First WHOLE Fruit!

Dear Mom and Dad,

Well it’s another day at camp but I thought I would share with you a new first.   I got to try a Nectarine today.   I had fun! 

My first nectarine... having teeth is fun!

I enjoyed eating… and you can tell by looking at me.

Can you tell how much fun this was!

Yes… it was a mess, but it was just one of those things… even a princess likes to dive in to something this delicious every once in a while. 

And the 'beast' was there to capture all of it!

The ‘beast’ got plenty of shots for you to see me eating (or nibbling) at my first fruit.  

Yummo!

Nana says this is what stain stick is for…  I say look at my face… who cares how messy this is, I am loving it. 

Peaches/nectarines and 'cream/formula .... good stuff!

A master at handling my beverage!  This was so fun… learning to eat is a blast….  

So, I was thinkin’ today about how I am always telling you about how Nana SINGS… AND SINGS, AND SINGS….  well look what I caught on tape for you …. proof…. now, I know it looks like I like it… I am a princess you know, and ettiquette and manners…. well they are my forte… but here is a sample of the ‘entertainment’ here at camp… and yes, I smile because I need not hurt her feelings… she tries so hard to make me smile… and I love that she tries….. oh, and by the why not that she has done this a bazillion times, but you will see, I know what is coming next… and smile when it happens… yea, I am sweet, I know!

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So… in addition to that little clip… here is one you will really love… I have been working on ‘kisses’.   It is a bit of a stretch and you may have to use a little imagination, and forgive that when I am excited, I get a little over zealous… but here you go… this is me, sending kisses to mommy and daddy in the land of sand… READY SET GO!

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I love you both very much, and until tomorrow, please remember, today as always, I am your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, LITTLE MISS NECTARINE, your daughter,

Hard to believe life can get better than this... but I am told it does!

Guillianna!

On the go!

Happy Sunday Mom and Dad!

Dear Mom and Dad,

It is Sunday, and I am hanging out today at camp with the other campers.  Poppy is working and I am practicing dancing, or walking!

Hmmmm..... what kind of outfit is this?  Yes, I am keeping busy, all the time, and to be honest, feel like I must be on the move most of the time….

Go go go go….

No sitting around for me…

just go go go…

If you don’t move fast enough, I let you know it… and I am not shy about it either….

I have places to go and things to do…

So silly...

Look at me being silly…

 

I am imagining that I am dancing with you and daddy..

 

You close your eyes and imagine you are holding me and dancing around with me in your arms and you will smile too!

 

Nana has another trip up to Northern Michigan planned, for later in the upcoming week.  All of the campers are going to come  with Nana and Poppy for what will be our last chance to be together before they all head back to school and Nana and Poppy trip to take me to visit Great Grandma Sally on Labor Day weekend.     Monday we will get organized and make list(s) of all the things a princess needs to take with her when she goes on a field trip.   We have plans to meet an old friend of Nana and Poppy’s on Tuesday and Wednesday I have GOLDFISH MINI CLASS.   Wow… I better get my rest today… I am so busy! 

As always, I love you both, and as you probably guessed, I AM your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, your daughter,

guge wants to drive

Guillianna!

A day of work, thankfully…

Look at these kissable cheeks... so sweet!

Dear Mom and Dad,

It is Saturday today and not much is happening at camp since Poppy is working really hard today, so hard that he will have to go to work on Sunday to finish all the paperwork, and Nana and the campers are working hard too on camp stuff.  Poppy is so glad to be so busy, during times where so many need work.  He started spending Saturday afternoons traveling to patients who are too sick to leave home  yet need care, about three years ago when Nana was really sick and people had to come to her house…. now Saturday afternoons are not enough time to see all those that need care, so he will go back tomorrow.    I worked hard too on sitting, rolling, and a bazillion photos, and  Uncle Nick had a friend coming to visit all the way from the Marshall Islands –  for dinner, and Nana cooked ( or tried to, Julia Child she is not) .   This friend drove here just to visit Uncle Nick from Ohio, where he was visiting family.   He is Nana and Poppy’s age, and was a really good friend to Uncle Nick while he was away for that year in the South Pacific.  So, the house was dusted and cleaned from all the slobber and hair that our camp/zoo animals leave behind, and we just had a nice evening at camp.  Despite Nana’s cooking.   The other day I told you about how we reorganized at camp…  All the toys you and daddy have sent me fill my new playroom!  The library is officially GUILLIANNA’S PLAY ROOM, and is so much fun.   Look at this.   I think I am good on toys for a while now Mom and Dad.   I love them all!   Can you see Mr. Penguin.   He is still in time out from when we had our little tiff!   Nah, just hangin’ in my pack -n-play.   I love him! 

My Play Room!

Here is another angle of my new playroom!  Lot’s of books here!

Looks fun doesn't it!

I plan on reading all of the books too…

Someday, maybe not right now…

Behind my toys are those special books that Grumpy passed on to all of his grandchildren to read. Remember Mom?

There are so many books.

And one day Poppy says, I too will read them all…

Cool huh?

 

My toy box!

Here is my toy box and Elmo too.   I am telling you there are hours and hours of fun in this box!    Camp is very ‘kid friendly’ as you can see!  Now, I am sure you’re missing my face… so here I am today… looking mighty sweet as usual!  I am such a good baby, and so smart mom and dad, I love books… here I am reading one…

Look at me telling the story... so cute!

and here I am again…showing my adorable little personality…

I have so much personality... it just amazes Nana!

Nana can’t ever decide which photos you would like best, so she puts up A LOT…. are you sick of this face ?    Nana just can’t imagine anyone ever getting sick of my face… AND … I bet she could find a few people who agree with her…… I am afterall,  totatally and completely  (say it with me)     A D O R A B L E ! 

Nana caught me in the middle of a sentence here...

I have a silly side too…  yea Nana is a bit too close, and it’s not the most clear shot, but it shows my little dimple, and my silly side!

How about this for silly?

Then there is my serious face…  still adorable…

Serious Guillianna!

No matter what the mood, Nana… loves taking pictures of me and showing you how I am growing every day.   I have been taking a little less tummy medicine these days, and hope to get it down to twice a day… WOO! WOO!   Best news ever!  I hope you know I love you both, and that I miss you.   Until tomorrow, I am, your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, your daughter,

I love you mom and dad!

Guillianna!

I Just Love Friday’s, They Truly Are Fundays!

Look at me... I have so many adorable faces... and a pose for every occassion!

Dear Mom and Dad,

So today I had a totally awesome day…. here is how it went down.  I nearly slept through the night, only up twice.   I then woke up at 07:30 am and went back down for a morning nap about an hour and a half later… AND SLEPT TILL TEN!  Crazy… unheard of for me!   If that weren’t enough, I also took a nap in the afternoon for almost two hours.   I must have been exhausted!   Nana kept checking on me, and checking on me, and checking on me… and yes, checking on me… but I was fine, and just had a little catching up to do I guess.   Now it is late, and Nana is thinking… I will be up a bunch tonight.. but she’s cool with it… she has all her ‘p-u-ter’ stuff to do.   Yea, I said p-u-ter… cause let’s face it, I AM only eight months.  

I want that... what ever it is I don't even care, I just want it...

So today I indoctrinated Uncle Nick and Aunt Allyssa into my the ‘GUGU HAS ROSES FOR POOH POOH CLUB”.      Yes an awesome club for all the campers to eventually join!  Auntie Alyx and Auntie Arri are next.   They’ve been avoiding it since February.  Today however was SO FUNNY, I wish I had had the ‘black beast’ aka Mr. Nikon, myself.   I know I sure was laughing and it is a very good thing Aunt Allyssa and Uncle Nick don’t understand baby lingo… cause they may not have had the same appreciation for my humor… (still laughing about it but don’t tell).  See, Daddy called today… (HEY THERE DADDY-O!), and Nana was talking with him for the first time in a while, so … that means she was her usual long winded self, and a phone hog… but while she was talking… I decided, hey, I am bored, lets have a little fun with this… and oooopsy daisy… PRINCESS PRESENTS  for Uncle Nick and Aunt Allyssa… THEIR FIRST EVER!   Uncle Nick self admittedly says, yes, he has been a butt sniffer in the past… and then when needed PASSED me on to Nana for the ‘quick change’.   He has gained a totally new perspective, and has officially noted that  an actual quick change – produces an entirely different bouquet!    

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Once the two of them realized that I needed the quick change… and well they didn’t want to bother Nana and Daddy, so they figured they would take on the challenge.   Uncle Nick grabbed the diaper bag, and Aunt Allyssa, who self proclaims she will never be a “homemaker type” and refuses to touch most anything that grosses her out, and also self admittedly states she gets nauseous at even hearing words like cluster, or saggy… Trust me when I say SHE IS NOT A FAN OF SAGGY (odor laiden) DIAPERS, AND SINCE FEBRUARY HAS done an awesome job of skirting this particular event.  She too, has NEVER CHANGED – EVEN ONE.   As a matter of fact, if standing in close proximity to Nana, whilst Nana is changing me, she would be the first to go get a glove on to transport the wet diaper, into the diaper genie, which sets next to the changing table…   and still only touch it with two fingers!  So you are getting the picture I am sure.  

Aunt Allyssa and Uncle Nick decided to go upstairs into Aunt Arri’s room to do this, as Nana was where my changing table is..in Nana’s bedroom.   They didn’t want to disturb the call from the land of sand.. so up we went.   Aunt Allyssa was carefully maneuvering me, by carrying me under my arms with my legs dangling a bit, so as not to ‘squish’ the sag… by the time she reached the top of the stairs, her ‘guns’ were exhausted, so she SAT ME DOWN (hmmmmm), on Aunt Arri’s bed, where I then laid back and rolled about a bit while they organized their supplies(double hmmmmm).   Aunt Allyssa began to unveil the presents I had bestowed upon them, and was surprised to find they had now extended up my back to just below the my NECK…. eeeewwwww, at this point, had some been handy, they both would have donned HAZ-MAT suits…. and as a matter of fact I even heard Uncle Nick describe the removal of my clothes to Nana, where he clearly said, they kept it ‘CONTAINED’…. ‘Contained’…. what is it TOXIC WASTE!   Nana has told me I smell like roses!     Yes, to all reading, I did in fact have a luxury bath… and they did an awesome job cleaning me up for my date with the GG’s.  (Great Grandparents)   No Haz-mat Suits required.. just lot’s of lovin’ and enjoying our visit on Friday’s are Fundays!  We had a very nice time, and Nana who is wrapped a little tight lately… loved spending time with them.    And yes… NANA JUST POSTED A LOVE LETTER ABOUT  YOU KNOW WHAT ON THE INTERNET…  she clearly has no shame…. but figured mom and dad would get a smile… so… at the risk of being crude, she did it… I will try my best to hold her back… on love letters containing  “a little too much info”…. but you know her she is a loose cannon sometimes… it’s all I can do to reel her in…  and if this is a day for “dirty diaper” stories, we may as well get up close and personal (while protecting princess privacy without doubt) and give you a glimpse of TUBBY TIME!

Tubby time!

A personal fav!   Now, I even have friends to take my tubby with, a member to represent the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines!

ARMY DUCK, MEET NAVY DUCK, AS WELL AS AIR FORCE AND MARINE DUCK!  Hey does the Navy duck have an advantage in here?

What will Nana think of next?    I am looking pretty adorable aren’t I? Just when I though tubby time couldn't get more fun, I get DUCKS!

Had a blast with the armed forces in my tub… wow…. who knew plastic ducks …in the service…!  (leave it to Poppy to get me plastic ones not rubber for Nana and I to use,  woo woo)

So I discovered a new toy in MY playroom …. one of the other campers toys I am assuming, but look daddy what I found…I am not sure what it is, but I am soooooo interested in it…. do you know what it is ?

I am not sure what to do with this.. but I am very very interested...

Yes… I know what this is ….. the big campers use it from time to time…

Getting ready to challenge daddy someday!

and I know just what I want to do with it…

EAT IT!

THESE ARE FOR EATING RIGHT?   DON’T YOU WORRY I CAN DO IT..

See... daddy I know just what this is good for...

Success!

Well now you have seen me during another day at camp.   I am doing very well, and am sorry I cannot talk to youon the phone yet, but don’t you worry based on my awesome vocal skills, and the frequency of them, Nana say’s I will be hard to shut down once the lines of communication are broken though… there will be NO STOPPING ME… most likely I won’t be playing twenty questions… I PLAN ON HAVING A MILLION … ABOUT EVERYTHING ….exploring, and keeping up on EVERY SINGLE THING AROUND ME is my forte’.   You’ll see.  Until tomorrow, I wish you sweet dreams, and a great day, and as always I am your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Me telling a story AGAIN... I love talking...

Guillianna!

Just incase you need one more glimpse of me before we part…

Hangin' in my princess Lazy Girl chair... which fits perfect now!

 

Love you both very much, and wish I could ship you a Princess Lazy Girl chair like mine….

 

It’s really quite cozy and it rocks too…

 

Here I am explaining to the other campers, that it’s not their size… and while I am all for sharing, mine is the butt that fits best…

XOXOX Guillianna!

And … incase anyone is wondering… just how tired Nana can get… well she started this love letter at about tenish Eastern Standard Time, and as she finished, accidently hit the delete key and deleted the entire thing… SO NOW IT IS ALMOST 2 AM, luckily this time she SAVED ME and all of my cuteness … Nana says sorry to mom and dad if they were trying to check me out, and it was not done… Nana didn’t mean to be a slacker… but a sleep deprived Nana has trouble keeping her eyes open sometimes…so … we are both sorry for late love letter for the day… okay?  Hugs and Kisses from your Guillianna Bear….