A little spit up goes a long way

Yesterday it seemed was Lilly's day of spit up. Spit up on herself, check.

Spit up on me, check (both shirt and pants).

Spit up on toys, check.

Spit up on her blankie (replica 1), check.

Spit up in my purse, getting all over my wallet (spit up on receipts, gross) and most importantly, in and on my phone.

That's where this post is going. Her spit up, which I think was the remnants of the sweet potato and green bean oatmeal lunch, has damaged my cell phone. I can take pictures. I can text. I can even dial out. But cannot hear incoming our outgoing calls, even though I can dial out. So a trip to the Verizon store is needed. I knew water to the phone could ruin it, but spit up? Come on. I was trying to clean my phone last night, had a Q-tip, and was cleaning the different holes on the phone and scooping out spit up. I showed Mark. It was pretty gross. But as Mark said, maybe an iPhone is the result to come out of it? We'll see the diagnostic from the store. I can only imagine their surprise when the service tech opens the phone to see an orange coat over the chips. I can only hope its not the grossest thing he's seen on a phone.

Zoo Outing

We met some friends at the zoo this afternoon. Our starting time was to be right around Lilly's nap, so I strapped her in the car seat, got our things together and drove around for 10 minutes beforehand, hoping that she would go to sleep in the seat and then could be transferred easily to the stroller.

Mission accomplished.

The doodlebug fell asleep, and stayed that way for the next 40 minutes. Thus, the beginning photos of her are asleep in her stroller while the animals (elephants, white tiger, lion, and leopard) appear in the background.

When she awoke she wanted to get out of the stroller so I put her in the Baby Bjorn and we strolled some more. She really wasn't interested in the animals, more into her surroundings and clutching onto my pointer fingers. The only animal she seemed to give more than five seconds of her time were the giraffes.

We were at the zoo for almost two hours. And she certainly became overtired. Luckily our trip home was less than a mile and a half, and we were in the car. But unfortunately there was a back up on Magazine Street, so it took us a little bit than longer to get home. Doodlebug was crying and screaming all the way home. She was MUCH better as soon as we got back, she ate a little and then talked to JJ before taking a much needed nap.

Some Pictures

Here's some pictures of Lilly playing in her exersaucer. She was bouncing this morning, reaching for the tag on the lion's butt, trying to put it in her mouth. Amazing how there are rings, ball, and four paws attached to the lion, and what Lilly wants to go for is the small tag on its rear end. She was putting it in her mouth, though the face she was giving made it seem like it didn't taste ok (though I can't imagine it would taste ok to begin with!). She's also got a small cold, or at least we think she does. Her nose has been runny and somewhat full of boogers. We've had to go back to the saline nasal spray, which she hasn't been to happy about, but hopefully it will work.

Happy Early Valentine's Day

We went back to Surrey's this morning. Lilly lasted about 20 minutes in her car seat carrier before wanting to get out. She's got two Valentine's Day outfits and we put her in one today and the other tomorrow. She looks (I know I am biased) quite cute in the red tutu!

On another front, tonight after her bath, she really really enjoyed looking in the mirror. She really saw her reflection, and tried to touch the 'person' in the mirror. She held out her hand to the mirror to touch the hand that she saw. She also got the biggest smile when reaching out to touch her new 'friend'. It was really cute! She really does enjoy looking at herself in the mirror!

Sunday Breakfast Routine

For the past two Sundays we've gone to Surrey's, which is a breakfast/lunch establishment. They recently opened a store Uptown, and it's not too far from our house, so we've taken to it ( we love the one farther down on Magazine, but convenience rules!) We're going to try and make it our Sunday thing. It's a small place, so usually best to get there right when it opens, which is 8AM. There's only one highchair and limited space, so with the amount of stuff, blankets, blankie, toys, diaper bag, car seat carrier, we bring in, it's best to arrive on the earlier side.

Last Sunday we got there and had the highchair. We attempted to put in the highchair cover, but neither of us figured out the straps and thus she and the cover proceeded to slid out toward the bottom. Luckily neither actually fell on the floor. I guess we'll try it again tomorrow, assuming we get the highchair. If not, she'll be in our arms, going for the food, namely the eggs, I guess she's intrigued by the yellow food!

Friday Outing

Yesterday we met Mark for a late lunch and then a trip to his office. We went to the Store, which is one block from his office, they serve breakfast and lunch, and are known for their spicy Asian Turkey salad. They also have good burgers and other sandwiches ( I got the pulled pork sandwich and a side of sweet potato fries - delicious.) Mark got the turkey salad, and when our food came out, Lilly's out got SO big. She wanted to eat, or at least explore the food. So we gave her the plastic keys instead. I first gave her a paper napkin but she proceeded to bite it and get it piece stuck in her mouth. I was nervous that she would swallow it. Mark said it was ok, it's just paper. Needless to say, we took it out of her mouth and gave her the keys. She was placated. But she did eye the food.

After we finished eating we went up to Mark's office, where we had to ride in two elevators, one from the entry to the landing floor, which happens to floor 14. And then we had to transfer into his elevator bank, floors 35-52. I was nervous and after the first elevator, Lilly wasn't happy. I think the pressure/movement was impacting her ears (it was to mine) and she wasn't happy, especially when we got in the second elevator! That was much faster than the first. She really let us know she was not happy. There was another man in the elevator, he was getting off on floor 46, so I hope we didn't ruin his riding experience.

But we saw Mark's boss, Lisa, she was very excited to meet Lilly. And then we saw some other friends and I met Mark's secretary, Sarah. To go between the different Jones Walker floors we opted (wisely) for the stairs! I made Mark ride down the elevators with me when we left! So Lilly got to see (for the second time) where her dad works and meet some of her colleagues. It was a fun Friday outing! I thought she would fall asleep in the car on the ride home, as we were out during her nap time. But nope. She was just silent. And when I tried to put her down after we got home she let me know that it was certainly not sleeping time, it was time to eat.

New Sleeper Outfit

Our last post of the day! Here's Lilly from Tuesday night, she's getting ready for bed, and is in a new sleeper that I bought on sale from a great store called Janie and Jack. There's one in Northpark Mall in Dallas, and we took advantage of the after holidays sale. It's a little big on her, but no doubt she will grow into it! Have a good night everybody! Stay warm!