Dance Parties and Cotton Balls

Tonight Paige's older cousins are spending the night. We've already had 3 dance parties, all to the same song. Here are pictures of them dancing, one of Paige being comforted after a fall mid dance, and one of Alex holding Paige.






































We also played a game involving a laundry basket and cotton balls. They took turns sitting inside the basket, and got cotton balls tossed onto their head by the others. Fun time for all.

Hats and Kisses

Last night, AFTER I'd already done my blog for the day, Paige and I were in her room and she was playing with Squirty, the kangaroo she got from Jess. So I put one of her hats on Squirty, and she loved it, and tried a couple on herself too. Both of the first hats involved were too small for the individuals wearing them. But then Paige found a pink and camo hat that fits her perfectly, and wore it proudly.






































Then she gave Squirty, me, and Jess kisses. When she kissed us she knew the camera was on, hence the sideways smiles toward the camera as she gave us some sugar. Squirty got more of a bite to the nose than a kiss, really.

A Chicken's Time to Shine

Tonight Paige heard the bathwater running, and ran for the bathroom door. She stood there in her diaper screaming excitedly to go inside, and banging on the door while sort of "jumping" without her feet leaving the ground. So when she finally got in the tub, she played and played. This night was the night the chicken was placed in the duck's head.













Also, a picture of her looking sad in the tub, and a picture of her looking overjoyed in the tub.

Weaning Cannot Be Done

Today Paige was devastated when I cut out yet another feeding. Her usual 12:00 meal normally precedes a nap, and so she was not only upset about the meal being taken away, but then she didn't sleep, and only got angrier. She cried so hard for an hour, and I nearly gave in a couple of times. She hugged her singing stuffed dog for comfort. But somehow we made it and Jess got her to eat oatmeal and yogurt instead.














On a lighter note, it was a beautiful rainy day today, so we hung out at home and Paige got to stay in pajamas ALL day long, until time to change into a new pair for tonight. She also did some work on our vcr, and being the genius that she is, placed the av cables in their correct locations, with a LITTLE help from Jess to force them on since she's not quite strong enough.

Grumpy Chair Climber

Today my dad and Trudi took Paige with them to a high school basketball game so I could clean the house. They said she had SO much fun. She danced whenever the tiger mascot came out, I guess. Also, she used a drinking fountain for the first time, and they said it dripped down her chin and she cracked up at that. But then she got home and was very cranky after her nap. I'm trying to wean her gradually right now, and she's not too excited about it. If she sees her boppy she grabs it and tries to carry it to me, while whimpering. She pretty much refused any real food today. But she felt better by the evening, and climbed into a kitchen chair by herself for the first time ever.

8 weeks pregnant now...

...so I guess I'll start the belly pics. Although I'm actually completely guessing on how far along we are. Whatever. I hear you start to show sooner the second time around, so I figured I better start soon. That bulge is not me showing. It's just my bulge. :)

Paige has become very interested in belly buttons, and likes to pull up her shirt and poke at hers. She has to lift up on her little belly to see it, I love it. Then she "asks" to see mine, and usually laughs when I show her. Also, she got this new Pooh bear for Christmas, and loves to hug him.

We were visiting Chris and Caroline this weekend, and got a cute pic of Paige from above/behind in her hooded frog towel.

Yes, this is my 2nd post today...

...but the earlier one is technically yesterday's.

























Today, Lily, Paige's 7 month old cousin visited. She just learned to crawl, and they played and danced together. Not too much happened today, but Paige DID completely ignore our orders to stop yanking on wires under the computer desk, and laughed in Jess's face when he tried to be stern and remove them from her grasp. Later Jess pushed her around on her car, and she laughed because Gia gets excited and runs away from them like she's afraid they'll hit her, but also kind of likes it.

Noah in the Duck's Head

I meant to get on last night and write about this, but never did. Paige has been having lots of fun in the bathtub lately. Last night she realized her little toy Noah fits PERFECTLY inside the hole in the duck's head. The duck is a faucet cover to keep her from hurting herself, and it's visor lifts up to reveal a hole to pour bubble bath through. The hole is perfectly round, as is Noah's lower body. She was so proud every time she placed him carefully in the hole, she did a little dance. I'll attach a picture of him in position. He's still there today.

Bluetooth Technology

We shared fruitsnacks today, and she got this piece of a blue one stuck in her teeth for quite a while. We hung out at home, and took another long nap. She walked all over the house carrying her little magnetic farmyard/a basket/and the dvd case to Ice Age with her like a briefcase. She also played with her little barn with Gia today. A while after Jess came home, she gave us kisses again! She's starting to do it more often, but still it's never enough!

MONDAY MONDAY

My morning sickness is continuing, but is still only like 25% of what it was when I was pregnant with Paige. So I can actually kind of eat, and can get up and do things. Today I was sad and worried to be home with Jess back at work, but it was okay. Jess came home at lunch to make us something to eat and see how we were doing. He's so sweet, and he's been doing EVERYTHING so I can just rest while I'm sick. Veronica picked Paige and I up at about 2 and we went to the park. Surprisingly it felt kind of nice to walk around. We took Lily and Paige to the playground. I sat on a slide and talked to Lily, and Veronica helped Paige swing, slide, and her favorite: Crawl through the tunnel. Veronica hurt her knees in that thing, but Paige LOVED it! Later, during Paige's bath, I ran out of the room to grab a new washrag because we had an "incident". (Don't worry, Jess was with Paige.) And I slammed the door into my forehead really hard. I sat on the ground for a second and Paige was worried. Not sure why I didn't wait until the door was open to try and run through.

Lazy sick day

I've got morning sickness, and Paige has an ear infection. Her fever went down but she was waking up crying last night, and was inconsolable this morning. So we took her to the doctor again. She wants to eat all day, and it makes her feel better, so I let her. We also took a 2 hour nap together today. Afterward, we watched movie after movie. She's going back and forth between happy and fussy. Here she is laughing at her favorite part of Ratatouille, and eating cinnamon toast with her daddy. Jess is doing fine, so he has to take care of us.

Sick?

Today Paige and I still didn't feel well. We napped a lot and watched Beauty and the Beast like 3 times. She was SO cuddly, I don't think she was out of my arms for more than a minute today. She started crying around 2 so we went to the doctor. Everything looked good, except she's getting dehydrated. Luckily she's suddenly really liking juice. They also sent home stuff to get a urine sample. I'm putting up a picture of her today, sad to be sick.













As for ME, we conducted a test of our own.














That's right! A month or two earlier than we planned, but things happened early last time too, and we couldn't be happier! Big news for my second day of blogging, eh?

Growing up toooooooo fast

The other night Jess and I watched home videos from Paige's first 6 months of life. Before we watched it I thought Paige (her current self) still looked like a baby, and after, I realized how much she looks like a little girl. She was so round and bald (I'm talking shiny head bald) and little and helpless. Now she walks around with her longer more slender body and a bunch of curly hair on her less perfectly round head. I also saw some things on the video I'd already forgotten about, that she used to do. So I got sad and decided to start a blog, so I'd keep track of little things like that, and then I won't forget them. Unfortunately she doesn't seem to feel good today, so I don't have much to write about her today, other than that she's very sweet and affectionate when she feels sick. Poor baby feels hot and is lethargic.
Anyhoo, since I just started this and Paige is now 14 months old, I'll give a quick summary of her life so far. She got here November 6th, 2006, and changed our lives. In the best way ever. She was an easy, happy, mellow baby from the beginning. Although, when she does get mad, you can tell. I think she gets that from Jess. Ha. :) She always smiled and flirted with everyone she saw, everywhere she went. She did start doing a shy act around 10 months or so, though. She also started trying out some dirty looks soon after that, and she gives some mean ones. But she's still a happy, wonderful baby. She's very smart, and we have been able to tell for quite a while she's going to be a funny one. Anyway, the pics are of her at 1 week old (out at dinner) and a recent one.