We had Auntie A visiting us for part of the weekend and then she baby sat Cordelia yesterday all by herself. Cordelia was happy to be entertained by her auntie all day. They went on walks, read books, and ate quesadillas. Auntie A had to change 3 poopy diapers. Cordelia regularly has between 1-3 poops in a day. Yesterday she had a total of 4, which is a lot for her. She just eats so many fruits and veggies with gusto, she she has regular BMs. Tonight she asked for more asparagus several times!
Cordelia has been going to sleep very well lately. She does not stay up playing and talking to herself as much aka "The Cordelia Show" on the baby monitor. Even at bedtime, I am able to put her in bed still awake if she is not falling asleep on me. She likes to be on our shoulders and have a few songs, like Rock a bye Baby, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and You are My Sunshine. Sometimes she has been saying "Good Night, Kiddo," when she is put in her crib, sending herself off to sleep. I tell her to lie down and Mama will cover you up, and then she does not even move! She goes right to sleep. She has not even been waking up crying, though her molars are yet to come in. We are in a good place! I am thinking of gently weaning her over the next month or so. We made it to 2 years. Wow! With how well she is doing with sleep routines, and not popping back up begging for "more mama milk!", I think it will go smoothly.
Another fun thing we did earlier in the month (on Mama's Bday actually) was go to a wedding for some community center friends of Jason's. Actually their reception was AT the community center. Cordelia partied hard! We took her out to the playground a few times, but she really liked dancing and jamming to the music. There was a disco ball of colored light displays on the floor and she LOVED that so much. After the bouquet toss there was sparkly confetti all over the floor too. She was celebrating and dancing with us so much and we even got to dance with each other a bit too as her aunt and uncle held her for us. Both her cousins were sick and Papa and Mama got the same tummy bug later in the week. I am still praying Cordelia and Jason will hold out against it, because I don't want anyone to be sick on her birthday!
We took some pictures of her for Mother's Day gifts. She is just too cute.
Meow and Dog deserved a picture, and I think it is my favorite. I feel like they represent her love of being one year old. To be honest, her love of cats and dogs began before her first birthday, and I remember thinking instead of a Milk and Cookies Party, a Dog Party would have been a great theme. Well, the passion has lasted, so this year we will have a Cat and Dog Party. Meow joined us on Cordelia's birthday and became her favorite love, like no other stuffed animal had before. She doesn't cuddle and carry Meow around, but her loves are a comfort to her and a signal to sleep. Cordelia picked Dog herself. He is a $5 wolf sold at Kohls with some charity tie in. She picked it up as something to carry around the store to keep her occupied while we shopped. I thought we should put it back, because we didn't need to buy our daughter every toy that strikes her fancy for a few moments. But Jason said, "Come on! It's $5!" He likes to spoil our daughter. But this was a $5 well spent. Dog is gray and white and basically… the dog version of Meow. Cordelia named them both herself. Dog joined the "Crib Crew". There is also a small black and white cat named "Little Meow" and a calico cat from Meme on Halloween, so his name is Jack (for Jack o lantern.) At the thrift store I recently got two beanie babies that she now sleeps with too. "Kitten" and "Puppy." I try and hold off on having more members of the Crib Crew because her bed is getting full, but she really likes them. Puppy looks like Carl from the books.
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