Crib Notes - Week 35

I got to spend Saturday with Daddy while Mommy went to her photography class.  Daddy and I had a great guys day out.  Daddy gets a little more stressed than Mommy when I'm fussy, so I made sure to be really, really good for him.  I took really good naps and ate really well.  He took me on a stroller ride so we could pick up his drycleaning.  We played the "thank you" game where I had Daddy things over and over and over.  I was glad to spend time with Daddy because once Mommy got home, we took Daddy to the airport.

Daddy had to go to Brussels this week for a NATO conference.  I love spending time with Mommy, but we sure do miss Daddy.  Mommy doesn't have any work for me to play with in the mornings.

I started eating my spinach so I can be strong like Daddy. Daddy is the strongest person I know. I like my spinach...at least when it's mixed with pears and peas!  I don't like the spinach Mommy bought that is just mixed with potatoes.  Yuck.  And I don't like that canned chicken and sweet potatoes either!

I got to go to Uncle Don's birthday party this week.  Mommy let me stay up past my bedtime so I could entertain Don, Faith, and Melissa, but she made me go to sleep before everyone else arrived.  I didn't mean to go to sleep.  I wanted to stay up so everyone else could dote on me, but I guess I must have gone to sleep.  I remember Mommy rocking me in the bedroom with the party sounds in the next room, and then I woke up in my own bed.  I'm not sure how that happened!

I just realized last week how exciting it is when Mommy picks me up from daycare!  I was always glad to see her, but it's different now that I'm older.  Mommy came in last week, and I was sitting up in my highchair.  I can sit there all by myself now that I'm so big and strong.  She didn't see me, but I saw her.  I threw my arms out and squealed.  I was so happy!  And this week, I was hiding in the corner (Mrs. Fran sits me up surrounded by pillows so I don't hurt myself) when I saw Mommy come in.  I screamed and giggled and talked to her.  I got so excited I nearly fell over.  She scooped me up and then sat me back down while she was talking to Mrs. Fran.  I didn't get nearly enough Mommy hugs, so I grabbed her sleeve and pulled until she put me in her lap.  Ahhhh, much better.