mee-oow

About 2 weeks ago Lula noticed the cat. She reacted much like I might react if a panther strolled by when I was eating my dinner.  Her eyes got as big as saucers and she followed him all over the room with her eyes.  She was still and silent.  She seemed very unsure.  Slowly, Lula is warming up to Gizmo and he seems to be warming up to her a bit too.
At Saturday's photo shoot Lula seemed downright thrilled to have a cat.     

Gizmo is less thrilled.

little bunny

My friend Vanessa got Lula this cute cute bunny book.  Obviously, she loved it. 

Sleep Training

Alternative titles for this post: 'Why our neighbors hate us', 'Why Pat is so tired he fell asleep in the shower', or 'Why Gizmo is sulking around all traumatized lately.' 

We have had 2 dark days of sleep training at our house and we are hopeful that brighter days are on the horizon.  There has been a lot caterwauing in the middle of the night and no relief for our baby bunny.  Poor Gizmo has been making things worse by standing outside the babys door at night and moaning/meowing while Lula screams.  I'm not sure if he is making noise in solidarity with her or if he is trying to alert me that something is wrong with the baby.  Thanks Lassie, but I am very well aware that Lula has fallen down the proverbial well and I am choosing to ignore her in the name of healthy sleep habits.   

One day I will look back at this and laugh, right?

HF Easter

an unholy mess on holy thursday

Pat & I have been really concerned that since starting rice cereal Lula has been a little backed up.  Our biggest concern was who would have to clean up what promised to be an unholy mess. Today was day 7 with no movement despite a large amount of prune puree in the last few days. 

The following text exchange began at 11:58 am:

Norah: OMG it happened.  I had to give her a bath.  It was just everywhere.  I left the onesie in the baby tub in the regular tub since theres probably still some poop on it.  I rinsed it out as best I could but things got real chaotic.
Bayly: Hooray! Does she seem happier?
Norah: Yes.  Very tranquil and at peace.  It was a huge mess so shes def happy to be free of it
Bayly: A lot of poop huh?  Sorry for you
Norah: Ha.  You're just glad it wasn't you
Bayly: Sure am

A few things:
1. You bet your ass I'm glad I wasn't there when it happened.  Sounds like it was a real mess.
2. Lucky Lula got an extra midday bath.
3. I hope we didnt go overboard on the prunes in the last few days - it would be a real shame to go from one extreme to the other :)

celia

This weekend Celia got a bath.  My Aunt Louise shamed me into giving her a quick run through the rinse cycle.  Celia splits her time between Lula's mitts and her mouth. Neither is particularly clean and as a result Celia was loking a bit crusty.  Luckily, after a quick trip through the washing machine and dryer Celia looks like a million bucks.  I think they're starting to look alike.      

bow

my headbands came!! i love them. the purple one and the green ones are my favorites.