Born From My Heart

Apparently little miss Reagan does not want a pretty proper lady-like picture with the Easter Bunny this year. Yesterday she scrambled away from her daddy, giggling, not watching where she was going and promptly tripped, turned and busted her bottom lip. Just a bit ago I got a call that she was running around outside with Uncle Uncle (what she has taken to calling my brother - if we tell her to say it properly she will but she prefers Uncle Uncle). She ran, telling him - can't get meeeeee - and proceeded to trip and bust her top lip. Today is the day I planned for bunny pictures. My little bruiser is going to be in a pretty little dress with pretty little sandals and a tough cookie busted mouth. LOL I think this is a little karma because it wasn't that long ago that I was discussing a baby product I saw and laughing at who would have to be so over-protective that they would buy THAT ?!?! Hmmmm....not looking like the most ridiculous idea in the world anymore. But, no, I'm s...

Reagan has her first outright cold.  I went on business travel last Monday - Tuesday and it was the first time ever that I was away from her for an entire night.  She did fine but I was missing her terribly.  To make the mommy-guilt even greater, she started with her first ever outright cold the day that I flew out.  She's had minor sicknesses before but never yet like this one.  This one is full on nose dripping, sneezing, coughing, off and on low grade fever and some nights of very little sleep.  The no sleep thing is awful!  I don't know how the mommies of non-sleeping babies do it.  I got so lucky with Reagan - she began sleeping through the night at 3 weeks old and before that she did 5 hour shifts at night broken up by a 15 minute feeding session.  So sleep deprivation at this point is a new thing.  Anyway, we are getting through the cold and in the interest of trying to help her get better before we fly out on Saturday for a wee...