November 2009

The beginning of November was tough. We had to put down our cat Werther. He LOVED Edith, and she loved him. Obviously, she did not understand everything that was going on, but we were sad that she will not remember her first favorite pet.





Edith talks ALL the time now!! She says:
baby "bay-buh", doG, woof, and bye-bye
She has also been separated from a friend at school because they would "talk" so much during nap time!

She accidentally ate her first piece of cheese pizza. She LOVED it, but she is lactose intolerant so the next few days were not so fun.

She is also walking around the living room by holding onto furniture. We got her a little walker, but she is more interested in pushing it around while she is on her knees.


Over the course of one week she went from having two bottom teeth to having SIX teeth, two on the bottom and FOUR on top!!! And she grows her teeth like a champ. We didn't even know she was getting the four on top until we felt them coming through!

She went to her second religious service, a beautiful naming ceremony for a friend's daughter. Edith was great she didn't cry and she was good for the whole service. She also got to wear a really pretty dress...










She received her first birthday present from her Aunt Shannon, and her first pair of big girl pjs from Mom and Dad. Here she is with both, her dog Scout and her monkey jammies!









Finally, we had the best Thanksgiving ever! Edith was super cute and tried a little of everything. She LOVED the bread and mashed potatoes, but was not a huge fan of turkey.

October 2009

October started out a bit sad. Daddy had to go out of town for work, but Edith and I had a lot of fun hanging out together. We had a few days off for the High Holidays. Edith went to her first synagogue service on Yom Kipper and everyone thought she was the cutest! She continues to eat well and drink lots of formula. She enjoyed her first apple this month too!









She crawls EVERYWHERE and we always have to keep an eye on her. She is also calling everything on four legs "daw". We keep adding the "g" sound to the end and then cheer when she says "daw" and points at the dog!
She is so cute and really yummy!
Since dog was her first word she was a dog for Halloween. And since she points at everything her father calls her a "Pointer".

9.21.09

Edith ate her first quesadilla today!











She liked it!

9.20.09

Bad Mommy...
Been a while since my last update. Edith is growing by leaps and bounds these days! She has started jumping in her crib. She'll pull herself up and then jump up and down and squeal in delight! She is eating big kid foods. Recently she has had pasta with marinara sauce.










She had a great time on our trip to Louisiana to visit her daddy's family. We stayed with Brett's grandparents and had LOTS of family come visit us while we were there...










Edith and Gramps











Edith and Granny











Edith and Great Uncle Jim











Edith and great Uncle Tim











Edith, Daddy, and the Louisiana HEAT!!











Edith and Mommy

Today she started pointing at our dog and saying "daw, daw"! It is amazing how fast she is growing!

9.3.09

We had a big day today. The day started as usual, however we knew that we had doctor's appointments in the afternoon. I picked Edith up at 12:30 and we headed over to my appointment. Asthma...fun times. Went home for a bit, and a bottle, then headed out for Edith's appointment. Yeast infection (thrush) and the doctor feels that her ears look iffy again! He wants to wait a few days before checking them again since she just finished her antibiotic from the last ear infection. She also got her first flu shot...Edith loved mommy today...LOL!

9.2.09

Bad Mommy!


Today was assessment at school so my students were out of the classroom unless I was testing one of them. I knew this when I dropped Edith off this morning. I also knew that she had left Baby Dangle at her other daycare center. I told her teacher that I would bring him up during a lunch break because she never naps without him. When I arrived this afternoon guess who was snoozing in a swing! Well, this is where bad mommy comes in. I went over to kiss her and she woke up. I felt really bad and apologized to her caregivers as I left...ooops!


This evening we spent a lot of time having fun opening her toy drawers and pulling toys out.

9.1.09

Looks like we are working on tooth #3 or PIMA Jr. Edith has a rash, is slightly congested, and wakes up in the middle of the night and will not go back to sleep unless she is in our bed. Here's hoping the tooth shows up soon!

8.31.09

OK this past week has been pretty rough when it comes to updating the blog sooooo here's a bunch of stuff. Last Wednesday Edith crawled on her hands and knees at daycare and my mom's. She didn't do it again until today, at least not for mommy and daddy!

She has also started to pull up not only on her crib, but furniture around the house.

And finally her mean old parents have finally started to let her sleep with her favorite toy...Baby Dangle!!

8.24.09

This weekend was full of ups and downs. I have already blogged about the ups...here are the downs, or the one down. Edith has ear infection number FIVE! Yep, that would be number five in six short months. Last time this happened...um, last month, her doctor told us that next time she got an ear infection we would go to see an ENT and talk tubes. We'll see her ped in a couple of weeks to see what he says now.

On a cuter and happier note...when I picked up Edith from daycare today she was very happy. I went into the crib area to grab her monkey friend Baby Dangle and she started to cry. I reassured her I would be back and then whipped around with Baby Dangle in hand. She lit up and started to clap, oh yum!

8.23.09

Today I had my Sunday School teacher in-service at my synagogue. I will be teaching 2nd and 3rd grade Judaics this year. I am really excited about the curriculum.

While I was at in-service Brett and Edith spent the day together. Edith learned to clap her hands multiple times in a row. On Friday she clapped once and it freaked her out...today lots of clapping!

After all that clapping she was apparently inspired and crawled two "steps" on her hands and knees...no army crawl. All of this work really tuckered her out! She usually sleeps curled up on her side or butt up on her tummy. Tonight she PASSED OUT!

8.21.09

Today was a big day for Edith. While at her Granny's she started pushing herself to sitting up from her tummy and she clapped for the first time! She is growing up so fast I can't believe it!

Tonight Aunt Jane and Uncle Zan came over for Shabbat dinner. We had a wonderful time having dinner together, not such a great time watching the Titans lose to the Cowboys. I am not going to hear the end of that at school on Monday!

8.19.09

Tomorrow is my first day with kids in the classroom again...I am so excited about my new class.

But, here's the good stuff !!!

8.18.09

Edith had a big day today! She pulled herself up to standing in her crib for the first time ever!!! Then when I picked her up from daycare we went back to my classroom so I could work...I placed Edith in her pack n play and in the twenty-five minutes she was in there she got up on her hands and knees and rocked at least seven times. I think that was more than she had done that the ENTIRE summer. I had a feeling that once she was back in daycare and around other kids she would really start to move!

When she and I arrived home we played! She again showed me all the ways that she is becoming a big girl, and all I could think was..."where did my baby go?!"

Then she showed me yet again how she plans on being an audiophile!

8.17.09

Today was Edith's first day back in daycare. She started out in the toddler room at the JCC, however as her daddy feared she is way too small to be in that room. When I came in to pick her up the director asked me to come into her office to tell two things. One, everyone loved Edith and many teachers made special trips to the toddler room just to see her, and two, she wants to move Edith to the infant room until January. Given the fact that Edith is still belly crawling and the kids in the toddler room are RUNNING and TALKING it makes complete sense to me and Brett. Edith seemed to have a wonderful time today. When I got there she was crawling all around the infant room, and squealed and grinned upon my arrival.

8.16.09

We ate pasta today! Well, Edith did. She made some really funny faces, but ate it up. It was cool watching her eat normal big-kid food!

hmmmmmm

YUM!

I think...

8.15.09

OK yum...we haven't even eaten yet, but the smells filling my house are amazing. We are having this awesome looking dish and baked sweet potatoes drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper. I cannot wait to eat!

Today was exhausting. While working out this morning I noticed that one of our trees in the backyard seemed lower than normal. It was...a full third of the tree had broken off and was on the ground. Brett and I had planned on spending the day killing our lawn so that we could replant in a month, alas we spent the day cleaning up 30 feet of Bradford Pear tree! A friend of my parent's, who works for the forest service, came over to check out what was going on...we have to cut the tree down. I am really upset because it is the tree outside our bedroom windows and provides such amazing shade. Oh, well it kicked our butts into gear about getting our yard in shape. I think we are going to buy a couple of dwarf apple trees to replace the Bradford Pear. They will not get as tall as this tree did and then threaten our home.

Edith spent the day playing, napping, and eating. She was adorable as always! She pulled herself up onto her knees in her crib by pulling up on the side. She was very excited all day today, lots of laughs and squeals. I did find that she had cornered her pink monkey, Baby Dangle, in her crib during nap time today. She was holding him in the corner and squealing at him!

8.14.09

Work day 2...I am exhausted. Thankfully my NON-JEWISH family wanted B and I to come over and welcome Shabbat with them so I did not have to cook. My family rocks!

8.13.09

Today was my first day back at work. Work was actually pretty fun...we went "glow" golfing at Opry Mills and I got a lot accomplished in my classroom.
I missed Edith SOOOOOOOOO much! When I got home at 6pm I spent the next hour kissing and hugging her, luckily she wanted to kiss and hug me back. I love my kid, she's so damn cute!

8.10.09

Today Edith tried pears and raspberries for lunch. She loved them. She ate two ounces of sweet potatoes and then almost FOUR ounces of pears and raspberries. She also has a few new "words". Among her favorites are da-da-da, wa-wa-wa, la-la-la, and ba-ba-ba. We are very proud.

8.9.09

Edith tried a lemon tonight.










hmmmmm.....









She was unimpressed.






Today Brett and I got to sleep in because my parents had Edith overnight. It was really nice to be lazy again. We have not had a chance to sleep in like that in 8+ months.

This afternoon we all went over to my parent's house for my brother-in-law's birthday party. We had a lot of fun. Great food, great people, and games!! At the end of the party we watched the Titans preseason football game. Edith was really excited to cheer them on to victory!


She also enjoyed a second date with Master Cooper Wells.

8.8.09

Today Brett and I celebrated four years since our first date, yup we are that cheesey! We started off by having a wonderful day at home.

Edith and I played with her toys.

She then became Queen of the Block People.

While we played Brett went out to take`advantage of the tax-free weekend at CostCo...we got diapers!

This evening Brett and I went over to a friend' s house to hang out and play games. We played Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture Edition. We had a great time even though Brett and Richard won :(

While we had a lovely evening of games and adult beverages, Edith spent her first overnight away from Mommy and Daddy. She had a great time playing with her Granny and Papo.

8.7.09

Today Edith spent the day with Granny. They had lots of fun. My parents had their piano restored this past year and it was finished and arrived back home today so Edith and Granny played the piano and sang together. She also loves her exersaucer at Granny and Papo's house.

While she hung out with Granny I had a day of cleaning and workout planned. It amazes me that I use my free time to clean and workout. What ever happened to sitting on my butt and watching bad tv? I mean I still do that, but now any time Edith is out of the house it is a frantic day of getting stuff done!

When Edith and I arrived back home this evening we played on the floor with blocks and stuffed animals.

Is it wrong that I want to eat her?!?!? :)

Thankfully we ate this instead. Kudos to Ansley for blogging about it two days ago. We had it over brown rice and used boneless, skinless chicken breasts...it was amazing!