While ani just chews on her bunny.

Nissa playing with two kids at the park. The boy rejected her twice, rather harshly, but that didnt stop her. She is something else. after discussing with adam, we're not sure how to explain the difference between being a determined nice person and winning someone over, and the desire to spend time with a jerk. since she didnt' know the boy was a jerk when she first approached him, i think we're ok for now.

Ani rolled over all on her own, from belly to back.

Nissa: mommy, i was just talking to a ladybug in the grass!

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my amazing daughters

my daughters-sssssss. the girls-ssssssssss. it's hard to get used to, saying the plural is still taking some getting used to. nissa: she was playing a game with grandma that involved her stuffed pumpkin and a plastic toy frying pan. 1) she'd throw the pumpkin with the pan with surprising accuracy. 2) she could swing the pan and connect with the pumpkin when it was thrown to her. impressive. later, when we were playing girl rockstar band (with a new "microphone" toy), i had to first clarify that yes, girls can be rock stars. duh. then we were in a band together. the tambourine got boring, so i showed nissa how to play air-guitar. check. then she took the next step for our performance in front of ani: got her imaginary "friends" in on the air-instrument kick by bringing in keyboards, another couple of guitars and a drummer. btw, i feel the need to note that the frequent name of her "best friend" is leela. ani: has been kinda rolling over lately. she can get 90' easy, but with assistance can do 180' rotations. it's that dang shoulder always getting in the way. she'll get there, though.

ani rolling over, kinda

so to keep nissa in bed as successfully as we can, ani remains sleeping in the bassinet in our room. in all fairness, this has been good for me, allowing me to quickly change and feed her at night with minimal interruption of my sleeping. being back to work a few weeks now, every extra minute i can get is golden. so last night ani slept for about 6 hours and woke up (or woke me up, i guess) around 4:30. by 5:00 she was back in bed, but awake. by 6;00, she was still stirring, so i waited to get up (yes, i was late for work as a result). when she was quiet, i walked past to find her not on her side as i left her, but on her tummy. that is a most-impressive quarter turn! she's turned from her back to her side a few times now (just giving those legs a solid heave-ho) but this took some work! good job, kiddo! speaking of good jobs, nissa's been taking great pride in not using her potty seat. she holds herself up, hovering over the toilet. it was cute at first, but has it's drawbacks, like her not being able to wipe herself easily. . . but i will continue to act impressed, as any progress in any area is still a gold star in my book and i want to encourage her determination in any way i can. and what am i good at lately? hmmm. not much. but i should be moving a little faster, since i have racing stripes! yes, i have a select few glistening silver hairs on my head, strategically placed along my part so they are extra visible. nissa thinks they're cool, i'm amused but otherwise indifferent. although, it would be nice if they weren't so crazy-textured. they are totally different from my smooth, straight, brown hair.

Wow. Ani just slept for 7 hours straight. I really needed that. Now, if only i could have gotten myself to bed with her, i, too could have had 7 hours of sleep!