Rhyming

On the way to school, Reagan started a rhyming game with me. She was telling me which letters made what sound. She also was telling me about "the rhymes". I am amazed. Two days...

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Reagan Day Three

Today was Reagan's third day in Pre K1. I dropped her off about 9:00 - which is also when circle trims starts. She hung on my leg, so I had to pry myself away. They said it would take a week or so for her to adjust to the changes.

Tonight I noticed something - Reagan was calm. Is it the new classroom? When she moved there, we had put her in the younger room. It showed. She was moody and much more defiant. It was a problem - a big problem. She was happier though.

We are hoping that the "monkey see monkey do" thing kicks in. The kids are older and respond better to adults. They also have longer attention spans.

Anyway. I can only hope she happy and that she thrives in her new room.

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12 weeks

Maddy is 12 weeks old... sigh. She's getting so big. She's getting so expressive. I just love hanging out with her. I know that I will have a hard time going back to work when it is time. Today she and I were doing my ab routine on the floor. I had her up on my legs... she dropped a big drool right on my chest. Whoops. I thought it was funny. So did she. She laughed and smiled when it dropped and I laughed.

She's not big on tummy time. She used to not mind it. She is also starting to look to the right again so I guess I'll have to work on that reflect some more. She does love her new puppy dog that she got for Christmas. It sings to her and blinks a bit. We played with it some today and she was grabbing it enough that she was able to make the sounds start on her own. Wow!

Elephant and grabbing stuff

Today, I introduced Maddy to Mr. Elephant the Taggie toy. She seemed to like it. I sat her on my lap in a recliner and put it on my lap. She started moving her arms and grabbing it. She's able to grab the elephant by the tags and its arms and pull it towards her mouth. She, of course, Coles and gurgles the whole time too. :)

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She slept today!

Yesterday Maddy was up all day. She only took a couple twenty minute naps throughout the day. So by 8:00 pm, she was worn out. She started getting skwinky. I assumed she was hungry. It turned out she was both hungry and tired. She was so tired that she wouldn't eat. She'd eat for a few seconds, start crying and then go to sleep. That went on for an hour. I finally decided to put a bottle in her mouth and wait out the crying. She eventually she ate two ounces and slept for an hour. She woke up again much calmer and ate more before sleeping through the night.

Today, she took a nap for me after her 10:30 am meal. Ahhh. She even slept in the car when we went to get Reagan. Thank goodness. Now she's eating again. She does this every once in a while. Just rarely enough to freak me out, but not long enough for her to visit the doctor.

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Hanging with Maddy

Today was the first day of many things. It was the first day of my fat shredding diet (by the way I'm starving). It was the first day of my "schedule" or attempt to get on one. It was Reagan's first dentist appointment and her first day in Pre-K1. It was also the first day of cleaning the house. I am moving from room to room each day to get the junk out.

There are so many places to go here because we tend to just put stuff away instead of dealing with them. I started in the bonus room. I propped Maddy up on the bean bag chair and started sorting toys, games and other fun stuff. Every time I picked up an item, I named it and talked to her about what it was. She had a great time with that. I, of course, also took tons of pictures.

We did move on to the game closet. Oh my, we have a lot of games we haven't even played. Oops. None the less, Maddy was entertained by my dialog and showed it by laughing, cooing and smiling at me most of the time. I think the favorite thing was the "birthday hat" which hasn't been worn in quite some time. Maybe I'll get that back out this year!

We've had a busy day. I'm getting some quiet time, mainly to write and sit. Maddy is in her crib fussing, but watching her mobile.

The last first for today is getting her used to her crib. I'd like to get her sleeping up there at night soon.

Going crazy

I figured out how to make Maddy go crazy! She LOVES my hair. At church today, she giggled when I played with my hair. Tonight, I had my hair up in a crazy bun, meaning my hair was all crazy and sticking out all sorts of places. I leaned over her on the changing table after her bath and she went NUTS! It was hilarious. Her eyes got so big and her whole body, both arms and legs, started flailing. It was awesome! She just smiled and cooed and giggled.

At first, I thought it was a fluke. So I did it on the bed. She did it again. So funny. Can't wait to do that again.