random recap

1 - The biggest news of our week is that Lucy is -thisclose- to graduating from Early Intervention.  She has received services since just a few months after being discharged from the hospital.  The main service she has received is physical therapy.  We knew we were getting close to ending services because the only thing they were waiting on was her walking.  Well, (when she wants) she's walking everywhere!!  The PT came on Monday and said Lucy's walking looks great and that she doesn't qualify for any more services.  She said they will come back in 1-2 months to make sure her walking is progressing and improving and if it is they will have to "graduate" her from Early Intervention!  Lucy's pediatrician and the folks at Neonatal have always expressed to us they didn't really think Lucy needed the help of EI because her delays were not really helped with therapy.  It was just a matter of waiting for Lucy and her little body to catch up in its own time.  But the peace of mind to have someone come into our home once a month to check on her and show me some tools and techniques to help has benefited me probably more than Lucy.  So this is a big achievement and hopefully she will "graduate" before her 2nd birthday!!

2 - A week before Christmas Blake and I took Lucy to the movie "The Tale of Despereaux". It was pretty much a bust.  The movie was dark (in color) and there were no songs or funny lines.  This was Lucy's first movie theater experience and she didn't really enjoy herself.  But today since it's cold, inversion-y and we're sick of the house I thought we'd try another movie.  We saw "Bedtime Stories".  It's very much a kid movie but Lucy loved it!  We had the theater to ourselves and I brought plenty of snacks and a juice box.  She laughed at the jokes I'm pretty sure she didn't understand and loved the cute little hedge hog.  Maybe she's just anti-animation like I am. I really liked the movie too and I think Blake would have loved it. This could become our new habit as long as there are cute kids' movies and yucky air out there.  

3 - Elmo.  Really nothing more needs to be said.  Lucy's so in love with him it kind of makes me jealous.  Every time he comes on tv her face lights up and she squeals (yes, even if she sees him numerous times a day).  The two of us went to Toys R Us last week and there was a wall of Elmo products and I thought she would hyperventilate.  Well, today I booked "Breakfast with Elmo" at SeaWorld for when we go next month.  We'll be sure to have the camera and video camera ready because she will probably go cuckoo.  Oh, Elmo, you're kind of growing on me too! 

4 - (my boring recap).  I got a Sigg water bottle from my brother Coleman for Christmas and it's probably one of my best gifts.  I hate drinking water and have always struggled with getting in a decent amount.  Well, I don't know how but this water bottle is doing the trick.  We all know how bad plastic water bottles are for the environment so we've tried to stop buying them and using reusables.  But my Nalgene wasn't even doing the trick.  Bleh.  Well this supreme-o Sigg keeps water cold ALL day, it has the perfect size opening and doesn't leak when it sloshes around in my purse, work bags or the front seat of the car.  I'm kind of in love with it!  The colors are so cute too.  Mine is silver with snowflakes and I think I'll ask for a cute spring one for my birthday.  Yes, I'm blogging about water bottles, who cares - it's helping my diet coke addiction!!

Happy weekend and try not to breathe too much unless you can get yourself above and out of this yuck inversion!!