Technicolored pachyderms are really too much for me...

Here's the Pookster showing off her pink elephants outfit. Every time I look at it I end up singing "Pink Elephants on Parade" to her...I'm not sure if she's impressed with me doing all the voices from the song or not. ("What'll I do? What'll I do? What an unusual view!")

We are still surviving here in our strange "not quite" reality, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Apparently the reason for Maren's current (for the past few days) fussiness is a growth spurt which makes her want to eat all the time. So mostly what I'm doing these days is being the mommy equivalent to the all-you-can-eat buffet at Golden Corral- for 45 minutes to over an hour at a time. I'm getting pretty good at doing tasks with that one free arm (and in a related story, if you get a barely legible thank-you note from me, it's likely that it was written during a feeding session). I'm not yet good at typing one-handed, so I have to wait for a break in the feeding schedule (which is set by her and not viewable or editable by me) to blog or email.

Well, she's napping so I should be too. I'll try to update again later, as I have a myriad of interesting observations about mommyhood and baby-raisin' to share. Actually, they're interesting to ME, but then I've only gotten 3 hours of sleep in the last week, so maybe they aren't. At any rate, I'm going to go take a nap (with visions of pink elephants dancing in my head).

Comments

[kenju]

She's beautiful! The best thing I learned when our first kid was born was to sleep whenever he slept!

[brant]

A cutie for sure!! One piece of advice that will serve you well. When she gets a little older don't tiptoe around when she is napping. Go about your normal routine, run the vacuum,turn on the tv to your normal sound level etc. This way she will sleep through about anything. If you are always like, "be quiet you'll wake the baby" the least little noise will do just that.

[Kathy]

I've sure enjoyed seeing her pretty photos! What a beautiful baby. And yes, it gets better. I had a wonderfully easy baby first, then 20 mons later had twins...one with reflux. She cried and ate, that was it. We learned that positioning was real important to her and that she liked her swing a LOT. And I learned to put her down mid-scream and take a hot shower when it got too much for me. Usually, I'd get out and she'd have fallen asleep. I know that sounds terrible, but, hey...

[Marie]

I ditto what Brant says. It is totally true. I have to say, you looked wonderful at the parade. Not sleeping must agree with you...

[Lindsay]

She's pretty much the cutest baby.. ever.