This has been a difficult week. Lucy is cutting a tooth and she has been very mooddy and she has hardly slept at all. I don't sleep that well anyway so being up with her at all hours all week is really starting to take it is toll on me. Fortunately tonight is pottery! My one night away each week is very important to me! :)
Tonight we are going to try some more sleep training. Lucy was sleeping until 4 or 5am and then we would go in and lay down with her. She would usually go back to sleep for a few hours but lately it hasn't been working. Saturday she woke up at 4:30 and although she laid pretty quietly for a little while she never went back to sleep. I don't think our laying down with her is helping her sleep anymore, I think it might actually be making it harder for her to sleep. So tonight I won't be going in to lay down with her. It will probably be a rough night, but if it goes anything like past sleep training trails, it should only take a couple of nights, each night being less bad than the night before. My fingers are crossed and I am not looking forward to it but after being awake pretty much since 2am this morning (I dozed on and off until 6) I am willing to try anything.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Updated
I finally updated My videos! I think there are 10 new videos up.
Last night we went shopping and replaced the deceased fish. :) On Kim's recommendation we also medicated the tank, I hope it fixes it! Flushing fish isn't my favorite thing to do. While we were out we bought Lucy some new toys. She didn't have much to play with outside, so we got a water/sand wheel (with a funnel and wheels that spin around as the water or sand goes through), a bubble blowing lawn mower (!!!), her very own plastic lawn chair, and a popcorn popper (the thing you push around and the balls pop around inside). We have been playing with the popper, Dave thinks it might trick her into walking! Of course the weather has turned cold, a high only in the 40s today, so we can't play much with our other new stuff. :( I haven't put the mower together yet anyway. ;)
Last night we went shopping and replaced the deceased fish. :) On Kim's recommendation we also medicated the tank, I hope it fixes it! Flushing fish isn't my favorite thing to do. While we were out we bought Lucy some new toys. She didn't have much to play with outside, so we got a water/sand wheel (with a funnel and wheels that spin around as the water or sand goes through), a bubble blowing lawn mower (!!!), her very own plastic lawn chair, and a popcorn popper (the thing you push around and the balls pop around inside). We have been playing with the popper, Dave thinks it might trick her into walking! Of course the weather has turned cold, a high only in the 40s today, so we can't play much with our other new stuff. :( I haven't put the mower together yet anyway. ;)
Sunday, April 27, 2008
What a Day
Lucy was very moody today. She went from screeching at the highest pitch and loudest volume humanly possible to this lovey girl:
The day started off with Dave and I having terrible hangovers. On the plus side we had a great time at the Fireman's Banquet last night, on the negative side Lucy's screeching was a bit (to put it mildly) hard to handle. :) Fortunately Dave was feeling a bit better than I was so he took care of Lucy this morning until I was capable of leaving my zombie state. He was even nice enough to take Lucy out the house for a while! Isn't he the sweetest husband for taking care of his wife when it was her own stupidity that caused her zombie-like state?! :)
This morning a sad event occurred at our house (besides my hangover), we had to flush a fish. :( All three lasted almost a month, much longer than Dave thought they would. Today orangey died. He had been looking rough for almost a week. He had a sore or something on his side, and since the other two fish seem fine I don't think it was anything I did wrong. When I go to the pet store to buy a replacement I will ask them though.
In other news, we turned Lucy's car seat around today!!!! I have been waiting anxiously for this day to come, she finally weighs enough (20 lbs according tot he bathroom scale)!!! I was pretty disappointed in her response though, she didn't seem to care at all. I thought she would be excited to be able to see out of the windows, but she wasn't. :( We can finally recline the front seats now, with the car seat facing backwards it was too close to lean the seats at all.
Lately we have had a small herd of deer visiting our yard, well just beyond our back fence. They don't mind Mae at all, surprisingly, and it doesn't bother them if we walk up t
o the fence. Dave took a couple of pictures this morning.
There is some "evidence" that they have been in our yard too. It is weird because we are right in the middle of the village. It reminds what a small village this is. :)
What last thing I can remember that I wanted to write about. Lucy has been a bit moody for the last week and today I found out why. She is finally getting some more bottom teeth. I saw one tooth that is almost through. Lucy likes to eat pretty much everything but there are a few things I won't give her because she doesn't have enough teeth, so I am glad to see her getting some more. I was starting to worry a bit because the baby books all show what order the teeth are supposed to come in but hers were not following along. Seems like everything is fine though, but if they hadn't started soon I was going to take her to the dentist. Lucy was just doing things her own way, as usual. :)
The day started off with Dave and I having terrible hangovers. On the plus side we had a great time at the Fireman's Banquet last night, on the negative side Lucy's screeching was a bit (to put it mildly) hard to handle. :) Fortunately Dave was feeling a bit better than I was so he took care of Lucy this morning until I was capable of leaving my zombie state. He was even nice enough to take Lucy out the house for a while! Isn't he the sweetest husband for taking care of his wife when it was her own stupidity that caused her zombie-like state?! :)
This morning a sad event occurred at our house (besides my hangover), we had to flush a fish. :( All three lasted almost a month, much longer than Dave thought they would. Today orangey died. He had been looking rough for almost a week. He had a sore or something on his side, and since the other two fish seem fine I don't think it was anything I did wrong. When I go to the pet store to buy a replacement I will ask them though.
In other news, we turned Lucy's car seat around today!!!! I have been waiting anxiously for this day to come, she finally weighs enough (20 lbs according tot he bathroom scale)!!! I was pretty disappointed in her response though, she didn't seem to care at all. I thought she would be excited to be able to see out of the windows, but she wasn't. :( We can finally recline the front seats now, with the car seat facing backwards it was too close to lean the seats at all.
Lately we have had a small herd of deer visiting our yard, well just beyond our back fence. They don't mind Mae at all, surprisingly, and it doesn't bother them if we walk up t
o the fence. Dave took a couple of pictures this morning.
There is some "evidence" that they have been in our yard too. It is weird because we are right in the middle of the village. It reminds what a small village this is. :)
What last thing I can remember that I wanted to write about. Lucy has been a bit moody for the last week and today I found out why. She is finally getting some more bottom teeth. I saw one tooth that is almost through. Lucy likes to eat pretty much everything but there are a few things I won't give her because she doesn't have enough teeth, so I am glad to see her getting some more. I was starting to worry a bit because the baby books all show what order the teeth are supposed to come in but hers were not following along. Seems like everything is fine though, but if they hadn't started soon I was going to take her to the dentist. Lucy was just doing things her own way, as usual. :)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
If only....
there were more days in a week (weekend days of course), more hours in a day (for sleeping of course), more money in a paycheck (to spend not on bills of course)...
I just got home from pottery and I am wishing I could find more time for it. There are so many things I would like to make and techniques I would like to try. Oh well, I'll love it when I can.
Today Lucy and I went for a bike ride with our new bike and trailer. I am having fun, I'm not sure yet if she is. It seems like it is a bumpier ride than in the stroller. She hasn't cried or growled, her way of saying "stop it", but she hasn't been laughing either. I can certainly use the exercise so we will keep at it.
What else is new? we have playing outside lots. Lucy got a sandbox from one of the girls at the office whose daughter had out grown it. We are having lots of fun with that.
Lucy is talking lots, some of it we can actually understand. All dogs are named Beau, and all things feel cold. Some of the time she calls Mae by the right name and she would say "Ab" when we corrected her about my brother's dog this weekend. She has finally started using a few signs too. She does "more' and "all done". She has even started using those signs for things other than food. :) She used her sign and said more to Kim today to get her to play more! She is trying very hard to use words, I am so proud of her!
She is doing lots of funny stuff now. She likes to rub her head on Daddy's goatee. Kim was tickling Lucy's face with Beau's ear, and Lucy would giggle and giggle, very cute! She can now go down stairs, that one surprised me. Last week Oma said "she is so good at going down the stairs" and I said "What?! she go down stairs?! Without cracking her head open?" :) I guess that just because I am a stay-at-home-mom doesn't mean that I am the first to know everything.
I find myself taking videos of her constantly lately because she is doing so many new things. I will try to get some videos uploaded tomorrow. I did pictures today, check them out.
I just got home from pottery and I am wishing I could find more time for it. There are so many things I would like to make and techniques I would like to try. Oh well, I'll love it when I can.
Today Lucy and I went for a bike ride with our new bike and trailer. I am having fun, I'm not sure yet if she is. It seems like it is a bumpier ride than in the stroller. She hasn't cried or growled, her way of saying "stop it", but she hasn't been laughing either. I can certainly use the exercise so we will keep at it.
What else is new? we have playing outside lots. Lucy got a sandbox from one of the girls at the office whose daughter had out grown it. We are having lots of fun with that.
Lucy is talking lots, some of it we can actually understand. All dogs are named Beau, and all things feel cold. Some of the time she calls Mae by the right name and she would say "Ab" when we corrected her about my brother's dog this weekend. She has finally started using a few signs too. She does "more' and "all done". She has even started using those signs for things other than food. :) She used her sign and said more to Kim today to get her to play more! She is trying very hard to use words, I am so proud of her!
She is doing lots of funny stuff now. She likes to rub her head on Daddy's goatee. Kim was tickling Lucy's face with Beau's ear, and Lucy would giggle and giggle, very cute! She can now go down stairs, that one surprised me. Last week Oma said "she is so good at going down the stairs" and I said "What?! she go down stairs?! Without cracking her head open?" :) I guess that just because I am a stay-at-home-mom doesn't mean that I am the first to know everything.
I find myself taking videos of her constantly lately because she is doing so many new things. I will try to get some videos uploaded tomorrow. I did pictures today, check them out.
Lucy and Abby
Abby is still a puppy with all of that puppy energy. It was a bit much for Lucy some of the time, but mostly she liked it. She even learned to say "Ab" (she has been calling all dogs Beau lately). Oh, Abby is Uncle Freddy and Aunt Gina's dog.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
It's finally spring!
It has been really warm here, so I dragged my hammock out of the shed and I have been lounging on it ever since. I wish!
We've been busy as usual. We spent the weekend at my parent's house (it was my birthday on Saturday). We haven't been away overnight anywhere in a long time, I think our last overnight trip was to see Molly when she was born! Needless to say it was a long overdue trip, and it didn't go well. :( Actually, just the first night was bad. Being somewhere different did not lend itself well to Lucy sleeping. She didn't sleep at at all actually. We were awake almost all of Friday night, at about three we tried something I didn't think I would do for a few years yet, we turned the TV on and tried to get Lucy to watch it. Bad parenting I know but I was desperate!!!!! Of course since she is only 1 her attention span is only about three seconds long so it didn't work anyway. (I've figured out that Lucy's attention span might actually be shorter than our new goldfish's memories.)
Anyway, after many cups of coffee, Saturday was a nice day. We went out to lunch and then took Lucy to the park.
Sunday we came home and Lucy took her first dip in the hot tub for this year. It was about 80 out, so they turned the hot tub down to 94, just like bath water. Lucy splashed and then slept soundly that night!
So we have been playing outside lots and generally trying to enjoy the nice weather while it lasts. It is only April 22 and we are in upstate NY which means it will probably snow again! :)
Today we went shopping to buy some summer clothes. Lucy got a few summery things for her birthday but she didn't have any shorts and she needed a few more t-shirts. I also bought her her first pair of real shoes! We went to Stride-Rite so that she could be properly fitted and so that I could shell out big bucks for little itty bitty shoes! Good shoes are worth good money, I keep reminding myself. Anyway, here's a picture:
Aren't they cute! Unfortunately, Lucy is such a midget that I only had two styles to pick from that came in her size! She is a two and a half! (That is really really little!!!) Oh well, I think these ones are pretty cool.
The big thing that happened since I last posted is that Dave bought me a new bike for my birthday and today Jim and Evie gave me a trailer for it so I can tow Lucy around! I am so excited!!!! Tomorrow I am going to put the trailer together (I am too tired tonight and Dave is gone on a fire call) and cruise around town! Right now though, I am going to take some allergy medicine and go chill on the couch where I will probably fall asleep until Dave gets home and wakes me up. :)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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