7 Quick Takes

1.  Lucy and I walked to Dunn Bros. (coffee shop) for the first time this season.  HOORAY!!!  I think (I hope, I hope, I hope) I can say that spring has officially sprung.

2.  In not-so-great news, Lucy had a some sort of weird stomach virus last night.  She threw up shortly before I picked her up from daycare, but was acting completely happy and her normal self.  So I took her home, we played for awhile, and I thought I'd try giving her another bottle; half an hour later she threw that up, too.  Her caregiver said that the other little girl she watches had also been sick, puking all night, but no other symptoms....so Lucy must have picked up the same thing.  THANKFULLY she only threw up the two times, and slept all night long.  This morning she's been a little clingy and lethargic, but otherwise seems to be fine.  Knock on wood, we made it through her first stomach illness... 

3.  I hope you have been watching this show!!  We have.  The winner will have restaurants in three "coveted" locations across the U.S.:  LA, NYC, and... Minneapolis.  (Didn't you know we are one of the three most coveted cities in the entire country?  Of course you did.)  It will be at the Mall of America, I'm sure; where else?  If you haven't been watching, start now...you can watch episodes on the website, or On Demand if you have it.

4.  I am pulling for this guy. (See #3).  I really, really, really hope he wins!!!  In fact, I am craving his food right now.

5.  Yesterday, Lucy said "Mama".  She said it when I came in the door after getting home from work and was playing with Ryan in the other room, so I'm pretty sure it was directed toward me.  I'm not really counting it as her first "official" word, though, because she's been babbling "mama" and "dada" and other variations for quite awhile, and they still aren't always directed towards me or Ryan.  I think I will wait for a word other than those two to write down in the baby book as her first word.

6.  I just finished reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.  Fabulous book!!!  The protagonist is an autistic teenager who sets out to solve a neighborhood mystery and decides to write a book about it.  When I first started reading, I thought the author himself was autistic and it was his story (like Born On a Blue Day, another excellent read).  It is SO believable, and artistically written - ironically, you end up feeling so much emotion and connection to this autistic man, who writes so matter-of-factly.  It's also short and very easy to read in little snippets, for you other busy moms out there. :)

7.  Lastly, I'll leave you with this picture:  A Little Girl With a  Little Curl.  

(I was finally able to get her hair into a ponytail.  But only for a short while...I like her hair down; it's getting longer, and I think it's adorable just the way it is.) :)