Lil' peacock

When we were thinking of what to name Vivienne, we had a list of a few names that we liked. On that list was what the potential nicknames would be because we had to love those too. You see, I abbreviate EVERYTHING. It's like the time when we were standing in line at a coffee house in Point Reyes, TONS of people around us. And I came up all sweet to Mitch, put my arms around him and said really loudly, CAN YOU GET ME A CHINO FOR THE ROAD? Translation = cappuccino. We still talk about how many shades of red his face got. I really didn't mean it that way, whatever way that means. It just sounds nasty doesn't it? Last night when we had a take-out rotisserie chicken from Whole Foods I ALMOST said, hey babe, the CHICK is ready! I stopped myself because I didn't want to endure another night of head shaking from Mitch. Seriously, it's bad sometimes. My friend Danni always used to crack up at the things I would just randomly abbreviate or find a nickname for. We'd be shopping and I would bust out with a language only she could decipher cause it was SO abbreviated or nicknamed. I can't help it. IT'S WHO I AM!

Here are a few names I call my little pookie: Viv, Vivienne, Vivi, boo, boo boo, lil peacock (her hair stands up in a little curl in the middle after a bath, it makes SENSE!), pook, pookie, pookilino, TOOTS!, monkey, moose, worm, wormy, alien (this one's retired), little lizard, monchhichi, clone, clonie (daddy clone), baby girl, stinky! (she loves that one), little hamhock, juicy loosie, dimple girl, V James, the other day, I'm not kidding you, Vivilino came out of my mouth. oh god.

I need to start narrowing it down so she stops responding to, "Hey TOOTS!" with a big cheese grin, like that's her ACTUAL name. I'm not really sure if she knows that Vivienne is her name because she equally loves "stinky!" or "SAMMY!!". I'm sure one day she will start the eye rolling thing that she will most definitely inherit from me, and give me a long exacerbated sigh, and tell me something like "My name is VIVIENNE, remember? You had them put it on my birth certificate?!" And I will respond with a big goofy grin and politely tell her that she will always be my stinky little pookie.

The likeness

People are always telling me how much my daughter looks like her dad. Minus the eyes of course, but the color is definitely his (hazel, or kinda blue, or grayish, it depends on what she's wearing). In these photos I finally see just how much of a resemblance there is. Just look at that hair line and sweet smile! They are the best of buddies, and that last picture is just so cute I couldn't resist sharing it. He is the only man for her these days!

She comes by them naturally

It's obvious she got those eyes from her mama. I'll have to teach her how to moisturize them when she gets older because they are so darn big that the elements tend to be a problem! She gets these big globs of sleep in her eyes which I have never seen on a baby before. We think it's from all that surface space.

Wonder who she gets the tummy from?

SWING!

I know it's backlit and she is so stuffed in the there you can barely see her -- but for the sake of documentation, Viv had her FIRST swing ride last weekend! It went well. Safe to say, she loved it!

Almost a self portrait

I love this one. Viv and I are BOTH checking to see if there is a good picture selection.

A great Monday?

Today was a great day for a Monday. I am not the sort of person who likes Mondays (I can feel you all nodding at your screens right now if you know me well). Mondays mean the start of a new week, and while that should be a good thing, it also symbolizes the END of the weekend. Weekends are heaven. I usually get to sleep in because Viv hangs out with her dad (they're both crazy morning people whatever!). I also get to hang out with Mitch and have adult conversations and stuff, it's great! (BTW - I saw Avatar, AMAZING. Wow.) So, Monday comes and it's back to flying solo. But Viv and I just hung out together all day like buddies. She is getting so alert and interactive. She LOVED our time at the library, singing and dancing with all the other babies and moms, rolling all over the place like a little showoff! She finds the Mission Library extremely funny. Laughing is her thing right now. We even made a bunch of friends, can you believe it!

Okay, all kidding aside, she makes my days better. Even though I had to DRAG myself out of bed this morning while Mitch showered and got ready with Vivienne and I think I said maybe three things to Mitch before he left for work and they were mumbled something like this, "COFFEE?, Viv had her medicine?, she pooped? No?! Great...bye..." my point is that I found myself thinking what a great day it was becoming. Seriously, WHO AM I? Anyway, I really enjoyed my little toots today. Library, burritos, a little shopping, good little napper, what else is there? I want to relish all these days before I go back to work and life gets more hectic.

Happy Monday everyone.

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