I am lucky, though, because I have an awesomely calm and helpful husband.
I'm also lucky that Ethan is as good of a baby as Claire was. He loves eating, and most nights he's happy and goes quickly back to sleep as long as I nurse him as soon as he starts his wake up fusses. (Which almost always include a lot of snorts.) He has very expressive eyebrows that make him look very concerned most of the time. He smiled at 6 weeks and now at around 10 weeks, he is smiling more often, which brings up his down turned cheeks and just changes his whole face. He's adorable and roly poly squishy sweetness.
And then there's Claire. Yes, I'm lucky to have her, too. She's so smart and hilarious. She's definitely two, though, and just like her mother at this age, she has a "whim of iron. '
I actually thought to write this post because of how fast she's changing and learning. She's at the age where she's learning to talk and make sense of the world, and I just want to remember things, like
- How she calls Meaghan: "Mea Mea," Jacob: "Djabok," Sienna: "Nenna", and Ethan: "My baby E-an Brother"
- She is also possessive of her parents. A common morning greeting: "Hi My Mommy! Me wake up now!"
- After Halloween, this is what she thought her portioned dinner plate should look.
- She went through a major Annie phase. She loved that movie and wanted to watch it all. the. time. Her favourite scenes were the most dramatic, and she wanted to talk about them constantly. Solemnly, she would say, "Hannigan wake up the girls." (This refers to the scene when the character of Mrs. Hannigan is introduced and, to very foreboding music, forces the orphans to get out of bed and clean the orphanage.) Or, almost reverently, she would tell strangers, "Punjab save Annie." (This is near the end, when Mr. Warbuck's Indian bodyguard uses his turban to hang from a helicopter and rescue Annie from Mrs. Hannigan's conniving brother Rooster, who is trying to throw her from a railroad track that for some reason, goes up in to the air for several stories...What kind of mother lets her two year old watch this movie, anyway?) These two scenes still show up in her imaginary play. I use the Hannigan scene as leverage to get her to do what I want, promising to "wake her up" if she promises to go to bed afterwards. (This game involves her laying in my bed and giggling as I call her a pig dropping and throw the covers off of her.) When she trips or wants me to come to her, she will often "REACH" her arm to me so that I can save her like Punjab.
- When we made deviled eggs for Thanksgiving, she got a few of the ugly eggs that didn't peel nicely. She put two yolks together and told me they were a snowman.
- She fake laughs and fake cries to get attention now. So far, they are pretty obvious. My favourite is when she starts and then notices her reflection in a mirror and watches herself, changing her face and tone as she laughs (or cries) to see how she looks. What a girl.
- This happened one time...
There are so many other things, but since I never really sleep any more, I can't remember what they are! There will probably be another post in a few days as I remember more stuff...
