Violet the Amazing!

Summer like weather at last! With 80 degree temps., we had to spend some time outside. We also painted the kitchen this day. (What a job!) We still aren't done with that project, but what a glorious day! (Mike loves this picture of Miss V and her grandma - which grandma may kill me for putting up without permission. :) )

Vi has started crawling! AMAZING! The thing that seems to really get her moving is putting the dog dish (it's chrome and shiny) on the floor a few feet from her. Scary, I know. We have to be sure to get to it before she does! Im sure it's okay, just covered in Sassy slobber. (Like half of everything else in our house :) ).
Here she is taking a couple of moves forward. She also likes to go backwards.

On the sleep front, there have been troubles. She has been staying up later and getting hungry at 11:00 PM like she did when she was tiny. We've chocked (is that a word?) it up to all the changes she is going through and the extra tooth that is coming up. (She can now bite down and clamp on with her newfound upper and lowers.) Ouch! hee!

Here are some more crawling pics!

What a night!

Why did no one tell us how difficult daylight savings time is with an extremely set to schedule little baby girl?

We were up and a bit out of sorts ourselves last night. I went to Meijer ( a giant superstore for those of you who may not know) at what I though was 4:30, but it must have actually been 5:30, as I didn't get home until 8:00! All I did was go through the baby and grocery sections! It was like being in a vacuum! There are no clocks in there and my cell phone was dead so I felt even more disconnected.

When I got home I wasn't sure if Ms. V would still be up. She had apparently slept for a little bit, but woke when I got home. (This is technically, from before the time change only 7:00, which is a little early for bed, but she hardly had naps at all either). Then she didn't go back to bed until nearly 9:30! Then she was up at 12:30 for about an hour and then up at 7:00. Whew!
Mike and I are going to bed early tonight!

Violet is in a terrific mood today and is napping fine. Hopefully it was just the change (and maybe a full moon? :) )

Here is a totally unrelated, but cute picture! (I was too tired and desperate to get Vi to sleep to take a picture of the "Sleepless in Hammond adventure")

Love to all!

Talk about a great tooth shot!

So much has happened in the last couple of weeks.

Violet has grown and gotten so much more active in her little world. She is log-rolling across the room and she is moments from crawling! She is pulling herself up into position, but she just hasn't figured out yet that she can move that way! (Whew! - give us a day to adjust my little squiggle worm!)

She is also standing very well with help from the couch and is pulling herself up to standing on anything she can grab hold of. (Here she is, using me as a ladder and concentrating very hard! :) )

Day before yesterday she clapped entirely on her own! Hands together, apart, together, amazing! (I never thought I could be so excited about such a simple hand gesture - I guess I should prepare myself for others, but no naughty ones for a while, please! :) )

She started her Gymboree class last week and we all (the whole family) subsequently got really bad colds. The first cold! It was fairly easy for Violet though. A little baby Vics, her humidifier and some Cold/Tylenol and she felt much better. It's cleared up almost completely for all of us now too. The class was fun though and we go again tomorrow.

Tonight she is having a slumber party at grandma & grandpa's. Mike and I are going to Chicago for dinner and a date. (I needed one of those! (Louie - private joke))

Anyway - here is some more pictures of our growing girl! Love and miss you all!

(I love this picture of her laughing - It makes me cry it's so cute!)