Random updates

We missed Olivia's nine-month appointment because my car wouldn't start. It wouldn't start because when I was installing Olivia's new car seat on Saturday, I left the light on. Whoops! AAA took over an hour to get here, so we rescheduled for tomorrow. So, that's the first update. Olivia is now in the convertible car seat (a Britax Marathon 70) because she is too big for the infant seat. That makes me (and her) a little sad. She doesn't like the new one yet. It is going to take some getting used to.

On Olivia's adventures, she has discovered toilet paper. She unrolled about half a roll before I stopped her. She continues to go after the dogs' water bowl, which I move up to the counter whenever I think of it so that she can't. She is just starting to roll balls back to us.

Olivia and I are both feeling a lot better tonight. I can finally breath through my nose, so I am back to work as soon as I finish posting this.

After the first ten days, or so, of Ferberization, Olivia didn't sleep through the night for about 12 days. I am almost positive it had to do with the cold she had. For two nights now, she has gone to bed at 6 PM, slept without aid from us until 3:30 AM, I fed her, and then she slept until about 6 AM. I think that is great! I am going to ask about the 3:30 AM feeding at her doctor's visit, but I feel like she might really need that since she has already gone 9 1/2 hours without eating by that point. We have not Ferberized her naps, and I am unsure if I should since two 30-45 minute naps in addition to 12 hours of sleep at night seems sufficient.

I have officially become "Mama" in my internal dialog, and Nicholas has become "Daddy." I find it amusing when I catch myself calling us that. It seems that the cycle starts again so soon. No sooner were we steady adults than we became parents. Amazing.... And so is our sweet girl... Doesn't she look like a toddler?