This doesn't do your it justice but this was my attempt to capture our horsing around and your beautiful giggle!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Three Months Old!
Well, little Violet, you don't feel so little any more! You have a very solid feel to you now... so it's just slightly less terrifying to carry and move you around. I think there must be a name for the phenomenon that is the feeling you've doubled in weight when you're asleep in our arms. But it is such an amazing feeling. You'll never get a complaint out of us! Ah, the first paragraph and we're already talking about sleep. It's still pretty darn good in this house. You still sleep with us and besides the occasional night during which you squirm and flail for a good portion of the wee morning hours, we are feeling rested. My OBGYN had a warning that I think has been proven correct... while pregnant I woke up at 1:30 a.m. frequently and sometimes had trouble sleeping for a few hours after that. That was occasionally my time for a little snack! She predicted that time might just be your waking hours and she was right. You probably started waking me up around that time months before you were born!
So, these last few weeks I've been making more of an effort to identify your sleepy times and get you down for a nap. It's working! Today was a big leap in my view. We had your usual 9:30 nap. You slept in your carrier for awhile when we ran errand around 12:00 p.m. AND I laid down with you for an afternoon nap! That one is the tough one but you slept for about an hour and a half. And now, I set you in your swing and you're out again. It's around the earlier bedtime I was going to start trying for but you did it all on your own. That swing is usually only good for about 10 minutes of entertainment but you're out. That's my well-rested little girl!!
Your amazing development continues. You are so into your hands right now! You look at them and watch them explore whatever's within reach. We love to lean over you so you can touch our faces or hold up our hands and you put yours against it. I wonder if you can actually identify them as the same thing... just one much bigger! You hold onto your rattle now and like to "pet" your softie. I think that's what they're called. We got several of these wonderful little blanket toys that also have a head. What a strange description! The one you seem to like the best right now is white and rattles. It is super soft. It was a gift to me from one of my 1st grade students when I told them I was pregnant. I love thinking about those kids and imagining you at that age when you play with it.
So, these last few weeks I've been making more of an effort to identify your sleepy times and get you down for a nap. It's working! Today was a big leap in my view. We had your usual 9:30 nap. You slept in your carrier for awhile when we ran errand around 12:00 p.m. AND I laid down with you for an afternoon nap! That one is the tough one but you slept for about an hour and a half. And now, I set you in your swing and you're out again. It's around the earlier bedtime I was going to start trying for but you did it all on your own. That swing is usually only good for about 10 minutes of entertainment but you're out. That's my well-rested little girl!!
Your amazing development continues. You are so into your hands right now! You look at them and watch them explore whatever's within reach. We love to lean over you so you can touch our faces or hold up our hands and you put yours against it. I wonder if you can actually identify them as the same thing... just one much bigger! You hold onto your rattle now and like to "pet" your softie. I think that's what they're called. We got several of these wonderful little blanket toys that also have a head. What a strange description! The one you seem to like the best right now is white and rattles. It is super soft. It was a gift to me from one of my 1st grade students when I told them I was pregnant. I love thinking about those kids and imagining you at that age when you play with it.
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