Pretty in Purple!

Lisa March 12, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

I was wiped out yesterday.   Nana laid me down last night for the last time about 12:45am, and I did not wake up until nearly 6:00 am this morning.   Can you believe it?   I was so tired last night that I didn’t even like my bath.  After the bath, I dozed here and there, and really didn’t  want to go to sleep, but when I did, boy did I sleep good.  Nana, was up though, thinking I would wake up anytime… but then worried so she got out of bed, and checked on me… ABOUT A ‘BAZILLION’ TIMES.      Aunt Arri had that same thing today at her school where she needed to go in late…. and was home early.  So we spent time together and I got to ride in the car which I still love.   No lunch with Poppy(tear).   Nana however did go to the store as I needed a few things… and she found me this awesome hat.   She said if I put it on for you it would remind you of when you wear your beret.   We are twins …. and daddy, no you cannot wear my purple flowers beret instead of your Army issued one.   I think mommy should wear mine to formation one day and see what her First Sergeant says!  

 Today Nana spoke with my case worker, for Tricare  for the first time.  The case worker said, no more problems with me seeing specialists!   She will make sure of it.  They are going to make sure I get anything I need from any specialist physician I need to see.   By the way… I noticed so many people want  to say my heart is in the wrong place ( WE ALL KNOW I ALWAYS HAVE MY HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE!)…. Nana set them politically straight… and let them know … the Princess’ heart is on the “right” side!  It’s the right spot for MY GUILLIANNA  heart!  Which is doing great, as am I.  I am still struggling with my tummy daily, but the medicine REALLY helps, and I see the pediatrician for a weigh in next week.  

Love you both very much, Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

P.S.  Big news… upon request check in with me tomorrow… maybe you’ll see Nana in a photo tomorrow…   but I can’t promise.  Also, tonight Great Aunt Pam came over for what has become her special Thursday night visits.  Uncle Brian has hockey and her babies are not babies anymore, so she helps out Nana and Poppy by coming over and visiting with me, and helping Nana out.  These past few weeks we have been working on craft projects that Nana comes up with… crazy silly projects that all my Aunts “dread” but when Aunt Pam comes, she makes getting everything done so much fun… THANK YOU AUNT PAM… my mom and dad will love the “craft” we made for their visit in April.   You’re awesome to not make fun of Nana for her silly ideas… xoxo Gugu Bee…

A FIELD TRIP!

Lisa March 11, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Last time I saw you, we all had Sonic for lunch, and daddy told Nana, hey try a coney dog you will love it!  So today, we met Poppy for lunch at the Coney Island by his work.  Here we are, and he is just like you always said mom… HE LOVES TO SMILE.    He makes me smile, and we both sat and had lunch… 

In just a few short weeks.. I will be in daddy’s arms like this.  And Poppy says that we can all get breakfast burritos together… well some of us… rest assured though dad, I will gladly share with you the delicious and nutritious formula, and serve it up slushy style just the way you like it.   Personally I like mine warm… and soothing, but since your a fan of cold and icy… Nana could probably do that for you.

So here I am ready for nap time… kind of… Nana just wanted to snap a shot of me, and again, since I have not yet mastered sitting on my own, and she can’t take pictures and hold me, she set me down in the crib for this photo.  I love the mobile above with lady bugs… seems that I have them winding that thing over and over… but really, I could sit and watch them spinning pretty long.   And smile at them, and kick my feet and wave my arms… but when I really do nap, it is always like this, arms spread out completely on either side of me! 

Like I said, Nana’s singing… well no one will be calling and asking her to sing anytime soon, and she runs out of air before she finishes the words of the sentence… which is pretty funny.  So instead she is telling me stories giving me advice… planning my next photo shoot…AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION…  WHAT DID SHE DO BEFORE I CAME TO CAMP?   We normally stay home, but today Aunt Arrianna needed a ride to school, and our power at Camp Nana was out due to “high winds” for several hours.   So we got to go on a “field trip” and even if it was brief.. it was ESPECIALLY FUN for my “field trip” to be a lunch date… without any sign of a pediatrician, cardiologist, or technition, and it was all about – lots of being held… and adored.   

Hope you both had great days…. I know I did… It is Wednesday we are halfway through this week!  Yay! YOUR VISIT TO CAMP NANA IS GETTING CLOSER…. AND CLOSER!  Hey maybe when you are here, I can take Daddy for a chili-dog!  (and mom…since you are not that into Chili-dogs… well MAYBE WE can SHOP!  NOTE TO DAD… BE PREPARED TO SHOP, THAT IS WHAT PRINCESS’ DO  as a matter of fact I think it is in the PBR, do you know what that stands for… PRINCESS BILL OF RIGHTS,  I will make sure Nana prints you a copy!  It’s sequel is the Princess Declaration of Independence… WHICH IS A REAL DOOSEY!  Nana knows, remember, five princess’ grew up here, I am learning soooooo much, LOL)

Love always, Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

  oh and one more thing…….

P.S.

Don’t worry about me getting “spoiled” ,Mom and Dad, because truth be told, Nana is pretty much a ‘stickler’ she is not one for wasteful shopping, and all the princess mania  (she knows you and daddy call me a princess and she will do her best to make sure I feel like one)… as a matter of fact she has lots of  “ideas” on how to raise kids… right or wrong, I bet you remember them all too well,….. you know those MOM LAWS, she used to have for you and your sisters… but she says… while Nana Laws are COMPLETELY different … and that MY Princess Laws are awesome, she will see to it that it is all in good balance!… until then…I will be soaking up love and attention, like a sponge.  I am no ARMY BRAT NOW, and Nana says, no I won’t be a ‘brat’ when you come home either…   Nana says you kids all have done so good, she figures, a few months with her and poppy will be okay till you come home!  XOXOXO 

 Your little GuguBee

We are heading toward spring… I think!

Lisa March 10, 2009 1Comments

Hanging out in Detroit… this is good sleeping weather…. if nothing else. And I am told, that the TIGERS ARE IN SPRING TRAINING… so… I think I will jump on board that band wagon, simply because, it is rumored that with spring training, comes better weather… the kind you can play baseball in.  OUTSIDE… AND up to now… the only thing to do outside would have required ski’s,skates and or some form of de-icer..  not that I would ever have seen any of that, due to the ‘NANA LAYER sydrome’ I have been experiencing.   I mean to tell you, the term “bundle her up”… is almost frightening to me… layer after layer, after layer…hey news flash  Nana, those little dimpled things… they are my joints, they are made to bend, and move… and my little legs and arms are “bundled up” so well I look like one of the dog’s play toys… a little circle thing with appendages sticking out to carry me by.

Look at my PRINCESS CHEEKS….

No need to be jealous about not being here….. look at it, it’s a blah day…

Dear Mom and Dad,

Well today it rained. It rained more, and then… it rained more.  We are supposed to be heading towards spring,  and if the saying is true that APRIL showers bring May flowers, then I expect you may have trouble finding me through the billions of flowers that should be popping up.  And if APRIL showers bring May flowers, well… what do March showers bring besides the soupy mess in Nana’s back yard.  ITS PRETTY GROSS, so gross that I don’t even think that your army boots would do.   I HOWEVER HAVE THE PERFECT PRINCESS EQUIPMENT FOR THE JOB… and once again, NO DADDY YOU CANNOT HAVE A PAIR TO WEAR IN IRAQ!  But if I thought Mommy’s First Sergeant would let her wear them you can bet I would send her a pair…

So, this morning was a special treat.  Since I went to see the cardiologist on last Thursday, my original appointment for Tuesday March 10 was cancelled.   Pops had to have his staff at work cancel and move his patient’s from the morning so that he could take me to Ann Arbor for the special visit, but when we learned last Wednesday night that the appointment was moved to Children’s Hospital in Detroit, and on that particular day he was in surgery, well it was too late to move his patient’s back on for TODAY.   So – sorry to all his staff and patients for the mix up… but it was my INSURANCE that caused the problem.    THE GOOD NEWS is… I spent time with him this morning (and he doesn’t attempt singing while short of breath!… which is a very cool thing… hint hint Nana)… and I gave him the “total PRINCESS works”.  It is kind of like when you take a car to the car wash and they ask you what package you want… the outside wash, inside vaccuum, under carriage etc.   THE WORKS… Well my Poppy deserves the WORKS right?  From getting up early at 0400 hours (and he loves that we SPRUNG FORWARD AND LOST AN HOUR),to eating breakfast with him,  and the slightly odiferous gifts little princess’ can produce after breakfast!  But he was a trooper… and didn’t even bat an eye… or turn a nose… He then was off to work and the rest of my day was ho hum… not much to say or write about.  But in honor of his special care and his efforts to be there with me at the cardiologist I WORE HIS FAVORITE SWEATSHIRT TODAY!  Go Tigers!  (as if – I really cared, but they seem to make him smile, so … I am – all – for smiles, being cute and adorable so here it goes again… Go Tigers!  Win one for Poppy!)

I am loving you both – with all of my heart… I am being soooooo good, and Nana… well she took a lot of pics with me sleeping because it is hard for her to take photos when everyone is at work and she cannot hold me and the camera… so… later when everyone comes home, I just might sneak in a late night snap shot with me awake so you can see my beautiful eyes…

Love always, Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

My mom and dad are soldiers…does that make me an Army BRAT?

Lisa March 9, 2009 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad..

My letter today states the obvious – that you and dad are soldiers, but can I just say I AM NO ARMY BRAT… If you look up the definition of  an ARMY BRAT, (which if you know my Nana, she always makes you look up the definition of words you don’t know, or words you shouldn’t say, right mom?)  So … if you look up the definition – Yes it is true I have military parents, and I have not lived in one place more than three years, (obviously) and yes we are forced to bend twist and turn with deployment and other military life stuff, but I took a poll here, and trust me when I say…  NO ONE HERE THINKS I AM A BRAT!  Words like ‘PRINCESS’, ‘SWEETIE’, CUTIE PIE, AND ADORABLE BUNDLE OF JOY ARE UTTERED CONSTANTLY BUT NEVER ever BRAT! 

In lieu of the fact that today is  MONDAY, and as we have established in my past letters, that leaves me ‘hangin’ not with my ‘peeps’ but with the “singin’ Nana” of the midwest -and since all of my FUNSTERS MUST go to work and school WELL THAT LEAVES US TWO….. and well… you MUST know… she (being a mom herself)  has the two of you guys on the brain (just like you two have ME on the brain)…  She is reading me stories about mom’s and dad’s.  And telling me all about your days  –  and how you are both hard at work.  Sometimes even in song… or something that is supposed to be a song… I am living  in a darn musical.  Doesn’t she know? 

1. I am too little to REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BOOKS she is reading… and

2. that I could never ever forget the way mom plays with my hands, and the way dad makes me smile…the way they hold me and the sound of their voices… BELIEVE ME, I know, and in just days, I get to feel all those things again…. and guess what dad… THE NEW FORMULA SMELLS EVEN MORE DEEEEE-LISH THAN SIMILAC ADVANCED…. bet you can’t wait.

Anyway, she tries to keep my head full, with all kinds of things, but all joking aside, mostly- she does keep it all fun and full of love! 

 She has a silly picture of daddy on her cell phone, and lots of pictures of mom around… WITH BANGS! (ha dad, Nana says you think those pictures are funny, but Nana says all the kids used to wear bangs!  Kind of like in the 80’s when guys had mullets, and now no one does.  ( MAYBE DAD SHOULD TRY A MULLET WHEN HE LETS HIS HAIR GROW?  Nana says she will put the photo up next to Mom’s with bangs…) I also like 80’s girls in big hair… who knows maybe if I grow some one day, I will try 80’s big hair… OR EVEN BANGS.   Maybe if you’re really lucky, I could even try to cut my own one day… that is always a fun trick.  (or so I am told) Nana says gum in the hair however is not very princess like.

So my photos for the day, hmmmm it was a hard choice, some photos of mom with bangs, and dad being silly or ME…. and the winner is… ME!  Did you really have to wonder what the answer would be?   If you wondered, you most certainly are not visiting my .com enough, because if you were, you would know….IT IS AFTERALL TITLED… “all about Guillianna”.  The rest of the folks here are just supporting cast….  Here I am in my ACU’s, but personally mine are called PCU’S, for Princess Combat Uniform, and no daddy you cannot have a pair! This is special princess issued gear!   YOU MUST BE A PRINCESS TO WEAR IT!

Today and always, I LOVE MY SOLDIER PARENTS, and am counting the days down already until you are on leave.  XO XO XO Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna! 

 P.S. HELLO AGAIN TO ALL MY LOYAL FOLLOWERS, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE ALWAYS READING MY LOVE LETTERS…. I would mention you all by name, but again, there would be sooooo many… and the site is afterall  ALL ABOUT ME… in addition, I am not sure I can spare the space, that might mean less photo ops for me…. (hee hee) and Nana wouldn’t have that now would she…  Love GuGu-Bee