The story of us...The Watts Family...and regular updates for those who are following...

5.24.2009


WOW, Molly LOVES Yo Gabba Gabba!! She tunes in for 30 minutes, 3 times a day, to see DJ Lance Rock with his orange hair, Foofa, Toodee and Muno and Plex. She is quiet the entire time and is glued to the TV. Is this good or bad? I don't know. BUT, I know it is a GOOD thing when I'm trying to get some work done and she has been fussing all day! WOW! What is the appeal, my husband and I ask? We think it's pretty lame and it's a show that puts songs in both our heads that we can't get out of our minds! LOL. Within reason, ANYTHING for our beautiful little blessing, Molly Piper! She is our world...


DJ Lance Rock "breaks it down" with the rest of the Yo Gabba Gabba! crew!!!!!! :)

"Not now, mommy....I'm watching my favorite TV show on Noggin!"




5.19.2009

PINKeye!!! AGAIN!!

Yes, we are fighting pinkeye AGAIN! It's dispicable, but Todd came home wih it again on Saturday night. YUCK! So it officially hit the Watts' household on Sunday morning/early afternoon...YUCK!!! Another round of sufacetamide, anyone??????

5.13.2009

Graduation

My dad bought Molly 5 canisters of the Gerber Graduates Puffs...At first, she didn't know what to do with them! Of course she put them to her mouth, but then did not have a clue, so she sort of "tongued" them until they dissolved! Hahaha! This was sooo funny to watch. I put a few out on her Bumbo tray and she went to town on them. She got mad, though, when I went to wipe her hands of the ones that had stuck to her skin! LOL. I even tried these! We are beginning with the Sweet Potato Puffs. The other 4 he bought are fruits, and since we are not doing fruits yet (except prunes here and there as needed), I chose to open the Sweet Potato Puffs first. They are the bomb diggedy! LOL. I taste EVERYTHING before I put it into Molly's mouth. All this week she's been eating Earth's Best Organic veggies twice a day, and I taste those, too. We love veggies at our house, so I am not ABOUT to make Sweet Molly eat anything we wouldn't put into our mouths! LOL.

Molly is now getting wayyyyy off her blanket with her crawling. Yes, folksies, she has discovered there is more to life than staying on the blanket! hahaha. I have to stop working to go and pluck her off the carpet and put her back onto the blanket. Five minutes later, she's halfway across the room nearest to me, and I have to repeat my actions! It's funny and exhausting at the same time. I am trying to instill INDEPENDENCE within her, so I am hoping that as she learns to cruise, then walk, that she is able to make her own decisions and becomes more entertainable with her toys and Baby Einstein videos, as I am BROKE and need some time to play CATCH UP!!! SEriously, it is bad for me right now, but I am loving Molly being here. I could not ask for more, and it's not her fault that I am where I am. Nobody's fault but my own, I suppose, but hey, that's a DIFFERENT blog! LOL.

I had an AWESOME Mother's Day. Todd's mom and my dad came over and we ate Beef Sliders, tabouli, deviled eggs, baked beans and my special brownies. We all had a good time, too, and I was relieved/surprised at the same time! Molly got TONS of attention, as my dad and Todd's mom were BOTH on the floor, engaging her and catering to her every need. What IS it with grandparents, anyway? I doubt my dad ever acted THAT way with me!!!! What gives? Are grandchildren just more special than our parents' OWN children????? When Todd's mom comes over, she just latches onto Molly and plays and holds her and talks to her and you can tell it really does her heart a lot of good. My dad, too, which I am pleased to see that he has a heart. LOL. Really, he has expressed a LOT of concern over hte past 6 months about my kid, and sometimes I am offended by his second-guessing me and Todd, but the last few months he has really taken a shine to her and gets down and plays iwth her and kisses her and really gets into telling hr allllll about her toys and about how pretty she is. I love to see it, although I ask: Was he this way with me? I am not so sure I wanna know the answer, though! But, he was a LOT younger when he and my mom had me, so I hafta remembr that people try and change and sometimes grandchildren are what it takes for a person to really and finally change for the better. What do you all think? When you're born into total dysfunction, is there anyhope to have an actual, loving home life and positive familial experience to give your own kids? Todd and I are certainly trying our best. We never let Molly out of our site aymore. She is like, attached to us. It's weird, but comforting in a way, because at least she will know stability that WE never knew growing up. Both Todd's and my childhoods were CRAZY and honestly I would not wish my worst enemy to have to endure either of our times growing up. But, alas, that is the way it was, and we have DEFINTELY learned from it what to do and what not to do with our own daughter. We just second-guess ourselves too much, is all. But that is because we have such a low opinion of ourselves. When you've been beaten down your whole life (at least during the developmental years) what else are you expected to believe? But we want DIFFERENTLY for our children. Molly is the absolute light of our lives. We are BOTH striving to forgive our parents for their misgivings, but it is a daily struggle, honestly.

I hope that Todd and I can graduate from feeling our parents' shortcomings to actually rejoicing in the fact that at least we are still alive, we have found each other and are trying to get past it all and make sure that our family isn't dysfunctional....Please, God bless us for trying.........

5.09.2009

Go Ainsley! It's Your Birthday! Shake it Your Way!










Today we had the pleasure of attending the 1st birthday party of Miss Ainsley Cleo Trezbetowski. The three of us had so much fun! Molly loved playing in Ainsley’s Baby Einstein Jumperoo. She was very content, just experiencing something different and being out among a crowd. As always, she LOVED all the people attending Ainsley’s party! Our friends, Traci and Michael, bought bubbles and big, bouncy balls for all the kids/babies who were there. That was a nice treat for Molly, as she didn’t have a ball before today. Our other friend, Lise, held onto Molly while Todd and I wolfed down our food, which was DELISH! Todd had a grilled burger after I ate a grilled ground chicken burger. Traci has a meat grinder, so she made good use of it this weekend and ground some chicken breasts to make us a GREAT source of protein, flavored with Eskimo Joes’ Fowl Thang sauce. DELISH!!! TOTALLY! Black bean salsa, homemade potato salad and loaded baked beans followed by birthday cake…YUM!

Ainsley is just adorable. She looks like BOTH her parents, depending on the ‘look’ she throws you. Usually, I say she favors Michael, but today I saw more of Traci in her than ever! This little girl is just adorable and she has the personality to prove it! We loved being at her party! Thanks for inviting us, Trezb family!

Xoxoxo
The Watts Family





5.08.2009

Molly is 6 Months Old!

I just canNOT believe it! Our Molly Piper is 6 months old already. Wow, time sure flies when you're having fun. Here are some pictures of her that I took 1 day late...







5.05.2009

DO NOT THINK PINK

Pinkeye is in the house!!!!! We are just praying that Molly Piper doesn't get it. We're taking EXTRA precautions to make sure she does not contract it. We do not know where it came from; neither of us have been around anyone who has it. UGH!!!!!!! How very embarassing!!!!!!! I'm not leavin the house until I look better! Molly rared back while I was holding her face-forward, and my lip is bruised. She grabbed my glasses and jammed them down, so the nape of my nose is skinned up. Totally, The Watts House looks like a rough lot right about now....but we are REALLY NOT!!! I promise! LOL. Pinkeye, PLEASE be gone soon!

5.02.2009

OUR SECOND TOOTH

Well, at lunch I was giving Molly her squash and guess what??? We have a SECOND tooth, folks! My dad was here and I called him in to look at her tooth, excitedly! Of course, he was happy that she had pretty much "sprouted" a new tooth overnight! LOL. I was so VERY surprised, because she has not fussed very much at all the past few days. YAY FOR MOLLY! yet another milestone we can check off the chart. LOL.

5.01.2009

Molly is CRAWLING!!

OMGoodness, Molly is gettin' around! She is practically STARVED for the remote here in ths video...check it out! She did soooooo well!

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My Montage 5/1/09