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Elizabeth woke up at 11, 1, 3, and 4. Didn't go back to sleep after that so I got out of bed at 5 and had breakfast at 5:30 (at which point I was wide awake and she was finally back asleep). Shawn went to work an hour early and will probably come home early since she kept us both up from 4-5 while we attempted to get her back to sleep.
I think she might be growth spurting. She's been a little cranky and wanting to eat a bit more often today. They have a growth spurt somewhere around 6 months so I wouldn't be surprised if that was it. She may also have some indigestion because I had chocolate cake yesterday and Tuesday nights. Plus a ton of fruit on Tuesday so my digestion isn't exactly normal either. LOL
In other news, she finally started sitting! The funny thing is, I must have been right about her not siting sooner than this. I figured she was just too busy. Well, when she finally started sitting, it was where sh'd just come off her tummy from crawling and just sit up perfectly. Totally opposite of Xander (and most kids) where they do tipsy sitting, finally master that, then start to reach and grab before crawling and then finally mastering the tummy to sitting. Elizabeth went right into reaching and then crawling until she finally got herself from tummy to sitting. Now she spends a bit more time sitting and I'm hoping that will help her reflux improve even more. We're down to one dose of Zantac a day now!
We've been holding off on giving Elizabeth a nickname, hoping to follow Xander's lead in that area. I think our plan is backfiring. Last night Shawn and I both heard him say 'Elizabeth'. It wasn't perfect but, it was definitely Elizabeth. So, I don't know what/if we're going to shorten her name. Maybe we'll wait another 2 years or so and see what she wants (it'll probably be Elizabeth LOL).
Now, this LJ is not all about the kids (though it certainly seems like it at times). I've been teaching myself to crochet and in my browsing the web checking out crochet, wool, and cloth diapers, I discovered that you can dye wool using Kool Aid. Well, of course I had to give it a try after finding out that I can actually crochet and how cool would it be to dye your own yarn! It took a while to do a four color skein with a contrasting solid skein but, they look AWESOME. I use lemon-lime, tropical punch, berry blue, and grape. I had to set it down for a while after I did the tropical punch dyeing and I must have set it down wrong because some of the punch got on my lemonlime. I ended up redipping in the lemonlime but, the punch was the darker color so, dunking it back in the lemonlime just got rid of the streaks and made the green an olive green rather than the really bright green it was when I first dyed it. But, it didn't turn out bad, it actually looks even better now that I've balled it all up.
My very first crochet project (acrylic soaker shorts):
Halfway done:
Almost finished project:
Contrasting skein (still drying as of this moment):
The 'big ball' as Xander likes to call it (just waiting to get crocheted up into soaker pants):
Playing together:
Strolling together:
Little Lady:
Big Boy:
I think she might be growth spurting. She's been a little cranky and wanting to eat a bit more often today. They have a growth spurt somewhere around 6 months so I wouldn't be surprised if that was it. She may also have some indigestion because I had chocolate cake yesterday and Tuesday nights. Plus a ton of fruit on Tuesday so my digestion isn't exactly normal either. LOL
In other news, she finally started sitting! The funny thing is, I must have been right about her not siting sooner than this. I figured she was just too busy. Well, when she finally started sitting, it was where sh'd just come off her tummy from crawling and just sit up perfectly. Totally opposite of Xander (and most kids) where they do tipsy sitting, finally master that, then start to reach and grab before crawling and then finally mastering the tummy to sitting. Elizabeth went right into reaching and then crawling until she finally got herself from tummy to sitting. Now she spends a bit more time sitting and I'm hoping that will help her reflux improve even more. We're down to one dose of Zantac a day now!
We've been holding off on giving Elizabeth a nickname, hoping to follow Xander's lead in that area. I think our plan is backfiring. Last night Shawn and I both heard him say 'Elizabeth'. It wasn't perfect but, it was definitely Elizabeth. So, I don't know what/if we're going to shorten her name. Maybe we'll wait another 2 years or so and see what she wants (it'll probably be Elizabeth LOL).
Now, this LJ is not all about the kids (though it certainly seems like it at times). I've been teaching myself to crochet and in my browsing the web checking out crochet, wool, and cloth diapers, I discovered that you can dye wool using Kool Aid. Well, of course I had to give it a try after finding out that I can actually crochet and how cool would it be to dye your own yarn! It took a while to do a four color skein with a contrasting solid skein but, they look AWESOME. I use lemon-lime, tropical punch, berry blue, and grape. I had to set it down for a while after I did the tropical punch dyeing and I must have set it down wrong because some of the punch got on my lemonlime. I ended up redipping in the lemonlime but, the punch was the darker color so, dunking it back in the lemonlime just got rid of the streaks and made the green an olive green rather than the really bright green it was when I first dyed it. But, it didn't turn out bad, it actually looks even better now that I've balled it all up.
My very first crochet project (acrylic soaker shorts):
Halfway done:
Almost finished project:
Contrasting skein (still drying as of this moment):
The 'big ball' as Xander likes to call it (just waiting to get crocheted up into soaker pants):
Playing together:
Strolling together:
Little Lady:
Big Boy: