No baby yet! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving down in Jersey and ended up staying the night. I went to see New Moon today with Adam's mom and sister while the dads watched the babies. We hung around there as long as possible today but didn't want to spend another night, so we headed home. It's nice to be back in our own apartment, but we really enjoyed spending time with the family. We'll be back there tomorrow for more birthday celebrations!
I guess that's all. I just thought I'd check in so no one thinks that too long of a silence means that the baby has arrived.
Here's something cute--Katrina watched parts of Toy Story and really enjoyed it. When she found her cousins's Woody toy that has a string you can pull on the back, she loved pulling it and making him talk. Ever since then she has walked around saying, "Yee-aah."
Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Some early Christmas cheer
One tree for each Christmas we've had together. We still need one for this year.
We bought a new stocking for Baby Y. Now the blue ones are ours, the red is Katrina's, and the green is the baby's.
My little nativity scene. Someday I'll have a larger one.
Adam loves nutcrackers. I bet this is a growing collection too!
Amazingly, Katrina hasn't pulled the garland off yet. When she does I'll probably drape it around the window.
Our pretty little tree. I like it a lot, even though it has no ornaments or anything. I got these garlands last year and they are the perfect length.Christmas is exactly a month away! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and I hope you all have a wonderful time with friends and family! Tonight Adam is making coconut creme pie and I'm making potato salad.
Katrina Quirks
So I have been trying to remember little quirks and things that Katrina does because she really does make me laugh a lot these days.
--She must have learned this from nursery, but she loves to spin around with her hands in the air clasped in little fists. This is my signal to sing "Ring around the Rosie." She sometimes falls down, sometimes doesn't, but always wants me to sing it more than once, and sometimes ten or twenty times in a row.
--I think I've told her a time or two that trains say "choo-choo," but then the other day Thomas the Tank Engine came on tv and she started saying, "Doo-doo! Doo-doo!" Every time she sees a train she likes to say that, but then she also started saying it while playing with a couple of her car toys. We tell her "vroom!" but she insists it's "doo-doo!"
--Anytime I go into either bathroom she follows me and climbs into the bathtub. In her bathroom she plays with the letters and numbers, in our tub she plays with the shampoo or points out that the top of the body wash is a "wowal," or oval. Every bathroom stop for me is a community field trip, and I put up with that because I'd rather avoid a yelling toddler and sacrifice some privacy. Sometimes in the evening when Adam is home I insist on private bathroom trips and she will lay down and talk to me under the door. She does this at night from her room too, and the other night I was bad and played finger and toe games with her from the other side of the door. What can I say, it was fun!
-We bought the Gospel Art book that has lots of pictures from the scriptures, and Katrina loves to flip through it and point at Jesus. Yesterday and today she keeps bringing it to me turned to the back where there are pictures of all of the modern-day prophets. I have to sing the primary song "Latter-day Prophets" and point out all of them while singing. Then she tells me to do it again and we repeat until something else thankfully gets her attention and I can rest my voice.
-She called a man at church "Jesus" on Sunday and even though I said, no that's not him, she kept insisting he was. This guy has a rather full beard and longish hair.
-Every night when we check on her we leave her door only partly closed. In the morning she gets up, lays down by the door so she can open it by pulling on the bottom, and then runs into our room with her blanket. Usually she runs to me first to get a hug, and then starts opening drawers and playing with things or following Adam as he gets ready. She also likes to cuddle in Adam's lap so he sits down on the floor and she backs into his lap.
-She gives open-mouthed cheek kisses, but lately has been bad about kissing us when we request. She grins and then kisses the person standing next to whoever is holding her. After watching Adam kiss me on the lips goodbye, she has started trying to kiss me on the lips, but thankfully closed-mouthed! However, she tries to kiss Adam open-mouthed on the lips, which grosses him out.
-Katrina gets fixated on us wearing certain things. We were playing with Adam's hats the other day and for the next few days she insisted I wear his Scout hat almost nonstop. Yesterday she pulled the belt off of his pants and then brought it to me and insisted I wear it. I could only get it on up above my belly on the widest hole, but she didn't let me take it off. Today she tried that again but I didn't want to put up with the discomfort. A few days ago I wore some different pajamas that were soft and light blue as opposed to my normal black yoga pants and black shirt (I wear pajamas pretty much 20 hours out of the day, only changing before Adam comes home in the evenings so we can go out if necessary). She loved those pajamas and the next morning when I changed back into my other clothes, she kept pulling out the blue ones and bringing them too me while babbling insistantly.
-I pretended to suck on my finger through her blanket like she always does. This made her giggle and pull it away from me. Then she stuck her blanket-covered thumb in my face so I could suck on her finger.
-If she finds something long and easy to drape, it gets draped around her shoulders. It totally is a strangulation hazard but it's pretty cute, so I just try to keep strings and stuff away for the most part but on occasion I let her do it and just keep a close eye. Today I took out my phone charger and she took possession of it in order to drape it around her shoulders. She spent most of the morning with it hanging from around her neck.
-I think I may have mentioned this before but she loves to tickle us. She says "liddle liddle" and tickles my belly. She especially loves to pull up my shirt and tickle my flattened belly button.
I am bouncing on my birth ball thinking encouraging thoughts to the baby. He is putting a lot of pressure on my lower abdomen currently and I'm getting way too excited about that fact. I had an appointment yesterday and I was just as dilated as two weeks ago. Much of my pelvic pain has actually subsided and it really feels like not much is going on. I finished some Christmas gifts last night and now feel ready to have this baby, but it really would be much nicer to wait until after Thanksgiving. I don't even have a hospital bag packed. I think I'll do that during naptime, which seems to have started successfully, whoo-hoo!
--She must have learned this from nursery, but she loves to spin around with her hands in the air clasped in little fists. This is my signal to sing "Ring around the Rosie." She sometimes falls down, sometimes doesn't, but always wants me to sing it more than once, and sometimes ten or twenty times in a row.
--I think I've told her a time or two that trains say "choo-choo," but then the other day Thomas the Tank Engine came on tv and she started saying, "Doo-doo! Doo-doo!" Every time she sees a train she likes to say that, but then she also started saying it while playing with a couple of her car toys. We tell her "vroom!" but she insists it's "doo-doo!"
--Anytime I go into either bathroom she follows me and climbs into the bathtub. In her bathroom she plays with the letters and numbers, in our tub she plays with the shampoo or points out that the top of the body wash is a "wowal," or oval. Every bathroom stop for me is a community field trip, and I put up with that because I'd rather avoid a yelling toddler and sacrifice some privacy. Sometimes in the evening when Adam is home I insist on private bathroom trips and she will lay down and talk to me under the door. She does this at night from her room too, and the other night I was bad and played finger and toe games with her from the other side of the door. What can I say, it was fun!
-We bought the Gospel Art book that has lots of pictures from the scriptures, and Katrina loves to flip through it and point at Jesus. Yesterday and today she keeps bringing it to me turned to the back where there are pictures of all of the modern-day prophets. I have to sing the primary song "Latter-day Prophets" and point out all of them while singing. Then she tells me to do it again and we repeat until something else thankfully gets her attention and I can rest my voice.
-She called a man at church "Jesus" on Sunday and even though I said, no that's not him, she kept insisting he was. This guy has a rather full beard and longish hair.
-Every night when we check on her we leave her door only partly closed. In the morning she gets up, lays down by the door so she can open it by pulling on the bottom, and then runs into our room with her blanket. Usually she runs to me first to get a hug, and then starts opening drawers and playing with things or following Adam as he gets ready. She also likes to cuddle in Adam's lap so he sits down on the floor and she backs into his lap.
-She gives open-mouthed cheek kisses, but lately has been bad about kissing us when we request. She grins and then kisses the person standing next to whoever is holding her. After watching Adam kiss me on the lips goodbye, she has started trying to kiss me on the lips, but thankfully closed-mouthed! However, she tries to kiss Adam open-mouthed on the lips, which grosses him out.
-Katrina gets fixated on us wearing certain things. We were playing with Adam's hats the other day and for the next few days she insisted I wear his Scout hat almost nonstop. Yesterday she pulled the belt off of his pants and then brought it to me and insisted I wear it. I could only get it on up above my belly on the widest hole, but she didn't let me take it off. Today she tried that again but I didn't want to put up with the discomfort. A few days ago I wore some different pajamas that were soft and light blue as opposed to my normal black yoga pants and black shirt (I wear pajamas pretty much 20 hours out of the day, only changing before Adam comes home in the evenings so we can go out if necessary). She loved those pajamas and the next morning when I changed back into my other clothes, she kept pulling out the blue ones and bringing them too me while babbling insistantly.
-I pretended to suck on my finger through her blanket like she always does. This made her giggle and pull it away from me. Then she stuck her blanket-covered thumb in my face so I could suck on her finger.
-If she finds something long and easy to drape, it gets draped around her shoulders. It totally is a strangulation hazard but it's pretty cute, so I just try to keep strings and stuff away for the most part but on occasion I let her do it and just keep a close eye. Today I took out my phone charger and she took possession of it in order to drape it around her shoulders. She spent most of the morning with it hanging from around her neck.
-I think I may have mentioned this before but she loves to tickle us. She says "liddle liddle" and tickles my belly. She especially loves to pull up my shirt and tickle my flattened belly button.
I am bouncing on my birth ball thinking encouraging thoughts to the baby. He is putting a lot of pressure on my lower abdomen currently and I'm getting way too excited about that fact. I had an appointment yesterday and I was just as dilated as two weeks ago. Much of my pelvic pain has actually subsided and it really feels like not much is going on. I finished some Christmas gifts last night and now feel ready to have this baby, but it really would be much nicer to wait until after Thanksgiving. I don't even have a hospital bag packed. I think I'll do that during naptime, which seems to have started successfully, whoo-hoo!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Table Runners
So I mentioned before about how I fell in love with some fabric I saw on the internet and then tracked it down so I could use it myself. I was going to make potholders like the original that I saw, but the pattern was just a little bigger than I wanted for potholders and so I decided to make a tablerunner instead. I ended up making three--one for my visiting teacher, one for me, and one for a present. I am not entirely satisfied with them, but oh well. I really wish I had stuck with solid colors for all of them instead of mixing green and red, but Adam keeps reassuring me they look fine, so I'm going to trust him. I mostly just "stitched in the ditch" (quilting in just the seams), though on one of them I quilted the stars.
And here are some close-ups of the pattern.
Now I just need to clean my dirty table off enough that I can put one of these on it!
And here are some close-ups of the pattern.
Now I just need to clean my dirty table off enough that I can put one of these on it!Still the Substitute
Yesterday they called a new primary pianist! She was the primary pianist before me and is quite familiar with the calling, so that is good, since she only has a few weeks until the program. However, she's also the ward organist, so it seems like she's pretty loaded down now. You'd think this would mean that I'm free to relax and enjoy Sunday School and Relief Society for the first time in a year and a half, but no such luck! The new pianist was subbing as a teacher yesterday and so I ended up playing during the third hour. And next week she's on vacation so I'm subbing for her! It's like this endless cycle of subbing...if I had still been pianist she would have been my sub. And she subbed for me last week for closing exercises. And now the word sub looks like it's spelled wrong.
Adam and I are decorating for Christmas tonight. We normally wait until the day after Thanksgiving, or sometimes even Thanksgiving itself, but we wanted to make sure it's done this year in case I go early like I did with Katrina. I cleared off some shelves today in preparation. We already bought a small 3-ft tree to use instead of our 6-ft tree and we have it up where Katrina can't reach. I'm excited to be festive! We have a growing collection of decorative Christmas trees (my goal is to add one each year, until I get old and tired of clutter and then I can get rid of one each year!), nutcrackers, and Santas. I would also like to collect different kinds of nativities.
I have an hour of nap left and two table runners to hopefully finish. I'll post pictures when I'm done.
Adam and I are decorating for Christmas tonight. We normally wait until the day after Thanksgiving, or sometimes even Thanksgiving itself, but we wanted to make sure it's done this year in case I go early like I did with Katrina. I cleared off some shelves today in preparation. We already bought a small 3-ft tree to use instead of our 6-ft tree and we have it up where Katrina can't reach. I'm excited to be festive! We have a growing collection of decorative Christmas trees (my goal is to add one each year, until I get old and tired of clutter and then I can get rid of one each year!), nutcrackers, and Santas. I would also like to collect different kinds of nativities.
I have an hour of nap left and two table runners to hopefully finish. I'll post pictures when I'm done.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
This week in pictures
One of Katrina's favorite places to be is on the computer chair. She also loves to steal the computer from us.
She also loves to watch tv, to suck on her blanket, and to stand in Daddy's shoes, and to occasionally do all three at the same time.
When we were eating dinner at a friend's house on Sunday, they had a mini Swiffer that she loved. I thought she might like helping me with our real Swiffer.
She preferred the open space of the bedroom because she didn't keep getting stuck on the tub or toilet.
She also demanded to eat at the table earlier this week and continues to eat about one meal or snack each day at the table instead of her high chair. If this continues we are contemplating buying this.
Today she learned a new trick.
I love it when she hangs off a piece of furniture and starts yelling, "Ugh! Ugh!" That means she wants help, but I of course laugh a little and just encourage her to keep going. What's not cool is that she also likes to stand up on the toy chest (and on the computer chair and on the dining room chair) so I have to watch her like a hawk and keep reminding her and counting to 3 to get her to sit down.
Okay, so now for my brief crazy moment that occurred last night at 10:30 pm. Adam was at a campout, I didn't want to watch tv, I didn't really want to sew, and I had just finished my book. My solution? Cut my own hair. I read instructions on a couple of websites and just went at it. I even put in layers. I used the bangs from my previous haircut as the shortest layers and it all worked out. I ended up a bit shorter than I am totally happy with, but that's because I just prefer my hair to be super long, since the extra weight helps to keep it from going straight out like a mushroom. Well, now I've got a mushroom. It happens with professional haircuts too. The only solution is to actually style my hair everyday and that just ain't happening!
She also loves to watch tv, to suck on her blanket, and to stand in Daddy's shoes, and to occasionally do all three at the same time.
When we were eating dinner at a friend's house on Sunday, they had a mini Swiffer that she loved. I thought she might like helping me with our real Swiffer.
She preferred the open space of the bedroom because she didn't keep getting stuck on the tub or toilet.
She also demanded to eat at the table earlier this week and continues to eat about one meal or snack each day at the table instead of her high chair. If this continues we are contemplating buying this.
Today she learned a new trick. 
I love it when she hangs off a piece of furniture and starts yelling, "Ugh! Ugh!" That means she wants help, but I of course laugh a little and just encourage her to keep going. What's not cool is that she also likes to stand up on the toy chest (and on the computer chair and on the dining room chair) so I have to watch her like a hawk and keep reminding her and counting to 3 to get her to sit down.
Okay, so now for my brief crazy moment that occurred last night at 10:30 pm. Adam was at a campout, I didn't want to watch tv, I didn't really want to sew, and I had just finished my book. My solution? Cut my own hair. I read instructions on a couple of websites and just went at it. I even put in layers. I used the bangs from my previous haircut as the shortest layers and it all worked out. I ended up a bit shorter than I am totally happy with, but that's because I just prefer my hair to be super long, since the extra weight helps to keep it from going straight out like a mushroom. Well, now I've got a mushroom. It happens with professional haircuts too. The only solution is to actually style my hair everyday and that just ain't happening!So here it is this afternoon, right after I dried it and then tried to push it down with my hands as best as possible.
Then I did a quick and dirty straightening job.
It works. I don't love it, but I don't think I did a horrible job or anything. Adam will be surprised when he gets home from his campout! My last haircut was about a year ago and the one before that was two days before Katrina was born. Maybe this one will be two days before Baby Y is born!
Aaaand a close-up.
Then I did a quick and dirty straightening job.
It works. I don't love it, but I don't think I did a horrible job or anything. Adam will be surprised when he gets home from his campout! My last haircut was about a year ago and the one before that was two days before Katrina was born. Maybe this one will be two days before Baby Y is born!
Aaaand a close-up.Friday, November 20, 2009
Scouting Widow
Tonight's the one night a month that Adam is gone camping. I must admit, I'm glad that he's the assistant scoutmaster now because maybe then he'll have to go to fewer campouts. Not that one night a month is that bad, but in June he was gone three Fridays in a row and then for a whole week for scout camp. I'm not sure what I'm going to do tonight. There's not much evening left, since I spent most of it reading a good book. I might work more on my tablerunners.
Today I am most proud of myself for walking a mile. It's been wet here the past few days so I didn't want to go to the park, plus it's hard to tear Katrina away from it. So I had Adam leave me the stroller and we went on a walk on the trail nearby. It's paved and the first part is fenced on both sides so I can even let Katrina out of the stroller. I really think she functions better the days that she gets a chance to run wild and free sometime during the day. Since winter is rapidly approaching I'm trying to get us out of the house every day if I have the energy. Sure enough, she loved running along the trail and picked up two pet rocks that accompanied us home. There are always lots of people with dogs on the trail and she loves that too. It took us a whole hour because I walk so slowly and because of her exploring. I kept wondering what would happen if my water broke. No such luck! I have a feeling this baby is hanging in there for a little while yet. I'm 38 weeks tomorrow.
Katrina kept her clothes on all day and allowed me to change her diaper without fighting, which was such a relief. In fact, she was in a great mood all day. She didn't even ask me to watch tv until after dinner. She didn't really want to go to bed, but she fell asleep quickly. Unfortunately, it was on the floor. She's regressed a little the past couple of days. We think it's because she likes to be near the light that comes under the door. Sometimes we will be walking down the hallway and her little voice will suddenly surprise us with a, "Mnah-mnah!" And then her fingers will stick out from under the door. It's always a little shocking because it sounds like she's right next to or behind us. Last night we left a book in her room and when Adam went in to move her, she had it in her hand and apparently was trying to read it with the light from under the door! It's all right, especially since she's napping really well in her bed lately. She falls asleep within 20 minutes and almost always in her bed and not the floor. I'm so glad we started the process when we did so that she is now trained before her little brother comes. I don't think she thinks of the crib as her bed anymore.
I got Adam's Christmas present in the mail today! It's so nice to have Christmas plans almost done. I think I just need to figure out and buy Katrina's gifts and finish making a few other gifts. Unfortunately it's really hard figuring out what to get her. A chair, a trike (nixed until 2nd birthday), a doll, shoes? I'd love to get her all of it! But we're trying to narrow it down.
Today I am most proud of myself for walking a mile. It's been wet here the past few days so I didn't want to go to the park, plus it's hard to tear Katrina away from it. So I had Adam leave me the stroller and we went on a walk on the trail nearby. It's paved and the first part is fenced on both sides so I can even let Katrina out of the stroller. I really think she functions better the days that she gets a chance to run wild and free sometime during the day. Since winter is rapidly approaching I'm trying to get us out of the house every day if I have the energy. Sure enough, she loved running along the trail and picked up two pet rocks that accompanied us home. There are always lots of people with dogs on the trail and she loves that too. It took us a whole hour because I walk so slowly and because of her exploring. I kept wondering what would happen if my water broke. No such luck! I have a feeling this baby is hanging in there for a little while yet. I'm 38 weeks tomorrow.
Katrina kept her clothes on all day and allowed me to change her diaper without fighting, which was such a relief. In fact, she was in a great mood all day. She didn't even ask me to watch tv until after dinner. She didn't really want to go to bed, but she fell asleep quickly. Unfortunately, it was on the floor. She's regressed a little the past couple of days. We think it's because she likes to be near the light that comes under the door. Sometimes we will be walking down the hallway and her little voice will suddenly surprise us with a, "Mnah-mnah!" And then her fingers will stick out from under the door. It's always a little shocking because it sounds like she's right next to or behind us. Last night we left a book in her room and when Adam went in to move her, she had it in her hand and apparently was trying to read it with the light from under the door! It's all right, especially since she's napping really well in her bed lately. She falls asleep within 20 minutes and almost always in her bed and not the floor. I'm so glad we started the process when we did so that she is now trained before her little brother comes. I don't think she thinks of the crib as her bed anymore.
I got Adam's Christmas present in the mail today! It's so nice to have Christmas plans almost done. I think I just need to figure out and buy Katrina's gifts and finish making a few other gifts. Unfortunately it's really hard figuring out what to get her. A chair, a trike (nixed until 2nd birthday), a doll, shoes? I'd love to get her all of it! But we're trying to narrow it down.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Control Issues
Naked struggles and food struggles and diaper changing struggles continue. My mother-in-law suggested that Katrina really just wants to have control over something, and I think she's right. I try to give her choices, like which flavor of oatmeal she gets to eat, but I think she wants a little more control than that. So I really have been trying to follow her lead a little more. Yesterday I was changing her clothes and she didn't want to change out of her pajama top. Fine. Today it was 10:00 and she started tugging at her pajama top. Ok. Off it came. I only took it off partway and made her figure out the rest. Might as well teach her to undress herself, right? Then came the pants. And finally, though I was reluctant, off came the diaper. We spent a lot of time going and sitting on the little potty chair (fine, I'll succumb, but I still don't say "Do you need to go potty"), but nothing happened. I really don't think she's ready for potty training at all. But if she's going to be running around nude I'd like to at least make the effort to get her to use that instead of the floor. Surprisingly, with all of the time she has spent naked, she's only had one accident on the floor in her room and everything else has occurred on the towel on her bed during her nap.
She also refuses her highchair sometimes. I don't let her eat in the living room unless it's a snack of just crackers, so I was at my wits end yesterday when she first did this. Then she tried to climb into a table chair and I decided why not, she could eat at the table. Well, she sat there obediently and ate her whole lunch at the table. She had her breakfast there this morning too. It is potentially a problem because when she's done she tries to turn around and stand up, and our chairs are easily tipped backwards. But during the actual meal she stays put. It's really kind of fun to sit at the table next to her and eat.
I'm plugging along. Some days I have more pain walking around than others, and it's usually at its worst in the evenings and at night. Last night I recruited Adam to clean the bathrooms with me because I'd like everything to get deep cleaned before the baby comes. He took one and I took the other. I even scrubbed the floor on my hands and knees! My Braxton Hicks contractions were much closer and stronger for the rest of the night, but it didn't send me into labor or anything! That's good; I want to wait until after Thanksgiving so I don't have to be in the hospital during the holiday.
Well, I'm really trying to get these table runners done quickly. I have been lazy during naptime for the last few days and then at night I'd rather veg in front of the tv. One of them is a thank-you gift for my baby shower hostess, so I want to get it done quickly. Off to go sew!
She also refuses her highchair sometimes. I don't let her eat in the living room unless it's a snack of just crackers, so I was at my wits end yesterday when she first did this. Then she tried to climb into a table chair and I decided why not, she could eat at the table. Well, she sat there obediently and ate her whole lunch at the table. She had her breakfast there this morning too. It is potentially a problem because when she's done she tries to turn around and stand up, and our chairs are easily tipped backwards. But during the actual meal she stays put. It's really kind of fun to sit at the table next to her and eat.
I'm plugging along. Some days I have more pain walking around than others, and it's usually at its worst in the evenings and at night. Last night I recruited Adam to clean the bathrooms with me because I'd like everything to get deep cleaned before the baby comes. He took one and I took the other. I even scrubbed the floor on my hands and knees! My Braxton Hicks contractions were much closer and stronger for the rest of the night, but it didn't send me into labor or anything! That's good; I want to wait until after Thanksgiving so I don't have to be in the hospital during the holiday.
Well, I'm really trying to get these table runners done quickly. I have been lazy during naptime for the last few days and then at night I'd rather veg in front of the tv. One of them is a thank-you gift for my baby shower hostess, so I want to get it done quickly. Off to go sew!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Muddy Morning
Katrina is dancing around naked right now watching the Wiggles on Sprout. If you knew how much I dislike the Wiggles that can explain a little of how worn out I am right now. We had a very traumatic/hilarious experience today. Traumatic for Katrina, hilarious for me. We went to the park and she played for awhile, and stared at the other kids for awhile. I talked to the two babysitters there who were just a little younger than me and still in college. I noticed that Katrina had wondered off of the playground chasing crows. There is a steep hill that goes down into a baseball field, so I followed her from a distance. The crows flew away and Katrina gave up to come back. She slipped and when she got back up, I noticed she had mud all over her hand. I thought, "Great, how am I going to clean that off?" but I said, "Oh it's all right sweetie, it's just a little mud. Come on back and we'll clean it off." Katrina started back but then she slipped right into a puddle of mud and water! I had noticed it, but thought she would walk in a different direction. She immediately started crying as she sat in a pile of mud and water that came up to her waist. I made my way down the hill and realized that the whole area was a mud puddle. I slipped and slid over to her and in the process of picking her up slipped down onto my knees. Then I completely lost both shoes while trying to walk away! Of course, then I slipped more and practically dropped Katrina so I could grab my shoes, which were already sinking down into the mud and water. She was screaming. Finally we got up and back up the hill to the playground. Poor Katrina. She hates being dirty and I can't imagine that being stuck in a mud puddle would be fun. She cried the whole way home. I was trying to figure out how to get us in the apartment and clean enough to not track mud everywhere. I ended up leaving my shoes and socks on the balcony, rolling up my pants, and carrying her to our bathroom, where she got stuck in the tub while I removed my muddy clothing and then got hers. Mine is still piled in the sink. Here is hers:
Her gray pants are almost all black. Once she's in bed I'll have to try to clean everything off. Naptime will be soon. She's naked (refused a diaper again) and will probably refuse to eat, so after the Wiggles I'm putting her down for a nap on a towel again. I'm hoping to get some sewing in too. My table runner is looking nice.
Her gray pants are almost all black. Once she's in bed I'll have to try to clean everything off. Naptime will be soon. She's naked (refused a diaper again) and will probably refuse to eat, so after the Wiggles I'm putting her down for a nap on a towel again. I'm hoping to get some sewing in too. My table runner is looking nice.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Just too froggy and weird
Adam and I will admit that we perhaps love frogs too much. Turtles as well. The first thing we bought for Katrina when I was pregnant with her was a stuffed frog and things have just progressed from there. Today I was having fun looking at nativity scenes on Etsy and discovered this:
Now, that's just too much for me! I will admit that I bought a fabric panel of the 12 Froggy Days of Christmas and I have no idea what to do with it. But that's different. It's not a nativity scene!
I am off to sew us a Christmas table runner. I saw some fabric the other day on some potholders on Etsy and fell in love, then searched all over until I found that same fabric, which is actually discontinued. It's a nativity fabric and I'm hoping it turns out as well in practice as in my head.
Oh, and Katrina is currently taking a nap without a shirt on. She would be naked if I would have let her. Yes, our current struggle continues. Last night we had to end up putting her pajamas on her several hours after she went to bed because in her sleepy state she was too tired to protest. I dread every single diaper change. She'll come willingly and even lie down on the floor for me to change her, but then as soon as I start she screams and tries to squirm away naked. Weird child.
Now, that's just too much for me! I will admit that I bought a fabric panel of the 12 Froggy Days of Christmas and I have no idea what to do with it. But that's different. It's not a nativity scene!I am off to sew us a Christmas table runner. I saw some fabric the other day on some potholders on Etsy and fell in love, then searched all over until I found that same fabric, which is actually discontinued. It's a nativity fabric and I'm hoping it turns out as well in practice as in my head.
Oh, and Katrina is currently taking a nap without a shirt on. She would be naked if I would have let her. Yes, our current struggle continues. Last night we had to end up putting her pajamas on her several hours after she went to bed because in her sleepy state she was too tired to protest. I dread every single diaper change. She'll come willingly and even lie down on the floor for me to change her, but then as soon as I start she screams and tries to squirm away naked. Weird child.
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