Weekend Videos

Alright - over the weekend I took some videos of Liliana. The first three were all in a row. She was eating and pooping - and it was SO funny. I had to pull out the camera and video tape her...yes, video tape her pooping. BUT, she was a little stinker. (in more ways than one.)

The first time I pulled out the camera, she did this:

The burp at the end is hilarious to me!

So then we move on...it seemed that every time I turned on the camera to record and the little orange light flashed - she would stop pooping and make her cheeser face for the camera. But she just thought I was taking a picture and when she did not see the flash and I kept holding the camera there - she would make the face again.

Next - she does this hands-to-face thing when you say "oh no" and as you heard in the previous video...I had started saying that -

We have a walker! Evan's phone was on the floor - as a bribe to get her to walk so I could get it on camera! This was taken just a few days ago - I need to get new video because she is doing much better at walking than this video as she is a little wobbly yet.

Liliana is just SO much fun! This morning I walked in her room and she was standing in her crib and she got so excited to see me she squealed and starting jumping in her crib. Hilarious!!! And she always makes her cheeser face for the camera. It is so fun to see her personality really start to show.





These pictures were taken the same day as the videos...she just kept cheesin it up!

WTF!! Commenter - You're in trouble

I do not know who posted "WTF!!" on my post 'Another' and 'Chop Liver' - but I am mad.

For those of you who do not know, the standard meaning of "WTF" is What the Fu**

Now - I could see the comment being posted on 'Chop Liver' - but NOT 'Another'...that is too far, that is about my daughter.

NOW, I also realize that there could be other meanings of "WTF"
For instance:

Wow, that's funny!
Where's the fly?
What's the fuss?
so on and so forth

So - to whomever posted that, you better redeem yourself. Re-post and let me know what it is you really meant by those letters.

This is making me re-think having comments open to anyone - meaning you would have to sign in to post a comment. It is also making me re-think having an open blog - meaning you would have to be invited by me to read my blog. I will most likely make these changes within 24 hours if there is no response to this because I am that upset about it. It was uncalled for.

And if you think I am going to far for something that seems so trivial - it is not trivial to me, I will not apologize, and I do have my period. You picked the wrong week to make that comment.

Another

Let's go for broke - 3 posts in one day. Now you probably won't hear from me for months!

I heard Liliana cry a little bit ago - I knew the cry. I walked in there and she is sitting up, but still half asleep and falling asleep. So sweet. She is sitting up, holding a paci in her hand and rubbing the sheets with it. Then she tried to get the paci in her mouth - which on normal occasions she is very good at - but just could not turn it around to get the right side of the paci in her mouth.

She still has no idea I am in the room. She then puts her hand down and starts nodding off. Then she moves her hands around and finds a second paci and has both paci's in her one hand and puts them to her mouth and one makes it in. She sort of looks at me, but it was like she did not even see me. And then she just laid down and went back to sleep.

It was the cutest and saddest thing all at the same time.

It is so cute to see the different positions they sleep in! My favorite is butt in the air and feet crossed - this is not from tonight, it is from last week:

Chop Liver

Yep - I go from never posting to posting twice in one day. Go figure.

This one will be short - because really, who am I but just chop liver.

Today was an unexpected day off for me. It has been wonderful! Just wonderful! Liliana and I drove out to see Evan at work - and this is where I realized I mean nothing anymore since Liliana is around.

Evan does come out to "help me." But I find he just swipes Liliana from my arms and I am carrying everything else. Evan opens the first door and I walk in and stand there and wait for him to open the next door for me - as this is normal in our relationship - oh, he opens the door alright...and walks right through almost knocking me over and leaving me behind. Thanks.

We go to the computer to get a name tag - he gets it to the screen it needs to be on and he steps aside and tells me to fill the stuff in. Apparently it would be easier for me to do since I had nothing in my hands - oh, wait...I did. Hmph.

So then we start walking around and every person we got to he introduced Liliana to them and I stood there. I could have sat at his desk and had more fun. If I did not introduce myself, I was invisible.

How did Liliana get in this world again????
That's right -
ready dear?
ME. I carried her full-term. I was in labor for 17.5 hours. I pushed for 1.5 hours. I did it naturally. Yep, that's right. You go right ahead and not acknowledge my presence. (did you want us to come visit again???)

1 Toe

Sunday morning. 7 am. I am asleep. Evan is asleep. Liliana is crying. I get up - and when I say "I get up" - I mean, my body gets out of bed, and my eyes open - but I sleep walk! lol Anyway, I go into Liliana's room and give her a paci, lay her back down and tell her it is too early to be up - go back to bed. And she does...so I go to leave and STUB MY FOOT ON THE DOOR FRAME. It was one of those stubbed-so-bad stubs that no scream came from my mouth. I just dropped to the floor and grabbed my foot.

Once I can let go of my foot to see what is going on - now remember, I am sleeping and now in shock and shocking bad pain - so my sight is not too clear, plus I do not have my glasses on. I look down and see on the top of baby toe a very strange looking blood blister.

I think it is amazing that there is this big ole door frame and one foot - but only one tiny toe got hurt.

I crawl into the bathroom and look again...now my sight is working a little better and I realize I am bleeding. Grand. I cut my toe. The tip of my toe - as if I was trying to take the tip of my toe off. The good news - I think that when I grabbed my foot, I pressed the flap of skin in place. So I meekly call Evan's name...and ask him to come bandage my toe. I was not sure how I was going to bandage the tip of my toe without using numerous band-aids and have it look hideous...and I would have to make sure the toe next to it stayed out of the way so a band-aid could be put on.

So my hubby put a band-aid of me, of which he did a really good job...and brought me the boo boo pack that we use for Liliana...thanks dear. He did actually bring me regular ice though.

So back to bed I went!

My toe is healing nicely! And Liliana slept until 9am that morning!

Cannot believe it -

I just cannot believe some things I read today -

Take for instance this: http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/10050768/Firestorm-over-column-linking-kidnap-victim,-sports?GT1=39002 I read this guy's column and personally, did not find anything wrong with it. In fact, I thought it was kind of cool. Wouldn't you want to know what has been going on in the world? I thought it was sincere and light-hearted and yet he was criticized so much - he had to issue an apology. Ridiculous. It really got my goat.

People Magazine - let me just page through it and give you my gripes...

While I do this - did you watch Oprah today? The begining of the show was totally cool!

My B.I.L. had knee surgery this morning, all went well and he is at home recovering!

And did you know that you can order coffee at dunkin donuts to be half regular and half decaf? Just in case you are interested...I thought I would share that with you - seems that not everyone knew this and so have not been ordering that way eventhough they would like it that way.

Ok - Kathy Griffin - Has the "Kate" Hairstyle....blonde and all, not doin' it for me. You are a red head!

20 years since the movie When Harry Met Sally came out. Hilarious movie, one of my favorites! My friend got married and few years ago and now the street she lives on is Sheldon. Even more hilarious. Everytime, every single time, I address mail to her and write Sheldon - I make sure it stands out! If you have no clue what I am talking about, you are not a When Harry Met Sally fan and shame on you.

Apparently it is very important for us to know that Macaulay Culkin was at Michael Jackson's final farewell and "he went up to the casket and took a flower off it" - woah, stop the presses! Did they have nothing else to publish there?

Props to Mary J. Blige - when asked what her marriage secret is - she responds with "the key is praying." Could not be more true!

Here is news I did not know, and wish I did not know - Former Americal Idol contestant got married in Oak Brook, IL - the reason I wish I did not know...he married a guy. Oh, excuse me - they exchanged vows.

Have not heard the name Brian Boitano in a long time...he is cooking up a storm these days. Who knew he had interests outside of skating. He was an awesome skater! (Ice skating for those of you in the dark ages)

Amazing - really amazing...prosthetic tails, flippers and paws...no joke. Really cool that our animals are being taken care, even to the extreme of getting prosthetics. Even an Eagle's beak!

No one cares why Tyra lost 30 pounds...and Tyra, no one really cared to see you without your hair all done up.

And thus concludes my random thoughts from today. I would include work thoughts - but that might get me fired and I do not want that......or.....do I???? JUST KIDDING.

Here is a random picture of Liliana - this face JUST PLAIN CRACKS ME UP!

Laugh it up...

...at my expense.

I had a nickname once - Pepperann.

Apparently, I reminded some people of this said Pepperann.

2 videos

Whenever we go to take the dog out - get the leash and harness and get Fizzle all hooked up - Liliana laughs and laughs! We have yet to figure out what she finds so funny. And when you walk away without her, she cries. (she likes to hold the leash) So, I finally got a chance to catch it on video. One is from this morning and she was still waking up...so she was not so into laughing as she normally is. The second one is from tonight - she was laughing up a storm and then she starts to fuss when she thinks Evan is not going to take her with.

Just Laugh

I have found myself laughing at the strangest things since Liliana has been born - and laughing more often. Really, really laughing!


Like a few weeks ago when I picked Liliana up...we were on the floor together and I picked her up and started to roll on my back and hold her up over me and she smiled and out came a large stream of spit up that landed right on my chest - warm, blop. (yes, blop...my own word) I just laughed and laughed and inbetween laughs I asked Evan to bring the wipes!


I have also gotten through some trying moments by just saying "I love you." I am sure there will be many more of these moments, but a lot of them came when she was smaller and would spit up a lot or something - I would just look at her and say "I love you Liliana" and clean things up and move on.


Today was a laughing day. It started this morning when I got Liliana dressed. I stood her up to get a hug and I said "oh, you're just SO CUTE!" And she looked up at me with a big ole cheeser grin. I laughed. And told her again how cute she was.


I was crying at work I was laughing so hard. I know that I am going to tell you the whole story on here and it is going to be one of those times where at the end of the story I say, "guess you had to be there." So it is almost pointless for me to tell you the story - but since I have come this far I cannot leave you hanging. *names have been changed* Lucy comes over and sits down and is somewhat facing me...so I can see Lucy and I can see Pearl...but Lucy and Pearl cannot see each other. The topic came up that a lot of people are charging things. I said I get made fun of because I still write checks, a lot. Lucy said she charges things and then writes one big check. (I sometimes do that, by the way) And then Lucy proceeds to say that checks cost too much. I said they are not that expensive, I can get them for like $7 a box from here or there. Lucy said she gets them from her bank because she is scared to go outside of the bank for them and they are expensive. Pearl chimes in and says that she use to go outside for checks too, but now she gets them from her bank because they are free. We ask Pearl what bank she goes to and she says TCF and Lucy stops what she was doing and just looks - stares into space. Priceless look. I ask Lucy if she has the same bank and she says yes. So Lucy banks at TCF and finds the checks to be expensive and Pearl banks at TCF and gets free checks. (I know, you do not see much humor in this...definitely not enough to have made me cry...you had to be there!)


The best though - now, if I do not blog again...it is because my husband has read this and has since thrown away my computer - following through on his threat.


Ok - the best was tonight...I had to call a friend to tell her the story it was so funny. Evan had been saying he was going to sew a snap onto one of Liliana's bibs so that she could not take it off all the time...and the velcro was dying. So he worked on that tonight. He comes in the office and throws the bib at me. As I start to inspect his work and snap the snap...he comes next to me. I just look at him and hand the bib back. And I am laughing. He tries to snap the snap. A smile smerks across his face and I BUST OUT IN A GUT LAUGH OUT LOUD LAUGH!!! He did a good job sewing...you know how one snap has the little part that sticks out to connect into the hole on the other part? Well, both parts had the little part that sticks out - so you could not snap it together. HI...LARE....E..US! (I do know that is not how you spell it, that is how I am "saying" it!) Seriously, he was a little upset at my reaction...but in reality...he could not keep it together himself! So funny, so funny. He went and fixed it and now it is correct and he did a great job! :)
(and then he told me if this story ended up on my blog, he would throw my computer out)


Seems that as soon as Liliana turned 1 - she became a character. Always cheesin' it up!!! :)


She is posin' - thinkin' she is all that and everything else!

CHEESER!

Here she is in her car seat that now faces forward. It is so cool to turn around and see her smiling back!

So - I hope you have some laughter in your life every single day!

A CHEERFUL HEART IS GOOD MEDICINE, BUT A CRUSHED SPIRIT DRIES UP THE BONES.

PROVERBS 17:22