Love Daddy

Today we were out at lunch and Eliana and Scott were on a bench seat together. Eliana kept standing up on it and Scott would tell her to sit down. Her response to this would be to put her cheek against his, put her hand on his other cheek, squeeze him, and say as sweetly as possible, "I love Daddy."

It was so sweet and so obviously manipulative, we were rolling.

Two years old and already learning to wrap him around her little finger...

Dreaming

Eliana is starting to communicate about her dreams now.

Today I woke her up from her nap and while I was cuddling her she said, "In Bubbe's backyard."
Me:"What's in Bubbe's backyard?"
Eliana: "Issa pool. And Max, too."
Me: "Yeah, Bubbe has a pool and Max kitty in her backyard." Elly: "I saw it sleeping!"
Me: "Max was sleeping?"
She gave me a blank look and sort of shook her head.
Me: "You saw Bubbe's backyard while you were sleeping?"
Elly: "Yyyeah!"

A few days ago after she woke up and climbed into bed with us for her morning cuddles, she fell back asleep. After a few minutes she woke up grabbing at her blankie and doggie and exclaiming, "No doggie in toilet!" Oh the things 2 year olds have nightmares about...

Prelabor

Prelabor stinks. I'm so glad I avoided it with Elly - though it may have made more sense to deal with it while not trying to parent a child, than trying to deal and take care of a 2 year old at the same time. Today I had contractions 3 minutes apart for 7 hours. Just painful enough to interfere with my life, not strong enough to hypnobirth over. Scott asked "How did you know it wasn't real labor?" I said real labor would have gotten increasingly strong contractions and these stayed the same. And then they went away.

Elly's first song

Today Eliana made up her own song! We were on our way into Babies R Us and there were lots of birds in the parking lot. To the tune of Frere Jaques -

I see birdy, I see birdy
Over there, over there
Birdy is flying, birdy is flying
In the sky, in the sky

Of course "birdy" is more like "boody," "over there" is "obadair," and "in the" is "inna". But a very clear, complete song, and so quick! I'm a proud mommy. This child just blows me away.