Word.

Paige fell asleep in her jumper yesterday. I don't get it; she's not a generally "sleepy" baby, and I wouldn't expect this from her normally. We had tried to put her down for a nap a bit earlier than this, and she wouldn't sleep. I think she is getting to the point where she wants to be up playing and exploring rather than sleeping unless she is really tired. So she started off jumping, and then it looked like she was intensely playing with the toys, and then suddenly she wasn't moving at all. We were sitting in the living room having a little Saturday afternoon appetizer before dinner, so we were just talking, and then we looked and thought What the heck?? Pretty cute. We were able to transfer her into her crib still sleeping. The same thing happened on a walk the other day. She wouldn't sleep before the walk like I thought she would. Then at the very end of the walk I noticed she was slumped forward in her stroller, sound asleep. Luckily I could do the same thing and transfer her over into her crib.

Paige can now say:

hi
bye
duckie

and she understands 'cow' and 'light'.

We have a little foam cow that I got from a milk company when I worked at Second Cup. It's on top of the fridge and she can't play with it because her little teeth dig into the foam and she can bite chunks off it. But when she sees it she goes mental. There's no way she would make the connection with a real cow, but she knows this one. Maybe we'll take her to a petting zoo in the summer. I think they have one at Springridge farms..

I think she could clearly say 'daddy' now if she can say duckie, but who knows. She said it once or twice, but still not sure if she knows us as mommy and daddy.

Oh--Paige likes Dora the Explorer. Mike actually rented her a Dora video just for a laugh, and she really likes it. She says EEEEEE when it is playing. She usually makes this noise now when she is excited. Actually, I'm sure she would like other cartoons too, but I try not to turn on the tv for her specifically. When I watch tv now, she doesn't really pay much attention to it. So, it was kind of funny to put in a video for her, and have her (half) watch it. I hope she likes that show when she is older because I sort of like it too. haha.

CHEATING!

Paige is starting to cheat when she stands on her own! Little scammer! If she is standing along the couch we say "Paige, stand stand!" and she puts her little hands up, palms facing outwards, but she LEANS HER STOMACH ON THE COUCH!!

I am now thinking that she understands "stand stand" as putting her hands up like that, rather than actually standing on her own!!

I think we confused her because the 3 things she seems to know are "dance dance", "stand stand", and "hands hands". Yes--we say everything twice. So now she is probably really confused. Say all of those words back to back and they all sound exactly the same.

I will have to work on that with her today! haha.

So cute I can't even stand it..

I can't believe how much Paige is starting to understand and be aware of things. Last night she was acting like a puppy, that is the only think I can compare it to. You know when dogs do something again and again for treats? Well, while I was sitting on the couch, Paige was standing in front of me, holding onto the couch. She let go and was just standing there with her palms facing outwards towards me for balance. So we went YAAAAa!!! and clapped. She eventually lost balance and put her hands down on the couch again. A few seconds later she would do the same thing. we would say yYAAAAAaa and clap. She did this again and again probably about 10 times. Sometimes she would even do a little pivot turn as if she was going to try to walk in the opposite direction! when she would do this she would wipe out completely on the floor. She would then crawl back to the couch, stand up, and do it again. By the end she was standing on her own and clapping. She could probably only get in 2 claps before she would need to put her hands down to steady herself, since it wasn't as easy to balance and clap. I just can't believe how insanely cute she looks with her hands out, a serious look on her face seeking approval, and tiny little wobbles as she is steadying herself.

I have realized that shopping for a baby girl is difficult--there is waaaaaay too much selection. You know how you go to the store to shop for yourself and you might see 2 items that you like, if you even find anything that fits properly? Well, with Paige, I look in the store and I could really get anything for her, and all of it fits. Everything is ridiculously cute, it's just a matter of matching things that you already have, and not going crazy. I have bought most of Paige's forseeable summer wardrobe. I guess we'll see how dirty she gets and what she likes wearing. She has:

5 onesies
3 t-shirts
2 tracksuits
1 water-resistant jacket
1 bathing suit
1 dress
1 terry cloth bathing suit coverup dress/normal dress
1 sailor suit
2 sun hats
3 shorts
and, hhmm, 5 pairs of pants...ok, but 2 of these are 18 month leggings that she wears now, so they fit now as pants all scrunched up, but will probably fit until she is 2, just under dresses.

It's funny because some of the stuff was in her closet since she was born. At the time it seemed so huge, so I didn't even imagine that it would fit now, but it will definitely fit by July. I think it seems like there are a lot of clothes, but once she starts playing in the grass, I'm assuming that some stuff will get stained. Already one of the onesies has food stains on it.

Can't wait till I can shop for our cruise...the stuff from last summer is maternity, and the summer before that I was a size XS....not going to happen by this summer...so I need everything new! woohoo! I won't go crazy, but I will need a few things anyway..

New Achievments

1. Paige can stand up for about 15 seconds on average. She uses her arms to balance herself if she wobbles at all.

2. She randomly finds her walker and starts walking away.

3. She can now dance on cue: "Paige, dance dance!" and she moves side to side, or if on all 4's, apparently she moves back and forth--she did this last night.

4.Toast has become another food option. If you give her a half piece of toast she will rip off tiny pieces with her 2 teeth.

Ouch

I just glanced at myself in the mirror as I was putting Paige's last bottle of the night in the warmer and I thought, "what the heck is that all over my face??" I had Paige's FOOD ALL OVER MY FACE! Little splatters of food mainly on my nose. Lately, she likes to spit out her food. Most of the time I take it to mean that she is finished, but sometimes she seems to do it for fun. Also, she does it when she tastes meat or carrots which she hates--but those are always accompanied by a disgusted expression.

I probably didn't notice that there was food all over my face or bother to wipe it off when it happened since I had another one of those, "OMG, I just hurt my child" moments. I had heated up some cereal for Paige and then gave it a (apparently) crappy stir. I tested it with my finger like I always do, and then gave Paige a spoonful. One look at her face and I knew I had just burned her (or close). I must have taken a spoonful from a hot section. As soon as the food hit her tongue, she kept her mouth wide open with her tongue sticking out, she started shaking and crying. I scraped the food off as quick as I could, then I gave her a drink of my water. She was fine, but once again I felt awful! Add that to the list of bad things I have done. It could have been way worse, and now I will be over cautious I guess. As a treat after the incident, I let her play with her sippy cup without the membrane in it, so she could drink the water really fast (which she loves). She got the water all over herself which she thought was hilarious, so obviously, I hadn't really hurt her, just shocked her.

Paige says hi

I was able to get a video of Paige saying hi very clearly. I put together a few clips of her using her walker, crawling really fast and then saying hi. She says hi 2 x actually. The second time is the best.