Sun rays through the clouds...

Yesterday, I took Morgan to Target to get some new sunglasses and when we were leaving, the sun was shining down through some clouds.  It's one of my favorite sights and I stopped the cart, and took off Morgan's sunglasses and told her to look towards the sky.  I said, "Look, Morgan, the sun rays are shining through the clouds.  That's one of Mommy's favorite things.  Isn't it nice?"  She said, "Oh, yes, Mommy, it's beautiful!"  Oh, happy moments... :)

OK to Wake!

Morgan had been waking up a few times at night, asking for random things, so I was looking for something to help let her know when it was sleepy time and when it was OK to call for me, to get up.  I found the OK to Wake! clock and so far, it's working!  It glows at the time you set as being "OK to Wake" and it also has a nap timer.  I explained to Morgan that when the clock glows, it's OK to call for Mommy.



The first night, we set it for 7:00, which I know was pushing it a little, since she had been waking up around 5:30/6, but her usual final wake-up time would be 7:15 or so.  I heard her make a little noise at 6:50 and I watched her on the video monitor.  She rolled around a bit, but didn't look at the clock.  She had slept through the night, though, so I think she got the message that she was supposed to sleep all night long.  She called me at 6:59 and I went in and told her we had to wait one more minute, before getting out of the crib.  For a second, she balked, but then the clock lit up and she was so excited!  I told her the clock lights up as its way of saying, "good morning".  Greg came in the room and she exclaimed, "the clock told me 'Good Morning'!" 

Yesterday, I set the nap timer for 2 hours and 15 minutes, and she slept 2 1/2 hours, so that went well.

Last night, I set it for 6:45 a.m., to be more realistic.  I saw her stir around 6:40, but she didn't say anything.  Then, at 6:45, she said, "Mooooommy! It's morrrrrrning!"  I went in and she gasped and said, "Look, Mommy, it's GLOWING!  It's morning time!!"  You would have thought she was getting a visit from Dora or Elmo, with the way she was so excited. :) 

Oh, she did wake up once last night, though, but it was because one of her "babies" got wedged in the crib and she needed me to get her out.  Either way, the new clock has been a success! :)

Pee Pee in the Po-Tee!

When Morgan goes in the potty, we sing a little ditty of "pee pee in the po-tty!" to the tune of "you don't win friends with salad", from The Simpsons.

No offense to my vegetarian/vegan friends, of course. ;)

Can't put anything past her...

Morgan has many, many "babies" that she sleeps with...Bunny Kitty, Green Kitty, Red Kitty, Elmo, Dolly, Llama, Chuck E., Tweety and Purple Bunny.  Dolly is her #1 best friend.

Since Dolly is her most beloved, she suffers the most wear and tear.  When I first bought Dolly, I bought 3 of them, so I could have 2 to swap out and wash, and one for my parents' house.  I've been swapping them out for a long time, and she has never made a fuss.  She knows there are multiple Dolly dolls, since one lives at GrandDaddy's, but we never discussed the fact that there are multiple Dolly dolls in our own house.

Anyway, even with the rotation, the Dolly dolls were getting a little worn, so I ordered 2 more off Amazon.  She has been sleeping with them for about a week now, but as I was putting her to sleep, I said, "here's Dolly", and she said, "That's not Dolly."  I said, "Yes, it is..."  She said, "no", but she didn't really seem upset or anything, so I asked, "Who is it, if you don't think it's Dolly", and she said, "a new Dolly".

Gasp!  The jig is up!

Oh well, I just told her that I bought a new Dolly, because I needed to wash the other one and she was fine with it and snuggled up with her Dolly.  I think she just wanted to let me know that she knew it wasn't "the" Dolly. :)

So considerate of Mommy's feelings...

I bought an allergen-free bread stick mix and they did not come out very good.  Morgan ate one and smiled and said, "Mmm, it's good!"  I went into the pantry to throw something away and she said, "Daddy, can you get me out of the chair.  They don't really taste very good..."  Aw, she didn't want to hurt my feelings...

Honest Babe

I found a recipe for sweet potato muffins and I made a batch for Morgan.  I gave her one and I noticed she put it in the middle of the table.  I asked, "why aren't you eating your sweet potato muffin?" and she said, "Because they aren't yummy."  She didn't say it in a mean way, but she was just speaking the truth and Greg and I were cracking up!

I'm Mad!

Morgan has this thing, now, where she gets upset about something and runs around and says, "I'm mad!"  Her friends were over, today, and she they wouldn't share a toy, she said, "I'm mad! I'm really, really mad!" and she was running around.  She came into the kitchen and I asked her why she was mad and she said, "I can't talk right now...I'm too mad!"  I was making a point to take her seriously, but inside I was cracking up.  It was just too cute!