Day 358

Memory lane time, real quick, look at Penelope-- she used to sleep in a Baby Merlin's Magic Sleepsuit! It's a thick suit that muffles the Moro reflex in babies. Once she was able to bust out of her Miracle Blanket (another very cool invention), the suit was a very easy solution. 

She was so itty bitty! I cannot believe how fast it's gone already, that my baby Penelope is already almost a year and a half! P is learning things at lightening speed now. Just today I taught her how to say banana! It's not totally clear, and I'm sure it's not totally stuck there in her little head yet, but she said it!! :) (ok, she said "na-na") We ask her where her belly, hair, footsies, legs and hands are, and she points to each. She's so smart, we are amazed by how much she understands already. 

Today P was a happy camper, but she's definitely a handful! I'm constantly chasing after her, as she's into everything, and I have to make sure she's not getting into trouble. It's a little more interesting with a 2-month old, but we're doing pretty well so far!

It's after midnight (Luciana woke me to nurse) and before I go back to sleep, I'll creep into P's room to check on her and cover her up again. Goodnight. :)

Day 357

Out sweet girl stayed at home with Mana today while the rest of us (and our friend & realtor John Leffler) went out looking for a new home. She and Luciana woke up this morning at the same moment, both crying... Ha! I was stumped, had to make a plan quick before running to start the morning. Penelope is a good girl, and lets me tend to Luciana quickly before I get her. Here's how our mornings start now: I get P a cup of milk, and since it's been cold, I'll warm it up a bit. I'll get her out of her crib, but not before she hands me her binkies! (She uses two binkies-- one for the mouth, one for the hand. Daddy's plan of a "backup binkie" sorta backfired & now she wants one to hold onto as well... What are ya gonna do?) Anyway, she'll drink her milk while I change her diaper, and then we'll either go back into Mama & Daddy's bed (if Daddy's at work & Luciana is okay in her Moses basket), or we'll head into the living room and get some coffee, news, Cheerios and toys going! :) Today we did a little bed time, and then decided to just get up after both girls decided to cry, and just generally not cooperate! :/ Soon, Daddy was home and we all had a big breakfast together. Penelope played with Papa and I until nap time, and then cried almost the whole time... Slept maybe 30 minutes. I'm afraid her morning naps are just kind of on their way out. We'll fight it, we aren't ready for that yet!!!

Later Mana came and we left. I hear they had fun, and that Penelope was a good girl. :) As I realize I only have about a week left of this blog, I want to really show Penelope (when you're older, baby girl!!) what her life was like, how she spent her days, and the funny and cute things she did. I hope she realizes through this blog how much fun it's been for us, her parents, to see her grow and learn, and become more beautiful each day. :)

Well, our angel is asleep in her crib now, and we are just beat from the house search. No dice yet, we are waiting for that perfect house, the place we can see our girls in... Soon, it's going to happen!!

Goodnight. Oh! Since I didn't take any pics of my baby today (darn!) here's a pic Aunt Holly took a week or so ago. 

Day 356

Oh my goodness, out little Penelope got her first piggy tails today! :) I've been sort of looking at her longer hair lately, just thinking.... I decided it was time to try. She HATES it when I mess with her hair, so I didn't think she'd let me, but she did! They were crooked, uneven and she had to have barrettes holding her bangs out of her eyes, but OH MY GOODNESS, her cuteness went to alarming levels!!! She really could've gotten away with murder lookin' like that! ;) I'll have to do a real job with her hair tomorrow and see if she can tolerate it all day. Hee hee, I love it, her hair is so cute! (Ok, onto other things, I'm feeling silly I just wrote a whole paragraph on piggy tails)

Baby girl is still pushing those molars out; I put my finger in her mouth, and she's pretty much got all four, just a different stages. I'm noticing she can chew better, which is great for toast and crackers and things like that. She's drooling a good deal, and is visibly in pain here and there, but handling it pretty well. 

We are taking Luciana out to look at houses tomorrow, and Penelope will stay home with Mana. I know she'll have a fun day. :) I only hope we can find something we love very soon, as our house is officially SOLD! :/ Yikes! Our next home is out there, we just have to find it. Good luck to us!

Goodnight. (Pics are the best I could get-- P now hates to pose for pics.)

Day 355

I have to admit-- I have no pics of my angel for today. We were busy choosing the new owner of our home! We got five offers, and after careful consideration, we settled on someone who seems perfect to take it over. :) Then we did Costco, and that just takes everything out of you! ;) Penelope wasn't in the best of moods today. I think her teeth were bothering her, she was whiny all day and didn't nap well at all. Thankfully, she went to sleep easily; after playing with Daddy, I didn't think she'd wanna sleep! 

Well, it's almost 10pm, and we are beat. Time for sleep... Goodnight. :)

Day 354

Just pics today... :)

She makes my heart melt, love my baby girl too much!! :)

Night. 

Day 353

We went to visit Auntie Anita & Bell today, since we had to be away for our open house. By the way, we heard many people came-- yay! :) We stayed in LA most of the day, and when we got home,  we put on pjs and took these pics:

Long day... Goodnight!!

Day 352

Penelope had another house-hunting day today, and despite the fact she totally missed her morning nap, she hung in there pretty well. :) We started at 9am, and didn't make it home until 2ish--we hit  6 houses, and P got to practice her climbing-stairs-skills in almost all of them! After seeing our favorite house again (and the place we've put in an offer on), we headed home. Here's P on the drive:

All tuckered out! Here's she & I during the house hunt... We stopped for a little selfie action ;)

That's all for today... I should mention that Penelope went down at bedtime without a peep. I think it's a miracle considering she's suffering through those molars working themselves out still. Thank goodness for Tylenol. Goodnight!