Tooth number two

Tooth number two is here, tooth one is growing taller, Fiona spends a lot of time touching her teeth, picking at them with her fingernails, she looks for things to chew on. Here she is with a coaster and a sock.

Fiona getting the camera

I was trying to get a video of Fiona doing something else but this is what I got instead.

Still almost walking

Well a few days on (sorry for the hiatus) and we are still at the almost walking phase. It is trying on our nerves as we watch Fiona come close to whacking herself on all sorts of things from new and perilous heights. It's wonderful to watch her get the hang of it though, holding on less and less and balancing on her own more and more. Not too long from now she will have been out in the world longer than she was inside...sort of a strange milestone but meaningful to me.

She really likes being read to and has some favourite books already: "Time for Bed" (see picture) and "Chica Chica ABC's" The latter was from Devon's cousin Lisa and co, I imagine that particular rhyme is still in their heads too.

She still doesn't quite sleep through the night as regularly as we would like but I'm sure that those days will slip away too. Last night she woke up three times, not really hungry, but wanting comfort. Neither of us (me or Devon) has much in the way of parental will power at night so she seems to be ending up with us on the rough nights. Each night we steel ourselves to be strong about her cries and whimpers, we're pretty much suckers at this point but are OK with it.

Not much else going on here, just staying warm and looking forward to spring travels.

Love
Louise

Almost Walking

Fiona is walking along slowly holding the edge of the couch now. It's hard to believe that she's so "competent" when it seems, not so long ago we brought this little angry bundle home from the hospital. At the same time it is hard to imagine that we ever were without her....funny that.

Hot Tub!!

Even though this is not strictly a Fiona-related entry, I think some blog readers would like to know that today, January 6, 2007, at 2 in the afternoon, the solar heated hot tub reached 106 degrees F!!! We immediately commenced the inaugural soaking during Fiona’s afternoon nap, and it was worth all the effort already.

Some may remember that this project was conceived about the same time Fiona was born, when Nanna Jane was here, and construction actually began in July, but progress was slow (see other blog entries for possible reasons for delays).

Nice that it finally worked, even with the cold Santa Cruz January --below 40F at night!!! Brrrr!

Happy New Year

Hi Everyone,
I hope that you have all survived the holidays and are beginning to enjoy a wonderful new year. We had a quiet new year here that had Fiona in bed at her usual time and Devon and I passed out at 10:30 in advance of the witching hour. Fiona woke up at 12:30 for a feed and as I picked her up out of her crib I wished her her first happy new year.

She's lately figured out that she can pull herself up in just about anything , stable or not. This isn't really a problem except that she wakes up in the night and instead of staring at the ceiling and going back to sleep she remembers that she has this wonderful skill, climbs up and stands in her crib, she doesn't know how to climb back down yet so then she cries, nay screams for assistance which doesn't go over well between midnight and say 7AM. So if anyone has any advice please lend it now, we need it.

Love
Louise

PS the picture is of fiona helping her dad light the fire on new year's eve, notice the standing prowess.