iamom05 (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} iamom05) wrote,@ 2007-01-04 12:21:00 |
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Christmas/New Year/Etc.
Christmas with Val was not what it was last year. Last year was all smiles and excitement at each gift. Couldn't wait to open another present. This year was quite the opposite. To her credit, she didn't get to bed on time Christmas Eve. She was running a temp and generally didn't feel well (I attribute this to the lack of sleep as well as getting a new tooth). Anyway, she mostly cried while opening presents. We had to open all of hers for her at the end of the day. We kept hoping she'd do it herself, but it was a no go! She did truly love the shopping cart. It wasn't wrapped and it was just sitting by the tree. We have video. I am posting some pics on her blog though, so you can check them out there. We took it with us to both grandparents house and she did love playing with it all day. She continues to so I guess we made a good buy! She also liked the cell phone and car keys the grandparents gave her, however they drive me batty because they are pretty noisy. The other grandparents gave her a sit n spin. She likes that too, but mostly just to push the button on it that makes it play music. The music sounds like an 80's video game (Craig says "Contra", but I listened to it online and the melody isn't the same, but it is the same instrument or whatever). It's a little annoying as well...what are grandparents good for if not for giving noisy toys to their grandkids??
Since Christmas Val has been fine. She had her 18 mo. checkup and weighs 22.6 lbs and is 31 inches tall. The other baby is doing well too. We heard the heartbeat again at the most recent appt. and found out that our midwives are now "in-network" so we just pay a copay and it's much more affordable! YAY!! She/he had their first set of hiccups that kept me up last night. I've also had a couple of contractions. I barely had any before the week I delivered with Val, so this is new and strange to me.
Val has been learning this week. 2 days ago, she got up on the table and found my Dove Dark Chocolate bar that Craig gave me in my stocking. I found her with it and a tiny nibble out of it. I said "no". Then I told her it was chocolate. Big mistake I found. Yesterday, I was drying my hair and brushing my teeth. I came in to find the empty wrapper on the table and she was in her "naughty spot" as we call it. She goes there when she has something she knows she shouldn't have. There was a big bite out of it. I was a little miffed that she stole my chocolate. I said "NO!" and took it away, wrapped it up and put it somewhere where she couldn't get to it (I ate it later that pm). Anyway, as I was doing this, she looks across the room and says "chocot" (or something similar), followed by "Num, num, num, num!" Oh dear. Last night while waiting for dinner she was getting hungry. I offered her bread to tide her over, but she kept saying "chocot" over and over. We tried to explain that we don't eat chocolate whenever we want...it's special for after dinner sometimes. She kept insisting as her little 18 mo old mind just didn't get it. Again today, she has asked for it already. She's gonna have a long week I guess.
Well this is long enough. I'll update again soon!
Christmas with Val was not what it was last year. Last year was all smiles and excitement at each gift. Couldn't wait to open another present. This year was quite the opposite. To her credit, she didn't get to bed on time Christmas Eve. She was running a temp and generally didn't feel well (I attribute this to the lack of sleep as well as getting a new tooth). Anyway, she mostly cried while opening presents. We had to open all of hers for her at the end of the day. We kept hoping she'd do it herself, but it was a no go! She did truly love the shopping cart. It wasn't wrapped and it was just sitting by the tree. We have video. I am posting some pics on her blog though, so you can check them out there. We took it with us to both grandparents house and she did love playing with it all day. She continues to so I guess we made a good buy! She also liked the cell phone and car keys the grandparents gave her, however they drive me batty because they are pretty noisy. The other grandparents gave her a sit n spin. She likes that too, but mostly just to push the button on it that makes it play music. The music sounds like an 80's video game (Craig says "Contra", but I listened to it online and the melody isn't the same, but it is the same instrument or whatever). It's a little annoying as well...what are grandparents good for if not for giving noisy toys to their grandkids??
Since Christmas Val has been fine. She had her 18 mo. checkup and weighs 22.6 lbs and is 31 inches tall. The other baby is doing well too. We heard the heartbeat again at the most recent appt. and found out that our midwives are now "in-network" so we just pay a copay and it's much more affordable! YAY!! She/he had their first set of hiccups that kept me up last night. I've also had a couple of contractions. I barely had any before the week I delivered with Val, so this is new and strange to me.
Val has been learning this week. 2 days ago, she got up on the table and found my Dove Dark Chocolate bar that Craig gave me in my stocking. I found her with it and a tiny nibble out of it. I said "no". Then I told her it was chocolate. Big mistake I found. Yesterday, I was drying my hair and brushing my teeth. I came in to find the empty wrapper on the table and she was in her "naughty spot" as we call it. She goes there when she has something she knows she shouldn't have. There was a big bite out of it. I was a little miffed that she stole my chocolate. I said "NO!" and took it away, wrapped it up and put it somewhere where she couldn't get to it (I ate it later that pm). Anyway, as I was doing this, she looks across the room and says "chocot" (or something similar), followed by "Num, num, num, num!" Oh dear. Last night while waiting for dinner she was getting hungry. I offered her bread to tide her over, but she kept saying "chocot" over and over. We tried to explain that we don't eat chocolate whenever we want...it's special for after dinner sometimes. She kept insisting as her little 18 mo old mind just didn't get it. Again today, she has asked for it already. She's gonna have a long week I guess.
Well this is long enough. I'll update again soon!
