Shh…

8:00 pm

I secretly cut two little slits at the tip of GG’s pacifier today.  It’s still intact but has suddenly lost its suction power!  When I gave it to her, she put it in her mouth, sucked a couple times, and then shook GG around with a puzzled look on her face.  It was as if she was thinking “what’s wrong with this thing?!”

9:00 pm

So far, she hasn’t been upset by it but she’s also lying in bed talking to herself instead of sleeping.  It’s fun listening to her trying to settle down but I hope this doesn’t turn into a disastrous night.

9:45 pm

She’s asleep in turtle mode and without the pacifier in her mouth.  Instead, GG is tucked in her arms.  Woot. I’d say that was a successful Night #1 so far!  We’ll just see what happens when she wakes up at midnight looking for GG.  Stay tuned!

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Next Morning

Last night, Janie only woke a couple times (like she usually does) and went back to sleep on her own. In the morning, she was up and chipper as usual. If she can still have her GG as a companion but suck on the pacifier less this week, I’ll be happy.

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4:30am

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What is it about 4:30am that makes Janie want to get up and party?  She woke me up again this morning and we laid around on the couch for about an hour trying to go back to sleep.  She was so awake that she was yelling “GAGO!” (Legos) and “NAI-NAI!” and a bunch of other stuff.  After failed attempts at shushing her, I resorted to turning on the Lullaby video for her to keep her quiet.

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Neither of us slept so we started our day early.  At 6am, she got her milk and then a snack.  When I left at 7:30 am, Daddy reported that she took a 30-minute cat nap before Mirian arrived.  *sigh*  Where was that nap when I was desperately in need of sleep at 5:00?!

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weird morning

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This morning at about 3am, Janie was crying and couldn’t settle down. So after numerous tries, I finally gave in and let her sleep with me in the couch/bed. I was half asleep with a squirming toddler who just couldn’t fall asleep. I kept feeling her kicking, poking, and calling “mama” for about two hours.  By 5:30, I gave her some milk and she finally went back to sleep. That left me with one whopping hour before having to get up for work. I’m so thankful it’s Friday today.

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This morning she hung out with Daddy while Mirian and Karla went to the pediatrician. Here they are on a conference call together.

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hot mess

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This is the photo that Mirian sent to me while I was at work and pretty much sums up her day.  It’s a little girl who had a runny nose and was extra grouchy.  She also found a stick at the park and refused to toss it away.  As a result, she scratched herself in the face with the stick.  Oh, baby.

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Later that evening, she was extra hangry, extra clingy, and had a hard time coping with every little thing.  So, we put her to bed early and she passed out.  Aaaah…our little hot mess can start a new day tomorrow.

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Here’s a clearer picture of the scratch.  It’s actually not as bad as I thought.

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hijinks

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While Janie and Karla were waiting for story time, they were up to no good.

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I don’t know what they were doing exactly but they’re pretty funny together.

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Maybe she Janie had too much fun because she snoozed through part of story time.

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Sonoma

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Janie went to Sonoma with Mommy, Daddy, and Uncle Jason today.  Here she is in the car driving on the new section of the Bay Bridge.

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She got a good 45-minute nap on the way.

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She got to wander the Sebastiani grounds this morning before lunch.

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She was a little weary but curious of the fountain outside.

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 It was already 90 degrees by noon.

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It was much cooler inside the tasting room.

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Uncle Jason got a quick hug and then was quickly denied.

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I think she was missing Auntie Jia.

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She sipped her milk while the grown-ups sipped wine.

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At lunch, she ate like a champ and even tried eating with a grown-up fork.

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The waiter also gave her a paper cup with a lid and straw.

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What fun!!

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She did a pretty good job.

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Janie also gave dipping a try today.  She really liked dipping her radish into the anchovy butter.  Seemed like she enjoyed the butter way more than the radish and kept going back for more.

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In the afternoon, we stopped at one more winery and Janie played on the porch while sipping milk and cold water.  It was 98 degrees by then and way too hot for shoes.

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On-the-Go Lunch and Nap

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Janie went along with Mommy on her errands today.  For lunch, she had a ham sandwich for the first time.  She nibbled it like a dainty little lady at first but then eventually pulled out the ham, ate that first, and then finished the bread afterward.

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With her pasta and veggies in her lap, she fell asleep in the middle of her lunch.  Silly baby.

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