You Begged, You Pleaded

Finally, pictures. Yes, it's been a while. What can I say? I'm lazy.

My little lovely in a field of grass.


She loves playing with Grandma's glasses. By the way, thanks Aunt Kat for the coverup.


Mommy & Lucero at Balmorhea pool. This bikini top makes me look terribly flat chested, which I guess I pretty much am, especially thanks to Lucero draining those puppies, but I couldn't stand the idea of tan lines.


She loved the water.


Seriously, if you are ever driving through West Texas in the hot summer months, make a stop at Balmorhea pool. The water is so fresh!


She likes to get into everything...one leg so far...


And now the other.

She's full of expressions.


Tearing up Kleenex

Crying 'cause mommy got on her case.


Slightly better now.


I forgot what was so funny, but isn't she cute?


Who could resist this face?

One of her favorite things to do: look through books.


Ok, nothing Lucero-related here, but I wanted to take a picture of my hard work. I made all those little food flags for my sister-in-law's bridal shower. Side note: don't you just wanna eat a sausage ball?

A close up. We had to find some way to make the oatmeal cake special, 'cause you can't decorate it with regular icing. Yum, the oatmeal cake looks good too.

My new sister-in-law!

Me and the girl.


Testing out the bumpit. Kinda hard to see in this picture.


Lucero playing in great Grandpa's yard.

Wrangler butts drive me nuts. Or more like dirty butts drive me nuts.


In time out. Isn't she dramatic? Yes, we do time outs. She sits there for about a minute. Sometimes we also do pow-pow. It just depends on the crime.


Ready to eat, but no food in sight.

And there you have it. Hope you enjoyed.

Ha, I just had a thought. Remember, three years ago when yall were tired of me just posting pictures of myself? Now it's all about the girl. Funny how that changes.

I Couldn't Agree More

HERE.

I, too, have actually been craving a similar top to the one Lisa wears when she visits Gary's parents. I found a sequined top in the girls department at Dillard's that would've been perfect, but unfortunately (or fortunately), my body is no longer built like a tween body, but dammit if I didn't try on the "big girl" size to prove this point.

Sigh.

Golightly News

Keeping my word, here's the latest on our dear friend...

Per website update, July 19th, "With Cowboy here and continued support from friends and family in Phoenix , Golightly has made great improvements lately. Just last week Cowboy let us know that Golightly was actually being fed applesauce by one of the speech therapist. And just today Mom decided to give Golightly some watermelon, which she seemed to suck on and even chew! Hopefully this next week we'll have her tasting a wide variety of things!

Per her mother, July 24th, "Golightly is out of the coma, she has awake cycles most of the day she is awake, she has intense physical , occupational and speech therapies daily but her response is little to none and mostly reflexive. We try different things and she responds to the fruits but these are very small amts. we as family see her daily and any minute response translates into magnanimous gains for us. She however is making small gains for instance she now looks at you focused instead of the wide rolling of eyes, which is a reflex to stress. she still has not spoken and does not move purposefully. All in all she has healed well from the internal injury but the brain injury continues to stomp us medically ....please keep praying. Since he has not improved significantly, and insurance has criteria, her medical status is stable, discussions has ensued to discharge her to home soon."

(I had initially e-mailed her mother, asking if Golightly was out of coma, as I was confused to how she was eating fruit, which is why she began her e-mail to me, letting me know 100% for sure, she was out of the coma.)

Per website update, August 8, "Sorry for not updating as regularly to everyone as we have been very VERY busy preparing Golightly for this SUPER special weekend....
Yep...Golightly is now AT HOME!!!!
She has come home from the hospital and is now being taken care of at home. We have set up a room for her and have gotten instructions and help on how to [properly take care of her. Also recently while helping with her physical therapy, Cowboy stated that Golightly was following commands somewhat , which is a great thing!!
We hope and pray that with the support and surroundings of home that Golightly will continue to improve."

So as you can see, our gal is making progress, slow but steady. Keep praying.

On My Mind

Shoes. I got these to wear for my brother's wedding this Saturday.




And they're annoying the hell out of me. According to all the reviews on the shoe, a ton of people said to purchase a size down as the shoe will slip off your heel. Guess what? The shoe was not available in a size down, so I bought my regular size 8. And for like two weeks I walked around in these shoes with the little elastic that keeps the pair together. I wanted to be sure I liked them enough before committing to them. They seemed fine, though I was taking teeny, tiny steps, which is not how I normally walk, duh. Finally, one day I clipped the little elastic band and took normal steps. Sure enough, the damn shoe was coming off my heel as I stepped. Grrr!!!

Infuriated, I shared my dilemma with other ladies, with everyone suggesting I buy some insole thing to make for a tighter fit. Let me make it clear, the shoes felt like a good fit on my feet, but every time I stepped, they were coming off. So I bought an insole thing, this one to be exact.



The directions were quite simple: Remove adhesive backing. Place product at inside back of shoe as illustrated and press firmly in place.

Um, yeah, so I did that. Let me tell you, this adhesive backing is so ADHESIVE it was sticking to my fingers as I was trying to place it on the inside of my heel, like really sticking to my fingers. Don't get me wrong, the adhesiveness was good. It at least made me sure it was going to stick to my shoe. Anyway, I got it stuck to the insides of my shoes, but once I slipped my foot in the heel, some of the insole got pulled with my foot, thus causing the top of the backing to stick to my foot.

So yes, for the most part the insole thing does work, as my foot is no longer slipping out, but a part of me is wondering if it's no longer slipping out due to me heel sticking to the actual insole backing. Ugh, this is truly annoying me and will be what I'm thinking about the most come the day of the wedding.

That and if someone might bump my bumpit in my hair. (Oh, yes, I bought one, but not from the website, got it at Sally's. And I now know why it's called a bumpit, 'cause you literally "bump it" into stuff, as you forget there is additional height to your head, as I did getting out of the car.)

Long Time No Hello

So Miguel told me he was tired of reading about the damn crib. Sorry, Miguel, I hope you weren't expecting pictures, 'cause frankly it's too time consuming for me to get the camera hooked up to the computer to download the latest pics and then to upload them to the blog. Yep, absolutely no time for that. Maybe someday when my computer is in a more convenient area, maybe one where there's not a crib, but there is a TV, yeah maybe then.

The latest and greatest? I've been on the move. No, not actual moving, as in, out of my parents' house, but more on that later. I've actually been riding a bike, not stationary, like an actual bicycle, you know the kind we all rode as children? Well, that's what I've been doing, except that the bike isn't a child's bike, but instead my mom's old Huffy cruiser bicycle. It had been sitting in the storage for the longest time and then one day, me, jealous that my friend Blythe has the most awesome bicycle ever and gets to ride it all over town, I finally asked my dad if anything was wrong with the bikes in the storage. He said the tires were flat. That was all. So he put some air in them and off I went. I was a peddling fool! I felt so alive. Or more like I felt like Vada from My Girl.

I couldn't remember the last time I rode a bike. And you know that saying, "It's like riding a bicycle, you never forget." I kinda forgot how to peddle and stuff. No, I didn't fall over, but I was a little rusty and unstable and also forgot how to brake. It didn't take me long to figure it out though. But now that I have a bike to ride, I can now join Blythe riding around town, and riding around town, we do!

This latest endeavor has been my newest source of pure joy. It's so easy, I get fresh air, some exercise, it's awesome. Even though I have my mom's old bike, I still really want a bike like Blythe's. Maybe if I save my pennies I can get a similar one later. (I tried to post a pic of the bike, but the website won't let me. If you're really that interested, google Electra Bikes, click on the Cruiser style, and check out the options for ladies. They are too cute! I'm very undecided as to which one I would want.)

Moving on, my other source for pure joy, my dear sweet Lucero...oh my gosh, my girl is growing up and she's so smart. She will grab my keys and try putting them in keyholes in doors. Plus, she does other stuff that indicates she's smart. She'll get tissue and put it to her nose and make little blowing noises, the same mommy makes when she blows her nose. She's not actually blowing anything out though, but still she understands the idea behind it. She's sleeping a bit better in her crib, some nights are better than others, but she's doing better. We still are not at the point of her putting herself to sleep in the crib, but maybe someday. She says no a lot. Sometimes she says yeah. She says Isaiah really well. She calls everyone mom. She really likes the show Yo Gabba Gabba and the Backyardigans and (unfortunately) Dora. No offense to Dora, I mean, I know us Latinas should support each other, but she really annoys me, what with the way she inflects certain words. And Lucero loves to dance. She shakes her groove thing any time she hears music.

I'm running short on time. Ha, imagine that coming from a mother. Anyway, I'll try to post sooner and give you other updates, especially on Golightly. Later, my sweets.