby time,  and I have been learning about reaching.   When someone holds their arms out to reach I am learning to reach back !  Cool huh!   I also am learning that up means UP.   When Nana says up after changing my dipe, I atempt to situp … When hungry… I will grab at my ‘bob’ with both hands and try to get it into my mouth.  Usually quite successfully.   I prefer when someone else holds it for me, and when I am not so hungry I prefer to hold it and play with it.   Still no sign of teeth.   I am happy to report no sign of an problems anywhere.   Drooling I have down…and putting EVERYTHING POSSIBLE INTO MY MOUTH, got that too.  Working hard on siting up by myself for any length of time.  

So that is what is happening in Michigan.    People may read this and say, “boooooring’, or what is the point, I mean really I am surprised Nana isn’t describing how often I get changed, or giving you details on  baby “pooping”…  but the truth is there is a point… the point is, life.   These little things,  us, the everyday person, the day in day out mondain things, it is the simple and common things,  they are all so meaningful, and they are meant to be shared with you.   I told Nana, let’s tell Mom and Dad, what is going on these days in my life.   Today the world said it’s goodbye to a ‘star’… and it was all over every television broadcast, and radio news cast.   It was huge, it was millions of people mourning loss, and celebrating a life.   Yes, it is always truly sad when life ends… and even more sad, when life passes us by without having enjoyed it’s most simple treasures. 

 Nana looked at me and smiled, she says she understands something now,  that she didn’t understand when she was young.  ( Lucky me … since we are inseparable, I am getting an education early. )  She wondered how many babies there are like me,  babies who are at Auntie Camp or with other FAMILY CARE PLAN camps?  How many soldiers have missed a high school or kindergarten graduation?  How many little things are slipping by….in a heartbeat.   The world is a complicated place… where there are so many things that make us worry, or there are so many difficulties to face, but the one thing that she knows for certain, is love for each other, caring and helping each other, telling people you care, or most important of all telling them that we love them, that is what makes life worth living.  That today – as always –  I AM TELLING YOU I love you mom and dad, I am proud of your efforts – your sacrifice, for me,  for our country, you are and always will be my “stars”,  my heros,  you and mom, all of us here at camp, we are all trying to make the world a better place…THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, how many babies are there like me, is ONE.  While there are many who eat oatmeal, and love their ‘bob’, and many whose parents are overseas in a war, there is only one me, and only one who has you two for parents.   I don’t know if alone, any of us can change the world, but together, we can definately make a difference.   Today, as always,  am your Little Miss Adorable, the one and only

Guillianna! 

P. S.  Love you Mom,and xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoox!

Daddy, don’t you worry one little bit, Nana and the gang here at camp will make silly faces and I will take pictures, and send them to you to cheer you up, Nana’s silly face makes me laugh all the time…  no rough days… only happy GuGuBear Days!

Monday at the Mall…

Lisa July 6, 2009 4Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Nana took me to the mall today when everyone finished work.   We all met there because Nana cannot get the stroller and carseat out by herself.  So all the campers came… EVERY SINGLE ONE… and you know what I did?   At the mall is a food court, and in it, is the carousel.  Do you remember it?  Well, Aunt Arrianna took me on it, in the PRINCESS CARRIAGE, and all the other campers, like Uncle Nick and placed themselves around the carousel so that no matter which direction I went there was a familiar face.   Here I am on my first carousel ride.  I am too small for horses, but I sit just fine in the PRINCESS CARRIAGE ON THE CAROUSEL, doesn’t that just figure.  (Fit for a princess!)

We just got on, and here I am before the ride started…. I am so excited, and it is full of lights and pretty things for me to look at….

Ready set GO!

I liked this very much… and hopefully we will go back to the mall soon so I can ride it again.   But, it’s funny, we came today for jammers, the next size up, and even though this is the coolest ride ever, Poppy seems to get nervous when Nana comes to the mall, do you think he might be afraid of the carousel…. Hmmmmm…. this was not scary… don’t worry Poppy there is nothing to be ‘SCARED OF AT THE MALL’.  Right Nana?  I don’t know it is something about when I say “Nana” and “Mall” together.  Here I am on another ride at the mall… it goes around and around and up and down…

I am fascinated…. truly fascinated…. Maybe I really will be a pilot.  Who knows…

Or a race car driver…

I do not know… so many choices, and so many things to learn and do …but what I do know is this… I love you very much, I am being very good at camp, and all the campers here, well they are always giving me the ROYAL TREATMENT.   I truly feel several pairs of hands, pampering my pampers… every day.   I am today as always, your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, your daughter,

Guillianna!   By the way, Nana found the ‘jammers’ she was looking for too.   I am now a 6-9 monther!  Woo woo….!