Pinkalicious

A few weeks ago we went on another book-buying extravaganza. One of the books we picked up is called Pinkalicious. It's about a girl who loves the color pink so much that all of her belongings are pink (kind of like Quincy). Oh...and her name is Pinkalicious. One day her mother made her a batch of pink cupcakes; she ate so many that she turned pink...hair and all. After seeing her doctor, she was informed that she had a very rare and acute case of Pinkititis.

Anyway, Pinkalicious is currently Quincy's "it" book....we read it every single night..sometimes 3 times a night. Well, to go along with the story, I ended up making a batch of pink cupcakes. Quincy began eating her cupcake...but then she stopped eating it and began to smear it all over herself instead. Why? She wanted to be pink, just like Pinkalicious.

Learning to swing...by herself.

Winter is finally over (yea!) so we have been going to the park everday afterschool.....Quincy doesn't want to sit in the little-kid swing anymore...my baby's growing up....heavy sigh.

Our first snow in the new house!

Making snowballs for Cosmo....

Random Pictures That I Think Are Just Cute.

Quincy and Han Mei's New Room

We decided that rather than Quincy and Han Mei having their own seperate rooms, they would share a room until they decided that they were ready for their own rooms. So, a few weeks ago we went out and purchased a new bedroom suite, including bunk-beds. Quincy LOVES her new "big-girl" bed! She keeps stating that when her big sister comes home, she (Quincy) will be moving to the top bunk. What she doesn't know is that there will be no top bunk at that time....we'll convert them into twin beds for obvious reasons until they get older. I'm sure she will like the two side-by-side beds just fine when she has a sister to share them with. Ahhh, can't wait.....just a couple of more months!

Quincy's Big Christmas Present....

Santa gave Quincy her very own Inflatable-Bouncy-Thing for Christmas. We originally planned to put it in the basement but discovered that it fits perfectly inside one of the spare rooms in the house (never could have done it at the old place....).

Christmas Day, 2008

Quincy and her cousin Eli playing outside before the "Big Present Opening".

Always behind....random pictures from last December..

I think Quincy is going to be an engineer.....

Quincy and her good friend Tess....

Part One: Random Posts from Previous Months---Quincy's 2nd Birthday

It's been a busy couple of months. Quincy was diagnosed with round 1 of Pneumonia at the end of October and that put a damper on her 2nd birthday. However, at least she recuperated enough to do Halloween in the 'hood at our old neighbor's (Andy, Jenny, and Tess) house. But......a couple of weeks after Halloween, she became sick, yet again. This time she was diagnosed with Chicken Pox (yes, she has had her Varicella vaccination). Three days after the initial diagnosis we took her back to the doctor's office as she was getting sicker and sicker, but oddly enough, her pox hadn't progressed passed the initial batch. Her fever kept going up to 103-ish and even though we were alternating Tylenol/Motrin it wasn't working. She became SUPER dehydrated so she was admitted to Scottish Rite Children's Hospital. She was put on an IV drip and we were told that she did NOT have the Chicken Pox but, rather, had RSV that turned into double pneumonia; the initial rash was just some viral-related rash at the onset of her illness and was completely unrelated to the Chicken Pox. Three days later, they discharged little Quincy from the hospital as good as new. All in all, in spite of the horrible circumstance in which we we there, Scottish Rite was a wonderful place to stay.....they take care of the whole family, not just the children. I did not have to leave Quincy's room for even one minute the whole time we were there. They truly take care of everything so the parent's don't have anything else to worry about (such as food or laundry) and can concentrate on their child's needs.

Quincy's 2nd Birthday:
It took us awhile, but we finally found a doll that didn't have blonde hair and big, round, blue eyes. Quincy has named her "Cho-Cho" and carries her almost everywhere (see this year's Chirstmas card for verification....).

Love at first sight.....

After breakfast, we took her to a local children's imagination playground and let the Birthday Girl paint and play with lots of fun stuff....

This year's cake: Hello Kitty, of course (and I made it!!!).

She actually blew out the candles on her own.....even with pneumonia, the girl's got a good set of lungs!

One more birthday gift to open....a GREAT felt puzzle from her BFF, Lucy!!!

Part Two: Random Posts from Previous Months----Halloween

Halloween with Tess! Quincy was a Wood Fairy (or something cute and purple). Tess was Flamingo!

Quincy and Tess......on their way to find cavities.

A bag full of (seven pieces) of goodies! Time to make the loonnngggg drive home to the 'burbs!