Hair

My hair is a work in progress. I don't have a lot of it just yet, so we do what we can with it.

Today, however, I have suddenly decided that whatever Willow has in her hair, I need in mine. The difference of course is that Willow has a lot of long hair.

First I wanted the clips in Willow's hair... so Mommy got Willow different clips and gave me the ones from her hairdo (because they were more age appropriate - Willow ended up with Tinkerbell clips, so don't feel bad for her).

Then Mommy gave Willow a fancy ponytail too... so I wanted one... Did I mention I don't have enough hair?

So for right now, I've got a giant butterfly ponytail holder thing in the back.

I'm very pleased.

Me!

my plumage in rare form...


i'm much friendlier for the camera now - i'll say cheese, give a smile, and actually hold still... go me!




with such a cute little face, you'd never guess that my new favorite word is "mine"...

Sleep

I've been sleeping pretty well for awhile now - I managed to get through my last teething episode relatively unscathed...

but last night was a doozy. man...

i've been cutting my eye teeth now for almost a week - a little extra whiny, chomping on my hand - you know, the usual..

but last night, i was half-awake for about 2 hours... laying in bed moaning - not too loudly - just loudly enough.

mommy's 99% sure it was because of my teeth - she would come in and rub my gums and I would quiet down... occasionally i got orajel... but you can only do so many tooth drugs when you're my size.

I did eventually settle down and sleep... not quite as late as mommy would have liked... but I did sleep.

When mommy got me up this morning, I gave her a particularly toothy looking grin.

I've just got a few teeth left... I can make it!

Updates

There's been a lot going on - grandparents were here over the course of the Christmas break - I enjoyed lots of attention from everyone. I can say Willow pretty well now, and am getting some more words... but still, it's mainly grunts and squeals. Mommy often refers to me as a "shrieking eel"...

I love running around... a lot... exercise is very important to me.

I'm still really into puppies. Real ones, stuffed animal ones, you name it...

I got some nice loot at Christmas - a special baby doll, some stuffed animal puppies, and of course I get to enjoy Willow's loot too - which included several movies.

Mommy and Daddy took a couple of trips this last month, but I did well, and really didn't care that they were gone at all. Watching movies helped apparently... I ask for nemo all the time now. Mommy does not oblige me.

I'm, surprise surprise, cutting some more teeth - seems to be the eye teeth this time around. It's not quite as dramatic as getting my molars, but it's not fun either.

And as long as I have my tiger and pacifier, I'm sleeping pretty well. Ahh, sweet sweet tiger.

An Update

Life continues to peddle along. Thanksgiving was great - I got to spend time with Paka and Grammy... or "caca and mammy" as it comes out right now. We're working on that.

I was most unobliging when Mommy tried to take my picture for our Christmas card... so Aunt Connie had to get extra creative this year. You'll see that soon enough.

I'm still really into puppies. I mean, I LOVE them. I also love to "talk" on the "phone" and have long conversations while I wander around.

Babies are still at the top of my list too. Babies in strollers...babies in backpacks...babies in too-small toy car seats...

So far I've been a good girl and haven't attacked the Christmas tree...and I've only pulled the (un-lit) advent candles off the table once. Judging from Mommy's reaction on that one, I will probably not be trying that one again.

All in all, life is good.