No Swimming Today!

Lisa August 12, 2009 3Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

How are you?   I am doing great.   I have been telling you of our plans to travel to Northern Michigan, and still don’t know how the wireless AT&T card will fare up there.   Last time it took over an hour to upload one photo… so you may not get too much in the way of photos while I am gone, but rest assured Nana will try.  We are packing my princess necessities today… and Nana thinks maybe she should call a moving company, because traveling light … uh, well it’s not in my vocabulary… pack-n-play, formula, bottles and liners, baby food, diapers, wipes, toys… more toys, favorite blankey’s, favorite music box, toys, …. did I mention toys?  Yes, preparing for a field trip from camp takes a lot of planning.   So today she is packing… and preparing, and thinking of a bazillion things!  I say, dont’ stress Nana, I am cool and I am easy… Just don’t forget my ‘bob’, my passy, or my toys, and well a few other things that make me happy and I will roll with it…

Today, I am not going to Goldfish Mini class, I hope my friends don’t miss me too much.   We have conflicts in our schedule for today and next Wednesday, but I will be back… in two weeks, so keep my part of the pond ready!   I hope to sneak in some practice swims when I am away with Nana and Poppy, but we will see.  It is still sad for Nana to go there because of all the problems with her brother, (so sad) and Great Grandma’s sale of the family property, (even more sad).   But I plan on making her forget all about it by keeping her very busy…. with my princess needs, and princess smiles!  No worries, THAT IS WHAT A PRINCESS DOES!  Fellow Mini’s…. I WILL MISS YOU, BUT MY GMP (Goldfish Mini Partner) and I will be there to play soon.  

Speaking of smiles, how do you feel about today’s photos…

I spent some time in the morning just playing and letting the sunshine down on me…. thinking about how we are both still in the same sunshine, even if miles apart.

I woke up so happy today, and was just hanging out at camp with all the animals thinking about “baby stuff”. 

I took some cute photos in my jammers…. and worked hard at practicing muscle control… so that I will be crawling soon…

I am too cute!   Aren’t I?

The sun was shining into MY GUILLIANNA PLAY ROOM, and I was all smiles…

Can you see that I was talking here…telling Nana, to point Mr. Nikon my direction and let’s send mom and dad some princess cute photos.

And look what we ended up with!

Still chewing and gnawing on everything… maybe more teeth on the way, who knows?

What I do know is, this face, this look, says

TROUBLE

with a capital ‘T’

does it not?

Do you want to see what my face looks like when I am mad or don’t get my way.

But it is usually replaced in a NANA SECOND which is like a mili-second…only faster…and even faster than a Nano-second…. I can be a smiling baby!  A NANA SECOND IS HOW LONG IT TAKES NANA TO DO FOR ME, OR GET FOR ME WHAT EVER IT IS I AM AFTER… she’s getting better at that and quicker every day…. not that I have her …”wrapped around my little finger” or anything….  (hee hee)

As always, mom and dad, I hope you enjoyed my morning sunshine photos, and my many faces…. please know that Iam your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!   Oh, and while Nana had out Mr. Nikon AKA ‘the black beast’, our friend, Mr. Griff, also known as LITTLE MR. BIG HEAD SAID HE WANTED IN ON THE SUNSHINE PHOTO OP…. SO HERE HE IS TO SAY HI TO YOU…

Did you miss me?

Lisa August 11, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Nana had done my Monday ‘love letter’ so early in the day, (like before sunrise)that it seems like forever since I have written!   Really it’s only been a day, but here is what is going on in the land of lakes and sunshine!  

Uh, sunshine, not so much! Several big thunderstorms in these parts – but now we are back to sun and heat.  I do really love being out and looking at flowers and green trees.  

 I also have a new appreciation for the expression ‘BITE YOUR TONGUE’, since last night while sitting at the dinner table, I had a teething ring in my mouth, and I bit down on it, with my little lip between the toy and my teether…. and OUCH, I bit my own lip….YIKES THAT HURT, made me cry real tears, but in a NANA SECOND, they were gone!   But now I am feeling that someone could have told me why they call them ‘choppers’ before I had to experience it the hard way!

I also woke up this morning and sent a special delivery message to Nana  – that it is time to move the mattress in the crib down.   I was rolled over on my tummy and showed her that clearly any day I will be pulling myself up in there… so… yes, it’s a  big girl crib for me!

Since my last photo shoot, I have not changed much, but when you look back through the months, boy, oh boy it is amazing how much more adorable I get!   I am packing up some things to go up to Northern Michigan with Nana and Poppy again, when we go, I may not be able to write you, if Nana’s wireless internet card is not working well, but she will try.  BELEIVE ME WHEN I SAY she does not want Mommy or Daddy missing a day of ‘all about ME’!

I hope that you and daddy are doing good, and that you’re not working too hard.  Hopefully time will go by quick since we are just a few short months away from our big visit.   Nana has not been to the post office recently, you should send her email and let her know what if anything you need.  Besides, if you tell her, I get a field trip to visit the nice people at the post office too.   They make me feel special.  Tonight I went to dinner with a friend from Florida, Dr. John and we had Japanese food.  I am checking the chef out to see if he does a good job.

I am working hard on crawling, but really everytime I am put onto my tummy… I just roll over to my back and smile, as if to say… look what I can do, then I am so proud when I do it, that  I wait for someoneto make a big deal over my roll!  It has become a game… and I have NO INTEREST right now in crawling, after all… I have more fun showing off my rolling skills… most likely though, I will discover very soon how much more mobile I will be when I crawl… and then there will be no stopping me… NANA IS SURE OF IT, she says I am SO like mommy, in that when I put my mind onto or into something… I GO UNTIL IT GET IT!    That is for sure… none of this out of sight-out of mind stuff, if you move something… I WILL FIND IT, I WILL SEARCH FOR IT, AND LOOK AROUND UNTIL I FIND WHERE YOU PUT IT… crazy curious… thats me!  

I see the pediatrician in September for my nine month “vaccinations” “yukko”… but Nana says a princess has to do – what a princess has to do, and so I will go, but no promises that I won’t be a bucket of fuss!   We hope to discuss a few important things, like whether the twice a day on my tummy medicine is still possible, since some days it seems okay and others it is not.   We also hope to discuss my mucous…. yes I said it on line, MUCOUS,  and while totally gross – it is very annoying to me.   I have a hard time sometimes  if Nana doesn’t suction me out, and it all started when my teeth came, and has not really gone away…. maybe because some top teeth may not be far behind, or is it a cilia issue or allergy, we just are not sure?   So we have so much to talk about at that visit.  If you have any questions that you want Nana to ask my doctor please write her.  It is the second week in September that Iwill go, so you have time.

Then, we will be fast approaching OCTOBER, and before then, you need to help me decide what you’d like me to be for Halloween.   Not that I will trick or treat, but I will go to GG-ma’s for kisses and hugs, and Nana says this first Halloween, you and daddy get to pick, but after that, don’t plan on it, it will be all my choice!     So let her know what you think and she will try her best to find your choice or make it.   After that, it will be November, and Thanksgiving, and you know what that means, days from our time together… we will be celebrating Thanksgiving with a turkey and all the fixin’s no matter when you get to come… because we will all be so thankful for everything we have, but especially that you’re here at camp for a visit! 

So you see, I have everything all planned, and in the blink of an eye… we will be hangin’ out, like the three amigos, the three musketeers, three blind mice… OH NO .. I FEEL A SONG COMING ON!  Shhhhh stop before Nana starts..

I love you guys, hope you are smiling, and thinking of … ME!

Keep your eye on the prize, (me) and all will be okay!  Until tomorrow, please remember, I am and always will be your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Shy little Guillianna!

First WHOLE Fruit!

Lisa August 10, 2009 1Comments

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! 

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

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. 

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

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. 

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,

Guillianna!

On the go!

Lisa August 9, 2009 0Comments

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!

 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…

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,

Guillianna!