Did I Mention ?

After thinking about what I would be writing about tonight, several random thoughts crossed my mind in no particular order that I thought I could share.
So, here it goes ....

Did I mention ... that Elaina has become a complete carnivore ? The girl is a meat-eater ! For her dinner tonight, I had given her a slice of all- beef bologna, peas and bananas. Eric and I were having steak. Little did I know that I should ahve thawed 3 steaks, rather than 2 ! I shared a few bites with Elaina and she wanted more, more, more ! No more peas for this girl - she wanted steak ! I have to admit that Eric's steaks are truly out of this world ! He seasons them just right and grills them just rare enough that they are still good and juicy ! Yum !

Did I mention ... sometimes I cheat on my blog ? I'm not sure if our world will ever slow down. With a first birthday happening and our town's summer festival coming up that I help to coordinate and big changes at my job - I look forward to the day that I can enjoy some down time. I swear that I have the best intentions of doing a blog entry each and every night, yet sometimes when it's already midnight, going to bed wins my debate. ( I haven't seen my bed before midnight in a long time ! ) With this said, I try to do as many entries as I can when I actually do get the time and then date them for the correct day that each event took place. I have these beautiful images of years down the road, when Elaina is 4 or 5, I'll lay with her each night and read to her my blog entries of what she was doing so many years ago on that particular day. Nice, huh ? So the fact that I cheat every once in a while won't have any bit of relevance for Elaina's keepsake journal. I just get to share it with all of you in the meantime !
On that note ...
I have really enjoyed writing about our little Beauty ! I love that she will know how much she is and has always been loved by all of her family and how she grew and developed so amazingly ! Some of my friends have put countless hours and hundreds of dollars into incredible scrapbooks for their kids and I just have this little, old blog. The difference is that I have put my heart and soul into writing about our lives and documenting so many specific details about events that we have shared as a family. And posting pictures just enhances the sweet memories. Tell me how to squeeze all of that onto a decorated sheet of paper ? ( Oh yeah ... and I get to share this with you in the meantime ! Ever get to look at someone's scrapbook everyday when you live miles away ? )

Did I mention ... that I love hearing who's been reading about Elaina and our family ! I just learned that my Aunt Shirley and Uncle Roger have been reading ( Hi !!! ) and Aunt Cindy and Uncle Ben ( Hi !!! ) and especially some of Ava's former nurses ! ( I think of you often Marianne and Becky !! You guys will always hold a special place in our hearts in the way that you touched our lives ! ) What a great surprise !
So you see, I love knowing who's reading and the easiest way for me to know is by leaving comments. I've heard that alot of people have tried to post a comment and weren't able to so, let me brief you in the easiest way to do it. ( If the mood ever strikes you. )
After my entry, click on "comments" and type your message and sign your name and then click the "annonymous" option and then decode the word jumble and then click on " Publish." Easy !

Did I mention ... that if you see a picture that I have posted and want to view it larger, you can double click on the picture and it will appear full screen. To go back to the text, you just click on the "Back" arrow in your toolbar. Easy too !

Did I mention ... how excited I am that Elaina is done drinking from a bottle ? She had been using a sippy cup for juice for about 6 months now, so weaning her off a bottle went unnoticed for her. No more washing bottles. No more buying formula. And, soon, she'll be out of her infant carrier in a front - facing car seat ! No more lugging that monstrosity in and out of the house ! Eric intends to install her seat soon, but our brand new car seat that we had purchased for her didn't happen to have the directions included in the box and has about 15 straps attached to it. We're waiting on an e-mail from the company with the directions.

So ... we're all good here ! And just for the record - I wrote this blog entry on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - just like it says at the top ! If I stop now, I may get to bed before midnight too !
Good Night !