Part 2

With E in China, I haven't looked at our online calendar. I figured I know what G's schedule of classes is (we only have 1 class now, the music class ended). I know when I have bible studies and home group meetings. What I forgot about was our friend's Red Egg Ginger party for their baby. Darn it! So instead of meeting up with friends, celebrating the birth of their second baby (a miracle baby), I was at home with G doing nothing. I'm so mad at myself. Oh well.

Today I have no pictures. We had a long drawn out breakfast, went out to run errands and go to the store (very productive for 2 stores, very unproductive for the 3rd). G had a nap on the go, which was nice. We had an impromptu lunch, at Johnny Rocket's, while we were still out. After playing for a little bit at home, G took a nap for 2 hrs while I dug some holes in the front yard on the edge of the lawn by the garage. I've been wanting to move some flowers from the backyard to the front. I was going to do it myself, then with a friend to help, then asked the gardner to do it, but after the recent rains, the plants are growing, and buds have already formed, and I want to get them moved before they bloom.  So I couldn't wait 2 more weeks for the gardners and started digging. There was a big root (from a little tree stump), that was a bit difficult, but luckily, the neighbor came by and helped get it out. By the time I finished, I didn't have time to dig up the plants from the back, so for now, there's just a row of holes in the front. 

Dinner was more long and drawn out than dinner. I have no idea why G has suddenly returned to her bad eating habits. Maybe it's because she knows that everyone has been commenting on how she's such a good eater. Dinner took almost 2 hrs, with much crying and complaining and refusing of food (it was something we've had before, so I know it's not because she doesn't like it). Cleaned up the kitchen while she played, then gave her a bath. She's also been a fussy nurser too, the last day and a half, which is making me think of weaning her. Why bother doing it if it's just frustrating for both of us (and painful for me)? Right now, G is nursing about 3 times a day. We'll see.

Her favorite toys today were the lego blocks and her Easter eggs/baskets, along with with her Elmo airplane that drives me crazy (and not in a good way). 

SP Day 7: What happened to my baby?

One week down and two more to go!

Reading the updates from E and other teammates about their work in the China orphanage give me strength to go on, knowing that our sacrifice is changing lives in these little kids. Reading about what they are going through brings me to tears.

So... what happened to G? I have no idea! Some one seems to have switched my fussy eater baby to a baby that eats a lot, and quickly! I think now I have an idea of what it is like for other moms, and it's soooo nice! This morning's mango oatmeal breakfast was fairly routine. I had decided that G would have lunch "on the go" after her morning nap, while I picked something up from the store, so after her 3.5 hr nap (wow!), we headed out stocked with grapes (cut in halves or quarters, peels on, I discovered she can handle them cut with peels when she was "stealing" them out of her friend's snack cup Saturday!), cheerios, and bread. She ate all her grapes and about a third of her bun, which was pretty amazing! 

It was late when we got home, but I still decided to put her down for a quick nap, so she slept an hr, and for dinner, it was like she hadn't eaten in DAYS!! She had about 4 oz of yogurt mixed with lentil soup (her new favorite), for a total of about 6-7 oz. I didn't think she'd be able to finish it all when I realized how much I had mixed together, but started feeding her anyways. About 15 minutes into her meal, she had finished over half of it! She also fed herself some soup too, but gave it up after a bit because it wasn't going in fast enough! After she finished her soup, she also had some organic cheerios and puffs (like rice crispies but whole grain and no sugar), and even some oranges.

Look, I'm a big girl and I can feed myself...

... with no hands, too!

And now I cand smear all the rest of the soup all over my face!

It's so funny to be messy!

Thanks Auntie M & Uncle R for the homegrown oranges!

I can't remember if I posted any pics from the Easter party, but I will do it tomorrow if I haven't.

Single Parenting: Day 3

I'm not sure I can keep up this every day blogging schedule, but we'll see.

The weekend before E left for China, we also had a Little Gym Spring party. Here are a few pics of what G is currently doing in her class. The rock wall was higher than it normally is, probably for the bigger kids, but that did not deter G from climbing up several times.  

She also loves the bar and balance beam and rings. She can now do rolls on the beam, as well as over the bar.

I mention this because she had her Little Gym class today. The new thing we tried today was rolling on a GIANT wheel (it really was giant, maybe 4 ft in diameter!) and then doing a forward roll on the other side. Too bad I didn't have the camera with me in class. Next time. She also climbed up the rock wall several times today.  

I managed to get G on a good schedule today, breakfast at 9ish, nap for 1.5 hrs, lunch at 12:15, then class and picking up a few things at the grocery store, a little play time at home (with her new Duplo Lego blocks, yay!), nap for 2 hrs, dinner at 6:45 with her favorite friend (the one she shared a high chair with). G also started her weight gain supplement today (it came in the mail this morning during her nap, so only her lunch, snack, and dinner had it). We'll see how well it works... it seems to dissolve well in soups and yogurt, but not so well to coat it over strawberries!! 

Oh, and for E reading this in China: G still fussed again this morning when I went to get her, but not as much as the previous 2 days. She still misses you and we talk about you all the time.