Some Random Photos

Ok, so they aren't so random. And they are totally posed. Well except for one. And I might add, I'm complete crap at posing photos when the subject is a human. Especially a human who's still working on strengthening her neck muscles! *lol* I'm much better at taking photographs of lighthouses and seascapes. But, I have to add, Gabriella is a much cuter and much more animated subject.

Kickin' back in Mum's glider......



Woops, there goes that head, slowly drifting off to the side. And would ya look at those cheeks! Goodness, she could compete with squirrels for storage space! *lol* But they are so kissable and squeezable....although I bet she wishes I'd stop doing both on occasion.



I told you all I was gonna do it again, and true to my word, I have. I couldn't let an opportunity like this pass me by without sticking a bow on her head. I'm going to have so much fun with the "bow" pictures when she's being an annoying 15 year old and spending 2 hours in the morning on her hair.



And one final one for this morning....relaxing on her boppy and watching "Monk".....Don't ask me why, but she LOVES and I mean LOVES Monk! She's not real fond of the television otherwise, well unless there are polar bears or whales on the TV - especially whales. Her eyes get so big and round and she LOVES LOVES LOVES listening to them. I'm going to get her a whale song CD if I can find one. But for some reason, she loves watching Monk. I usually DVR it on Friday nights as I try to be in bed by then, and we watch it on Saturday mornings and Gidget is always just fascinated. I snapped this one during an AARP commerical. I keep forgetting that I can fast forward through those!


We're still having issues sleeping at night...for ANY length of time. Her longest stretches in the last several days have been 2 hours. To say I'm exhausted is a major understatement. The past two nights have been worse for a variety of reasons, mostly though because she's hit that 6 -week growth spurt and all she wants to do is eat! I have tried getting her on a schedule by keeping her awake longer during the day and establishing a bedtime ritual (bath-time, baby massage, reading and cuddling), but I'm not having much success.

And I've sadly discovered that if I am upset at all, for ANY reason and it's close to Gidget's bedtime, forget it. She's up for the night. Thursday night I went to put the trash cans to the curb and had a bit of an accident. I slipped and fell on the almost 6" thick coating of ice on the driveway. I slid about 7 feet and it took me 15 minutes just to get to a point where I could get up without falling back down. If I hadn't torn my hand up so badly and had it been daylight, it would have almost been comedic watching me trying to get up. But it wasn't funny. It was painful and bone-chillingly cold.

By the time I finally made it back inside the house, my hand was torn in three places, my pants were torn and at the same time frozen to my left leg and I had ice and gravel everywhere. Not to mention I was hysterical. And I wasn't hysterical because I was hurt. I was worried Gidget would have woken up and gotten upset because I wasn't there.

She was just begining to stir when I got inside.

But I discovered that being as upset as I was made for a very unpleasent evening for baby and mommy. She had a hard time nursing and just wanted to be cuddled which I admit, did me a world of good. I kept having awful pictures in my head of having been walking with Gidget and slipping on the ice like that. Makes me shudder just to think about it.

So, Thursday night was spent pretty much all night....from 10pm to 8am Friday morning, in Mommy's arms.

Friday morning I woke up to a bruised and cut up left hand and I'm pretty much bruised on the entire left hand side of my body. I'm just thankful it wasn't worse. I'll be honest enough to admit though that accidents like that are not endearing me to this place, or to winter in general. Every year I always have a slip and fall on the ice, except for last year. And last year was surprising because we had such a severe winter with so much snow and ice. I was hoping for no slips or falls this year. Oh well. It's a good thing it didn't happen closer to being post-surgery or whilst I was still pregnant. Hopefully it will be my first and last one of the year.