The longest Saturday...EVER!
Well, yesterday was fun!
We were up early (6:30ish), played around, had a nap around 9ish, got up, played outside...wow, it was SOOO nice here yesterday - upper 70s at least!...had a quick nap around 12:30ish, got up, ate lunch, packed up, and went and had our picture taken!
As you can see, Leda wore something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than what I was fretting over! We decided to do just a regular old picture, instead of a Christmas picture!
Our sitting was at 2pm - yep, nap time. So we were crossing our fingers (and toes) and hoping that she would last!
I did things in public (well, in front of the photographer - not sure how many people passing by in the store saw/heard me) to make this kid smile that would have had me crawling in a hole and never coming out again about a year ago! I sang, I talked baby talk, I made a complete idiot out of myself. And, you know what Leda did? She sat there with an odd look on her face - kinda like, "Mom, what the HECK are you doing...do you know you are making an idiot of yourself??"
We got 6 or 7 smiles (or semi-smiles) so we got 6 or 7 pictures to choose from! This one that I posted here was the VERY first picture taken. It's not one we picked! Guess some of you will just have to wait until christmas! ;-)
Anyway, she did pretty well, but we were noticing that she was quite tired - and she didn't want Mommy to go away - I would go and reposition her and she would start fussing when I stepped back! So, we figured, she'll pass out on the way home and sleep for an hour or two when we get home.
This is where the day turned bad!
This kid stayed up all the way home and wouldn't go down for a nap (although we tried for over an hour to get her to go down). She just plain REFUSED!
We tried again around 5 - NOPE - SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER! Not going down for a nap.
So we had dinner around 5:30 or so (Leda had dinner at that time, Brock was just making our dinner).
Didn't wanna be put down, didn't want Mommy to leave the room, didn't want to play with that toy, but now didn't want to play with the toy that was in her hand! Didn't want to get into her seat so Mommy and Daddy could eat, didn't want to eat that piece of toast, didn't want to sit on Mommy's lap, but now that she was sitting on Daddy's lap, didn't want to be there either!
We had NO idea who had replaced our wonderful little Leda with the monster we had last night, but if we ever find that person, we will make sure he/she has no chance to EVER do that again!
We finally got her to go down to bed around 7:30....and boy, did she go down!
7am this morning, Leda was back...thank GOD! Wow, don't know when that other baby left, but we sure are glad our little Leda is back!
We are off to introduce Leda to Ikea today. And, if we have time, a walk in Valley Forge - it's another nice day, but gonna turn wet later this afternoon, so we need to get out early, if we are gonna do it at all!
Here's hoping that there are also LOTS of NAPS today - for EVERYONE!!
We were up early (6:30ish), played around, had a nap around 9ish, got up, played outside...wow, it was SOOO nice here yesterday - upper 70s at least!...had a quick nap around 12:30ish, got up, ate lunch, packed up, and went and had our picture taken!
As you can see, Leda wore something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than what I was fretting over! We decided to do just a regular old picture, instead of a Christmas picture!
Our sitting was at 2pm - yep, nap time. So we were crossing our fingers (and toes) and hoping that she would last!
I did things in public (well, in front of the photographer - not sure how many people passing by in the store saw/heard me) to make this kid smile that would have had me crawling in a hole and never coming out again about a year ago! I sang, I talked baby talk, I made a complete idiot out of myself. And, you know what Leda did? She sat there with an odd look on her face - kinda like, "Mom, what the HECK are you doing...do you know you are making an idiot of yourself??"
We got 6 or 7 smiles (or semi-smiles) so we got 6 or 7 pictures to choose from! This one that I posted here was the VERY first picture taken. It's not one we picked! Guess some of you will just have to wait until christmas! ;-)
Anyway, she did pretty well, but we were noticing that she was quite tired - and she didn't want Mommy to go away - I would go and reposition her and she would start fussing when I stepped back! So, we figured, she'll pass out on the way home and sleep for an hour or two when we get home.
This is where the day turned bad!
This kid stayed up all the way home and wouldn't go down for a nap (although we tried for over an hour to get her to go down). She just plain REFUSED!
We tried again around 5 - NOPE - SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER! Not going down for a nap.
So we had dinner around 5:30 or so (Leda had dinner at that time, Brock was just making our dinner).
Didn't wanna be put down, didn't want Mommy to leave the room, didn't want to play with that toy, but now didn't want to play with the toy that was in her hand! Didn't want to get into her seat so Mommy and Daddy could eat, didn't want to eat that piece of toast, didn't want to sit on Mommy's lap, but now that she was sitting on Daddy's lap, didn't want to be there either!
We had NO idea who had replaced our wonderful little Leda with the monster we had last night, but if we ever find that person, we will make sure he/she has no chance to EVER do that again!
We finally got her to go down to bed around 7:30....and boy, did she go down!
7am this morning, Leda was back...thank GOD! Wow, don't know when that other baby left, but we sure are glad our little Leda is back!
We are off to introduce Leda to Ikea today. And, if we have time, a walk in Valley Forge - it's another nice day, but gonna turn wet later this afternoon, so we need to get out early, if we are gonna do it at all!
Here's hoping that there are also LOTS of NAPS today - for EVERYONE!!
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