This is goodbye

Well my friends this is goodbye. I will no longer be updating to this blog. I have sent out the new blogsite address- whoever got it, you know who you are so please from this point on go on over there.

XOXO

Yay!! She crawled, she crawled!!

Today is an advancement in Delilah's development- an amazing milestone that I got to witness (but poor daddy didn't :-( I got video though!) and didn't miss out on even though I have to work. That's right folks- Delilah crawled for the first time today! John left for groceries (he seems to be able to spend less money than me LoL) & I was sitting on the floor playing with Delilah. I decided to take a video and while sitting there she crawled off to her sound stage. I couldn't believe she was crawling... AND that I got the very first on video!! I hope I'm lucky enough to get her walking on video like Auntie Ashley got for Shawn :-D

I haven't uploaded pics to the computer since at least Saturday & forgot about the pics and videos taken while my parents were visiting (and kindly bringing the new area rug they purchased for us with them). We got some great pics of my dad feeding Delilah & also of Delilah, John & I in the pool. One thing is for sure she doesn't overly like the pool. I think it's because of how cold the water is compared to what she's used to at bath time. I know she'll end up liking it later & I won't be able to get her out of the pool in a few years! Later that day Ash brought the boys over for more pool time fun.

Due to recent events I have decided that I am creating a new blog & it will be private. Please leave a comment with your e-mail address (I have it set to moderate comments & I won't post it) so I can e-mail you the site information.

Please enjoy some pictures & videos below :-D

First- the pictures....


My FAV Pic!!

In the pool

Ashley, Shawn & Landon

Eating some puffies after a hard day's work in the pool

From today- look at that face!! I love it!



Delilah & her daddy

What is that look? LMAO!!


Playing with mom after work



Now the videos...

Getting crawling instructions from Grammy

Crawling- 6/10/09

The whole situation beginning with the blog below got ridiculously blown out of proportion. All because of our parenting choices. If you can't accept the way we choose to raise our daughter you can't be a part of her life. Saying to us that she is a miserable child is insulting. You haven't seen her here in her own environment- or at her maternal grandparents' or Aunt & Uncle's. She is the happiest, most perfect little girl. How dare anyone ever say to me or John that she is "weird" because we don't conform & force things upon her that she has no interest in.

You don't know John... you don't know me... and you certainly don't know Delilah. You all are losing out on knowing her- we're not losing out on anything. We will take from this & grow. We both know that we did nothing wrong on our part & no one is going to make us feel like we did.

Happy Happy Birthday... to Shawn!!

Today my best's friend first born is a big ol' 3 years young! It hasn't been that great of a birthday for him because the poor guy hasn't been feeling well the entire day. He didn't even wanna swim or play at the pool! This is a rarity for this kiddo 'cause he is a water wizard :-D Happy 3rd Birthday kiddo!!

Ahh yes... the pool... we met Ashley & Shawn today at the Mifflinburg pool. It didn't go over very well. We couldn't put Delilah in her floaty thing because she cried so I had to hold her the entire time (I don't mind because that means I get lots of snuggle time!). However we have a little problem with the pool- Delilah now does not like the bath tub. Last night John went to give Delilah a bath & she started crying. We thought maybe it was because I wasn't home to give her a bath with him but we discovered that this was not the case. Tonight when we went to give her a bath- since last night was a bust- I went to place her in the tub & she started crying. I picked her up & comforted her. Then tried to put her back in. That wasn't working. So we got her infant tub & put that in the tub filling it with water. That too was not working. I ended up having to get in with her & hold her under the shower head while John washed her. Poor baby. I'm not sure what to do because we can't not take her to the pool as she won't get used to it. But we also can't have bath time go this way either.

Pet peeves- you name them, I got them. Lots of them. A big one I have is when someone thinks it's ok to just give your child food without asking permission. I mean what are they thinking when they do this? You don't give anything to anyone's kid without asking permission. For us there are foods you just don't give at certain ages & stages, there's the possibility of food allergies if a food is given too early, there's personal preference as to what you want to feed your child. Another thing that really bothers me about this whole subject is if the food given would've been a first. There's nothing more special than any type of first a parent witnesses with their child. It creates memories & once that's gone you don't get that first back. Regardless of whether or not that child remembers it it was still a first for the parent & it was taken away. It is plain rude & inconsiderate to just assume you can give someone's child something without asking permission. I don't care how anyone else parents, what anyone else thinks is right for their kids, how anyone else does whatever they do when raising their child, or what they think of how we've decided to raise ours. I will raise ~my~ daughter how I think is best & by what I feel is right because I am her mother.

Happy First Birthday Monkey Man

Yesterday Landon officially turned 1 year old. 1 year ago yesterday Ashley was in surgery (unfortunately a c-section had to be done) having her baby boy brought in to the world. We are so fortunate to be a part of these boys' lives- I just cannot imagine not being, or having them be, a part of the family. I see Ashley as a parent... she and my own mother are my role models. I strive to be as good of a mother as Ashley is to her sons and as my mother was to me. Happy Birthday Landon! We love you so much! Aunt Lizzy, Uncle John, & Delilah :-*

Also yesterday Delilah enjoyed her first bathtime experience in the "grown-up" bath tub. I do believe we'll be giving Delilah her baths in there instead. She was getting too long for the rainforest bath tub anyway. Of course we took pics- so enjoy!!

Puffy Fun

Ok so I've been lacking on the blogging but I've had no motivation... *sigh* Although there are fun things to talk about!

Saturday John, Delilah & I headed off to T&D's with Ashley, Shawn & Landon. It was soo fun! We got to see monkeys, feed deer, feed an emu (which Ashley got pecked by when it was taking the food from her LoL), see lions, and tigers and bears! O my!! Prior to we went to Old Turnpike for lunch where Delilah tried her very first puffy!! Banana flavored- yum!! She also tried some orange, had some more lemon, and tried some baked bean juice & sweet corn. Now let me make it clear that we're not in the habit of giving Delilah table foods like that but hey, it was a day for adventure.

Sunday was Shawn & Landon's birthday party. It was super fun- we had great food, got to make banana splits & the best part of all was getting to share the day with the kiddos. I was so super excited to give Shawn & Landon their gifts... we got Shawn the Wonderpets flyboat, Wonderpets 3-D viewer reels, & playdough. We got Landon a fisher-price laugh n learn tool set thingy & a little tykes hammer toy that makes noise since he likes to bang on stuff :-D

Sunday afternoon/early evening John & I returned from Walmart and decided to sit out in the grass with Delilah. This was not a first for her but it might as well have been! I sat down on the ground with her & placed her feet in the grass. The lip came out & the tears started flowing. I could not put her down in it! We kinda think it's because of the pool experience- the grass was cold too which probably reminded her of the water.

Yesterday was another great first for Delilah- she fed herself a puffy with no help from Dad!! She did it again today- my big girl!!

Pictures!!

T&D's




Not quite first grass experience

Who does Delilah look like? Daddy!! Look at those faces!

Spongebob... Boogerhead???

Ok so this isn't about Spongebob but in fact about our boogerhead. Yes, that's Delilah. Yesterday when she woke up from her nap John saw what he at first thought was goop. It actually turned out to be a boogie!! And daddy took pictures (which I ~am~ going to share).

Delilah also got a chance to feed herself yesterday... as you can imagine it didn't go overly well. Mommy got home from work for her lunch break to find quite the mess on Delilah's highchair tray that Daddy was in the process of cleaning up.

Delilah was making the most humerous faces yesterday at lunch. She looked like a toothless little old lady the way she was sucking her lips in. She also has another face that mimicks the lip but is actually in good fun & does ~not~ mean sadness is on the way.

Last night after her bath I was drying her hair (which she does ~not~ like!) & when I pull the towel away she had a mohawk! Of course I had John take a picture :-D

I swear Delilah just gets bigger & bigger, faster & faster... she's been trying to crawl & today made an advancement on the attempt. Literally. She was up on her knees and brought one knee forward. Usually at that point she ends up letting her legs flop out from under her but this time she brought the other knee forward. Along with crawling she was an immense urge to stand. She'll put both of her hands on my knees to try to get up & I'll take her hands & raise them up. This allows her to stand herself up.

Today I was sitting on the floor with her holding her up to her gumball machine. She takes ahold of the gumball machine & is standing at it all by herself. No help from mom (well except to hold the gumball machine in place so it doesn't slide out from her grasp). She lets go of the gumball machine & tries to take a step toward her sound stage!! Good thing I was there to catch her. A little later we were at her sound stage. She was sitting on my legs & she reaches up on both sides of the sound stage and pulled herself up to it!! Again, no help from mom. She is such a big girl.

Like Auntie Ashley said- it won't be long before she's running around chasing after the boys!!

Boogers!!

Look what I can do!




Babyhawk!!