Ms. Ella is able to turn over! We have not gotten to see it her in the act, but we know it is happening. She goes to bed on her back and when we come in later, there she is, flipped over onto her stomach. Drew and I have tried to get her to perform this little feat for us during the daylight hours, but so far, no cigar. The folks at her daycare tell us she does it all the time for them. All the time. Of course, for us, we have toys out and are cooing her name till we are hoarse but she just teases us by twisting her torso around like a little acrobat. I am going to get a hidden camera. Tape her at night. She has also started sucking her thumb, I have often wondered how that happens. Why is the thumb the finger that gets picked, by most every child on the planet? Ella has joined the masses and is sucking her thumb. Lovely, normal child. She still is working out the logistics of the whole thing. Most the time it is the whole fist that is wedged in her mouth, but the thumb is starting to win out. Not only is Ella flipping over and sucking her thumb but she has started to reach out and grab things. This is the moment I have been waiting for. All those adorable, noise making toys that hang, are now a reasonable purchase for me. Before, I had to pass by the cute elephant that sings a lullaby when you pull his tail, but no more. Now, I too can begin to purchase teethers that are rattles, that have lights and tell you a story and can be suspended by plastic rings. All those hanging toys call out to me, " I am just what Ella is going to want, I will make her day, buy me and she will be up and walking in no time". On second thought I am not sure I want her up and walking in no time. The child has been able to hit three milestones in two weeks (well technically thumb sucking is not a mile stone but if you saw the coordination it takes, you would count it as one too) if she grows up any faster I am going to have to pack her bags for college by December. Maybe she knows this about me. I am not ready for my little 10 week old to be rolling over quite yet. Perhaps, she is sparing me. Maybe, I will not put in that hidden camera. If she is rolling over in her room, there is know telling what else is going on. Reading, having disco parties with her peeps, doing complex algebra. I will just take what she gives me. Lawd knows, she fills me with wonder as it is.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Chillen' with the Peeps
Ms. Ella is able to turn over! We have not gotten to see it her in the act, but we know it is happening. She goes to bed on her back and when we come in later, there she is, flipped over onto her stomach. Drew and I have tried to get her to perform this little feat for us during the daylight hours, but so far, no cigar. The folks at her daycare tell us she does it all the time for them. All the time. Of course, for us, we have toys out and are cooing her name till we are hoarse but she just teases us by twisting her torso around like a little acrobat. I am going to get a hidden camera. Tape her at night. She has also started sucking her thumb, I have often wondered how that happens. Why is the thumb the finger that gets picked, by most every child on the planet? Ella has joined the masses and is sucking her thumb. Lovely, normal child. She still is working out the logistics of the whole thing. Most the time it is the whole fist that is wedged in her mouth, but the thumb is starting to win out. Not only is Ella flipping over and sucking her thumb but she has started to reach out and grab things. This is the moment I have been waiting for. All those adorable, noise making toys that hang, are now a reasonable purchase for me. Before, I had to pass by the cute elephant that sings a lullaby when you pull his tail, but no more. Now, I too can begin to purchase teethers that are rattles, that have lights and tell you a story and can be suspended by plastic rings. All those hanging toys call out to me, " I am just what Ella is going to want, I will make her day, buy me and she will be up and walking in no time". On second thought I am not sure I want her up and walking in no time. The child has been able to hit three milestones in two weeks (well technically thumb sucking is not a mile stone but if you saw the coordination it takes, you would count it as one too) if she grows up any faster I am going to have to pack her bags for college by December. Maybe she knows this about me. I am not ready for my little 10 week old to be rolling over quite yet. Perhaps, she is sparing me. Maybe, I will not put in that hidden camera. If she is rolling over in her room, there is know telling what else is going on. Reading, having disco parties with her peeps, doing complex algebra. I will just take what she gives me. Lawd knows, she fills me with wonder as it is.
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Yay! Go Ella, go Ella!!! She has places to go and people to see. She has to hit those milestones at record pace so she can start having fun!! What a cutie! I was the same way with all the toys. They all look like so much fun! Which one to buy? Oh, I couldn't decide so I bought them all! Have a ton of fun with her and give her a hug and kiss from us in Ga.
ReplyDeleteThat is so funny because I just bought the fancy playmat with the most hanging toys I could find. Poor child. I can not wait 'till she is dancing around in the living room like Glen!
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