Time has gone by so fast, i can't believe our 3 weeks visit to North Carolina is almost over with, Wednesday we are headed back to Melbourne for another 5 weeks, and then will be returning to Charlotte where we will be moving into our house.
My 2 Favorite things about being a Mommy:
1. The unconditional love and cuddles.
2. The fact the I learn and grow everyday with her.
Having “Motherly instincts” is one thing, but I strongly believe that what makes you a great mother is when you don’t have the “I know everything factor” you learn with your child, your child is NOT like other children you have babysat at home or watched in a daycare, your child is unique from anyone else's and learning to grow with them and teach them in the way that they understand will teach you so much more than you can possibly imagine. Patience, How to truly love every bit of life, how to be an understanding person, and what the real meaning of life is.
Over the past couple weeks it has been completely noticeable that Riley understands the world around her. She understands the cause and effect part of life. We are working on the bratiness of being a little girl, and/or of just being a baby in general. I take a toy from her she cries, you give it back to her she stops… My solution: I take a toy away from you (or anything for that matter, I say toy because she thinks everything is her toy) if you cry you don’t get it back. I want her to get rid of the idea that if she cries she gets her toy back… same with picking her up, she is going through that stage where all she wants is for me to hold her and if I put her down and walk out of the room she throws a fit (separation anxiety) My solution: Put her down, occupy her with something, comfort her before walking out of the room, and talk to her as I am walking out of eye sight…that way she still knows that I am there and when I get back if she didn’t cry or fuss to much I reward her with “yeay” and clapping, she absolutely loves it and gives you the biggest smile... It works the majority of the time.
Developments/Milestones:
SCOOTING!: Riley learned how to scoot crawl last night (her legs were in the crawling position and arms in the scoot position ...so her put was in the air...very cute and very exciting!
Crawling:
She is SOO close to crawling, she can hold herself in the crawling stance for a good 15 seconds before she tries to move all limbs at once and falls! Once she understands the “one limb at a time” concept she will be out of here… if she isn’t walking by then (it is still her favorite thing to do and now she is…
Pulling herself Up:When she is in the sitting position she will grab on to what ever is in front of her and pull herself up into the standing position, I still have to support her once she gets on her two feet because she still doesn’t understand the concept of “if you let go you are going to fall” but none the less she is PULLING HERSELF UP.
Trying To Walk:She has always enjoyed walking, and now she has her walker and fits in it she loves that too, but now if I hold her hands and stand and walk with her she is doing the one foot in front of the other… if she had complete control over her torso she would be walking… This stage is so exciting she could go anyway right now, Crawling, Walking, Army Crawls/Scooting.
Zerberts:
John and I have always given Riley zerberts on her belly, thighs, neck.. where ever it would work... she caught on. The other day she was laying with her Tita (Grandmother) and she got a leg full in her mouth and zerbert-ed away... she thinks its funny, and will do it to anything she can!
Adventures/Excitement of the week:
Family In Town:
John Grandparents on his dads side and his moms side (moms mom and step dad) all came down Saturday afternoon to see miss Riley, and of course she loved every single bit of attention she got.
Her Great Grandma Pat got her a cute little piggy bank! (Green with colored pok-a-dots)
<---Very CUTE! It was great to see everyone! Party Hard-Sleep Harder:
My little trooper has been so completely far off her schedule but is still kickin' it with the big kids late at night with a smile on her face. luckily she has been sleeping in till 9-10 in the morning. John gets off work so late that its hard to even pretend to have a grasp on what our day is going to be like... 20 minute naps in the car while the A/C is on full blast. Hanging out at the burrito and the common market is what little miss Riley has been doing all week.This is where I would have to say having an amazing child pays off the most, the fact that she can go all day long with out a proper nap stay up till 12-1 am with a smile on her face, entertaining herself and others, then sleep in for mommy and daddy so we all don’t go crazy…she is definitely an amazing child.
HER NEW LOVE: Tearing paper into itty bitty little pieces and throwing them on the floor.
Shots:
We have yet to receive Riley’s insurance card (after 6 months of requesting it), She has not been to a doctors visit since she was 2 months old, I took her in for a sick visit the week we came in town because she had a cold, I knew she was fine but it was any excuse at this point to get her to the doctors office just for a check up so it could ease my mind. (you don’t need your insurance card for a sick visit) The doctor checked her out said everything looked great, and told me to schedule another sick visit in a week once Riley was feeling better and she would do her 4 month shots. This was a big relief I wanted Riley to stay up to date with all her shots and she was now 2 series behind. I took her in the other day to get them, and once again Riley impressed me. She didn’t really cry until the last needle was in her thigh but once it was over and she was in mommy’s arms again she was fine, crying stopped, no more tears and we went on with our day. She took a big nap while we drove around looking for houses/apartments and woke up with a little bit of a fever and was fussy…gave her a little Tylenol and we went on with our day. My little trooper did so well (like always)
House Hunting:
We spent a couple of days this week trying to find a place to live, Right price range, Right size, Right location. Its hard, our budget isn’t very large and doesn’t fight the right size and area we want to match it…but we did it. Now we just have to submit our applications and see if we get it! 3 bedrooms (yes Riley will have her own room!) 2 extra rooms (a john room for his music stuff and a room for Amanda and I for art stuff) That way we can make sure the house is clutter free and Riley friendly, She will also have her own play room/dining room (its in the middle of the house so it will be easy to keep an eye on her no matter where we are.) and of course it has a kitchen and living room. Its right down the road from Amanda and Johns work, so the commute will be short and easy for them and I can come and go during the day with out having to worry about wasting gas or sitting in a parking lot all day. Another PLUS across the Street and down the road a couple of our friends live (with babies)! So it will be nice to have someone for Riley to play with along with myself.
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