catch up

i know this blog is more for posting pictures of maria but. . . . . i thought i would get caught up with the other things that are going on at the tyler house. i went back to work friday july 30. i hate to say this but the first day back to work was so great! it was nice to get up and out of the house and have something to do and adults to talk to. it was an easy day at work so it went by fast. chris's mom is here for 2 weeks to take care of maria while i go to work. the weekend was fun- we took maria swimming on saturday and i played tennis on sunday. monday morning i was up and at'em, ready to go to work. then tuesday happened- i had another gall bladder attack in the morning. i stayed at work 2 hours and went home. i got surgery rescheduled for monday. i decided i couldn't go through another attack. i spent the rest of the week eating lettuce, applesauce and bananas. by friday evening i was super cranky and tired.

on saturday bonnie and i went to hancock fabrics and picked out a pattern for maria's halloween costume. her costume will be top secret until october 31. you'll have to check back to see her costume. i gave up on the lettuce/ applesauce/ water diet and had a super thick, tasty turkey sandwich from spec's. for dinner, chris grilled some chicken and my mom cooked some potatoes and squash. it was all soooooo good. let's hope my gall bladder can handle all of that- i've got a little less than 24 hours before i check into the hospital.

maria news- this is what you really want. i've been holding different food up to her mouth and letting her taste some different things. so far we have tried watermelon, banana, apple, pickle, and avocado. she gives us the same look each time- she pulls her head back, purses her lips and then sticks out her tongue. it cracks us up everytime. it is really cool seeing her taste something for the first time. the other big news is that we are moving up to size 2 diapers! there was no way we could use up the rest of the size 1 diapers so i gave them to a co-worker that has a granddaughter 6 weeks younger than maria.