Things are fine around here...it had just gotten to the point of needing to voice some frustrations. After her hour in the crib today, I got her up and we took a shower and got dressed. Then she proceeded to eat EVERYTHING I gave her for lunch- very abnormal. For the rest of the day she still bothered the chairs, but listened to me when I told her get get down. Perhaps just a few more days of telling her no and doing time outs and she'll realize she's not going to win.
I think the hard thing is that I only have three weeks left with her. I wanted to be able to take her places and do things with her, but it's just too difficult. I learned early on from my friend Valerie that having a child is all about reorganizing your expectations of how you want things to go into how things are really going to be. So- I guess it's just not a good time for her. Right now she's just too busy and strong willed for me to be able to carry things out as perfectly as I'd planned...such is life.
Here are the things that constantly amaze and overjoy me about my daughter:
She LOVES to give kisses. She'd probably kiss the man standing next to me in the store if I told her to.
When I (or really anyone) walks in the door she gets a huge smile on her face and says "Haaaahhh" (Hi.) It's totally cute.
She thinks "mama" means "up."
She knows a MILLION animal sounds, but hardly any body parts.
She likes to drag things backwards.
She loves to bring us books and sit on our laps while we read/sing them to her.
Her giggles are awesome.
She claps for herself.
When I am getting her a cup of milk she sits down on the kitchen floor and stares right at me banging her feet in excitement. After I give it to her she lays flat on her back drinking it.
She gets totally excited when she sees her blanket and carries it around in her mouth.
When she sees a soft blanket she cuddles it, lays on the floor with it and says "nighnigh?"
She loves to dance. Even in her highchair.
She loves music as much as I do.
She loves to hide and then peek out at you and laugh.
Alright, so you get the picture. She's my everything...but sometimes even the most perfect thing can be overwhelming, eh?
No comments:
Post a Comment