sleeping 9-10 hours at night, only getting up because we wake her up
nicknames: Smiles, Bubbles, Miss Priss, FBrad (coined by Clint Roberts), Rooster/Roo (originally coined by Helen Hull for the tuft of hair in the back that STANDS STRAIGHT UP NO MATTER HOW MUCH SPIT WE PUT ON IT)
started a new class which we love and have met some awesome new friends, for mommy and FB: Play 2 Grow
http://www.play-2-grow.com/
the last couple of weeks we have been letting her nap during the day in her big girl bed a.k.a. her crib. We recently changed the sheet on it which entails removing the bumper, removing the matress completely from the crib and re-tying all the bows on the bumper (John ties much better bows that I do, scary!) OH MY GOSH. I was out of breath. Of course the daddy was saying, "this isn't that bad". Uh, yes it is! Again, another product that I have a new respect for is The Ultimate Crib Sheet. We have 2 of them that I have been waiting to pull out, well wait no longer.
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3188798
new tricks: both hands above her head grabbing onto her hair and twirling it, blowing bubbles, drooling (now I understand why babies wear bibs ALL the time), making a clicking noise, lifting up her dress
air: Fannie B has taken up playing the air guitar, air violin and drives her air car on her air steering wheel at 10 and 2! has caused real tears from laughter
she has discovered her hands and is now putting them in her mouth
she has also discovered her feet but she can't quite get to them. It is more like she has discovered her shins and ankles. hysterical! Poor kid has the longest legs and doesn't stand a chance at being flexible.
she loves her Doggie mobile in her crib (see above)
lost bow count: 1
(and its the light pink one too, dern, as that is our most popular bow, I thought it would have resurfaced by now but seeing as how it is smaller than a quarter, I haven't found it yet!)
while breastfeeding, she has taken to practicing her cheerleading jumps/gymnastic moves with her legs. Doing a
hurkie while attached to your food source is quite interesting....
grabs on to anything and everything with those sweet delicate hands and extra long fingers: shirts, daddy's chest hair, the swing at Play 2 Grow class, tags (now I understand the phenemenon behind Taggies, to be honest, I thought they were pretty stupid and tacky before having a baby)
http://www.taggies.com/
has said "hey" three times in one week, yes our child is talking. Call Harvard. Call Yale.
1) said it to Mommy in the kitchen while Daddy was standing there too
2) said it to Grandmommy Nancy in Mommy & Daddy's living room while Mommy was sitting across the room
3) said it to Daddy and Grandmommy Nancy at Big Daddy Joe & Grandmommy Nancy's house
was hoping she would say "hey y'all" to the New Yorkers (really Washingtonians now) but she didn't pull through for us, this time!
SMILING alot! and even at her mommy now. ;)
I had been convinced that we did not even really need a baby monitor, much less the video monitor, since our house is so small. Well, we are now the new owners of this video monitor and we are obsessed with it! It is highly entertaining. The first time I put her in her crib with the video monitor on, she looked at it and smiled the entire time until she fell asleep. It has a green light on it so I know she was intrigued with that but the smiling was just too much. She is such a pistol, already. We are in for it.
life is getting sweeter by the second!
