We had a really sad baby last night.  After 45 minutes of crying in the car, I was partially deaf and had a nice migraine.  She was so tired.

Here's a quick shout out to my little babers. She did so good today with very few complaints! It all started at 10:30 am this morning when I had to wake her up from her nap. Then we were on the go until 7:30 tonight when we arrived home and she was able to go to bed, but not before reading herself a book! Thanks for being my cutie!

K loves to sit in her stroller when we go places.  Well, she'd much rather be held but she likes being able to sit up all big and tall in her stroller and be able to see everything.  It's fun to actually be able to have her sit up in the stroller without me worrying about her tipping over or falling out, even though I don't know how she would do that when she's strapped/buckled in.

Today we went to Michael's and hung out in the store for a half hour or so.  She loved all the colors and different things she could see.  It was during her nap time so she was a little grumpy, but as soon as I picked her up, she stuck her hand out and tried to reach for all the brightly-colored objects.  I love that she loves to learn.

It's different having 3 kids live above you - the weirdest part is that they have a one year old who sounds almost exactly like K so when either of them cry, I am ready to go rescue my little cutie from whatever is making her upset.  Usually, however, it's not K.  It's the other baby.  So I rush into K's bedroom only to find her sound asleep.

The new neighbors have woken K up quite a few times these last 5 days that they've lived here but I'm guessing it's just because she hasn't been in a deep enough sleep yet because she's quite a good sleeper when she wants to be.  Last night was an interesting night though because they had woken K up so she was crying but their baby was crying too so sitting in the living room gave you surround sound of crying (because a vent from our living room to their kitchen lets in a lot of sound).

Today K was a grumpy pants.  I'm not sure why, but she would be fine for a while and then all of the sudden she would complain.  Yet a few minutes later she was fine again.  It may be because she didn't sleep well or maybe she wasn't feeling well or maybe she just wasn't having a good day - it's hard to tell with her.

But once again, the funniest part of my day was when we were at a staff Christmas party.  Christa was holding K (at this point, there was no reason for her holding K, she was just nice and held her) while we were playing a game.  Well, Christa got really excited and everyone else let out a semi-enthusiastic "yay" and it was all just too loud for K so she busted out her high-pitched, intense scream/cry which made everyone pretty quiet.  I'm not sure why she hates loud noises so much but she does and my poor coworkers get to hear her cry every single time it happens.


In better news, K is getting really good at sitting up all by herself and her current favorite toy is all of these rings that we've linked together.  You can't really see them but she loves to look at them and chew on them.  She's not providing any evidence in this photo here, but she's actually also getting much better at picking up items like we would pick them up and not putting them between her pointer and middle finger.  But as you can see here, the ring is between those two fingers on her right hand.

Mike and I went out to lunch with Mike's coworker, his wife, and their 2 kids.  It was a nice eye-opener to see what's in store in the future with 2 kids.  But boy, those kids are so cute.

K has slept a lot today.  She slept almost 12 hours last night, woke up for a bit to eat and relax, and then slept for another 3+ hours after that.  We went out to lunch, visited Christa, and came home so K could take a nap since she was pretty tired.  Well, it's been an hour and a half and she's still out.  It's most surprising to me because we have new neighbors upstairs and they have 3 kids so it's not exactly quiet yet K can sleep through it all.  I'm so impressed.  She didn't do well Monday with all the noise but maybe Monday was just a bad day.

K is loving drinking out of a glass.  I don't think she really ever actually drinks anything (there's quite a bit of drool in the glass afterwords) but she loves to hold it, put it up to her mouth, put her tongue in the water, and try to slurp it up and out like a dog.  It's really funny.  One day she'll be able to copy everything we do and I'm sure she'll love it.

My parents were kind enough to get her a high chair.  I'm pretty excited to be able to sit her down in an actual chair at the table while we eat so she can play with a little spoon or cup while we eat.  I really enjoy eating with her on my lap, but sometimes when I get to eat baby-free, it's a really nice change.  I almost forget how to eat without a baby on my lap.