Jolianne had a really great weekend. She is up to 8 cc's with her feeds and is at 24 calories from her supplements. She is tolerating it very well with no episodes of getting sick. They are talking about putting Jo Jo in an open bed again, but we need to be sure that she is going to tolerate her feeds. She is 5.2 pounds so she is making progress.
Now I have a funny story to tell...
A few years ago my friend Sonja and I went school shopping at lunch for Andy and Ronnie. We drove over to the outlet mall and went into the Old Navy and within 15 minutes I had 5 outfits for Andy and 5 outfits for Ronnie. Everything was interchangeable. No fuss at all. I was good to go and ready for school to start. Sonja said to me, "Wow, I can't believe that you got 10 outfits so quickly." Until today I didn't really see what what so amazing about my shopping for the boys.
Today I was once again at Old Navy, this time I was in the girls section. I think a better description would be that I was GAZING into the girls section with twinkling eyes. Everything looked so cute. In front of me was a cute little sweater with a bunch of different colors of pink. I looked to my right and there was ANOTHER cute sweater with butterflies and flowers, beside that were some little blue jeans with butterflies embroidered on the leg, oh and look beside those pants some little pink pants with flowers. And look at those cute little Mary Jane shoes....and on the wall, there is a gold sweater dress and some burgundy pants and some cute little shoes....and beside that a little ballerina skirt and a frilly pink top. I am whisked back to being a little girl and dressing up your favorite dolly. I see super cute hats and coats and leggings. So much to choose from, WHICH ONE DO I LIKE THE BEST...I can't choose, I like them all. I look down and I have around $2oo dollars worth of clothes in my hand. At this point I had to say to myself, "Crystal, if you go home with all of these clothes, Jeremy will divorce you. No counselling, no trying to work it out, just divorced!!!!" So I slowly start to put the sweaters back and the shoes back, and the legging, and the blue jeans, and the ballerina skirt and the hats and...everything else. I walk down the aisle empty handed toward the door. "You can do it Crystal just keep your eyes on the door." But wait...now I am in the boys section and they have jackets out. I remember that Ronnie lost his jacket on the playground last week and I promised I would get him a new one. So I am looking at jackets with Wolverine, and Hulk, and Spiderman and Superman. Which one, which one. Which superhero would my little Ronnie like the best. They are all so cute. Then I remember, this is for Ronnie. Ronnie doesn't care about cute, he cares about a jacket being warm on a cold day. My mind was still in girl mode and I needed to get into boy mode fast before I ended up with 4 jackets ha ha. So I pick a gray jacket with no Superheros, that happened to be on sale. (yeah me!) I paid for the jacket and left the store. When I got to the car I realized I was there for an hour!!!! Now I know what Sonja meant. With girls there is no grab something and go. You have to coordinate, and plan and make several different outfits to see which you like the best!!! Not the case with boys clothes. =)
I realized two things today:
1. If you go girl shopping you better have a good chunk of time set aside.
2. Never go shopping for girls and boys on the same day, my brain can't handle it!!!
I hope everyone is having a good day today,
Love-Crystal
Now I have a funny story to tell...
A few years ago my friend Sonja and I went school shopping at lunch for Andy and Ronnie. We drove over to the outlet mall and went into the Old Navy and within 15 minutes I had 5 outfits for Andy and 5 outfits for Ronnie. Everything was interchangeable. No fuss at all. I was good to go and ready for school to start. Sonja said to me, "Wow, I can't believe that you got 10 outfits so quickly." Until today I didn't really see what what so amazing about my shopping for the boys.
Today I was once again at Old Navy, this time I was in the girls section. I think a better description would be that I was GAZING into the girls section with twinkling eyes. Everything looked so cute. In front of me was a cute little sweater with a bunch of different colors of pink. I looked to my right and there was ANOTHER cute sweater with butterflies and flowers, beside that were some little blue jeans with butterflies embroidered on the leg, oh and look beside those pants some little pink pants with flowers. And look at those cute little Mary Jane shoes....and on the wall, there is a gold sweater dress and some burgundy pants and some cute little shoes....and beside that a little ballerina skirt and a frilly pink top. I am whisked back to being a little girl and dressing up your favorite dolly. I see super cute hats and coats and leggings. So much to choose from, WHICH ONE DO I LIKE THE BEST...I can't choose, I like them all. I look down and I have around $2oo dollars worth of clothes in my hand. At this point I had to say to myself, "Crystal, if you go home with all of these clothes, Jeremy will divorce you. No counselling, no trying to work it out, just divorced!!!!" So I slowly start to put the sweaters back and the shoes back, and the legging, and the blue jeans, and the ballerina skirt and the hats and...everything else. I walk down the aisle empty handed toward the door. "You can do it Crystal just keep your eyes on the door." But wait...now I am in the boys section and they have jackets out. I remember that Ronnie lost his jacket on the playground last week and I promised I would get him a new one. So I am looking at jackets with Wolverine, and Hulk, and Spiderman and Superman. Which one, which one. Which superhero would my little Ronnie like the best. They are all so cute. Then I remember, this is for Ronnie. Ronnie doesn't care about cute, he cares about a jacket being warm on a cold day. My mind was still in girl mode and I needed to get into boy mode fast before I ended up with 4 jackets ha ha. So I pick a gray jacket with no Superheros, that happened to be on sale. (yeah me!) I paid for the jacket and left the store. When I got to the car I realized I was there for an hour!!!! Now I know what Sonja meant. With girls there is no grab something and go. You have to coordinate, and plan and make several different outfits to see which you like the best!!! Not the case with boys clothes. =)
I realized two things today:
1. If you go girl shopping you better have a good chunk of time set aside.
2. Never go shopping for girls and boys on the same day, my brain can't handle it!!!
I hope everyone is having a good day today,
Love-Crystal
3 comments:
Too cute of a story.... too funny! I loved it :O) It is so true! Oh and.... is that a bow in her hair? So sweet!
love ya,
Kim
It is so good to hear you enjoying the dream! It is an age old story that Moms and Grandmoms have been going through for years! Welcome to the club. It doesnt at all mean that you love baby girls more than baby boys or big boys either -even twin boys :-) It's just that those little girl things are sooo darn cute. You mean you walked out without even a bow?! If so you are a VERY strong girl! But, you may be right about Jeremy maybe not divorce..but probably not happy.. that is unless the outfit says I love my Daddy, Daddy's Little Girl or Daddy's little princess! :-)
So glad it was such a happy day!
Love Nana!
Jo-Jo,I am so happy to hear you are doing so good!!You are a little doll.I think your clothes are pretty hard for all of us to resist!!!We may all go broke.HaHa!!I am looking @ a picture of your Big Brother Ronnie,when he was still in the hospital like you are.You look so much like him it's unbelievable!!The only difference I can see is you are much more petite!!Thank Goodness. I Love You
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