Saturday, February 14, 2009

My Funny Valentine!

Although it was only just over two weeks ago that I last blogged it actually feels like it's been years! So much to tell, so little time ...especially now that I'm working. I just don't have the luxury of bloggin' as I did during my days at home with the Boog Bear. My job is defiantly keeping me busy which is good because it helps the days go by fast. Audrey is doing great at daycare. She naps really good for them and loves watching the older kids play. Lady, the begal is her favorite. I watched Audrey gently pet her the other day. Something I know she'd love to do with the cats if they'd let her. The best part of my day is when I walk into daycare to pick her up and her face lights up. It's like she wasn't sure if I was going to come back and is surprised every time I do. I'm grateful for the few hours in the evening I have to spend with her before she's out for the night by 7:30pm ...and when I say out for the night, I mean all night. She's been sleeping through the night for over a month now (10 - 12 hours) except for the odd ball wakings that might come due to teething. Even then it only takes a few minutes of comforting and she's back down again. I guess it's true, you do eventually get uninterrupted sleep again.

As I mentioned earlier teething is still happening. She now has both her bottom teeth and her two top ones have also cut through now (...she's got a wide space between them, wide enough to make the doctor gasp but I think its cute). So now, with those teeth, comes biting. This is what led us to her next big milestone in life ...she's given up on nursing. It only took one night of biting when we both decided that it just wasn't working anymore. Well I think she was more convinced than I was. I was willing to give her another shot the next night but she didn't want anything to do with it ...perhaps she didn't like it when I yelped the night before. So just a week shy of her 9th month she was officially done breastfeeding. I have to admit I was a little sad about missing our end of the day feeding but not much has changed. I still get to give her the bottle in the rocking chair and she still fall asleep in my arms. The only difference ...I can take a night off if I need too!

We've started feeding her different foods now too. We've introduced Cheerios, bread, cheese, yogurt, and Ritz crackers (...she loves those, and Cheerios of coarse). The bad thing is that since we've introduced those finger foods she's been giving us a hard time taking the baby food from a spoon. She's little miss independent and wants to do it herself so needless to say eating can get pretty messing for both of us, and my kitchen (this is where Tia, the dog, finally becomes useful)! We finally discovered that if we let her have her own spoon the feeding session goes over much easier. We're learning, slowly, but we're learning.

We intended on taking Audrey outside last weekend to introduce her to the snow but we missed out on our opportunity when the 60 degree weather came. We did get a little dusting last night though so we're going to take her to put some flowers on my dad's grave for his birthday. I know he's always watching over her however I think he'll really enjoy seeing her playing in the snow for the first time. I'll take pictures and blog about it next week.

Below is a video of her new motor boat noise. I took her shopping the other day and she did that while sitting in the cart, as if she was driving. It was good entertainment for my shopping excursion. Dad thinks she's going to be a car buff like him. Perhaps she will.