I can't reach that banana puff

...so I'll just throw up on the playmat and smear it around until it's in my clothing, skin, eyes, and hair. All in 30 second's time as Mom puts away one book!

The house is very nearly de-cluttered completely. Just don't look in the garage or basement. Or tack-shed. Or... my closet. Ok so there is still plenty to get done. Leave me be, I need a break. I've decided, though, on what colors to paint a few of the walls, so... progress? Procrastination.

Little monster baby gets her ear tubes installed on Monday. Installed, pahhaha! Everything goes well, we'll be in and out in 2 hours, counting pre-op and recovery. I'm sure she will recover from anesthesia like a champ considering she is TWENTY POUNDS.

Product review: So far so good on the Febreze Flameless Luminary thing with the shades. The first one, Willow Tree Blossom or some such other ridiculous girly named scent, was overbearing at first, and then tapered to a pleasant, subtle aroma. Citrus Tree or whatever that one was... had to be exiled to the garage for the first three days until the initial scent dissipated some. And I hadn't yet turned it on! A+ I suppose!

The swimming lesson video!

FINALLY! :)

Tiny McFloaty

Well, I completely fail as a doting parent yet again. Saturday morning was AJ's first swim lesson, and I fully intended to bring along the video camera so we could all see her floating around like the little turd she is. But... I also had to drop the dog off at the vet before her lesson, so I had an infant and an ornery dog to contend with.

Alas, the camera was neglected and forgotten, sitting lonely on the foyer table, forlorn.

BUT, she has three more lessons in this session so we will get pics and a video of her prodigy swimming abilities eventually.

She did really well. She wasn't scared in the least and she smiled when S lifted her high up out of the water. She kicked when she was on her back, and she held her head up out of the water when she was on her belly. She floated BY HERSELF on the pool noodle and didn't freak out one bit when her face went momentarily submerged.

I believe she had a really great time. I look forward to this week's lesson.

Aunt J is awesome

A-Train's Aunt J (my sister) came down to visit for a few days. We have a running joke that she only comes down when she's hungry for a home cooked meal, or has laundry to do haha! I don't mind and besides, she usually vacuums and cleans up the kitchen while she's here, so SCORE!

And of course AJ loves it because she gets more attention.

Yesterday, J and I took off AJ's socks to try on her Easter shoes, and the dog ninja'ed in and stole one! He was quick and quiet and it was funny to see him run off with a teeny tiny little pink sock.

So the appointments are made for AJ's pre-op, surgery, and post-op. She will have her ear tubes put in on May 3rd. Hopefully there are no complications, but I will keep everyone posted.

I signed her up for swim classes at the YMCA. I guess it will be more like float classes considering she'll only be 7 months, but I want swimming to be one of those things that comes natural to her. I always knew how to swim and never had a fear of water, and I want the same for her. I'm sure we'll shoot a video of her first swim class. I got her a little watermelon swim suit and swim diapers. I kind of can't wait :)

Bee Ay En Ay En Ay ESS!

Bananas. She loves them. She also can't get enough of pears and sweet potatoes. She isn't too averse to "garden vegetables" (which, coincidentally, includes PEAS!! without her knowledge). So she's doing well with the solid foods. This evening, I plan to chop up a banana into tiny squishable pieces and letting her work on her fine motor skills for a while. I anticipate a sticky, banana-flavored face, so it will inevitably be bath night.

She sits up quite well these days, with only the occasional backwards fall. She's doing well at not overreacting and we always hesitate for a few seconds before rushing to comfort her, so that she doesn't decide to flip out immediately. She's not hurt, and I want her to learn to bounce right back :)

She's getting to the "mad" point when on her stomach and not able to reach her toys, so I think she'll start working out the mechanics of getting her knees under her to crawl, or pulling herself forward with her arms. Right now, she has learned that if she's on a blanket, she can pull the blanket toward her and the toys will come along too.

She is still sleeping fairly well, only waking up once to eat, and sometimes sleeping till about 5:30 am. Can't complain about that!! She is getting better about taking a long afternoon nap in her crib if we put her there and leave the room.

I can't believe she is nearly 7 months old! Her first plane right will be in June and she will be a burly 9 month old. Crazy.

Blah Blah Blah

Don't look at me, those are Adelaide's words. I have proof!

Squish Squash

We finally found something she won't spit back in our faces: squash. Woo! She ate nearly an entire little can of it on Saturday evening and then went to bed.

Last night she slept from 8pm to 4:45am. Niiiiiiiiice. I slept like the dayd.

Not much new going on. She sits up all by herself, as some of you saw in one of the YouTube videos. She loves to stand with one of us giving her a little support or hand to lean on. This morning she went berserk in her bouncy monkey chair jump-jump thing. I put her in it and she immediately began bouncing around like a wild-girl, feet leaving the ground and everything. I have to upload that video and then it'll be posted as well.

Gaah ignore any typos, apparently I can't type this morning. Stupid fingers.

-t