I've thought about my GeeGee a lot lately. The March Madness tournament is going on now and her team - the University of Louisville Cardinals - were seeded #1. I think that's for the first time ever. They won their first round and is going to play again tomorrow.
I hope she has a TV up there in heaven! I bet she's watching. She must be so proud of her Cards playing so hard. That and Pitino is awesome.
I think of her almost everyday. I can't wait to tell Reagan stories about her and have her really understand them. Some days I kick myself for not taking Reagan to the nursing home before GeeGee passed away - she died about 2.5 weeks after she was born. I really miss her... and Reagan would have loved her.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
More words really?
My walkie talkie is saying even more now. I got new flashcards today - shapes, number and colors. They are really very cool. Reagan LOVES them of course. She was very intrigued since they were so different from her other ones.
So we were going over all her colors and every time I'd say a new color I'd ask her to say them after me. So what color does she actually come out and say - not the easy ones... PURPLE! WHAT! Yea, she said "puuupleee". Geez louise girl. Say something easy. She also tried to say "pink" and "red". But purple was definetly the best one.
I was so impressed I told Grammy. She got her to say "bubble", "blue", and something else I just can't remember. Geez! Then before bed, she said "clock" and some of her old favorites. :)
So we were going over all her colors and every time I'd say a new color I'd ask her to say them after me. So what color does she actually come out and say - not the easy ones... PURPLE! WHAT! Yea, she said "puuupleee". Geez louise girl. Say something easy. She also tried to say "pink" and "red". But purple was definetly the best one.
I was so impressed I told Grammy. She got her to say "bubble", "blue", and something else I just can't remember. Geez! Then before bed, she said "clock" and some of her old favorites. :)
First day alone part deux
So tonight, after Dad got home, he came up to get me and Little Miss. We packed our bags - toys and food - and headed down to Grammy and Grampy's house for an evening "out". We hung out there and chased Reagan around until about 630 pm when Grammy got home from choir practice. Once she was there, we piled in the car and went to Bob Evans for dinner.
It took forever for them to bring us food - Reagan was getting restless. Thank goodness for toys and crayons. We kept her busy, busy, busy! I was really happy when the food got there - so was she. She ate fairly well - even had turkey (WOW). I have never seen her eat "white meat" before.
After we got back to my house, Grammy went home and Grampy came up to help me out. She wasn't really ready for bed, so he took off leaving us alone for the second time. I wasn't sure how she and I would do because my foot was pretty swollen, but I figured I'd just manage. I couldn't keep him awake any longer - he was tired.
We played for a while and I finally coaxed her into her room about 930 pm. She's up there knocking around and making noise, but I'm not budging. I've got an icepack on my foot, the college tourney games on the tv and beer in my hand. :) She'll go to sleep soon.
It took forever for them to bring us food - Reagan was getting restless. Thank goodness for toys and crayons. We kept her busy, busy, busy! I was really happy when the food got there - so was she. She ate fairly well - even had turkey (WOW). I have never seen her eat "white meat" before.
After we got back to my house, Grammy went home and Grampy came up to help me out. She wasn't really ready for bed, so he took off leaving us alone for the second time. I wasn't sure how she and I would do because my foot was pretty swollen, but I figured I'd just manage. I couldn't keep him awake any longer - he was tired.
We played for a while and I finally coaxed her into her room about 930 pm. She's up there knocking around and making noise, but I'm not budging. I've got an icepack on my foot, the college tourney games on the tv and beer in my hand. :) She'll go to sleep soon.
First day alone
So far since my surgery, I've picked up Reagan once or twice completely by myself. I've only had to take care of her alone for short periods of time alone because that's all I've really been able to handle.
Today is the first day since surgery that I was left alone and will be alone for a few hours. I had to put her down for her nap, wake her up, get her a snack and run around after her until my dad was available to help me.
So far, I'm doing ok. I'm a little sore, but I'm ok. She's pretty easy as long as I can keep her busy and not running around. :) Thank goodness my new flashcards came in the mail today. Right now, she's playing at the refridgerator with her magnets. That will get old her pretty soon and I plan on getting out the new flashcards. :)
I'm at four hours and counting. Cross your fingers she doesn't do anything too crazy!
Today is the first day since surgery that I was left alone and will be alone for a few hours. I had to put her down for her nap, wake her up, get her a snack and run around after her until my dad was available to help me.
So far, I'm doing ok. I'm a little sore, but I'm ok. She's pretty easy as long as I can keep her busy and not running around. :) Thank goodness my new flashcards came in the mail today. Right now, she's playing at the refridgerator with her magnets. That will get old her pretty soon and I plan on getting out the new flashcards. :)
I'm at four hours and counting. Cross your fingers she doesn't do anything too crazy!
Don't touch my hair!
Wowza - Reagan absolutely HATES getting her hair put up in a ponytail. Her hair is getting so long that it hangs in her eyes. Jim has also started threatening me that he'll take her to get her haircut. Ugh. I'm not ready for that milestone yet. So I bought some hair thingys and started putting her hair up. It looks super cute.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Where do they get energy?
I have been watching Reagan a lot over the last week. She is just full of energy. She doesn't stop. When we get home, she starts running and really doesn't stop until we say "ok time for bed". It doesn't matter where she's at, she has to run. I aksed Nicki how she was doing on the playground. She said, she likes to run, but hasn't quite figured out the slope in the yard, so she clings to the gate a lot. I can't wait to see her figure that out.
Yea Mommy!
Today, I walked into LRS without my crutches after work. I was limping a bit, but I really wanted to walk into Reagan's room and just pick her up. As soon as I walked in, she saw me and squealed. She ran towards me with her arms up squealing! When I picked her up, she patted me on the back and just giggled. I love it. She was so happy to see me. It just made my entire day. I've been wanting to do that since I had surgery. It was such a huge milestone for me.
Achilles update
Well, it's been 12 days since the doctor said I could be full weight bearing. I am finally getting better. I am really close to being able to walk without my crutches. My PT person said I should be able to drop the crutch by Monday or so. I'm excited.
The hardest part has been my mornings and evenings after dinner. First thing in the morning, my foot throbs. As soon as I hit the floor, it just kills me until I get it limbered up and use to the pressure of standing. The sharp stabbing pains were just amazing first thing in the morning. By evening, I'm usually tired. My foot is usually swelling at that point and doesn't settle down without an icepack. Sometimes that doesn't even help.
The cool thing is that I found some support stockings at the local drugstore. They're men's stockings, but I don't care. I've been wearing them for a week. They do help most the time until the evening. I'm hoping that once I hit that month mark, I'll be out of the woods with swelling.
The hardest part has been my mornings and evenings after dinner. First thing in the morning, my foot throbs. As soon as I hit the floor, it just kills me until I get it limbered up and use to the pressure of standing. The sharp stabbing pains were just amazing first thing in the morning. By evening, I'm usually tired. My foot is usually swelling at that point and doesn't settle down without an icepack. Sometimes that doesn't even help.
The cool thing is that I found some support stockings at the local drugstore. They're men's stockings, but I don't care. I've been wearing them for a week. They do help most the time until the evening. I'm hoping that once I hit that month mark, I'll be out of the woods with swelling.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
I'm NOT tired
Reagan decided last night that she was not tired at all. We put her down at the usual time (between 830 and 900 pm) and she was quiet for a bit. But after about 15 minutes, she started talking up a storm. She didn't cry, just talking. Jim and I thought it would be a good idea to pick her up out of bed and let her wear out while we watched TV.
She was absolutely not tired at all. She was 100 MPH as soon as she got downstairs. She was running around the living room - bring us all the magazines off the rack - one at a time. She was so happy to be up scurrying around. About 1030 pm, she started to kinda wind down - she started rolling on the floor and doing a "drive by snuggle attacks" on me and Jim.
At 1100 pm, we decided it was time for her to go to bed. We got another bottle and put her down. That worked.
The bad thing was this morning - she was CRANKY!!!! Oh my. I woke her up at 700 am to get her ready. She was so clingy and cranky. I couldn't put her down. She just wanted to snuggle on me. So I took her to school and she was a mess. I felt so bad. Three phone calls later, Nicki said that she had finally calmed down and gotten into the schedule. But, she also had fallen asleep before the official nap time. Wow!
I guess she'll be tired tonight!
She was absolutely not tired at all. She was 100 MPH as soon as she got downstairs. She was running around the living room - bring us all the magazines off the rack - one at a time. She was so happy to be up scurrying around. About 1030 pm, she started to kinda wind down - she started rolling on the floor and doing a "drive by snuggle attacks" on me and Jim.
At 1100 pm, we decided it was time for her to go to bed. We got another bottle and put her down. That worked.
The bad thing was this morning - she was CRANKY!!!! Oh my. I woke her up at 700 am to get her ready. She was so clingy and cranky. I couldn't put her down. She just wanted to snuggle on me. So I took her to school and she was a mess. I felt so bad. Three phone calls later, Nicki said that she had finally calmed down and gotten into the schedule. But, she also had fallen asleep before the official nap time. Wow!
I guess she'll be tired tonight!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
My little walkie talkie
So Reagan is full of words now. She is trying new sounds and new words all the time. Jim started working with her this weekend on her letter sounds and had some success. She is starting to know her colors better and has even started trying to sound them out. Blue and Red seem to be the easiest for her. I can ask her to find certain colors (like red, blue, green and yellow) and she can point them out.
The coolest thing was our "daily card session" today. She actually tried to make the sound for a rooster - cockadoodledo. She tried. She got the first part out and made the rest of the syllables - it was almost right. I was so impressed I screamed which made her try it again. We both laughed. I also put the cards on the floor in a big messy pile and asked her to find certain animals. She did. She could sort through the piles and find what I was asking her for. How cool is that?
The coolest thing was our "daily card session" today. She actually tried to make the sound for a rooster - cockadoodledo. She tried. She got the first part out and made the rest of the syllables - it was almost right. I was so impressed I screamed which made her try it again. We both laughed. I also put the cards on the floor in a big messy pile and asked her to find certain animals. She did. She could sort through the piles and find what I was asking her for. How cool is that?
She's figured it out
Reagan got the Fisher-Price Bounce and Spin Zebra toy for her birthday. When she got it, she was a tad too short for it so we stuck the box downstairs and waited til she got taller. So this past weekend, we put it up. She really didn't have much interest in it. Jim and I weren't completely impressed with the graphics - they seemed pretty lame. But I figured since it was one of the "best of" toys, I'd give it a whirl. 
Tonight was the third or fourth time she played on it. She plays on it well without the TV component, but I thought I'd try it tonight.
She figured it out! After a few minutes of me showing her the buttons and interactive items on the horse, she quickly figured out how to play with it. She spun the rattle thing in the middle to get the music to play (just so she could dance). She bounced to get the other animals to pop up.
While the graphics were cheezy, I was totally impressed that she figured out the "cause and effect" part of the whole experience so fast. Even better, she wouldn't get off. Wow!
Tonight was the third or fourth time she played on it. She plays on it well without the TV component, but I thought I'd try it tonight.
She figured it out! After a few minutes of me showing her the buttons and interactive items on the horse, she quickly figured out how to play with it. She spun the rattle thing in the middle to get the music to play (just so she could dance). She bounced to get the other animals to pop up.
While the graphics were cheezy, I was totally impressed that she figured out the "cause and effect" part of the whole experience so fast. Even better, she wouldn't get off. Wow!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
More things to do
So today was the day of errands. We procrastinated on Saturday, but couldn't do it today. We let Reagan sleep in til about 9am and then got the day going. We went to Sams, Biggs and I even went to the teacher store on my own. I tried to walk for the first time without crutches and it was really hard. Ugh. I did make my way into Biggs with Jim and Reagan and did fairly well considering I've only been walking for five days. Woo hooo. After we got home, we put Little Miss down for her nap and relaxed ourselves. Jim played a video game and I passed out - sore from walking. After we woke up, Mom and Dad came over for dinner and to just hang out. It was a nice evening.
New stuff
Jim and I were sitting in his office chatting when I heard Reagan making some odd noises out in the foyer. I leaned over to see what she was doing and found that she was hiding in the coats hanging on the banister. Wow! She had wrapped herself in Jim's red coat and was leaning up against the railing. Just playing. I've never seen her do that before.
The other cool thing is that she's finally getting the hang of her riding toys. We have a horse scooter thingy in the living room that she never had an interest in. She got it for her birthday but never cared for it. But ever since we set up the interactive bouncy horse upstairs, she's been interested in the one downstairs. Hmmm. She can only ride it backwards, but I'll take it. It is so cute to watch her try to figure it out.
The other cool thing is that she's finally getting the hang of her riding toys. We have a horse scooter thingy in the living room that she never had an interest in. She got it for her birthday but never cared for it. But ever since we set up the interactive bouncy horse upstairs, she's been interested in the one downstairs. Hmmm. She can only ride it backwards, but I'll take it. It is so cute to watch her try to figure it out.
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