Heidi Chronicles

Watching the Weather

Filed under: Aaron, Blah Blah Blah, Elena, Health, Liam, Mommyhood, Suburbia — Heidi at 9:42 pm on Wednesday, February 28, 2007

School went well today and it was nice to take E to her Dr. appt. without the Crazy Man. We even got to the grocery store before I had to go pick him up!

He had a great time and didn’t want to come home.

It ended up being kind of a rough day. E wasn’t in the best mood because of her shots and something is definitely up with L. He just isn’t quite right. I’m guessing it’s either still the ear or maybe stomach issues due to the antibiotic. He hasn’t been eating well.

Fortunately, both he and E’s naps overlapped a bit - not enough, but whatever…I had a few moments of silence.

We didn’t do much this afternoon. I’ve just been trying to get laundry done and keep up with the new “routine” I’ve set for myself. I also tried to figure out what to pack to take to the Ozarks this weekend with all of the women in Aaron’s Mom’s family. I still don’t know. Since it’s women only, just E and I are going. L and AJ are staying home.

I’ve been too busy to think about it. This week has been insane. I’m trying to do far too much. When will life slow down?

L and I did enjoy a fantastic evening watching the weather. I love to share new experiences with him - especially the same ones that I shared with my dad. He was enamored with the hail.

It was a beautiful storm, but we’re currently in a tornado watch until 3.32 a.m.

I’m so tired and I said I was going to bed early this evening. I didn’t, but I’m dozing off as I type, so it’s definitely time now.

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Elena Six Months

Filed under: Elena, Health, Liam, Mommyhood — Heidi at 9:01 pm on Wednesday, February 28, 2007

I can’t believe she’s this old already. She’s right on track for her growth curve.

Stats:	Measurement	%
Height	25.5″	37
Weight	15 lb, 14.3 oz.	45
Head	42.4 cm	46

It was a perfect appointment aside from the fact that E had to get shots. She’s doing all of the things she should be:

sitting with guidance so she doesn’t fall sideways
laughing
taking an interest in books
suffering from stranger anxiety - it’s really not good when I leave the room
babbling like a maniac - she’s much more vocal than L was
adoring herself in the mirror
rolling front to back (Jan. 15) and back to front (Feb. 1) - it’s taken her a while because she hadn’t been spending that much time on the floor.

Unfortunately, she’s still not fond of solids.

We’ve been trying for two months on and off and I suppose I’ll just keep testing it out. She’ll eat eventually.

In addition to the “supposed tos,” she does so many other things that are defining her personality.

She’s such a sweet little girl. I look at her when I’m nursing her before I go to bed and she is so peaceful. She rubs her hand across my chest when she’s nursing. She’s so deliberate about it.
She sucks her bottom lip.
She sucks her thumb - although she hasn’t yet figured out that she can do it when she wants to suck for comfort.
She loves to play with Liam’s toys. She’s not interested in “baby” stuff. She’d rather play with cars.
She kicks her feet in excitement and irritation.

It’s also been interesting because people consistently call her a boy - even in a pink car seat cover. Does she look like a boy?

It’s really ok if she does. I looked like a boy for a long time.

I eventually grew out of it, I think.

It’s been pretty damn cute though…the “brothers” are getting to be good friends.

2007.01.17 L&E-1.jpg

2007.01.17 L&E-3.jpg

But who wouldn’t love her with this hair?

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One More One Night Stand

Filed under: Friends — Heidi at 9:13 am on Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Yahoo!!! David made the cut again today!

This will be the last day I prod you to support him, so get to it peeps.
Go VOTE before 4 P.M. CST. And tell everyone you know to vote as well.

Thanks for everyone’s support!

Update per Kyttra!

This is URGENT.

If you vote online for David it displays “Thank you for voting for Brad
Hook”

I just called the segment producer and the VOTES are counting for
DAVID!!!!!!!!!! Brad has many votes too. WE NEED TO KEEP VOTING and KEEP
PASSING it on.
Even though we are getting a display error, the votes are COUNTING! Keep
passing it on.

THERE IS NO ERROR WITH TEXT MESSAGING.

For one dollar you can text to phone number 33088 and enter simply “2″ and
send it. This helps us double David’s votes.

Thanks everyone for caring.
Kyttra

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Another Shameless Plug For David

Filed under: Friends — Heidi at 11:46 am on Tuesday, February 27, 2007

He’s still on!

Please go VOTE for him today and tomorrow BEFORE 4 P.M. CST.

See? It’s only two more days. That’s not a serious commitment; it’s more like a two-night stand, really.

I know everyone can handle that.
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Oh, and I promise to catch up on reading and writing this evening. Naturally, I want to spend “My Night” with all of you.

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First Day Of School

Filed under: BackBlogging, Family, Liam, Mommyhood — Heidi at 4:10 pm on Monday, February 26, 2007

There were no tears. However, I’m surprised there weren’t considering all that took place between 6.30 a.m. and 12 p.m.

My car is in the shop so Jeanne let me borrow her car for the morning. She showed up at 8.30 and of course I wasn’t ready, so I talked her into going with me to run the errand I needed to do before school.
I didn’t have a required form notarized, and I don’t have his immunization information, so I wasn’t sure he was actually going to get to go to school.
After running around like a crazy person, one of the teachers finally called on behalf of the director, who was out of town, and she said to bring him anyway. By that time we were about four minutes away and I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to do if they had said he couldn’t come. He would have freaked out!
I didn’t follow the directions about bringing two boxes of tissues, a bag of diapers and a second outfit complete with full name on each piece. Fortunately they forgave me.

Quite honestly, I really didn’t think either of us would cry. I’m more excited for him to get to do something cool than I am afraid to let him go. I mean, I’ve known from the moment we met that he was going to be independent - and that I wanted to raise him to be independent. I’ve always know that part of raising an independent, capable kid requires letting go.

(And since I’ve been thinking about it since he was four hours old and screaming because he didn’t want the damn pacifier, I’ve had a bit of time to come to terms with it.)

He was very sweet when I went to get him. He really didn’t want to leave. It was fantastic. I’m so proud of him. He wasn’t scared or shy and his teacher said he was well behaved.

What more could a mother want?

Oh, and he was comatose at nap time.

I likey preschool.

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Life (In London), Medicated

Watching the Weather

Elena Six Months

One More One Night Stand

Another Shameless Plug For David

First Day Of School

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