Four month old Pediatrician Visit…

Lisa April 8, 2009 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Thank you for taking me to the pediatrician today.  I bet you were happy to know how well I am doing.  I now weigh 12 pounds and 15 ounces.   I am 24 inches long…. I have tripled my birth weight and as you heard the pediatrician says I am doing great. 

Since I am sick with this wacky hacky thingy majiggy…. I didn’t have to get any shots today, which is good, but I do go back in April for them after I am better…  I will be having more tummy medicine, three times each day, and staying on the formula that they put me on last time… but all in all, they are pleased with my princess progress.

Poppy bought me a humidifier for the room tonight to help me sleep without coughing… and I want to say ‘thank you Poppy’ for making me breathe easier…Nana says thank you too.   

Tomorrow is a big day, we have a special family dinner with GG-ma and Papa.   She has been making homemade soup and other goodies, and everyone is very excited.   Aunt Arrianna especially loves this dinner at GG-ma’s because some of the traditional foods are her favorite.   Nana needs some chicken soup too, but may not be able to go if her cold gets worse…. she doensn’t want to make everyone sick!  And she needs to get better before SUNDAY, MY PRINCESS PARTY…. ahhhh, I guess we will see what tomorrow brings!

I am hoping you know how nice it was for you to see my pediatricians office.   My regular doctor was out of town and we saw another one… Nana was a little bothered at the fact that the pediatrician was “trying to help” my mamma, to make sure she was prepared for her deployment.   She told my mom how when she comes home, I won’t know her, but not to let it bother her… well Nana almost came out of her old wrinkly skin, and LETS JUST SAY, IT WAS EVERYTHING SHE COULD DO TO CONTAIN HERSELF.    As if Mommy didn’t already feel badly enough about having to go away, and as if  my Mommy didn’t have a clue from watching other soldiers and friend be deployed…. My mom, she knows, and my parents well they hurt plenty…. and after all is said and done, my mom and dad… will raise me, and I won’t remember any of my time at Camp Nana… these letters will be my only memory of camp, and my reality will be my mom and dad.

Dear Mom, and Dad, I will know you, and I will surely have an adjustment when you come home to me, and the doctor is right, there are things that will be comfortable  for me here at camp, that is the way you would want it to be for me, but I AM YOUR PRINCESS, and I will always be your princess, today, tomorrow, forever…. when I am 3 –  I will be different than  I am now, when I am 8  – I will be different than when I was 3, and when I am 13… I will be completely different than when I was 8.  I will always be changing, and you will both change too, but we WILL CHANGE TOGETHER, AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE A FAMILY.   

Nana wishes she knew what the doctor was thinking, she certainly didn’t think about how sad she was making you, and if she though she was trying to prepare you, well, she clearly doesn’t know my mom… MY MOM, IS SO STRONG THAT SHE WILL NOT EVER LET ANYTHING GET IN THE WAY OF MAKING HER OWN DAUGHTERS DREAMS COME TRUE, AND SHE WILL ALWAYS PUT ME AND OUR FUTURE FIRST…  that is who my mom is… A STRONG AND VERY SMART PERSON, who will be prepared for what ever life brings her direction.    If I am a princess, then my mommy is the queen of perserverence.  

I heard everyone talking earlier tonight, and Aunt Arri said the cutest thing… she was getting my “passy” for me, while I was sitting in my swing, and she was putting my blanket just right…. when Great Aunt Pam said what a good Auntie she was…. AUNT ARRI, LOOKED BACK  and without missing a beat she said, “well that is what happens when you learn from the best!”   Oh how true, Great Aunt Pam brought me a Princess basket tonight filled with wonderful things to entertain me, and yes an adorable pink outfit to wear, which I am beginning to realize more and more each day, you can just never have enough “pink wear” . 

I am tucked into bed, freshly bathed, and with my humidifier mist helping me to cough less, I am hopefully going to wake up feeling better in the morning… until then, I love you mom and dad, and know one thing is for certain, we will make this work…. it is what we do,  we are a family who when faced with adversity, we excel.   Mommy has proven to everyone, when she puts her mind to do something she can accomplish anything and I have no doubt, my mom will make sure she dad and I are always together…….

Love always,  Little Miss Adorable, YOUR DAUGHTER, Guillianna!

My first “cold”… tear..:-(

Lisa April 7, 2009 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Last night my little ‘Delaware’ cough kept on going.. and going and going… Ithink it may be a bigger state now… but I plan to get rid of it soon.   I have a doctor appointment tomorrow, which is likely to change from a well baby exam to a coughing and sneezing baby exam. And most likely I will not get myVACCINATIONS, if I am still coughing and sneezing.   So there is a good side to being under the weather… I guess.   Nana is getting a cold too…and we were both…  so tired.

So today was a REST AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DAY… so the icky cold will go away day…and really, not up to photos so Nana pulled some out of her collection that had not been put out for display yet…AND some that may have, the one above is a favorite…

I love you both so very much, and I hope that tomorrow I will be up for some new pictures…

Thank you for pampering me today, and every day, Little Miss Adorable, your daughter, Guillianna!  XOXOXOXOXOX

WINTER RETURNS TO THE MITTEN STATE!

Lisa April 6, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad, I am sooooo glad you were here to see this because if you hadn’t been you might not have believed me when I told you it snowed here… about six inches last night… sure, you would have seen the photos, but thought I was just playing an April Fool’s joke on you… or something, but this is no joke… IT SNOWED AND SNOWED AND SNOWED…

Daddy was so funny, Nana was up in the night, again, she putters around getting lunches and dinners ready for the the three Aunties who go to work all day and to college at night.   Then she has a bottle ready when I stir and want it… so Poppy can get a few extra zzzzzzzzz’s.  But this morning, daddy was up and watching it snow… it was so funny he could hardly wait to go make me a snowperson… and sure enough… he did.   Later he and Aunt Arrianna who is off of school all week adding to my festive week… well they went out and played in the snow for hours…  Nana is a little freaked out because the second time they played, DADDY WOULDNT WEAR A COAT… and he has brought with him to Michigan – a TEXAS sized cough… which I am testing out now myself, but mine.. is not Texas sized… it is more like a Deleware sized cough… let’s just hope it doesn’t grow to a bigger sized state.   Nana is a what all the Aunt’s and Uncles call OVERPROTECTIVE, I have decided she just worries, and how does it go Nana?    YOU ARE JUST LOOKING OUT FOR OUR BEST INTEREST…. yeah that is it.

It has been since last Wednesday that Mom and dad have been with me, and now we are feeling time fly by faster than it should.   At first Daddy was so shy, and when I cry I make both mommy and daddy worry… but Nana keeps telling them, it took me days to get used to being here, and in a few days I will get used to them again… Well at nearly a week, we are all getting our groove on.. and daddy is not as shy, and they are both getting reaquainted with my Princess demands… which are such big girl demands compared to when I was small… I may eat less frequent, but I eat more, I make more princess presents than ever before, and I require ENTERTAINMENT.   I love being strolled around IN THE HOUSE SINCE THE OUTDOORS IS A FRIGID NIGHTMARE…in case you forgot ….. this is today, April 6th, in the winterwonderland…

If these are not making an impression… well I don’t know what will !

I mean, April showers, means rain right?

And if I have to wake up to this where the heck is Bambi….

If this dosn’t change in a hurry… I am going to bundled up by Nana for my special day… I will be so bundled up NO ONE WILL SEE ME..  AND ISN’T THAT THE WHOLE POINT OF A PRINCESS DAY…. FOR EVERYONE TO SEE YOU…  but you just don’t know Nana… she is all about the layering…

Here I am playing and learning about reaching and grasping, and just plain having fun.  As I said I am getting a bit of a cough today, and was a bit out of sorts, but no fever.  I hope this passes quickly. 

What a perfect present to go with the perfect SNOW, yukko! 

I am still adorable even when feeling a little under the weather..

Ha… I think all of Southeast Michigan is UNDER THE WEATHER!

So I will end my love letter to you this evening by saying… I love you both very much, and I am so glad you were here, and Nana say’s daddy had a blast playing in the snow like a little kid…. I know Aunt Arrianna had a great time too…. next year dad, I will make snowpeople and snow angels with you!   One last photo…. for you to have sweet dreams by…

Little Miss Adorable,

Your daughter,

Guillianna!

(and yes, the outfit I have on is PINK, even if you can’t tell in this style print.)

Sunday at CAMP NANA, with Mom and Dad!

Lisa April 5, 2009 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

I see you!    I love laying in my princess play palace…  thank you so much for bringing it to camp…..and look what I see when I look up!   IT’S ME!

I have to say today is Sunday, and that means not only do I have Nana, Poppy and all the Aunties, I have mom and dad too… so I anticipate that today will be a good day for “PPB”   I figure everything my mom and dad say has or is some kind of acronym,  I mean, they go to the PX, have MOS’s and about a million others ,  so I will make some of my own… and PPB MEANS – Pass & Pamper the BABY!  Today is a definate PPB Day. 

I have a very busy week planned… I have a pediatrician appointment this week, a weigh in, and yes….V A C C I  N A T I O N S  (yucko)   are in store… but I will be strong and brave just like my daddy and mommy…. and lucky for me they were able to move my appointment up to Wednesday, so that I will be in good shape for NEXT SUNDAY, PARTY FOR ME DAY!   Mom and Dad can go with me to the pediatrician too…. woo woo…  Thursday we have a special dinner at Papa & GG-ma’s house (she has been cooking for days!) with Uncle Dave, Aunt Kris and the boys. (very exciting)    It will be awesome.   Friday Nana has a very big day planned, where she must get everything ready for my princess party.  We have some special yummy treats to make on Friday, that Nana makes every year  (she says Uncle Nick will be sad, they are his favorite, but I bet she will make him some when he comes home!)… and daddy and Aunt Arri are going to have a race for a prize… they better be careful though because, next year…. I WILL BE IN THE RACE TOO, AND just so you know, I – WILL – WIN DADDY! 

Daddy and I here at camp,

Soakin’ up some Michigan ray’s ….

Rumor has it we are getting 6-9 inches of snow here tonight…

Nana say’s it won’t last…

Just enough to look pretty for a day and melt… THANK GOODNESS…

Otherwise, I may be back into what is known as the the NANA BUNDLE… which basically means 700 layers of clothing… IN THE HOUSE, AND ANOTHER 300 LAYERS WHEN WE LEAVE THE HOUSE….   Thank goodness I can stay indoors tomorrow!  

I love you both very much,   time here together is passing by too quickly the days are flying by for me… and I am loving every minute of being with you both.

Am I a cutie or what?

Sweet dreams of me mom and dad,

Love, Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

P.S.

Thank you Papa and GG-ma for delivering the special package this morning for me, it will make everything perfect for next week.

xoxoxo