Big Girl Bed

It's 5:30 am. My eyes open. It is dark. I can't believe it. I am alone.

This is incredible. In the middle of the night, Mead decided to sleep the rest of the night in her big girl bed. I vaguely remember waking at night and she was there, but she must have crawled away and laid comfortably down just like a big kid. It's great! I hope it continues.

To give some background, we co-sleep. Mead began by sharing our bed with us. Slowly, we have been 'weaning' her from this as she becomes comfortable. She has her own bed

This is dad's weekend, and my dad (Mitch) was here for all of Saturday and some of Friday. The motto was "no appointments, no disappointments!" coined by him, and the only things we scheduled were meals, when we wanted to. The funniest thing happened when we went to B's Rustic tavern for a meal, got all ready, and strolled there. We were about 20 minutes into the meal when I decided it was a good time to start Mead 'coloring.' This would have been great except for the fact that I forgot to stick the diaper bag in the stroller! Oops.

We did go to the "Thomas" restaurant. This is definitely Mead's favorite because there is a train that continuously circles the dining room. In a few minutes we are leaving on a great adventure, but without Mitch since he left at 5:00 a.m. to catch his flight

Bless You!

Mead and I are sitting here looking at pictures. I sneezed. She took a slight pause from drinking, and without even taking the bottle from her mouth she said a slurred, "Bless you." Wow!

S'potty on Dudes!

The Button had two good experiences on the potty, so we got her one of her own. She is still quite young for this, but she expressed an interest in giving it a try. She seems to understand what the real potty is for, but the kiddie one seems to be confusing her because all she wants to do is stand on it, or in it.

Stop It!

We were having shrimp dinner, and the cat kept clawing Karrie to get some. After this happened three times, with her becoming more agitated with each instance, I pushed him away with my foot and said "Stop it!" loudly. There was a short pause followed by Mead yelling "STOP IT!" and pounding on the high chair table.

March Is Reading Month

After a really cool and free Saturday Concert at Elderly Instruments (Seth Bernard and Daisy Mae), we decided to continue our great adventure by reading for an hour at the local bookstore! We left with a duck, a Dora Book, and even some books for DAD!

A Great Snow Day, then Blamo!

I was waiting at the light at National Street when I heard that school was closed! What a suprise I missed the call. Mead still spent most of the day at Nano's house, so I could get some things done, Karrie however had to go. I got called names for that. I am running 3-0 on snowdays, so I'm feeling pretty good about that.

We had a great adventure at the library. We read books, played on computers, walked, and witnessed many interesting parenting strategies. We all note that one. No comment there, I'm not perfect, but at least I try to be positive.

The Button's day ended with a bang. She tumbled face first into the cube, shown in the close-up above. This was the first real face smash! Believe me, it left a mark, and it didn't sound good either. It happened fast. The silent cry. The ear shattering cry. Bloody nose! Ahh. Tell no more you say...but don't worry, she is fast asleep upstairs. Really no problem vor her.