Lovins

A special treat.... something very difficult to catch on video..... the illusive "Lovins" given by Miss. Holly Lyn. She used to do this all the time when she was first learning to walk, but lately she hasn't done much of it, so we thought we better catch it on film!

For those of you that don't already know.... I've finally finished reading the last book (Breaking Dawn) in the twilight series. I really liked it and I am still firmly planted in team Edward..... that's not to say I don't like Jacob just fine.

Holly's Eye

Doctor thinks that Holly's eye irritation is some sort of allergic reaction to something that got in her eye. They did a dye test to check and make sure it was not scratched (Holly hated it!) and it is not. It is not Pink-Eye because there is no congestion in the eye. She did say it is very irritated from her rubbing it. We're putting saline drops in every few hours (except at night) and if it is not better by around noon Monday we're supposed to start giving her antibiotic eye drops. We're not suposed to give her any allergy type drops yet, she's still too young for that. We were given sample size saline drops from the doctor and we have a prescription to fill if we need the antibiotic drops.

My MIL brought up a good question... had I tried to explain Emily (Katie's new sister) to Holly. No, I haven't. I can't even imagine how to explain that. I think I'll just wait until she actually sees Emily, then try to explain. I wonder what she'll think. It makes me feel for Heather... she must be so excited to see Katie and Emily interact.

PS.... My sister (Aunt M) is bringing me the fourth Twilight book tomorrow. I can hardly wait to read it!! My friend Rene read them (all four) in seven days..... that's over 2,000 pages.... she's like the fastest reader ever!!

Riding on the Carousel

Today Holly and Daddy (David) went to the mall and rode on the carousel. They had a blast. I finished reading Eclipse and hung around the house. Missed church.... we slept too late, which is an unusual occurrence in this house!

Marmee watched Holly while we watched Twilight

Well, Holly is as wonderful as usual today. She stayed with Marmee (my Mom) for the afternoon and David and I went and saw "Twilight". Holly wanted to go out in the freezing cold to play, which obviously Marmee couldn't let her do, but other than that she and Marmee had lots of FUN!

Twilight was a good movie. David.... who received many brownie points for going with me.... even liked it, "for a chick flick". I thought they did a really good job with the main character, Bella... she was exceptional. There were a few parts that were over the top and it wasn't as scary as the book (obviously with less detail), but it was still very entertaining and got the main points of the story across. We give it two thumbs up!

We finally started putting the Christmas decorations up, today, but we couldn't find the "bananna bag" (a big yellow plastic bag) to put the tree up.... so we have an undecorated tree still up. And yes, we put the outside decorations up, on New Year's Eve.... we didn't want to be one of those neighbors.

Check this out.... Holly learned how to say "UP" very clearly:

My first "real" post

Holly has learned to do the cutest thing ever!! She can back up (walk backwards). She likes to back up to sit on my lap or lean against my legs. I wish I could get a picture of her doing it... but as you can imagine... since she's backing up, it doesn't photograph well.

Holly had her first Dentist appointment. He said her teeth were "perfect" and that we were doing all the right things to take care of her teeth. We don't go back for 8-10months. She also had her 15mo. Checkup. She was 33.5 inches and 24.6 pounds. She's really tall for her age.

(PS... I've decided to make all Holly updates in pink... incase that's all you're intrested in reading.)

I'm neck deep in reading the Twilight series.... a vampire romance. It' s totally addictive. I've read the first two books (Twilight and New Moon - about 500 pages each) and I'm a quarter of the way into the third book (Eclipse - also about 500 pages). I just started reading on the second. I can hardly put them down! We're going to see the Movie tomorrow, while Marmee baby-sits Holly. It's been good for me to read and let Holly start to do a little more "independent" play. It's nice to read something for fun. It's been about two years. It is a "teenybopper" series, so it very carefully walks the line of decency -- which is good for me... I wouldn't read it if it didn't. My sister and my friend Cindy turned me on to it. Thanks y'all. I'm on team Edward!

I'm also listening to the Bible, on Audio CD (a fab. gift from my in-laws)... while driving around town. I started at the beginning.... Genesis. Man, those early folks did some pretty crazy stuff!! I'm surprised how much more interesting it is to listen to it, as a story, than it is to read it. Big dif.