... avery and i made some 'art' for the baby's room. actually, avery did all of the painting on her own and even spilled the water three times all over the paper. the water turned brown after a bit, as it usually does, and she kept calling it mommy's coffee. it was pretty cute. i love watching her discover things. and i have to say i'm pretty impressed with her water color skills. she did enjoy painting herself as much as the paper and we took a much needed bath after this to get all of the paint off of her. thank goodness for washable paint.
... we ordered a crib. i realize this is completely opposite what i said last time, which was that we were moving avery to a twin bed and giving baby the crib. however, apparently when charlie and i had the discussion about moving avery to a 'big' bed i meant a twin and he meant a toddler bed. he was pretty adement about her not being ready for a twin and i still think that toddler beds are sort of a waste when you have a crib that can fulfill the same purpose. so, we ended up ordering a crib for the new baby. i was planning on putting this off as long as possible because there's no way that the baby will be in that crib right away, but the room is such a mess right now and it's almost impossible to get the room set up without a crib in it because i just can't picture how everything will go. right now the room is still a serious mess and since we have less than 7 weeks until my due date i figure we should start moving on getting it set up. also, i'm sure that the last thing that i'll feel like doing after we have a baby is assembling nursery furniture so it's better for us to figure it all out now.
... speaking of sleeping avery is now putting herself to sleep at night and actually taking naps in her crib. this is sort of a huge deal for us and i still am actually in disbelief that i have a nap time to get things accomplished. i used to rock avery to sleep but realized once the baby came that would be impossible on the nights that charlie was traveling. so after a few nights of putting her in her crib and listening to her cry, she figured out that was our new routine and adjusted just fine to it. we now do our usual bath and books routine but instead of rocking her to sleep we talk about what we did that day and then she goes in her crib. it's pretty cute because she'll put her books away and then say goodnight to charlie, her humidifier, and her 'fireplace' (space heater), and then say 'talk about day', and when i say and now it's time for bed she'll say 'crib and blanket' and doesn't cry. it's been amazing. i've been putting her down the same way for naps and she's been crying for about a minute or two and then falling asleep. nap times are hit or miss. some days it's 40 minutes, which is never enough and then she's in a terrible mood the rest of the day. other days it's 1.5 to 2 hours, which is not only amazing during naptime but also great since she's happy the rest of the day. i was planning on also taking the side off of her crib (when we were thinking of switching her to a bed) but now that we're not i'm going to leave it until she decides she's ready to climb out.
... avery has been really into dunkin lately. i know i just wrote an entire post about how she loves to play ball with him but she's been really sweet with him. she loves to sit with him, give him hugs and kisses, and tells him that she loves him. he's such a great dog since he puts up with her during her nice times as well as when she's not being so sweet. henry is the master of avoiding her and even though she's been really nice lately he spends most of his time either in our bedroom our in the basement but dunkin's always hanging out in whatever room we are. he always comes up to read books with us at night and when i put avery down for her nap he waits for me outside her door. he's a sweet one.
... i've been in sort of a cooking rut lately. last weekend and the beginning of the week i just really didn't feel like cooking at all and we ended up eating things like frozen ravioli because i couldn't seem to motivate myself to actually make a real meal. but tonight avery and i made a pumpkin cake (our first pumpkin anything this fall) and i made chicken and sausage casserole for dinner. she actually really loves baking and does a great job with helping. she dumps everything into the bowl and helps to mix things although she's a little scared of the mixer and asks that i hold her while it's on. anyway, it was nice to have an actual meal and i think avery agreed because she ate a ton of dinner and then had an entire piece of cake for dessert.
... we've semi decorated for fall and i've managed to keep mums alive for more than a week. i would upload a picture of our very minor decorations but flickr won't let me at the moment. last year i bought one mum plant it it literally went from beautiful and blooming to a brown pile of sticks in 7 days. but this year i've had one plant for 3 weeks and the other for 2. they actually are looking pretty terrible but they are still alive and i consider that success. i'd love to actually plant some in our front yard at some point. but i have yet to get ambitious enough to plant anything outside of a pot. it turns out i don't like gardening.
... i've been in sort of a cooking rut lately. last weekend and the beginning of the week i just really didn't feel like cooking at all and we ended up eating things like frozen ravioli because i couldn't seem to motivate myself to actually make a real meal. but tonight avery and i made a pumpkin cake (our first pumpkin anything this fall) and i made chicken and sausage casserole for dinner. she actually really loves baking and does a great job with helping. she dumps everything into the bowl and helps to mix things although she's a little scared of the mixer and asks that i hold her while it's on. anyway, it was nice to have an actual meal and i think avery agreed because she ate a ton of dinner and then had an entire piece of cake for dessert.
... we've semi decorated for fall and i've managed to keep mums alive for more than a week. i would upload a picture of our very minor decorations but flickr won't let me at the moment. last year i bought one mum plant it it literally went from beautiful and blooming to a brown pile of sticks in 7 days. but this year i've had one plant for 3 weeks and the other for 2. they actually are looking pretty terrible but they are still alive and i consider that success. i'd love to actually plant some in our front yard at some point. but i have yet to get ambitious enough to plant anything outside of a pot. it turns out i don't like gardening.
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