Our Precious :)
pamelamyers | August 9, 2010
Yesterday Sam started doing the funniest thing. She is always making new noises and we are never sure what she is going to do next. Usually, she gets tired of her noises quickly and moves on so we have to enjoy them for as long as they last. Yesterday, she was making her normal sounds (the typical gagaga, bababa, mamama, etc.) but in this funny growly, deep voice. Mark called it her Gollum voice (if you have not seen The Lord of the Rings trilogy, shame on you, go watch them….right now!) It is really hard to explain, but honestly, she sounds like Gollum if he were babbling baby talk. So cute. We’ll see how long it lasts.
I don’t know what got into her sleepwise last night. She went to bed normal time, and was asleep by 7:30ish. She never woke up last night, except around 5:00 a.m., I could hear her making little crying noises in her sleep. I haven’t been feeling well lately, so I really wanted to sleep in as long as I could, so I went in and gave her a little bottle in hopes she would sleep past 6:00 a.m. I was going to be happy with 6:30 or 6:45. At 8:00 I woke up and she was still asleep! I actually had to wake her up. I was so afraid that her entire schedule today would be a mess, but I didn’t really care because it would have been worth it for the extra time I got in bed this morning. Surprisingly, she took her morning nap AND her afternoon nap, right on schedule. Tonight she went to bed at her normal time. I swear, I am so lucky. She is such a wonderful baby.
She has been moving around so much more these days. She crawls really fast and is starting to climb things when she can. She loves to climb the couch cushions and she stands all the time now. She isn’t doing a lot of creeping yet, but I keep thinking she will soon. She loves to stand up holding anything she can. One of her favorite things these days is the dishwasher. Any time I am loading or unloading it, she comes crawling over and stands there holding the rack or the door. She likes to pull out the silverware. I have no idea what the fascination is, but I have told her that if she keeps it up, it will become her chore as soon as possible! We have been trying to work out the gate situation but it is so hard because the areas we want to gate off are either too large or too small for standard gates. So in the meantime, we have been blocking her with chairs and all kinds of other things. It worked for a while, but she is so smart. She has figured out how to get around things now, no matter what we put in her way. It is frustrating for sure, but also kind of exciting seeing how her mind works, and how she learns, and how she is problem solving already.
I can’t believe I am making plans for her 1st birthday party already! She is growing up so fast. It is exciting and wonderful watching her grow, but also sad, because my little newborn baby is long gone. Pretty soon, she will no longer be a baby, but a toddler. I am definitely not ready for that.