Even Vadar is no match...

for the Munchkin. How many times will you see the big guy sing "Twinkle Twinkle, little star"? I ask you, really?

Go NAVY! Good game boys! Even with the refs working for the other side. I must tell you, though, the first half was almost downright boring! Munchkin wore her Go Navy tutu, of course...but just wasn't in the mood so we took it off. At least I didn't make this one from scratch! It only took about 15 minutes to sew all the ribbons on so no harm done. And who couldn't use another tutu, right?

And in other news...the yoga program looks like it will work out after all. I spoke with my contact (who thank you Lord is a military wife herself!) and they are working it out to open the daycare in the mornings for the yoga students!!! I am so psyched. And since Master Adam has a revolving door policy on how long you can take to complete the program, it is no problem if I need to take a break to go home for a couple of weeks and take off. She said if I can work it out with an instructor there, he may even count any practice hours done in GA toward my requirement. How awesome is this?



We head off to GA tomorrow. I am so excited. It's almost like TOMORROW is Christmas to me (other than nothing is wrapped and will pretty much all be done there). The luggage and gifts are prestaged, food and snacks for Munchkin and Boo are already in the car. I have my clothes laid out and she's travelling in her jammies. AND the house is clean. What else must I do, my work here is about done.

Any takers on whether I REALLY get out of here before 7am?

Plastic surgeon visit today

Went well, we talked options again. We got more in depth on the two options up for consideration. He is looking into my main question, wondering if there is a type of counselor that deals specifically with health issues (I've been told there is but that she is referral only).

We're looking at February timeframe, but I haven't made the final decision on which option I'm taking. He said he is perfectly ok booking me a surgical suite when the month opens up and then if I haven't made a decision that I am fully comfortable with, he is perfectly ok with rescheduling constantly until I do. I think I love him. I had to know if his recommendation last time was based on just pure medical..."well this is easier and more likely to work so do this"

He understands my concerns, and he really was impressed with how much thought I've put into each option...as well as how many specific and in-depth questions I had about the functioning of each. He is contacting a few of his prior patients to ask them if it is ok for him to give me their email/phone numbers so that I can get a more true-to-life view of each one. He said of the muscle/nerve graft (the harder one, that I am leaning toward) he has done 10. Of that number he says half are at a "4" in function (5 is highest and not even remotely likely) and of the others that he didn't feel came out as well...the patients were still happy with the results. And he did mention that a good number of his patients had been combat victims, results of serious traumatic injuries and even bombings (puts it all in perspective, doesn't it?).

This is from my dinner date with my friend's husband the other night. Munchkin just LOVED Adam, and was putting her "warm up" period aside. Annie, dear, try not to feel irritated that he flew from coast to coast to have dinner with me...oh yeah, and to work too. Love ya both, and the kiddos.

Santa visits Bass Pro

I wonder if my little Munchkin realizes that she will probably get some coal from Santa for preferring the fish to him. She's at that "freak out at the big jolly man" stage. Always fun. She apparently got her Daddy's genes for peppermint (I'm not a fan) and fishing.

Santa's got nothin' on a largemouth that probably outweighed my kid.

Holy moly! There are fish bigger than Boo!

sometimes you can't combine favorites.

Ahhhh, sweet child, reading in the tub should not be attempted until at LEAST age 5.

Should I build an ark?

This is the wettest weather ever! Another storm last night blew through; at this rate the ground will dry out about June-ish. You sink if you stand on the yard at all. It was sunny today, and nicely warm too but not enough to dry the ground.

Tomorrow I drop off my Jeep for its buttwarmer work. I am hoping it won't lead to other work as well, but you know car dealers. And since this one has over 165k miles on it...they are chomping at the bit to sell us another one. You should see their mouths water when the 1998 with 224k miles on it comes in!

We did another trial class today, and I had hoped to like this gym better than the farther away one we went to day before yesterday. But truthfully I just didn't. Luckily I've found another one to try that is even closer so hopefully this one will be JUST right. I'm in my own Three Bears story just with baby gyms.

We're getting really excited for Christmas around here, I'm getting thrilled just thinking about Munchkin getting all the presents I've heard about. She is going to go crazy! I'm still arguing with the computer and trying to figure out how to upload MP4 files...so we're still waiting on that video.

I apparently should have taken stock in the baby gym market...there are a TON of options!

If I climb up the back of the couch/onto the kitchen table/into the cabinets/over the back of the chair...it's just like being in baby gym! Wonder why Mom seems so mad?

An ending, a recall, and a good day

I have been seeing a counselor to talk me through the facial reconstruction and some emotional baggage I had apparently been holding onto. Our sessions are at an end, now that there is a new surgery on the table he recommends that I have my plastic surgeon refer me to someone who can specifically deal with reconstructive issues. So no more of my Ed :( I have to say, it's nice to know that while he helped me with some things, I also helped him as well. His daughter had a brain injury and subsequent infection that paralyzed her face...Lordy do I know that road. So he said even in talking with me that he was able to let go of a lot of things HE didn't knwo he was holding onto. Always nice to know when you've touched someone...so I made my appointment with my plastic surgeon to re-discuss the surgeries and get the referral to the health counseling specialist (I think that's her title).

Got notification last night that my FAVORITE feature of my Jeep has been recalled, my beloved butt warmers. So now I can't use them until they are fixed, bummer. I love, though, how the recall card says it should take 2 hours max and the dealer says at least FOUR. Apparently they have to remove the seats from the car, then remove the covers, then fix the problem and put everything back. Lovely. But it WILL be done before the weather gets any colder. I can't drive around with a cold butt.

As soon as I find my little camera, I'm inputting a video that shows why I have fewer pictures of Munchkin lately. She is obsessed with cameras. The second a flash goes off or she sees one power up she runs to you and says "See, see, see" and will NOT be dissuaded until she sees the pictures or video. It's cute, but then she is ALWAYS cute. She has been trying to put her socks on top of her shoes today and irritating the crap out of herself with it.

Just throwing in an additional picture...one of Munchkin, Daddy, and the person Daddy spends most of his time with...

I have enjoyed learning that I helped the helper.

Oh! The socks go on FIRST. That makes more sense then.