from the week past

To summarize: 3 teeth are budding on the top shelf. Sleep is sorely lacking. Ugh.
<--today
However, the cuteness level is still high!

random chattiness from this morning
who to call in my posse? Or should I just eat the phone?

love this outfit. She likes walking with stuff
Thanks to Cindy, and to Betsy, I was able to write a paper and study for a test with my teething baby in attendance last Sunday. Friends rule! (and yes, E seems destined to have her mother's butt) This also gave Uncle Bill & Aunt Kristy a break from the saving-me task.

last Friday's short swing-time. Then I had to run to a class, while Caroline played with E for a bit.

random vid from Wednesday night.
During the day, D actually broke into our no-drive rule and went meandering around the city by car to just get E to nap for a bit! (was too cold to go for a walk Wed afternoon) Craziness.
She didn't feel like sleeping most of that night, and maybe since she slept through dinnertime and only nursed. Alot. Actually, ME has been eating a TON more solids, and perhaps this is disrupting her sleepytime karmic balance. That or the 42 shark teeth that are bugging her mouth. I dunno. But it's great to watch her delve into real foods. Once we finish off this last coupla jars of yummy spinach and oatmeal stuff, we plan to just keep giving ME food from our dinners, with some over-cooked, under-seasoned options. Yay.
Last night, my good friend MLE came to visit, and that was super cool. She even knit a little on a hat she's working on. Goal for next time? To knit more together. And apparently, wear PJs :)

bits and hats

walking with Daddy

I think I'm going to have to get on making some hats for my wee one. She sure likes wearing them!! Which is good, as we may need to start using big, fluffy knits as basic head gear. (actually, this was suggested to me the other day by the department dean, our lovely Yolanda!)

ME is enjoying food more every day. Except when she doesn't and tosses it to the winds. We basically feed her off our plates, plus yogurt which is "food candy".

Hopefully, tomorrow will bring some play time on her own, less irrational outbursting screams (ok, not really, I think I'm glad I can't remember my teeth coming in...from all reports, it hurts). mmm time to write a paper, study for a test, and do some prep work for presentations.
studying like Mommy!

...except Mommy doesn't tend to eat her books

Which doesn't jive with the weather--because it may be nice enough tomorrow afternoon to go to the park again with us parentals. ME went today with Auntie Tabitha and I'm jealous!

E loves watching these after we take them, by the way. A mon-star is born!!

things that go bump in the day

1st, a few from Gram's visit...

<-- dancing with Gram!

Choosing music to head-bang to

Answer: my kiddo's head on the floor! Man, forgot that the 2nd part of standing, is falling. Sigh. Making me a wreck. No bruises, no bumps, confirmed by a 3rd party (the sitter/friend Tabitha, who would tell me, trust me on that!)
<--eating better, especially if we share our food. And appreciate the M. Lebowski-style mess....
Miss E seems to be trying to do so many things at once now: got crawling/creepage down, so she's standing. Check. Waving bye bye. Check (er, but not appropriately really. The walls and cats feel very acknowledged). Reaching for things over her head. Check (ow). Words? New one: Kitty. Application? poor. Does say it for the kitty, but also for her stuffed monkey, me, the walls... <--visit with out of town friends and their awesomely cute daughter!
mmm
and tonight, during Dinner, webcam-with-Gram, she blew her first kiss!! Either that, or tried to eat her sweet-tater-encrusted palm. All possible. I'm rounding up! Then we went in the restroom, and she flushed the toilet. Nope, not potty training, just letting me know it's time to put a lock on it. When not padding her bottom for repeated falls (she does seem to fall mostly on her butt, then keel over to bonk her head).
Vaccination caused an icky bump. She got over it, but owowow! This was the next day, then gone the day after I took this to nothingness.
Recently too, she's started exploring a room that I/Darrell is not in, mostly when chasing a cat or her purple mitten (yes, she's holding it, but it nefariously leads her to do ill unsupervised).

That's about it! ha! for now. mwhaha.

can you see? 2 are up and in!

here's looking at YOU!

just cuz. This was Sunday.
it's dark. But Gram is playing so it's cute (week ago)
xo

while we did our own thing

...she learned a new trick


pretty neat, huh? and it all started on Gram's bday, Tuesday!!

all dressed up in her birthday suit>

more later on the past week.

Emeliafield

Not much in the way of a post, just awesome Cloverfield style attack. Never you mind the parental giggling.

Out

v-day

can you see them??

two on the bottom are there. TRUST ME, as I've been nipped!

In other news, giggles, whines, deep sleepy naps punctuated my day. Just trying to sneak in work hither and thither--and of course a "TV dinner" with Gram & Granmpa!!



Now I'm back to sneak in another lecture review here. Happy guilt-day, everyone!

chompers and assorted bouncing

today, my quest to get a photo of that bottom calcification...

Ok, maybe I'm the only one who can see em--Darrell can feel them too. But FINALLY, the teeth have arrived. I thought we'd get a break in moodiness once there was a break through the skin, but nopers. She's a gigglefest often enough, getting better at pinching and sometimes standing with the barest support. However, whininess is a persistent theme to our days.
safety? sure, I can gnaw my way into the garbage
Given her increased use of spoon-to-mouth, I think E may begin to progress in the solids department too! Yesterday, she enjoyed some zilch with me, along with chicken and some dates (I like em for snacking), and bits of my mashed taters. Soon, we're going to have to get her to eat a whole meal, but I'll deal with the bits and pieces (literally) and a general interest in playing with food whilst in her high chair. I tend to sneak jarred food (yesterday was sweet taters and peach/oatmeal courtesy of Earth's Best again) onto the spoons so while she chews on them, I alternately plop on some food. So impressed with E's hand-eye coordination!! She picks up those spoons and they go (mostly) right into her maw.
last Monday eve, looking sneaky
Not holding my breath til spring, but really looking forward to a trip onward to sunny Cally the end of March for family and friends (fine line there) and sunshine! E really perks up anytime we go outside--even if it's just standing on the back porch looking at the trees and the sky. I am going to bore you all with another swing video, as I can't believe how much fun that was!!

On Wednesday, we snuck in a social visit as well to our friends Ashley, Gabe, and Ezra's place for a fabulous meal with wonderful people.

Of course, the main goal was to keep E from poking out Ez's amazing eyeballs...but I think overall they seemed to get into interacting! Looking forward to another visit with them as well.

NOT looking forward to my exams next Tuesday. Ugh. So I better get on that...hugs all!

me trying to get a pic of teeth this morning

more of the swing experience on Tuesday. Us fussing with her as she's trying to eat the bucket seat. Num-num. I dig on her feet scissoring. Robster craws!
mmm just cute...