blog slacker

So, just as I signed in all the blogs that have been updated at that very second flash across my screen and I saw that a blog called 'Large Male Genetalia' was just updated. Dang...I didn't click on it fast enough.

Anyway, I have been a blog slacker and I apologize. I've just been really busy and I was out of town in Santa Clara all last week. It was a trip for work but I stayed two nights with a friend over the weekend. We took a day trip up to Napa and we had a fabulous time sampling wine. We made it to four wineries and ended the day eating cheese and bread and sipping chardonnay. It was absolutely beautiful but of course I forgot the camera at home so I have no pictures to show.

Lots of stuff has been going on in the past few weeks.

Meredith started daycare. She is going to a center that just opened a few blocks from our house. Best of all, it has a webcam so I can spy on her while I am at work. She has been going 3 days/week while Grandma Schwake watches her 2 days/week. It's taking a little time to get used to it but I think she likes playing with the other kids. She still cries in the morning when I leave and it breaks my heart but she is going through a really clingy stage. She wants to be held all the time. I can't even cook dinner as she must be near me at all times!

These two pictures are from her first day at daycare.

Meredith got her first ear infection. This was the first time she has been really sick. I just felt so helpless. She had a high fever of 103-104 and a super runny nose. Greg and I started calling her a walrus because she constantly had two snot trails running out of her nose. She has been taking amoxicillin and is almost fully recovered.

In addition to the ear infection, she also had her 12 month appointment. I've got quite the big girl. She weighed 22 lbs. 5 oz. and was 31 inches long.

She understands so much now. I can tell her to do something and she will do it. She can point to over 10 body parts. I just wish she could put it into words. She says kitty and that's about it. Maybe Mama & Dada but I can't tell. I really love this age. The one below is my new favorite picture.

And just for the fun of it, here is one more cute picture:

This one was taken tonight. Remember how I said she was clingy? We got home from daycare today and she wouldn't let me leave her sight to cook dinner so I had to have her tagging along in the kitchen. As soon as I opened the refrigerator, this is what she took out.