It's 6:15 am on Saturday, March 19th. It's St. Joseph's Day, the legendary exact day the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. It's also Grandma Lynda's birthday, and friend Guthrie's birthday.
But listen. Edie is still asleep. This is the first time. And two nights ago I'm pretty sure she nursed five times.
Ollie started periodically sleeping through the night at 15 months, and probably by this age (Edie is just about 18 months), he was more reliably doing so. I only remember his age at 15 months because he slept straight through for the first time when we were in England the last time. As if i'd regularly update a baby book! Bite your tongue!
And so on that note, I am going to record a little bit about our sweet girl right here. It's not as if I can get back to sleep (which makes me want to cry).
Edith Nora
Age 18 months
- Bunch of teeth on top, including a few molars, only two teeth on bottom
- weight: who knows. >20 lbs ish.
- height: I'll have to check when she wakes up.
Words: mama, daddy, ollie, edie ("gigi"), bagel, coffee (doesn't sound anything like coffee), noodle, ro-ro (used for row, our friend rowan, and any similarly sized boy), down, dinosaur, stop, pee, poo, bum (used in general for anything naked, also used for bum. i.e., without a diaper, she is "bum bum."), nose, cheek, chin, ear, star (she's more likely to sign this one), quack, bath, juice, water, tickle, snack, hot, no, diaper, giraffe, nurse... and that's about all I can think of.
She doesn't sign too much, but she will sign more, eat, water, nurse, giraffe, gorilla, airplane, star, moon, and snake.
So that's our quickie Edie update. She's in the thick of that stubborn and totally unreasonable toddler stage, but the upsides are that she is just completely sweet, completely devoted to Ollie, and always willing to help. She's very task-oriented. She's still very clingy and god forbid a stranger tried to talk to her or a new kid runs too close to her.
I love you, little peanut.
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