A real kid!

[judecorp]

So for the last two days, my child has stayed awake staring at us when we are rocking her to sleep, and then does NOT cry when we put her down in the crib and walk away. Instead, she blabs a bit or something and then goes to sleep.

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY BABY??!??!?

~//~

Also, we have been Wii stalking to no avail. And this evening, Jen was headed to Wal*Yuck while I was putting the baby to bed so we can get a little nipple/sippy cup spout basket for our now-installed dishwasher (!!!!!). She just called and said, "Should I get a Wii?" I say, "They have one?" She says, "They have FIVE."

This is the Wal*M that never has ANYTHING.

I should tell her to buy all five. ;)

~//~

It's really cool to walk through my house and see kid stuff. My heart melts every time I walk past the little kid table or see a pile of blocks on the floor or move her little red car. I love babies and I love snuggling them, but it's awesome to have a KID. A kid who says, "Da! Da!" when she is playing with her duckies in the tub, who waves and says, "bye-bye" to everyone at a restaurant and then blows kisses, and who tries to do the hand motions to "The Itsy Bitsy Spider."

I have a kid!

Comments

[sassywoman.livejournal.com]

Yea for Gus growing up (and the Wii)!

[theshapeshifter.livejournal.com]

This gives me hope that I may actually *not* still be nursing/rocking Duncan to sleep when he goes off to university. \m/

And agreed 110% on the "yay, a kid!" thing. I mean, I enjoyed the baby phase (newborn phase, maybe not so much), but I was always in this to have a 'kid', you know? I always kind of saw the whole pregnancy/little baby thing as just a necessary step enroute.

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

i really love that you're documenting her life in your blog too. it's really interesting to see her grow up via your updates :)

i always knew you'd make an amazing mom. it's awesome to see it

[yip95.livejournal.com]

that sleep thing? whoa - rock on! We had that baby for a couple of months and then teething hit hard, or he got a cold, or something...i forget. Now we're back to nursing to sleep and ninja stealthing out of the room. And we're working on night-weaning...so maybe I can get more than 2 hours of uninterrupted sleep? I can has??

Anyway, enough about me...congrats on the current state of falling-asleep affairs! I say W00000T!

and, yeah, kid-hood is totally awesome. We have Tinkertoys, for cripes sake! and a bunch of trucks that he backs up and says "beep! beep! beep!"

[eight.livejournal.com]

I love my wii, I hope you enjoy yours as well :)

[lorac.livejournal.com]

Can you send some of the sleepy dust to Ms. Katie? She was up a BILLION times last night. And she is fighting going to sleep pretty hard core tonight. Ugh.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, A sure doesn't STAY asleep. But I'll wave my magic want on Ms. K. :)

[lorac.livejournal.com]

Well she's finally asleep now - 10:30. Blah. Hopefully she'll stay asleep tonight.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed! I can't wait for our slumber party!!

[lorac.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking of all the bad habits they can teach each other. :)

[kaleidoscopeeye.livejournal.com]

I am glad it has been easier for you to get her to sleep. That has to be a relief!

And yeah, isn't it cool to see them grown and develop into little people? Amazing stuff.

[checkingmypulse.livejournal.com]

What a great post!

[hetterrific.livejournal.com]

I agree with you-- it is pretty awesome having a kid. Even when the day is crap and I feel like a failure, I can think of at least one smile or at least one shining moment in the day where I am so glad I'm a mom to my little person.

[oppendonnell.livejournal.com]

So did Jen get the Wii???

[kieron.livejournal.com]

I did!

And then I went at the crack of dawn to buy a second controller and a Wii Fit this morning.

:)

[skatured.livejournal.com]

I love seeing the baby stuff around too. Picking it up every night is just a reminder that there is someone sleeping who is recharging to do undo it all tomorrow. Ahh. :)