Well, shortly after I re-committed myself to blogging (ha!) my laptop kicked the big one (may she rest in peace). So my peachy pie turned 10 and then 11 months all without me documenting any of her milestones...boo! But now I have my beautiful new computer and its time to play catch up!
At 10 months and 1 day the Peach decided she had had enough of this sitting around busines and just took off. Literally. It was like one minute she wasn't mobile and the next she was into everything! It was the cutest, most precious thing. She looks like this little baby doll crawling around with her perfect little crawl movements. It seems as though she had thought and planned that whole 10 months about all the different things she could get into and now she is excuting her plan perfectly. She is like a twister moving thru here, dumping everything in her path. Its so cute. I have to laugh at myself at the difference with my response to this mess between having my first and fourth child. I remember when Kobe was little just following behind him and putting everything back in its place and I would feel so frustrated at times that I couldn't keep everything perfect. It seems as though I've come a long way over the years and have gotten better at letting things go, as now I find myself saying "Isn't it so cute how she moves from one thing to the next?" Its settling in that this is our last "mess maker" and I'm loving and enjoying every stage of it.
She is eating much better these days. She still is very picky about what she eats. She loves meat and pasta. A girl after her daddy's own heart! ha! Green beans are the only vegetable she will eat consistently. And she refuses to eat fruit of any kind. :( Arrgghh! I still try at each meal to put some kind of fruit on her tray and am just hoping one day she will change her mind!
~ Other milestones over the past two months...
* She gives a good wave now when you say 'bye bye'
*She has perfected her 'more' sign. We are working on 'Please, thank you and drink' now.
* She says da da, hi , mama on occasion, duh (for done) and thats about it.
*She doesn't mind at all letting us know when she's frustrated by balling up her fists and letting out at a huge scream while shaking her head and fists. Its so funny. I'm sure it won't be so funny in another year or two.
*She's started kissing this month. Thats right, those big open mouthed, slobbery kisses where it looks more like she is trying to eat you. Its so sweet.
*She is doing so great now with her sippy cup, too! It took the longest time for her to drink from anything. But these last two months she has gotten better and better. She will only drink water. She does not like juice at all. Oh my...what picky taste buds she has!
*At exactly 11 months (to the day!), she moved out of our room and into her room she shares with Kensi. I had been waiting to do the big transition until Christmas break just in case she had a rough time settling into her new bed. She has done great going down at night. We are a week and a half in and this is our routine: I lay her down, turn on her fish aquarium, give her her blanky and tuck her in tight and pray with her. And then she just rolls on her side and watches the fish until she drifts off to sleep. That part has been so easy! The hard part has been after about 5-6 hours she wakes up. So thats around 1ish or so. I usually end up feeding her in my bed and fall back asleep. She did have 1 night so far where she slept 12.5 hours. It was glorious for her! I however kept waking up every few hours and running in to make sure she was ok. Still breathing. Hadn't jumped out of the crib. haha. It was like I was just waiting for her to need me or something.
This has been a tough transition for me. I have definitely had some teary moments and have to fight the urge to not bring her back to our room. I don't know why its so hard for me every single time. I mean this is the 4rth time now we have moved a baby to their own room, it seems like it would get easier. Not so much for me. Like it is with every stage, its bittersweet......so fun to see her love her new bed and adjust so well to sharing a room with her sister, so sad that this part of our story is done. We will never have a little baby with us in our room again. Our little Presley is growing up.
Kensi, on the other hand, has been absolutely delighted to have a new roommate. I am so, so proud of her. She has done so great with this new arrangement. I was concerned, as I'm sure you could understand, with what the Goose may try with the baby in there. But so far, she has been fantastic! I keep waiting to go in there and find them both in the crib or some other crazy idea she may cook up. ha! I love that they get to share a room. I shared a room almost my whole life with my sister and we had the best times laying in bed at night talking and making up games to play. I'm excited for them to be able to share this with each other.
And just for fun, here are some pictures of the big move...
This is her cradle that sits right beside my side of the bed. Think she looks a wee bit big for it? I say she still has an inch or two at top and bottom to grow before she's out of it. haha...just kidding. :)
All tucked in and ready for nighty-night. She absolutely LOVES that Baby Einsteen Aquarium hanging there.
I can just imagine that Kensi is trying to plot and pull poor Presley into one of her schemes. Oh boy!
Peachy-pie, you are growing so quickly. I want time to stop, just for a while, so I can enjoy these stages a little longer. Words cannot describe how I love you. You have been a special gift to me straight from God's heart. I love you so much Presley-girl.
