Poor Little Face

UPDATE: I bought my baby some Benedryl (oral and lotion). It seems to be helping. And now it is naptime.

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We had a great time at the Bikeathon and at Grandma & Grandpa's yesterday. The girls played in Grandpa's ditch and dug holes with shovels.

I'm not sure if she just got too much sun yesterday or if she has allergies (I know I was sneezing) but this is how she woke up this morning.

Her little face looked a bit swollen this morning. It doesn't look quite as bad now and John told me I was just seeing things so I'm just watching her for now. I don't think it's an allergic reaction to the sunscreen (like Meredith) because her arms and legs seem fine.

(Coppertone Oil Free Waterproof Sunscreen)

More Flamingo Love

My baby girl has never had her own sheets for her bed. She had some Strawberry Shortcake ones but they came from Meredith and are now VERY worn. So, Mommy found her some sheets online. (I don't normally shop online but these were cheap and I knew I'd never find what I was looking for around town.)

They are FLAMINGO sheets! I love it! I don't know where she got this love for flamingos but I think it's really cool!

She LOVES her new sheets. Just make sure the pillow is facing the right way.

Snuggling, Flamingoes, and Skeletons

I read "The Giving Tree" to Stephanie at naptime today. I had to explain that the little boy grew up to become the old man at the end of the book.

She said "Why?"

I said, "Because everybody grows up but right now I'm going to lay down with my little girl before she grows up."

She said, "You can still lay down with me when I'm a grown up too."

"Will you still want me to snuggle with you when you're a teenager?"

"Yes, you will still lay down with me when I'm a teenager."

"What about when you're a mother and have your own children to snuggle with?"

"You will still lay down with me even when I'm an old Grandma."
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"What will I be when I grow up?"

"Maybe a cowgirl?"

"No. I will be a fleem-go, Hello Kitty, and a duck."

"And an astronaut."

Later.

"Stephanie will not be an animal when she's grows up. She's a people."
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She's also going thru an obsession with death. Well, mostly heaven. But you have to die to get to heaven. Unfortunately, she's currently obsessing about turning into a skeleton so that is our main topic of conversation these days.

Flamingo

I got the Spring/Summer clothes out last week. As soon as Stephanie saw this shirt, she got really excited. "Is that a flamingo? Is that MY shirt? Can I wear that shirt right now?"

I'll be on the lookout for a stuffed flamingo this summer. Her birthday is in September - hopefully, I can find one by then. I wonder if WebKinz has them?

When I was walking around downtown, I saw a HUGE stuffed flamingo in a tattoo shop. It had to sit down - it was too tall to even stand up in the shop. For the record, I do not want a giant flamingo. I want one she can carry around. But it was awesome anyway!