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

I love my Mom and Dad…

Lisa March 8, 2009 2Comments

Hello Mom and Dad,

It is SUNDAY, the day where ALL HANDS ARE ON BOARD TO HELP …ME!  With Aunt Mikayla, Aunt Alyxandra, Aunt Allyssa, and Aunt Arrianna… there are those who could say… I need a breather between all that lovin’ and kissin’,  I HOWEVER AM NOT ONE OF “THOSE”.   I totally love it… and, find myself entertained by the non stop attention.  Did I not tell you yesterday about this lovin the flag thing… here is my photo shoot set up for the day… you tell me?

Then, add ME…. and you have instant PROUD TO BE THE DAUGHTER OF SOLDIERS!   I still cannot believe you are about to redeploy, and Nana promises to keep the photos coming.   If I weren’t so stinkin cute, and adorable there is only so much ABOUT ME, that a person could get bored.  LUCKY FOR YOU… the cute factor, is more impressive than Nana’s cheesy-ness.   Love letters to you and to dad are the best part of my day.   I just want you to love them as much as I love posing for the pictures every day.   Can you sing with me… Ohhh say can you see… LITTLE MISS GUGU BEE?… ha, I probably shouldn’t modify that to be about me, but who can resist….

Tonight my Nana’s Uncle,  my Great Uncle Tom stopped by with Great Aunt Beverly… they met me for the first time.   Nana says, Uncle Tom is her dad’s brother, and that her dad, went to war, when Uncle Tom was small.   Great Grandpa Wally served in the Army too, and he was one of the soldiers who helped liberate the survivors of a concentration camp in Dachau, Germany.   Uncle Tommy was much younger than his older brother was, and while Grandpa Wally was at war, he sent everything he made back to his family.   He left medical school during WWII and was a medic in the US Army.  He took care of Uncle Tommy and his sisters, kind of like a dad does, while making the world better.   I know you and dad are working toward making all of ‘our dreams’ come true. You are taking care of me,  through your service, as your grandfather did for his family.   How cool is that!   It was nice to see my Great Grandfather’s brother, they say he sounds just like Great Grandpa Wally. 

I am having a great day today, and I want you to know that I am your most loyal supporter.  I am lucky to have parents who are serving and protecting our freedom, and like their parents parents before them, making my world the best it can be.   But I wasn’t kidding about that singing thing…Nana.. she’s quite the patriot… Uncle Nick teases her that she was hit by a patriotic stick when she was born… but the truth is, she is just Nana, and she knows there are no perfect places or people, and that our military life can be so very hard in so many ways, but she says, you two will make this all work, and you will both make your whole family proud.  Good nite Mom and Dad, I love you, Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

Hey there, it’s me…

Lisa March 7, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Today was my Great grandmother’s wedding anniversary.  She lives in Washington state.  She called us  and visited.   She visits the website too… so I will wish her and Great Grumpy a very Happy Anniversary.    There was sooooooo much rain here today that I am sure the Great Lakes are even more GREAT than when the day started!    Nana tells me mom used to go and visit Lake Michigan, up north where Great Grandma Sally once lived before she moved to Washington.    Maybe one day I too will go up north with you Mom and Dad, Nana says it is soooo much fun…. and so pretty.   The perfect place for a little princess to visit and romp. 

So today, Aunt Mikayla brought home lunch, and us girls had a ‘girl lunch’.  Pops, well, he had to work, but the rest of us hung out together, and had a nice afternoon.  I must say Poppy was missed, and I soooo love when he comes home, because he is always very good at making me feel ‘super’.

 I was all set to go this morning, I was up- bright eyed and energetic as could be- very early this morning.  At 3:00 am to be exact!  Nana figured I would be napping at least part of the day, but for some reason, that was not in the cards.   By 6:00am, when all my aunts were ready to go to work, we were all hanging out in the kitchen laughing and playing … it was fun… then they left and you know what that means…. NANA STARTED SINGING TO ME,  the “Star Spangled Banner” … I was hoping the girls would come back… so we could go back to talking that baby smack we were doing before they left…  oooohing, cooing, smiling… it was all good.   Then they left…  

Not to be mean to Nana, but, how many times can one little princess be asked….OH SAY CAN YOU SEE by the dawn’s early light ?   One day I might just answer Nana back… and say YES, YES.. I see, I see….  let me tell you the woman has a camera or a flag nearby at all times… Mom, is there a name for these traits, and are they contagious?   (what’s crazy is I (Nana) am talking in the third person about myself!  Which  just MAY constitute ‘crazy’… or… maybe it’s  just that I have been up since 3:00am…and since it’s going on Midnight here…we could call it sleep deprivation) Back to ME…. this shirt, well it says it all…. I ‘love’ ME!

I am loving both of you very much, and hope you had a nice Saturday.  I hope you are getting ready to come and visit soon.   I love you with all my heart, Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

Record Highs In Michigan! AND yes..I can see my LEGS and ARMS, and I feel ‘SUPER’… Yay!

Lisa March 6, 2009 2Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

It is Friday, and today, most all the snow here melted.   Nana did not put me into twenty layers of Nanook of the North clothing and I actually think I smell spring in the air.  She tells me it is a common Michigan trick, and not be be fooled, that sure as tomorrow is coming, there will most likely be more snow too…  at least more cold!   Did you forget to mention she’s a little on the “half empty side”, not that I would call her “negative Nana” but geez… way to burst my bubble.

It was almost seventy here… I hope the pictures Nana took come out good, because you can actually see my little legs for a change….

Today I was so happy, I got LOVE LETTERS from some of my family.  All the way from California, my great grandma wrote me.  My great Papa and Grandma Sharyn too.   This is so great because Nana says, I can keep your letters and she can put them into a memory book for me.  I have a great Aunt Kris here too, who sent me mail.   ANYONE WHO LEAVES ME A MESSAGE, it will eventually get posted if you want it to be.   Nana, can be a little slow “approving” them for public viewing sometimes (probably since she and the camera are usually PRE-OCCUPIED!  … but they are being recieved and I thank you!

So yesterday, she was a little stingy with the photo shoot, we were limited to a tiny little camera phone, but today, I have more for you.  TRUST  ME I HAVE MORE FOR YOU…. MORE AND MORE AND MORE..

Since I have gained one pound since last week, I am in the clear from the pediatrician for a week.  Yee ha!  (Texan for what the midwesterners would express as yippee or yay!) To be honest I could probably think of better descriptives to express the elation of NO DOCTOR VISITS, but in my PRINCESS DIALECT,  I think I will opt for “SUPER”!    My Poppy loves his work.   He loves his patients, and they make him so happy.   There is one patient who has a very sweet personality, who makes him smile when ever he has the chance to see her as a patient…  she always uses this word to express herself when she is happy.  It definately makes him smile… so I think  – I too, will say…. No extra doctors, or visits to a doctor makes me feel ABSOLUTELY ‘super’!

Here are some pictures, really mom and dad I am doing ‘super’, you will be so proud… and I hope seeing me, will make all my friends and family feel ‘super’ too… Love always, Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna

P.S.  (I am so cute)

Who am I kidding, I even smile in my sleep.  Don’t by this tough girl routine for a second.  It the actress in me… you see … I do have actual legs, haven’t seen much of these in MICHIGAN… other than bath time… usually bundled in thermal underclothes for fear I may get a “draft”,  I feel free… and yes mom I still love being naked.

At the end of the day, I am a Tuckette… and am usually just totally tuckered out.   Hope you are not too tired from all your Army deployment preparation classes.   I will write you tomorrow… and then you know what that means… IT WILL BE SUNDAY AGAIN…. ALL HANDS ON GUILLIANNA DAY…. SIX PEOPLE MEANS TWELVE HANDS TO MAKE MY LITTLE BOTTOM PAMPERED… ( ha, a pun, my bottom is always in Pampers…. ) xoxoxoxoxoxox  Gugu Bee   Oh, and note to self… ruffled socks?  Nana, come on, MY MOM HATED WEARING THOSE THINGS…. now you have me at a disadvantage, I don’t quite know how to remove them and hmmmm doesn’t it  really seem unfair that I don’t have a say… Looks like Nana is guilty of a little ‘MANAGED CARE -giving with no freedom of choice action herself…. who can I call to have a “moment” with about this… ?    What do you think about RUFFLED SOCKS NOW MOM?  Nana still thinks they are cute… and its not like I am too big for them yet…   I will write more tomorrow, till then I love you…