Calm!

aaahhhh! It is my favorite part of the day. I am sitting sipping a white wine spritzer (NO! I am not preggers) and listening to Eliza's lullaby through the monitor. Pete is putting her down and she was OK with daddy putting her down tonight. That means sweet peace for mommy.

I cleaned up her toys and then sat on my living room couch in the dark enjoying the clean living room. It isn't too often that it is clean and toy free these days. The sound of crickets chirping and the cool breeze from the window on my back made it a near perfect moment. I guess the sound of my cell phone constantly beeping with text messages ruined it. I never delete my messages so I always have one less then fifty or fifty so that stupid thing beeps like crazy! Nevertheless, it was quite a peaceful and perfect moment- especially because I couldn't see the paper entitled Eliza Party To Do List in the dark.

I am going to call E's pediatrician tomorrow because she has a suspicious spot on her girly region- Eliza that is-not her pediatrician. It started with her nasty diarrhea episode that occurred during the past two weeks. I thought it was diaper rash or eczema but now I think it is something else. At least the loose stool has gone away-mostly. Of course the poops (is that even a word) gave her vaginitis so we are back on salad baby vinegar baths. On top of that she has a runny nose that I just don't seem to be able to catch.

Well I am off to read and then to sleep. Early to bed and early to rise- well you know how it goes.

I am a Klutz- VENT

I really can't take it anymore. I just keep breaking things. I don't mean to be so clumsy- I swear.

In the past two weeks I have...

• 
  crashed into the curb at day care and the grill fell off my car as I was leaving. I tried to pretend it didn't belong to me because I was embarrassed. I really pulled this off by driving over it with my own car.


• broken the paper shredder after trying to shred two sheets at a time. The darn machine said I could do up to six. LIAR!!!!


• dropped the tiny penguin head from Eliza's brand spankin new humidifier and cracked the plastic. Now the steam shoots out of his neck and his beak. Why does a humidifier need a head anyway!?

* Even though this does not count as breaking something it still upsets me. Today Pete had to pick up Eliza from day care and take her in to the doctor. He called to tell me he was going and I said, " okie dokie!" Cut to an hour later when Pete is at the day care center and realizes I have the car seat with me. Good job Danielle! He had to go borrow my mom's car to take Eliza to her appointment. I would have killed me. Luckily he was not too mad.

I can't take it anymore! I don't know why these things always happen to me. GGGRRRR! I am sure that after my husband reads this post he will add several other things I have broken to the list.

OK...now that I feel better. Eliza's regular doctor confirmed that the on call doctor was an idiot to tell us to give her 6oz of Pedialyte all at once. Now we are giving her formula mixed with a little water and feeding her less every two hours or so. She is still not herself and has had some bad diarrhea.

Bad Diarrhea + Poop up the back = Lots of extra laundry