So….we’re moving back to our old blog address. Just think, this is like a treasure hunt in cyberspace! I can’t guarantee that we won’t move again, but I think we’ll be at this address for a while…..okay, here it is:
http://88milesperhour-willard.blogspot.com/
Sarah Ragozzine and I have started a new Monday morning babysitting swap. And today was the first day. So Chloe came over to our house to play for a few hours. Only, both girls spent most of the hours sleeping! Chloe slept for almost 5 hours! (and Lucy slept for 3) By 2:45, I decided to go check on Chloe and make sure she was still breathing. And there she was, just sitting up in bed, awake, clutching her little doll, and not making a sound. It was adorable. I guess she just needed some time “wake up”. I feel the same way on most days.
Once the two girls were awake, however, they had great fun following each other around the house, taking bites of my cheese sandwich, and playing on our back porch. They both stood at the railing and copied each other, slapping their hands on the rail. It was really adorable. Here are some pics and a little video of the fun we had (please note Lucy’s face about 1/2 way through the video):
Lucy’s favorite thing to do is organize. We haven’t decided if it’s just a child development stage or if she’s really developing a future career in…organizing?
She can easily spend an hour pulling the same items out of a bowl and putting them right back in, over and over again. In fact that’s what she did all last weekend at Grandma Willard’s house.
The other day I was putting things away in her room and had left a paperbag full of bottles in there. She wandered in and when I came to check on her, she was sitting on the floor organizing the bottles. 
She lined them all up in a semi-circle and made sure they were each standing properly.
It was so adorable! So there you have it folks…..our future Gerber Baby Factory Line organizer! (I hope not)
The real Rick:
And last night’s Family Guy:
(homage to Back to the Future AND a great 80s song?! I love FAMILY GUY)
Well, this marks the second year I was able to stand up in church for being a bona fide mom (and not just for being a woman over 18 years old….although I never mind getting free stuff). Our ward gave out huge Hersheys Bars. They’ve figured out that what we women love most is chocolate (or food).
But of course, I love flowers too. And since Lucy’s too young to make me Breakfast In Bed (although Casey did offer)….my sweet husband treated me real nice by buying me tons of flowers! He went to my favorite flower stop: Trader Joes and bought me three bundles of flowers. So I had tons of fun arranging and filling our house with pretty flowers. I had enough for the front room, on top of the piano, and even our bedroom. Thanks honey!
And even though we were running late for church, I thought Lucy and I should take a Mother’s Day picture. We took 4 shots, and each one of them turned out the same: Lucy with a worried look on her face. Oh well, it must have been a worrisome Mother’s Day.
We spent the evening at The Willard’s house in Simi Valley with Casey’s parents and his brother and sister-in-law, Chad and Lauren. We had a nice dinner (eating outside under their gazebo, which I love), had YUMMY chocolate coconut cake (compliments of Lauren), and celebrated Linda’s birthday as well by watching her open fun presents! It was a nice relaxing evening. Lucy was still feeling sick and only wanted to be held. So that was a bummer. I just hope this fever passes soon. She woke up this morning still feeling hot. But after a kick of tylenol, she was found doing this in our bedroom closet. She may be on the road to recovery!
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So Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there….especially the new-timers. Welcome to motherhood! I love it!
Lucy loves to play outside. The moment she hears me open the door, I hear her come running. She has very simple pleasures and mostly just crawls up and down the backyard steps, playing with the leaves. This can entertain her for a good 45 minutes. It’s genius.
I peek my head out the door every few minutes to check on her. Usually I can tell she’s fine because I hear her funny baby talk through the kitchen window. Yesterday morning, however, she decided to play on the stairs in the front (which is new territory for her). She was all fine and dandy until I heard her whining. It wasn’t a cry, but more like….uhhhh…..mommm…. ? I went out to see what was wrong, and discovered…she was stuck, smashed between a huge bush and the stairs. She must have climbed off the path and into the bushes. It kinda made me laugh (for a moment) and then I pulled her out. All was well. She went on playing.
But here’s what she looked like. (Photos are reinactments. Am I a cruel mother? It was only for 2 seconds)
It was really crazy to drive home on the 134 last night and look over to see the Griffith Park hills on fire. The fire was so wide-spread. It seemed that every hill from the LA Zoo over to Los Feliz was a glowing ember (if only they really were embers, instead of flames). We could see the glow of the fire immediately when we got on the 101, from the 405. But it wasn’t until we hit Glendale that we could see it all. I made Casey get off the freeway so we could get a good view. Other cars were doing the same.
I guess a fire near home just, hits home. Never is a wild-fire welcome…but especially not in fabulous Griffith park. The pictures below of Lucy were taken at that park just on Saturday, right where the flames are now burning. Crazy to think! I’m glad we have firemen who are brave and ready to do what it takes.
Casey’s work had “Hall and Partners Playgroup” on Saturday at Griffith park. We got together with 6 other co-workers and their families. It was so nice to meet the spouses and the little kids! And I had no idea there was such a great park right there in the middle of HUGE Griffith Park. To find it, go past the Zoo, and follow the signs to the Merry-Go-Round (didn’t know that was there too). Go to the 3rd parking lot, to Shane’s Inspiration! There are tons of park toys. We took Lucy down the slide a few times. We tried to get her to go down on her bum. But she decided that sliding on her stomach was easier. Of course her favorite is the swing. It was a hot item, and we actually had to wait in line. But once she was swinging, she did NOT want to get off. We tried taking her out, and she bawled, so we put her back in for another 10 minutes. Here she is, swingin away.
Our little house stays pretty cold in the morning (since the walls are made of cement).
So normally Lucy wears pants for the day. But it’s starting to warm up! So I pulled out her cute sundresses and today she wore the little red dress. And it just looked too cute. Here’s the proof.
Here I am, a new blogger!
I feel like the idiot old person who thinks it’s acceptable to say, “what the hizzle?”
I guess I’m just behind the times on this. So forgive me if I feel silly telling someone to “check out my blog”. I’ll get used to it soon enough.
So, uh, enjoy checkin out my blog! I hope to keep it entertaining.
Les jeux sont faits: the game is up, your ass is mine
