Hazel got out of her crib somehow today. I do not know precisely how, but she was not particularly happy about it. If she continues to do that, we will have to take the mattress out of her crib so she can sleep on the floor, and see if she ever sleeps at night ever again.
That is all.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Hazel the big girl
I looked back to when I last blogged regularly, and it was before Hazel had even turned one! She has changed dramatically since then. She could already walk at that point, but now she wouldn't dream of being content with just walking. She climbs on stuff, runs around, dances, and is so physically adept that she amazes me. She is not content to sit in the front seat of a cart at the store for long any more; she demands to get down and walk. When she walks, I don't have to slow down for her. (Of course, I am a bit of a slow walker anyway, but still. She doesn't even slow Anthony down much.)
Her talking is also advancing well. She talks all the time, uses several words that anyone could understand (cookie! jewelry!), many more that only I understand (bik-bik=blanket; osh=wash), and often lets loose strings of garbled speech that I don't quite get (on one of her phones, more often than not).
She loves to play pretend. She feeds her animals and her doll, wraps them in blankets, and brushes their hair and teeth. It's so cute!
She's becoming extremely girly. She loves jewelry. She loves to look in the mirror after I decorate her head with a bow or flower, and we admire how beautiful she is. She loves shoes (and socks, but that's a family trait as well!).
A picture to wrap up. This was our Nativity pageant we held this past Christmas. As you can see, Hazel is Mary, while her doll is the baby Jesus. Her lion, elephant, bear, duck, and chicken are playing the parts of the farm animals. Anthony was the donkey Hazel got to ride on. She didn't really get it, but it was fun anyway!
Her talking is also advancing well. She talks all the time, uses several words that anyone could understand (cookie! jewelry!), many more that only I understand (bik-bik=blanket; osh=wash), and often lets loose strings of garbled speech that I don't quite get (on one of her phones, more often than not).
She loves to play pretend. She feeds her animals and her doll, wraps them in blankets, and brushes their hair and teeth. It's so cute!
She's becoming extremely girly. She loves jewelry. She loves to look in the mirror after I decorate her head with a bow or flower, and we admire how beautiful she is. She loves shoes (and socks, but that's a family trait as well!).
A picture to wrap up. This was our Nativity pageant we held this past Christmas. As you can see, Hazel is Mary, while her doll is the baby Jesus. Her lion, elephant, bear, duck, and chicken are playing the parts of the farm animals. Anthony was the donkey Hazel got to ride on. She didn't really get it, but it was fun anyway!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Catching up
So, I have not blogged for a while. Naturally, this is not because nothing has been happening in my life. Here's a quick list of what's up:
1. Hazel is getting interested in potty training. Two weeks ago, she wanted to sit on the potty before her bath (which we often encourage, but she's never actually GONE). And she pooped. It was amazing. We gave her candy.
Since then, she has both peed and pooped several times (in the potty), but pretty much just when she feels like it. I'm not sure that I want to put in the effort to officially potty train her when she is this young, since her bladder control may not be good enough to succeed yet. I just don't know if I'm ready to deal with lots of accidents!
2. I've been doing a fair bit of sewing. I made covers for my sewing machines, embroidered some decorations on a maternity top that I never finished during my last pregnancy, and made a vest. I'm pretty proud of the vest, because it didn't fit well when I was done. So I took it in in a few places, and it's actually flattering now!
3. I've gotten on an organizing kick. There was a Relief Society conference thingy this past weekend with a mini session on decluttering, and that just sounded like such a good idea, with us moving in a few months. So for three days now I've been sorting through everything we own systematically, and I'm getting rid of lots of stuff, and organizing the rest of it. It is very refreshing and satisfying!
4. Anthony is almost done with the project part of his master's thesis. For those of you who don't know, for computer science, the project is the really big part, and the write-up afterward is just to show what you've done. And possibly get published. Anyway. It's a big stinkin' deal that he's almost done programming, and I am very proud. :)
1. Hazel is getting interested in potty training. Two weeks ago, she wanted to sit on the potty before her bath (which we often encourage, but she's never actually GONE). And she pooped. It was amazing. We gave her candy.
Since then, she has both peed and pooped several times (in the potty), but pretty much just when she feels like it. I'm not sure that I want to put in the effort to officially potty train her when she is this young, since her bladder control may not be good enough to succeed yet. I just don't know if I'm ready to deal with lots of accidents!
2. I've been doing a fair bit of sewing. I made covers for my sewing machines, embroidered some decorations on a maternity top that I never finished during my last pregnancy, and made a vest. I'm pretty proud of the vest, because it didn't fit well when I was done. So I took it in in a few places, and it's actually flattering now!
3. I've gotten on an organizing kick. There was a Relief Society conference thingy this past weekend with a mini session on decluttering, and that just sounded like such a good idea, with us moving in a few months. So for three days now I've been sorting through everything we own systematically, and I'm getting rid of lots of stuff, and organizing the rest of it. It is very refreshing and satisfying!
4. Anthony is almost done with the project part of his master's thesis. For those of you who don't know, for computer science, the project is the really big part, and the write-up afterward is just to show what you've done. And possibly get published. Anyway. It's a big stinkin' deal that he's almost done programming, and I am very proud. :)
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