Caroline's 1st Plane Ride!

In July we headed to Houston for a visit.  It was C's first time on a plane!  She was amazing.  I was a little worried taking a 2 month old on a plane, but I knew I could at least feed her if things went badly.  I fed her on take-off, and after that she slept for the entire 3 hour flight. 

Here are some pictures of my baby girl's first time in the air.

Yes, she spent most of the flight with her head in David's armpit! 

Here's our frequent flyer...

Lily is an old pro at flying now.  She loves going "dumbo high".  She is such a big girl, she entertained herself with colors, stickers, activity books, and watched part of Toy Story.

Napping

She really falls asleep in the most random places...

Who needs a bed?

We put Lily to nap in her bed, but here is where we found her. 

I guess the floor is more comfy?!

Bedtime Adventures

I can't believe I haven't written this down yet! 

We have had quite the bedtime experiences with Lily.  She started taking off clothes, diaper, and peeing in her bed almost every night.  The following is the different variations we tried with her bedtime attire:

a) We bought Pull-Ups.  Since she learned how to undo the tabs, we figured this would stop her from getting her diaper off.  We thought wrong.  She only had to watch us take off her diaper once or twice before she figured it out.

b)We bought onesies.  She was in 2-piece pjs before, and could easily take off her clothes.  I thought having a onesie would help...I thought wrong again!  She easily figured out how to unsnap the onesie, and we found her naked in a wet bed once more.

c)We turned the onesie backwards.  I thought if maybe the snaps were out of her reach it would help.  She didn't learn how to take the onesie off this time.  Instead, she figured out how to get the diaper off WITHOUT taking off her onesie!!!  She is a tricky one.

d) We put her pants on the inside.  Yes, now the order was diaper, pants, and then her onesie.  It is seriously quite a sight!  This did the trick for a little longer.   But our daughter is very creative, and she figured out how to take off her pants and diaper with the onesie still snapped!  I'm still not quite sure how easily this happened, but I wish I had set up a camera to catch it on video.

e) Last resort--DUCT TAPE!  It was the only other thing we could think of!  So now we place duct tape over the sides of the pull up so she can take it apart.  This has been a success for a while now, so I think we have finally put a stopper on the wet beds....at least until we start potty training.   

We will be starting on the potty training soon enough, especially since we are finally back from our trips.  I'm hoping the transition goes smoothly because I am really tired of washing sheets!

So after hearing all the crazy descriptions of Lily's pjs, here is picture proof of how she looks every night.  I will try and get a few more pictures of her crazy mix-ups because she looks awesome some nights :)  (This particular morning she felt shoes were appropriate.  This doesn't happen every morning, but it certainly spruced up this outfit.)



My Big Girl!

It's official! My baby is now a big girl! I put for down for a nap and then I went to get ready. About 30 mins later I heard a door close. I walked out of our bedroom and heard "hi mama", and there was Lily standing in the hallway! The day had arrived - she had learned how to climb out of her crib.
When David got home I told her it was time to change the bed to a toddler bed. It was so much easier than we were thinking. We just had to take the front off and attach the toddler rail.

As for her sleeping, the only problem we had was getting her to go to bed the first night, but after that she has been perfect. She sleeps in it all night, she hasn't gotten out of bed except to get a dropped animal, and she doesn't even get out until we come in in the morning. I think it helps a bunch that it is the same bed just one different side.

Here's our big girl right after we got the bed together.
All smiles the next morning!

Gracie climbed in with her

Here's a shot of her big girl bed all made up!

Who knew a nap could be so entertaining...

So today, Lily was very cranky and refused to go in her swing for her nap, and she didn't want to play on the floor. So I held her for a little bit more, but she was very very tired. I decided I would go and put her in her bed (crazy idea, i know). Usually she plays in her bed before she goes to sleep, but not this time. She was sitting in the middle of her crib screaming. Since I knew she would eventually go to sleep I let her cry, but I was watching her on the video monitor downstairs. She got quiet, so I checked the monitor. She was still sitting up, but I could have sworn she was asleep. Then, I looked again, and she was now holding onto the side of the crib. I was sure she was asleep, so I snuck into her room to check. Here is what I saw.







After I took these, I went back to the living room, to watch her sleep. Well, it wasn't too long before she was back in the middle of the crib crying. Later, I looked at the monitor, and her head was in the corner of the crib, and she was out again. Here is the next crazy position she fell asleep in.

She is so funny! She didn't sleep for too much longer, but thankfully she woke up in a much better mood. She has a very similar personality to someone, but I can't think of who?!?!?!?!

Nap Time

So while I was working on the blog, I put Lily into her exersaucer since she was not happy playing on the floor. She spent some time squealing at her favorite little green toy and messing around with the other toys that hang from it.

I was working on the computer and then I noticed it had gotten quiet. When I looked up this is what I saw...

She had fallen asleep! I couldn't believe it. She has never fallen asleep in an unusual position. After I took some pictures, I moved her into her swing to finish out her nap. She was so tired, she didn't wake up when I moved her. Here are some other pictures of her sleeping.