Bullet-mania

• I am doing a dance to the sleep gods tonight...please find my girl's original sleep patterns and send them back. Yes, I know, it is early yet in all the transition but you can't blame a girl for trying/hoping.
  
• CW continues to improve in terms of her bronchiolitis each day. Today we ventured forth because she was doing well and I had to get out of this house before I started counting carpet fibers or something more whack.
• My girl is a bit of a priss. She digs her groovy, girly shoes in particular. I handed her a pair of black patent Mary Janes in a store to keep her busy. Note to self: hand kid NOTHING you do not intend to buy. I was going to get some but I would have had no choice due to her death grip on those kicks. She gave the stink eye to the cashier and I had to get the kid cashier to come around and scan them as she held them to prevent an unforgettable experience. Lawd, a matter of days in the states and my girl is turning into an American Diva.
  
• I think it odd that I think we are stared at more in this country than in China. Seriously. Of course, they are more so looking at her and telling her how cute and pretty she is. I've got to figure out something or The Wing will grow up to have a head the size of Texas.
• I was hit up in BRU today for her to model in the local Baby Expo in two weeks. Geesh. I kindly turned them down. 1) We have to focus on settling in - not baby expos. 2) What in the world? If a day comes when she is asked and she wants to do such a thing I'll consider it but, when she can't decide, I'm not forcing her into that stuff. It was the weirdest thing to me to be approached about my daughter modeling anything in any capacity. The Wing is only 13 months old. Although this is no big deal in the grand scheme of things, it's a local baby expo for pity's sake, it was still strange to have anyone asking about my kid doing anything. Besides, she is already well on her way to Diva-hood without modeling anything ;0)
• The Wing could only sit up when she came to me two weeks ago today. Even that was a little wobbly and she would fall over. Today she is standing up from a sitting postition with very little strength assist from me and just my support for balance. Wow, she's come a long way in two short weeks. Her leg strength is great but her balance and control need some serious work before she is walking...which will probably still be sooner than I think.
• The Wing is a kleptomaniac. She swipes stuff in stores and I have to do a stroller clearance at each checkout. She is a stealthy little thing too. She stole a toy on Shamian Island and I had no idea until we were back in the hotel room. To this day I do not know what store it came from. I wondered why it is that I can take her stolen items out of the stroller without a meltdown but the shoes would have been a major incident. I decided it was because I had handed her the shoes...and because, well, they WERE snappy shoes after all.
• For the suggestion about the papoose for the blood draw: thanks anyway. I know about those but there was not one available at the time/place we were drawn and it was too much work to lug her elsewhere feeling like crud.
• The Wing loves to jump...like crazy. She is a jumpin' fool. If this keeps up I will have to get her one of those baby trampolines when her balance advances. She's wearing me out with her nonstop jumpability ;0)
  
• Hah, I better go get some sleep while the getting is good. It's back to the ped tomorrow where I expect to hear good things. That and working on establishing a routine around here.
• Have a good one!