So today was our appointment with the Pediatric Ophthalmologist to check the clogged tear duct. It was what we thought, clogged, so at some point in the next few months Grace will have the surgery to unclog the duct.

But that was not the wild part, as you may have heard we are having terrible rains here in the Northeast. So while we are sitting there, waiting for Graces eyes to dilate, a policeman comes into the office and says they are voluntarily evacuating the area. So we only have 15 minutes until her eyes are fully dilated so we decide to wait it out, since the Doctor was doing the same.

We get called back into the office for the check up and the next thing there is a knock on the door. Knock, knock, knock, policeman is back. Hi just to let you know we are now doing mandatory evacuations.

So needless to say we high tailed it out of there.
Parts of the parking lot was underwater and not just underwater, I am talking water up to the grill and mid-way up the doors of some of the cars. Yikes!!!!
Got home with no problem, back to the highland!!!!!

The Fun is Over....or Just Beginning...

Oh no, the day I have been waiting for has arrived. Little monkey has mastered the army crawl. We will be baby-proofing this weekend. I have put it off long enough.

Mother of the Year (everyone else can line up behind me)here was chatting on the phone looked down to see that Grace had army crawled over to the computer cord and was finding it very fascinating. Me not so much.

So much for the running out of the room for a quick second and not having to worry.

Now, much to my delight we have also mastered sitting up, or should I say Grace is now proficient in getting off her tummy to a seated position. Who would have thought that mastering one move would make such a huge difference to our lives. The laying on the floor whining to be placed back into a seated position is OVER!!!!!!

Busy times

So, I start a blog and here I am all ready ignoring it. We have had a crazy last week. Work is insane, which is great! Grace had her 9 month check up and she is 17lbs 11oz and 27 inches. Looks great. Her pediatrician thought he heard a hip click. Apparently they take hips very seriously these days and referred us to a pediatric orthopedist.

Good news is there is absolutely nothing wrong with her hips and the doctor said she is 100% perfect. She is just as perfect on the inside as the outside. Which was a huge relief off of my mind. I was having visions of our April Florida trip with Grace in a cast. I could think of nothing worse than a cast that goes from mid chest to mid thigh and the warm weather of Florida.

But all is good and being the crazy mom I am here are some pictures of yesterdays big adventure!

Here is Grace, just chilling on the table waiting for the x-ray. Such a lady and so modest, no running around topless for us, well at least not yet :-).



Looking so tiny on the huge table:


Just waiting for the doctor to come in and tell me the news:


And yes, I did take a picture of her x-ray and yes I do know that I am crazy!!

Spring has Sprung, but I think it may be a trick

3 days in a row of high 50s. I know all too well not to get my hopes up and think that winter is over and spring is here. But it is still nice to dream that spring is almost upon us.

Grace was 9 months on Saturday and she gave us a present, while at brunch she finally babbled, da-da has never sounded so good.

Awe, music to our ears.

Teeth

Yup, we have two and I also have the best husband, poor Grace woke up at 2:30 screaming her little head off and big ole tears streaming down her face. So Mark stayed up with her until 4am when she finally went back to sleep.

Today of course when she woke up she was her normal happy, giggling, shrieking self! So glad to have happy baby back!

Blogging Day 2

Well, I think I am getting the hang of this.

Is there anything better than waking up to the sound of pure joy, to those little giggles. The very best part of my day is when Grace and I first spot each other for the day and she lets out the joy shriek and the toothless (well almost toothless) grin.

We have also recently discovered just how entertaining our four legged furry friends can be. They bring out the yell. We are so lucky to have such a perfect daughter.

Lets get this started

Figured, what the heck everyone else is doing it....
Yes and if all my friends jumped off a bridge, I would to!



Some not so big to you but big to us happenings going on here. Grace went swimming for the first time and LOVED the water. We are going to make it a weekly event. Have to get her ready for summer!



We also have 2 bottom teeth coming in, you can just see the tops of them. They are making Grace a little bit cranky, but not anywhere near the horror I had envisioned.