~I decided that I needed a pedicure. To save the money, I’ve been doing them
myself. It’s my biweekly treat to myself
when the girls are napping. I get to
prep my feet and put a new shiny coat of polish on my nails. Hannah didn’t really nap this particular day
so my pedicure was a quick process and I did as much as I could before I
rescued her from her crib. We went into
the living room so she could read books quietly while I finished pampering my
feet; before I started her pedicure (ah, the life of my almost three year
old!). I was rubbing lotion on my foot,
Hannah looks over at me and says “Mommy, you have toe jam?” She is obsessed with the lint that socks
leave in between toes and refers to it at “toe jam”.
~~I have the worst Mommy Guilt. I preach to other mom’s about not feeling
guilty and typing out excuses as to why they should not let it get to them or
how to “let it go”, yet I can’t do that for myself. GAH!
~~~I have a bumper magnet that I proudly display on the back of
my mommy van (yes, I’m one of THOSE moms), but it’s for a really good
cause….cause it’s for Natalie. It’s a
hot pink rectangle with the words “My Daughter Has More Chromosomes Than Yours”
in white. I often think how many moms
read it and snicker to themselves and say “no she doesn’t”. A few Saturdays ago Ben, Hannah, Natalie and
I attended the DE Down Syndrome Association Valentine’s Dance. We had an amazing time! Natalie was so social and she loved meeting
new friends and dancing with mommy, Hannah & daddy. She spent most of her time in the Ergo baby
carrier, but she is quite content in there, plus it deterred people from
touching her (did I mention I have a severe phobia of germs? Two hospitalizations in a 4weeks span will do
that to a mom!). Hannah had an absolute
B-L-A-S-T! She wore her heart tutu that
she sported for Natalie’s birthday party and her Valentine’s Day party at
school and she thought she was all that and a bag of chips!! We practically closed the party! We even happily obliged when Hannah was
chosen to take home one of the decorative heart balloons …just what we needed,
more balloons. As if we didn’t already
have 6 cornered in the living room, left over from Natalie’s birthday party and
hospital stay! Sorry, now I’m just
getting off topic! The point of the
story, as we left the Middletown Moose Lodge with full hearts and grins from
ear-to-ear, I busted out with laughter when I looked at the back of my van and
read my bumper magnet. Oh the irony of
that magnet at a Down Syndrome gathering.
~~~~~During the first weekend of March we had an addition to our
home. A bunny has set up camp behind the
barberry bush that is in our front landscaping.
You can see him/her as you stand on our front steps. Hannah is beyond excited to have a new animal
to call her own. I’m fairly certain she
will be a veterinarian when she grows up…she inherited her love for animals
from her Uncle RayJ
Anywho, as Hannah was walking up our steps and she saw the bunny she
immediately gave him a name; Henry.
That name came out of the clear blue….then it dawned on me, the day
before we attended a playgroup sponsored by the DE Down Syndrome
Association. Hannah had made friends by
sharing her apples with a boy named Henry.
Obviously he made quite an impression, she named a bunny after
him!!
~~~~~~I am in love with unseasonably warm weather we are experiencing. We've had temps in the mid 60's to mid 70's for almost two weeks now. I’m also worried that come summer, it will be
120 degrees! The Rohe family had a
spectacular weekend and it ended this evening with an impromptu bbq with my
parents & sister. After Hannah had
finished her meal, she was let down from the table and asked to use Auntie
Kelly’s phone; Hannah loves watching videos of herself on everyone's phone! Hannah found the camera feature and went to
town!!! She walked around our house
snapping pictures of Pops, Natalie, Ben, my arm, my face, her eyebrows and the
hallway. The best part…after every photo
she took she would say “ohhhh, that was a good one!” This kid is too much!!
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