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05/17/2005 Archived Entry: "Just another Manic Monday"

Yesterday morning was just one of those days where you shouldn't have bothered to get out of bed. But the day so improved in early afternoon. Chris dropped Daisy and I off at the mall and took Tabitha to the dentist. We were slightly concerned because she has lost 3 bottom teeth and two of them are growing in and there doesn't seem to be any place for the third tooth to go. But the dentist said it's completely normal, her teeth will make room it and that children just have small mouths. She said her teeth are coming in straight enough that she doesn't forsee braces. She also looked at Tabitha's gap between her two top teeth and said it will most likely close its own and she won't need surgery for that. The surgery would have been elective anyway and not something we would have done until Tabitha was way old enough to make that decision herself. But it's nice to know that we may not even need to consider it now. The kid was bouncing off the walls to tell me all about her appt. and show me her bag o' goodies. She made out with a huge princess sticker, a toothbrush, a small size toothpaste, kid's floss, and a weird toy thing that I can't begin to describe but that she's wanted forever. So she had a great time at the dentist. Wish I had had a pediatric dentist when I was a kid, then maybe I wouldn't hate it so much that I won't even go with my own kid.

While I was at the mall, Miss Daisy snoozed, of course. That kid hates to wake up and loves to sleep and if you mix in a little car ride during her sleep, she's out for hours. I don't even keep her in the car seat on the stroller either. I take her out of the car seat (asleep) and lay her in the stroller and she stays out. I went in a few stores to look around then I prerused JC Penny's baby section for a long time. I searched the entire Carter's line since it was on sale and there was just nothing of interest. I looked at the Carter's Daisy and the Carter's Sweet Daisy line and I either had something or I just didn't care for the clothing. I spent so much time in the middle of the clothes, then I emerged and turned the corner and stood before 4 racks of clothes that I loved! They were all from Okie-Dokie and I could have easily bought everything they had. Well, not entirely, quite a few of the items were sleeveless and though I loved them, I don't put sleeveless items on Daisy because she would get burned when riding in the Baby Bjorn at Disneyland. Everything was wonderfully dark and bold, meaning navy blue, not pastel, just like I like. I chose my favorite outfit, it has bees and white daisies on it, and went off to Tabitha's section and promptly fell in love with a gorgeous white peasant skirt that they child would not only look beautitful in, but she would love it as well. Sadly, it was only available in a size 10. Very sad and I may try to scope it out at another mall next week. Or perhaps online, we'll see. Daisy was kind of waking so I took her to the family lounge to take care of diaper changing and feeding. Then I popped her into the Baby Bjorn and man was she happy! She has finally gotten the hang of it and no longer things I'm insane for strapping her on my front. She kicks and squeals and has a great time just as I had hoped she would. We walked off to our meeting place and got there just as Chris and Tabs returned. We grabbed a quick bite at the food court and then went to Claire's so I could look at their baby headbands. I ended up with 3 and then I came upon their display of sleep masks.

When Tabitha had first mentioned wanting a sleep mask, Claire's was the place we looked and they didn't have a single one. However, the Claire's we were at yesterday was a different mall and they had a huge variety. Since Tabitha never got to choose one (I picked out her mask at Target and it's made for an adult) I asked her if she'd like to get another one so she could pick one out. She thought that was a grand idea and finally settled on one with a sequined butterfly and it says "Dreaming in Progress." Very cute.

We then went to Robinson's-May where I looked at their peasant skirts for Tabitha, to no avail I might add, and she found a skirt with shorts underneath that she desperately wanted. It's denim, which are really the only kind of shorts I like for the kid, with these hideous beads hanging from the hem. But I didn't hate it, she did love it, the price was right and she's in need of shorts so I bought it. We didn't try it on though so I'll be sure to put it on her today to make sure we don't have to return it.

By the time we got home it was about 5:30 and we just didn't eat dinner since we had lunch at 4:00. I went for my walk while Tabitha was in the bath and Chris put Daisy to bed. While I was in the shower after I returned home, Tabitha apparently fell and hurt her arm enough so that we were talking about whether or not a trip to the ER was neccessary. She vetoed that idea though so we agreed to wait until morning to see how she was doing. So far she hasn't even mentioned her arm so I'm just going to give her an anti-imflammatory and call it good.