Memorial Day Weekend

We had a nice long weekend. Nothing too exciting, but we enjoyed our entire weekend!

Saturday

We woke up Saturday morning to find Mary Elizabeth's eye pink and crusty. I took her to the Children's after-hours clinic to find out what we already knew...she had pink eye. Luckily, we caught it early. While we were there, she got weighed and she is now 17.3 pounds. No wonder our new friend, Carter, feels like a feather with his full 7 lbs!

Maybe she'll be a rich and famous (like it says on her dress) artist one day!

Since we didn't have any plans for the day, we decided to go to the Museum of Art to catch up on the new gallery showing. It was a cool exhibit of "Cool Color, Hot Glass". I only wish that I had all of that amazing, colorful glass! Mary Elizabeth, of course, stared intently while I carried her around to show her the art. We hope that she'll have an appreciation for art, and become a wonderful artist!

After the art museum, all three of us came home and laid down. ME always is trying to hold something while taking a nap, so she grabbed her foot this time. After she got some rest, she thought it would be a great time to start to experiment with crawling. Luckily, she only could move in a circle and didn't get anywhere -- she just got mad instead. Can I put a ton of books on her to slow her down? I'm not ready for this stage!

Sunday

We survived our first night with Mary Elizabeth staying in "another zip code". OK, it was really just across the hall in her crib, but it really felt like another country! Yes, I know that she is 5 months old but I get attached to things very easily and have not been ready for ME to move to her own room. But recently she has really tried to rollover in her bassinet and gets upset that she flip around, so I thought I'd give her that freedom in her own bed. Hopefully this transition will be a smooth one with few middle-of-the-night awakenings.

Bubble gum and bifocals

OK, I know that title doesn't make sense to most. But I did a church skit in 6th grade that was titled "Bubble gum and Bifocals". It has nothing to do with this post, but it's what came to mind. I really just wanted to show a picture of her blue eyes and her new "talent". If you look closely at the 1st picture, you'll notice bubbles all over her face. Mary Elizabeth LOVES blowing "raspberries" and manages to get everything wet that's in reaching distance of her. The mirror over her changing table is very spotted now. If you're ever in need of a good laugh, feel free to call me to come over and watch her. I know it makes my day after work to watch her do this.

Belated Mother's Day

I wanted to show what my sweet princess and husband got me for Mother's Day. Drew and I have talked about getting several pieces of original art for our house. We are slowly accomplishing that, too. This piece is for her nursery to coordinate with the frog painting that I got last year. Although Drew was out of town for my 1st real Mother's Day, I enjoyed spending the whole weekend with my precious daughter.

Welcome, Carter Jackson!

Carter Jackson Sangalli

Our friends, Shane and Kerri, were blessed this afternoon with Carter Jackson. I'm a little jealous of Kerri's hospital visit. She checked in this morning at 6 and out came Carter at 5:01pm. That seems fast compared to me checking in on Wed. at 9pm and not delivering until Friday morning.

Proud, big brother Will

Anyway, Carter weighs 7 lbs. 1 oz. and is 19.5 inches long. His big brother, Will, seems to be excited, too. It was too cute to see Will in the room with baby Carter and Anna Carol's little boy, Mason. Will was confused as to who was who when it came to the babies, though. He thought Carter was Mason, Mason was Mary Elizabeth (who wasn't there), and Mason was his brother. I know...confusing! I 'm sure once we all get together for the summer, he'll figure out all of these babies and show them the ropes to life.

Drew, the pro

It was fun to watch Drew and Jarrod, too. Pre-children, they wouldn't dare hold a newborn. But they are pros now and both looked very comfortable holding Carter.

We are very excited for you, Shane and Kerri! We can't wait to hang out more and get to know Carter!

Cinco de Mayo

Ok, actually, it's Mary Elizabeth's 5th month. But it is in May as well. I am happy to say that she started sitting up on Thursday all by herself. We, of course, have padding around her just in case she falls. But she is so proud of herself when she sits up, and she has better access to petting Dixie and Mo. She's been trying so hard for weeks to sit up... now if she only could pull herself up into a sitting position (I won't rush it, though). Also, we're starting to see "a lot" of hair. She actually has more than my dad now and it's so soft. After her bath tonight, it was messed up. I'd take a picture, but you still wouldn't be able to see it since it's blonde.

Other updates:

• She's laughed a few more times. I can't believe how serious she is all of the time!
• She's working on 2 teeth on her right side (one on top and one on bottom). She is LOVIN' putting everything into her mouth like remote controls, cell phones, cups, thumbs, etc. You name it and it goes toward her mouth. She reminds me of a baby bird waiting for the mama bird to drop her the worm with her mouth wide open.
• She is still sleeping through the night!
• She's on the verge of trying to crawl. She's been scooching a lot. I think we have a swimmer on our hands...yeah!

Drew and I feel so blessed that we have had such a wonderful experience with the pregnancy, labor, and now ME. I truly love her and can't wait to see what each day brings!

Playing catchup

I've once again been called out on slacking with the blog. Apparently it's obvious that I've returned to work. However, there really hasn't been much blog worthy stuff going on except for cute pictures being taken of Mary Elizabeth. So I'm going to spare you and just share some of my faves from the past few weeks. I do want to say that I am surviving work and there are only 14 days left for the kiddos (HALLELUJAH!!!) and Mary Elizabeth has been taking the bottle like a champ with everyone that's keeping her while we're at work. Thanks again to everyone that 's been keeping her!

She's working on her 1st tooth, so she puts EVERYTHING in her mouth (including her hands when nothing else is around)!
She loves her toes!
But it wears her out
" I'm too sexy when I sleep"

Resting before her Christening

My mom's sister and her family came in the same weekend as ME's Christening, so we got to play with her 3rd cousin, Ethan and his mom, Leslie (her 2nd cousin). We took them downtown to see the Peabody ducks and ride the trolley. It made for a long morning, but I enjoyed watching Ethan and Mary Elizabeth's faces during the duck showing.

Aunt Donna and Cousin Leslie

ME's eyes were glued to the ducks as they waddled by.

She's made some great new friends...Mr. Van Patten and SuSu. ME hung out with them , VeVe and Doug on Friday and had a great time. Thanks for entertaining her "Mr. VanPatten"!