Snow Day

It actually snowed in Virginia yesterday! I couldn't believe that it actually stuck to the ground. It snowed a little bit last year but it only stuck to the ground for about 5 minutes. Amaya didn't really like it. She hates wearing clothes so she kept on trying to take off her hat. She also kept on saying "Cold" over and over.

February already?

I can't believe it is already February! You can probably tell that I don't have much free time to even update my blog. I think I am going to have to revise my reading list already! I really thought I could read 1 book a week all year long. It is not working out like I planned.

Amaya's separation anxiety is getting worse and worse. It is like she thinks that every time I step out of the room I am going to leave her forever. I had to work 4 nights one week instead of my normal 3 and it really messed with her head or something. I spend 65% of my awake time with her on my lap, 25% with her screaming and trying to climb up my leg because she wants in my lap and just a small 10% with her playing independently. Nap time and sleep time are both spent with her either laying on top of me or right beside me. It is really hard to keep a clean house or cook anything. Anytime I make a move I have to explain to her what I'm doing or where I'm going. I really need to work on when I have to leave her. It breaks my heart to see her cry that hard so I think I make the goodbyes linger too long. I end up almost crying too because of the guilt of leaving her. I read somewhere that separation anxiety can last up to the elementary school age. My poor, sweet kid. I hope she grows out of it before then.

Here are the latest pics. I just realized she had the same shirt she had on last time I post pics.

She now hides every time she poops in her diaper. I caught her hiding at the Children's Museum.


At the Children's Museum again. I was proud of her. She was helping a little boy build a castle. She really enjoyed stacking the big blocks.


The only way I can get her to look at the camera these days is when she is in her car seat.


I found her again hiding and pooping later the same day! Check out her crazy hair when it is not fixed. I'm scared to cut it!

Fun Website

I found a really fun website to play with. You can create a picture based on Shephard Fairey's Barack Obama poster. http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/

Here's the original.


Here's my version.

It is a Great Day in the United States!

What a happy day! I have been counting down to 1/20/09 since George W. Bush was elected in 2004.

As I was watching the Inauguration today I was trying to explain to Amaya why it was very important. We elected our first African American President in our history. There was also a regime change. W will probably go into our history books as the worst President ever! All A would say is "Hi Omama."

I was also reading the comments on BBC and Al Jazeera English and the opinions are pretty much the same as mine. They are hopeful by his message that Obama will be postive to all countries great and small.

Change has come! Woo hoo! Even the White House website makes me happy that it no longer has anything Bush related on there! http://www.whitehouse.gov/

16 Months Old

Amaya turned 16 month old on the 12th. Wow! Time really flies by. She is growing up before my eyes. I am convinced she is 16 months old going on 5!

She really never has been interested in toys for her age. She never played with rattles and hates stuffed animals. I bought her a zoo set of Little People. All the moms of kids her age have been raving about them. They say that their Little Ones love playing with them. She doesn't pay attention at all to them. She would rather look at a video of Youtube about the actual animal and learn facts about them. I guess she takes after her mom's nerdiness. :)

Her days are spent reading all kinds of books (even books without pictures). She is also interested in playing with her baby dolls. She feeds them, talks to them, rocks and puts them to sleep and pushes them around in her stroller. She is also going through this phase where she has to have her sparkly pants on and carry her purse with her everywhere. All that she is missing is a pair of high heels. What a girly girl!

Her other favorite past time is dancing. I swear she is going to be a ballerina or hip hop dancer. Her favorite song is "Single Ladies" by Beyonce. She watches that video and she copies the dance moves. It is so cute! We also watch a lot of PBS and they have ballets on there. She likes to copy the ballerinas and turn in a circle and hold her hands up.

Nap times are a pretty hectic time here. She is going through a phase where she doesn't want to take a nap. Usually to get her to sleep, I have to put her on my chest while I am sitting on a recliner. I don't get anything done at all during nap time!

I don't have any new pictures or videos because my rechargeable batteries only last for about 30 seconds and Clint refuses to buy regular batteries.

My Reading List

Another thing that I have decided to do this year is to read 50 classic books. I have read most of these on my list at least once or twice. I feel like my brain is turning to mush the older I get so it needs refreshed.
http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61774/compare/AmayaNSugar

Pictures from Fake Christmas 2008

We saved a few presents for Amaya to open a couple of days after Christmas since I was too sick on actual Christmas. Here's Fake Christmas 2008 and no my child does not like wearing clothes.

2009

I have a lot of goals for 2009. My main goal is to quit smoking. I haven't had a cigarette since I got really sick on Christmas Eve. I figured that I might as well go ahead and try to quit. Quitting cold turkey along with being sick has been a real challenge! My body is majorly screwed up right now! It is going to be really hard for me because the reason I smoke is to cope with my anxiety. It was very windy yesterday and I starting hyperventilating because I didn't have my stress relief.

Another thing I would like to do is lose some weight so I can try to conceive this year. The chances of me being able to have a VBAC increases with me being in shape. I can't bear to have another traumatic C-Section. I really want Amaya to have a playmate close in age to her. My baby fever increases every day because it seems like everyone is pregnant again and my little brother's wife is about to have a baby.

I am hoping that 2009 brings me better luck than it did last year. Hopefully there will be no big storms anywhere and there can finally be peace in Israel and Iraq.