When I Was a Baby...

Staley is bright and inquisitive.  She understands concepts that I think should be confusing for a child her age.  She asks lots of questions and makes amazing connections.  However, there are some things that are just hard to understand.

Since Adelie has been born, we have been telling Staley lots of stories about when she was a baby.  We talk about things that she did or ways that she acted.  Staley is very interested in this and likes to hear about this time in her life.  Lately she has been telling us about when she was a baby...with a few twists.

Staley:  "When I was a baby and Adelie was a big girl, I would smile at Adelie.  She weared my clothes and I weared her clothes."

Staley likes to talk about 'when I am a grown-up and you are a kid' or 'when I was a baby and Adelie was my mommy' or 'when I was a baby and Adelie was a baby.'  The concept of age moving up chronologically and the fact that she'll always be younger than us and older than Adelie seems to be tricky for her right now.  Tonight she was talking about when Zach was a little boy and she was his Mommy.  Zach corrected her, telling her that when he was a little boy, Uma was his Mommy.  Perplexed Staley asked, "So when you were a little boy, who was I?"

In the ego-centric toddler world, I guess it's hard to grasp the concept of not being in the world when it clearly revolves around you.

Things I Don't Blog...and Why

I enjoy up-dating our blog.  I like looking back and remembering the little moments, comments, phases, personality traits that signify a specific period of time.  It helps me remember when skills emerged, teeth came through, foods were started, trips were taken.  I want to blog the moments so that I don't forget them.

However, sometimes there are things I want to document but I hesitate.  Why?  I'm not superstitious, but isn't it always the case.  The minute you take your child to the doctor is when all their symptoms mysteriously disappear.  Or the moment you are telling another parent how great your child is at sharing is the same moment that they are snatching a toy away from that parent's child.  I worry that actually typing something on the blog will be just the reminder my child needs that they are making things too easy on me.

So I wanted to blog about how great Staley has been doing with her poo poo on the potty.  About how it's been over a month since we've had a messy naptime pull-up and several weeks since we've had a poo poo accident.  I wanted to blog about how Staley has been napping every day over the past few months.  I was feeling pretty confident in this, so my plan was to blog about this during Staley's nap today.  Until she didn't nap today...because she pooped in her pull-up.

So now I'm not even going to think about blogging about Adelie's consistent 8-9 hours of night-time sleep this past week with her world-record 11 hours of continuous sleep on Friday night.  Because if I do, I know she'll be getting me up at 2:00.

I Love Their Love

She Says...

Over the week-end, I was talking to Staley before she went to bed one night.  I told her that the whole family would be home together the next day and we would have a family day.  Staley said, "We could go on a family walk."  I replied, "That's a great idea.  Or maybe we could go on a family run."  Staley responded with, "Or maybe a family skip."

Staley was looking at Adelie's newborn pictures that we had taken a week after she was born.  Staley asked, "Why is Adelie naked?"  I explained that babies look cute with no clothes on, so we took off her clothes for her pictures.  Staley didn't seem convinced.  She said, "Or maybe she was just getting ready for her bath."

Staley loves princesses.  She is very well-versed in all the Disney princesses, what songs they sing, and who their princes are.  She knows that Prince Eric goes with Ariel, Prince Philip goes with Aurora, and Prince Charming goes with Cinderella.  One day she asked what Snow White's prince's name was.  After a quick google search, we discovered that Snow White's prince doesn't have a name, so we asked her what she thought Snow White's prince should be named.  Her suggestion?  "Prince Jack."

This morning, Zach was explaining to Staley what a bank is and what a bank does.  Staley said, "When I went to the bank, I saw a show."  Confused, Zach asked, "You saw a show at the bank?"  Staley, "Yes.  The girls were dancing on the stage."  Laughing, I responded, "That was at the Mother-Daughter banquet.  Not the bank."

Reading Minds

The other day, Staley lost her after-nap television privilege for not being a good listener.  When she woke up after nap, I reminded her that we were not going to watch a movie.  Her response?  "I think Adelie wants to go to the library and get a new Dora movie.  Adelie will want to watch her new Dora movie."

On Thursday, Zach stayed home with the girls while I went to work.  They went out to lunch with Zach's mom.  Zach and Staley had this conversation:
Staley:  "I want to go to the restaurant with the bear."
Zach:  "Well, we invited Uma to lunch so maybe we should wait and see where Uma wants to go."
Staley:  "I talked to Uma yesterday and she said she wanted to go to the one with the bear."

That's my Staley.  Always thinking of others.  :)

Some Pictures Just Don't Need Captions

Sitting, Moving, Speaking Out,...and Growing Hair

Adelie continues to grow and change on an almost daily basis.  She is more on the move than ever.  With a combination of rolling and scooting (bringing her knees under her and pushing herself forward with her face on the surface--doesn't look comfortable), Adelie does not stay put.  I'll leave her on her blanket or the floor for a few minutes while I take Staley potty or check on dinner, and will come back to find her turned 180 degrees or off her blanket or partially under Staley's bed or...

...checking out her pack and play.

 

And now that she has mastered rolling, Adelie is on the search for a new challenge.  And that challenge...sitting.  In the past few days, she has really taken off with her sitting skills.  She will prop sit for up to a minute at a time, and can sit without using her hands to support her for several seconds at a time before toppling over. 

Working on sitting skills

Motor skills aren't the only area where Adelie is changing.  She is also 'talking' more and more.  The newest sound that she has discovered she can make is a high pitched squealing sound.  She sounds like a pterodactyl (or what I'd imagine a pterodactyl sounds like).  I guess when you can't really form words yet, repeatedly squealing like a pterodactyl must seem like a good alternative.

Although all these new skills are exciting to behold, Adelie has also started to do something else exciting.  Grow hair!!  She has a nice, thin peach fuzz layer of hair covering her head now...along with her dark male-pattern-baldness ring around the bottom of her head and about a dozen longer hairs on top of her head that she never lost.  Still not the best look for a gal, but she's moving in the right direction.

And hair or not, I think she's pretty darn cute!!