So it turns out that being a mom leaves little time to write blog things, who knew? :)
So food has become like a big thing. We are up to three nice real meals like big people, breakfast, lunch, and supper with around three bottles milk mixed in. And she really likes it. Peaches wasn't a big winner the other day but it was the first time so we'll give it another go another time. And applesauce is a surprise fave after the horrible first time she had it. She loves her veggies most, though. She even likes her oatmeal and rice cereal. She gets oatmeal for breakfast with fruit, lunch is veggies with a little bit of fruit if she wants, and then veggies and pruney rice for supper. Ahh pruney rice. You see I read somewhere that rice cereal especially can cause some poopy problems and Norah is already a bit prone to have such issues, so we fix it with making the rice with prune juice. But the child doesn't like it just made with prune juice, she wants both the milk in it and prune juice. I know sounds totally gross but she likes it and it well, not to put too fine a point on it, it keeps things movin'.
We also have a big announcement to make. Norah has a tooth! Her bottom front right one. She had been having a terrible time a couple of weeks ago, like horrible. So horrible I was ready to conclude I had suddenly become a horrible mother. Then, exactly one week after Memorial Day, she wanted to chew on my finger, like she has been for a while, and it felt like she had a very sharp rock in there. It hurt! But I was very happy/relieved that there was a purpose to all we went through. Now I am handling her crazy screaming crying and anger with more "Melinda-style" calmness and humor because I know what it wrong and it isn't me.
She is starting to work on the crawling thing, too. She gets up on her hands and knees, or more often elbows and knees but then her knees slide down and she goes backwards. Its kind of sad/funny to watch her get so irritated that the toy she wants is getting farther away from her. That is until she realizes that she had hit the hardwood and can now just scoot herself around. Its kind of like a game to pop into the kitchen and come back and have to find the baby.
She laughs all the time now. And the poor child has inherited my laugh. It has been confirmed both by her father and by my best friend. I can't even really describe it, maybe one of the previously mentioned parties can describe it but it is my laugh. It is cuter on her than it is on me though.
What else, umm...I've been yard sale-ing and even got to haggle with a very nice lady for some wooden blocks and she let me have them for what I asked. Go me. I got lots of clothes for her, mostly for the future cause I feel grown up when I do stuff like that. I think I am planning on moving all of our movies into a CD case thing and maybe use the entertainment center for some of her toys and books. I had to buy an 18 month swimsuit to fit my long torso-ed baby girl. I have a toaster oven in my living room still in the box because even though I know it won't fit in our kitchen I want it bad enough that I still can't admit it.
So with this blog I have opened up lots of my life and I think have benefited from it. So here is the gate opening to a mine field (be gentle). I have been walking with Norah like four or five days a week, whenever we can. I actually only gained like 6lbs above my pre-pregnancy weight while carrying the girls (thank you morning sickness that lasted all day for months) so when I had them, I lost like 40lbs very fast. And I have kept that off. I know, shouldn't be that big of a deal but I have kept it off while being home with snacks near to me. As of my last drs appt, I have even lost a couple of more. This needs to be like the church thing, where nobody says too much, I just get to open up about it. I like walking with her, even bought a pedometer so I can make sure I walk as far as I intend to. The stroller my grandparents bought us is sure getting lots of use. So there's that. I just wanted to write it down somewhere so that it was in the world. I don't have any real goals that will make me crazy and sabotage my self worth even more than it's already damaged, I just am going to go on long walks with my daughter at a fairly brisk pace and try not to only eat cookies we get home. That is all.
And I think that's all I got for now. Thanks for reading. Now stand up! Everybody do the Hot Dog Dance! Hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog! We got it ears, its time for cheers! Hot dog hot dog, oh problem soollllved!!! Hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog.....
