My Week in Instagram Pictures

We live in a day and age where we practically need our cell phones to breathe.  I am no exception to this rule.  Not surprisingly, I use my cell phone camera more so than my point and shoot or DSLR in my day-to-day life.  I must admit, too, that I am 100% on board with the new Instagram craze and have far too many pictures on my Instagram account than any one sane person should.  Sooo…what does all this mean for you?

I am going to share with you my week…through Instagram pictures I took.

1. My poor sweet little girl.  When I got her out of her crib one morning, she had a knot on her arm, one above her ear, and one on her eyebrow, from what her doctor and myself could only assume was a reaction to mosquito bites.  Her arm was swelled up as big as a golf ball, and well, her eye looked like this picture all day long.  After a little Benedryl and calamine lotion, all was well, but she has her 15 month check-up this week, and we will be discussing a possible allergy test with her pediatrician.

2. I have to say, Sophia is such a good little girl.  I drag her all over town on a daily basis, and she still has a smile on her face at (almost!) all times.  In this picture, she is “relaxing” with a neck pillow I got her at Target while we were shopping.

3. My baby girl is getting so big!  Last week I bought a potty at Babies R Us and a few days ago, we sat her down on it, not expecting much.  Much to our surprise, she went on her big girl potty on the first try!  The next morning, I ran out and bought her a “potty book” and some reward stickers and got the show on the road.  She absolutely loves putting the stickers up when she goes potty and “reads” her book whenever she sits down.  I am so excited that this is happening, and am so proud of my big girl!

4. My family’s dog, Abby (who we got when I was like 17-ish and still living with my parents), had an embolus last weekend, which (according to the vet) caused blood to get into her spinal cord and left her temporarily (we hope) paralyzed.  She is at a dog rehab center in Orlando and my mom, dad, Sophia, and I rode over last week to see how she was coming along.  She has made a little progress, but not as much as they’d hoped at this point.  In this picture, my mom and Sophia were reading a book while waiting for the vet to come in and talk to us.

5. Good thing about riding over to Orlando?  Mellow Mushroom.  We don’t have one near us, so we obviously had to take advantage of one close-by when we were there.  For the record, the Holy Shitake pizza is definitely worth the trip.  P.S.- Mellow Mushroom is so good, Cesar and I went to 4 different locations on our honeymoon…for real.

6. This picture is just a pretty cool one of the beginning of one of our daily afternoon thunderstorms here in central Florida.

7. Last week was my 26th birthday (yikes!).  Cesar and I have been talking about buying bicycles for a while now, but just haven’t gotten around to actually getting them.  Well, for my birthday, I got a bicycle and a seat for Sophia to sit in.  This week, Sophia and I have been trying to take advantage of our new toy, but as you can see in picture #6, there are thunderstorms pretty much every day of the week.  Sophia’s nap usually just happens to be over as the thunderstorm is rolling in, so it makes it pretty hard.  She actually loves the bike rides, but is not too fond of the helmet, as you can see in this picture.

8. One day, while trying to kill an hour of time, Sophia and I walked through the kids’ section at Barnes & Noble, where she happened to find the Interactive Table, which was basically just a bunch of Lego’s with a table to build them on.  She played for about 30 minutes, then I practically had to pry her off so we could carry on with our day.  She has Lego’s at home, but she pretty much just throws them around.  She hasn’t played with them in a week or two though, so maybe we’ll try again!

9. My mom’s dad is Jewish, and while my mom was brought up Catholic, they always followed some of the Jewish traditions too.  So, when my brother, sister, and I were growing up, we were introduced to some Jewish traditions along with some traditional Jewish food.  Every once in a while, my mom will make matzo ball soup, and we are always invited over when she does.  I think this was the first time she’s made it since Sophia has been eating “real food” though, so I was excited to let her try it.  She loved it!  So much so, that she ate all her matzo balls (and bananas), and secretly (or so she thought!) fed her grilled cheese sandwich to the dog.  Hmm.  I believe we have a little trouble maker on our hands! 🙂

Well, there you have it…my week according to my Instagram pictures.  I might start doing this more often, since so much of mine (and Sophia’s) life is recorded on my cell phone.  Until next time!