Mommy's & Daddy's Bedtime

So last night I really wanted to have Andrina spend the night in the family bed. Tom and I got ready for bed a few hours after Andrina's bedtime and I went into her room to check in on her. As soon as I opened the door, very quietly of course, she stood up, almost as if she never fell asleep. She told me "Momma cuddle" and I picked her up and cuddled her and brought her to bed between Tom and I. But sadly, it didn't work out. Tom and I both started to fall asleep several times but Andrina kept moving a lot and waking us up. It really didn't work out when she kicked Tom in the back with both feet! So after that we knew she needed to spend the rest of the night in her own crib.... crib, she's still in it. We don't know when we'll be ready to transition her to a toddler bed. That's another entry on its own.

Bedtime

After Andrina's usual bedtime routine of a bath, bottle of milk, books, and cuddling, I put her in her crib for the night. I told her I loved her, said good night, and rubbed her back while saying I would see her in the morning. She told me "no" and grabbed my arm and tried to cuddle with it! Andrina let me have my arm back and soon fell asleep but now I have that going through my mind and I really want to try to bring her to bed with Tom and I. I think when I check in on her at my bedtime, I'm going to try to bring her into bed with us. Hopefully it will work out.

"So Much"!

From today's conversation:
Me: "I love you"
Andrina" "so much!"

I fell in love with Andrina all over again with that exchange!

Brave Baby

Yesterday I took Andrina to the splash park again. The weather was not too warm but it was sunny and warm enough for a try since summer is pretty much over with and our weather has been so cold this season. Andrina had a blast! She wanted to play in both the sand and the sprinklers for the first time. Here's some pictures and some of her braving the cooler weather to splash but she didn't seem to mind at all! If we have anymore days that are even slightly warm and sunny while it's still open we'll have to go again this year since she loves it so much there.

Sci Tech

Andrina did not have school today and the weather was cool (like it has been all summer...bummer) so I took her to a science museum for kids this morning. We stayed about an hour. Most of it was too advanced for her but she was able to enjoy some exhibits. We probably won't go there again for several more years but here's one picture from today. Like most kids, Andrina likes dinosaurs!

Cherry Tomatoes

Our beefsteak tomato plant has been very disappointing. None of the fruits have taken on it. Whenever one starts to turn red, it quickly starts to rot on the vine. Only the cherry tomato plant has any success and unfortunately it's not too much. Today was our biggest harvest from it, 8 little cherry tomatoes in all. We've maybe had a dozen total so far. But we are getting something from it and Andrina really loves watering them so all in all it's been ok. Maybe next year the plants will do better.

1 to 10

I'm in the kitchen loading up the dishwasher while Andrina is watching one of her reading DVDs. On screen, they are showing the word "toes" then a picture of a baby's foot and explaining that we have 5 toes on each foot. They then count off the baby's toes. After they get to 5, I hear Andrina's little sing-song voice say, "6, 7, 8, 9, 10, yea!" So cute and now she can count to 10 too! And she just turned 25 months old today too! I'm so proud!