This entry will only hold things about how wonderful my daughter is, because I'm sure you're all tired of listening to me gripe about work. Okay - two sentences: My last day in my old job is Jan 14, and I get an exit interview there where I will not be shy about telling them how awful a manager Tom is. He did not hold back in his criticisms of me in my performance review, which he was clear in telling me is only his opinion and not based in any fact or evidence of my accomplishments this year. *sigh*. That is all.
Emily surprised me today, and I'm afraid I'll look like a careless mother by telling you all this but I didn't think it would be a problem at the time. I had her propped up, sitting leaning on some pillows on my bed while I emptied the trash in my room and straightened up a few things. (She likes to look around while I talk to her.) She managed to lean forward and roll to the side, so when I looked up she was on her tummy on the bed!! The weirdest part is that she generally doesn't like tummy time so much, and you'd think she'd have been surprised or upset that she had fallen forward like that, but she didn't make a peep when it happened. I am glad I had her in the middle of the bed and not on the edge or she might've tumbled off. Creeps me out to think about that!
Emily loves the piano. She fell asleep in my lap one day while I played with one hand, so the next day I put her in my front carrier (which she loves, for this or for just walking around the house). She faces forward and puts one hand on each of my arms, and just watches me play. I can see her reflection in the gloss of the piano, and she is so concentrated on my hands, watching the black and white keys or the black and white music. I love it!
She had her first day at daycare yesterday. Our provider's name is Amanda, and she has a little girl named Emma and a boy named Brady, and she is wonderful. It was a little unnerving when I dropped her off, because Amanda's youngest was crying and sick with a cough, and things were pretty crazy and hectic. But as I was driving to work I realized that she was not at all ruffled in that situation, which is great because Emily really responds to stress. Amanda wrote down everything that went on that afternoon - she was only there 5 hours and she filled a whole notebook page! I feel really relieved that everything went all right yesterday. We are so lucky to have found her.
We think that Emily is starting to figure out her hands. She has a few toys where she can sit and look at things dangling above her, so when she swings her hands she can touch them. It seems like now she is looking at where she's hitting, not all the time but more so than before. There's a rattle in particular that she likes to swat at. It's pretty entertaining - for both of us. :)
Ahh, I should get back to being busy now. Emily is just the most amazing little girl. She doesn't cuddle much, unless it's 3 AM and she's drifting off after a snack and a change, but she likes to sit and smile and talk with me or her dad. And if we keep her out of stressful situations, she's only fussy if she needs something. We discovered the hard way that she can get really overstimulated easily, and cry frantically and inconsolably, but I don't think she's done that for more than an hour and I know there are far more difficult babies to deal with. Plus we are learning how to keep her from getting too wound up, and I think spending time with the older kids at Amanda's will help a bit too.
As always, keep checking our picasa site for new pictures! She just gets cuter and cuter!!
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