Momentous Occasion

That's right, our little girl FINALLY has enough hair to put into a clip (with out looking completely ridiculous anyways)! And she is only 19 months old.... her hair is sure taking it's sweet time in coming. Right now I am eagerly anticipating when I can finally play 'hairdresser' with her hair, but I am also eagerly anticipating my frustration when I have to deal with bad hair days, Libby not 'co-operating', and her hair clips, ties, etc., falling out every two seconds! For right now though, I can get satisfaction from placing one clip in her hair and it actually staying in place and not looking like a blob just sitting in the middle of her little bald head! She's even done really well with not pulling it out (well most of the time anyways... there are times when she thinks that it needs a little 'readjusting' and there is no telling her otherwise!)
No hopefully people will stop thinking that she is a boy (even when I have her dressed in blatantly obvious girl clothes... even dresses!!) I am not like the lady from 'the office' TV show whose infant son's favorite color is pink.... I dress my child in pink, lavender and flowers because SHE IS A GIRL!!! Come on people!!!
Okay enough of that rant.... I have to go put the clip back in my daughters hair! :)

Sorry no new pictures....

Sorry everyone who looks on this thing hoping for new pictures.... without our computer we can't upload them. We are hoping to get a new laptop in the new year, kind of hoping that Apple comes out with some great new ones... not that we'd get a new model, but that way the others should come down in price a little. If you REALLY want new pictures Daryl has a link on his blog where you can donate to the cause.....
Anyways, I just thought I would write on this thing, to keep people still looking it up anyways. This week I'm so proud of myself... I made it to the gym 3 times!! YAY! And that's only starting on Monday.. and that's with one day being completely out of the picture, cause I was watching a friend's little girl.... AND, miracle upon miracle, I am actually enjoying it A LOT! I find that it is just my time.... where I can listen to my music and think about things and sweat... how great it that! The gym that I go to has baby sitting and Libby really likes it... one time this week Libby dressed up in a unicorn costume and wore it for an hour. I wish that I had my camera... she looked super cute! On the other hand it's not like I could have posted it anyways..... so you'll just have to trust me that she looked super cute! Bye for now!

Little Helper

As Libby is getting bigger adn bigger, she is starting to be my little "helper". This is a picture all the way back from Thanksgiving and Libby is helping Kailey and I make a Caramel Mochachino cheesecake (yes, it was as good as it sounded....). She was so funny, and super intent on helping. Of course it will be nice as she gets older, that her helping will start to be more helping. Like today for example... my floor really needed some sweeping, especially since I had just finished decorating the real tree... which means pine needles were everywhere. Libby decided to grab the big duster that we have, and while I was sweeping with the broom, she was cleaning the floor with the duster. She is so funny!! She is trying to do so many things on her own now, and will even get a little frustrated with you if you try to help without asking first. You have to make sure that you ask if she needs help and then if she agrees you can help her out.

It's also helpful now that she can actually answer questions with answers that she actually means now. I often will ask her if she wants a nap (usually when I start to see the eye rubs), and she will say either yes or no. Usually if she says no, I just ask 5 minutes later and then she's ready, but there are definitely no fights for going down for naps.... it's her decision after all (with some "Gentle" prodding from her mom).

MOMENTOUS OCCASION!!! I finally heard Libby say a clear "mommy" yesterday!! And she wasn't even whining or crying when she said it. Usually all I hear is "mum,mum,mum,mum" when she wants something from me, or if she needs some cuddles. But last night as I was taking her to bed she said "mommy"super sweetly and then when I asked her to say it again SHE DID!! YAY, it only took almost 19 months of late nights, poopy diapers, thrown food, snotty noses (And let's not even talk about the delivery...) and she has FINALLY said "mommy" to me (she has said it to Daryl quite a few times... it's been like rubbing salt in the wound).

Now if I could just get her to say "supercalifragilisticexpealidotious" I would for sure win "mom of the year"! :) (Please don't judge my spelling too harshly on that word.....I'm no Mary Poppins).

It's just a computer...

.....at least that's what I keep telling myself. I know that I have been ridiculus about keeping up this blog, and I don't even know if anyone still reads this thing, but for the last week or so I have had a GREAT excuse.... the Grunau household has suffered a gregious loss, one that is going to take us quite a while to get over.... our computer, our beloved little macbook, has died!
Okay, I know that this sounds a little overboard, I mean it's just a computer.... but I never realized how dependant we were on that little guy. We stay connected with our friends, have our day planner, get recipes, do our banking, and a whole lot of other stuff. I never realized how much we used it. If you want to know how it died feel free to go to Daryl's blog from the link on the side.

On another note I will try to update you on all that is going on here. I am sorry that I can't post any pictures, but those were all on our computer. (Thankfully we had bought an external hard drive so we didn't lose all of our pictures... that would have been horrible!!!)

So while Daryl and I were in Vegas, Libby stayed with my parents in Barrhead.... for the WHOLE week!! She did great! My parent's had a lot of fun with her and kept her VERY busy! She went to Edmonton, went out to restaurants, went to a surprise birthday party, went bowling and did a whole bunch of other things. I don't know who was more tired at the end of the week, my parents or Libby. I only called home three times that week... I was very proud of myself!!

So the problem wasn't the week that we were gone, but the couple weeks after we got back!! Libby wouldn't let me out of her sight for a week straight! I couldn't get anything done when we got home. I literally spent the first couple of days home cuddling wiht Libby and just holding her, reading to her and playing with her... she wouldn't let me do anything! Thankfully she was good with Daryl's parents (Yay for Grandparents!!), so I could sneak away and do some grocery shopping. For the first week or so, Libby only wanted me or Daryl, and she went to Daryl's parents... other than that she didn't really want anyone else. I guess the only other person on her good list was her auntie Kendra....but Libby's always excited to see her!!

On another note, Libby is getting her I-teeth right now too! She has been pretty good about it, a little more grouchy, but over all she hasn't been that bad. So after these come in, there are only her 2 year molars left. I just hope these ones come in soon, right now all 4 are coming and I can see them all, so it shouldn't be too much longer. I just hope we don't have a repeat of last Christmas when Libby was a little teething monster. At least this year she will probably be pre-occupied with her cousin!

For the last few weeks, Libby's been sick off and on, and I have been fighting off her germs... which is really hard when she insists on rubbing her snot and slobber everywhere! Oh well, I guess this is just one of the many signs that winter is upon us.

While Libby was teething and had a cold I thought, "How can I possibly make this any worse... I know I'll poke Libby with needles a few times". Yup, that's right, Libby also got her 18 month shots! She did super well, and I think it had to do with the nurse... she was awesome! She had all the needles all ready to go. She gave her one in the arm, then I flipped her over and she did the other arm and then she asked if I wanted to try to calm her down a bit or if she should just get the other needle... and I was like "let's keep going", so she gave Libby the last one. Libby was SUPER mad, but it all happened so quickly so she didn't really have time to get all that upset. Then the nurse gave her a toothbrush and she was fine! She did such a great job, I was so proud of her!

Well I'll stop here for now. It's hard when you don't post for awhile, cause then you have to post a whole bunch!!! Take care!