Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - Update

Olivia has been making huge strides lately. She's pulling herself around on the floor. She'll even get up on her knees and forearms. We're trying to spend as much time as possible hanging out on the floor (which also works well for a tired mommy.) She's finally showing interest in getting items that are just out of reach. Previously, if she couldn't reach out and touch it, she didn't want it.

Well, I decided against a cleaning lady. . .I know. . .dumb move. I'm one of those people that has to clean everything before the cleaning lady comes. Once everything is picked up, it doesn't seem that difficult to run the vacuum. Plus, I think it would work better if I wasn't home when she was here and. . .well, I have nowhere to go. I'll probably regret it by next week, I'm sure.

Monday, November 10, 2008 - Update

I had to start the day off with an eye doctor appointment.
I only cried a little. . .really.

Mom said that I was a pretty good girl.

Can you see one of my top teeth in this picture?

We received pretty good news at the eye doctor this morning. She still has some intermittent eye crossing, but not enough to be concerned about at this time. Of course, I wish the surgery would have completely corrected it, but I'm thankful for what it did do. The doc says no eye glasses at this time. He'll continue following her every few months for a couple years to watch how she progresses.

As a Christmas present, I was offered to have someone clean my house. It took me awhile to agree because as a stay-at-home mom, isn't that one of my duties? Because I've been lacking in energy, I want to concentrate all that I have on Olivia and not on that pesky cobweb in the corner. It's hard, though, when you have to stay in your house all winter and it's not squeaky clean. . .drives me insane. So, this is only going to be for a couple of months until I start feeling better and able to take on more myself. The lady came highly recommended and I met with her this morning. As we were walking around the house to determine what I want to have her do, I was going to play a little joke on her. With a straight face, I was going to walk downstairs into the guinea pig room and tell her how to clean the pens. . .and that their nails need to be trimmed every 6 weeks. . .along with Persephone's hair. I couldn't do that to someone. . .even as a joke. Turns out. . . she is a huge animal lover, so I don't think it would have been quite as horrifying anyway.