Oh, I know it's been forever since I've posted, but I just haven't taken the time to do so. To say I don't have it is true, but I need to make the time to share Baby K with you!
She's almost eleven months, OMG, and my is she growing! As I sit and watch her empty and refill her diaper bag, I am just so grateful that this wonderful little being is in our lives! Just yesterday she started putting the strap of the diaper bag over her head. I'm just amazed at all she does. Every little thing is worth journaling about and I'm trying to jot things down daily.
Here's more that she's doing now:
• Shaking her head (and shoulders, too) "No". Speaking of "No", when she's into something, and she hears that word, she right away drops what she's doing. Sometimes, though, she doesn't, and she just takes off crawling away from me... FAST. I'm only laughing on the inside, though!
• Making the sign for dog and saying "Doh" when she is focusing on one of the dogs.
• Standing on her own, and even lifting her empty box-cart with no support!
• Pushing empty diaper boxes through the house, filling them with whatever she finds. We ended up getting her a shopping cart for this, and she just has a blast! Right now in her box-cart is a box of Girl Scout cookies, dental floss, a gift wrap bow, and a small stuffed animal. In her pink shopping cart is a plastic turkey.
• Holding the phone to her ear and talking. When she first picks it up she mumbles, a two syllable "yo-oo" (hello). She doesn't do it with her play cell phone, only a real cell phone.
• Bounces, jumps, dances (not quite sure which) up and down when she is singing and clapping or when she's just
very excited. I have been waiting for her to start dancing, so this made me very happy!
• "Motorboats" with her mouth on mommy's arm, chest, tummy - wherever. We weren't doing that on her tummy, so she may have picked that up from school.
• Kisses! Kisses! Kisses! Okay - so they are opened mouth and a
little sloppy, but they bring a smile to her face, which makes me smile all the way through.
• "Puts on" clothes (and sunglasses and hats) by putting them up over her head. Sometimes she misses & they go right behind her, but it's so enjoyable to watch her do it
over and over again, and I love watching her sit with a pair of pants resting on her head as she giggles with joy because she did it!
• Waves from her wrist now, instead of just her fingers. In fact she waves when you start to say "Let's go bye-bye."
• She enjoys feeding her self with the spoon. When I fill it up, she takes it right to her mouth. When she's cleaned it off - she puts it back in the bowl. She's also drinking milk from a sippy cup with her meals. When she's done, she stacks the glass in the bowl, too.
• As far as walking, she's been creeping along for quite a while, and she's getting bolder about reaching for things when she's standing and getting further up on her knees from the ground. She knows there's more she can do, but she's not quite ready to go out on that limb yet. It's just a matter of time, I know.
We fought thrush for over a month, and as of today, we have not seen symptoms for over 7 days! Thank God! I do not wish a resistant case of thrush on my worst enemy! With the added worry, the missed time at work, the dr. appts, the extra boiling and laundry, and the frustration when it kept coming back, it was a nightmare. Oh my! Ours lasted so long, due to a combination of not getting the right treatment for both of us at the same time, and the amount of stress I'm under. She & I were passing it back & forth. I pray we have it beat, but I'm terrified to stop the treatment!
Stress? What stress? Oh, besides lack of sleep,
(still) trying to learn how to do it all with a career and family, and fighting the thrush, we were notified on February 25th that the owners of our rent house wanted to sell and would not be renewing our lease that ends 3/31. So we are moving from our rent house after 6 years! Thankfully, we found a place that we like a lot, and we are starting a new chapter in our lives. We are looking forward to it. Pray we get the house we want. In other news, I've been taking part in a Bible study group at the church, Beginnings. It's amazing, and each week I feel it's speaking directly to me. I'm going to join the church and we will get Baby K baptized there, hopefully on the weekend of her birthday. Daddy has had some good jobs come in, so he's been busy, but with paying customers - both individual and commercial. He landed a nice commercial account, and they are pleased with his work, so that's an answer to our prayers. So, even with all the stress, we are doing well, and very happy.
Now, here are some pictures so you can see miss Baby K in almost real life! I'll post more soon!
3/6/10 - Pushing her box-cart around the house, playing "pick up". She's fast with that thing!
3/9/10 - Her new pink shopping cart - Daddy's idea, of course! I was good with the diaper boxes, lol!
3/14/10 - Wearing the diaper bag, emptying the contents, closely examining each thing as she removes it, of course! You can see by the looks of the living room, she likes to "empty" things! Here, she's pausing to wave at mommy!
3/14/10 - Lifting the diaper bag, as if she forgot she already had it "on". Look how strong she is, heh heh. She's really trying hard! You can also see she is "wearing" her pink sweater, tastefully, over her right shoulder.
3/14/10 - Look mommy - I found some clothes that I can play with!
3/14/10 - Here she is after she "put on" her pink sweater... LOVE IT!!
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