Stella is finally in bed, I'm not sure if she's sleeping or not. After a warm bottle, pj's & an hour of rocking her with no sign of sleepiness, I just had to lay her down. Since birth she has slept in her crib & she has never had a problem going to sleep on her own. When it's time for bed, we do our bedtime routine which consists of bath time, pajamas, a bottle, & then I lay her in her bed. She's usually passed out within fifteen minutes. NOT ANYMORE. For about three weeks now she demands to be rocked...to drowsiness. She will never fall asleep in your arms. Now, if I even try to lay her in her crib (like before) she will sit in there & play for who knows how long, I've never tested it! One night she did keep herself occupied for an entire hour. I was also trying to go to sleep but I kept getting up periodically to check on her, because she just wouldn't relax, in hopes that she would doze off. After an hour, I had to put her in her bed in our room. That was close to a month ago & that phase hasn't passed.
We had music class tonight & I thought it was a lot of fun. I teach it, along with my mother. Last night we downloaded a lot of new music & brainstormed on some new activities & props to freshen up the class. Needless to say, tonight was really cute & fun! Usually music class is one of Dinky's favorite things. She adores music & moving along with it. She has really great rhythm which she did not get from me, that's 100% her dad. Since she has become such a pro at crawling & climbing on things though, she hasn't really enjoyed music class; being confined to one place & everything. Tonight she just wanted to do her own thing. Since music class is supposed be fun & a form a free expression, we let her go for it!
Afterwards, Stella was tired so she ended up going to her Mimi's while Justin & I went out to eat. We chose to go to a Chinese buffet, only because my pregnancy cravings were so strong for it. Once we got there, I didn't even finish one plate. ONE PLATE, BUFFET? Yes, a complete waste of money when you think about it. Justin & I had a really nice time during dinner. I don't think we have talked that much or laughed so hard with each other in awhile (we have a lot of stressful situations active in our lives right now). It was very nice.
I don't plan on pulling an all nighter tonight, although this "Women Who Kill" marathon is catching my attention. I have to wake up to go get my hair cut & colored. I will say it now, I am so very excited. I've had to cancel this hair appointment twice now. Once because Stella had a stomach virus, poor baby, & once because Stella was acting like a devil child. Finally, I get to have a Mommy Day & I might even grab a nice lunch for myself while I'm out. I might get crazy & paint my nails! Justin is off work this weekend, which also makes me very giddy. He works a very strenuous schedule, only getting two days off every month. When he is home from work it is always such a treat. I hate that his schedule is so horrible, but I'm extremely grateful that he provides & takes care of his family the way he does, allowing me to stay at home with our daughter.
Since he's going to be home I'm sure we'll start packing up our house. We are moving out of our second home in nine months. That's insanity, right? I think we've finally learned our lesson that old, quirky & charming doesn't mix with young kids. Not Stella or the one on the way. We've decided that we're actually going to downsize too.....eeeeeek! Horrible! We are going from a 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, living room & den, fenced in back yard brick home to an....................APARTMENT. Yes, we are leaving our home for a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom nothing-special apartment. We're having a lot of problems with our old, rusty rental now, so we figured an apartment would be an easy solution. They're usually always available, they have appliances (we don't have any we can take with us), & most importantly NEW & CLEAN. We just figured we will move into a worry free, easy apartment temporarily (6 month lease) while we search for our first home to buy as a family! We just really want to take our time looking & buying a home for our children & ourselves, & we can always extend our apartment lease if we have to.
Well, that's about all that I have on my mind right now & baby number two is telling me to go snoop around in the kitchen. Ugh, I hope I don't gain 100 lbs. with this pregnancy like I did with Stella....
Her "music class is so annoying" phase....
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