Good Bye Formula....

And I don't EVER want to see your ugly face again!!!!! HAH!! That's right, she's done. She has been eating more solids and less bottles, so I just said $@#% it, you're getting milk from now on. The last thing we need is Lola gaining even MORE weight from formula AND food. LOL!! So we're done. And I will never buy formula ever again. I am DONE with the baby phase. No matter WHAT my hormones say........I. Am. Done. :) YAY!!!

Big Things Happening!!

WELL!! This morning Miss. Lola had the BIGGEST poop EVER.....and it wasn't hard!!!!!! YAY!! That probably has something to do with the fact that she is eating more and more table foods!! MORE YAY!!!!!! Last night she ate 5 red kidney beans, rice pilaf and chicken. Now, to some people that seems normal.....not for Lola. She just started eating on her own. It's amazing. I never thought we'd be rid of formula/milk bottles. Yesterday she only had 2!!! O_O I am THRILLED!!!! This morning she ate breakfast in her highchair and fed herself. My baby is FINALLY starting to grow up!!!!!

Water Babies.....

All my kids are water babies. I could sit them in a pool of water and they'd stay there all day if I let them. I think ALL kids love to play in the water, but Lola is kinda ridiculous. When we took them to CoCo Key I just sat her in the water and let her play with a few toys. At one point I HAD to go to the bathroom so I picked her up to take her to Kevin. You would have thought I'd tried to kill her. She threw the biggest fit!!!! Shaking her entire body, tensing up and TRYING to get down!! Hilarious. For some reason, we think Lola's fits are cute. :D Anyway. So the past few days have been so beautiful!!! We've been outside all day everyday playing in the water. It's been really nice. I can't wait to get to the beach!!!! There is no time to go this week, but hopefully we'll get there this weekend. I'm hoping Lola has a better experience t his time. Last time we took her she was NOT a happy camper. LOL!!

And as promised, the new Briar Claire hat I bought for Lola.....

Getting Better....

Lex is getting much better with Lola He still has his moments, but for the most part he's sharing better, more caring and very protective of her. It's cute and sometimes a little scary. There was a bug on the floor near her and Lex dragged her away to save her" from the bug. LOL!!!!!! She was not happy, but he felt like a Hero. :D He does things like that trying to help only to really piss her off. LOL!! At least he's trying!!!! Right? She already looks at him like he's the best thing ever.........until he takes a toy or pushes her over. We went to CoCo Key yesterday and a little boy splashed her in the face. Lex came over and was trying to wipe the water off. So cute!!!!!!!! So yeah....he's getting MUCH better!!!!! WHEW!

Teething REALLY Sucks!!

I'd have 12 kids if they didn't have to teethe. I'm dead serious. I can do anything, I can handle anything, but a baby that is teething is pure Hell to me. The constant needing to be held (not easy when your "baby" is the size of a 2 year old), constant crying/whining, waking up multiple times a night and then getting up WAY too early!!! I just hate it. I'm just thankful that it seems to be almost over for now. Two more teeth have cut through and it looks like the rest will follow pretty quickly.......I hope. o_O Lola is napping right now. She woke up at midnight, 4 and then was up for good at 6. x_x I'm beat!!!! She has been crying/whining all morning and eat a LOT!!! Throw in one busy/talkative/needy/whiny 3 year old and it makes for a very loooooooong morning. Blah! I'm just glad I have some peace and quiet now while she naps and he's playing quietly. I'm sure it wont last, so I'll go get a few things done as quickly as possible.

YAY!!!!!

Lola's new hat came today!! She looks so pretty!! I love it. I took a few pictures, but she was pissed off at the time, so I'll take more later when she's happy. :) It looked good on Lex, too!! LOL!!!

Day #8 Of Early Intervention

Today went very well!!! Lola showed off some of her new moves.....pulling up, getting on all fours and reaching and mimicking words Paula would say to her. She said "car", "no" & "yay"!! Woot Woot!!!!!!!!! She actually pulled up on th couch to get some toys down and Paula was very impressed and thinks she'll graduate early. :D Now, if only Lex would behave during the sessions. -_- He was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!! I almost lost my temper a few times. He hates it when Lola gets attention and he doesn't, so he acts out. -_- I'm thinking we may move the appointments to Wednesday afternoons so Lex can be gone. :) He was just so bad today, I can't do another day like that. ((sigh)) Boys. LOL!!

Another Boston Appointment

We will be going to Boston a lot for her Hemangioma appointments! Today was at the Laser Treatment Center. We were late, of course, but they still saw us because "Lola is just too cute"! I swear....we were 30 minutes late, but they took us anyway. Apparently I have to leave 2 hours early just to get there thanks to idiot drivers and talkative toll collectors. -_- Anyway. It went well. They will submit the paper work to our insurance company and we're hoping they will approve the laser treatment!! Since it bleeds a lot, I'm sure they will. I hope!!!!! So please, keep your fingers crossed!!!!!

Hats, Hats And Even More Hats!!

I just bought this for Miss. Lola........

:: BRIAR CLAIRE HATS ::

I love it!! I'm going to buy her a few more. I love the white one, the pink one and the red one. Adorable!! I just hope she keeps them on! LOL!!

Day #7 Of Early Intervention

Today was GREAT!!! Lola, of course, started doing things I've NEVER seen her do. She got on her knees, fed herself tiny pieces of crackers, got on all fours, pulled herself up using my necklace and did it the "right" way. LOL!! They think her eating will improve just as quickly as the rest of her. I have to start weaning her off of the baby food and feed her more "real" food. She ate a whole muffin top yesterday all by herself. She made a HUGE mess but she ate more than she got on her, which is great!!!! LOL!!! So the OT will be coming back again in 2 weeks after leaving me with some instructions on how to get her to eat more and try different things, but she said that Lola seems to be getting right to where she needs to be. :D Fantastic!!! Very exciting news. And Lola was WONDERFUL the ENTIRE time. It was great. So all in all a very good session. :D

Day #6 Of Early Intervention

I think Lola is trying to sabotage her Early Intervention sessions. She wanted nothing to do with what we had in mind. She screamed and screamed until I finally sat her down with the object of her desire (Raven's helmet -_-) and left her alone. She actually turned her back on us and played with it. ((sigh)) Paula said that Lola is a 2 year old attitude stuck in a 1 year olds body. LOL!! Paula was able to see just how smart Miss. Lola is though. I gave Lo Lex's bee bucket with is full of instruments and she went for her favorite one.....the triangle. After she found the triangle she rummaged through till she found the wand.....then she sat there and played it. Nothing fancy, just a few tinks then she put it down and clapped for herself. Too cute. Paula said...."Nina, she is very intelligent. You don't see 13 month olds doing things like that.". Yeah....I know. :D We're very proud of her. Anyway. Paula showed me a few things to work on with her. We have work to do today!!!!! :)

Other than that all is well. She's combat crawling all over the place. I can't sweep and mop enough. I literally sweep and mop everyday. It's awful. LOL!! Just the other day I had cleaned the floors perfectly, you could have eaten off of them, then Lo woke up and off she went to play. About 10 minutes later I notice she was playing with something on the floor. I went over and said....."What do got there, Sweetpea?" It was a dead fly. -GAG- She was just very lightly moving it around with her index finger. Thank GAWD she doesn't put anything in her mouth!!!! AHHHHHH!!!! She really doesn't. Ok, well, not small objects like dead flies. -GAG- She'll put a book, a toy or things like that in her mouth, but not small things. Again.....THANK GAWD!! So yeah....not 2 hours after cleaning the floors were they dirty again. Well....maybe not dirty, but you know what I mean. I clean and clean and clean as much as possible, because I just don't like the idea of my baby rolling around in dust, dirt and dead flies. LOL!!!

Day #5 Of Early Intervention

We are back with Early Intervention. Paula is home from Hawaii (-_-) and came to see Lola yesterday. Another bad day. Lola had to poop and couldn't. It was awful!! She screamed for 2 hours straight and it took her 30 minutes to finally push out the poo. It wasn't even a lot!!! Paula got here at 10:30 and saw the whole thing. She gave me a list of medicines that she thinks will help. I left a message for her pedi and hope to have a script for one today. Paula couldn't believe how bad it was. After it was over Lola was fine. Perfectly fine. She still didn't want to sit up on her own for her though!! LOL!! She was tired from the hour and a half of pooping. :( Lola is making great progress!!! She's all over the place, sitting up on her own, mimicking sounds she hears, eating more solids and so on. So yesterday she wanted to work on Lola pulling up on things to reach objects. She did great, a very fast learner. She hasn't done it on her own, but I want her to be able to by the next visit. Ambitious....I know. LOL!! As long as one of Lex's toys is on the stairs she will reach for it. :) We only got in 30 minutes of work, but it was a good 30 minutes. :) Paula will be back next Tuesday and I'm hoping everything goes well!!!! No pooping problems, fevers or anything like that. LOL!!

Lola's Trip To Boston

Lola had her appointment with Dr. M on Saturday. We were up bright and early and left at 7:15. I was nervous I'd get lost and boy was I right!! LOL!! We got there 15 minutes before the appointment though. The waiting room was full of little girls (it's more common in girls) who all had some form of vascular birthmark. Lola's was the only one, that I could see, that was big and on the face. There was a baby, about 2 months old, who had one on the top of her head, but it looked like a surface hemangioma, not a compound, which is what Lola has. The surface hemangiomas go away on their own, the compounds do not. BOO!! Anyway! We were called in and a very nice doctor took our information and Lola's history. She was soooo nice! Lola loved her. Then she left to give the doctors the information. About 10 minutes later we were called into the conference room. There were about 15 doctors in there, a few of them were from other states who came to observe. They asked questions and then wanted to look at her face. Oh my gawd.....she was not happy! LOL!! It took about 30 minutes and then we went back to the waiting room. About 5 minutes later another doctor came out who want to see Lola's face, it was ok because SHE was a SHE LOL!! Turns out she is the doctor who will be doing the laser treatment. YAY!! About 5 minutes later I met with the doctor who will be treating Lola, the doctor who will be doing the laser treatment and the pediatric cosmetic surgeon and another doctor who will be observing. I was so overwhelmed!!! They told me that it will NOT go away on it's own, the laser treatment is for reducing the surface hemangioma and after that is done they will surgically removed the rest. YAY!!!!!!! He doesn't want to wait until she is older, he wants to do it when she's 3. WOW!! AGAIN............YAY!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited. This will all be over in about 2 years. Scaring will be minimal and it will never return. ((SIGH)) I'm so relieved. :)
Let me just say that all the doctors were smitten with Miss. Lola!! LOL!! She's such a flirt. LOL!! We were only there an hour and a half, which was nice. The ride home was nice......just me and my Lo. ♥

Lola's Appointment With The Neurologist

Lola had an appointment with the neurologist at 9 a.m. so I had to get up at 4:30 and drive Kevin to work. Came home, showered, got Lola ready and off we went!! We got in pretty quickly, but the questions they asked took forever!! The doctor feels that Lola is making great progress and doesn't think further testing is needed!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a relief!! WHEW!!! She wants to see her in 3 months to make sure she is STILL making progress, but let me tell you....she is making LOTS of progress and fast!!!!! :) So just a few more months of Early Intervention and I think Lo will be right where she should be. :)

Lola's First...

Lola had her first taste of chocolate milk today!! She kinda liked it. She didn't seem to overly excited about it, but she kept drinking it!! LOL!! And she is now fully sitting up on her own! Big day today.

Speaking of big days.......she has an appointment with the neurologist at 9 a.m. tomorrow. I'm taking Kevin to work and then coming home to rest, then leaving at 8:30, then coming home making an early lunch and headed back into to Boston to get Kevin. -_- Not fun, but it's gotta be done!

Sun Kissed Babies!!!

Every day that it's been nice out we're been outside!! At the beach or the park or just hanging out around the house outside swimming in the kiddy pools. And it's showing!! My babies are getting a nice tan. LOL!!! Lola was so white she looked like paper. Now she has a glow.....

LOL!!! She's so cute. And Lex....well, he's got some nice tan lines. :D I don't even wanna talk about Raven. She's naturally tanned all year long. -_- I'm jealous. LOL!! Anyway. We've been having a good time just hanging out. It's been a very relaxing Summer so far. I'm hoping the weather gets better. It was barely 66 yesterday.....IN JULY!!!!!!!!!!!! -_-

Peace And Quiet

I love my boy, I really do, but he is so loud and so busy and always hanging on me. Kevin took him and Raven to Red Robyn for lunch. More just to get him out of the house. So glad he did!! It's just me and Lo hanging out. She's playing with Lex's piano right now and just as quiet as can be. I love that.....a quiet child. It's a beautiful thing. Lex and I do all sorts of activities together, just so he'll have something to do. Painting, coloring, watching cute kitten videos on YouTube, playing (mushing it together -_-) with Play-Doh or various other things. He ALWAYS needs something to do. I hate the t.v. being on so I only turn it on to get something done, so maybe that's it? I dunno. I'm thinking that he will definitely need to be in pre-school next year. He needs it!!! The interaction, the play time the getting out of the house.....I think he'd love it. :) We'll see.

Day #4 Of Early Intervention

Lola was NOT happy. Miserable. Pissed off. The appointment was a bust. BOO!! Oh well. If Lola isn't happy, it just isn't happening. Another thing, I didn't like the new lady who came because Paula is on vacation till the 20th. She kinda annoyed me. Constantly talking about nothing really and the fact that Lola didn't like her at all just made up my mind. LOL!! Only one more session with her and then Paula is back. YAY!!! Can't wait.

Lex Is 3

That should say it all. 3 is a very tough age. He's in the "MINE!" phase, talking back phase and just being completely insane. He runs, he falls, he laughs, he cries, but most of all he is 3. Today we were playing outside with the nieghbor's granddaughters and they were running around being wild and crazy and then it was time for them to leave. Well, Lex was heart broken. He came up to me and said..."Momma, I wanna cry for two minutes. Hold me" -insert forced crying here- That's my Lex. He's sweet and loving and very kind to others. Then there are times like when he went up to me and said.."Momma!! Be quiet please! Your voice is hurting me!!" -_- Yes...he's 3. LOL! Adorbale. Love it.

Lex Loves Girls

It's the funniest ting to watch Lex get as close to a girl as he can to get her attention. He can't just walk up to a girl and say Hi, he has to make her notice him and them wait for HER to say Hi. Very cute. :) We took the kids out for ice cream yesterday and the cutest little girl was in line behind us and Lex turned around and stared at her until she said Hi. Then he was super excited that she ALSO got strawberry ice cream. LOL!! He loves himself some girls!! Ibetter keep an eye on him. HAH!