pachita's hair

so I once noted that pachita's hair would not grow because it was mocking me jajaja Now her hair is longer and it is ALWAYS a mess. How does one keep a child's long hair in some sort of order? I can't figure it out. I tried brushing it after bath time, but it still messes up at night. And I don't fuss over my own hair so you can imagine my ability to ignore what HER hair looks like. Until we are suddenly at daycare or otherwise out in public and I think, "I really should have done something with her hair." That something happens to be pig tails right now. Which is just super cute, of course. And once they are in, she smiles, and I tell her to shake her ponies, and we have a fun dance together.

has it really been a year?

argh. Mary will be 2 at the end of May and I have missed documenting like a whole 50% of her life. Forgive me pacha mama, I have not always been an organized mom, but I have always been a loving mom and I hope that makes up for it.

attack of the rabid rabbit monster

If I am holding Mary and she is hungry she will out of nowhere lunge at my face with her mouth open looking for a boob. And she wiggles and sways back and forth, up and down. It is sooo funny. It reminds me of bill and ted's excellent adventure where the rabbits are attacking them and going for the jugular. at least i think it is that movie. I can see it so clearly in my mind.

my baby

my baby really really really wants to get moving. She gets on her hands and knees and falls flat on her face. jajaja And we stand her up and she holds on to the side of the couch forever. She has even started scooting herself along the couch a little. I am so proud of her. But I feel sorry for her because you can see how bad she wants it in her eyes but her body isn't ready yet. She had macaroni and cheese last night for the first time. And banana bread this weekend. sigh. I love her so much. Whenever we give her eskimo kisses her whole face lights up and she laughs and laughs. She is 8 months old now. She loves singing and she plays on the little piano all the time.

with my head cocked to one side...

I keep looking at Mary and wondering how she is going to look with long hair. Sammy never really changed becasue his hair was always short. This is a new thing for me, and, amazingly, I cannot will her hair to grow longer. It is mocking me, because it knows it is my secret dream to braid my daughter's hair.

little mary

our pachita is sitting up and playing with toys. she has started to eat cereal. she still doesn't like being on her tummy (to learn to crawl) but she is starting to scoot on her back across the room like akwe did. i never realized how something as simple as sucking on fingers and scooting on your back can be genetic.

weeeee

mary has been sleeping through the night. I made it bob. It is amazing that once I admitted that I was losing it, everything got better. it is like it is really goddess sent.

by the way, have you noticed the numerous goddess references in ani's new cd?

statistics

Just for the record...

when I took mary for her 4 month checkup. she was 15 lbs, 1oz and 25 inches long. She was 75th percentile in heaight and weight. (I want to keep some kind of record, because I never wrote it down with Sammy and that makes me sad now.)

feet

today when I went to get pachita up she was already up and playing with her feet. This is the first time she got her feet! weeeeeeeeee I have been waiting for this moment and she was so happy :)