Love Bug

Happy Valentines Day!

...or not so happy.. Charlie had her six months shots bright and early this morning. Unfortunately she takes them pretty hard and usually has a fever for a couple days and needs extra attention. (I know what you're thinking, how is it possible to require more attention then she already gets? I'm asking myself the same question...)  Anyway, I've only been thinking about, worrying about and dreading this day for at least the last week, and I think it's safe to say it was worse for me than Charlotte. I think it gets worse as the NICU becomes a more distant memory. I remember when she had her first shots after coming home and the nurses were so worried that I would have a hard time watching my baby girl get a shot, and I was like "Seriously? who gets upset about this stuff?". Perhaps I only had that reaction because something as simple as a shot was nothing compared to seeing my tiny supposed-to-still-be-inside-me baby with a tube down her throat and IV's covering her. But now that she has figured out that the crinkly, cold, terrible paper means she's about to get pricked and the tears start rolling far before its even time, and she gives me that "Mom, what are you letting them do to me look" (--that's the heart-breaker right there..) I almost, almost can't handle it. And then its the fever that follows that makes me hate vaccine day even more than already do.. (if its possible to hate it more). How can something that is supposed to be good for her make her feel so terrible? I guess deep down I know its the right thing to do, which is why I make sure she gets them (two months late, but can you blame me?) but it certainly doesn't make me hate them any less. 

Well, today will surely be a day filled with love and chocolate just like any day in the Olson household. 

Jared and I celebrated last night (in anticipation of today being a rough day) with homemade heart-aroni pizza and chocolate covered strawberries. It took just about everything I had to stop myself from decorating our home with all kinds of pink and red hearts, but knowing that we will be moving very soon saved J from the buckets of love and frills- no denying Valentines day was designed for women.

Hope you all have a lovey, loving, love filled holiday and eat your hearts out with chocolate. Luckily my husband knows the way to my heart and got me an entire box of my favorite See's.

Chatty Charlie

Where did January go?! I feel like this month got away from me before I even had a chance to welcome the new year. So many days I wanted to sit down and write this blog only to be distracted.. But here it is, the first blog of 2013. The blog I know you all have been waiting for.  
Our home has been filled with the most wonderful sound ever the last couple months! Baby Charlie has discovered her voice. Although at times it seems all she is doing is screaming, (not crying, just singing...like her mom.. or a dying cat..) most often I peek around a corner to her chatting joyfully to her giraffe or most commonly, herself in the mirror. If she's awake she's almost always chatting. And my new favorite, whispering to herself. It's almost as cute as baby laughter. Almost. But it is true, nothing beats that pure, sweet laughter of a baby. This morning she topped the cuteness chart by laughing in her sleep. 
Charlotte is still my skinny little fun-sized babe. At almost 7 1/2 months she is weighing a whopping (almost) 13 pounds... So close we'll just call it an even 13. She is almost always wiggling and moving around which I am convinced is the reason why she's skinny (not because she threw up almost everything she ate for several weeks.. Oh GERD, will you ever leave my child?). Anyway, now that she has figured out that she can roll anywhere she pleases I spend much of my time searching the living room for whatever she's decided to hide under. Don't get me wrong. I love these moments.. These are the proud mommy moments I live for.