Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Shiner
Unrelated to the type of accident referenced in the previous post, Isla had a little fall on Thanksgiving. Think thing puffed up and started turning colors before I could make it from the kitchen to the living room! Now it's yellow, blue, green, and purple. Very lovely. Hopefully it clears up by Saturday when we have pictures taken with Santa.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
So much...
There's just so much each day with Isla that it's hard to find time to write about all of it. Potty training FINALLY seems to be catching on. So happy that MG told me that H required a phone call from Bat Girl for things to catch with her. So MH called as Dora 2 weekends ago and that REALLY helped. Isla was so excited that Dora called her! Then 2 days later, Dora left stickers on the porch for her (I have the BEST friends!). And at Halloween I discovered that M&Ms are a better motivator than Skittles. Who woulda thunk that MY kid would be driven my chocolate?
Speaking of Halloween, trick or treating was a big hit--she loved seeing all the kids come by the house more so than going to the few neighbors' houses we went to. She'd run to the door and open it while we'd race to keep Speckles from going outside. Then she's run back and tell us how many more there were and what they were dressed like. She didn't seem scared of any costumes, but there was one person that I think she told "I don't like your costume." She's already decided that next year she will be a butterfly and Daddy will be a ladybug.
We went to an open house at school the other night. One of the student workers said something about reading a book to Isla, asking her to count, and she counted in Spanish. Um, yes. She does that. Gotta love Dora and Diego.
Yesterday Daddy had to leave for work early. I was sitting on her bed holding her and she was dozing in and out. P gave me a kiss and told me bye and left the room, thinking she was asleep. "Daddy?" He came back to see her arms raised for a hug. I saw him melt. She gave him a hug and a kiss, then said "I love you Daddy." He melted again. As he walked out of the room, she said "Have a good day." I think he had a hard time leaving yesterday morning. Last night after he got home, we were all 3 sitting on the couch and suddenly she says "How was your day Daddy?" Such a sweetie.
Speaking of sweeties, hopefully another sweetie will be in our house soon. Our home study is almost done. J comes Tuesday for our home visit and then she has to finish her report. Should be done soon, then we can register with the agency we want to use. And then we'll wait. H2H's website says the wait til is usually under 9 months. I keep seeing things online about them never having enough families open to race so we may have a baby a lot sooner than that.
Speaking of Halloween, trick or treating was a big hit--she loved seeing all the kids come by the house more so than going to the few neighbors' houses we went to. She'd run to the door and open it while we'd race to keep Speckles from going outside. Then she's run back and tell us how many more there were and what they were dressed like. She didn't seem scared of any costumes, but there was one person that I think she told "I don't like your costume." She's already decided that next year she will be a butterfly and Daddy will be a ladybug.
We went to an open house at school the other night. One of the student workers said something about reading a book to Isla, asking her to count, and she counted in Spanish. Um, yes. She does that. Gotta love Dora and Diego.
Yesterday Daddy had to leave for work early. I was sitting on her bed holding her and she was dozing in and out. P gave me a kiss and told me bye and left the room, thinking she was asleep. "Daddy?" He came back to see her arms raised for a hug. I saw him melt. She gave him a hug and a kiss, then said "I love you Daddy." He melted again. As he walked out of the room, she said "Have a good day." I think he had a hard time leaving yesterday morning. Last night after he got home, we were all 3 sitting on the couch and suddenly she says "How was your day Daddy?" Such a sweetie.
Speaking of sweeties, hopefully another sweetie will be in our house soon. Our home study is almost done. J comes Tuesday for our home visit and then she has to finish her report. Should be done soon, then we can register with the agency we want to use. And then we'll wait. H2H's website says the wait til is usually under 9 months. I keep seeing things online about them never having enough families open to race so we may have a baby a lot sooner than that.
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