She knows me?
After staying away from Teavana for quite a while –it’s an expensive habit, and I like my teas from Sunflower Market just as much- we made a little caffeine stop today.
Bzzzzz
After a night of high hopes with the swaddling, she busted out of her swaddle every hour or so, screaming like an angry elf, and I couldn’t wake up the Swaddle King because he had to fly this morning. So we partied all night: me re-swaddling her, bouncing and singing back to sleep on the stability ball, lather, rinse, repeat, with the necessary eating/burping/diaper change sessions in there.
After her all-nighter, she spent a lot of the morning crashed out in the Moby, and then we did tummy time, read books, the usual shenanigans, and went to the mall. We’ve turned into a couple of mall rats lately. It’s not even with the purpose of buying anything, but because I have all of the good breastfeeding spots figured out (the lounge at Dillard’s, fitting rooms), it gives us a chance to get out of the house and walk around if we don’t have plans that day with friends, and I appreciate the mall options here so much. In Valdosta, the anchor stores were Belk and JC Penney, and they didn’t have a Banana, Gap, or Express. The Victoria’s Secret was the 1980s floor plan with pink and gold heart wallpaper.
So, since I have no idea where we’ll be stationed next, in the meantime I’m going to breathe in all of the goodness that is Tucson, including the mall 😉
Today,
I’ve heard a lot of overtired cries, remedied by lots of food and snuggles (food and snuggles would make anything feel better though, right?)
been spit-up on
peed on (I had to laugh at that one)
and it felt like one of the most challenging days in a while, which I think is only because of the crazy night last night.
And then this morning, while I was changing her diaper and singing the good morning song
she looked up at me, cooed, and gave me the biggest, toothless smile.
I melted into a puddle of mush in front of her crib.
She can pee and spit up on me whenever she likes.. at least (I think) she knows who she’s doing it to 😉
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She totally knows you! She had beeen hearing your voice before she was born and now hears that voice all the time… she totally knows you are her mama! What a gorgeous smile! I too was a mall walker. My favorite time to go to the mall, though, was when my son had just learned to become a pretty confident walker. The mall was open early in the mornings (although all the stores were closed) for early mall walkers, so it was a flat, level place with very few people, and as long as I kept him away from stairs and escalators, he could walk around and look at everything with me! It was a great “workout” for both of us, LOL!
She is gorgeous! Such a perfect mix of both you and Tom! 🙂
Just beautiful! She is precious!
Oh, wow, what a big, beautiful smile!! She is gorgeous! And totally knows her mama.
I used to take my little one to Target a lot in the beginning…but I think it is way more difficult to just “window shop” there so it started to become an expensive outing 😉
What a sweet smile!!
Have you tried the Swaddle me blankets with the velcro? The A&A ones are my favorite but we resort to the velcro ones to keep the swaddle intact overnight. I never offer unsolicited advice….but they are amazing for swaddle escapees!
I love when they start to smile! I read somewhere that the smile is actually a defense mechanism — I suppose that after weeks of crying, sleepless nights, and stress, a smile means you won’t hurt them 🙂 I think it’s true
I think you might enjoy this post! It has really helped me gain some perspective when we have rough days at our house (my little love bug is 11 weeks old!) Hopefully the smiles will keep increasing from here on out. It makes everything easier. 🙂
http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-payoff-has-arrived/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RookieMoms+%28Rookie+Moms%29
Oh just look at that big beautiful smile!! I’ve been peed on before, too. Indisnt even know girls could do that.
what a little bean! she is so precious!
One word: WOOMBIE! http://www.woombie.com/ This thing is a total life saver. We could swaddle my daughter as long as her hands were out and she would be fine but my son was Houdini and he was so uncomfortable at night (gluten) that he always wiggled free. Enter the woombie and he slept so much better! I didn’t like it after he was able to roll over freely while he was asleep, it just made me nervous but until he was about 6 months, it was a lifesaver! They also have lighter fabrics if you are concerned about her getting hot. You can get it on amazon and they frequently have it on baby half off. Have a good day.
Haha! I just posted this too, then saw your comment. They look liked they would work great!
So precious!
Awwww…. I love her smile! She is soooo cute!
What a beautiful smile!
That’s awesome that you were able to get such good pics of her early smiles! I swear it took me 2 months to get a quality smile on film!!
Ohh I’ve passed that tea place but never gone in before– I need to change that! And what a great idea to walk around the mall together with your little one, it’s also a great sign of fun shopping dates as she gets older! 🙂 What a huge smile! She’s absolutely adorable!
I’m not a mother yet, but saw this the other day, and thought of you after reading about your swaddle escape artist. Have you seen this? http://www.woombie.com
Might be worth checking out? Have a great day, Livi is so adorable!!
Aw she’s so adorable! The mall can sometimes be such a great escape. Even when I was in college and was studying my butt off around Christmastime, it would be too freezing for me to want to go for a walk outside so I would go to this huge mall by my place and walk up and down it looking at all the Christmas displays and lights and just get my head out of the books. I wonder if malls know their multiple uses? Haha
i used to do that during finals season, too! it was a great way to escape from studying for a while
ohhh…absolutely adorable! She’s is such a cutie!
My son is still not sleeping consistently through the night going on 2 years now! His cry goes right through me at night…I am exhausted and cranky and feel like running away sometimes…but when I look at that little face in the morning all smiles and giggles and calling me mummum all I want to do is kiss him all over! They have us wrapped around their tiny little fingers and cute little toes!!
Oh gosh how cute! Their cuteness,funnyness etc makes up for the tough times. I sing that song to my kids & dogs some mornings! I must have gotten it from my mama!
Gorgeous girl with a gorgeous smile. Melt my heart. Yeah, once they smile it makes every thing worth while. Smiles still make my heart happy.
Good lord, she’s cute. You’re so lucky she’s already smiling. Bronwen took forever to smile and even longer to smile for me. But, after a particularly rough day (think multiple sobbing mommy fits), she looked at me and gave me the biggest grin. I told her, “Mommy really needed that.” and all was okay in the world.
When Sophie was a newborn/infant we went to the mall alllll the time. It was safe, clean, and opens early! haha
what.a.cutie.!!!
Oh of course she knows you, you’re momma!! 😀 She gets more beautiful every day… and that smile is infectious <3
I’m just catching up on posts and I just have to say – Gina, she is SO CUTE. ADORABLE! Oh wow!
aww thank you!