Worst dressed and fattest person in Rome

Yep .. thats me :(
Romans are wonderfully dressed and seem to have perfect figures to boot. The couple of tourists we met were Australians and they of course are miniature Parisians. So that left me - with wild hair, no make up, dowdy sweatshirt instead of a neat winter coat and sneakers instead of knee high boots.

Sigh ...

But no one could be happier after a jaunt in ancient Rome.

Another Ear Infection

My suspicions have been confirmed!
She has another year infection!
Her cold, which was getting better suddenly worsened and she'd wake up screaming in the night every hour or so.

We had to take her in to the urgent care center in Kennesaw and get her some meds. Poor baby. We leave tomorrow and her ear is going to be uncomfortable in the airplane.

Stomach Bug

Poor baby has a stomach bug :(
She threw up at 1am last night and had about 12-13 poopy diarrhea diapers. She's gone to bed early with lots of water to drink (Dr said no milk or diary) and some rice as dinner. Luckily she doesn't seem to have any fever, but I'll still need to take her in to the Dr tomorrow morning.

A rare occurance

Guess who went to sleep by herself tonight !!!!!!

I am beyond excited !!

After our bedtime routine, I put her in bed, snuggled with her while reading her night books and gave her the teddy and blanket. I was lying down next to her while she was trying to suffocate teddy with the blanket. I had an uncontrollable urge to pee and I sneaked out without her knowing. She didn't raise a fuss as she usually does and so I thought I'd do the dishes until she cried for me. She was babbling and talking forever and then .... silence. I am stunned !

I did not believe this day would EVER come.

I don't care if tonight was a fluke night, but it was AMAZING !!!

Monkeying around at Monkey Joe's

We went to Monkey Joe's in the evening for a round of jumping fun. The last time we went there Sudha Parimala wasn't that excited, preferring to stay on the ground and watching other kids play. Tonight she was really really exited and was squealing in delight all the time we were there. She jumped and bounced off the moonwalks and even did a few tumble!
I joined her for a little while, but soon ran out of energy to keep up with her. She, on the other hand, had plenty of energy and had a blast.

First step on one of the moonwalks.

Eating a banana, in true monkey fashion, while watching football

The Santa Encounter

Santa visited St. Charles Square (our community) today. I had completely forgotten about it, but happened to drive past with a camera at the right time and decided to make a stop. She loved seeing other kids, but totally freaked out when I took her near Santa. Even the bribe of a candy cane did not work.
Being a mean, photo-crazy mother I made her sit for 10 seconds to get a couple of shots.



After the long car trip to and back from Charleston on Friday, she was overtired on Saturday but would not nap. Daddy went in to try to rock her to sleep - this is how I found them after some time :)