My New Gadget

So I got this great new gadget the other day from my wonderful Dad and Stepmom. It’s a Flip Video and I absolutely love it! I’m still figuring out a few things with it on the computer but it is super easy and I recommend that everyone get one. It records in HD and comes with a nifty HDMI cable too. All you have to do is plug it in to your computer, and !!presto!! it downloads the videos automatically. My only problem…..Hattie will not do one cute thing for me to record. As soon as I turn it on, she freezes and stares at me with this weird blank look on her face. Makes for very boring videos. I’m trying to figure out how to upload the videos on here, but it is only giving me the option to download them to youtube first. I have lots to learn.

Here is my picture for the day I thought I would share. This is Hattie and her absolute favorite person, my nephew TJ. She LOVES him so much. He plays and plays with her and she never gets upset when he pulls on her arms, squeezes her cheeks, makes really loud noises in her face, etc. TJ is a wonderful first cousin. And they get to grow up 5 years apart. Which means he will know all the boys she’s going to try to run around with later on when she is older and he can look out for her.

Okay, so maybe she does get upset at times with him.

I gotta say, these kids are hilarious to have around.

My First!

Well, here I go! This is my first blog! Woo Hoo! I have had numerous friends and family members ask me to start a blog since almost all of my family is out of town and also lots of friends have moved away over the years and everyone wants to hear all about Hattie now that she is here. Not sure yet the direction this blog is going to take, probably just me rambling and venting about life.

So this past week/weekend was my first real taste in dealing with a sick baby. Hattie got sick on Monday and just went down hill after that. And of course I had to get sick on Thursday. Needless to say I had an amazing weekend. I think what made it so bad was that Dorian was at work all day Saturday and Sunday and it was just me...all alone...all weekend. And I had my first experience with liquid baby poo.....even more horrible. It was on her, the bouncy seat, the floor, the dog (don't ask) the changing table and me! I don't have the words to tell you how awful it was. Just writing about it makes me sick to my stomach and makes me shudder. But I'm glad to say we are doing much better today! Hattie still has a wicked cough that keeps her up a lot at night, but last night seemed better. She only got up once last night at 4:30am. I guess she thought it was time to get up and play. I fed her and made her go right back to sleep, which of course didn't happen. So we played....at 5 in the morning. Big shout out to the creator of the Baby Einstein videos!!! I strapped her in her seat and stuck her in front of the tv (yes I know, great parenting Shauna) and dozed off on the couch till I had to be up in like 25 minutes. Lots of coffee later, I think I'll make it through the day. Icing on the cake...I'm off tomorrow. =>