i had a sneaking suspicion there was something else going on in there, and sure enough, there's a 5th tooth in nissa's little mouth. just to the left of her 2 top teeth. awesome!
we went back to the doctor today for more shots. yippee. good thing was nissa put on a half pound, bad thing was she seems to have shrunk 3/4 an inch. i think someone mis-measured along the way. . .
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
official steps!
so, it's official, nissa has taken a few steps on her own. to recap, she's been standing and cruising for some time. she can stand on her own in the middle of the room (i.e. didn't need to pull up on something to stand) and sit back down relatively gracefully. she would even hold on to something, take a few steps out/sideways before dropping down to hands and knees and crawling away (to maximize the distance she could cover while standing, i think). and of course, she would walk all over the place if you held her hands- not even that much pressure, either. amusingly enough, i intended to post a note about this friday during the day, but didn't get around to it: walk watch 2009!
thursday night, while we were sitting around watching tv, adam said he saw nissa step/shift out of the corner of his eye. i just noticed her loosing her balance and having a seat. then earlier saturday, i was sitting in her room with her (she was playing, i was kitting) when she stood up and shifted twice with her left foot, in kind of a pivot. a little later, she picked up her alphabet pal and took 3 more super tiny steps (duh, baby steps!?!). then i started to really get excited and started having the phone/camera at the ready to capture the steps on film (first steps are first steps and momentous! i got some goofy stuff on video, but my patience did pay off:
on a significantly less exciting note, nissa's been doing lots of other cool stuff too. like the other day (thrusday, i believe) nissa was in her high chair and making a crazy noise and pointing. i was doing dishes at the time (had my back to her) so when i turned around, i noticed she had stopped eating and seemed to be pointing to her cup of water. i asked, do you want your water? she started getting excited (hard to describe it) so i gave her the water and she took a big gulp. it's kinda cool to have a new, more detailed, means of communication. very exciting.
earlier in the week nissa did something truly hilarious. first, let me explain that with gibson in the house, i tend to pick off his hairs from her clothes pretty regularly (ugh, fleece is such a bear for dog hair!!!). i was sitting on the couch with my bare feet on the coffee table. nissa walked up (she was holding on at that time) and started poking at my toes. upon further inspection, i discovered she was trying to take the [dog] hairs off my toes. unfortunately, i have very long hairs on my big toes (glamorous, i know) so i'm pretty sure she was mistaking my attached hair with the loose dog hair that can be found everywhere. how embarrassing, "no honey, those hairs are attached to mommy and aren't going anywhere." yipes.
thursday night, while we were sitting around watching tv, adam said he saw nissa step/shift out of the corner of his eye. i just noticed her loosing her balance and having a seat. then earlier saturday, i was sitting in her room with her (she was playing, i was kitting) when she stood up and shifted twice with her left foot, in kind of a pivot. a little later, she picked up her alphabet pal and took 3 more super tiny steps (duh, baby steps!?!). then i started to really get excited and started having the phone/camera at the ready to capture the steps on film (first steps are first steps and momentous! i got some goofy stuff on video, but my patience did pay off:
on a significantly less exciting note, nissa's been doing lots of other cool stuff too. like the other day (thrusday, i believe) nissa was in her high chair and making a crazy noise and pointing. i was doing dishes at the time (had my back to her) so when i turned around, i noticed she had stopped eating and seemed to be pointing to her cup of water. i asked, do you want your water? she started getting excited (hard to describe it) so i gave her the water and she took a big gulp. it's kinda cool to have a new, more detailed, means of communication. very exciting.
earlier in the week nissa did something truly hilarious. first, let me explain that with gibson in the house, i tend to pick off his hairs from her clothes pretty regularly (ugh, fleece is such a bear for dog hair!!!). i was sitting on the couch with my bare feet on the coffee table. nissa walked up (she was holding on at that time) and started poking at my toes. upon further inspection, i discovered she was trying to take the [dog] hairs off my toes. unfortunately, i have very long hairs on my big toes (glamorous, i know) so i'm pretty sure she was mistaking my attached hair with the loose dog hair that can be found everywhere. how embarrassing, "no honey, those hairs are attached to mommy and aren't going anywhere." yipes.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
stranded
lately i've been struggling with my daily commute. to and from work is pretty standard, about an hour each way if i leave when i'm supposed to (and even manage to score seats for most legs). the drag comes in when i have to hop in my car, er, van, to pick up nissa from the inlaws'. it's about a 20 minute drive, with a 10-20 minute break for pleasantries, then another 20 minutes, taking me at least an hour to get BACK home. then it's time to make dinner, eat, pretend to relax before putting nissa to bed then myself to bed. it makes for a blurry, non-restful evening, just about every day. heaven forbid i try to work in any extra tasks, cuz they ain't happenin!
so last night i tried my best to leave work on time, didn't stop for dinner groceries, walked straight to the van from the bus and made my pleasantry time brief. i even skipped visiting the little girl's room while i was at the inlaws' for expediency's sake. we were well on our way home (on ashland, just before irving) when the van stalled out and quit. no waiting to restart it, nothing. i had some solace in the fact that i had partially pulled over, but my back end was still in traffic, as every 6th car conveniently reminded me with a horn blast. we called adam and awaited his arrival (with fingers crossed that all we needed was gas). during our wait (made longer because it was now 6pm and had been snowing a blizzard-quality snow for over an hour now), a police vehicle stopped briefly. the 2 officers stopped long enough to confirm i was having car trouble and i was expecting someone to help, then pulled off with traffic as i was attempting to ask for a push to get out of traffic. is it their job to push vehicles out of traffic? no. but if you're going to bother to stop (and block more traffic) to inquire, why not take the extra 10 minutes it would take to ease up traffic (during rush hour at a busy intersection) and help a mom alone in a car with a small child. they didn't even remain stopped long enough to conclude the conversation, for crying out loud. grrr. so frustrating.
but, the experience ended on a very high note. when adam arrived, he tried a few times, unsuccessfully to move the van in a way to get it out of traffic. the weather was so crummy that it was hard for him to get enough traction/momentum to do it solo. then, miraculously enough, jane q public shows up to save the day. a wonderful young lady, about our age, walked up and offered to help push. she and adam had the van relocated in no time at all. so to you, random wonderful stranger, thank you for helping us out!!
anyways, the rest of the evening was pleasantly non-eventful. we all enjoyed a dinner of chicken alfredo, including nissa stuffing her mouth by the fistful. she is so amusing to watch some times. we then retired to the basement to enjoy the new disney christmas special (very amusing, by the way) and the peanuts christmas special. nissa seemed randomly interested at times, but mostly focused on climbing around her boxes and such.
this morning, though, i noticed something odd. after our morning nurse, i picked up nissa into my arms to cradle her a brief second (won't let me do that for any longer) as i carried her to her bed. i then noticed that my little babe had become a long, lanky toddler whose leggs dangled far beyond my arms. it was very obvious and it struck me just how different a shape my little nissa had taken on. part of me loves it, to watch her slowly get bigger (and see evidence, which is hard on a day-to-day basis) but at the time i was mostly nostalgic for my little infant girl that fit perfectly in the crook of my arm. . . bah. i love her getting bigger, pausing her nursing to tell me something she thought of, turning my face with her hand so she can admire my ear, or swinging side to side to express herself (bored? happy? trying to amuse us?).
my goodness this kid is cute.
so last night i tried my best to leave work on time, didn't stop for dinner groceries, walked straight to the van from the bus and made my pleasantry time brief. i even skipped visiting the little girl's room while i was at the inlaws' for expediency's sake. we were well on our way home (on ashland, just before irving) when the van stalled out and quit. no waiting to restart it, nothing. i had some solace in the fact that i had partially pulled over, but my back end was still in traffic, as every 6th car conveniently reminded me with a horn blast. we called adam and awaited his arrival (with fingers crossed that all we needed was gas). during our wait (made longer because it was now 6pm and had been snowing a blizzard-quality snow for over an hour now), a police vehicle stopped briefly. the 2 officers stopped long enough to confirm i was having car trouble and i was expecting someone to help, then pulled off with traffic as i was attempting to ask for a push to get out of traffic. is it their job to push vehicles out of traffic? no. but if you're going to bother to stop (and block more traffic) to inquire, why not take the extra 10 minutes it would take to ease up traffic (during rush hour at a busy intersection) and help a mom alone in a car with a small child. they didn't even remain stopped long enough to conclude the conversation, for crying out loud. grrr. so frustrating.
but, the experience ended on a very high note. when adam arrived, he tried a few times, unsuccessfully to move the van in a way to get it out of traffic. the weather was so crummy that it was hard for him to get enough traction/momentum to do it solo. then, miraculously enough, jane q public shows up to save the day. a wonderful young lady, about our age, walked up and offered to help push. she and adam had the van relocated in no time at all. so to you, random wonderful stranger, thank you for helping us out!!
anyways, the rest of the evening was pleasantly non-eventful. we all enjoyed a dinner of chicken alfredo, including nissa stuffing her mouth by the fistful. she is so amusing to watch some times. we then retired to the basement to enjoy the new disney christmas special (very amusing, by the way) and the peanuts christmas special. nissa seemed randomly interested at times, but mostly focused on climbing around her boxes and such.
this morning, though, i noticed something odd. after our morning nurse, i picked up nissa into my arms to cradle her a brief second (won't let me do that for any longer) as i carried her to her bed. i then noticed that my little babe had become a long, lanky toddler whose leggs dangled far beyond my arms. it was very obvious and it struck me just how different a shape my little nissa had taken on. part of me loves it, to watch her slowly get bigger (and see evidence, which is hard on a day-to-day basis) but at the time i was mostly nostalgic for my little infant girl that fit perfectly in the crook of my arm. . . bah. i love her getting bigger, pausing her nursing to tell me something she thought of, turning my face with her hand so she can admire my ear, or swinging side to side to express herself (bored? happy? trying to amuse us?).
my goodness this kid is cute.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
thanksgiving, family photos
so last weekend was the adventurous trip out to dearborn, mi to spend thanksgiving with adam's mom's family. it's an annual tradition that we all enjoy. the drive out was a bit rough with traffic, as was the drive back, but most of the time there was wonderful. it's always a pleasure to catch up with everyone over several meals, it's so relaxing and homey. adam's grandma very generously lets us stay at her house (as well as adam's parents and aaron's family) so it often leads to late nights and grand sleep over-type experiences.
we were looking forward to showing off nissa, and perhaps witnessing her first steps (she's still holding out on us!). but instead nissa developed a fever (got up to 103' at the worst) and was the fussiest we've seen her. ever. our usually happy-go-lucky, sit with anyone, chill baby became a cranky, only calm with mommy, refusing to sleep critter that proved frustrating at times. oh well. you can't have a perfect baby all the time, right?
yesterday we had the good fortune of getting together with rick and his family to take family holiday photos at the garfield conservatory. the holiday flower show is in full bloom and the showhouse is gorgeous with poinsettias, a giant christmas tree, holly, mistletoe, the works. we snapped some fun shots of everyone and i think we all came away with photos that were ready to be used for christmas cards. hooray!
today we're supposed to get our christmas tree, but we haven't yet determined how we're going to keep nissa out of harm's way. there was talk of purchasing a play yard fence type thing, but that didn't happen yet. we don't really plan on decorating all that much anyways (maybe some lights and a few choice ornaments), so maybe it'll work out fine. i guess we'll just wing it!
we were looking forward to showing off nissa, and perhaps witnessing her first steps (she's still holding out on us!). but instead nissa developed a fever (got up to 103' at the worst) and was the fussiest we've seen her. ever. our usually happy-go-lucky, sit with anyone, chill baby became a cranky, only calm with mommy, refusing to sleep critter that proved frustrating at times. oh well. you can't have a perfect baby all the time, right?
yesterday we had the good fortune of getting together with rick and his family to take family holiday photos at the garfield conservatory. the holiday flower show is in full bloom and the showhouse is gorgeous with poinsettias, a giant christmas tree, holly, mistletoe, the works. we snapped some fun shots of everyone and i think we all came away with photos that were ready to be used for christmas cards. hooray!
today we're supposed to get our christmas tree, but we haven't yet determined how we're going to keep nissa out of harm's way. there was talk of purchasing a play yard fence type thing, but that didn't happen yet. we don't really plan on decorating all that much anyways (maybe some lights and a few choice ornaments), so maybe it'll work out fine. i guess we'll just wing it!
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