Happy birthday mommy!!

I gotta say my husband finds ways to surprise me that never see coming. and i have to give it to him he knows me better than i give him credit for.
This morning after I finally got up because my little bug was happily swimming in a pool of poop without so much of a complaint i found a card on the coffee machine that was very sweet. an hour later when i went to put Madison for a nap a found a second card- that's the one that caught me unprepared- saying Happy birthday mommy! I promise to be extra good today and that means not too much poop!- Too late for that.
And as you can guess Madison didn't write that one. I thought that was extra sweet.

As far my failing attempts to put my child on some kind of schedule go so far the only thing we've managed to agree on is a 10:00 am nap. It doesn't matter if she wakes up at 6 or 7 or 9 she naps at 10. Then she refuses to sleep until she crashes around 4 and is tired for the rest of the night. Bedtime is still in discussion and we are back to getting up 3-4 times during the night. I am starting to wonder about the whole schedule thing. they say kids love predictability- but may be child is just like me and hate routines. she seems to thrive on unpredictability- when we go out and we are out of town or have to run errands and eat and sleep whenever. So may be i should just let her be despite what every pediatrician says.

She is looking more and more like a little person. She is trying to sit up more. It's just that her little tummy doesn't have the necessary muscles to accomplish that yet. IT's so fascinating to watch her learn stuff that we take for granted. Like fighting gravity every time i support her standing and wobbling about because she can't balance her little body. She is slowly mastering her coordination and trying to grab and touch everything before her eyes. Finally figured out how to stick her thumb in her mouth after she explored all the other fingers and now she happily sucks on it whenever she remembers it's there.
She changes every day and a part of me can't wait to see her crawl and walk and laugh and talk but another part wants to keep her this small and sweet forever.
And me I am happy that my weight is going down- past the 140 mark now and another 15 lb to go to my pre-pregnancy weight. I slowly take out my normal clothes and get excited every time i fit into something new.
I am happy that i am 27 and that it's finally getting warm enough that i don't have to be imprisoned into my apartment any more.

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