Great green globs... :)

Well, more than a week has gone by, and FINALLY our sleep situation has changed somewhat. We did try to move bedtime an hour earlier, but after a couple of days where it worked like a charm, suddenly Brynne was waking up at 5:45am happy as can be, and NOT going back to sleep. She also caught what I would call her first BIG cold (first cough, etc.) so her daytime sleeping actually got even worse! (literally maybe 30 minutes all day). However, the "bookies" (Brynne's name for boogies) have subsided some--(THANK GOODNESS. I was finding gigantic green boogies all over the place! I've been following her around with a tissue, but she still seemed to wipe them first and then tried to wipe them off on other things....mommy, the cat, the couch. Please tell me other kids do this?!? But I digress.... :)
So because she isn't having as much trouble breathing, she's been sleeping. And the house has breathed a collective sigh of relief because for the past three days, she's woken up at the "normal" time (7:00-7:30) napped for at least two hours (today it was almost 3!) and then gone to bed about 8:00pm and slept all night. *Sigh*. Transition to one nap, successful! :)

Anyway, it's been awhile since I put any pictures up so I thought I would share a couple of my favorites...

He grammy gave her a new coat.




She loves the stickers she got from us! She never wants to stick them on the pages though :)





I love this picture. We were having a conversation, and she just started holding my face.





And then trying to lick me!



So of course I played along :)


P.S. For those dying to know (smile), the potty intro went well. We now know EXACTLY what the potty is for. We've read all the cute books from the library, and everyone in the family has been asked to share their "business" at least once. The other day Brynne was looking for daddy and when I told her he was going potty, she immediately put her hands up and said "SEE". I think daddy might have been a little bit weirded out when we showed up at the door wondering if we could "see". Ha!
One of the books uses the phrase, "it's easy!". So Brynne's been walking around the house for the last few days chanting, "it's eeshy!". I think that's my new favorite phrase of hers :)

Comments

Deanna @ oneagleswings said…
Deanna~glad to hear that your transition to one nap was a success! For quite a long time, we had a sacred afternoon nap time for both boys which lasted for 2.5 to 3 hours. It was gloriously refreshing for this mama.

I love the pictures. What a cute coat she has! The love between you and your sweet girl is so obvious in those photos.

Good job on the potty training start.
January 12, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Courtney @ splashing grace said…
love those pictures of the two of you!

hurrah for getting over the sickies... and yeah, other kids wipe their boogies too... not my kids though ;)
January 13, 2009 at 2:17 AM
k. elisabeth said…
its eeshy! :)
you have a beautiful baby...of course i'm biased because i'm her proud aunt...but whatever.
:) i woke up this morning thanking jesus for bringing her into our life. seemed only right to thank you and aaron too. ;)
January 13, 2009 at 6:01 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

18 months

Camdon turned 18 months old last week! Camdon, you weigh (3/20 at the Dr.'s): 23lbs. and 5 oz. You are 32" long Your head is growing too, and still in the 95% percentile! Can't forget that big ol' head :) You are exploding with words! I am not even sure how many you can say now...you stopped calling daddy "na na" and started calling him "da da" a few weeks ago...I've even heard a few "daddy"'s in there. You say 'cup', 'apple', 'melmo', 'bur bur' (big bird), 'grofer (grover), all the animal names and sounds. You started this week saying, "dump (jump)", which you say every time you try and do it (which is alot). You also have just started saying "pease" along with your sweet "kank koo"....which is one of our favorite things. You say it ALOT....including when you are giving something to someone else, so hand mommy a toy and say 'kank koo'. :) You LOVE to b...
Read more

Sometimes life gives you lemons...PART 1

But you can't make lemonade because they're already rotten. And seriously, who wants to drink rotten lemonade? Someone told me, "You'll write your first book about this season of life". Hehe. I can't even remember half of this season. :) I've been thinking about blogging for awhile now, about sleep and what I feel like the Lord is showing me during this...extended....period of time in our life. He IS moving and speaking, and I've been tossing around whether or not to share. I think I will. Sometime. But I think, if I'm going to write my hope-filled "Jesus is showing up so it's all good" post.....it's only fair if I also blog on one of my bad days. Of which there have been many. One of the days that also exposes the deep struggle I've had during this season. Seems fair. So I haven't written anything. The spiritual blog posts are so much easier to write. They make you sound struggling AND strong. Frustrated AND s...
Read more

17 months

Camdon, you turned 17 months on Feb. 15th! Perhaps the most important development is that you are FINALLY sleeping through the night!! At the end of January, mommy and daddy left overnight for the first time (youth retreat), and you didn't get up either night....so when we got home, we decided to go for dropping that last pesky wake-up, and you DID it! Mommy is so proud of you! (also, she's almost getting enough sleep to feel her face again--jk (not really :) You like to "talk" or "sing" to yourself in the middle of the night. You are in love with "melmo", "cookie", "bee burr", and Sesame Street in general. Books, stuffed animals...even bits of the show. You love it all. You've taken to turning on the tv and saying, "melmo. Feet." because you want to watch the Elmo's World with the feet in it. If mommy would let you, you would be a VERY happy tv watcher...you think it's mesmerizing. You are my little...
Read more