appetite waning

Adler must be caught up at least for the time being. She was eating everything and 2-3 helpings of things. now she has slowed down and actually eats very little. I guess she is over that growth spurt and just maintaining. I run out of ideas on what to feed her. she does better than her sister on eating what daddy and i eat. she is going like a weed and she will let you know if she is hungry/thirst so just going with the flow right now.

no pictures

i meant to post a picture today of Adler's boo-boos but i forgot the camera at home. the ones i took last night were not the best as they were right at dinner time so the ketchup on her face and snot out of her nose only added to the "pushed down a flight of stairs" look. ugh. her eye was a little swollen last night so we took a hit of Tylenol before bed. the boo-boo does not seem to bother her so it is just another day in her book even if she looks like she lost a "battle with the demon."

called to school

i had just dropped the girls off at school, gotten to the office, and put my pocketbook away when i got a call. they called and told me that Adler had tripped or fallen and had cut her face and that i needed to come and assess the situation. my heart fell, but i was out the door in 2 seconds flat. i get there and she had already stopped crying, till she saw me that is. she had an adult thumb nail size (and shape) cut on her face between her nose and eyebrow. the cut must have happened at an upward angle because the flap of skin was covering the cut. it did break the skin, but i don't believe it even bled a drop. there is also a bump on her nose that was already starting to turn purple. because of the spot we could not really put a band aid on it, or even neosporin because it would be too likely to wipe into her eye. so basically did nothing. i only worry because it is an open wound and she has already gotten CA-MERSA from there once, is it going to happen again!?!?!?! UGH, UGH, UGH!!!!

knows what she wants

Adler defiantly knows what she wants. it has been days since she had a bottle but yesterday and again this morning she has a mild cold/snotty nose and she very specifically goes around screaming "ba-ba" which is what i call a bottle. I can try other things but she is never pacified till she gets her "ba-ba." we are down to using it only for comfort when she is not feeling well or is going through a spurt of not eating much.

stingy

Adler has gotten very stingy with her kisses these days. i think she thinks it is funny. you use to be able to ask for a kiss and get a dozen in return, albeit very wet ones. now i have to steal them and even then she is catching on to my game. some reason daddy is not on the shortage list and is able to worm some out of her after bath time....then he likes to brag about it. errrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

laughs at her own jokes

Adler's personality is really shining though. she loves to laugh at her own jokes, like when she teases you with a toy, or crawls up into your chair when you get up, or playing peek-a-boo. i love hearing that laugh and that fact that although it is not really funny to us she thinks it is hilarious. i love that idea of humor blooming in her. Adler, I hope and pray that you always keep that sense of humor and never take yourself too serious.

stinky pillow - #2

Grandma noticed when she was here over Christmas break that Adler liked to rub her face on one of Rigby's extra satin pillows. Since Rigby is only preferential to that original stinky pillow i absconded one of the other pillows that Aunt Bonnie made her. in the beginning i was able to throw the pillow in the crib to help get Adler to sleep then remove it once she fell asleep. i still don't like anything in the crib with her, but i guess Adler learned my trick. She now lays her body and head on the pillow so there is no way for me to remove it without waking her up. so she gets her way and sleeps with it all night. best part is that i think the pillow helped us almost instantaneously ween her from having to be put to sleep in the swing. YEA!! not getting rid of the swing just yet, but we almost never use it now.