RSP: 01.2010

30.1.10

See that mirror down there? Well, that shattered right on Poppy's head last week. I was vacuuming, she crawled away, saw the mirror falling on her, it was too late. It was the saddest sight...Poppy sitting in shattered glass just shocked by the impact. Thanks goodness she didn't start crawling in it.

Reyn was home (he saved my life!) and ran and picked her up. She had a small cut on her head that I saw immediately but then Reyn said calmly, "so...she may have a cut on her back." I lost it...started crying. She had a deep cut on her lower back that was bleeding pretty bad. My heart sank and we ran over to the hospital (only a block away). I'm sure we were being overly protective being new parents but when the nurse asked my last name I could barley say it because I was crying so hard. Maybe I was just the crazy one. Thank goodness Reyn was with me. He kept me calm and hung with Pops while I ran around trying to figure out our insurance stuff. Isn't that sad that I couldn't even stay with Poppy but had to deal with insurance?

Long story short, my pediatrician (who is also a couple blocks away) ended up just gluing the wound shut.

Poppy was such an angel. She only cried for a couple minutes right after the mirror fell and then partied at the hospital. Climbing all over the hospital beds, smiling at the nurses. That made me feel even worse! Of course I felt like it was my fault. She survived though!! One emergency room visit down...let's hope that's our last!

Her gash one week after. And she's wearing the same blood stained T Shirt. Blood wouldn't come out...and I still had her wear it??

Home

Here are a few pictures of Poppy just being Poppy. She has been cracking us up lately. Dancing like crazy (her favorite song to dance to is ".6.6" by MILKY), she is constantly making funny faces or clicking her tongue as she crawls around, talks to herself, loves to be tortured by Reyn, enjoys "lap" time (especially during Yo Gabba Gabba), and she just laughs...sometimes for no reason. That's a good sign, right? Don't get me wrong, I could've done without her erasing all of my bookmarks on my computer today that I've been collecting for the past 6 months. It still hurts. I also could do without her trying to get into Pancakes food or rubbing her hair when she has avocado all over her hands. Somehow you end up just laughing at those things.

We have been spending a lot of time on Photo Booth

29.1.10

Running

27.1.10

Cannon AE1

22.1.10

January

Poppy was wowed by the football game. Reyn, not so much. Me, not so much.

Swing Baby

Just so you know, I took a million photos of Poppy swinging on my fish eye camera but haven't gotten them developed yet...so you may be seeing her swing again in more style.

She LOVES to swing. I took her to Battery Park at the cutest little play ground right on the water. It's the fact that I think 40 degrees is warm now. It was super nice weather and to be right on the water made my day. Little things like that are HUGE to people who live in NYC. Fresh air.

It's fun now that Poppy is getting older and wiser. She is now (has been for a month or more) feeding herself. She refuses to let me spoon feed her anymore. Miss independent. She is almost walking. Is cruising like a champ wherever she can get ahold and holds on to our hands and takes little baby steps. That's exactly what it is...baby steps. She's now bonking her head and getting injured (minor)...except for that one time last week when I had to take her to the emergency room from a mirror falling on her and splitting her back open. Oh, that wasn't minor. She is really not scared of anything. For example, dropped something on the floor while sitting on the couch and almost face planting onto the ground from trying to grab it. Oh, and she is not shy in the slightest. Took her to story time tonight at this little bookstore and right when I put her down on the grown, darted over to the front row and center. Wanted in on ALL the action. Pretty funny.