Day 27 - No Applause When Entering A Room?

At the end of the 3 Day walk, at closing ceremonies, the crowds of thousands cheer and applaud the walkers and crew as they come into closing ceremonies. The closing speaker always jokes about how there will probably not be anyone clapping for you when you walk into the office on Monday. It gets tons of laughs because we realize how great it has been to cheer each other on all weekend and that no one every applauds our simple efforts.

Well tonight that was not the case. With 9 women in Book Club watching my proud baby girl show off, there was spontaneous applause. She was in the dining room and finishing dinner when most of them arrived. They have not see her stable walking yet and boy she couldn't wait. Well, she did wait patiently by her chair until everyone was looking at her. Then she smiled her huge smile, clasped her hands in front of her chest and slowly and dramatically began her walk to Ima. When she got to the carpet, she fell forward in a bow and everyone clapped. Yep, she got the applause when entering the room walking.

We think she's as cute as a button but this took the cake. She was a giggly mess of fun the whole evening and totally delights in the attention she gets as the youngest member of book club. Although... I am considering that the need for a sitter is going to arise shortly as she's just not going to let me relax and enjoy book club much longer.

Off to grab my sleep. She is let us sleep until 5:15 AM and then went back to bed after a bottle. BLISS.

Day 4 - Falling Back An Hour

With the worry over H last night we totally forgot we got an extra hour this morning. I don't think I've every forgotten to change my clocks! EVER! Until today... this is what being a mommy is all about. Constant motion, holes in my brain, and forgetting things. Most of this can be attributed to lack of deep sleep. Which was last night being up every 3-4 hours to soothe, feed, and hold a baby whose body was on fire.

I had plans to leave the house this morning at 8:45 AM and decided to keep those despite my lack of enough sleep. H got up at about 7 AM this morning and was seemingly happy, uninterested in eating, but giggly and smiley. So I showered, got dressed, and was literally on my way out the door calling my mom to let her know I was leaving. She was somewhat confused and asked me where I was going at 7:45 AM. Oh my gosh!!! I totally had forgotten the clocks and we were all up and ready to go. : )

We decided to head to a new place I discovered for yummy breakfast. H sat in her high chair and studied the menu that she had picked up from the table. When the waitress came over, she looked up at her, gave her her order, pointed to the menu, and looked up again for confirmation. She was SO CUTE! We do not eat out that much but she totally knew what to do.

I lost the extra hour of sleep this morning, but my sweet baby girl was ready for bed at 6 PM tonight, especially because she did not nap at all. Even with car rides around town didn't help her settle down. So we watched a video, had a bath, and played, so at 7 PM (the new hour) she was out within minutes and will hopefully last 12 hours. Now, I get my hour back to work on my online class and lesson plans. Maybe I'll get to sleep soon too.

Three Diapers Later

After her 8 PM bottle she promptly fell sound asleep. Since we were not at home, she happily snuggled into her carseat, hugged her homemade taggie blanket, and slept, well, like a baby. We got home about 45 minutes later and began the transfer to her crib. Warm and cozy against my chest, I got a whiff of the baby scent. . . except according to super sniffer daddy it was not the lovely baby scent we love.

Off to the changing table with a sleeping baby to get her fresh enough to go to bed for a long long night. She actually stayed asleep while I took care of business. Then she peed all over the clean diaper but mostly on the top of her onsie. Off with that diaper (while she semi-awoke and stayed happy). We had to wipe her down, take off the pads, and the clothes. We put another diaper under her and got the diaper rash cream ready to go and SHE PEED AGAIN! Off with that diaper and wipe her down again and start over. By this time, she was awake and not so happy.

We NASCAR PIT CREWED her on the ottoman (since there was not a clean pad on the changing table) and together we got her into new jammies. We had a bottle ready and she topped off with 2 more ounces at 9:30. She was so completely asleep that she allowed us to put her in the crib without making a move or sound.

Hmmm...we could be in a for a good night! At least we can hope.