It's been a while since I've blogged and Melissa's giving me a hard time about it. It's just that we've been super busy with all our friends and such. hehe yeah right. So here's an update for ya'll. (Mostly about Alyssa)
Snaggletooth
So all the moms I've talked to say the same thing about teeth. First you get the front bottom two and then you get the top front two and then they come in randomly from there. Well we've got a snaggletooth on our hands. The other day I was looking in Alyssa's mouth and I was like "What the heck! NO -can't be!" Our daughter is 10 months old and already defiant. She is not ordering her teeth to come in like they are supposed to. She somehow got her order mixed up for her teeth and ordered a tooth just to the left side of the placement for her middle front teeth. She's getting a snaggletooth! So of course when I saw this I immediately got online and began browsing professional photography studios. We have to get our/her picture taken before this tooth comes in all the way! Yikes.
Defiance Continues
As she is getting older she refuses to listen to what we say. Like for instance we tell her it's time she starts crawling, but does she crawl - no. She has figured out how to scoot across the floor on her bottom while sitting up, weird I know. Ah well. Oh, but seriously she got this weird thing from Luke. She refuses to eat the last bite of food on her tray. For instance if we give her some Cheerios she'll eat all but one - AND then ask for more! Sometimes we can trick her by picking up the last Cheerio and "re-dropping" it on the tray and then she'll eat it because she thinks we're just giving her a new one. Strange little girl we have.
Look Before You Smell
We've learned a lot of things while being parents, but some things you learn the hard way. For instance the other day I was in the kitchen and I hear Luke tell Alyssa that he thinks he smells something poopy coming from her area. The next thing I hear is "UH!!!" I was thinking, oh it must smell pretty bad this time around, but no. Then he's like "Help!" I was thinking, okay fine I'll come help change the diaper, but no. When I get close he shoves me the baby and on his way to the bathroom is like, "Uh! I should have looked before I smelled." I of course am cracking up and I don't really even know what happened - but it has to be funny right? So then I get the real story. When he lifted her up to smell her back he got poop on his nose because she had pooped up her back (which she has not done in a VERY long time). So I grabbed a bunch of paper towels to lay her down on and I cleaned her up while Luke went to clean off his nose. So gross huh! AND amazingly it only got a little on her shirt and none on her pants!
Crazy Hair
I tend to go to Safeway a lot these days. It allows me to 'go shopping' without 'going shopping' if you know what I mean. I still get to slide my gold card, but don't have to feel guilty about it even if the total hits $100. So I'm there the other day and I run into a guy clerk who sees Alyssa and starts oogling over her. He asks her name and then we move to the next isle. 7-8 isles later we bump into him again and he's like "what a cute name, Alexis -
I bet you call her Lexi for short huh?" I was so flabbergasted that I just stood there smiling and starred at him as he walked away. So what you don't know is that when we were trying to pick a name for Alyssa I loved the name Lexi, but I couldn't convince Luke. He said if we did name her Lexi it would have to be Alexis and then call her Lexi for short. But then we finally agreed on Alyssa because we both equally liked it, but how wierd is that! Then to top it off I'm at the check out counter and the lady behind the cash register looks at Alyssa and is like also oogling over her. (Think high pitched old lady voice when you read this) "oh hi there little cuttie, oh lookie there, she need her hair brushed" Again. I just stood there smiling, starring at the lady like - uh did you just tell me that I need to brush my baby's hair? lol Okay so Alyssa does have crazy hair, there is no denying that, but if you brush it - it gets worse! lol I try to put it up in a pony tail sometimes, but then Luke goes around calling her Deb from Napoleon Dynamite. So I can't win. hehe
Singleton
So we went for our ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and it turns out there is just one baby in there. Just thought I'd let you all know so you can stop buying sets of outfits. hehe Oh - while we were waiting for the test we sat next to a lady wearing a bright orange outfit. It wouldn't have been that strange except for her "partner" was wearing a sheriff's badge and a gun! Yikes.