summer

We went to Bri's 9 month dr. appt and one of the milestones was waving bye-bye.  I don't think (for whatever reason) that she had waved bye bye.  I didn't really care but figured we could try while we were waiting for Dr. Browne to come in...so I say, "Bri, can you wave Bye- Bye?" and she looks at me and waves and says "Bah Bah".  So I laugh...I didn't think that could really be her first phrase but I asked her to say bye- bye again and she kept waving and saying "Bah Bah".  So much for that milestone. She totally blew that one out of the water.

Right now she has a fever and it makes me sad.  She hasn't been a very sick baby.  Leah was a pretty sick baby (probably from me bringing germs home from teaching) but Bri's lucked out thus far.  She is still so happy and sweet even though she's feeling icky.

Today Auntie Erica came over and took Leah swimming in the afternoon.  She had a ton of fun.  Leah's one of the silliest kids I've seen.  She loves playing around and laughing.  My sister Jess started this thing where she makes her belly talk to her and it's so annoying but funny when Leah makes her voice really low and starts talking to people's bellies.  I told Jess that she's going to make Leah that weird kid in school, but who cares haha.  When she has us as parents, though, she's bound to be a quirky girl.

Leah's been potty training really well lately. She still says "Don't poo in this!" every time we put on a pull up or underwear.  I appreciate when she doesn't poo in it!  I hope she gets fully potty trained soon.

Over the last weekend, I had time with two of my girlfriends, Shannon and Jess, looking at shops in San Francisco.  I felt just like a girl and not a mom.  I love being a mom, but it felt really great to have the time to chat and look through stores and relax.  I definitely needed some girl time and am really grateful that Julian was so helpful in urging me to go and dropping me off/getting me from bart, etc.  I am lucky to have such a caring partner.

Bri typically only wakes once a night again...Per the Doctor telling me that my 18.5 pound 9 month old doesn't need to feed every 2 hours, I feed her at 7 when she goes to bed andthen when she wakes up about midnight....after that though, she just gets water until about 6 am.  She was pretty pissed the first night but I think she's getting the hang of it.  I just love her so much, I hate the thought of her being hungry, but it's turning out that she was just waking up out of habit and not because she was hungry.

Leah went a few weeks/months sleeping on her own but she's back to waking up and crying for Julian in the middle of the night.  Usually at bedtime she wants us both, in the middle of the night she wants Julian (I think that stems from when I couldn't sleep near her when Bri was born and only Daddy could help her bc I would be nursing Bri) and then in the morning she wants me.  So when I went in last night to lay down with her she says, "No, no no no.  Only Daddy"  I just say "Ok, baby.  I will get Daddy but can Mommy snuggle for a minute."  She let me stay withher for about an hour and then Bri needed milk and Leah wanted Daddy, so it worked out.  After we get back from our Hawaii trip, we'll work on sleep training leah again to sleep without us but it's not worth it now.  We sleep with her at my parents house (this weekend) and she'll sleep with us in Hawaii....She's a snorer though and a wild little sleeper.....throwin 'bows and kickin' faces.

Well, I need to finish the bachelorette and get to bed.  Over and out.