Since I've been back to work, I haven't had much time to do much of a whole lot if you catch my drift. Isabella keeps us on our toes and is always doing something new, so I never want to be too far away from her, worried that I'll miss something. I was so heartbroken when I picked up my sweet girl from daycare one day last week and they were congratulating me on her rolling over! I about had a heart attack, because I hadn't seen her do it yet!! Times like that one made me wish we'd win the lottery and I could do nothing but hang out with her all day and watch her grow. Since then, I was undressing her one night and was about to put her in the bath. I always give her a quick wipe down before I put her in the bath because I don't want the water to be nasty before I bathe her. I turned around to get a wipe and guess what she did?? Yup! She rolled over! It may have been an accident, but nevertheless, she did it! Too bad daddy was outside walking Otis and missed the entire thing = (
Since then, we have been practicing the motion of rolling over with her every night either before or after bath time. We've also been doing lots and lots of tummy time in order to strengthen her neck and back muscles. She also sits upright in her pink Bumbo or as I sometimes like to call it, her throne. Last but not least, we have moved up to eating rice cereal as of a week ago out of a bowl and spoon. She'll only take about a tablespoon and a half, but at least she's getting more and more used to eating with a spoon. I ordered her a baby food maker that I'm pretty stoked about. It cooks the food first, then it purees it. Of course I had to get all the darn accessories that go with it (i.e the grain basket that cooks rice, the freezing tray, and all the little containers that go with it). I'm not sure how long it will last, but I'm definitely on a mission to make her food myself. I don't think there's anything wrong with buying jarred food, but this happens to be a personal preference of mine. I enjoy cooking so much and who better to cook for than my little piglet. So far, she's doing pretty well with the rice cereal. She kind of swirls it around in her mouth, unsure of why it's there. Eventually she swallows it and of course, gets cheering from mommy and daddy when she does it. Otis of course is glued to her side just to make sure she doesn't drop anything. Hey, at least we've got a built in vacuum cleaner!
We are in the process of interviewing nannies for Izzy since caring for her on both days off is becoming too much for my mom. I joined a club that offers access to nannies and their background checks, so we're meeting with a few ladies on Wednesday. We'll see how that goes. I keep hearing all these horror stories and all it makes me want to do is infest our house with nanny cams so that I can watch every breath she takes. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, I just want to know that she's taken care of while I can't be there to do it myself. I would put a rifle in between someone's eyeballs if they ever tried to hurt my child.
During Christmas week, I had emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder, finally. That stupid thing has been giving me hell for 5 years now. It got to the point that I wasn't able to digest anything, not even water. It was pretty bad. I went and visited with the doctor and he insisted that it come out the next morning. We got to the hospital at 5:45 am and by 1:30 I was at home and in quite a bit of pain. The gallbladder was extremely infected and 3 times the normal size of a gallbladder. It was the worst case that the surgeon had seen. The 20 minute routine procedure took him three hours. Thank goodness I'm alive and that darn thing is out. It was causing me so much grief and ruining every steak I tried to eat.
Things are about to pick up at work and thank goodness, Izzy is sleeping through the night now. We had such a wonderful Christmas and fun was had by all. Janet, Scott's sweet mama came down and spent the day with us. My entire family came over as well. We had brisket, ham, stuffing, corn, green beans and several kinds of yummy desserts. Of course the grandparents swooned over her highness. She got tons and tons of great gifts and clothes. I was in quite a bit of pain and so I took it easy and stayed on the couch after cooking dinner.
All in all, 2011 has proven to be the best year of my life next to 2009, when I got to marry my love. The most precious part of our lives joined us in 2011 and she continues to be the reason why the sun shines every day. When I hear her little giggle from another room, it always makes me smile because I know that she is such a happy little baby and I know that God put her in our lives to enrich our souls. She is so amazing and while I might be a little biased, she is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. I can't wait to spend every single day of my life loving her and her daddy so much. Thank you God for blessing me with the most amazing love a human being can handle! I love you Lord for the greatest gifts anyone could ever receive!
May 2012 be as rewarding and wonderful as last year. I am, and I know Scott is looking forward to watching our little angel grow to be such a perfect little lady!
Happy New Year!!
The Scarboroughs
