Feisty Faith is her middle name, rightly so. "Hurricane Noddy" has become her nickname. She gets the award for most active baby in our fam, hands down! Either that, or we're just getting older and it's tougher to chase after her constant messes. I have never 'baby-proofed' our homes in that I've never had to install a gate for the stairs, child locks on doorknobs, drawers, cupboards, or even lightsocket covers. Adventurous Viviana is forcing us to take measures...if we want our cd/dvd's more scratch-free than not, our dishwasher level and not torked, our floors less ridden with cheerios, crackers, cookie-cutters and tupperware, our drawers that house the cd/dvd's to be intact and not broken, TP to last more than a day or two, my makeup to be intact rather than smeared all over the floors, walls, faces, and tummies... and no broken bones or icky bruises from her climbing adventures. Nobody told me that ex-micro preemies were beyond active and a little hyper {and we're grateful she is}!
Nothing slows this little girl down. We've been fighting the 'puke-all-night-long' bug around here since Thursday. It slowly gets passed along, no matter what measures of cleanliness we take. And why is it that the pukey virus attacks at night, and ALL NIGHT LONG, right about an hour after Curt and I get to sleep? Never fails. Vivie casually puked all over my shag rug (try getting THAT smell out) yesterday and then stood up, walked through it, and continued on without a missing a beat. We all thought, 'phewww' she's gonna miss this one! Then it hit her...in the middle of the night. Lucky bedmates!
She was sleeping basically next to Curt's head and then I heard the heavy swallowing right before the puke happens so I grabbed her and held her over the edge and saved Curt from being showered with chunks...thank heavens for wood floors and easy clean ups! Poor little thing continued every hour through the night and woke up the next morning, napped, then acted like life was peachy again. As for us, we're exhausted, so please please please spare us one night...who will be next? I'm betting it's Izzie. What fun.
Simple Gratitudes:
1. Grateful that maybe this year we won't be puking during Thanksgiving...???
2. Grateful for 'internet church' when I'm not able to get there, LDS.org saves the day.
3. Grateful for burp bowls and washing machines.
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I hope Vivs is feeling better! It's crazy how these bugs compound laundry, etc. exponentially. I can't remember the last time we had our turn...knock on wood. Loves from our crew!
Oh Shay - she's a character isn't she?? I'm so sorry about the puke-bug. I truly cannot think of things that are worse in the life of a mother than that spreading through the house. Really, I never thought of wood floors as being so much easier to clean up after...that's true! Feel better soon!
You have my sympathies with the pukes. Unless you have a bunch of kids, you really don't know the horror. Unfortunately, I know the horror. I hear you on the mischievous last kid thing. I could have written this one myself. I don't remember baby proofing for the twins really, except we did have a stair gate, but even they didn't wreck my home like Tommy does. Of course, when my twins were little, Sid was 5 and we didn't have things like scissors and markers lying about, as we do now. But oh the things that little guy gets into. Good thing our kids are cute.
I am SO impressed at the disposition of your little angels, you've NEVER had to baby proof??? Welcome to my world! But it is such a bummer when the puking commences. That is the worst smell to get rid of!
Sounds fun.....ha! It is the worst! Let's be thankful shag carpeting is not in....how fun would that be to get the chunks out! She is adorable!!
Don't get her and Brynlee together....that could so mean quadruple trouble. So so so sorry about the nasty puking, really nothing is worse, and I feel like I smell throw up for weeks after!!! Also so fun you got to go on a getaway. Those are the BEST!!!
Nothing like a vomit soaked shag rug. Hopefully it wasn't the chocolate milk version - really there is nothing more disgusting. We were puking on New Year's last year. I guess you can be glad to get it overwith. Happy Holidays!
Definitely Hank's cousin that is for sure! Is is okay to call your entry cute though you were describing puke? But it was. Hope she is feeling better and no other monkeys start blowing chunks.
You gotta just love those busy babies who make it impossible for you to relax for a minute - and if you do you pay a price :) My Ryan was the worst - but he is almost 3 and I can say he is slowing down a bit. But when he was sick the other day and there weren't messes everywhere you went you kind of miss it.
Well I don't have a strong enough stomach to read through the posts but I hope you all feel better soon! And I know it's an understatement to say you have your hands full with six but I totally hear you on the babyproofing TIMES TWO. I seriously thought I was reading about my own kids with the scratched DVD's, getting into everything, etc etc. Their new thing is dumping spices out. Well, that was their new thing, I don't have much left in my spice rack anymore.
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