It seems that the more I have to write about, the less time I can find to write about it. These past two weeks have been a whirlwind. Your cousin Sienna was in town and we did a photo shoot. There was the cat getting sick (and ending up needing over night stays at the vet,) and you starting daycare.
Valentines day was right at the beginning of the two weeks, me and your father didn't do much for it, but you did make your dad a valentine. You helped me make a hand and foot print from you and I put a message from you to your father on it and framed it for him. We made one for each of your grandparents too. Everyone loved them! I couldn't believe how big your hand and foot looked! I'll have to do a side by side comparison of your foot print from when you were born, but man your feet look big! I think it means you're going to be tall, which will make me the shortest person in our family. 
The photo shoot (which we did the Sunday before last) was a riot. We had you, Wesley, Sienna, and even your Aunt Becky's brother Andy. Oh, and we can't forget your favorite part, there was Cake. The entire shoot came about because Your Aunt and Uncle had done a one year birthday shoot, and had bought a cake for the baby to smash. It turned out the baby was afraid of the cake, so they had a cake that needed smashing. You were more than up to the task baby girl! I think you ate a quarter of that cake before my Mommy guilt over ruled the cuteness of the photo shoot, and I called an end to the cake binging. I'm super excited to see how the pictures turned out. 
Unfortunately, the very next day the cat got very very sick. We had to take him to the emergency vet. You love your kitty so much, I'm sure if you knew what was happening you would have been very worried for him. He's much better now, but it took another trip to the regular vet, an over night stay there, and a whole lot of medicine to get him healthy again. I even had to miss work last Wednesday to take him to the vet.Your Grandma O would have been very angry at me if I had kept you home that day, since it was my parents very last day of taking care of you before you started day care. I let them watch you for the day while I took care of the cat, and got some cleaning done around the house. It is very hard to clean with you around now baby girl, since you've become really mobile, and your so fast now! We really have to watch you all the time now, and since you've gotten really good at pulling yourself up, it's time to start baby proofing!
This week has been a little quieter, with the notable exception that you started daycare this Monday. It's been a rough adjustment for us all, more for me and your father than for you I think. Monday your father felt awful after dropping you off and just leaving you there, and when I picked you up you were just miserable. They had just woken you up to get you changed and ready to go home, and you were not happy about it. Yesterday seemed to go much better, although I think your father still felt bad dropping you off, you were in a good mood when I picked you up. Today dropping you off was awful. It was the first time I dropped you off, and as soon as I handed you off you started to cry. By the time I was walking out of the room you were screaming for me, big long wailing cries that just tore me up. Walking out of that room was one of the hardest things I've done as your mom so far. I felt so guilty leaving you there, even though I know that you most likely calmed down as soon as I was gone, and being there is the best thing for you right now. Hopefully the pick up went better for your father, and the drop offs will get easier as we all get used to this.
This past week we started transitioning you to more solid foods, like cheeri.os and ripped up pancakes. You really enjoy being able to feed yourself, and it's fun to feed you the same thing that we're eating. When we gave you the pancake you ate almost two pancakes! I think the next thing I'm going to do is make you spiral spaghetti. I think you'd really like playing with the pasta, and the new shape will be fun for you.I'm sure I'm leaving things out, there was so much that happened these past two weeks. Mostly lately, I'm just in Awe of how big you're getting, and how much you can do now. I wish I had more time with you, to enjoy every little thing you learn. My favorite thing right now is to just sit on the floor with you and watch you explore. My "Mommy Guilt" has been in high gear a lot lately. I know we're doing the best we can for you, and you really are happy and healthy, but things are so far from what my ideal would be that it's hard sometimes not to feel like I'm failing you.
I love you so much Jorie Ellen.
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