Pics and Vids Starring Veronica Jane
Month Three, Week Four
1. mommy’s girl, 2. Storytime, 3. I’ll Just Sit Here, 4. Flipping Through a Book, 5. Baby On Bed, 6. Feetsies, 7. Playing with Veej, 8. diva, 9. fallen horsie, 10. hot mess, 11. eating out, 12. oh hi, 13. hmph, 14. Grandma Mary, 15. Gma & Gpa derrick, 16. here’s lookin’ at you
Baby is bulking up! Chris took Veronica to her 4 month pedi appointment today. She is staying in the 25-30% weight range and everyone is all smiles and high fives about it. I love that now when people see her, the first thing they say is no longer about how small she is. Now it’s about how magnificently beautiful she is and how much she resembles her mother in that way. Well at any rate it’s nice to have her be less six-packy and more baby-fatty.
And for height she is now 85th percentile. No wonder we have so much trouble with pants.
We see the cardiologist next Thursday.
*© Chuck
4 MONTH OLD BABY ISO people to worship and adore her. A self-described morning person, she loves crib mobiles, mylicon drops, and standing up on laps. DISLIKES: not being the center of attention, frowns, and unshaven faces trying to kiss her. Especially interested in high pitched voices pronouncing the word ba-ba and This Little Piggy marathon sessions. Please have good upper body strength as she insists upon being held the entire time you are with her. Efficient response to demands is required. In return for your worship and adoration you may possibly be granted a half-smile, or, if you’re very lucky, some light babble.
Veej is now rolling onto her side! She isn’t yet aware that she can roll back so she gets pretty upset about being on her side when she can’t see her toys.
And she isn’t stopping this side-turn when she goes to bed. Oh no, it remains her favorite activity right in the crib. She turns on her side and somehow ends up scrunched in the corner of the crib . Please see my scientific diagram for futher explanation:
My child will NEVER dress like this. At least not until she is sly enough to stash her miniskirt and high heels in her gym bag. But I assure you I will be on the lookout for any bags containing a feather boa.
Introducing Beyonce Knowles’ new fashion collection, House of Dereon kids:
My mom and dad did us a huge, and i mean YOOGE, favor this weekend by coming up and babysitting overnight for us. Chris and I decided to celebrate our upcoming 3 year anniversary by spending the night in a hotel and getting a full night’s sleep. We got a room on a designated Quiet Zone Floor, meaning no noise from 9pm to 9am. It was heaven. Unfortunately at that exact moment my mom was enduring the opposite. Even though VJ was pretty good, my mom wasn’t able to sleep at all for fear that something would happen on her watch. I know how that is. It took me a long time to be able to sleep at night and feel comfortable that Veronica would be ok without me hovering over her the whole time. I am so grateful for my mom for doing this for us and I hope she is able to catch up on her rest pretty soon! Thanks, mom.
Then on Sunday we took my parents and Chris’s mom out to eat to celebrate Mother’s Day. Veronica wanted to see everything, especially the handsome kitchen staff. Even when Chris tried to burp her she refused to take her eyes off them.
This is also a good shot of those ever-widening ears.
These are cute pics.*
1. otter, 2. Get me out of this stupid tutu!!, 3. Day 7 - A Mother’s Hands, 4. Happy Mother’s Day!, 5. YUM, 6. sleeping baby, 7. baby teeth, 8. Two lil Feet, 9. 365 - 238 - in the movies, 10. 365 - 237 - chicks love the brownhorse, 11. baby fingers, 12. Oreo Fun 1, 13. Hello Happy Pink!, 14. Happy Girl Hopscotch in Strawberry, 15. Happy Rainbow Friday My Fabulous Friends, 16. A Little Love, 17. Balloons Always Make Me Smile, 18. Tasty Technicolor Treats, 19. Untitled, 20. Baby cat
*But they’d be even better if Veronica was the star of each one.
This Sunday will be my first Mother’s Day. I have a feeling my present will be wrapped in a diaper.
I’ve heard of baby’s eyes changing color after they are born, but what about their hair? Sometimes I see brown, sometimes I see dark blond, and sometimes I see a tinge of red. And in pictures like this I see all three.
And as you may have noticed, the blog got botoxed yesterday. I’m still playing around with the widgets and gadgets so there may be even more changes today. I think it looks good but if I keep pretending to work on it I have an excuse to look at my sweet baby’s pictures all day.
Yesterday was another tough day for me. It was Veronica’s first day at daycare. Now Veronica’s daycare consists of her and 2 other babies at a house 5 minutes away from ours, but still it was scary to leave my daughter in the hands of someone I don’t share a last name with. Even if those hands are capable and loving and will do just as good a job as I do. But even with all my tears and fears that my daughter would be covertly entered into the Turkmenistan baby black market during the six hours I was away from her, she managed to come home safe and sound. Apologies to Turkmenistan parents, but you aren’t getting this one.
