Hooray, Alex slept all night long!!!! Finally, it's been too long. I'll admit that Jeff and I are the ones who get the crankiest when she doesn't sleep. She's always happy except when she's not getting attention, which is almost never, so really I can't complain about being a little tired every now and again. But it's so nice to go to bed kind of late without having had to go in and pat her back to sleep, and then wake up 8 hours later and realize she's not even close to waking up yet. And then even enjoy a cup of tea and a quick blog? Wow, life is good. What's that, it's Friday too? Holy cow (I expect a moo here, that's what happens every time a cow is mentioned normally.....) I can't believe how spoiled we are today!
Anyway, thank goodness for happy, well-rested babies. Might have to take her out to lunch with Daddy to celebrate. :)
January 16, 2009
January 15, 2009
New Pants and an Old Sweatshirt
Alex is wearing her stylish new jeans today. Her old ones were pinching her milk belly, but these new ones had to be cinched in four notches so they wouldn't fall off. They're also rolled up a tiny bit - poor thing is all torso with no legs or waist!!! But she looks fabulous anyway, even with baked bean smears and clementine juice everywhere.
And she's wearing Jeff's old blue sweatshirt. Without the pull string - she had a brawl with it and it was removed before she could strangle herself over the frustration of not being able to pull it out and throw it around her shoulders. I out the extra-pointy hood up earlier, but she ripped it off as soon as it went up. For a baby with lots of hoodies, she sure hates hoods.
It's been an uneventful day for her so far. She ate two clementines, a hot dog, baked beans and a yogurt for lunch, so food wise she's eaten almost her weight already. She assaulted Custard, making him yowl incessantly while she said "dad" to him. Hmmm, wonder what that means? Other than that, and lots of reading, watching snow squalls and pretending to jump, not much to report. Oh, she really likes to pretend to jump. I predict way too much jumping in her future. It goes along with the dancing while waving a burp cloth thing - she might be a cheerleader some day.....*shudder*.
I forgot, the word of the day is push. She's pushing buttons (mostly mine) pushing doors, pushing the new tractor, you name it, she's pushing it. And saying push while she does it, of course. All actions are accompanied by the appropriate verb now.
And she's wearing Jeff's old blue sweatshirt. Without the pull string - she had a brawl with it and it was removed before she could strangle herself over the frustration of not being able to pull it out and throw it around her shoulders. I out the extra-pointy hood up earlier, but she ripped it off as soon as it went up. For a baby with lots of hoodies, she sure hates hoods.
It's been an uneventful day for her so far. She ate two clementines, a hot dog, baked beans and a yogurt for lunch, so food wise she's eaten almost her weight already. She assaulted Custard, making him yowl incessantly while she said "dad" to him. Hmmm, wonder what that means? Other than that, and lots of reading, watching snow squalls and pretending to jump, not much to report. Oh, she really likes to pretend to jump. I predict way too much jumping in her future. It goes along with the dancing while waving a burp cloth thing - she might be a cheerleader some day.....*shudder*.
I forgot, the word of the day is push. She's pushing buttons (mostly mine) pushing doors, pushing the new tractor, you name it, she's pushing it. And saying push while she does it, of course. All actions are accompanied by the appropriate verb now.
January 14, 2009
What Have I Done?
Alex is currently pushing the button on her brand new tractor so it plays all the sounds and most importantly the song. She's been doing it for a couple minutes now..........I think the tractor is a hit.
Dragon Bubbles
As I mentioned before, Alex has now added "dragon" to her word repertoire thanks to Cinder the Bubble Blowing Dragon". What I forgot to mention is that "bubbles" is also on the word list. She picked up that book yesterday, and alternated between the two words repeatedly, smiling the whole time. Too cute.
She has also, in the spirit of all the cartoons where the heroes announce what they're about to do before they do it, begun to tell us when she's about to bounce. She then says "bouncing, bouncing, bouncing" while bouncing. Her definition of bouncing is somewhat loose, and can apply to any sort of up and down motion. She also jumped with us last night. She really just bobbed her torso up and then down - there was nothing remotely airborne about her jumping. Well, maybe one foot left the floor briefly, but that's debatable. She does, however, very much want to jump, and I feel certain that she'll get it eventually. Now, if only it would thaw out enough outside for us to practice in the back yard.....
Alex also helped me yesterday with the eradication of the spider mites on our banana tree. I sprayed it with soapy water several times, and she made sure she was standing just where the droplets that shot past the banana would land, thus catching them with her eyes. Well, probably not, she wasn't rubbing her eyes or anything, just smelled a bit like Palmolive. I suspect that if I put her in the shower I wouldn't have to add baby shampoo. :)
She's still sleeping now, and due to her chronic lack of sleep and apparent growth spurt (1.5 pounds heavier - she's a beast) I'm letting her snooze it up. But we have to brave the cold to get her some new jeans - she's finally bursting the seams and it looks like we're going to hit the 18- month jeans at 18 months! How exciting that fashion-wise she's hitting the developmental mark!
She has also, in the spirit of all the cartoons where the heroes announce what they're about to do before they do it, begun to tell us when she's about to bounce. She then says "bouncing, bouncing, bouncing" while bouncing. Her definition of bouncing is somewhat loose, and can apply to any sort of up and down motion. She also jumped with us last night. She really just bobbed her torso up and then down - there was nothing remotely airborne about her jumping. Well, maybe one foot left the floor briefly, but that's debatable. She does, however, very much want to jump, and I feel certain that she'll get it eventually. Now, if only it would thaw out enough outside for us to practice in the back yard.....
Alex also helped me yesterday with the eradication of the spider mites on our banana tree. I sprayed it with soapy water several times, and she made sure she was standing just where the droplets that shot past the banana would land, thus catching them with her eyes. Well, probably not, she wasn't rubbing her eyes or anything, just smelled a bit like Palmolive. I suspect that if I put her in the shower I wouldn't have to add baby shampoo. :)
She's still sleeping now, and due to her chronic lack of sleep and apparent growth spurt (1.5 pounds heavier - she's a beast) I'm letting her snooze it up. But we have to brave the cold to get her some new jeans - she's finally bursting the seams and it looks like we're going to hit the 18- month jeans at 18 months! How exciting that fashion-wise she's hitting the developmental mark!
Alex was at the doctor yesterday, just to check that her ears were ok since we put her on antibiotics for an er infection. She's fine. We waited forever in the waiting room, during which time she amused me by being shy to all the other folks waiting. It was down to just us and one guy in the waiting room. He was busy reading something, so no attention for Alex. But suddenly, to her great delight, he cleared his throat. This gave Alex the opportunity to fake cough her way all around the waiting room. Big fun for her, and I'll admit I was giggling a bit too, because it's too cute when she does that. As long as we don't acknowledge that it's cute, though, because someday she'll imitate the wrong cougher and get in trouble. Until then...
She had another rough night last night. She slept for a half hour, then cried for and hour and a half, then finally fell asleep. I tried patting her, tried Motrin, and tried leaving her lights on so she could play in the crib, but nothing worked. She finally just exhausted herself, and luckily slept through the night. I'm hoping that this phase ends soon, because I feel bad leaving her in there to cry, but otherwise I'm too darn tired to tolerate her the next day! It's like having a newborn all over again, minus the spit up.
She had another rough night last night. She slept for a half hour, then cried for and hour and a half, then finally fell asleep. I tried patting her, tried Motrin, and tried leaving her lights on so she could play in the crib, but nothing worked. She finally just exhausted herself, and luckily slept through the night. I'm hoping that this phase ends soon, because I feel bad leaving her in there to cry, but otherwise I'm too darn tired to tolerate her the next day! It's like having a newborn all over again, minus the spit up.
January 12, 2009
Must be the Full Moon
Story time at the library was crazy today. Lots of kids, most of them cranky. Alex was all over the place - more than usual. She was in and out of the story room, but we yet again skipped the actual story part of story time. There was a lot of that going around.
A little boy we often see but whose name escapes me was there today, and he was also only in the mood to play with blocks, chalk and puzzles. He got a little punchy when Alex attempted a puzzle take-over and bopped her on the head. She didn't notice. His grandmother did, and I think she was horrified. How shocking that a two year old would hit another kid over a toy!
Alex found the Spongebob section of the library - all the episodes in book form right next to the kiddy keyboards! Oh boy! I'm sensing a theme with the last few days here.....Anyway, out of all the thousands of books she could grab, she found those. She was a very happy camper.
After the library, we've been just hanging out at home, wishing it was warm enough to go outside. She revealed to me the ability to say "dragon" repeatedly. Apparently "Cinder the Bubble-Blowing Dragon" has had a profound effect on her vocabulary.
Having a profound effect on my vocabulary was Alex's discovery that cat litter in a litter box is a lot like sand in a sand box. Oh dear. Yes, she was sifting litter through her fingers this afternoon. All over the floor too, as if it wasn't icky enough already. Thankfully, she only played with the "clean" stuff - way more sanitary than the poop she played with the other day - so minimal frantic scrubbing was required. It's so neat how she discovers new things every day. :l
Well, her nap has gone on forever, allowing me to make a batch of brownies and to test them thoroughly for goodness. They're pretty good, but might require additional testing just to make sure.
A little boy we often see but whose name escapes me was there today, and he was also only in the mood to play with blocks, chalk and puzzles. He got a little punchy when Alex attempted a puzzle take-over and bopped her on the head. She didn't notice. His grandmother did, and I think she was horrified. How shocking that a two year old would hit another kid over a toy!
Alex found the Spongebob section of the library - all the episodes in book form right next to the kiddy keyboards! Oh boy! I'm sensing a theme with the last few days here.....Anyway, out of all the thousands of books she could grab, she found those. She was a very happy camper.
After the library, we've been just hanging out at home, wishing it was warm enough to go outside. She revealed to me the ability to say "dragon" repeatedly. Apparently "Cinder the Bubble-Blowing Dragon" has had a profound effect on her vocabulary.
Having a profound effect on my vocabulary was Alex's discovery that cat litter in a litter box is a lot like sand in a sand box. Oh dear. Yes, she was sifting litter through her fingers this afternoon. All over the floor too, as if it wasn't icky enough already. Thankfully, she only played with the "clean" stuff - way more sanitary than the poop she played with the other day - so minimal frantic scrubbing was required. It's so neat how she discovers new things every day. :l
Well, her nap has gone on forever, allowing me to make a batch of brownies and to test them thoroughly for goodness. They're pretty good, but might require additional testing just to make sure.
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