Snow Day!

I should be finishing Suzy’s birthday party blogs, but we had some exciting weather over the past few weeks. When I say “exciting”, I mean it! It snowed!!!

Friday night, Mimi came over to watch Suzy so Hubs and I could go to dinner. I asked Oakey and KK if they wanted to join us for a nice little date night. We scooped them up on our way out of town, and headed to a new restaurant in Hernando named AC’s. It was absolutely scrumptious. We all ordered something different; No one complained one second about their meals. Everything was divine. Oakey was introduced to fried corn on the cob and he loved it. He looked so much like a little redneck eating that corn. I really should have taken a photo to publish on this blog!

Sidenote: The fact that KK and Oakey are dating is awesome. She and I are best friends and our Scotts are best friends. It works out so nicely! Our Scotts grew up together. There were actually 3 Scotts in their “gang”. Scott McIver, Scott Oakley, and Scott Smith. Scott McIver was referred to as Big Scott. My Scott was referred to as Lil’ Scott, and pooooooor little Oakey…. He didn’t get a nickname! Scott Oakley was just plain ole Scott. Scott Oakley does have a nickname from us, now. We are very big on everyone in Suzy’s life having a pet name. Scott Oakley is now “Oakey” to us. She sounds absolutely adorable when she says his name! To this day, everyone still refers to my Scott as “Lil’ Scott”.

Any who, back to where I left off…. We got back to town, dropped KK and Oakey off, and headed home. We were surprised to find Suzy still awake after 9:00 PM. Mimi said she just wasn’t ready to go to bed yet. When I finally got her still in my lap we read, prayed, and sang….. She was out within minutes! Her just needed her Mama’s routine! J

Scott and I are lame and old these days, so we ended up in bed shortly after Suzy. I was out like a light until dawn, but Scott is a terrible sleeper. He said he woke up around 3:00 AM to find lots and lots of snow (for us)! When I woke up around 8:00 I was blown away at all the snow we had gotten. No, it wasn’t tons of snow, but it was a substantial amount for North Mississippi. We were so excited about what we got!

We made Suzy eat breakfast before we would let her go outside.

Suzy and Bella waiting patiently! 

We were hoping that the temps would come up a little bit, too. We were finally cleared by Scott to go outside. We bundled up and headed outside. Bella and Lola were just as excited as we were about the snow. My poor Bella that is old and arthritic, but it didn’t slow her down one bit Saturday morning. Snow brings out the kid in everyone!

We played as long as we could. Suzy gave it her best, but when she was shivering we knew it was time to head inside to warm up. We had plenty of layers on her, but she just couldn’t handle too much of the cold. We didn’t know when we went inside to warm up that all the snow would soon melt. It was all gone by lunch L

All she wanted to do was eat the snow! 

The snow gave her a little extra speed! 

Love this! 

WIPE OUT! 

Daddy had just clobbered SZ with a snowball! She was not impressed. 

Mammie got a family photo as we were going inside! Thank goodness for Mammie and Pappy! 

Ella Sue is Two!

My sweet, sweet Sue Baby is two years old already. She turned two January 7, but we had planned her birthday party for the end of January. It is just too hard to plan a birthday party so close to Christmas and the New Year. Having Suzy's parties later in the month seems to work out better for everyone. The excitement of opening presents has come back to Suzy and everyone's pocketbooks have been somewhat refreshed.

Suzy was excited about everyone coming to see her! 

Since we didn't have a party planned for the actual day of her birthday, Mimi demanded we have a small gathering on her actual birthday. We followed Mimi's orders, and went to her house for the festivities. Mimi had stopped by Wal Mart and ordered a very toddler'ish cake that was delicious and bought ice cream, ordered pizza, and invited the family over for a little bit of fun.

Cheese pizza with the baby! Mimi bought Suzy a baby that sucks a paci and does who knows what else? You see that little Elmo cup on the table? Scott left it for Suzy at our house the day he left to go back to work in South Carolina. He left an entire collection of Elmo stuff for her. She was pumped when we came home to find it all. 

Lolo even came to surprise Suzy! Suzy loves her Lolo. Lolo is the one who gave her the baby that she has named "Wowo".... you know, the one we can't live without. 

Anticipation! 

I think she loved it! Lolo brought Suzy a big version of "Wowo". She has the same yarn hair, a tutu, and ballet slippers. Suzy loves her! 

We are big users of baby powder. We call it "pow-pow". Suzy thought that ther baby needed some pow pow on her bottom, too! 

She thinks all girls deserve a to be fresh :) 

Papa seems very interested in what is going on, doesn't he?! 

She goes from eating it very carefully with her finger...... 

to using a fork..... 

Then her finger again..... 

To cutting the cake for me..... 

Of course, Mama needed a bite too :) 

The definition of "sweet kisses"! 

Mean Mama thought Suzy needed the WHOLE cake! 

Completely shocked!

If I had only known that giving Suzy a caked face would result in what was to come next.... 

UGH!!! 

Do you think Laurie was proud of herself? 

Suzy even thought it was funny! 

Oh me, Oh my! 

By the end of the "party", Suzy and I were exhausted. We couldn't wait to get home and get ready for bed. It just so hard for me to believe that my wee little baby is already two. I really wish I could just slow time down a little bit. I made sure that I told her Happy Birthday a million times, danced and sang with her, clapped and cheered for her birthday all week long! She definitely knew that her birthday and birthday week were very important to me!

Shots! Shots! Shots!

My sweet little Suzy has been lucky enough to stay away from the doctor since her 1 year old check up. Of course, we have had to see family practitioners, pharmacists, specialists, etc.... But, she hasn't graced her pediatricians office in over a year. We aren't lucky enough to say that she has been well for over a year, but we are lucky to have great family docs and local pharmacists to help us out. Anything we can do to stay out of the pediatricians office, we do.

Don't you wish we could sleep that good? 

She MUST have her Bug, Pillow, Wowo, Wowo Banket, and her Banket every night. And, yes, she leaves the "l" and of bLanket.

This is why her banket is so special...  She sticks her fingers through it and picks the fuzz off the yarn. My 2nd Mama that raised me in Starvkille, "Mama B", made it for Suzy. She also made Baby Wowo's Banket.  Mama B (Mrs. Donna) made the smaller blanket for Suzy at Christmas. She had intentions of it being our travel blanket, as did I. It turned out to be Wowo's banket. Now, we have to carry "Suzy's Banket" and "Wowo's Banket" everywhere instead of just Suzy's. 

As a matter of fact, a couple weekends ago Suzy was very sick. Her "Amy" at Tattle Tales sent me a text one Friday afternoon that said Suzy was coughing so much that she had gagged and thrown up. Mimi picked Sue up from daycare that day, and called me about her coughing. I sent them to see Mr. Lynn at City Drug (we LOVE them), and he recommended medicine for Sue. Later Friday night, she just didn't seem to be doing any better. She was very lethargic, wouldn't eat, and was running a low grade temp. I panicked because I had talked to my friend, Hillary about her daughter. Hillary's baby (Tinsley) and Suzy are in the same class at TT. Tinsley had been diagnosed with pneumonia and had shown some of the same symptoms that Suzy was displaying. Scott was traveling in from South Carolina, so when he got home I let him bathe and get his truck unloaded then informed him that I thought we needed to take Sue to LeBonheur. By the time we had her loaded up in the car, gotten gas, and were about to leave town her medicine had kicked in and she was as chipper as could be. She was laughing, talking, dancing, etc. Needless to say, we saved that two thousand dollars and turned around.... The only doctor she saw that weekend was Dr. Mama. I am so thankful for our pharmacist that helps us out so much. Without him we would have probably ended up at LeBonheur.

She crawled up in her chair and before I could get her pajamas out of her drawer she had fallen asleep. She refused to even take a bath, and bath time is one of her favorite times of the day. 

You can tell my baby didn't feel good at all. 

I am proud to report that Suzy perked right on up, and is feeling much better!

She got to go outside and enjoy the weather the next weekend. 

She's obsessed with her new cool sunglasses Laurie bought her! 

I took Suzy to see her pediatrician for her 2 year check up Monday afternoon.

Here are her stats:

Height: 34 inches (50th percentile)

Weight: 28 lbs, 6 oz (75th percentile)

Head Circumference: 19 inches (50th percentile)

The doctor asked me the following questions, these were my answers... (and then what I was thinking in my head)

1. Is she giving any hints that she may be ready to start poddy training? Yes......If you mean: She will pee and poop in her diaper and announce that she has done it, sit on her toilet and use "it" ONLY when I am going poddy, tell the whole world when she has passed gas, take her diaper off when she is wet, etc.... Then YES she is ready to be poddy trained....  We have been practicing, but I am not 100% full force on it yet. I am trying to wait until it warms up and she can be outside a lot without a diaper on. I am hoping that Spring Break will allow us to try harder than we have been. She uses her poddy 2-3 times per day and will poddy before she gets in the bath tub (most of the time). 

2. Is she talking in sentences? Yes... are you kidding me?! She talks TOO much, sometimes. There are certain instances when I wish she would use the filter that God gave her, and not talk. Especially if it is a conversation about her boobs or her nana (or mine, or Mimi's, or Gigi's, or KK's, or Laurie's, etc), passing gas, using bodily functions, etc.  She literally will get picked up by one of the many women in her life and say, "ohhhhhhhhhhh, BIIIIIIG, HEAVY boobies" or in my case, "Mama, booby gone".... She told her Amy that her "Mama poops in her pants" (I have never pooped in my pants----- as far as she knows), and if you accidently poot out loud she will yell, "ewwwww stinky poot". The child will say ANYTHING. I don't know where on earth she gets that from?!?!

3. Does she drink from a sippy cup? Yes......if there isn't a bottle around, a Shell cup, or a Tervis tumbler sitting around. She WILL drink from a sippy cup, but she prefers not to. 

Little Miss Rotten---- The blue cup pictured..... Yes, that's a Shell cup. 

4. Does she use a fork and spoon properly? Yes...... when she decides she wants to eat. We have supper every single night at my house. She may eat one night out of those seven. She is super picky and finicky. She would much rather have "hot corn" (popcorn) or "cheetos". If she eats anything that I cook, it will be corn or edamame. Those are two of the things she is guaranteed to at least pick at. She would rather cook than eat. 

Cooking waffles with Papaw! 

Cooking biscuits for Laurie! 

Making brownies with KK! 

5. Can she hit and kick? Yes......If you are referring to how well she can kick and scream when she gets put in time out, how she kicks Lola for sniffing her food, and how she swings at me when I don't give her exactly what she wants. Suzy doesn't want her food, but she doesn't want anyone or anything else to get near it. She gets angry, angry, angry. 

6. Has she been to the dentist yet? No.....Don't worry, we are going to the dentist. She loves brushing her teeth. She even lets me brush them for her. Her favorite is brushing her tongue though. She has a mouth full of pretty teeth :) 

7. Is she ready for a brother/sister? HELLLL.... I MEAN, HECK NO! My Suzy takes up sooo much of my time and is so demanding and rotten, I cannot imagine devoting my time to two babies!  I do think about having other babies sometimes, but it is usually when I am around little babies or someone points out how rotten Suzy is. They always insist that she has "only child syndrome", but  I honestly just cannot handle another one right now. Maybe one day..... 

These are all the kiddos I can handle! I have 3 girls--- Suzy, Laurie, and KK! My hands are full :) 

We left the doctors office after 3 shots and a finger prick! Suzy did an awesome job. She only cried for a minute. She was a tough little rascal. I had given her Tylenol before we went, so by the time we got home she was ready for a nice long nap!

Waiting to see the Dr. 

Bunnies (Max and Ruby) kept her entertained while waiting on the Dr. 

She had to show me her boo boo. While they were getting blood from her finger prick she informed me that she had a "red color finger"..... I think she thought she had marker ink coming out of her fingertip. 

This was AFTER her shots! I told you.... she perked right up! 

When we were leaving my cousin Ashley offered Suzy a Mickey Mouse sticker. After she collected Mickey she asked for Minnie. After Minnie, she asked for "Goopy", and after Goopy she asked for Pluto. I drew the line at Goofy. She got 3 stickers for her 3 shots! :)