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last week, adeline didn't watch more than 1 (maybe 2 if she's very lucky) tv shows back to back. this week, right now in fact, we're on #3 for the morning. & yes, it's only around 8:45. *sigh* learning to let go & do anything possible to make everyone's lives a bit more easy, relaxed, etc.
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yesterday amelia was like curious george or maybe even sid the science kid. she wanted to get involved in everything. i really enjoy this age, i think i've mentioned that before. i mean, what can be cuter than a baby crawling around learning how things work?! so yesterday she was stuck in these locations: bottom of exersaucer (rolling around), on the 2nd step of our indoor stairs, underneath the 2-step ladder on their indoor slide, stuck belly/face-on to the slide with all 4's planted firmly, on the 1st step of the slide ladder, under addy's swing as addy was swinging (stay very close to the ground amelia or else your head will be severely conked), on the outdoor slide trying to climb up, in the mini ditch we have separating our yard & gardens (also read: amelia covered in mud!), COVERED in weeds from my hours spent pulling weeds (she pulled them out from my 'weed wagon' which is not as exciting as it may seem. i'm talking about actual garden weeds, not the kind you smoke, lol). amelia was also stuck on the bed in the playroom (we have another mattress on the floor, so it would be a soft landing if she did fall, but apparently addy somehow managed to pull/push amelia up to the bed?!) yea, amelia was a bit shaken up by that & right as i was walking int other room to see why she was crying, she did the head dive off the bed & onto the lower mattress on the floor. i ran over to her ready to comfort a crying baby & she looked up at me with sparkles in her eyes & clapped her hands. i love my kids, they are so adventurous!
amelia also has discovered her favorite toy of all time: a battery operated maraca that changes colors, sings songs, & counts (in english & spanish!). she has learned to crawl with it, to cruise along furniture with it, to hold onto it like her life depends on it when in a store or at church or anywhere. i've had 2 people lean over to me & say 'i think your phone is ringing' to which i listen for a second & then say, 'nope it's just my daughter's maraca' lol.
amelia also pulled some flowers out of the beds--grrrrrr-- consequently getting her first disciplinary action. i said 'no no, amelia, no no'. she looked at me & grinned, pulled more flowers out. i moved her away about 2 feet, turning her attention to the water table. i looked back 5 seconds later & amelia was there again at the flowers, pulling them out! i sighed & thought 'now is the time, so sorry baby'. i went over & with more UMPH said 'no NO baby, & flicked her hand (lightly, okay, i can't do anything else right now ya know?). she grabbed the flicked hand & looked at me with the most sorrowful sad eyes. i nearly started to cry myself! then she looked at the flowers again & i said 'no no baby, please stay away' & she looked at me again & crawled over to the water table. success! thankfully they were these ground cover plants that you really just can't kill in any way, so i just put them back in the soil & they are happy again today.
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yesterday i did a fair amount of stuff around the house to keep my mind off of harold. i vacuumed the house (including steps!), did 5 loads of laundry, folded, put away all that laundry, went through 3 large tubs of baby clothes, & weeded 3 of the 5 veggie gardens (one being very in need & large, ugh). plus playing with the girls. exhausting, but important to keep busy right now.
& i am developing a top 10 things to do before harold & i depart. here's my list so far:
so i guess it's more like a top 18? i'm sure by the time i am done with this list, it will be a top 30. or maybe a top 40? lol.
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amelia has her 9 month well baby check up today. yes, it's about 1 month late, but that's what happens when you try to make the appointment 1 week before her 9th month. slacker mom! on a good note, i'm beginning to think that amelia is not allergic to our dog! she hasn't had the allergy meds for a few days now (b/c they give her diarrhea, poor kiddo) but she also hasn't had the severely itchy eyes & nose that basically doesn't run but jogs (bad joke, lol). so i'm not sure what we'll find out next.
what else? well, adeline is doing excellent at peeing in the potty. she is also a speed stripper! look away (especially if we're outside!?) & then look back at her & suddenly she's naked & sitting/standing in her water table or attempting to go down the slide (yea, doesn't work so well with a nude bottom). i have learned from heather (the recent birthday girl) that her daughter loves to be naked also, which makes me feel much better! it seems her daughter does this inside, though...outside is not the best place to discover your love for nudity...maybe for addy's birthday we will take her to a nudist colony? lol! i think that may be too much anatomy lesson at such a young age, though. *smile*
& addy's first expressive speech delay play group is thursday morning! i am hoping to swap numbers with other parents there to set up independent play dates. wish me luck.
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thanks to everyone who has been praying for me & my family. i am feeling much more peace about harold & the surgery. i know it's good to cry, but i am so tired of crying! i want to wear my contacts again at some point, ya know. (crying with contacts in is very difficult. then they get all cloudy after the fact, so i have to take them out anyway... etc etc). i never knew i had such a praying group of friends, but it's good to know now.
& now we are off to the library to return a book of mine, pick up another for myself & see how addy's 2nd library trip goes (the first ended in a MASSIVE tantrum, sigh, let's hope that doesn't happen again. i plan to bring plenty of bribery snacks in case she begins to lean that way...).
also, if you have any ideas on books to read while held up in bed for a few weeks, send them along. i just finished 'the bridegroom stories' & am halfway through 'the time traveler's wife' (sooo good!) & today am picking up 'the book thief'. i'm not so much into sci-fi & mostly not into mysteries, although i may take whatever i can get my hands on, as i can get through a 400 page book in one day if i let myself. & well, weeks in bed could = 20 books or more!!! maybe i'll stick to tv show dvds also...
***
yesterday amelia was like curious george or maybe even sid the science kid. she wanted to get involved in everything. i really enjoy this age, i think i've mentioned that before. i mean, what can be cuter than a baby crawling around learning how things work?! so yesterday she was stuck in these locations: bottom of exersaucer (rolling around), on the 2nd step of our indoor stairs, underneath the 2-step ladder on their indoor slide, stuck belly/face-on to the slide with all 4's planted firmly, on the 1st step of the slide ladder, under addy's swing as addy was swinging (stay very close to the ground amelia or else your head will be severely conked), on the outdoor slide trying to climb up, in the mini ditch we have separating our yard & gardens (also read: amelia covered in mud!), COVERED in weeds from my hours spent pulling weeds (she pulled them out from my 'weed wagon' which is not as exciting as it may seem. i'm talking about actual garden weeds, not the kind you smoke, lol). amelia was also stuck on the bed in the playroom (we have another mattress on the floor, so it would be a soft landing if she did fall, but apparently addy somehow managed to pull/push amelia up to the bed?!) yea, amelia was a bit shaken up by that & right as i was walking int other room to see why she was crying, she did the head dive off the bed & onto the lower mattress on the floor. i ran over to her ready to comfort a crying baby & she looked up at me with sparkles in her eyes & clapped her hands. i love my kids, they are so adventurous!
amelia also has discovered her favorite toy of all time: a battery operated maraca that changes colors, sings songs, & counts (in english & spanish!). she has learned to crawl with it, to cruise along furniture with it, to hold onto it like her life depends on it when in a store or at church or anywhere. i've had 2 people lean over to me & say 'i think your phone is ringing' to which i listen for a second & then say, 'nope it's just my daughter's maraca' lol.
amelia also pulled some flowers out of the beds--grrrrrr-- consequently getting her first disciplinary action. i said 'no no, amelia, no no'. she looked at me & grinned, pulled more flowers out. i moved her away about 2 feet, turning her attention to the water table. i looked back 5 seconds later & amelia was there again at the flowers, pulling them out! i sighed & thought 'now is the time, so sorry baby'. i went over & with more UMPH said 'no NO baby, & flicked her hand (lightly, okay, i can't do anything else right now ya know?). she grabbed the flicked hand & looked at me with the most sorrowful sad eyes. i nearly started to cry myself! then she looked at the flowers again & i said 'no no baby, please stay away' & she looked at me again & crawled over to the water table. success! thankfully they were these ground cover plants that you really just can't kill in any way, so i just put them back in the soil & they are happy again today.
***
yesterday i did a fair amount of stuff around the house to keep my mind off of harold. i vacuumed the house (including steps!), did 5 loads of laundry, folded, put away all that laundry, went through 3 large tubs of baby clothes, & weeded 3 of the 5 veggie gardens (one being very in need & large, ugh). plus playing with the girls. exhausting, but important to keep busy right now.
& i am developing a top 10 things to do before harold & i depart. here's my list so far:
1. spend a weekend away with my hubby (i'm thinking michigan?)
2. spend weekend (4th of july?) with my family
3. spend upcoming weekend with in-laws
4. garage sale to clean up the basement a bit (so the folks who come to help us out for a few weeks post-op won't be scared away by our basement clutter) & get rid of all the baby stuff we have laying around. babies have so much stuff! i was going to get a table at the westerville baby sale in august, but that's not going to be possible now.
5. learn more signs & find these signing cards that addy's speech therapist was talking about
6. organize the time post-op, such as when certain people will be here with the girls, etc
7. finish our bedroom (painting, put up pics)
8. develop amelia's pictures from her 1st year & get them framed (i am terrible at doing this as-they-grow. it's more of a one shot deal, once a year for me).
9. have a fun day planned with my girls & their twin cousins
10. purchase the girls' birthday gifts (as i still may be out of it when their birthdays come around in august & september). hurrah! my sister & mom have offered to take on amelia's first birthday party. i will for sure not be able to plan it or bake for it as i wanted to, so they are in charge! hopefully i'll be with it enough to do addy's party.
11. get together with my grandma to tell her about harold...she is not in the loop yet. partly b/c i don't want to tell her over the phone & also partly b/c it's just going to be hard on her.
12. a trip to ikea! ikea always makes my heart smile, lol.
13. oh yea, throw wes a fun birthday on thursday!
14. get addy's allergy blood work done. (she had another bad reaction over the weekend...we need to get this figured out!)
15. wash our windows (they haven't been washed since we moved in 2 years ago!)
16. set up continuous playdates for addy for the summer
17. write down the girls' schedules & try to get the routine solid before other's take over their care for awhile. i'm thinking the best way for them to transition is to have a daily schedule that everyone can stick to. so it's not a total shock & change when mom isn't in charge for awhile. *sniff sniff*
18. spend more time playing with my girls rather then checking items off this list. (ouch, heidi)
2. spend weekend (4th of july?) with my family
3. spend upcoming weekend with in-laws
4. garage sale to clean up the basement a bit (so the folks who come to help us out for a few weeks post-op won't be scared away by our basement clutter) & get rid of all the baby stuff we have laying around. babies have so much stuff! i was going to get a table at the westerville baby sale in august, but that's not going to be possible now.
5. learn more signs & find these signing cards that addy's speech therapist was talking about
6. organize the time post-op, such as when certain people will be here with the girls, etc
7. finish our bedroom (painting, put up pics)
8. develop amelia's pictures from her 1st year & get them framed (i am terrible at doing this as-they-grow. it's more of a one shot deal, once a year for me).
9. have a fun day planned with my girls & their twin cousins
10. purchase the girls' birthday gifts (as i still may be out of it when their birthdays come around in august & september). hurrah! my sister & mom have offered to take on amelia's first birthday party. i will for sure not be able to plan it or bake for it as i wanted to, so they are in charge! hopefully i'll be with it enough to do addy's party.
11. get together with my grandma to tell her about harold...she is not in the loop yet. partly b/c i don't want to tell her over the phone & also partly b/c it's just going to be hard on her.
12. a trip to ikea! ikea always makes my heart smile, lol.
13. oh yea, throw wes a fun birthday on thursday!
14. get addy's allergy blood work done. (she had another bad reaction over the weekend...we need to get this figured out!)
15. wash our windows (they haven't been washed since we moved in 2 years ago!)
16. set up continuous playdates for addy for the summer
17. write down the girls' schedules & try to get the routine solid before other's take over their care for awhile. i'm thinking the best way for them to transition is to have a daily schedule that everyone can stick to. so it's not a total shock & change when mom isn't in charge for awhile. *sniff sniff*
18. spend more time playing with my girls rather then checking items off this list. (ouch, heidi)
so i guess it's more like a top 18? i'm sure by the time i am done with this list, it will be a top 30. or maybe a top 40? lol.
***
amelia has her 9 month well baby check up today. yes, it's about 1 month late, but that's what happens when you try to make the appointment 1 week before her 9th month. slacker mom! on a good note, i'm beginning to think that amelia is not allergic to our dog! she hasn't had the allergy meds for a few days now (b/c they give her diarrhea, poor kiddo) but she also hasn't had the severely itchy eyes & nose that basically doesn't run but jogs (bad joke, lol). so i'm not sure what we'll find out next.
what else? well, adeline is doing excellent at peeing in the potty. she is also a speed stripper! look away (especially if we're outside!?) & then look back at her & suddenly she's naked & sitting/standing in her water table or attempting to go down the slide (yea, doesn't work so well with a nude bottom). i have learned from heather (the recent birthday girl) that her daughter loves to be naked also, which makes me feel much better! it seems her daughter does this inside, though...outside is not the best place to discover your love for nudity...maybe for addy's birthday we will take her to a nudist colony? lol! i think that may be too much anatomy lesson at such a young age, though. *smile*
& addy's first expressive speech delay play group is thursday morning! i am hoping to swap numbers with other parents there to set up independent play dates. wish me luck.
***
thanks to everyone who has been praying for me & my family. i am feeling much more peace about harold & the surgery. i know it's good to cry, but i am so tired of crying! i want to wear my contacts again at some point, ya know. (crying with contacts in is very difficult. then they get all cloudy after the fact, so i have to take them out anyway... etc etc). i never knew i had such a praying group of friends, but it's good to know now.
& now we are off to the library to return a book of mine, pick up another for myself & see how addy's 2nd library trip goes (the first ended in a MASSIVE tantrum, sigh, let's hope that doesn't happen again. i plan to bring plenty of bribery snacks in case she begins to lean that way...).
also, if you have any ideas on books to read while held up in bed for a few weeks, send them along. i just finished 'the bridegroom stories' & am halfway through 'the time traveler's wife' (sooo good!) & today am picking up 'the book thief'. i'm not so much into sci-fi & mostly not into mysteries, although i may take whatever i can get my hands on, as i can get through a 400 page book in one day if i let myself. & well, weeks in bed could = 20 books or more!!! maybe i'll stick to tv show dvds also...
3 comments:
Have I suggested "Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon before? If not, I highly recommend it -- one of the best books I've read. Also, a big thick book with great characters -- "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett.
i am SO excited to hear how addy's playgroup goes tomorrow! yes, good luck on connecting with other parents to set up some more stuff.
oh the time travelers wife. it's the best book, period. i wish i could go back in time and read it anew! the book thief was almost as addictive - i hope you like it :)
praying for you every day girl!
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