August 31, 2011

Wednesday:

We went to a Mom's Gathering at Butterfly Elements today, the group of doulas I work with, from 10:00 till a little after 12:00. The kids had a lot of fun. Annabelle was diaperfree the whole time and used the potty about 4 times while we were there. There was another mama there who had a little boy who was about 5 months old, and Annabelle was very into him. She would go over to him and at first poke his eyes, but then after some direction on what 'gentle' is, began to softly touch his head and hair. She's so sweet.

On the way home, both the kids fell asleep, which was almost an hour, so we went to Sunflower to do some grocery shopping. By the time we were done, all three of us were very hungry and tired. We came home, had some clementines, yellow watermelon, and grilled cheese to eat and then I tried to get the kids to go down for a second nap. Annabelle slept another 2 hours or so. I'm glad she did because after that, we had another grocery store to go to and were having company over for dinner as well, which meant a late bedtime.

At HEB, I did the grocery shopping, checked out and realized I had left my wallet at home. So, I had to leave the groceries, load the kids in the car, go home, get my wallet, go back to the store, unload the kids, go in, pay, load the kids again and then finally go home and unload the kids and groceries and start dinner. What a trip! I think I'm going to be better at making sure I have all I need for the store for now on.

Beth and Ari came over for dinner tonight and we had crock-pot beans, Lazy Enchiladas (which ended up being Lazy Burritos since I couldn't find corn tortillas). Annabelle kept throwing her food on the floor, so I assumed she was done. I let her down, and she kept coming over to me offering something that was grasped in the palm of her hand. About the third time, I decided to look and see what it was, and it was a Honey crunchy. In her mouth, were two more. For now, we are going to have to keep Honey's food and water out of her reach until we are able to teach her to leave it alone. What a pain!

By the time Beth and Ari left, it was a quarter to 9:00. Annabelle was very cranky and ready for bed. She's been sticking her finger in her mouth and, what looks like, pressing very hard on her gums in the back, and I think she may have another tooth coming in.