May 2009

Safina Month 10

May 31, 2009- Safina has taken her FIRST STEPS!!! She only can do about two or three, but she is getting much stronger and is doing great! Not long now!

May 30, 2009- Safina has begun making this whistling like noise, just like Great Grandma Root. It makes me smile and think of her everytime she does it! So sweet!

May 29, 2009- A tooth has made an appearance! Safina has her third tooth! It is on top on her right! She is now grinding her teeth together which is a really creepy sound! She is also saying Mom, momma now! She has no idea what it means, but I pretend that she does! It is so cool to hear her say Mom! She is also saying Gigi, but I am not sure if it is because we keep saying it or it is a normal letter combination that they make. But still pretty cool for Gigi, because she is saying her name too!

May 28, 2009- Today I had a Fisher Price Mom's Panel and Little Miss spend a few hours with Gigi! Apparently the two had a fabulous time! I wish I could have played with them!

May 27, 2009- Safina and Mommy have gotten a cold. So we are both not feeling very well, and had to cancel our playgroup. Hopefully this will go away quickly... it is summer and who wants to be sick.

May 25, 2009- Memorial Day! We had our annual Memorial Day party today. Lots of friends, food and fun! Now we need a day to recover!

May 23/24, 2009- We spend the whole weekend cleaning up the yard, planting, fixing and mowing! I am so sick of doing yard work! Safina stayed the night at Gigi's on Sunday, which was a nice break for mom and dad! We went out to dinner at Le Metro, but were basically falling asleep at the table. Man we are tuckered out.

May 21, 2009- Zoo today! We met some of our friends from the Mother's Group at the zoo today! We walked around watched the animals, then had a picnic on the lawn, what a fun day!

May 18, 2009- Tonight we celebrated Grandpa's life! What a tough night, but it was good to see and be with the family.

May 17, 2009- Zachary's first communion. Tony went to watch Zachary's big day. Safina and I went to church with the family. Hugs to you all! After church Safina and I met up with Tony's Family for Zachary's celebration. What a crazy weekend, we are exhuasted.

May 16, 2009- Kyle graduates today! WAY TO GO KYLE!!! We are so very very proud of you! All that hard work paid off! We are going over to the restaurant early to decorate, so we were unable to see him walk! So proud of you though!

May 14, 2009- What a sad day. Safina's Great Grandpa (my grandpa) passed away this evening. The world has lost a brilliant man. Please pray for my Grandma and family. We love you Great Grandpa!!

May 13, 2009- What a day! We had playgroup in the morning, which was lots of fun. Then Miss Safina had her first big girl lunch. She had a grilled cheese sandwich and apples! She really liked the grilled cheese, apples were ok. I can't believe how big she is getting! Later in the afternoon we went in the hot tub again, she just loves it! After dinner we went for a nice walk and got DQ! Then hit the park on the way home and Safina went down the slide for the first time with daddy and on the swings for the first time with mommy! She loved it!

May 12, 2009- Safina was a bit fussy after dinner, so I thought maybe a nice swim in the hot tub would help! And boy did it! SHE LOVES THE HOT TUB!!! I think once the weather stays nice I might be taking her in every day! She loved it all, even the jets, she was happily splashing away! So adorable!

May 11, 2009- After work today Tony was cutting the lawn. Safina stood by the back window the whole time watching him and waving. It was the cutest thing! I am sure it was a great motivator for Tony as well!

May 10, 2009- Happy Mother's Day! My first mother's day! We had a nice quiet morning at home. At 1:30pm we met Tony's family at Salvatore's for a buffet lunch. It was a nice visit but it was hard to talk a lot with all the commotion! We then had a bbq at our house at 4pm for my family. Gigi, Kyle and Sarah and Grandpa Johnson were all there! We had a great time and yummy food!

May 9, 2009- Safina has been showing us lots of new skills lately. Another one to add to the list is dancing! She has started be-bopping to her music on her toys, she just bounces her head, ,but it is the cutest thing ever!

May 8, 2009- Daddy had off today, so we had a huge to do list to take care of! While Safina was taking her morning nap we did a bunch of stuff around the house that needed attention. When she woke, we headed to the zoo and enjoyed the animals for a few hours! This was my mother's day gift! (A zoo membership!) Safina is just starting to learn how to wave, and she was waving to all of the animals, it was really cute! After the zoo we headed to a nursery to get some more plants and supplies for the backyard. The rest of the evening we were planting and re-arranging our flower beds! Lots of work, but it looks so nice! We also sprayed this stuff called liquid fence to keep the bunnies our of our plants, boy does that stuff REEK! I mean, disgusting... I don't know if we will use it again... ugh!

May 7, 2009- This morning Gigi (Grandma Clare) came over to watch Miss Safina tonight while Tony and I went to the wake. Safina did very well, while we were gone, I think we may be over the mommy attachment! YAY! Gigi also said that while they were reading Safina was pointing at different things in the book, so she is starting to grasp the pointing skill!

May 6, 2009- We found out today that a good friend lost his father. We are so sorry for your loss and we are keeping you and your family in our thoughts and prayers! We love you!

May 5, 2009- Tonight we went to "Uncle" Sam & "Aunt" Laurel's house for a Cinco de Mayo dinner! We had a wonderful meal, delicious Sangria and awesome company! We also surprised "Aunt" Laurel with a birthday cake to celebrate her belated birthday! Safina just loves playing the Molly doggie!

May 4, 2009- What a busy day we had! We went to playgroup for mid-day and had a great time! So many toys! Then we came home for a nap, then off to Wegman's for groceries! After Safina being complimented a million times, we got out of there (but you can't be mad, people are sweet, and really she IS a beautiful baby!). Then home to make dinner and more playing then tubby time, reading books, then to bed!

May 3, 2009- We had a rough night and Miss Safina was up way too early! So we got up and played for a bit, then back to bed for Mommy and Safina! We slept passed church, oops! Sorry, but we both really needed the sleep. Then we were busy catching up with yard work all day! Man are we exhausted! We even got a new willow tree to plant in the backyard!

May 2, 2009- And their off! Safina and I did the Heritage Walk today. It started at Chef's and went all along the waterfront and back. Gigi (Grandma Clare) and Amanda and Olivia (and Olivia's Grandma) were also there with us! Safina had her first taste of Chef's after the walk, I think she liked it! When she is a bit older, Tony and I are going to take her for real!

May 1, 2009- Today Safina and I met up with Amanda (& Olivia) and Rhiannon at Taste in East Aurora! We had a yummy breakfast and a nice visit. Miss Safina started to get cranky so we had to leave early, but it was still nice to visit with our friends!