Melanie's Weekly Review: 04/26/10-05/02/10

So as you all know, I’ve been giving you weekly reviews. But what you may not realize, is that since I am a baby and therefore unable to type, I’ve been dictating to my Mommy. Unfortunately, Mommy has to return to work so this will be my final weekly review and we’ll have to go back to random posts of eventful happenings. But don’t worry, we’ll keep you up to date with all the eventful happenings I can muster!

Monday: Mommy had to get some diagnostic testing and I was afraid I would have to sit out in the waiting room by myself. But Aunt Dana came to the rescue! Aunt Dana and I hung out at Panera, munching on some scones and bagels while Mommy had her testing done. Aunt Dana had a fun time letting everyone think I was her baby – even once Mommy returned! Then Mommy, Aunt Dana and I stopped by Publix Greenwise to pick up some Mother’s Milk herbal tea and dinner. Mommy said the tea tastes like licorice, which luckily she likes. I like that she’s doing everything to keep me happy and chubby!

Tuesday: We had a pretty lazy day of chilling out until mid-day, then Mommy and I got dressed and drove out to meet Grandpop Harry and Maribeth at Giordanos. It’s a pizza place that serves these huge stuffed pizzas and Tuesdays it’s half off!
Daddy met us up there while we were enjoying an appetizer of fried zucchini, mushrooms and cheese sticks. At first, Daddy ate a fried zucchini, thinking it was a cheese stick. Mommy ate the rest of it, once Daddy figured out what it was. Then Grandpop tricked Daddy into eating a fried mushroom by telling him they were apple bites. Poor Daddy – he doesn’t like mushrooms either.
Me? I slept through all of it, but I’m pretty sure I like zucchini and mushrooms – especially if they’re fried and served with marinara sauce. Everything’s better with marinara sauce! Hmm… I wonder if Mommy’s willing to dip a ninny in marinara sauce for me…

Wednesday: Mommy and me did absolutely nothing today. Mommy figured there was so little time for us to enjoy each other, so she rescheduled one of her doctor’s appointments and just played with me all day. We ate, slept, dirtied diapers… well, I dirtied the diapers, at least.

Thursday: Another dreaded appointment with Dr. Hiben. It started out all right. They stripped me down, but I was hot anyway so I didn’t mind, and weighed me. I now weigh 11 pounds, 4 ounces – that’s over a pound gained in a week! I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten taller too, but they weren’t able to get my height measurement. You see, I peed all over the table again. Why? Because I knew what was coming and I wanted Dr. Hiben to know how I felt about these shots he has me get! I’ll admit, I take shots like a pro – I only fuss for 2 seconds – but I still don’t like it for two seconds!! After that torture, I was exhausted and I crashed.

Friday: Rough night for Mommy – I was wide awake! After sleeping all afternoon on Thursday, I didn’t see the need to sleep all night too. But we had an easy morning and in the afternoon, we went to Mommy’s work to get her caught up on her job. I like visiting Mommy’s office – there are a lot of friendly people there. Ms. Amy took me over to her desk so she could play with me while Mommy got caught up. Then we went home, picked up Daddy and went grocery shopping.

Saturday: I woke up at 3:45 and since Mommy was so tired, Daddy decided to take over around 5:00 while Mommy slept in. I like spending time with Daddy! He’s great – as long as he has a bottle or two for me! Once Mommy got up, Daddy had some errands he wanted to run so we had some more Mommy and me time. And boy, Daddy must have had a lot of errands because he was gone a long time!
…What? Mommy just mumbled something that sounded like, “…If I could leave you home, I’d have lots of ‘errands’ too…”. Surely I didn’t hear her right!

Sunday: Daddy woke up with me again, letting Mommy sleep in a little. Then Daddy went to a comic convention. Well, I decided to do something for Mommy to make her feel better – so I gave her a big ol’ gummy grin! She giggled and asked for another smile, but I decided one smile was enough – no need to spoil her. And that big bulky camera she was sticking in my face was kinda intimidating.
Then I took a nice warm “shower” – my bath water tends to get a little poopy (don’t look at me!), so Mommy just lets the water run over me. Mommy didn’t want to give me a bath until my belly button came off, but I was stinky – and we had big plans today! But, I decided to do another good thing for Mommy and finally let my belly button come off (with a little encouragement from Mommy). And it’s looking like I’m going to have a pretty innie!
Mommy then took me to Lakeland to visit my cousins, Wyatt and Ramona and Aunt Becka. Then Grandpa came over, and he brought Grandma! Well, I was so excited to see Grandma again that I just peed all over her. Grandma didn’t seem to mind though – she said, “It’s just a little baby juice,” and finished changing my diaper.
Then Daddy met up with us once Aunt Becka came home and we had a nice dinner. The waitresses and other restaurant patrons loved our table – we were the desert bar of babies, serving up a 2 year old Wyatt, a 9 month old Ramona and me, a 6 week old. It’s sickening how cute our table was.

Well, that’s all for now. Monday I’m going to stay with Gramie during the day and Mommy’s going back to work. I’m a little upset – I’ve done such a good job breaking Mommy’s will, now I have to start all over again with Gramie. These adults, they make good servants once they’re broken but it takes so much effort!