Gymboree & Pumpkin Pie in AZ

This week we were in AZ visiting Grandma V, Grandpa M, Great Aunt Pat and Great Uncle Frank. As you can see from the pictures, it was pretty sunny! Gwennie hung out in the jacuzzi with me and Aunt Pat and then we headed over to a Gymboree class for kids her age. Gwennie thought the tunnel was a riot and would crawl half way through to hang out for a while. Grandma V made a big turkey dinner and I am pretty sure Gwennie's favorite part was the yummy pumpkin pie (it was like Thanksgiving with really warm weather...sort of weird but great food!). Here are some short videos of this week

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Spring has Sprung

It is finally getting warm out and as you can see from the pictures Gwennie is itching to go outside and enjoy the nice weather. She also seems to be more and more interested in the flowers/plants around the house.

PB&J, The zoo and Easter

Big weekend over here at the Meek household. Friday night we introduced Gwennie to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which is now a staple (in less than 3 days if you can believe it!). As you can see Gwennie actually preferred wearing the sandwich to eating it.

Saturday we went to the Asheboro Zoo. Apparently so did most of North Carolina because it was very crowded! We all had a great time and it's a nice way to spend a weekend day. I can't imagine going there in the dead heat of summer but maybe in a few weeks we will head back during the week before it gets too hot. Gwennie seemed to enjoy checking out the water more than the polar bear but overall the zoo is really kid friendly and has a ton of play areas, underwater views and a tram to get from one side of the zoo to the other. It's about 5 miles in length so Corbin and I were happy to push the stroller around and get some excercise.

Sunday our church had their annual easter egg hunt. Gwennie took a few minutes to figure out what the deal with the hunt was but after a while she was a pro at putting the eggs in the basket. We then headed over to our friend's Mark, Kristin and Ben Bordeaux's house to have Easter dinner and to watch Carolina play some hoops. Gwennie was all over the ham and rolls. Cucumbers on the other hand weren't really much of an interest to her. I'll post a video of her feeding Tucker their dog. She's getting him ready for when Ben is old enough to eat in a high chair!

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Got this walking thing down...

Well, as you can see...walking, check! We are going to tackle moving forward on the riding toys now (She's mastered backwards but just can't get the forward motion just yet).

Easter Parade

This afternoon Gwennie and all the other kids in school had their Easter Bonnet Parade. Some of the moms really went all out. As you can see, I was one of those moms. Here's some pictures from today with my friend Jennifer who also came along.

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Melissa's Birthday Weekend & Easter Egg Hunt

This weekend was a busy 2 days! On Friday we had an early dinner at Edie's place down the street which is a great kid friendly restaurant. Gwennie now loves to walk around and has her opinions on what she is going to eat so by the end of the meal Corbin and I were ready for bed (mind you it was only 7:30).

Saturday I was tasked with making Gwennie's Easter bonnet for the parade tomorrow at school. As you can see Corbin was a wonderful and willing model! I am pretty sure there is no way anyone will have a hat like this (nor do I think that Gwennie will actually wear it) but it will give everyone something to talk about for a few days.

That night I headed to a popular sushi restaurant in town - Niko. My friend Melissa was celebrating her 30th birthday. We had a ton of sushi (and pomegranite martinis!!!) and realized we were really getting old since it was all of 10 PM and then 6 of us were ready to go home! Overall it was a great night and we all had a blast.

Sunday I grabbed a few shots of Gwennie before church and then we quickly headed home for the Carolina/Clemson game (Go Heels!). Then we headed over to Myers Park Country Club for their Easter egg hunt with Janet, Andrew and Crawford. As you will see from the pictures, Crawford was trying very hard to make Gwennie look at the camera. Janet kept saying..."Crawford, strop strangling baby Gwennie!" which I found hilarious. Here is probably my favorite picture of the two of them yet! They both have the prettiest expressions.

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I am happy to announce that our dear friends Mark and Kristin Bordeaux have a new addition to their family. Benjamin John Bordeaux, was born March 12 at 8:32pm. I met Ben this afternoon and he's is a teeny tiny beautiful baby boy, weighing in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces. I also spent some time with the new grandmothers who just can't stop smiling! Mom, Dad &Tucker (Ben's four legged brother) all look great and are unbelievably happy to meet him.

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A Very Happy Family...

Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting Miss Alexis Mae Weiss. She's an absolutely beautiful baby and her parents (and grandparents for that matter) are overjoyed as well.

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More Birthday madness

Gwennie's Godfather Clark and his wife Nancy came over this morning to bring us these pics.

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Whole Lotta Birthday Going On....

This week was Gwennie's birthday bash. On Thursday was her actual birthday (that she shares with Miss Allison Martin Pine - one of Natalie's closest friends from college - and now Miss Alexis Mae Weiss - Ryan and Addie Mae's daughter who was just born on Thursday!!!).

Grandma Verna flew into town on Wednesday night and went with me to a check up at the Doctor's office on Thursday. Here's a video of Gwennie walking around the office. She's getting more stable when she walks - or will do just about anything to get to the pacifier :-)



Thursday night Gwennie's godmother Heather and Ari Eisgrau flew in from Baltimore and hung out with Grandma Verna, Gwennie and I. Ari is such a smart kid! He loves to color with crayons and prefers cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes to grilled cheese or french fries (unlike Gwennie who only seems to love carbs...Cheerios are a staple around here). We then dropped Grandma Verna off at the airport and headed home to pick up Nanna Susan. We then headed to the Toy store where Ari checked out the play vacuums, riding toys and Elmo while Gwennie checked out the rocking horses and blocks.

Friday night Gwennie's godfather Clark and Nancy Spencer also joined in the fun and came over for dinner. We had such a nice time with all of them and ended up staying waaayy too late!

Saturday was the big day! Before the party Heather, Ari, Gwennie and Natalie had breakfast at the Original Pancake House and then did some shopping before the bash. We then into party planning mode...Susan and Corbin cleaned up the picnic table that we used as a cupcake and sugar cookie decorating area. Heather arranged the food on the platters and I went into last minute cleaning mode to get the place ready for the madness. Luckily Gwennie and Ari were wiped out so we caught a break and they napped right up until the party started.

The party itself was a huge success!! We had flavored food coloring markers, sprinkles, colored sugar, 5 types of colored icing and cookies with pictures on them that the kids spent most of their time decorating. We figured it would keep the kids busy for a couple of minutes but it was such a hit that we ran out of space on the picnic table! As you can see from the pictures, most if not all of Gwennie's family and friends came over and we are so thankful to have such amazing people in our lives.

Gwennie wasn't really into the cake as you can see from the video below


We also snapped a funny video of Gwennie in her Carolina blue Tutu courtesy of Clark and Nancy. Nancy's friend makes these - they are so cute. Here's a link to her website - Girl Party Tutus

This morning, I took a few pictures of Gwennie having breakfast and recorded this video of her latest trick...fish lips. She does this all the time now and it's pretty funny when she's trying to laugh/make the face at the same time.

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Stylish as always....

At the request of Auntie Jessica, I am posting this video of Gwennie walking down the hallway. Just so everyone doesn't think I parade my kid around in babylegs and a turtleneck, she did actually have a cute jean skirt on that day but since we just changed her diaper and it was dinner time (AKA food splatter time), I figured I'd try to reduce the amount of clothing I'd have to scrub food out of.

I also want to apologize that I had the camera filming vertically, if anyone knows how to rotate in blogger, let me know.

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Secret Steps

So as some of you have seen, Gwennie can walk with help like a pro. She also apparently has taken a few steps at school but we had yet to see her do anything other than plop down and crawl at home. Corbin and I realized it's all a hoax, the kid can walk, she just likes to be carried. Check out the video of her taking a few steps when she thought that Corbin and I were in the other room.


Here are some pics from the weekend before church. I figured I should take some pictures of her looking like a girlie girl since most of the time she's in "play clothes".

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President's Day and Hamming it up

Monday I didn't have to work so Gwennie and I had a girls day together. We hung out in the morning, played in the playroom, went out side and had some nice swing time together, met Janet, Andrew, Crawford, Cannon and Cole for lunch and then headed over to meet Kristin for some shopping at a local store down here.



Last night Gwennie was being a ham and kept doing this hilarious fake laugh every time I pretended to sneeze. Here's some video of her last night.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's some quick shots I took this morning of Gwennie before school!

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The Flu Blues....

We were struck again with another illness in the family. Corbin and I both got the flu and poor Gwennie has double ear infections so my apologies for the late posting. Last weekend we were up in Boston for Addie's Shower. I took a few pictures from the event. That kid is going to be set for the next year with clothing, gear and toys! This weekend we were home sick with the flu so no new stuff to report.

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We are in trouble!

Well....the day has come. Gwennie is so close to walking! Last night we finally got a video of her standing up on her own and here's another one with her walking with her new walking toy from Auntie Jennifer.

Back in Action!

I figured since that last post was such a downer, I better send an update. Gwennie is back in full playing force and is very happy to see her friends at daycare again. Here's a picture I took from this morning.

For Good Reason....

Some of you have probably been wondering where we have been. Well....here goes. Two weeks ago Gwennie started her first week at daycare. She was such a pro and had so much fun playing with all the other kids! Mom and Dad had to get used to the change in our schedule but so far we have been adapting pretty well. On Friday night we encountered exactly what everyone was telling us...daycare=more germs.

Gwennie brought home a stomach virus which was exhausting to both her and the family. Her nanny Jennifer came over to check on her and ended up staying with us to see it through. This included 5 loads of laundry on the "sanitize" cycle, 3 AM Pedialite feedings, and many wardrobe changes for everyone! By the next morning she was pretty exhausted but the baby volcano was quiet.

Sunday morning, Corbin took Gwennie to the doctor for her cough but at the time it was just a mild cold...I noticed my stomach was starting to hurt and figured it was just anxiety over Gwennie who now was coughing pretty badly and had a runny nose. About an hour later....round 2...mommy had the virus!?!?!?!? Corbin was great! He took care of the baby while I was indisposed for about 12 hours. Later that evening Corbin and I were both saying how lucky he was that he didn't get it....famous last words, right? Yep...at 3 AM...round 3...Corbin had it!

Monday Corbin and I recovered while nanny Jennifer took care of Gwennie and the rest of the house. It took a good 36 hours before we both had fully recovered. During that time, we noticed that Gwennie's cough was getting worse and she was still not keeping food down.

On Wednesday we'd recovered and decided it was time for Gwennie to head back to the doctor. Turns out she now had an ear infection in both ears and bronchitis. The poor thing had to get 2 shots of an antibiotic, a prescription and was going to have to use a nebulizer every four hours for a while.

I then received a phone call from the daycare (which she hasn't been to since the previous Friday) and 2 of the kids in the room with Gwennie had reported cases of RSV and both of the ladies that take care of the infants had been out with the stomach virus. Turns out that is where Gwennie got both of her ailments.

This morning Jennifer called and she now has the stomach virus as well :-(

On a brighter note, Thursday and Saturday we had some snow which the girls and Gwennie found very interesting and as of today Gwennie is doing much better and is on the road to recovery. She's getting used to the nebulizer and is in much brighter spirits. She's now got this funny pageant wave that I will try to film this week and she is also pretty close to standing/walking on her own.

Here's a few pictures from this week.

10 Months Old - Little Miss 'Tude

Gwennie is 10 months old now and has developed a new trick...she's learned to shake her head to say no and she furrows her brow. Talk about attitude! Here's some pics from last week

Why we don't live in Boston anymore

It has been noticeably cold this week so we have had to layer Gwennie in her "winter gear" that we were saving for our trip up to Boston in February. As you can see from the video below...crawling in mittens and a coat is not as easy as one would think.


As you can probably see...she resembles Randy in his snowsuit from "A Christmas Story"