Ups and Downs

Running late on this week's post. It was a busy weekend with its Up's and Down's. We ended on an up note, so I will start there.

We spent Sunday in Logan, attending Rosamund Wilson's 90th birthday party. Rosamund is Wendy's mother-in-law and an amazingly sweet lady. Matt took pictures at the event and then made a slide show to music for the family. It was a fun day. There was a playground at this party, which was the hit of the weekend for Laura. She absolutely loves playground sets. Every time we pass one in car, she yells to me, "Mom! There is a play set. Avery has a play set at her house. I very need one." (Avery is one of her friends.) She literally played on this set in Logan all afternoon. It did not even have swings, which is usually her favorite part. She climbed up this little mountain on the side of it and went down the slide about a thousand times. I was thankful it was so nice outside. So of course, Matt and I are now considering getting a play set for our yard. (sigh...) If anybody has any suggestions, please share!

Now, I skip back to Friday, which is where the down note occurred. Friday started out really fun. I hosted a Lia Sophia party for my friend, Amy, which was a blast. I got to see many of my old work friends and few others too, and it was a relaxed and fun evening. However, about halfway through the party, which was in our basement, Matt yells down that he needs my help. I come upstairs to a husband trying to deal with a sick little baby. Poor little Hannah vomited all over her bed. I rocked her in her room while Matt cleaned up her bed. He reported to me later that evening that she puked two more times before she settled down to sleep. She is such a little trooper. After that she slept all night long. My husband is awesome too for dealing with all of that without complaint while I had fun with my friends downstairs. I am so thankful! Saturday Hannah seemed about 80 percent. She didn't eat too much, but by Sunday she was back to normal. She loved Aunt Wendy's green beans! We later learned that a little boy in her class at daycare had vomited everywhere Friday afternoon. Oh, the joys of daycare! That is all I am going to say about it now. Maybe I will write a post sometime about my feelings on childcare.

Hannah's personality is developing in leaps and bounds. She is talking all the time. Her teacher, Miss Kim, tells us that she will just jabber to them all day. She is also very responsive when we ask her questions. For instance, this morning she was yelling, "Da! Da!" Matt turned around and gave her another piece of her breakfast bar, and she promptly said what sounded like Thank You. She's such a cuddly little cutie pie.


I will leave you this week with one funny quote from Laura. (I didn't do a good job this week of writing them down.) We were on the way to the grocery store, and I couldn't decide whether to go straight or get in the turn lane. I started to go to the turn lane and then saw the light change, so I jerked back to the straight lane. Laura stops her story mid-sentence and says, "What was that all about?" Hilarious! She really is picking up on our phrases and ones on TV, which means we need to be even more careful around her.