Finally Friday

02/15/08

Last night went pretty well! Aria got up a couple of times, but went back down quickly. She woke up the first time at 4:00, so that is practically morning, and was more than 6 hours of sleep. I can’t complain!

She fell asleep last night grasping onto the bar of the crib. She continued holding onto it for a long time, even though she was sound asleep.

Today she was chasing her doggy, Zig, and Zig ran out the doggy door. Aria crashed into the doggy door in her walker... and then stood there. Zig poked his head in the doggy door to come back in, but couldn’t because Aria was blocking the way. Aria was looking at him like “hurry up! C’mon back in!”

She rolled onto the tile, and scooted all around the tile floor. She can scoot and slide her way around all over. I was thinking that she shouldn’t be on the tile bc she could bonk her head on it when she rolls, but, she’s not. She rolls with her head up when she’s on tile, I guess. Hmmm….

Late in the morning we spoke with Auntie Alethea. We are very excited for a new cousin to be born!! February 20th is her due date, and can’t come soon enough!

In the late afternoon, I tried to take a nap. I laid down in bed with Aria, and thought she might take a nap, too. I closed my eyes and Aria grabbed my hair and straightened out her arm (aka pulled my hair…). I smoothed my hair back, so that there wouldn’t be any hairs for her to pull coming out of my ponytail. I close my eyes, and she does it again. I’m really tired, so I try to give her her pacifier to play with. No, that is boring, says Aria. Next, I give her one of her shoes to play with. OK, that is a little more fun. She is looking at the shoe and turning it in her little hand, and playing a little with the Velcro strap. I shut my eyes. Aria starts to hit me on the head with the shoe. So much for a nap! Oh well…

I got up and got ready to go out to dinner. Matthew and I went to Rockfish for dinner, and Gramma and Grampa babysat. As I dropped Aria off, and said goodbye, she didn’t even look my direction as I walked away. Gramma and Grampa must be lots of fun!

Sesame Street - Hair predicament

02/01/08

Well, last night went about the same as the night before. She went to sleep at 11:00, and up at 2 am crying very hard. Daddy got up with her. She ended up in bed with me, and was still crying. I nursed her, and she fell asleep. Hmmm…. This time I put her back into her crib once she fell asleep. Then she slept until 7:30. I changed her diaper, and then put on my glasses. She actually laughed at me when my glasses were on.

Now it’s 9:00 and I’m working and she’s watching Sesame Street which is again about hair! What are they trying to do to my poor baby’s self esteem?? The word on the street today is predicament. I think she’s in a hair predicament.

We had a little scream fest this morning. She started screaming again, by the way. That started up again last night. Last night she screamed and screamed SO loud that I thought for sure the neighbors would hear and think something was wrong. This morning, she’d scream, and I’d scream back (I’d try to scream as high as she did). We did this back and forth for awhile. Fun times. Now she has taken her walker to the front door and is just standing there.

We went to the toy store at lunchtime. I got you a piano toy and a teether toy that I hope you like! We’re home now and so far you like to chew on my shirt better…

Now we’re in the office/studio/playroom that has carpet. It’s harder for me to use my laptop in here, but more carpet for Aria to scoot around. Her 2 forms of getting from place to place are her walker and rolling. She is rolling all around this room. She keeps rolling right onto the tile. Who needs crawling or walking when you can roll everywhere you go, right?… hmmm… she’s not even attempting a crawl/scoot/inchworm/whatever.

For dinner Aria had Garden Veggies baby food. First time eating zucchini ;-)

She went to bed early – about 9:30… we’ll see how the night goes! Wish us all luck and a good night sleep!