Someday, I will become a good blogger

You would think that I would be better at updating this thing.
I mean, I used to write ALL the time in college. I have the cutest little girl who is quite the fun subject for stories. Oh, and I am a bit obsessed with reading other peoples' blogs, to the point that I can hardly keep track of them all. But you see, my blog is not what I want it to be. I do not have a DSLR camera (or picture-taking skills,) so I cannot have one of those cool photography "day in my life" blogs. I have not yet figured out how to manage the time/money to become one of those vintage-crafty people. I am not really a skilled enough cook to have a food blog. I am not wise enough to have a spiritual encouragement blog.

So here I am. With my blog. Trying to keep a little piece of our lives recorded for the future. I think this blog may take a new turn in January, on its one year anniversary. It is a bit sad that in one year I have written only about 30 times, and I think that is because I put pressure on myself to write all this detailed stuff. So instead, I think I may try out some of the themes above, and make a more purposeful blog that combines my musings with some of the fun SAHM things I am learning. Oh, and I will still put pictures of Lorelei up, because those are just fun :-)

And speaking of which, the little miss is doing just grand! As of yesterday, I have had her outside the belly for as long as she was inside the belly. Yes, my little sweetheart is 9 whole months old. I cannot believe it, and yes, it is bittersweet. So without further ado, here are some of the haps from the past month (er...or two.)




-L is a FAST crawler (on her hands and knees all the time now,) and gets into everything. I have a bit of a fear that she will never walk because crawling is just so effective. She also pulls up on everything, can stand only supporting herself with one hand, and can cruise around quite a bit.
-She eats pretty much everything. It was rather crazy; I exclusively breastfed her for six months, and then fed her nothing but cereal + formula until 7 months...and then from months 7-9 she started eating pretty much everything. She hardly ever eats baby food anymore, and I just love being able to share my food with her. She is really digging cheese, cheerios, soup, and bread, but honestly this child will gobble down anything you give her, and grunt for more until you take her out of her high chair. Oh, and she still nurses 4 times a day.



-That said she is still small. She gets weighed on Monday, but I am guessing she is about 16 lbs. She just started really fitting in 6-9 month clothes more than 3-6, and I think it is mostly because her legs are too long for 3-6. I love that she is so small though, as I have to chase after her and carry her back to the "safe zone" all day.
-She sleeps from about 7:30-6:30 every night (give or take,) and takes two naps a day. Normally one nap is an hour, and the other is closer to two hours, but she tends to vary which one is the longer. It is wonderful, and I probably should be making good use of my newfound free time. But I all too often find myself napping too :-)
-She babbles all the time, though does not seem to have any "words." Sometimes I think she is saying mamama or dadada, but then she makes those sounds all the time. She has a regular voice for us, but then also has a high-pitched babytalk voice. She mostly uses that for the cat :-)




-She has a few "tricks" that she likes to do. Some of these include waving/saluting (she basically raises her hand like she is asking a question, but she means "hello,") fake coughing and sneezing, screaming just for fun, clapping, dancing, and giving sweet little open-mouth kisses :-)
-She became a big cousin on November 12 to a sweet little (big!) boy. I cannot wait for them to become buddies.
-She actually plays with other kids now. She tends to gravitate to the ones old enough to chase her. That, and she sometimes is a bit of a bully and tries to grab toys from or pull hair of the littler ones. We are working on her social skills.
-She had many important events in her life since I last wrote. Her dedication was held at my parents' home on October 30, and our dear friend Andy presided over it. It was so lovely celebrating such a special occasion with family and friends, and Allen and I were able to make it very personalized and special. Then, the next day, Lorelei had her first Halloween, and was the cutest little Ballerina in a handmade costume. Then, almost a month later, was her first Thanksgiving. We do not have too many pictures of that because mommy was sick all day.






We have so much to look forward to in the next few weeks. Our Christmas tree went up early in the week, and all Lorelei's sweet little gifts are stored in the guest room. As soon as the holidays are over, I will blink my eyes and her first birthday will be here. I am already planning the first birthday party :-)






So anyway, my one or two readers who probably know most of this from facebook anyway, I am peacing out until further notice. Hopefully, I will have a new plan for the direction of this blog soon!

xo,
Diana (and Lorelei)