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.