Bye Bye

Well, Anika and I are off to California tomorrow. Brandon is bailing on us and we have been fighting about it for literally a week. He says we can't afford for him to miss work, which is no argument, but I was freaking because I feel like I can't do it alone. Sure, I'll have my family to help but its not the same. They don't know just what she needs, and how, and when. Plus, I can't boss them around. Just kidding! I like to pretend that Brandon is whooped but a little known fact about the Big B is that he is the most stubborn person I know. Once he decided he wasn't going, THAT'S IT. There is no talking him into anything. But we did manage some small consolation prize for myself. While I am gone he is going to paint our bedroom Havasupai Blue! I am so excited. So, when I am trying to sleep in the same room with Anika, in a strange house and she is up crying all night, or when I am hovering relentlessly over her inside of a non-baby-proof house, unable to visit and enjoy my family, I will just think of my blue room. It's still not worth it but it's a small little something to keep me going. That darn Brandon, I am still so ticked. Here is a picture of Anika with her first "hairdo". Thank you to Kasey for the special rubberbands. Whenever Anika sees me coming with a comb or a diaper she runs and hides behind her highchair. It's like her little zone where she thinks I can't get her.