Aurelia Marie

 

This is the reaching thing that she does. It might be “I Love You,”because that is what we do to her when we greet her and pick her up. Who knows what she is thinking at any given moment.

 

 

She finally figured out the walking toy that she got for Christmas. She uses it as a crutch to get around the room now that she can take up to about 3 steps on her own.

Aurelia is having a rough start to this week. She has started crying when I drop her off at Baby Gator. It doesn’t help that I’ve forgotten something in the car the past couple of times and had to make a second trip inside. So,apparently she quits pretty shortly after I leave and plays all day without much relapse,but it still makes me sad to leave her.

Yesterday afternoon,she came home with a bite. It is inevitable that a roomful of teething babies will bite one another from time to time,but does it have to be my little one? She had a red mark on her left wrist,but not broken skin. The teacher fills out a report for the parents whenever something like that happens,but the biter is kept anonymous to prevent parent squabbles. Once we got her home,I was playing with her on the bed. Marcus asked me a question about a job application,and I looked away for just the number of seconds it took for Aurie to fall off the side. Ugggh. She had a mouthful of blood –bit her tongue. We totally freaked out! I hate to see my baby’s blood! She was cheery again in a matter of minutes,but she did keep her tongue hanging out for the next half-hour. That part was cute. We decided no more putting her on the bed except for sleeping with us,and we need to figure something out to keep her from trying to grab the fan on Marcus’computer,which we cannot move out of reach.

A cute thing that happened later is that she found an innertube that we have for playing in the pool. She pulled it over her head and sat in the middle,then climbed out of it and played peek-a-boo with the side. Then,we slipped out of the room to let her experiment on her own. From around the corner,we watched her push the tube around the room and climb into it in various spots. She is so creative in her play! She also likes to pile things on her little “animal train”and the hit the button on watch it pull the stuff around the room.

She is amazing –I just can’t get enough. Sometimes when she is sleeping,I just want to go hold her and feel her breath against me. I miss her at night!

I’d better quit,because I am in work-avoidance mode,and I could write all day. Then the post would be so long that nobody would read it.:)