Sunday, December 30, 2012

Smiles and Giggles

Here is our sweet little one smiling up at Daddy.  She began giving real smiles (i.e. awake, not caused by gas) at the start of four weeks, but I didn't have a camera on hand until seven weeks.  I caught her giggling at me this week as I walked past, and yesterday I heard her laughing at the yellow starfish on the mobile above her swing--it makes me laugh in turn!  She's had a lot of painful belly aches from everything I eat--milk, cheese, caffeine, chocolate, spicy foods--so I'm really at a loss regarding what I can eat without bothering her.  I'm trying to remain healthy and think of what she needs, but it gets difficult!  I'm hoping I can broaden my palette after her stomach matures a bit.  I want to nurse for as long as possible with her, but I only last until about 9 mos with Lovely and 6 mos with Snugglebug.  Well, it was a little longer, but I was basically supplementing with my milk, it was so little.  I even had a nightmare last night that I could no longer feed her! 

I'm in the process of finishing up her nursery, but I need to decide on wall color.  The bottom half is painted in sage, which I don't want to change, so I'm debating what will match above.  Her nursery set is sage/off white/brown with woodland animals, and the carpet is tan, but I plan on adding a rug.  I'm also shopping for a rocker/glider/recliner--decisions, decisions!  I'm terrible at them!

Only a little over a week and I'll begin my spring class.  I'm only teaching one class, so I'll only be gone from Little Bit about 4 hrs total per week; I don't think I could handle more than that!  And my house is finally getting clean again since I get 6-7 hrs sleep every other day (4-5 hrs on bad nights).  Although, we finally got a good snow (around 4-5 inches), so my wood floors are getting pretty dirty again from certain little girls tracking in the house!

Merry Christmas to you!  Any New Year plans?