Catchup

My poor little New Fish has had a rough few weeks.  After 8 days of a raging fever, her doctor was able to detect a UTI, on top of everything else she has been going through and she has finally been on the mend.  It is taking a long time for her to get back to her normal self and she has been wearing out pretty quickly.

The girls filled their sticker charts for the first time and got to pick a prize.  Red Fish chose a lego set that she has assembled several times with a lot of help from her Daddy.  New Fish got a new play microphone.  Her favorite toy of all time is a microphone from a Wendy's kids meal that Red Fish got before New Fish was born.  New Fish spends hours singing her heart out and loves her voice amplified in any way.  It has been banned in the car because she really doesn't need amplification in the car.

I had to leave last Sunday on my yearly trek to NAB.  I was meeting with clients from around the world with my brother and our engineer.  It is always inspiring and a lot of work.  We took our clients local salt water taffy this year and it was a big hit.  None of them had ever seen such a thing before.  I did take a break for some delicious food and to ride the supposed thrill rides at the Stratosphere.  They were extremely disappointing.  Maybe you have to be drunk for them to be "thrilling."  I should have stuck to the New York New York rollercoaster.

We took the side off our New Fish's crib to make it into a toddler bed.  I was really nervous because she is a notoriously poor sleeper but she has actually done great with the adjustment.  I think that it was good we didn't switch her bed out entirely because it was a smooth transition.  I am also not ready to take down the crib entirely because I'm afraid we will never put it back up and I'm just not ready to be done with cribs (or babies.)  My kids are such amazing little miracles that it would be hard to be sad about having just the two beautiful little girls, but I'd still like another miracle.  (I might just be greedy that way.)  My nephew N, who I've now decided to call "Butterball" was in Vegas with me during my convention and it was difficult to not steal him because he is so adorable.  Good thing I've got cute nieces and nephews because I have some extra love stored up and I adore all of them from the teenagers on down.

There has been a dearth of art projects or photos around here but plenty of reading and pretend.  And most of my time has been spent holding New Fish and cuddling the girls.  I think life may begin to return to normal soon.