New this week

Diana has made some new accomplishments in the past couple of weeks:

*Last night she slept completely through the night for the first time!!It was like a miracle! I couldn't believe it! I woke up a couple of times during the night and morning to go check on her and make sure she was still alive, so I didn't get a good night's rest, but she sure did! She actually only woke up because at 6 I went to check on her and I accidentally woke her up, but she fell back asleep a couple of minutes later. Note-to-self, from now on, if I'm going to check on her, be SUPER-QUIET, or don't check on her at all. I'm just hoping that this sleeping-through-the-night thing is permanent! I would LOVE to not have to wake up in the middle of the night anymore! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for sure!

*She's discovered how to grab her toes.She discovered her toes several weeks ago and has been slowly working on trying to grab them. Two days ago I witnessed her FINALLY grabbing them. She grabbed them over and over again, and now she tries her best to try to grab them all day every day. It's the funniest thing. In the pic above, I got her grabbing her ankles, I couldn't get a pic of her grabbing her toes....she moves around a lot. :) P.S., guess what she's doing while trying to grab her toes?...You guessed it, watching TV! ;)

*She's talking more than ever, even more than me!
My goodness, I didn't think she could talk any more than she already did, but low and behold, she talks EVEN MORE now. Incredible? I guess I should think so, since she is MY spawn...I mean, for those of you that know me know I'm not at all silent around people I know and am comfortable with. I'm telling you, this girl LOVES to talk, and if you don't pay attention to her while she's trying to talk, she'll stare at you and squeal until she gets your attention. She's gotten pretty good at interrupting me while I'm talking to her. Apparently, I'm boring. Watching her talk is fun, Mike and I always get a good laugh out of it.

*She's become a pro at putting stuff in her mouth and is getting really good at reaching out and grabbing things.Ok, in this pic I'm the one holding the toy, but she really is this good at putting stuff in her mouth. I couldn't get a picture of her doing it because, as I said before, she moves around too much...the camera on my phone is too slow. Since she is teething, she likes to put everything in her mouth....her hands, her clothes, blankets, toys, anything she can grab and make fit. I guess I should take the opportunity now to start "baby-proofing" everything while she's still immobile.
It's actually really cute to watch her put stuff in her mouth...she'll usually either gum at it and lick it at the same time, OR, she'll furrow her brow and talk as she gums on her toy. She's definitely a little character!

*She now doesn't mind laying on the floor (either on her tummy or back) as long as she has toys to play with.We started putting Diana on the floor more (sometimes on her tummy, sometimes just on her back) with some toys around her for her to look at and play with and now she doesn't seem to mind being on the floor, just as long as her little friends are around. :) I snapped some pics of her the other day talking to her toys after I laid her on the floor. It was so cute!! She actually has always done really well at holding up her head as you can see in the first pic (although you can't tell in the second picture, cuz I snapped it after she lowered her head to talk to her froggy toy), and she gets better every day!

*She LOVES her rice cereal (as long as it's the Gerber brand, and the kind with fruit) and is eating twice as much as before.
Ok, it is THE CUTEST thing; when she sees me walking over with the bowl of rice cereal, she gets WAY excited and starts licking her chops. She will laugh and coo the whole time I'm feeding her. It's like she's so happy to be eating she can't contain her excitement! :) She eats a full two tablespoons of cereal (mixed with two tablespoons breast milk) and she literally gulps it down. I've never seen a baby eat so fast! She loves that crap! After she's all done, she washes her meal down with about a 1/2 ounce of water and then she's ready for bed. I love having her on a schedule, it's awesome! At 7, we bathe her, then I breastfeed her a little bit, then between 8-8:30 I feed her the rice cereal and by then she's fighting to keep her eyes open, so it's off to bed without a fuss! It's the best!!!

*She's gotten over her clingy phase, but now she won't take a bottle....at all.
Yep, we finally got her to trust us and let other people hold her again without freaking out, but now she refuses to take a bottle. The only time we can put a bottle in her mouth without her screaming and spitting it back out is if it has cold water in it. Great. That means it's gonna be a while before Mike and I can go out on our own again and leave her with a babysitter (ie, one of my sisters). :( BOO!! I'm hoping we can break her of this one REAL soon.