Bliss of Life

Lily’s two front teeth.

Ben was right.  She was teething last week, but I was also right (darn).  She is also starting to transition from 2 to 1 nap a day.  It’s a long nap, but I’m having trouble readjusting my schedule.  We had a good thing going before.  I would get up and within an hour or two it was time for her morning nap.  I would eat and take a shower.  Now hours and hours go by and I’m hungry and stinky and watching for any sleepy signs.

Right now I’m sick.  Lily’s teeth still haven’t cut through.  Ben has been doing double duty because Lily hasn’t been sleeping well and all I can do is hang out on the couch or the futon.

Here are some pictures of Lily’s latest developmental stage.  She is learning about spacial orientation.  This week she took her books out of the bookshelf and crawled inside.

I was resting on the futon, until I noticed the room was really quiet.  When I sat up I didn’t see her anywhere, which freaked me out.  The room is blocked off with baby gates.   She shouldn’t be able to get out, unless she has some fancy baby-gate-opening skills.  I didn’t put it past her.   I looked around the corner of the closet and found her just like this.  She was so proud of herself.

The next day she put herself in this box.

And proceeded to play with her playgym.

Then there was the usual party time with papa.

Woohoo!

Lily will make her afternoon nap disappear!

Poof!

Seriously.  Poof?

The past two days she has completely skipped her afternoon nap.  She looked at me like I had two heads when I tried bouncing her to sleep in her little hammock.  Ben thinks it’s because she is teething.  I’m not so sure.  She didn’t seem all that cranky or tired.

What do you think?

Oh, she also figured out how to open the kitchen cabinets today.  That was her first trick.  So I see more baby proofing in our near future.