Um, can somebody tell me where the time went? As one of my favorite sayings goes, "The days are long, but the years are short." Boy, is that the truth. But maybe in my case it should be the "nights are long." Actually, we are getting a tad better with the sleeping. I'm trying to keep her on a regular nap schedule and this tends to help with the bedtime. She's only waking once or twice in the night, which I consider pretty decent considering before it was much worse. Ideally, I would like her to sleep all night, but we'll get there when we get there. Plus, in attempt to keep her asleep I'm turning off the computer and laying down with her at bedtime. I find that the nights when I don't do this, Lucero tends to keep popping her head up thru the early night while I sit reading blogs, which sometimes leads her to believe her sleep was only a nap and not bedtime. I hate to make the sacrifice of turning off the computer early, but at the same time I hate being up with her until 3am due to her nap mentality. No, thanks.
In the last month Lucero seems to really have turned into a busy body. She still crawls on her tush instead of the regular way. She's gotten very, very good at pulling herself up on things, like the furniture, walls, doors, just about anything she can get a grip on. She cruises the whole room just by holding on to furniture. This also means she's getting her little hands on a lot of things and we are constantly having to be on our feet to keep her from hurting herself or ruining our stuff. She does a lot of babbling and is starting to say "dad" though it's not very clear on the last D. It's more like "da" and that's it. She's picking up lots of little things off the floor and then hands it to us. We grab whatever it is, usually grass, say thank you and throw it in the trash. All in all, in some ways she's easier to work with, but in other ways it's also a bit difficult. I guess it's give and take with these babies as they grow.
Her latest stats
Height: about 28"
Weight: about 19.5 lbs
More pictures...
Headbands don't really work as well on her. I guess 'cause working with all that hair makes it difficult to situate the headband just right.
I love her sleepy face.
As you can see, she's surrounded by toys, but what does she play with? The vacuum cleaner hose.
Just another cute photo
Please note the mess of torn catalogs in the background.
Her first St. Patty's Day.
She still only has those two bottom teeth. Wouldn't it be funny (and kinda creepy) if those were the only teeth she had for life?
Another reason why girls are awesome: you get to tie bows in their hair.
Something new she's learned to do: Put the phone to her ear when we say "Hello?" I have no idea where she picked up this habit.
Her first attempt at hitting the John Deere pinata.
Lucero trying to steal her puppy back from Uncle John.
Lucero at the front door, one of her favorite past times.
In the last month Lucero seems to really have turned into a busy body. She still crawls on her tush instead of the regular way. She's gotten very, very good at pulling herself up on things, like the furniture, walls, doors, just about anything she can get a grip on. She cruises the whole room just by holding on to furniture. This also means she's getting her little hands on a lot of things and we are constantly having to be on our feet to keep her from hurting herself or ruining our stuff. She does a lot of babbling and is starting to say "dad" though it's not very clear on the last D. It's more like "da" and that's it. She's picking up lots of little things off the floor and then hands it to us. We grab whatever it is, usually grass, say thank you and throw it in the trash. All in all, in some ways she's easier to work with, but in other ways it's also a bit difficult. I guess it's give and take with these babies as they grow.
Her latest stats
Height: about 28"
Weight: about 19.5 lbs
More pictures...
Headbands don't really work as well on her. I guess 'cause working with all that hair makes it difficult to situate the headband just right.
I love her sleepy face.
As you can see, she's surrounded by toys, but what does she play with? The vacuum cleaner hose.
Just another cute photo
Please note the mess of torn catalogs in the background.
Her first St. Patty's Day.
She still only has those two bottom teeth. Wouldn't it be funny (and kinda creepy) if those were the only teeth she had for life?
Another reason why girls are awesome: you get to tie bows in their hair.
Something new she's learned to do: Put the phone to her ear when we say "Hello?" I have no idea where she picked up this habit.
Her first attempt at hitting the John Deere pinata.
Lucero trying to steal her puppy back from Uncle John.
Lucero at the front door, one of her favorite past times.
She seems to have a guilty look in her eyes here.
Her mean look.
Busted taking all her dirty clothes out of the basket.
Her cute, messy-haired self.
Lucero and her lolly.
In other news, there was a beehive in our front yard. It seemed like it just developed out of nowhere. Thankfully, it got removed a couple of days ago.
Also, some good news on Golightly. I got a call from her friend the other day. Apparently she opened her eyes and kept them open for about ten seconds and then closed them again. That's all that happened, but that's a good sign. I also heard that they may close the trach, because they think she wants to speak.
Golightly's mother is organizing a team for the MADD walk in Dallas for April 25th. If anyone is interested in more details to support this, please let me know and I'll forward you the information.
7 comments:
Awww...she's gorgeous. And I love when kids do the butt scooch instead of the traditional crawl :)
"The days are long, but the years are short" -- I've never heard that but it's perfect. My 11-month old barely resembled the little creature I brought home almost a year ago.
He is also saying a garbled "da da" and the occasional "mama" but not much else so far. People keep asking me if he's talking yet, and I'm like, not even close! It kind of makes me nervous when people assume he's hit milestones that he hasn't yet achieved. Guess I've turned into the typical worry-wart mom. *sigh*
Great to hear that Golightly continues to improve. Slow but steady wins the race. Do you know how cowboy is doing?
Sleepy face is my favorite! You have to wonder what she's dreaming about there!
Sleepy face is my favorite too. She looks like she's faking it.
She's absolutely beautiful. I can't say this enough... I love her!
that is one beautiful daughter you have there. really. I love all the photos of her, esp. the sleepy one! the sleepy ones are always so good, esp. if they don't sleep very often!
great news about Golightly!!!! WOOHOO!!!
She is a beauty, and always so well dressed! Lucero and Addison need to get to know each other better. They have a lot in common! The front door is the place to be, and making messes is the thing to do. What a life!
Awwww...she is so cute. I wish M had that much hair. All i can manage at this point is pig tails and a pretty sad pony tail if I pull hard enough, lol! Sorry to hear about Golightly. I didn't know about her until I saw your post and then went to her blog. I'll send good mojo her way!
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