Monday, March 10, 2008
Daylight Savings - You Suck
Ok, so it is the second night of daylight savings time and bedtime is still a bear. I expect it will be this way for another week if not more. To make matters worse, Andrew is working late so I had to deal w/ both kids' baths and bedtimes on my own. It was a very stressfull evening indeed and now I'm trying to decompress with a glass of merlot. Mmmmm... (It goes quite well w/ my frosted mini wheat dinner). So bath time wasn't too bad. Lia and Emma seem to enjoy bathing together. It is fun to watch. I'm surprised Emma doesn't throw a fit since I barely put any water in the tub. Lia fell over tonight and banged her head on the side of the tub. She did the same thing after I took her out. She just gets so excited and can't hold still!! What a cute little tub-o-baby-fat. I just love her cute little roles and jiggles. So I put Lia to bed while Emma was watching tv on our bed. Lia fell asleep within 10 minutes, but I let Emma finish watching her Dora episode before I made her turn off the tv (mistake #1). Once we were in Emma's room, she threw a fit because she "didn't like mommy very much" and just wanted her daddy to put her to bed. So instead of reading to her right away I let her do some puzzles (mistake #2). So by the time I got her into bed to read I heard Lia SCREAMING. I went in and gave her her pacifier and ran back into Emma's room to try to do an abbreviated bed time. Long story short, Lia screamed for about 20 minutes and by the time I got to her she was so upset it took 15 minutes for her breathing to return to normal from the "gasp gasp scream" breathing she was doing. I felt awful! Now I know why I haven't let Lia cry-it-out yet. I just don't think I will be able to do it with her. Her sheets were soaked from her tears! Oh, so by the time Lia was finally back to sleep I went into my room and what do I hear? "Mommy? Mommy?". Emma needed me to go back into her room the "talk" more. Ugh....does it get easier?!! :)
Monday, March 3, 2008
Snow Snow...please go!
I am so ready for spring! Please let this snow go away. We've had about 1 to 2 feet of snow on the ground since before Thanksgiving. This is ridiculous! I mean seriously, we have days (like today) when the mail carrier won't even deliver our mail because his short stubby arms can't reach our mail box from his truck. Give me a break.
The girls both had good days today. We went on an afternoon shopping trip to Target and I let Emma walk rather than sticking her in the cart. She was thrilled. She walked around playing her harmonica. It really was the cutest thing ever. She seems to understand that if she runs away from me I'll catch her and stick her in the cart so she was really well behaved. I was pleasantly surprised! During bath time she asked Andrew why her boobies don't have any milk!! Where does she come up with this stuff?
Lia is growing way too quickly. She is becoming increasingly more independent at meal time. She has to hold her own spoon and she likes to have finger foods she can eat while I feed her her dinner. She is getting faster everyday with her "crawl" and is into everything within her reach. She put herself to sleep for her morning nap today - didn't make a peep. Just played in her crib for about 30 minutes and then fell fast asleep for 2 hours. I was shocked. Hopefully we can make that a habit!!
The girls both had good days today. We went on an afternoon shopping trip to Target and I let Emma walk rather than sticking her in the cart. She was thrilled. She walked around playing her harmonica. It really was the cutest thing ever. She seems to understand that if she runs away from me I'll catch her and stick her in the cart so she was really well behaved. I was pleasantly surprised! During bath time she asked Andrew why her boobies don't have any milk!! Where does she come up with this stuff?
Lia is growing way too quickly. She is becoming increasingly more independent at meal time. She has to hold her own spoon and she likes to have finger foods she can eat while I feed her her dinner. She is getting faster everyday with her "crawl" and is into everything within her reach. She put herself to sleep for her morning nap today - didn't make a peep. Just played in her crib for about 30 minutes and then fell fast asleep for 2 hours. I was shocked. Hopefully we can make that a habit!!
Sunday, March 2, 2008
The Kids
Lia: 7 1/2 months
Lia pulled herself up for the first time yesterday! I was giving her a bath in the infant tub and I turned around to grab her towel. When I turned back around she was holding onto the front of the tub and standing up! I couldn't believe it. She was really ticked off when I took her out of the tub. Lia started moving around a couple of weeks ago. She doesn't crawl on all 4s just yet, rather she kind of moves by combining an inchworm & commando crawl with rolling. It is very cute and she is pretty fast. She loves to play with her sister's toys - much more interesting than her own. Sleeping is going OK - not great though. For some reason I just can't let her cry it out yet. Maybe soon though.
Emma: 30 months
Emma is quite the ham. She is really into building things at the moment. She'll line up her toys and other household items (like chair cushions) and tell me she made a house or built a bridge. She also runs, jumps, balances on one leg, hits, yells and makes a really nasty mean face! A very typical 2 1/2 year old. Emma is very sweet most of the time, but she is definitely a toddler!
Lia pulled herself up for the first time yesterday! I was giving her a bath in the infant tub and I turned around to grab her towel. When I turned back around she was holding onto the front of the tub and standing up! I couldn't believe it. She was really ticked off when I took her out of the tub. Lia started moving around a couple of weeks ago. She doesn't crawl on all 4s just yet, rather she kind of moves by combining an inchworm & commando crawl with rolling. It is very cute and she is pretty fast. She loves to play with her sister's toys - much more interesting than her own. Sleeping is going OK - not great though. For some reason I just can't let her cry it out yet. Maybe soon though.
Emma: 30 months
Emma is quite the ham. She is really into building things at the moment. She'll line up her toys and other household items (like chair cushions) and tell me she made a house or built a bridge. She also runs, jumps, balances on one leg, hits, yells and makes a really nasty mean face! A very typical 2 1/2 year old. Emma is very sweet most of the time, but she is definitely a toddler!
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