Even I think I'm cute!!!

Not much going on today, it was pretty nice out this afternoon so we chatted over the fence with Sharon and Becca. Cammie ran me ragged all day. Whew! We had a lot of fun though, she didn't want to go to sleep at all tonight, or maybe she just wanted to see who got voted off the Biggest Loser because she passed out right after that. Am I raising a reality chick or what??? The pups were happy since we spent some time outside, you know with them being labs and all they will chase the frisbee or ball until you get sick of throwing it. :o) No word from State Farm today, big surprise. Can't wait to go to PT tomorrow, I almost wish I could just go to a chiropractor and have him snap my neck for me. I'm crossing my fingers that Cammie stays asleep in her own bed tonight!! Good night!

So into Blue's Clues!!

We were going to go to Arundel Mills today but had to make an appointment for Sears to come fix the washing machine and of course they tell you they'll be there between 8 and 5. When Joe called this morning they said they'd be here late afternoon so like at 930 when we were just about to walk out the door the guy called and said he'd be here between 12 and 2. AAAHHH. At least he caught us before we left. AND he actually got here about 145. Naturally he has to come back.... UGH. So we just went to Lowes (the local nursery) <- plants not children, and got some things for the yard. We're trying to find some plants that will not appeal to Clyde's desire to eat our landscaping. Cammie had a really good day today, she was looking for Aunt Alice and Aunt Donna to feed her though!!! We had fun playing and she got to take a good nap with Daddy. He has to go back to work tomorrow so we're on our own. The body shop called and said that they were going to fix my car however they have no idea when or where to get the parts since the car is a 2009. So it could take weeks. They also need to get someone in to fix the drivers seat. What a pain!! We still haven't heard any word about the guy who hit us either. I made a physical therapy appointment for Wednesday because I can't take this stiff neck anymore, it's giving me a headache and making me dizzy (no comments from the peanut gallery!!!). Gotta go, going to see if I can get Cammie to go to sleep before The Big Bang Theory comes on. Wishful thinking on my part!!!!!

Um, excuse me, I'm in the tub!!!

Here's Cammie in her new big(ger) girl tub. I'm sure she will love this pic when she gets older and has her first boyfriend (when she's 40 at least). Anyway, we had a good weekend. Saturday we went to dinner with Mom and Dad and then Cammie stayed with them while we went to a surprise birthday party for Jamie. I saw some people I haven't seen in a while like Christine and Heather and Johnny. It was a lot of fun! I'm sure we left well before the real fun started though. When we got back to Mom and Dad's they said that Cammie wasn't real happy when we left but she finally wore herself out and fell asleep. She was asleep again before we got to Harford Road and slept all the way home.

Today was really pretty out, got to open the windows and air out some of the winter blahs. We went to dinner at Meaghan and Ricks. Alice, Mike, Donna and Bill were all there. We were supposed to have dinner last weekend but that was rudely interrupted when someone ran into our car! That was nice and yummy, Cammie had a lot to eat, Alice made apple sauce which was a big hit and there were mashed potatoes and Cornish game hens with cheesecake for dessert (and of course biscuits). Cammie sampled everything and loved it all. I was not so happy when she threw up on me a little while ago though. Bleahhhhh

Joe is off tomorrow so we'll do something fun, hopefully it will be nice out and hopefully we will hear something from the insurance company. I'm going to go ahead and schedule my physical therapy because my neck and shoulder have been killing me (they hurt worse than my low back which is really saying something!)

Hope everyone got to enjoy the nice day today!! It finally felt like spring.

NEED HELP!!

I want to enter Cammie in another contest (stupid Regis and Kelly). It's for the cover of Babytalk magazine. I need to pick a pic from the last month that show her cuteness and personality. I'm leaning towards the one in the blue princess pj's but I would like some input!! The contest just started and ends May 31 so help me pick a picture of my little cutie!! (I know I'm biased but everyone keeps telling me how cute she is too!!!)

I can't eat the grass because......

This pic was from last Sunday when it was nice out. Got out of the house to run some errands this morning and get my hair cut. Joe had fun dealing with State Farm again today. They called about the medical issues and wanted to know if Cammie was complaining of pain anywhere. When he told them she was only 8 months old they said they thought she was 8 years old. Then they also said that the guy who hit us told them that he had so many vehicles (for his business I guess) that he MAY have given the wrong insurance info to the police and he would call them with the correct info. OK, it's been a week, do they really think he is going to call? Are these people for real? I probably could have told them that Santa and his reindeer flew into us and they'd be like oh, just make sure you get your car out of the impound lot as soon as you can. Duty's (the body shop) did get my car in to look at it today, Joe talked to one of the guys this afternoon and he said there was some pretty significant damage underneath so I've got my fingers crossed.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!!!

I have found the pots and pans!!!

Disregard our ugly cabinets, we plan on getting a new kitchen! Cammie had no trouble at all finding the cabinets that she wanted and she loved getting all the pots and pans out. We stick the potatoes under there too and she pulls that bag out as well. What a rainy gross day today! Where is spring??? Of course I had no plans to go anywhere today but because I don't have a car I have this uncontrollable urge to just go somewhere!! I feel like I'm grounded or something! Cammie and I did have fun playing today and she had chicken pot pie for dinner which she liked a lot. Big surprise, I know, she liked her food! You can hardly see the bump on her head which makes me feel better! Poor little thing, she's had a rough few days. Joe is off now until Tuesday and we have some plans this weekend so that should be nice. Oh- about the song on the blog, I chose it because Cammie likes it, she waves her arms in the air and wiggles around, shaking her booty! It's funny. I guess we'll be sending her to Uncle Gary for dance lessons at some point!!! Hopefully she'll have better rhythm than mommy!

It's been a busy couple of days. Yesterday Sharon highlighted my hair for me and she did a great job. I think she should go pro. hee hee. I wish I could return the favor but I'm not good at things like that. Today we had to take Cammie to the doctor. UGH! She crawled over to our tv stand and just as I was getting up to move her away from it she slipped and hit her head on the edge of the shelf. It bruised up right away and she was screaming! She did stop as soon as I picked her up though which made me feel better. She also let me put some ice on it which helped alot but we wanted to take her to the doctor because of her being in the accident on friday. I felt a little silly taking her to the doc for a bump but I'd rather err on the side of caution and Dr. K is very understanding. He also is very cool with Joe and my background so he seems to really respect our input (especially when he found out I used to work in the PICU). Of course it's been years since my peds knowledge was fresh but oh well.... We went down to see Chris and Julie, Ashley, Kristen and Cassidy this evening too. They were glad to see Cammie although when we left her for a couple of minutes with the girls she cried which surprised me.

Nothing to report with the accident except State Farm is really disappointing us!

I promise I will download some new pics later or tomorrow! The past couple of days have been pretty miserable. Cammie is doing really well, she doesn't seem to have any problems from the accident. I called the pediatrician today and he said as long as she was doing OK we didn't need to bring her in but to call if we had any concerns. She has her 9 month check up coming up soon anyway. I'm so relieved she is OK though, I can't even express how much. I'm doing alright I guess as long as I take the meds they gave me in the ER. My lower back hurts, as does my neck. I can hardly turn it at all plus my knee and ankle and shoulder. The whole insurance thing has been a royal pain too. Now we are wondering if the guy who hit us is insured. His tags were expired and when Joe talked to the company today (State Farm) they said they couldn't find him in their records, plus the girl was really rude to Joe and acted like we should know exactly what to do, like this happens regularly. I got in touch with the lawyer's office that I used for my work comp case and he is going to handle things for us which is a relief. I have an appointment with my regular doctor tomorrow so hopefully he can send me to some therapy or something.

On a happier note, Cammie found some more food that she likes! Joe made meatloaf last night for dinner and she scarfed it right up along with her fave mashed potatoes. We had leftovers of it tonight and she was just as happy to eat a pretty big portion of it again! Such a big girl! She was so not interested in playing with her toys today, she wanted to crawl up and down the hallway. Good for her, not so much for me.

I want to play!!!

Well Cammie and I were having a good day yesterday until the evening. We went out to Donna's to see her and the new puppy and Joe B was going to service my car for me. Which he did and it turned out to be a waste of time as was the full tank of gas I got before we left to go home. Prior to that, Donna and I had taken Cammie to Denny's for lunch and she had a great time being social with everyone she saw. We left and made it all the way to Ritchie Highway in Arnold when traffic stopped and I looked in the rearview mirror and realized that the guy in the van behind us wasn't going to stop. That quickly he slammed into us and somehow hit us twice. My seat broke and I hit the dash but my first concern was Cammie. When the seat broke it pushed her car seat to the side and she had been asleep but the impact and the bang woke her up and she was screaming. I was hysterical by this point, I was trying to calm her down but I didn't want to pick her up in case she was hurt, I was trying to call 911 and tell them where I was, my glasses got knocked off and I couldn't see the street signs. It was a mess. Luckily two guys that said they were volunteers stopped right away and the ambulance got there really quickly. I started freaking out again when they separated us but they kept telling me that Cammie was ok. They took us both to AAMC and Joe had gotten to the scene before the ambo left with Cammie so he got to see her. The ER was packed but they put us both in fast track and took me to xray after they checked Cammie out and said she was ok. When I came back Alice, Meaghan and Rick had all gotten there and were with Joe and Cammie. We finally got discharged around 9pm and I just have spasms and pain everywhere and my left knee is bruised. Of course my back and neck are killing me but that's to be expected. I also must have jammed my left arm because my shoulder, elbow and wrist are really sore too. What a nightmare!! I am so glad Cammie is ok. Joe spent the morning dealing with the insurance company. My Mom and Dad came over today on their way home from Cambridge and we had a nice visit with them. I wasn't very good company though. Going to chill out now!!

Really into this book!!

GO TERPS!!!! Hopefully Morgan will do well also! The Villanova/ American game was really good, wasn't sure that V was going to pull it off and that would have really screwed up my picks!!

Anyway, kind of bleary day today, and not much going on... except...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!! hee hee Hope you guys had a good day in NYC.

Today was kind of rough, Cammie was all over the place. We had a lot of fun playing but now that she can crawl sometimes I have trouble keeping up with her! I don't get the whole nap boycott either, then she didn't want to fall asleep tonight. She is laying in our bed finally sacked out, I'll move her into her crib once I'm sure she is really out. It was funny today, we have one of those posters of Cal Ripken that says Perseverance on it and he is like waving his hand, when Cammie came into the office she was looking at it and then she started waving to him. I thought it was cute.

Cammie is Wii Fit!!

It was so nice out this afternoon. This morning it was really foggy going across the bridge but it cleared off. Cammie and I picked up Meaghan and we went to Walmart and Kohls. We tried to go see Alice but she was at lunch. Then we had lunch at ChikFilA. YUM. Cammie liked the chicken too. She really was too busy to eat since she was flirting with everyone around us and listening in on conversations (she's so nosy!!). On our way home after dropping Meaghan off we stopped to see Nanny Robin and Pop. They were glad to see Cammie who was a little fussy at first. She cheered up once she got to play with their little pug dog Rudy. Then we came home to free our beasts and spent some time in the yard with them. Cammie likes to watch them chase their toys and run around. When she was eating dinner I swear she said Mama but it may have been a combo of her eating noise and saying Baa Baa but I think it counts!! When she took an after dinner nap I spent some more time outside with the pups who were really glad to be outside. Everyone seemed to have a good day!

Cammie slept all night the last two nights in her OWN crib!! I couldn't believe it. I only got up a few times to give her the Binky. Today she didn't have such a great day, I think her teeth are bothering her and she just fell asleep so we'll see if she stays put. Tomorrow is supposed to be really nice and we are meeting Meaghan to go shopping for a bit. The dogs will be upset to go in the crates though. You just can't win! I wanted to mention too that through facebook I've gotten in touch with a couple of friends from middle school!! I'm sure my mom remembers Raina and Beth! Also a couple of friends from high school and sadly the one person that I stayed friends with a few years out of high school and then lost touch with- Anita!! So that's been pretty cool to see what everyone has been doing for the past XX years. I don't want to say how long it's been! Yikes!

Why is stuff on my head so amusing??

Another icky day weather wise. We went to Sam's this morning and stopped in at Walmart to see Alice. It's the first time we had been in that Walmart in Glen Burnie, that place is freaking crazy. It's huge and it was packed! I know it's a weekend and all but still, and people were nasty because we were just walking around looking for Alice. Yikes!! Sam's wasn't too crowded so that wasn't bad, we just needed a few things. Cammie scarfed up the free sample of yogurt. When we left they were selling Girl Scout cookies out front and I didn't have any cash. I need some Thin Mints!!!!! Not much else happening, just getting ready to watch the Amazing Race. Can't believe the Terps made it to the big dance!! I think for our personal wager I'm going to go with UNC though to win. I still haven't collected on my Superbowl win.

Must get to the phone....

Kind of a bleary day today but we had a good afternoon and evening. We went to have dinner at John and Amy Breznak's. They have a great house, it's gorgeous and two little kids so Cammie had playmates. We had a really good time. Cammie crawled around and played with their toys and just generally made herself at home. Both of us fell asleep on the way home, I'm assuming Joe stayed awake. The downside to that is now Miss Thing has her second, third, fourth or whatever wind and is ready to party. Hopefully she will wear herself out crawling up and down the hall. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!

Too Cute For Words!!!!

I love this picture!!! Theresa bought her these princess pjs and they have a little tutu that goes with it but it's too big right now (about the only thing that is!). I just think she looks so freakin cute! She should have won that most beautiful baby contest on Regis and Kelly! (I may be a tad biased) I'm boycotting that show because she didn't even make it into the top 10. (Shhh, I never watched it anyway) Ok I think I'll step off of my soapbox....

Busy day today! Cammie stayed with Daddy so I could run a couple of errands and then Alice came and took her to go shopping and have dinner with Meaghan! They all went to Arundel Mills and had a great time. They said Cammie only cried when she got tired and she slept all the way home from Meaghan's house. Joe and I had gone to an eye doctor appointment and then to Easton so Alice beat us back to the house. When she let the beasts out they let her know they wanted dinner so she had to feed them too! (That's always an exciting challenge) We went to Ruby Tuesday for dinner and one of Joe's friend's daughter was a hostess there. We hadn't seen her in years and she was so grown up, it made me feel so old!!!

Maryland beat Wake Forest!!! Yay!!

Oh and for those keeping track, it's 9:30 and Cammie is wide awake and still going strong......

Rearranging her room

Today was absolutely uneventful. I had no motivation what so ever. and a headache that wouldn't quit this morning. Joe went to a meeting all day and got home the usual time. I had to rearrange some things in Cammie's room to keep her out of them, really just her books and movies that were on the shelf in the pic. I'm sure you can guess why. She likes her board books but she also likes to try to rip the pages out of the other books. Joe is off until Tuesday so we should have a good weekend. I didn't pay attention to what the weather was supposed to be like.

(I can't believe that Spencer got voted off Survivor instead of Taj!!!!!)

Got a couple of errands done this morning and then went across the bridge for a doctors appointment at the hospital. I took Cammie with me and she was a big hit in the office. Everyone who came in the door got a big smile and commented on how cute she was. (I KNOW!!) The girls at Dr. Dix's were happy to see her, especially Sonja. Cammie was very social and very well behaved! She let out a couple of squeals while we were waiting but it was funny. On the way home she waited until we got all the way to route 8 before she fell asleep. UGH! Of course she promptly woke up when we got home and went full steam. She played in the grass with Eva for a little bit and then played with her toys. After dinner and a bath, she finally crashed although I'm sure she'll be up again soon ready for the night shift.

I got spoiled by those nice days, today was quite a disappointment. Have a bunch of errands to run tomorrow so hopefully it will be nice, supposed to be in the 70's. I can handle that. I can't believe how good Cammie got at crawling and how fast it happened. When she pulled herself up on the coffee table today she lost her balance and fell over backwards, boy I heard about that. She yelled and cried until I showed her, her reflection in the door (we have that sealing stuff on it so it's kind of like a mirror) then she got all smiley and cute. She has been waving too, sometimes she will stick her arms out behind her and wave, not sure what that is about. Then today she also blew me a kiss, I don't think it was intentional but I'll take it!!

I'm so confused about all this social security disability thing! The lady called today and was asking all these questions about my work comp settlement, I finally asked her to call the lawyers office. I'm not exactly sure what she is looking for, I just want to start receiving my benefits!

Night Patrol

Cammie stayed up until about 11 last night having a great time! She was up around 7 this morning and didn't take a nap until after 1 but then she slept until 4:30!! Can you believe it? I couldn't. Debbie came over this morning and she played with Cammie while I took a shower and then we went up to the outlets and then to Ramshead for lunch. Cammie was quite the charmer to the waiter, she got a grilled cheese that she really enjoyed. We had a really nice time! Debbie and I made a pact to get together at least once a month since it's been a while since we've seen each other!

When Joe got home we took the pups for a short walk which they loved and then had dinner. It was really pretty out today!

Enjoying a good book

Another gorgeous day! I wish it was like this all the time. We spent a lot of time outside and went for a walk with the pups. We also went and got seeds to start for the garden.

Cammie is unstoppable now, she has the crawling thing down let me tell you! I put her in her room and about 2 minutes later went back to check on her and she was in the office (probably getting ready to check her facebook page). :o) She is very funny, she is also trying to use the wii fit. She keeps crawling over to it and getting on it. Not much else is going on, just getting ready to watch The Amazing Race. I can't believe we have the windows open now and last week we couldn't watch it because it was snowing and the satellite went out.

Silly Cammie!

Well it's 9pm and Cammie is going strong. She has power napped a couple of times today so she is up for anything I guess. Today was absolutely gorgeous outside, it was about 70 degrees, we had all the windows in the house opened up and the dogs were loving the nice day. This morning we met Theresa, Mary and Zack at Cracker Barrel for breakfast. I shared my pancakes with Cammie and she loved them!! I also gave her some of the hash brown casserole and she liked that, she didn't get much of it cause that is my favorite! More on that later. Then Zack went back to the house with Joe and Cammie while Theresa, Mary and I went to see if Carters had anything cute. :o) I found a thing or two that I liked. Joe rode out to try and cut firewood with Daniel but it was too wet for them to get to where they needed to go so he came home and took the beasts for a walk. (except for Max, he prefers to stay at home). Cammie took a brief nap and then we went out in the yard to talk to Sharon and Becca.

So back to the Cracker Barrel... I love the food by the way and am very happy that one opened up so close to the house. I do have a big butt, I mean but, I've only been there 3 times and each time it took the food forever to come out and the waitresses are, well the best word I can think of is odd. The first one that we had and I only remember this because she acts like I'm her long lost friend when I have been in there and insists that we know each other. Today the girl was very tan and very strange, nice but I found her odd. So that's my thing, I think the food takes too long to come out and the waitresses are "different".

Hope everyone got to enjoy the day. Will Cammie ever sleep again? Stay tuned.....

Busy, busy, busy! I swear, Cammie wears me out! I don't know how Sharon got her to take a nap yesterday, she didn't sleep more than about 15 minutes twice for me today. She crawled across the living room and all around her bedroom. She's really very funny and fun to play with. I can't wait to start coloring! :o) It was really nice out today but the yard is such a wet mess that the dogs really couldn't play much. Joe took Pudge, Bailey and Clyde for a walk when he got home from work. Pudge was in a mood all day, he wouldn't come upstairs, he just sat in the recliner all day in the basement. Not sure what is up with that. I guess he just didn't want to be bothered with the rest of us! Hope everyone has good plans for the weekend!

Finding the perfect book

A supposedly tired Cammie is in her jumper seat squealing away and blowing raspberries at Daddy. Have a feeling this is going to be a long evening! She stayed with Sharon and Becca this afternoon while I went to the doctor and had a good time. Sharon reported no meltdowns just some fussiness when she was sleepy or hungry. Of course Cammie took an hour nap for Sharon.

I still don't have an answer as to exactly what is wrong with my stomach. The doctors that I saw today said I have all the symptoms of Crohns Disease but could also have IBS or celiac disease. Bleah. I have to keep a food journal for two months and have some bloodwork done. He also suggested another endoscopy and colonoscopy at some point. At the same time!! I hope they use two different scopes. That's just gross. Anyway, it's such a pain!

I feel about a hundred years old!! Cammie has been full of energy and is raring to go! She only napped for about 40 minutes today total. Luckily she will hold her bottle herself so I jumped in the shower while she was snacking. Yikes. We played and played and I got worn out but her, not so much!! Joe had to lower her crib to the lowest spot over the weekend and I think that is why I'm having a hard time getting her in there, she falls asleep but then wakes up when I drop her the last few inches in, just kidding, I lay her down but it's hard on my back so it's not very graceful and I'm sure that is what wakes her up. Tomorrow she is going to stay with Sharon and Becca because I have a doctors appointment in Lutherville. I know it's really far away but it's a GI doc from Hopkins that specializes in Crohns disease so I want to get another opinion. My mom got me an appointment with this guy. Hopefully he can do something for me.
The snow really started to melt today so the yard will be a swamp by this weekend I'm sure. The dogs will love slopping around in the mess but then cleaning it up will suck!!

Cammie definitely knows how to get what she wants! Last night we were going to lay in bed to watch TV and as soon as I laid her down she nestled right into the pillow and pulled the covers up over herself. I tried about three times to get her into her crib but she kept waking up. She is now sleeping in my spot in bed. Actually everyone is asleep in bed except for Max who is on the floor next to the bed. Had a pretty good day today, didn't go outside much since it was so cold. Cammie is getting over her cold but my back has been killing me. I fixed her a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner and broke it into tiny pieces for her and she loved it. She also did some wii fit exercises today. It looked like yoga, it was really cute. She put her hands on the board and then stuck her butt up in the air.

Snow Day!!

Whew! We got a bunch of snow! Joe finally got the snow off the satellite dish last night but I missed my show. Today we have gotten a few channels but some of them won't come in. I really dislike Direct TV but we have forever left on our commitment. UGH! Anyway, Cammie seemed to like her first snow. She looks so cute in her snowsuit (which as some of you know was a pain to find!!) and her little boots! One boot fell off while we were going outside and it was driving me crazy trying to find it, Joe found it in the snow outside, either Bailey or Clyde sneakily snagged it and ran. Those dogs!! Speaking of the beasts, they are loving the snow, some of the drifts are up to their stomachs and they run and jump in it. Too funny! We didn't want to take Cammie out for too long since she is still having a runny nose and cough so we just had a few photo ops for her. She'll be signing autographs later... She is really starting to get around in the house, if she can't get there backwards she just rolls around. Going to try to find something to get into for the rest of the day. We were playing wii carnival games earlier. Should do wii fit, but it's going to be really rude since we missed a day. :o)

Comfy in cute jammies!!

It finally started snowing this evening! AND right when we were about to watch the last episode of The Amazing Race Season 9 the Direct TV went out!!! I invested the last two days to watching that season and now I'm going to miss the finale. AAAHHHH It better come back on before this season's episode tonight. Plus Maryland plays bball tonight! So don't believe the ad from Direct TV that they rarely have outages of service when the weather is bad, ours goes out every time the weather is bad, even if it is just really cloudy or windy.

Anyway, not much to report again today... did get some cleaning done and lots of quality time playing with Cammie. She is so funny and cute I can't stand it!!! I just want to hug her all the time! I got her that Yo Baby yogurt to try and she loves it, although she really hasn't not liked any food that we have given her. She's also loving the cheerios! They do stick to her big cheeks though at times and we have found them under her chins. I guess she is saving them for later.