Photo Shoot

Cayman and I recently had a mini photo shoot at the house. We needed some new pictures of her being seriously pretty (rather than ridiculously silly).
Here are my favorites:

And since little girls can't resist being silly, here is a silly one:

Still cute, though!
I love you, little drama queen!

Talking with Nurse Brandy

This morning Cayman had an orthodontist appointment at 10:30 (I'll blog about this later). After the appointment I signed her back into school and stopped by the nurse's office to let Brandy know that Cayman's mouth may start hurting and she may need some Advil. We started talking about various things that Cayman has been to see Nurse Brandy for from Kinder through 3rd grade. Here are the main things:

• Kinder: Had surgury to remove tonsils and adnoids. Had tubes put in ears at the same time.
• First Grade: Broke ankle AT SCHOOL! Nurse Brandy called me to tell me that Cayman had hurt her ankle celebrating a win in a math game. Together we decided that Cayman was probably being overly dramatic, so I sent her back to class. When I picked her up at YMCA at 5:30 the ankle was HUGE and severely bruised. Yep...it was broken. I got Mom of the Year for that one.
• Second Grade: Nothing!!!
• Third Grade: Braces and appliance

So, the school nurse definately knows my child! But she did talk about how Cayman would come see her in kinder for medicine and how she was so small and short and blond and cute. Now she's a big 3rd grader with braces and glasses. She's still cute, though!

Drama Queens Say the Darndest Things

I believe I gave birth to one of the most comical people I have ever met. She's not only comical...she's witty and charming, too. I recently came to the conclusion that I should document some of the things she says now so that when she's a teenager I can look back at this particular blog entry and remember how much she used to amuse me.

• 3/19/11  Cayman - "Animals are cute and I don't want to eat them anymore. I'm going to be a vegetarian.".  Me - "OK...you just have to eat more vegetables."  Cayman - "GROSS! Why???" Me - "Because that's what vegetarians do. They eat VEGETABLES!" Cayman - "Well, I didn't know that."

• 3/20/11   We had been to Cirque du Soleil earlier in the day. After her bath she ran in the living room screaming "Watch me be an acrobat. I'm going to be in Circus Ole'!" LOL! 

• 3/23/11   As Cayman was getting ready for her bath she put her hands on her chest and said "Mama, does it look like I am getting my boobies yet?", to which I replied, "No, not yet"....

• 6/5/11   "Mama, I'm probably gonna be kinda stupid in a couple of years. It won't be my fault, though. Because I'll be a teenager. And ALL teenagers are stupid...they can't help it."  LOL! SO true!

Ex-Smoker

• Day One  -  as of today I am officially an ex-smoker. It hasn't been too hard and I haven't cussed anyone out (yet!).  I think the time when I will have the most difficulty is at home. Todd is going to smoke and Cayman is going to drive me crazy (probably)...but I have faith that I can stick it out. I have literally nibbled all day long...sunflower seeds mostly. I also managed to chip a corner of my tooth off on a sunflower seed. So now I have to go to the dentist :(   Hopefully tomorrow will be just as easy as today...minus the broken tooth.

Update...

Update...

So I haven't blogged every day. I haven't exercised every day.

However  --  I HAVE been taking Chantix every day. And it makes me feel like poo-poo. Seriously.

Here is a list of my complaints (in no particular order, because they all suck):

• Nausea. This one really sucks. Because it NEVER GOES AWAY!
• Sleepiness. I could literally take a nap every 15 minutes.
• Sore neck/shoulder muscles. I really need a person to stand behind me and massage my shoulders all day. He can take a break when I have my naps. Oh, and his name should be Fernando and he should be shirtless.

Complaints aside, Monday will be my quit date. Wish me luck!

Resolutions...

Started 3 of my New Years Resolutions today...it just took a while :)

• Started on the Chantix  -  I think THIS is the time it will happen for me! I am DETERMINED!
• Exercised for an hour. Yes, I was playing Kinect...but it was definately a workout!
• Trying to blog every day

And now for a cute photo that was taken Spring 2010:

Bieber Fever

Do you have Bieber Fever? No? Don't worry, I don't either. And I'm sure it has NOTHING to do with the fact that I am not a pre-teen drama queen.

Luckily for me, Cayman's BFF Grace asked her to go see "Never Say Never" today after gymnastics. Translation  -  I don't have to go! Yippee!

As a trade-off I will take the girls to Disney on Ice. Pretty good trade-off, dontcha think?

And now, a cute photo of the life-long BFFS: