Sleep Study Part II - Eli's Turn

This morning after breakfast, Tali decided that it was Eli's turn to go through a sleep study. First she put a barrette in his hair (not sure why) then she got out some mini sticky notes and went to work. Eli wasn't too fond of this idea, but he eventually went along with it.

She told me that she was putting stickers on his head because she wanted to see how he sleeps. She explained that he needed to leave them on for his nap just like she left them on all night. Poor Eli, already being "dressed up" by his big sister. It was giving me flashbacks to my childhood and our friend "Brianna."

Jelly on Mommy's Belly

Look Ma, blue hands! (A gift from one of the nurses.)

Since Baby D2 is on the small side, I've had to go to quite a few doctor's visits lately. I'm now going to the hospital twice a week for non-stress tests and growth scans. And Tali is coming with me. Luckily, she's been pretty good. I give her a container full of dried fruit and Sesame Street on my iPod and she sits happily while we listen to the baby's heartbeat and then look at the baby on the monitor. It doesn't hurt that she has a huge crush on one of the doctors there and asks to go see Dr. Bobby on a daily basis. He's flattered and always makes sure to tell her hello. She's also developed a relationship with some of the other doctors and nurses on staff. They all love her and make these frequent visits tolerable.

The best part of this whole experience is that Tali plays OBGYN at home all the time now. She pretends to put "jelly on Mommy's belly" and then uses some sort of long device (a necklace, Jackson's rope toy, etc.) to listen to the baby's "heartbean" and makes the noise of the heartbeat. It's very funny, even if she wants to do it 5-10 times a day.

She's A Big Girl

Now that the weather is nice, all of the kids in our complex are playing outside. Of course, Tali wants to play with the big kids (ages 8 and up, usually) and just invites herself along. Luckily, the kids are very nice and most of them like her. In the past week, she's played with three different groups of kids and been on three different 'big kid" toys.

The first was a pogo stick. She didn't fully get on this one, but she tried. And the owner was very nice in letting her play with it.

Next, she learned how to ride a skateboard, sort of. She sat on the board and went back and forth while. Then she decided to stand on the board. We didn't let her go anywhere, but she had a blast.

At the end of the week, she got on a motorized scooter. Of course, we didn't turn the motor on or she would have sped away and fallen off, but she held on to the bar and we pushed her around a bit.

As her preschool teachers constantly remind me, this kid has no fear.

Snow Day

Sunday evening was our first big snow storm of the season. The snow came down hard and the winds were hurricane strength. The bad news is that we're trapped inside for quite a few days as the roads are still pretty bad. The good news is that this was the first snow that Tali could really play in. Unfortunately, I don't have a snow suit for her yet so I had to improvise. I put garbage bags over her jeans and secured them to the top of her legs with rubber bands. And, somehow I managed to lose her gloves this past weekend (perfect timing, huh?) so I used a pair of her socks as gloves.


Even though she looked a bit ridiculous, she had a great time. H took her out to play in our backyard for about 30 minutes. He helped her walk in the snow, threw her in the snow, and taught her how to make snowballs. Her hands were a bit cold when she came in, but she had fun!

My Little Secretary

This Morning's Project

This morning I gave Tali a box with some tissue paper inside. She had a blast. The clip below is about the middle of her playing. She eventually tears up the paper into tiny pieces and moves them back and forth from hand to hand.