New Words

It is April 2nd, 2009. I wanted to let you know what your vocabulary has become. You were saying Mama, Dada, Ba-ba, pretty much all of the usuals that infants say. And yes you were using them correctly.

Just last week you started looking at the lights in the house and businesses we frequent, so I said "llllliiiiiight!" and you watched me for several repeatings of the word. Then you said it! "Lllllliiiiiieeee!" Y ou are missing the T, but for the most part you say light. You even point to it when you say it.

You have been saying Baby for about 3 weeks and you have said Puppy twice, to me. But you smile a lot when asked to say puppy and you watch the dogs intently.

You say "Yeah," and "Oh," "mommy," "daddee." I think you say "Nana" for grandma, but you definitely say "Papa," for your grandfather. You crawl up the stairs and your grandparents house and yell Papa every few steps. Your grandfather has a bad back that has been fused together from his neck to just above his tail bone. He is often in pain and can't pick up much weight, and is on heavy medication, so he just sits in his office upstairs and you know that is where he is at. It's all very cute.

Oh yes, you say "bye-bye" or "bye" and waive. You like to tell anyone leaving this when YOU are done with them. It makes me smile and proud that you are dismissing people at such a young age! lol Not really, it's cute that you dismiss them, but we won't let you treat people that way all your life.

I think that is all of the words that you say currently. But I will write more about what you are up to.

I love you with all my heart and soul,
Love Mommy!

Funny Faces

So, it is a few days past St. Patrick's day, which coincindentally is your mother and fathers wedding anniversary! We celebrated our two year anniversary this year. But that is just a side note for this blog.

I wanted to tell you what you have been doing lately. As I said earlier in your blog you have not really been too amused with your sneezes. You try to suppress them and you absolutely hate it when I wipe your nose. Least of all is the nose "sucker." You cannot even fathom the reason or the functionality of this! No matter the results. But you have been a bit better when I wipe your nose and it is so funny! I love it! You will pucker up your face and then you spit raspberries with your lips.

It makes me laugh, so I tend to "wipe" your nose even if nothing exists just so that I can watch you and listen to your objectory raspberries.

I am quite sure that there will be several more times over the years that I find something cute or sweet that you do that make me want to torment you.

I love you Booga,

Love,

Mommy!

Many Faces of LynLee Hope

These are some of the many faces that LynLee pulls and wears in her day to day life. It really does not show all of her personality, but it does portray it a bit.

Enjoy!

Why this blog has been born

My name is Autum Verbeck and I had a baby girl in May. As I see her develop and learn all of the new and exciting things that a baby goes through on their journey of growing up I wanted to let her know what she was doing at each moment. I decided to write them down in a paper journal, but I really hate writing and I am much more adept at typing. Not to mention quicker!

So this is a journal for my daughter to know what was in her past. Also I want to make sure that no matter what happens in our lives that she has the ability to look back on this and know who she was and where she came from.

My Mother and Grandmother passed away 6 and 5 yrs, respectively. Since my biological mother and father have disappeared, and they are out of my life, I don't have any ties to my past. I don't know several things about when I was a baby and it would be nice to know so I could compare and contrast different things about my own children. I know some of the things that I remember being told, but for the most part I am lost and I feel like I lost my past. Which in a way I did, because there is no one to tell me...."when you were little...." Its hard to deal with, but in the same I can't change it.

In my efforts to make sure that Booga always knows where she came from and who she has been throughout her life I am making this blog. That bieng said, if you would like to join us on this Journey, feel free to follow along.

This is to you, My Dear Booga, I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it to you.

I love you with all my heart and soul!

Love,

Mommy

About June

You are exactly 5 wks and 2 days old. I wanted to make sure that I remember all of the adorably cute things you do. Also, so that you always have an account of your childhood.

You were born May 21st, 2008 at 5:16 in th evening. We were supposed to be at the hospital between 12:30-1:00 in the afternoon. When we got there they took me to my room and started to set me up for the surgery. Oh yes, I forgot to tell you that you were going to try to stay for the long haul. You did not turn, so you were breech. And you didn't show any signs of trying to be born! So we had to have a c-section. See, you didn't care for change much then, either.

The Dr. was late as he was delivering another woman in a nearby hospital, but she was having problems so the Dr. might have had to do a c-section on her. And it turned out he did, so he was late.

At 4:30 pm the nurse came to tell me it was time to go into surgery. They gave me a spinal block to numb me from my chest down to my toes. During this time your father & grandma Nancy were waiting in the hall. I knew your dad would be worried, but he couldn't come in yet.

They got me all layed out, numb, & medicated then your father was let into the OR. He was so cute, he had tears in his eyes because he was worried about us both, you & me. Then the Dr.'s came in and at 5:16 you arrived. You were 9lbs, 10ozs & I loved you at first sight!

I had to stay in the Hospital for a while. The first night I had the nurse take you for a few hours, but after that I mostly kept you in the room with me & daddy. They let me keep you with me because your dad stayed every night with us in the hospital.

On the friday after you were born I was changing your diaper and when a baby is first born their poopie's are black, and yous was changing to a greenish (which was normal, I'm told.) So I wiped your little hiney and then....you pooped on the wipey!! So I cleaned you again and you pooped again, it was so funny! Well, now it is funny, back then it was horrible and I was a little unnverved. I'd never experienced that before!

Now let me tell you about the first time you sneezed. It was so cute. You wrinkled up your nose and made these sweet little cooing sounds that seemed like you were saying "oh." You were going to sneeze and right before you sneezed you let out a wail. The sneeze was foreign to you and you were not amused with it. It was adorable.

There were so many people that came to visit us & see you for the first time. The people who came were:

-Aunt Sheli & Uncle Jose, cousins Kenneth, Garrett, & Everett. Although Everett was only 3 mos old himself. (Mom's side)

-Aunt Misti, Cheyenne, & Nick (Mom's side, friends that we call "Extended Family")

-Grandma Nancy & Great Aunt Rose (Dad's side)

-Grandma Christy & Sara (Mom's side, friends that we call "Extended Family")

-Great Aunt Suzy (Dad's side)

-Grammy Violet & Gus (Mom's side, friends that we call "Extended Family")

-Great Aunt Rhonda (Mom's side)

-Aunt Tonya, Uncle Scott, Colton & Ashley (Dad's side)

And Aunt Tonya & Uncle Scott brought the prettiest carnations. And Daddy & Grandma Nancy brought me the most beautiful roses with a balloon.

Since then you have been a very good baby. You hardly cry & you are so sweet! YOu smile all the time and you love kisses. You especially like to be told that we love you. You love to snuggle, to be held, and of course Mommy does not mind at all.

Oh yes, at 2wks you weighed 10lbs & 3ozs and now you are 11lbs 4ozs. The Dr. and the nurses have all said you are doing great & Mommy and Daddy are taking good care of you!

Daddy just reminded me of something. I warned him all the time that you might poop on him, but he didn't believe me. So one day he brought you to his side of the bed, he was letting me sleep in, and he started to change you. AND you pooped on him! Twice! So he took you to give you a bath, but when he got you all stripped down, you pee'd all over him! It was hilarious!

Well Mommy's sweet little girl, I will write more later!

All my love,
Mommy!