Countdown
My mat leave started this week. Declan has dropped - waddling is becoming increasingly more difficult. After 8.5 months of VBAC encouragement from the ob/gyn, now he's humming and hawing about how reasonable he thinks it is for me to try. Unless I feel that something is seriously going wrong, I'll carry on with my plan to deliver as naturally as possible, though.
Mika is still attending daycare - and will be until the end of February. Starting in March, we'll only keep her in two days per week. At least that is our official plan.
Mika has been doing really well lately. Her vocabulary continues to grow, her counting is coming along really well too. She more or less can count to ten - she just leaves out the number two. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Everything is a need with Mika. She doesn't want milk, she needs it. She also likes to play her own version of I Spy. She'll ask one of us where something is and if we do not spot it within 4 seconds, she points to whatever it is and yells "RIGHT THERE!!" and laughs at our lack of observation skills. She laughs a lot lately, now that I think about it - a real giggle machine. Puppies, kitties, and hockey are still her three favorite things after Daddy. Daddy is always #1. Favorite activity is jumping - jumping off the ikea lounger, jumping off the armchair in the basement, jumping on our bed, jumping in her crib, jumping on the couch, jumping across the floor - anything to do with jumping.
We've had no major illnesses since the xmas pneumonia episode. Mika came home with a nasty viral looking rash on her back yesterday, but it was gone as of this morning. Of course, she was quite snot filled this morning, so who knows. I've given up - I expect Mika to be perpetually down with *something*.
Mika was buck naked when I went to get her out of her room this morning. I could hear her jumping and calling for Daddy. I opened the door and was greeted by a snot-faced, naked, grinning, and bouncing toddler. She kindly pointed out her diaper and PJ's and continued to jump with all her might. After convincing her to come out of her crib, she refused to wear any diaper except for her black minkee cloth one. This posed a slight problem because she also was demanding to wear jeans - her current selections do not fit well over a cloth diaper. She finally agreed on black fuzzy pants.
Mika has had a few fun visits with her cousins this month. Alice and Jamie were at Baba's for Ukrainian Xmas and the three girls had a blast - once Mika got used to the girls, that is. Jamie taught Mika a new way to stick out her tongue! They had a fancy tea party too...and, of course, did much running and jumping around. With shrieks and giggles!
Cousins Jackson and Lucas (and their 'rents) are staying at Nana's until their new house is done at the end of the month. As such, Mika has had a couple of visits with them too...she just loves her older cousin Jackson. She digs Lucas too, but the charm of older kids is too much for Mika to resist. Anyway, she and the boys run and jump and dance and play with trains - she even had a bath at Nana's with Lucas and he showed her how to splash almost the entire tub of water onto the floor - she was impressed to say the least! Nana made each of them tickle trunks with hats and other costumes - Mika can now dress up as the bee girl from the Blind Melon video, a sorceress, a pink princess, Mary Poppins (ok, well, she got a new umbrella) and a few other things that I cannot recall just now.
Mika has also recently had brunch with Auntie Jenn and Uncle Lucas a couple of times. We went over to their place so Mika could visit with Cody and the kitties - Malcolm was the only one who came around for pets though. Mika got to see the creepy creatures in Lucas and Jenn's 75 gallon saltwater tank. A gobi, a few clown fish, and then creepy corals and shrimp and other things - like anemone. We also went to PetSmart together on adoption day - Mika's head was spinning around with excitement over the many kitties and puppies and fish. I could tell it was overwhelming her when she went into the kitty adoption room and just started twirling and jumping until she dropped to the ground with a huge smile on her face - as if to say "I can now die happy - surrounded by more animals than I have ever seen concentrated in one place" Mama wrecked the experience by freaking out about Mika lying on the cat adoption room floor - gross. Mama's no fun. :-)
Mika is still attending daycare - and will be until the end of February. Starting in March, we'll only keep her in two days per week. At least that is our official plan.
Mika has been doing really well lately. Her vocabulary continues to grow, her counting is coming along really well too. She more or less can count to ten - she just leaves out the number two. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Everything is a need with Mika. She doesn't want milk, she needs it. She also likes to play her own version of I Spy. She'll ask one of us where something is and if we do not spot it within 4 seconds, she points to whatever it is and yells "RIGHT THERE!!" and laughs at our lack of observation skills. She laughs a lot lately, now that I think about it - a real giggle machine. Puppies, kitties, and hockey are still her three favorite things after Daddy. Daddy is always #1. Favorite activity is jumping - jumping off the ikea lounger, jumping off the armchair in the basement, jumping on our bed, jumping in her crib, jumping on the couch, jumping across the floor - anything to do with jumping.
We've had no major illnesses since the xmas pneumonia episode. Mika came home with a nasty viral looking rash on her back yesterday, but it was gone as of this morning. Of course, she was quite snot filled this morning, so who knows. I've given up - I expect Mika to be perpetually down with *something*.
Mika was buck naked when I went to get her out of her room this morning. I could hear her jumping and calling for Daddy. I opened the door and was greeted by a snot-faced, naked, grinning, and bouncing toddler. She kindly pointed out her diaper and PJ's and continued to jump with all her might. After convincing her to come out of her crib, she refused to wear any diaper except for her black minkee cloth one. This posed a slight problem because she also was demanding to wear jeans - her current selections do not fit well over a cloth diaper. She finally agreed on black fuzzy pants.
Mika has had a few fun visits with her cousins this month. Alice and Jamie were at Baba's for Ukrainian Xmas and the three girls had a blast - once Mika got used to the girls, that is. Jamie taught Mika a new way to stick out her tongue! They had a fancy tea party too...and, of course, did much running and jumping around. With shrieks and giggles!
Cousins Jackson and Lucas (and their 'rents) are staying at Nana's until their new house is done at the end of the month. As such, Mika has had a couple of visits with them too...she just loves her older cousin Jackson. She digs Lucas too, but the charm of older kids is too much for Mika to resist. Anyway, she and the boys run and jump and dance and play with trains - she even had a bath at Nana's with Lucas and he showed her how to splash almost the entire tub of water onto the floor - she was impressed to say the least! Nana made each of them tickle trunks with hats and other costumes - Mika can now dress up as the bee girl from the Blind Melon video, a sorceress, a pink princess, Mary Poppins (ok, well, she got a new umbrella) and a few other things that I cannot recall just now.
Mika has also recently had brunch with Auntie Jenn and Uncle Lucas a couple of times. We went over to their place so Mika could visit with Cody and the kitties - Malcolm was the only one who came around for pets though. Mika got to see the creepy creatures in Lucas and Jenn's 75 gallon saltwater tank. A gobi, a few clown fish, and then creepy corals and shrimp and other things - like anemone. We also went to PetSmart together on adoption day - Mika's head was spinning around with excitement over the many kitties and puppies and fish. I could tell it was overwhelming her when she went into the kitty adoption room and just started twirling and jumping until she dropped to the ground with a huge smile on her face - as if to say "I can now die happy - surrounded by more animals than I have ever seen concentrated in one place" Mama wrecked the experience by freaking out about Mika lying on the cat adoption room floor - gross. Mama's no fun. :-)
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