11/22/04 - 11/28/04

What a great Thanksgiving this year. The only sad part was that Irwin couldn't come here. We had a nice day visiting and eating. Shara had tons of fun being the center of attention - literally - her exersaucer was in the middle of the sitting area. She performed fairly well. Mommy and Shara had worked on a cute trick that she didn't want to do in front of everyone, but Bubbe got to see/hear it on Saturday. Shara even got to sit at the dinner table with us, but she couldn't have any sweet potatoes yet, pretty soon though! Friday we spent at home. Alan had to go into work but Bubbe and Mommy had a good time watching Oprah and dancing to Barry Manelow. Shara fell asleep during Copacobana. Saturday we went to Trader Joe's in Cambridge and Alan carried Shara in the Bijorn while Bubbe and mommy shopped. Shara also got a visit to Computer Microcenter. Then we went into Harvard Sq. for lunch at Bartley's Burger Cottage. Shara fell asleep before our meals arrived. I'm guessing it was censory overload. Sunday Shara stayed home with her daddy while mommy took a quick trip to Target. It was a good time to go because Shara 'sploded! Bubbe helped daddy wash out the poopy clothes (2 sets) and daddy earned his mother-in-laws admiration with the great way he handled the situation. Sounded like a huge mess - up the back and down to her toes!

I can't believe how much she's grown! Her 3-6's aren't fitting her too well anymore and she's really starting to get the teething going. You can see the ridges very clearly now. No question about it.

Thanksgiving Photos

11/14/04 - 11/21/04

Sunday mommy & daddy went to see the Incredibles while Oma, Jador & Auntie Chris Shara-sat. Everyone had a good time. Shara only napped at daycare for 10 minutes on Wednesday and 1/2 hour on Thursday. Friday she was up to about an hour. That was all we could get her to do on Saturday as well. Sunday, her 5 month birthday, and she cried herself to sleep. We decided to play hardball with her, because she was obviously tired, and cranky, and needed a nap.

Shara's having much better tummytimes and has grown so much this past week. If we can see it, seeing her daily, she must be changing a lot! Everyone's looking forward to her first Thanksgiving and I'm sure she'll have a ball with all the attention.

11/07/04 - 11/13/04

On Saturday night, Shara went to a dinner party for the children of the Yabroudy's set of friends. We had a really nice time and excellent Indian food. Shara was great and had fun being walked around the room by all the guests!

11/01/04 - 11/06/04

Shara had her first big-girl fever on Tuesday. Well, we spent the night with me where at my pc and her sleeping on me, on the boppy. Each time I tried to put her in the crib she screamed. My back couldn't take it anymore so I put her on me in bed and was able to get a little sleep - but had a dream of her choking on her pacifier, so that wasn't pleasant.

Alan's came home at about 1:30 - 2 and we all went to vote and give her some fresh air. She was much better that day - she got a kick out of petting brutus and we had a nice little laugh fest earlier. As soon as I got her out of bed that night I knew she had a fever - even her feet were burning up. It wasn't as high as I thought it would have been, and the new theories are that unless it's really high - over 105, it's no big deal. And the tylenol is good for their discomfort, not much more. But it seemed to help, even though we found out we only gave her 1/2 the recommended dose!

On Saturday, we went to Hannah's first birthday party. It was fun, but Shara slept through 2 hours of it. Obviously she needed it, though she was having a good time when she was awake. Daddy got her dressed and did a great job, even with the tights, which is probably better than mom could do.

11/02/03

Bought my first maternity outfit today. With such an overly large uterus, I'm actually starting to fill out my pants a bit much. On ebay I bid on this pregnancy survival kit I had been looking at. It got up to $36, so I went looking if there were any others that offered the "pay now". I found on and got it for $36, including shipping! And didn't have the hassel of watching the bids and trying to beat anyone out. I'm convinced the whole ebay thing is addition. Why else wouldn't people go to the "pay now" option? You end up getting better deals.

Decided to take control of this whole pregnancy/weight gain issue. Started to get worried that I gained almost 2 pounds already (in the last week!), so I'm using a meal plan for each day and not just winging it. To lose weight it was easy, just don't eat over a certain number of calories. Now it's a lot harder, since I have to make sure I eat enough calories. Hard to do without going over, so if I have everything planned out in advanced, I won't go overboard.