Ivria is ready for a baby!

This past week we were able to pay a visit to Jim's family out in Port Orchard. In these pictures Ivria is playing with her baby cousin Sarah. She did so great with her all day, makes me feel good that she will be excited about her sister coming home perhaps. The only issue she had was when she wasn't allowed to give the baby kisses while she was sleeping :-)

Good report!

I went to the Midwife today and all is well. There had been some residual concern about my blood sugar but that is all resolved. I've only gained 25 lbs so far, baby is growing right on schedule, and the midwife could find nothing to complain about. So, YAY for healthy baby! And pray for healthy delivery.......only 6-8 weeks or so left.

Update on the big girl bed: Ivria has been sleeping in it for a week or so now I guess. She has trouble staying in there if she is not tired when she goes to sleep, so I've been adjusting her nap to accomodate. Yesterday she actually climbed over the baby gate I had in her door.....and came running and giggling down the hall while mommy and daddy were snuggling in bed talking about how great it was that she could just wake up and play with her toys and not get out of her nursery.....HA! I did some experimenting and if you turn the gate the other way she can't get over. Sneaky girl!....

Blah. Just blah.

That's how we are doing. Blah.

I've had an awful cold for over two weeks now, Ivria has had it for a week and a half and Jim is going on his second week I think. Nothing else interesting to report, Jim and Ivria did have an enjoyable weekend while I was at a conference suffering through a sinus headache like none other. Sorry if I'm whining, but I'm at the point where I can't help it......... I can take tylenol and plain sudafed but it's not really helping much. Poor Ivria is wondering why Mommy is not playing as much. Jim however has been a super guy----he kept the kitchen spotless all weekend! Super Jim to the rescue!

She is growing up! WAAaaaaaah....

My baby is not a baby anymore! She sleeps in a big girl bed, and we lost her last remaining pacifier too. She seems to be able to understand the concept of "binky is bye-bye, all gone!" and is able to get to sleep after a small amount of lamenting it's loss. It's funny because we tried to get rid of the paci's right before christmas, but she would not go for it then. She is very interested in the potty too, so the last holdouts of babyhood are passing quickly before me. What is a mother to do? Oh wait, I know.....have another one!

Houston, we have a big girl....

Well, she made it through night two with less event. We put her down a little later than normal, because we both had a late nap yesterday, and she did ok for the most part. I did go peek at her after and hour or so and found her curled up on her blanket in the corner again, so I plunked her back in the bed and she conked out for an hour till daddy had to go in because she was crying. He said he just helped her arrange the blankets a little and she was off to sleep again. I was up with her at about 4am, I went in to find her crying on her tummy on the floor, so I really don't know if she fell off or what, (she has a cold so that might be affecting her too) after a kiss and a snuggle she was asleep in bed again untill 9 this morning. Her first night sleeping in the big kid bed! I was so proud! And, she did her nap time in the bed with no issue at all today! right now she is in bed not making a peep, but I think she has made the transition. Go Ivria! It's funny I never thought she'd be in a big kid bed this early, but she seemed to want it.

Adventures in the big girl bed

Not necessarily intending for her to immediately make the transition, we set up the big girl bed that we got from the Cross family. They needed it out of the garage, and I had just sorted out Ivi's room, so we put it up because we didn't have anywhere else to put it I guess. Well, Miss Ivria thought it was a novel concept and climbed right in when it was time for bed on Saturday. All was well for about oh, lets say,.....five minutes :-) when we heard an odd noise from her room, I got up to find her trying to close her bedroom door, which was at that point blocked open by a baby gate we had put in to keep her from wandering the house at night. She is used to having it closed but not latched, so I figured she was just trying to close it like it normally is, and she would go back to sleep. And so, all was well. Untill about an hour later when I hear thunk thunk thunk. So I go in to find her on her bed, with every baby board book that she had in her room, sitting there like she is reading in the dark! The noise was some of the books falling off the bed apparently. So, we said "no no books Ivi, stay in your bed" and tucked her back in and all was well. Or so we thought. Another hour later, I hear her baby word that she uses to reference the pacifier, and I go in there to find that she has piled all the blankets from her bed onto the floor in the corner, and the pacifier is nowhere to be found. So, we have to turn on the lights, and find the missing comfort item, an then she decides that she wants to go in the crib after all.

Tonight she asked to go in the big girl bed again.


All is well.........(insert ominous music) for now........

Who needs a booster seat? Not Ivira!

Apparently someone thinks she is ready to eat like a big person, with the exception of the bib of course.

She climbes up to the seat all by herself, and gobbles away.