What a Daddy's Girl

Emma is most definitely a Daddy's girl... Tonight we went through our normal after-dinner routine: play time until showing tired signs, bath, jammies on, and a snack to send her off to dream land.

And everything went down like a charm....until about 30 minutes after she fell asleep.

She started getting a little restless (most unusual) -- I guessed it was because she was hot(a sweaty head is usually a good indication of that...). So I switched her to the other side so that the side of her resting against my arm could cool off.

Then Daddy came in the room and started talking to me about something (very,very quietly; not unusual).

Emma heard her Daddy's voice and, and despite the overwhelming desire for sleep, was unable to be content merely listening to Daddy but simply had to gaze on him. He moved to the other side of the room, trying to get out of her line of sight, but she would not accept this arrangement! She merely craned her head the other direction, ignoring Mommy's attempts to soothe her to sleep. Nothing would satisfy her but falling asleep in her Daddy's arms.

Most definitely a Daddy's girl! And Mommy is quite content with this turn of events.

*satisfied sigh*

Bedtime and more...

So our child is definitely a night owl like both her parents. *cough* 1 am bedtime *cough, cough*  Actually, that was only for the first 3 months.  Her bedtime has now shifted to about 10:00 - 10:30 pm, thanks to Daylight Savings Time and determined persistence on our part.  Who'da thought that I'd actually be glad for DST...?  I guess miracles do happen.  I am NOT looking forward to next Sunday... We've started working to shift her bedtime to 8:30 - 9:00 in anticipation.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

But there was something even worse happening than a 1 am bedtime.  There for a little while I thought she was going to be *shudder* a morning person…  Waking up every morning before 7:00 am...  >_<

I'm not sure what would be worse -- having a child that's a morning person or a Longhorn... So we are VERY glad that she decided to settle on a slightly later wake up time -- between 7:30 and 8:00 am.  I can live with that.

But she does this thing that really confuses me: as soon as she wakes up, she’s... happy.  Yeah, that’s what I said, happy.  As in cheerful, smiling, gurgling, talking, babbling.  Is this normal behavior for a human being?  What's up with this??  Where's the normal, comfortable “don’t talk to me for 30 minutes” grouchiness? 

*sigh*

This is what I get to see every morning.  See what I mean?  Happy!!  I don't understand this child...

Good morning, Mommy!! 

The last 6 months have been such a blur of growth, development, and adjusting.  She’s gone from this:

to this:

This sad unpleasantness:

to the more pleasant, yet slightly gross and painful (for me, thanks to her new little toofers...):

Yes, that is correct.  She's cutting teeth.

:-D
:-/
*happy dance*
O.O *groan...*

They have finally pushed through enough to get a picture, though we had to be super sneaky to get it:

And the crowning achievement!!  She first successfully accomplished this about 2 weeks ago, but has started doing it on a regular basis for the past few days.  I am told this is an advanced skill for a 7 month old -- I'm not sure if I should be thrilled or scared for her life...

Note: please ignore the fact that I used the Xbox remote as a lure...