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Tue, Aug 29, 2006 1:05 PM
Malena is now in a "big girl bed." She refused to nap on Saturday. After an hour of listening to her complain, we heard a loud THUD hit the floor. She fell out of her crib and was screaming that she hurt her head. I'm not sure how she landed. She didn't get seriously hurt, but it scared me enough to demand that T.J. remove the crib and put the twin-size bed in her room right away.

This momentous occasion has caused quite a mess in the house. The bed Mimi has now was the bed I'd been sleeping on in Thomas' room. Now I'm back in the bedroom with T.J. and the baby monitor. Strangely enough, I slept better with the baby than I do with the baby monitor. T.J. isn't sleeping too well with me getting up a couple times at night. I may have to move into the office/guest room. That bed sucks, though.

So, anyway, our little girl is now in a bed! It's crazy! I sort of wish I'd taken a photo of her last night in her crib. I did take a photo of her first night in the bed, which I'll upload. She hasn't complained too much about the bed. I think she likes our new routine of me lying down with her to read a book before bedtime. What she doesn't know is that Thomas is now sleeping in the crib (which looks so adorable with his baseball bedding) in the very next room. I don't think she'll be too happy when she sees that!

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Wed, Aug 9, 2006 7:25 AM
Malena is 2 YEARS OLD! I can hardly believe it.

We are up at Lake George right now. Mimi is at "camp" at Silver Bay. She is a "Cricket." She is going all week long from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. She cries when we drop her off, but she gets over it quickly and has fun playing with the other kids. This is great practice for pre-school, which she'll be starting after Labor Day.

After she returns from camp, we'll make cupcakes, open presents and go swimming after she naps. This morning when I told her happy birthday, she immediately proclaimed, "I want cake!"

She has been having an amazing time here. She adores her cousins and loves swimming in the cold water. She jumps off the dock just like she does at home in our pool. She is sleeping in a crib in her own little room in the house. It faces the driveway and she loves lifting up the window shade to play peek-a-boo as people come and go. Clearly, she isn't sleeping much, but she's in good spirits.

Speaking of lack of sleep...

Like BIG IDIOTS, we decided to fly here on a red-eye flight. Malena slept only 1 1/2 hours before I had to wake her to leave the house Thursday night. I figured she'd fall asleep in the car on the way to the airport...nope. She stayed very wide awake for 4 1/2 hours and DID NOT SHUT UP the entire time. It didn't help that our flight was delayed by an hour and 45 minutes. She slept all of 2 hours on the flight to Chicago, and didn't sleep at all on the flight to Albany. In 24 hours, she got 4 1/2 hours of sleep. Nice.

Thomas, on the other hand, did well on his first flight. He was in the Baby Bjorn pretty much the entire time, so he did sleep but not soundly.

Yesterday, we went to the beach and took family photos. I hope some turned out well, but my expectations are low. Both kids were difficult throughout the whole shooting, and the wind was whipping my hair all over the place. T.J. will probably look great, just as always. ;-)

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