This is a story.

This is a story. And it's delicious!

So is Mommy's hand.

Sorry so dark. I'll try to remember to turn on night mode or something. At least my phone is capable of doing this. :)

Somebody's got to be in charge...

Somebody's got to be in charge of this whole cereal thing. Yeah, that'd be me. Mom and Dad act like they've never done this before. Amateurs. Here's how it goes. You pick the spoon up, you rotate it like so...

Ooops, accidentally gag yourself...

Act like you meant to do that...

Ooop! Concentrated too hard and let one slip...

Give Mommy that know-it-all look. I got this.

Then Mommy tries her luck at taking a picture of my SECOND tooth that she noticed on Sunday. NO VILE WOMAN! You cannot take my picture!

This isn't fair, Mommy.

They probably can't even see the tooth coming in to the right of my big tooth (facing her).

Anyway, Happy Tuesday!

Mara and Arson

Somebody thinks Arson is awesome.

Jamming in the exersaucer

Nothing much to report, but I have heard her fans like her videos so I thought I'd post another one from last night. Her skin is looking a little better - nowhere near as inflamed. We've had some storms the past 2 nights and she has been waking up for those. Too much lightening? This child likes it dark at night to sleep. We had a very low key 5 year anniversary, but thanks to everyone for all the well-wishes. :)

Poor Mara Speckles

My poor little Mara.

We had a very eventful weekend with Fight Night/pizza and 4th of July Slip and Bleed appearances. Tuesday, she started having some red spots, some of which became bumps and since they looked worse throughout the day... daycare asked us to come get her.
I took her to the doctor later that afternoon, thinking she had a heat rash or an allergy to someone's detergent, perfume or bug spray.
Turns out, little Mara has some sores inside her mouth and these speckles all over, all signs of Hand Foot and Mouth disease.
It's a viral infection that's spread through saliva, sneezing, pooping, etc... something easily passed around daycare. There isn't anything we can do for her... just have to wait until she recovers.
She hasn't seemed overly upset or feverish (which means she can go to daycare with her doctor's note). The bumps didn't look this bad/angry yesterday, though.
It's uncommon for the illness to show in adults, but it's possible. Unfortunately, she was most contagious before the spots/bumps appeared, and there were bunches of people loving on her this weekend.
At least the symptoms for adults are minor. Nothing like poor Mara specklebottom.
She only has a few very faint red spots on her feet (on the heel):
I haven't noticed any on her hands and there were only a few sores in her mouth. Hopefully, she'll be on the mend soon!
She is napping in this position as I type. Actually, it looks a little more like this:

Another video

My happy baby!

And this is my favorite. It's just so you can see how close she is to crawling!!! She's determined.

I am a cereal girl

"Some boys kiss me [Daddy]

Some boys hug me [Daddy]
I think they're O.K.
If they don't give me proper credit
I just walk [roll] away."



"They can beg and they can plead,
But they can't see the light, that's right.
'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash [cereal and snuggles!]
Is always Mister Right, 'cause I am..."

"Living in a cereal world,
And I am a cereal girl!"

"You know that we are living in a cereal world..."

"And I am a cereal girl!"

"Living in a cereal world, living in a cereal world, and I am a cereal girl!"

(sorry it's sideways...)