Vacation Randoms

Brylee turned 18 months while we were home, which also meant she was due for her next doctor's appointment. We had the appointment at 8 a.m. with a doctor we had only seen once before when she was sick. She now weighs 19.2 pounds, and in the 1st percentile for weight. The doctor was less than concerned, though, and then showed us his daughter's chart, where she is in the 1/2 percentile. He said she hit 20 pounds when she was about 26 months. But at the same time, his daughter is one of a set of twins, so that might explain the tininess. He also gave hints on how to break her of the bottle, which is the ONLY way she'll drink milk. And she enjoys her milk, but will not touch it in any other kind of cup, no matter how thirsty she is...
**Update--she now drinks milk out of a sippy cup!!! Goodbye bottles!!!!!!

I had the intentions of visiting my State Farm friends this last week, as well as going to a storytime for Brylee in Lewisville or perhaps Frisco, but unfortunately it just didn't work out. I wanted to see a couple of friends that went to the Frisco one, too! (But we did get to see my mom's co-worker/friend Dawn for about 5 minutes!!!!)

Before leaving, Cary had a list of places he wanted to go to eat that isn't available in our area: Cane's, Freddy's, Sweet Tomato, and Indian. We got to eat at 3 out of those 4, missing Sweet Tomato because I just didn't feel it (I didn't like the place when I was pregnant...the smell of the place made me sick. I guess that still lingers). My one place to want to go? Chick-Fil-A. Oh that delicious greasy chicken nugget goodness!!!! (and we ate there twice--once for breakfast, once for lunch...on the same day...)

We went to the Vista Ridge Mall play area 3 times while there. Brylee loves the place, and I got a little shopping done as well. Very convenient!

Cary, Brylee, and I had breakfast out one morning, and Brylee sneezed, causing her to hit her little nose against the table. It took a second or two for the effect to kick in, and then she started crying. Trying to play it down (while my heart breaks inside), I said, "You are ok. There's no blood..." Then I looked at her nose, and there was the tiniest trace of blood....oops...

Mom's birthday (and of course Mother's Day) had happened just before we came to Dallas, so we of course had to celebrate while there. I had ordered mom's gift a couple of weeks before, and thinking ahead, had it delivered to my parents'. Well, it arrived mid-week, and as soon as it came in, I had Cary distract mom so I could wrap it quickly. The gift was a beautiful necklace found here, that has all of our names and birthstones on it. We also had purchased a stepping stone kit for Brylee to give to her as a project they could do together. Unfortunately the stepping stone didn't work the way we all were hoping, but that just gives us another thing to work on the next time we are there!

Cary has too much creativity, and time, on his hands!










Dad, Cary, and I went to the midnight showing of Pirates of the Caribbean 4. While I was excited about seeing the movie, I may have liked it less because it was so late at night, and I was fighting sleep, as was dad. Don't know if Cary was or not. I did enjoy the movie though. But going geo-caching beforehand with them was much more fun. I miss those days!




Brylee had her first Happy Meal from McDonald's just after we landed at Boston Logan airport after our trip. We still had a 2 1/2 hour bus ride to Portland, and I knew she would be hungry. Because I didn't pack any baby food jars due to this article (I just didn't want to have to deal with it at the gates...) we went to the food court and I got some chicken nuggets for her. She likes chicken nuggets...as long as it is dipped in ketchup. Come to think of it, she likes ANYTHING dipped in ketchup...Luckily, there is not a McDonald's here (yet), because I do not want to start her on a happy meal craze...I like the idea of less fast food in her body (maybe she can teach me a thing or two as well...)

Forgot to add the biggest, most amazing part yet. We had Chester set for boarding at his vet for the week we were gone, but we were a little anxious because Chester tends to have his seizures at night, and the vet is closed then. I even made a hopeful call to an experienced vet tech who does pet sitting, but as I figured, she was busy for the week. But Cary's parents kept offering to watch Chester, and in the end, we let them. I didn't want to put them through the stress of how to handle Chester if he had a seizure, but decided to give them a try. Not only did they rock the pet sitting by giving him tons of attention, but they also made our house look much cleaner than I am able to do.

Words cannot express how grateful I am for two incredible people in my life! A HUGE thank you goes to Brenda and Gary!!!!!