bellyisms

we've completed a week of belly sleeping in her own room!! slept in there again with her last night, because i haven't put up the baby gate on the stairs yet and i don't want her toddling half-asleep in the middle of the night without it. she's currently sleeping in her bed right now - in between her toodee and muno cuddle pillows.

i'm pretty much thankful everyday for the blessings who are my children. but belly's been so darn cute that i'm extra thankful for her today.

sometime in the middle of the night last night, i somehow wake from a deep sleep to hear a quiet, persistent whisper of "mommy. mommy. mommy." i open my eyes and am met with two brown eyes staring at me from in between the wooden rails on her toddler bed. it would've been scary if it wasn't so comical.

then this morning, she woke me up by practically screaming, "i'm a sheep, baaaaaaa!" i open my eyes (again) and i see her wearing her lamb hat given to her by her lovely cousin. i burst out laughing.

later on, we're in the car and she pulls out her dazy cow pillow pet. and proceeds to yell in a very loud voice, "MooooooO!!! mooooo!!!" (have you heard about these pillow pet things? e's parents gave one to belly forever ago and apparently they are the hottest thing now! i saw a kiosk at the mall selling them a couple weeks ago...)

belly has also decided that she'd like to skip right ahead to the "why?" phase. after almost everything i say, she turns to me and says, "why?" so i give her the most basic answer i can come up with at the moment, but the whys continue. so i pretend to ignore her, she gets frustrated and the whys become, "why? TELL ME!" it would be obnoxious if i didn't dissolve into laughter every. single. time.

p.s. nanny found another wasp in the basement, crawling along the carpet. so much for peace of mind. the pest company will be hearing from me tomorrow!