Ears Are Pierced!

Dear Vivian:
You are soooo pretty! We got your ears pierced on Sunday and you couldn't look anymore cute!! Grandma went with me so she could take pictures. Teagan did not want your ears to be pierced. He was adamant that you shouldn't get them done and he didn't want you to be pretty. So we left him with grandpa while Grandma and I went to the mall. It was so sad. They put a mirror in front of us and I could see your little lip come out and all of a sudden you burst into tears. :-( But by the time we got out of the mall you were fine and they haven't bothered you since. I've been cleaning them and rotating them and you haven't made any bit of a fuss.

We tried our first solids experience with you last week. I gave you some over ripe banana. Daddy was so nervous you'd stick the whole thing in your mouth and choke on it. He wanted it cut up super small....which is impossible for you to pick up that way.
You are mus different than your brother with this type of thing. Teagan never put stuff in his mouth. Not toys, not his hands, nothing except for his binky. So feeding him was less stressful because I knew he wouldn't just shove it in his mouth. He took his time figuring out what exactly to do with it. Whereas you just want the entire thing in your mouth. So it's a little bit of a challenge and I feel less at ease about giving you foods. I let you try a bit of pears and also some watermelon. You seem to really enjoy the flavors and the eating process.
I bought some of those mesh feeder bags, but I don't think I like them. I stuffed some fresh pear chunks in there last night and handed it to you and you didn't seem to impressed either. But I'll probably send them to daycare so they can feed you without having to watch you like a hawk.

The weather is finally nice enough to be outside all the time and for you to wear cutesy dresses and rompers. You love being outside. I wanted to make sure you wouldn't be weird about the grass when you start crawling, so I've been setting you down in the grass and letting you touch it and all that.

I'm trying my best to cut out one feeding a night. I think it's more of a habitual thing than a need at this point. You go to bed around 9ish and then you're always up between 12:30 & 1:30 and then again at 4:30 and then at 5:30 and at that point I put you in bed with us to nurse you then I get up for the day and you snooze. I need to get some black out curtains for your room so we can stop the getting up at 5:30 maddess. The other night you had a 6 ounce bottle before bed and when you woke the first time I put your binky in and turned your seahorse on and you fell back asleep until 4ish. But last night you were up around 11:15 and I tried the binky and seahorse but when the seahorse turned off you were up again around 11:30. So then you were up again around 1 I think and I fed you then. Maybe it's lazy parenting? Or overtired mama syndrome? All I know, is it's easier to just feed you and snuggle you for 10 minutes rather than to get up every 10-15 minutes to give you a binky.

Which speaking of binkies....You have a total of 5 binkies. I have no idea where 3 are right now and it's super annoying. I can only find 2. What the heck? Where do they go?

Alright. I need to get back to work if I want any money this summer.
Being a grown up sucks. Don't grow up too fast....it's way overrated.

I love you to the moon and back baby girl.
Love,
Mommy