old parents

We must be turning into old parents...I realized I haven't taken any new pictures of X this week. A few iPhone pictures, but nothing great and noteworthy! And she's only 9 months old...I wonder what this means for her 9th birthday? Or the second child?

However, I am reminded that I used to post a lot before there was a baby to dominate this blog with her adorable photos. So this will be a photo-free post, but I promise there will be more coming soon.

So...baby news first! Among her adorable traits are a few I'd return to the sender if I could. For example, her tendency to throw herself backward headlong when she's mad or frustrated. I can usually catch her...but why do babies do this? Or is mine the only one? I'm trying to discourage it every chance I get, but that's not having much effect yet.

She's also not sleeping through the night yet either. She was doing really well and only waking up twice a night the first 4 or 5 months or so...but, we (because we didn't know what we were doing) failed to train her to self-soothe and go to sleep on her own so now she doesn't. And she wakes up between 2-5 times each night. Sleepy momma=cranky momma=not as much fun for baby. If she knew how much more fun I could be with a decent amount of sleep, I'm SURE she'd comply.

However, my griping aside, we'll still keep her! Her good traits abound and far outweigh the not-so-bueno. Her giggles, smiles, dinosaur chomps, raspberries, and other "words" are delightful and always make me happy. She has the cutest crawl in the world (bumgenius diapers are really big, so she looks like she's swinging her hips) and has ceased to be so adamant about being on her feet with one of us walking her around all the time--now she can get there (and anywhere else she wants) faster on her own. She has learned to wave hi and bye, she claps her hands soundlessly, pulls herself up on anything and everything, can crawl up and down steps, loves Wii baseball (and has a Mii, and a wii fit avatar), can drink from a juice box through the straw, and is really good at feeding herself and eats everything (yes, even carrots! when they are mixed with rice or something else). She looks like such a big girl sometimes, I can't imagine what the future holds!

And, the rest-of-us news. Work, school, home, life is going well. 2 weeks ago I was diagnosed with Chronic Migraine Disorder. Not a big surprise for those of you who know me well enough--3 or so headaches a week isn't supposed to be normal, yet it's been my normal for years and years. Good news: it's treatable. Bad news: not while nursing. So...hanging in there for a few more months at least.

Yesterday we did the Cowtown race, Ricardo did the half-marathon (his last until next December), I did the 5K with a group from church...but they messed up the 5K!! There was police re-routing people the wrong way, so after maybe .8 of a mile, we were sent directly to the finish line! I got a great time for a 5K, but I'm hoping the next one we do is better organized. There's a 5K at the zoo in April--how fun!

X is asleep, time for me to doze off too, while I can.

Love to you all, good night!