Our child is officially obsessed with Elmo!  It’s our fault … well, more her dad’s fault.  With our new Iphones, we can watch YouTube videos so we’ll locate Elmo and Sesame Street segments and let Reagan watch them.   Now when she sees our phones, she starts yelling “Elmo! Elmo!” and then has a tantrum if we don’t show her Elmo.  So we’re trying to break her of this addiction for the cute, little red furry guy.  She says Elmo all the time at daycare!  Her provider has looked for him On Demand for her.  She’s so spoiled!

The other tantrum inducing item is cookies.  We had bought this huge jar of vanilla flavored Alphabet cookies a while ago.  We would give her some here and there.  We had to put them on top of the fridge so she couldn’t see them, otherwise she would demand a cookie.  But with her smart little brain, she knows they’re on top of the fridge and proceeds to throw a crying fit if we don’t give her a cookie.  I’m getting better at ignoring the tears (although it absolutely tugs at my heartstrings and it is all I can do not to grab the jar and say “have all you want my poor baby!”)

She’s eating pretty well and has dinner with us every night.  She’s getting better at not throwing her plate or bowl on the floor as she used to.  She’s eating more meat and regular square meals.  Mike has been great at making dinners every night so we sit at the kitchen table as a family.  We’ve both been hitting the gym again and trying to get healthy.  It’s a slow battle with weight loss but we’ll get to our goals eventually.

Megan was recently in town for a quick visit.  I had a great time with her for a couple hours at lunch.  Robbie didn’t make it with her this time, but hopefully soon we’ll see him again.  I’ve been trying to get Alex and John to come visit us, I might have to bribe them (him) with 49er tickets or something.  Speaking of John, he’s now on the radio Thursday nights on the Anaheim radio network.  We’re pretty excited for him!

Mike Sr. heads into surgery on September 2nd for a valve replacement.  He gave everyone quite the scare a couple weeks ago when he landed in the hospital after an episode.  He didn’t have a heart-attack or stroke, it appears his valve was too strained.  He’s been laying low as he prepares for surgery next week.  Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers!