Day 2 and Counting...

My husband left yesterday for his 2 week training class in Florida.
I'm lonely already! How am I going to make it through the next 11 days? Fortunately, the Monster is going through an abnormally easy stage, so much so, I feel bad calling her "the monster". I don't know if she's going through a growth spurt or what, but she's sleeping A LOT and is eating me out of house and home. She eats ALL DAY. At least she eats healthy stuff, so I'm not worried. Her legs seem to have stretched out overnight and she's losing her baby fat. It makes me sad! But her pants fit better now that her legs aren't quite so stubby so that's a good thing. I was having trouble finding clothes that fit because the pants that fit her in the waist were always WAY too long.

I'm rambling because I just seem to be out of sorts. Of course, she woke up last night, which she never does, and was up for nearly an hour singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". It's almost like she senses that things are different and that her father is gone for awhile.

Thank god I have my family and sister-in-law to help out this week. It's fiscal yearend in the finance world, so I will be putting in long hours the next 2 weeks, so I have to depend on them to pick up the monster from daycare at 5 every day. This is an official shoutout to my dad and sister-in-law!

So, I will be at my parents' a lot during the weekends. Yesterday was fun. Court was playing with my nephew, who is almost 2, and it brought tears to my eyes to see them interact with each other. My daughter looks exactly like me and Bubba (just a nickname, don't worry, his parents didn't actually name him "Bubba), looks exactly like my brother, so it was surreal and took me WAY back in time. They really love each other, I think. They're always hugging and kissing, but Court is WAY bossy. The funny thing is that Bubba just kind of mellowly lets her boss him around even though he's like twice her size (hence the nickname Bubba!). She kept grabbing his hand and saying "Let's go, Bubba". Or telling to "Be careful, Bubba". or "Bubba, stop it!". He was laying on the ground watching tv and she just sat on his stomach like it was no big deal. He didn't seem to mind! We were worried that Bubba would pick on her but I think we need to worry about her! Gosh, she reminds me of me! She means business!

Cuteisms:
She sings all day long! She makes up songs while she's playing. They are usually about our dog Zoe, who she calls Sissy, or food or her dolls. It's so damned cute, I can hardly stand it. But it's not as cute in the middle of the night.

Whenever I go over a speed bump with her in the car, she tells me to "be careful, mommy". I guess she doesn't like it when I go too fast.

Lately, when she doesn't like something, she shakes her head and says "don't like it" or "don't want it". Ok, maybe this isn't as cute!