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dear lord. this weekend was just plain evil. we only mad it to one birthday party because on sunday v was cranky as hell and i noticed that she's cutting 4 teeth. so we hung in and she napped a lot. cut to bedtime when jesse & i are in the living room and hear what sounds like choking. we run into v's room and she's barfing all over herself. have you ever seen a baby barf? it's the saddest thing in the world. the whole time it's happening they have this 'what the fuck is this shit'? look on their face. so. we get her up, clean her, change her and her bedding, give her some water and put her back to sleep. 20 minutes later, barfing again. In the meantime, I start throwing up too. I had been feeling pretty crappy that afternoon but I assumed it was my normal stomach crappiness. Guess not. Long story short, V puked 5 times in less than 2 hours so jesse took her to the ER and I couldn't go because I was throwing up just as much. They got home around 1 am with a diagnosis of viral gastritis. Jesse stayed up all night in the living room to keep an ear out for v while I slept & barfed. I was throwing up until yesterday morning and then all I could stand to do was lay on the couch. thank god my mom was around to come over and help. i have no idea what i would have done without her.

so i guess the good thing about me being sick as well is that it eliminated a lot of tests that they would have done on v at the ER but jesus. rapid-fire barfing is the WORST.

here's v  climbing into our coffee table.

I have not one, but TWO first birthday parties to attend this weekend. Jealous? I'm actually pretty psyched for V to get some face-time with other babies as we've been in lockdown since the cold really hit. I mean shit, I'm sure she'll grow up to be socially awkward on her own but I need to stop enabling her.

I need to start making kombucha. That shit is so gross/good but it is awfully expensive. I guess everyone is allowed some sort of vice, right?

I got a load of new books in the mail today and I am so excited to start reading them! I wish that I would always get B&N giftcards for the holidays. That and grocery giftcards. Set. for. life.

Violet had had a personality/skill explosion over the last couple of weeks. She took five steps on Christmas Eve and since then we've had nothing but she regularly stands up on her own in the center of the room. She has also:

Blows kisses, waves 'bye bye', and fake sneezes or coughs.
Started pointing to spiderman when I say 'Where's Spiderman"?
Tried to climb over one of her babygates with moderate success.
Says 'mama' ,'papa' ,'bobo' ,'nana', 'night night' & 'thank you' with the correct intonation at least....
Climbs on to our orange chair and hanging out on it.
Remembers to 'turn around' when getting down from said chair'
Crawled up the stairs
Climbed into our coffee table
at one point turning on our DVD player but we put it up on a shelf after she started manhandling it.
started pointing to her belly and her nose

I think that's it. I feel like it all just kind of happened in the last few weeks, how insane!

Lastly, here is a silly little interview w/ my friend Timmydirt. I know you don't care but I like him, so here it is.

merry christmas.

WTF? did you even know these things existed? i had no idea. tonight while over my nana's house, i was talking to my brother's girlfriend who also has a chihuahua. she was telling me about the coyotes in exeter and then my mom piped up to tell me that there are coyotes right here in newport! now i figured that they were definitely on the island but the sightings she was telling me about were places like stop & shop, salve, broadway, etc. so of course i am all freaked out now that a coyote is going to come out of nowhere and eat bobo one day. i come home, tell jesse and he immediately goes to internet to read about coyotes. mean dudes they are. then we see the coydog link. apparently in places like arizona & oklahoma, they breed with domesticated dogs because of the longer warm weather (read: mating) season. why would you want a coydog? i would be so afraid he would rip my face off in my sleep! this also got me reading about coywolves. yes people, this is how i spend my christmas night.

i hope bobo doesn't get eaten.

I just spent the last hour reading the Environmental Working Group's Cosmetic Database.

Holy Shit.

Now, I like to think of myself as a pretty aware parent, I try to keep V out of harm's way with products, etc. She uses BPA free bottles and I use flannel wipes on her (although I must admit, cloth diapering just did not work out for me), she eats mostly organic or local food and we clean our house with baking soda, vinegar & lemon juice or Simple Green. You get the idea.

When I was pregnant, I was given a TON of baby soaps, lotions, powders, etc mostly nice ones, which was great because it was a big money saver. I settled into liking a brand called Mustela. It never disagreed with V and it smells really good and it's from France. I am a sucker for things from France. Plus you think, hey it's from France, it can't be that bad right? Oh no, I was totally wrong. On a scale of 1-10, 0-2 being low, 3-6 being moderate and 7-10 being high most of their products scored at least a 6! WTF? SO needless to say, now I am freaking out and driving to Whole Foods tomorrow to buy the following products that this website has deemed appropriate (scoring a 1 or lower):

Diaper Changing:
California Baby Non-Talc Powder
Badger Diaper Cream*

Bathtime:
California Baby Shampoo & Body wash (Super Sensitive)
Aveeno Baby Soothing Bath Treatment

Lotions/Oils:
Baby Badger Oil
Weleda Calendula Baby Oil*
JASONS Earth's Best Extra-Rich Therapy Cream
Healing Anthropolgy Nuturing Baby Lotion (I think you can only get this online)

Toothpaste/Sunblock:
JASONS Strawberry Banana Toothpaste (6 mo& up)*
California Baby SPF 30+ Sunblock Stick (Year round or Super Sensitive)

*Starred items are the ones we already use and recommend.

Damn dudes, growing up babies is HARD.

His dolls are on sale. Nearly half off. Buy now.

click below

How the fuck did I end up with a Facebook account? Jesus. I am such a sucker for peer pressure. I think this means I have to officially delete my Friendster account. 3 social networking accounts is just too much. I've got to stop the insanity.

Here's my latest attempt at Operation Stop Feeling Like Crap:

I'm getting my eyes checked this afternoon, I think maybe my poor eyesight is contributing to my dizziness, etc.

I've started taking dramamine. Who knew it would totally work?

I'm back on vitamins.

I stopped the hippy treatment (aloe vera juice, digestive enzymes, licorice extract).

I drink tea at night.

I've also started taking this stuff called Quietude. Weird, I know, but shit, it makes me sleep.

So that's the program. At least I'll get some badly needed glasses out of the deal. Seeing as my last new pair came when I moved to Boston in 1999. I suck at taking care of myself.

Violet is on the verge of walking I think, and I'm terrified of it. She is a maniac as it is, I can't even begin to imagine what it will be like when she's upwardly mobile. She can crawl up stairs and yesterday she climbed onto our bed. Um hello? When on earth do you learn these things?

I haven't done any christmas shopping at all. Not that I can afford to, but it's the thought that counts right? Maybe I'll just make banana bread for everyone this year. Instead of shopping, I've been sitting around wishing I had the money for one of these jams to carry V around in. SIgh.

No scratch test for me, he said judging from my symptoms he doesn't think it's food allergies, so a scratch test would do me no good. Bah. So, back to the Primary care Doc and he took some more blood from me on Wednesday. Now I'm waiting to hear back about that and I have an OB appt. on Tuesday to 'check the house' so to speak. I'm totally convinced that I have a giant cyst on my ovaries now. Thanks Dr. Google.

If only I could kick this dizziness I would be okay to suffer through the rest of this suckfest. Being dizzy all the time is the pits. Violet has been so awesome through all this. I think she knows when I feel bad so she's extra good. God I love that baby.