Beta Baby

Gretchen is seriously the best baby every. She rarely cries, and she is VERY easy to get smiling. She's an okay sleeper... I've compounded the problem by rocking her to sleep every time she naps. She has a hard time getting to sleep by herself, but at night she will go 5-7 hours. She's definitely a second child, because I've lost all the papers that tell you what percentile she is in.... Nice. I do remember though, that she was in the 92 percentile for height and somewhere around 50 for weight.

Wilson is still adjusting. For the most part he acts as though she's not there. He doesn't play with her or touch her, but once in a while he will ask to hold her. I tried to get some pictures of the both of them, but he wouldn't sit next to her for more than a second.

A conversation with Ryan

We got crazy tonight after finishing Harry Potter an the Deathly Hallows part one at ten-thirty.... Crazy by starting part two that late. I normally don't stay up later than 11, because I'm getting old. (it's true, my knees crackle and everything). But I haven't seen it so I was just too tempted.

Me: "I'm probably going to fall asleep in the middle."

Ryan "That's okay, that will give me a chance to act it out tomorrow for you with socks."

Socks huh? I sure do love my nerd.

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My Day

I learned a few lessons today. Thought I'd share my newfound wisdom.

1) Wilson is hard. (I really already knew that) He is as stubborn as his parents. And he can go from happy to sad just like that. (picture me snapping) Here is a picture on the way too (sad and crying) and coming home (happy and adorable) from Costco today.

2) Don't put your keys on the front seat while strapping your baby in the car. I did that last night... And then shut the door... Which means I locked Gretchen in the car... In the Target parking lot.... Right when it started to snow... And I was wearing Toms so my feet were very cold and wet... It was actually quite funny in a sad way. Gretchen was crying the whole time as I walked around and around the car waiting for my AMAZING friend to bring me my spare key. Another AMAZING friend came down too, so I had a warm car to sit while waiting for the keys. All in all it took about 20 minutes, but I felt really bad for Beta.

3) Check the weather before you leave the house (see above story). Who knew Toms actually get SMALLER when wet...

4) I really enjoy driving in the snow. I like to pretend I'm flying the Millennium Falcon into *light speed.

*I had originally put 'warp' speed there, but then asked Ryan to proof read my post. He informed me that Warp speed is a Star Trek term and Light speed is what the Millennium Falcon did. He said, and I quote, "you sound like a doofus"... 

Anger Management

My house looked like this...




After frantically looking for this...




To stop this...




The Soothie pacifiers are my favorite because they don't have any seams to collect junk in, and they supposedly help with nipple confusion.

However: they are the WORST because they have no hole to put a bink clip through, and when they fall they tend to bounce and roll away at the most inconvenient times.

So I modified it with some scissors...




Now I'm betting she gets some chafing on her chin from the ribbon. Oh well. I'm willing to risk it.

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