January 13 - LASIK for me!!!!!! Yay!!!! I am so incredibly excited. The doctor was really nice, and was happy to know that my mother-in-law was one of the people he used to enjoy working with when he did surgery in Ft. Dodge. So that was cool too. I am so happy and relieved tonight, and a little blind still from the dilation.
Travis made chili this Sunday, and I don't know when I've ever seen Emily eat more!! It was amazing. She is really good with her signs for "eat" and "more" now, and she kept asking for more chili, bread, mandarin oranges, and animal crackers. When I took her bib off, I could see her HUGE tummy, and it looked like it was going to burst. (Pictures on picasa, of course) I thought she might have a tummy ache but she was really happy and went to bed at a normal time. The next morning, I set her down in the kitchen and she walked right up to the refrigerator signing "eat," and she ate a ton for breakfast, too. Crazy girl! And apparently chili is really a good trainer food for using a spoon, cuz she was getting pretty good at it.
I have to play cribbage with Travis now because he bought a new board online and we have to break it in. :)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
My little Emily Post
Emily is working on another skill - eating with a fork! She has done it a couple times the past few weeks, including one day over Thanksgiving, but tonight she was really able to confidently use her fork to scoop up chopped-up spaghetti. And she didn't really think anything of it! She likes to use her right hand with the fork and her left to eat just stuffing it in, and of course she still prefers stuffing it in when she's super hungry. But she enjoys keeping her right hand clean (and I use that word loosely), or seems to anyway. It's pretty amazing to see.
We had a hard weekend. We drove up to my grandmother's 90th birthday celebration in Holstein, which was a really nice affair and I'm glad we went. But schedule-wise, nothing worked for Emily. I kind of knew going into things that no matter what I did, I was going to make the wrong decisions for her. We stayed last night in Barnum, and her sleep schedule was so messed up that she was awake until about 8:45. I always love having grandparents around to see how lousy I am at comforting my daughter in a strange place. I was up all night on the can because I finally got some variation of the trots that's been floating around my extended family. That left me unable to eat anything, and I have a headache tonight probably because I'm dehydrated. Today, she wouldn't sleep in the car on the way home, so her nap went too late for her to get to bed on time - even though she was REALLY tired. She finally crashed at about 9:15. Just awesome. We've actually got quite a bit going on this week, so it's just stellar that we're starting out on such a positive base. *sigh*
I am really glad I went to the party, because it meant a lot to Grandma that we were there, and Grandpa recognized Emily (pretty good for someone who is 94 and whose mental acuity is sadly decreasing), and enjoyed watching her toddle around. We were at the nursing home where Grandpa is and the assisted living where Grandma is, and everybody who encountered Emily enjoyed watching her. She did a lot of practicing her spins in the big open spaces of the nursing home, and in her little dress it was absolutely adorable. So, it's nice that she brought some joy to those people's weekend.
My initial appointment for LASIK is next Tuesday - FINALLY. I hate my glasses so much that I don't know what I'll do if they say I'm not a candidate. After I cry, of course.
We had a hard weekend. We drove up to my grandmother's 90th birthday celebration in Holstein, which was a really nice affair and I'm glad we went. But schedule-wise, nothing worked for Emily. I kind of knew going into things that no matter what I did, I was going to make the wrong decisions for her. We stayed last night in Barnum, and her sleep schedule was so messed up that she was awake until about 8:45. I always love having grandparents around to see how lousy I am at comforting my daughter in a strange place. I was up all night on the can because I finally got some variation of the trots that's been floating around my extended family. That left me unable to eat anything, and I have a headache tonight probably because I'm dehydrated. Today, she wouldn't sleep in the car on the way home, so her nap went too late for her to get to bed on time - even though she was REALLY tired. She finally crashed at about 9:15. Just awesome. We've actually got quite a bit going on this week, so it's just stellar that we're starting out on such a positive base. *sigh*
I am really glad I went to the party, because it meant a lot to Grandma that we were there, and Grandpa recognized Emily (pretty good for someone who is 94 and whose mental acuity is sadly decreasing), and enjoyed watching her toddle around. We were at the nursing home where Grandpa is and the assisted living where Grandma is, and everybody who encountered Emily enjoyed watching her. She did a lot of practicing her spins in the big open spaces of the nursing home, and in her little dress it was absolutely adorable. So, it's nice that she brought some joy to those people's weekend.
My initial appointment for LASIK is next Tuesday - FINALLY. I hate my glasses so much that I don't know what I'll do if they say I'm not a candidate. After I cry, of course.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Emily update
I was going to write about the insane weekend we just experienced, but it seems like Emily has been changing and growing every day so I think I'll tell you about some of those things instead. Or, first, anyway.
Emily has learned how to talk on the phone. She loves listening to either of her grandmas on the phone, although she doesn't have anything to say back. After this weekend, she is even more crazy about her grandmas, and the feeling is certainly mutual! She picked up a little electronic game that I had originally had out for her cousins to play with, and she was carrying it around on her shoulder yakking, and I'm certain she was imitating me on the phone. She had done a little of it with her uncle Pat's actual cell phone, and apparently any small electronic-looking thing is a phone to yak into. It was pretty cute, although I did feel a little bit mocked. She also laughed at me tonight while I was trying to get her feet into her little footie pajamas. She kept getting the one out as soon as I'd get the other in, and I was getting frustrated, which was just hilarious to her! I can't get her to laugh out loud like that any other time, although Travis can.
Emily flaps her arms in front of her when she's excited about butterflies (happens more often than you'd imagine, actually, with books about caterpillars and such), and she can sign for "more" now. She has the cutest little thing she does if you ask her for a "hug hug hug" - she puts her hands on her chest and wiggles her shoulders back and forth. It goes nicely with her pirate dancing. :) She's particularly fond of one of her pairs of pants, although she'll take any of her clothes and play with them - PJ's, onesies, socks, whatever. Travis didn't think I was funny when I suggested that she might become a "materials" engineer. I guess because it's not really that funny. :p
She also had her first experience in the snow (pictures on her picasa site), with the help of her cousins showing her what fun snow can be. I've got two snowmen in my front yard, although one seems more like just a big spear. It was a beautiful snowfall, but it made for rough travels for my parents and sister's family, and for my grandparents who were trying to get back to Ames after dropping visitors off at the airport. They stayed with us last night, unexpectedtly, and it was a lovely visit. A nice way to wind down after a crazy 4-day weekend.
I am thoroughly impressed with how much work it was to make dinner for everyone on Saturday night, and I didn't even do it all myself. I made mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and rolls, and somehow I was absolutely exhausted at the end of the day. Did I do anything else? I can't remember. Jenny did the pies and corn, and mom did the turkey and gravy. How on earth did women use to spend all day in the kitchen making meals for big farm families? Without running water in the house? Insane. But my fridge is full of leftovers, so that's a nice side-effect. And I had a really great time with my mom and my sister, right up until everybody started throwing up. Nothing like a stomach/flu bug to really bring everybody down. :( I feel so bad for my 3 nieces, who all took turns throwing up in their car, and especially bad for my sister who not only had to clean it all up, but also weather her own stomach ailment. Travis was sick all day today, too, and for the whole morning he could only sit and whimper. I hope Emily and I don't get this!!!!!!!
Emily has learned how to talk on the phone. She loves listening to either of her grandmas on the phone, although she doesn't have anything to say back. After this weekend, she is even more crazy about her grandmas, and the feeling is certainly mutual! She picked up a little electronic game that I had originally had out for her cousins to play with, and she was carrying it around on her shoulder yakking, and I'm certain she was imitating me on the phone. She had done a little of it with her uncle Pat's actual cell phone, and apparently any small electronic-looking thing is a phone to yak into. It was pretty cute, although I did feel a little bit mocked. She also laughed at me tonight while I was trying to get her feet into her little footie pajamas. She kept getting the one out as soon as I'd get the other in, and I was getting frustrated, which was just hilarious to her! I can't get her to laugh out loud like that any other time, although Travis can.
Emily flaps her arms in front of her when she's excited about butterflies (happens more often than you'd imagine, actually, with books about caterpillars and such), and she can sign for "more" now. She has the cutest little thing she does if you ask her for a "hug hug hug" - she puts her hands on her chest and wiggles her shoulders back and forth. It goes nicely with her pirate dancing. :) She's particularly fond of one of her pairs of pants, although she'll take any of her clothes and play with them - PJ's, onesies, socks, whatever. Travis didn't think I was funny when I suggested that she might become a "materials" engineer. I guess because it's not really that funny. :p
She also had her first experience in the snow (pictures on her picasa site), with the help of her cousins showing her what fun snow can be. I've got two snowmen in my front yard, although one seems more like just a big spear. It was a beautiful snowfall, but it made for rough travels for my parents and sister's family, and for my grandparents who were trying to get back to Ames after dropping visitors off at the airport. They stayed with us last night, unexpectedtly, and it was a lovely visit. A nice way to wind down after a crazy 4-day weekend.
I am thoroughly impressed with how much work it was to make dinner for everyone on Saturday night, and I didn't even do it all myself. I made mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and rolls, and somehow I was absolutely exhausted at the end of the day. Did I do anything else? I can't remember. Jenny did the pies and corn, and mom did the turkey and gravy. How on earth did women use to spend all day in the kitchen making meals for big farm families? Without running water in the house? Insane. But my fridge is full of leftovers, so that's a nice side-effect. And I had a really great time with my mom and my sister, right up until everybody started throwing up. Nothing like a stomach/flu bug to really bring everybody down. :( I feel so bad for my 3 nieces, who all took turns throwing up in their car, and especially bad for my sister who not only had to clean it all up, but also weather her own stomach ailment. Travis was sick all day today, too, and for the whole morning he could only sit and whimper. I hope Emily and I don't get this!!!!!!!
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