Friday, February 27, 2009

25 Random Things


About two weeks ago, my sweet toddler who was happy most of the time and went to sleep really easy was replaced by a whiny, temper tantrum prone, night owl who doesn't want to be left alone. In light of the recent transformation, I feel the need to remember the really nice or interesting things about her so I don't lose hope that this is only a temporary condition.

25 Random Things About Vivi

1. She was born in the middle of a downpour which required snowplows to clear the streets of water.

2. She was born with a full head of hair.

3. She had her first haircut at five months.

4. Her first airplane ride was to Florida to visit her grandparents at six months.

5. She has blue eyes that have changed from sapphire blue to a cornflower blue.

6. She loves our cat Gigi.

7. She loves to dance.

8. She loves her red cowboy boots.

9. She uses a pacifier.  Her favorites are blinged out Munchkin pacifiers.

10. She slept in her car seat for four months.

11. She sung herself, more like moaned, herself to sleep until she was about a year old and still does it on car rides.

12. Throws kisses when saying goodbye and to strangers on the street.

13. She loves the beach.

14. Gets a kick out of Elmo.

15. Makes me fast forward to her favorite parts in "Classical Baby."

16.  She ate part of her "Pat The Bunny" book one day right before I fed her lunch.

17. Her alter ego is "Danger Vivi."

18. She likes silk blankets and her favorite one is a pink leopard print take along.

19. She calls oranges "apples."

20. She knows some sign language.

21. She calls blueberries "beans."

22. She likes to put perfume on.

23. She likes to go out to eat.

24. She looks fantastic for the two seconds she leaves a hat on her head.  

25. She likes to wear frilly dresses.  

Saturday, February 14, 2009

My Funny Valentine

My husband is a bit camera shy so there are not too many videos or pictures in cyber space of him. His aversion to sharing information online carries over to my favorite Web 2.0 application, Facebook. He believes that Facebook is evil and refuses to join even though he asks me to friend people on his behalf since he will not join. At least he doesn't lurk on Facebook under my account like some of my Facebook friends' spouses. Melissa, we are all so onto you!

Anyway, back to why I'm posting. Since my husband is camera shy, I have to go commando sometimes to capture sweet moments of him playing with Vivi. Here is the pay-off of two recent missions.






Thanks, Will, for being such a wonderful husband and father. I'm so happy that you're my Valentine. I love you!