I'm Okay Being Wrong On This One.

I honestly thought it was going to take years before I would get a full night's sleep again, but my daughter has completely proven me wrong.  I'm the one who's accidentally waking her up.

I just thought I'd brag!

Stuffed Bear's Butt; To Do; Feeling Better!

- My daughter sleeping earlier this evening.  

That's a stuffed bear's butt, if you couldn't tell.

Tomorrow will be eventful.  More eventful than usual, at least.  I will be registering my vehicle, having my vehicle inspected, doing a little bit of grocery shopping, maybe eating out for lunch with a friend (which I hardly ever get to do), and all of my other bills can be paid online.  Oh, crap.  I also need to head over to Costco for a bulk box of diapers.

I had some adult conversation (as opposed to baby-talk / babbling) this evening.  That was nice!  Maybe that's why I'm feeling so much better!

Frog Friend Dilemma!

Earlier, my daughter and I went to a thrift store that sells diapers pretty cheap.  We got a 40 pack of size 2 diapers.  Usually we walk in, buy the diapers (and sometimes an outfit) and walk out, but my daughter smiled at the clerk - which instigated a 1 hour discussion of how perfect a baby she is.  It's true.  She is a very good / "easy" baby.

At one point, the clerk asked me, "What's her favorite kind of toy right now?"  I said, "Oh, she has a green frog that she really loves!"  The clerk gave my daughter a pink bear to add to her modest collection of stuffed toys.

Well, now... this green frog of hers - there's very little comparison to how she reacts toward her other toys.  She gives a big smile when the frog "approaches" her!  I say this frog is a boy, even though he's wearing a pink ribbon, he's holding a pink heart, and the soles of his feet are pink, too.  He's a boy.

Here he is with his "competition" - - 

The problem with this frog is that he doesn't have a name yet.  

Can you please help name my daughter's favorite friend? 

First Suggestion:

"Dennis Hopper"

Second Suggestion:

"Finkle"

After I have at least two suggestions, I'll create a poll - and then we can have votes.  Hehe.  Maybe not, but we're really going to be thinking this through since I have a feeling this frog will be around for quite a while!

Nostalgia

After my daughter's colic passed (12 weeks old) and until a week ago (19 weeks, I think), I had "baby fever".  Yeah, um?  Me?  A single mom wanting to have another baby?  Uh, get real.

I admitted this to a (very platonic) male friend of mine and he said that he's known a lot of new moms who, for a time, want to have another baby.  I think it might have been nostalgia, really.  I went back an entire year of Facebook posts and found what I had said before I even knew I was pregnant.  I was feeling sick, really tired, and insanely craving mushroom burgers.  

Then, I could smell things that other people couldn't.  

Wow. This pisses me off.  This is the 3rd time this week my freaking neighbor has knocked on my door - waking my daughter up.  Go the FREAK away!  Ugh!

A blog I forgot about

http://sacrificeitall.wordpress.com/ - 3 days before I gave birth to my daughter

Cupcake Pride; Tech Progress

There's my beautiful cupcake!

I didn't go to bed until 4am last night.  My daughter let us sleep in until 10:45am!  I heard her wake up a couple of times.  I'm very proud of her for being able to put herself back to sleep with no assistance from me.  

In other news, I have studied everyday, but I'm not able to learn as much as I would like to on a daily basis. 

Practically Upside Down!

It's 3AM. I'm going to need to heat up my coffee, I think.  I'm just not ready or willing to stop studying yet.  Moms sacrifice for their children.  I've not sacrificed very much, in my opinion - so sacrificing some sleep is okay with me.

I clicked my way to this blog - http://pandmchiappini.blogspot.com/ - and I am going to steal her idea of listing some things for my daughter to know about her baby-personality.  :)

Dear Daughter,
You are 4 months, 1 week, and 1 day old.
Here are some things that you're doing, not doing, refuse to do, and demand to have done:

~  You have the cutest dimple on your right cheek which is hard to miss when you smile your beautiful smile -
~  You like to suck on the index and middle finger of your right hand -
~  You do not like to be held in the cradle position unless you're being fed -
~  You like to sleep on your right side while refusing to ever sleep on your back -
~  You cannot stand to have a cover/blanket over your legs and/or feet, ever -
~  You stiffen your legs all the way out while I try to change your diaper -
~  You bounce your left leg up and down when you're excited while sitting in your bouncer -
~  You have a mildly shocked expression every time I lower you into your lukewarm bath water -
~  You have just started to raise your upper body up with your arms while in a crawling position -
~  You scream.  You seem to enjoy exercising your vocal chords -
~  You love your stuffed frog.  You also like your squeaky stuffed birds. You chew on them often -
~  You are beginning to stare at my food.  You smile every time I take a bite -
~  You stare at your latest dirty/wet diaper as I roll it up and put it in the Diaper Genie. You seem proud -
~  You love to stretch out on my lap after you've eaten.  You practically hang upside down! -

I love you, my beautiful-sweet-smart-curious daughter!

Back to studying!