With rumbles of thunder outside...

I figure since its storming outside and the lights keep flickering and the cable box isn't being so loyal, its the perfect time to blog.  Its been so long & I feel like I've neglected my few readers (forgive me?), so even if its just to announce that "I'm alive and have nothing to say" I'll be blogging at least 2 times a week.

So, my sweet tiny (well, sorta) baby bird is sleeping (thank goodness) I am planning out some final details of her 1st birthday party and a new nap & bedtime routine.  The child is terrible, no let me correct that HORRIBLE to get to sleep (at night and nap).  She's too nosey for her own good and for mine, so that leads to fighting against sleep and not staying asleep.  When she does nap, its about 30min two times a day & her night sleeps used to be good but I don't know what happened.  I guess I should be flattered that she wants to be awake and play and spend her time with me, I am really... but I am much, MUCH more pleasant after sleep (and lets be honest Saige is too).  So after talking with some friends facing some of the same issues, I think I've got some good ideas to try.

At 8 months old, you may be thinking "why are you planning her 1st birthday already?".  Already?  I'm late!  I had an idea that I thought I was going to go with and started looking into things at about 6months, but changed my mind... so here I start, late, at 8 months perfecting EVERY detail.  After all, you only turn 1 once.  I am currently looking at how I want to do her smash cake, then her birthday cake, then the birthday cake for everyone else to eat... SO. MANY. IDEAS.  I'm going to be doing a Nursery Rhyme theme birthday, I'm going to focus on many of the different rhymes instead of just one or two.  Saige loves listening to the different rhymes and laughs so hard at me making the noises.  I guess it is quite funny.

You may notice that I mentioned Saige is 8 months old, yes its trues.  She is growing way too fast, I love every minute of watching her grow & develop into this little person, but I'm sad at how fast the time is flying.  She's doing deep belly laughs, and they're not so hard to coax out of her.  She's not much on the "mommy velcro stage" (thank goodness, because I'm a touch-me-not), but she has her moments.  She can sit herself back up from her back, although she's showing no interest in getting up on all fours or pulling herself up to a stand or onto her knees.  I would love to get her into a playgroup, but don't really see any around here, so for now her water class will have to do.  She loves her swim class, and loves the water.  She doesn't mind floating, swishing, blowing bubbles, or being put underwater!  I'm thrilled and so is Cam (he loves the water).

Anywho, I'm about to settle down for the evening and listen to the storm move through, until later my readers.