My day so far

(No children were harmed

(as least I hope not permanently)

in the events of this blog)

It's been one of those days. It started today with a very hungry and upset Bella waking up at 7:15am (15 min after the Blue Prince left for work, otherwise he would have thrown her a bottle in order to let me sleep). Not a huge deal, but she is now becoming this loud, indignant screamer which is somewhat hard to deal with that early. I decided to grab a bottle and the baby and bring her back to bed with me, with the hope that both of us could get an extra hour or two of sleep. The plan was working until at around 9am she started struggling with the covers and literally launched herself headfirst off the bed, did a flip, and landed flat on her back on the wood floor. The wailing didn't stop till I let her play with my cell phone. (she likes to hold the phone backwards to her ear while saying "hola" quite cute)


We then played on the bed a while with Papi's socks, which she enjoyed until she discovered that with the socks on both hands she can't take them off without help.

After breakfast Bella was toddling around as she is wont to do when she finds a small ladder/footstool that I had neglected to put away, and next thing I know: Crash--- Wail--- baby trapped under the ladder.


Hoping for a safe activity I put her in the baby saucer and popped in Baby Galileo while I got on the internet for a while. She watches happily talking to the puppets on the screen when suddenly she starts screaming and crying. I couldn't figure out what had happened to cause that reaction. Other than biting her tongue or getting her leg caught in a leg hole, there is little she could do to hurt herself in that contraption. I put her on my lap and rewinded the tape to see what had gotten her spooked. Apparently she is terrified of a specific cow puppet in one scene. Either that or it makes her very, very angry.


So hopefully I am done traumatizing my daughter for the day, but who knows it's only 5pm.
Anyone else care to share parental failings?

Bella Walking

Here is the previously promised video of Bella walking. She was chasing around after the neighbor's cat.

Slacker Blogger

I know I have been a huge slacker about updating recently and almost every day I take picture or think of something that would make a good entry but the actual execution is somehow lacking. Today is not much of an exception. I don't have time to think of anything clever to say but I do have a bunch of Bella pictures to post, which is the main reason people read this blog anyway. I have been told by several people that they have been checking in. If you are a lurker feel free to make comments, I love them it makes me feel less like I am just sending posts off into the great unknown.


So without any further adieu Bella Updates:




She is now a fairly good walker, she took her first step in grandpa's hotel room in Uruguay and then in the airport before coming home. My dad worked with her a lot during the trip and I think was determined that she was going to leave there walking. The video doesn't want to upload but I'll try again tomorrow.

Her hair is almost long enough to do something with. This is my first attempt at pigtails per the request of Auntie Emmy. She screamed and cried the whole time I tried to put them in and they lasted all of an hour. So it may be a while before we attempt it again.

And other random pictures of dinnertime (she was eating black beans) and a recent evening in the park:

She is wearing the fantastic pink poncho that Grandpa bought her in Uruguay. So much easier to put on than a jacket.