"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
— Dr. Seuss
Thursday, January 22, 2009
"I want to be dirty!"
Daphne: I want to brush my teeth!
Emmanuel: No, not right now, we'll brush our teeth after you take a bath.
Daphne: ...I don't want to take a bath! I WANT TO BE DIRTY.
Me: Are you sure you want to be dirty?
Daphne: Yes, I WANT TO BE DIRTY!
4:58 PM
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Daphne is Fighting Monsters!
For the past few days, Daphne has been fighting monsters who have been trying to make their way into our living room. What amuses me is that they are all vegetables. Two or three days ago, she said she was fighting broccoli. I told her that she should eat him. She paused momentarily and said that he had an ugly face, so she couldn't.
Just a second ago, I asked her what monster she was fighting, and she replied, "Carrot." Before I could say more, she added, "I don't want to eat him."
What a ham. She's sooo hilarious. She's fighting the carrot with water. While she was hosing him down, she was chanting part of a fire truck song that goes, "Shoot that water! Shoot that water!"
7:07 PM
Monday, October 13, 2008
Funny Conversation: Lasagna? No, that's Hawaii!
Daphne: (about puzzle piece) Oh, look, mommy, I found it!
Me: Oooh, yes, you did. What state is that?
Daphne: Uhmm, lasagna?
Me: Uhh, no, that's Hawaii.
10:59 AM
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Funny!
While widening one eye open with her fingers:
Mommy, my eye is cold.
8:06 PM
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Writing and New Friends
Here is a picture of the words "TIGER". I wrote the word on the top, and Daphne wrote the one on the bottom. She is 3 and a half.
Daphne has been coloring pages from the coloring book, tearing them out, folding them into compact little squares, and then taping them up. She then gives them to me saying, "I have somefing for you. A gift." When I tell her I am having trouble opening her gifts, she tells me to "uh-tuck it". I think she means "attack it", though I am unsure. When I ask her to clarify, she responds by saying, "With your finger." Lol, she then tries to swipe it open with her finger the way we do with sealed envelopes.
5:47 PM
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
New Photos
Erin, a soon-to-be professional photographer (although her photos will surely trick you into thinking that she's an established pro), photographed Lotus & Daphne a few weeks ago. Because I'm a Mrs. Lazybones, I haven't posted them.
Here they are:
Set 1Set 2Set 3
Set 4Beautiful, right?
Thank you, Erin, for the magnificent photos!
Check out her portfolio here.
7:46 PM
Daphne is Growing Up!
Daphne is getting so old and so capable--a little too quickly! Today, we went on a tour of the local fire station. She really enjoyed herself. She's becoming so good at sharing! Whenever one of my parents call, she tells them about all the friends she has made. She names them off, "Malinda, Elijah, Liberty, Sam, Nickie."
The other day, she picked up mushrooms at the park. I got scared, so I made up a song about how mushrooms are dangerous, and how we shouldn't pick them up.
Daphne is also very enthusiastic about brushing her teeth. We buy her special glow-in-the-dark floss and mouthwash that she can dispense herself. I also unearthed a three minute hourglass to help her determine how long she should brush. She initiates brushing her teeth, like, 4-6 times a day. This is a big jump from never wanting to have her teeth brushed.
7:26 PM
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Daphne's First Play!
Today, Emmanuel took Daphne to her
first play!
Emmanuel reports that Daphne enjoyed it, though her attention was waning during the last 15 minutes. She had a break down when I went to go pick them up because, apparently, she wanted to show me the witch's edible house! "Mommy!" she said, "Let's go back! I want to show you the house!"
I am so disappointed with myself because they had a meet-and-greet at the end with the characters...AND I DIDN'T BRING MY CAMERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot possibly put the disappointment I felt into words. I was near devastated! I need to buy a big purse and just carry around my camera (and extra kid clothes, diapers, wipes, portable kid potty seat, water bottles, etc. etc.)!
Next performance, I am going to bring my camera. I have tons of beautiful pictures I have yet to upload! Stay tuned! I have been really tired lately! There have been tons of things to do!
Tomorrow is the last Riverside Family Fun Sunday! I hope I don't forget my camera. It's really hard, though, taking photos while the baby is in the
Moby. Ah, well.
10:19 PM
Monday, April 21, 2008
Boogers
Hilarious conversation, just happened right now:
Daphne: Oh, look a booger...Look, mommy, my booger. LOOK! LOOK!
Me: Yeah, I see it.
Daphne: Look, my booger. Here it is.
Me: Yeah, I see it. Yuck, a booger.
Daphne: Want to have it? Here, take it!
She them proceeded to pick her other nostril.
Daphne: Ooh, look. My booger! My booger.
Me: Oh yeah, yucky.
Daphne: Look!
Me: Yeah, I see it.
Daphne: ....I eat it.
Me: Yuck, no!
But it was too late.
3:39 PM
Funny Conversations
Daphne was eating a Danish at the table, and I sat down to join her. She sized up the size of my Danish (which happened to be bigger than hers), then offered her Danish to me, saying, "Do you wanna trade?"
We had another funny conversation a few days ago:
Me: Daphne, can you throw this in the trash for me?
Daphne: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. You do it yourself, okay?
11:48 AM
Friday, March 21, 2008
Daphne at the Park
Here are some pictures of Daphne at the park.
8:01 PM
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Here are some photos of Daphne and Lotus in matching outfits!
SO cute!
8:28 AM
Monday, February 11, 2008
Daphne's 3rd Birthday!
Here's the video:
Here are the photos:
Labels: Birthday, Daphne, Family, Friends, Party
9:45 PM
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Daphne Knows Her Animals, Shapes & Colors
New video, everyone! Check it out, and check back later because I still have a ton more clips to edit and upload! Don't forget to check out
Lotus' blog for her new video!
12:50 AM
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Snobby Snobster, Jeeves and Wooster, Going to the Library, Poo in Potty
The same day Daphne peed in her potty, she also pooped in her potty. After she made her poop, she stood up and started to call for me to help her. When she saw the poop she had made, it was so massive and ugly, she freaked out and cried! She was weeping and saying, "Oh no, oh no" while staring at her poop in horror. She has not used the potty since. She has been very defiant and has been actively avoiding the potty. Very sad. I wonder when she'll start using it again! I can't believe she got freaked out by the sight of her own poop!
A week or so ago when Emmanuel was at the park with Daphne, he told me that a five-year-old boy was blocking her way down the slide. He was yelling, "No girls allowed, no girls allowed" while waving a stick, I think. Daphne, in response, apparently turned around, crossed her arms, and TURNED UP HER NOSE at him. Emmanuel told me that all the adults laughed, he was very proud, and that the little boy looked annoyed. My cousin Catherine, a week before this incident, had said that she imagined Daphne growing up to be a sort of snobby elitist, and I suppose (thanks to Emmanuel, of course, not me) Catherine will end up being correct.
Daphne has been doing this hilarious thing where she performs a faux-curtsy and says either, "I want to wear a coat" or "I want to wear clothes." Then she sticks up her two pointer fingers, and wiggles them while saying, "dinky-dinky." It is the cutest, most oddest thing. We don't know how/where she learned it. I will post a video of this soon, so check back.
Emmanuel and I have been watching this old (from the early 90s) English comedy series called "Jeeves and Wooster". It stars a mid-20s Hugh Laurie (Dr. House on House, MD) as Wooster, a man of the English leisure class, and his brilliant, clever valet, Jeeves. Daphne ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT. She will watch entire 1-hour episodes over and over again. She actually asks us, "Want to watch 'eeves and 'ooster?" When Daphne was younger, she used to LOVE watching "Seinfeld". She must have a thing for comedies, I guess?
Daphne also loves the library. The other day, we entered the library and she YELLS, "OOH, LIBRARY" and I had to shush her. She has been asking me to take her back again, so we are returning today. She has been saying, "Want to go to wibrary, mommy. I want to go wibrary." Hilarious.
Daphne is such a big help with Lotus. She likes to baby-talk with Lotus. When Lotus wakes up from naps, she will tell me, "Baby wake-up, mommy." She loves to sit with Lotus and amuse her with funny faces.
I also got Daphne this cooking utensils set and now she sits on the floor for hours pretending to cook. Ikea was selling kid-sized cooking and baking sets that can actually be used to cook/bake, so I think I will buy her that so she can cook with me! How fun!
I got Daphne the cutest leggings. I will post pictures of this soon, so check back.
10:36 AM
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Daphne Used the Potty!!!
So, Emmanuel and I have been trying to get her to use the toilet, and after many accidents and washer cycles later--SHE FINALLY DID IT ALL BY HERSELF TODAY!
Emmanuel was actually the one to initiate our potty training efforts. She was running low on diapers, and I had
ordered late from Amazon.com, so he decided to put a pair of panties on her to see how she would fare. We even rented a toilet training DVD from the library! She watched that DVD over and over again, but to no avail. We were still having to mop up and disinfect our floor every couple of hours.
At one point, we gave her a cup full of soy milk and sat her down on her potty with the DVD in her portable DVD player. But she demanded to get up during the third viewing of the DVD, only to soil herself 15 minutes later!!!!!!!!!!!
Daphne actually witnessed Lotus take a wee-wee on her potty. Emmanuel believes witnessing Lotus successfully use Daphne's potty stunned and amazed Daphne. He believed that it would drive Daphne to want to use the potty, too.
I'm not sure if her achievement today was spurred on by being one-upped by her younger sister, but I'm glad, regardless.
Here is a quick summary of how it happened:
I was sitting at my computer, paying bills online, with Lotus next to me in her Bumbo. Daphne came and started chattering, and I was absentmindedly agreeing to whatever it was she was babbling about (she was probably trying to tell me she needed to use the potty--I know, I know--how horrible of me). She walked away and came back with her potty. She set it on the ground and started babbling again. I noticed it, asked her if she was going to pee. She replied in the affirmative. I wasn't really excited because she has told me in the past that she needed to pee (usually right after she had peed), and then she'd sit on the potty for a few minutes, then get up when she got bored (no pee or poo in the potty). So I told her to take off her panties and sit on her toilet, and turned back to my bill-paying. She calls for my attention half a minute later, and there she stands; her panties still on, but her potty is full of urine!!! I wish I had seen it! Her panties where all wet, but most of her pee was in the potty. I don't know if she just couldn't get her panties off in time, she just wanted to pee in them, or what. Hopefully, she will do it again!
2:13 PM
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
"Have a berf-day, family-mommy."
Just right now, Daphne approached me with a sticker in her hand and said to me, "Happy berf-day, family-mommy." She then tried to stick it onto my face while telling me to "put it on!"
She is growing so quickly. It makes me very, very sad. Recently, she got a hold of baby pictures of herself, and it struck me how big she has gotten.
When we were at the store the other day, I walked about five feet away from her (she was sitting in a cart), and she yelled, "Mommy, come back! Play with me! Come back!"
She also likes to open up her mouth to show me the food she has been chewing--she beams with pride when she does this.
She has been sick lately, and I can tell she has trouble falling asleep because of her congested nose. I gave her decongestant, and she says to me, "No, poo-poo." I told her that it was good and that she should drink it, and she responded, "No, you drink it, a-mommy. YOU DRINK IT, it's poo-poo!" Lol, now, as I type, she is pretending the little measuring cup is a car. She's pushing it along my desk, making "beep-beep" noises. Gosh, she's so funny.
8:57 PM
Friday, November 30, 2007
"Turn Off Rain"
Today, Daphne wanted to go for a walk. However, it was raining, and I said to her, "Sorry, Daphne, we can't go for a walk today, it's raining."
So she stood in front of the window for about 15 minutes, watching the rain fall.
She approached me again and said, "Mommy, turn off rain. Turn off rain."
I wasn't sure if I heard her correctly. I responded by asking, "What?"
"Turn off rain, mommy. Turn off rain."
"You want me to turn off the rain?"
"Yeah, turn off rain, outside."
"I'm sorry, Daphne, but mommy can't turn off the rain."
She looked despondent after hearing this. Then she just walked away.
11:36 AM
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Daphne learns how to say "Hate you!"
On Thanksgiving, Lucie yelled, "I hate you!" at Daphne, and ever since, she has been yelling "I hate you!" whenever she gets upset.
It makes me so sad. I am trying to figure out ways to deal with it. I think I will just ignore it--hopefully it goes away!
What mean, ugly, hurtful, DIGUSTING words!
12:46 PM
Sticky Fingers, Diaper-throwing
Here are some conversations I've had with Daphne today:
In the middle of eating her Kare-Kare, Daphne says: Mommy, sticky fingers.
Paula: Huh?
Daphne: Sticky fingers, mommy, sticky fingers.
Paula: Oh,do you want want to wash your hands?
Daphne: (nods) Mmm-hmm.
Paula: Okay. (Takes Daphne down from her high chair)
(Daphne runs off to the bathroom to wash her hands, and then returns)
Daphne: Look, mommy, clean hands.
Paula: Ooooh, yeah, very clean.
Daphne: More food, please. More food, mommy.
This conversation was while I was changing Lotus:
Paula: Daphne, can you throw this diaper in the trash?
Daphne: (she stares at the diaper in my hand for about 5 seconds) Mommy, throw diaper on couch, diaper.
Paula: Uh, can you throw it away in the trash?
Daphne: (continues to stare at the diaper for about 3 more seconds, takes it from me, and throws it on the couch)
Daphne, after washing her hands: Mommy, wet sleeve, a wet frog (there were frogs on her sleeve).
Paula: Oh okay, go wring it out in the sink.
Daphne: Mommy, wet sleeve, a wet frog.
Paula: Yeah, go wring it out.
Daphne: A take it off, mommy, take off clothes.
Paula: Oh, okay. (takes off Daphne's shirt) Put it in the hamper.
(Daphne runs and puts her shirt in the hamper)
Daphne: (Upon returning, she has also taken off her pants) Mommy, I put clothes a hamper, a clothes. Clothes, a get it, mommy (meaning, she wanted me to get her new clothes).
Paula: You get your clothes. Get new clothes for yourself in your drawer.
Daphne: You get it.
Paula: No, you get it.
Daphne: No, you get it.
Paula: You get it.
Daphne: You get it.
Paula: You know where your clothes are, you get it.
Daphne: Okay.
(goes gets clothes then returns with a shirt and shorts)
Daphne: Look, mommy, a clothes. Flowers. (she chose very flower-y clothing)
Hahahaha, Daphne is soooo funny. The other day we were at the park and some kids took her doll stroller, and she went around looking for it, calling out, "Stroller, where are you? Where are you, stroller?" Then she saw it and got all freaked out that other kids were playing with it, and she tried to call my attention because I was bending over to get her sweater. To get my attention she said, very frantically, "Mommy, stroller, mommy, mommy, mommy, Paula, stroller, over there! MOMMY! TA-DAAA, TA-DAAAAA!"
Yes, she said "ta-da". She said it as if she were presenting something to me. It was soooo sad, yet so hilariously adorable.
11:57 AM
Monday, November 26, 2007
Weekly Update
Daphne has learned to sing "Happy Birthday to You."
She knows what a triangle is.
We made picture frames on Saturday using Christmas-themed confetti and pom poms. In fact, we went to Michael's and shopped for craft supplies so I could do more crafts with Daphne. She is learning to dispense glue very well. I will post a picture of what she decorated later, so check back!
She is very proficient is distinguishing and naming different colors. However, she calls the color black "black bear." I think her confusion comes from the time I taught her the word "black bear" to help her distinguish between a "panda bear." I don't think she understood that "black bear" was the NAME of the animal, not the color of the animal. So now every time we see the color black she proudly exclaims, "black bear!"
2:48 PM
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Daphne Talks & Loves -- has also Learned Colors and Emotions
Daphne is becoming so talkative. She is starting to string together adjectives and nouns, nouns and verbs. Very cool!
She has also learned her colors. She knows black, red, green, yellow, blue, white. I think she learned her colors because of the Play-Doh I bought!
Here are some videos of Daphne expressing her love:
Also, she has learned to express her emotions! The other day, I was feeling frazzled because Lotus needed me, but Daphne was asking for my attention. I told Daphne to hold on for a minute, and then she started to whimper and say that she was sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said something like, "Sad. I'm sad. I'm sad."
I have been trying to teach her to express herself with her words because sometimes she uses inappropriate actions to express herself (like throwing books). So I made up a song using different emotions. I just sing the name of the emotion over and over while expressing the emotion on my face and with my body. I have been trying to teach her about happiness, sadness, frustration, anger and surprise.
Very cool, huh?!?
4:50 AM
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Daphne uses complete sentences! WOW!
The past few days, I have been teaching Daphne songs. Today, sometime, in the evening, Daphne started singing the ABCs all by herself! And then, at the end, she yelled, "SING WITH ME!"
I WAS SO SURPRISED!!!
Another surprise that occurred today--I was looking for stuff in my bedroom, when all of a sudden, Daphne rushed towards me yelling, "I GOT YOU!" Then she insisted that I run away from her while she tried to catch me! It was the funniest, cutest thing ever!
I feel disappointed that I haven't been able to take her to the park for the past week, though. I made it my goal to take her to the park for at least an hour everyday, but Emmanuel and I have been so busy trying to get his graduate school applications ready. Sort of stressful, but exciting!
On Saturday, we are going to visit the Getty Museum! They are having this
cool event that I thought Daphne would enjoy! I'll make sure to take lots of pictures to post!
11:01 PM
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Old Videos
Here are some videos I took over the summer that I finally got to edit! Hope you enjoy!
Daphne at the pool:
Daphne "reading":
Together as a family at a concert at the park:
11:05 PM
Daphne's 2nd Year Trick-or-Treating
So my parents got Daphne this adorable monkey costume. Really, really cute. However, Daphne has been adamantly refusing to wear it, so it was no surprise when she freaked out tonight refusing to even have it near her. So we ended up trick-or-treating without a costume. Which made me really, really sad. Maybe it will still fit by next year? Last year, she was a pumpkin and she LOVED her costume. I brought it out again this year, but she was freaked out about the pumpkin costume, too!
Well, anyway, tonight, after a brief walk around our neighborhood, we were sitting around in our living room talking and eating chocolates. Daphne was snacking with us and had just finished a piece of chocolate. I noticed her looking at her chocolate-stained fingers. She then started to look around her for something to wipe off the chocolate. After a brief pause, which I suspect she took to quickly think about her problem, she reached up to the top of her head AND WIPED HER HAND ON HER HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I told her that she should use a paper towel to wipe her hands, and she ran off towards her dad asking for a "ta-
el perper".
It was hilarious.
9:19 PM
Monday, October 29, 2007
New Activities
Yesterday, I bought Daphne
Play-Doh, a
48-pack of Crayola Crayons and
safety scissors. She really enjoys playing with her Play-Doh. I've taught her how to make spheres and snakes with the Play-Doh. I've also shown her how to roll out the Play-Doh with a rolling pin. She seems to really get a kick from it.
She loves to color. She is starting to color within the lines. She's also learning her colors.
Along with teaching her how play with her new toys, I've also shown her how to properly put her things away. She knows that she has to put away the Play-Doh she is playing with before she can open up another color. She knows she has to return a crayon into the box before she takes out another one. When she's done coloring and cutting, she returns her crayons and her scissors to her pencil box that I also purchased for her.
Daphne threw a book in anger two days ago. I realized that we should start disciplining her. Emmanuel and I have agreed on putting her in the corner for 2 minutes whenever she expresses herself inappropriately, i.e. hitting people or throwing items. We're going to reserve the corner for very serious offenses so that it doesn't lose it's effectiveness. It's proven to be quite effective. For other infractions, we've decided to take away privileges. For example, if Daphne doesn't want to clean up her toys after she's done playing, that's fine, we'll clean them up--BUT, she won't be able to go into her playroom for a few hours or perhaps even a day. We want her to know that she has choices, but her choices have consequences. I don't want to bully her into cleaning up after herself, but I want her to learn that she can choose not clean up after herself, but, just like in real life, that choice has a logical sequence of action that follows.
When we put her into the corner two days ago, and it was so sad! She stayed put, but she cried and cried. I think she thinks she's invisible because she yells out, "I'm here! I'm here! Help me! I'm here!"
I'm looking for really good toddler books to read to Daphne that will show her how to appropriately express her emotions without throwing stuff or hitting people.
Oh, yeah, I also bought her alphabet flashcards that have both uppercase and lowercase letters, so she can learn her lowercase letters. I plan on using them to teach her the sound of each letter, too.
I also got her Shel Silverstein's
Where the Sidewalk Ends. She really, really likes it. She likes to recite the poetry with me, and she even helps me act it out. In fact, she fell asleep last night while Emmanuel read some poems to her.
10:19 AM
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Daphne knows her letters! She also refers to herself as "her".
I feel so horrible that I haven't blogged in so long! I can't believe I haven't posted in a year!
Daphne has learned her letters. She knows how to identify all of them! We don't know exactly how she learned them all--odd, huh!?! One day, I noticed she spent most of her time playing with her frog telephone toy. The telephone frog toy has buttons on which are each individual letter of the alphabet. When one letter is pressed, an animal whose name and species corresponds with the letter that is pressed. For example "K" would be "Kerry the Kangeroo." Emmanuel accidentally noticed that Daphne had memorized the animal that corresponded with each letter. So he would quiz her every so often.
So now, she's able to identify letters when we point to them and ask her what it is. Or we will say a letter and ask her to point it out for us.
She also refers to herself as "her." When she is talking on the phone with people, she will greet them and tell them that she is "her." Whenever I point to pictures of her and ask her to identify herself, she refers to herself as "her." Really odd!
She knows so many words now! Here is a brief list--it isn't very comprehensive:
meat
donut
pants
shirt
socks
shoes
sneakers
sandals
glasses
bath
soap
pillow
cup
plate
spoon
fork
hair tie
comb
T.V.
paper
pen
marker
crayon
messy
dirt
dirty
paper towel
toilet paper
diaper
fall down
help me
please
thank you
more
don't want
Where are you?
Daddy's work!
flying
eating
pretty (she usually uses this word to describe clothing--her own and other people's)
dress
Oops!
Ow!
Stop it! (she uses this when we wash her hair)
Go away! (she uses this whenever we're trying to take her back home from the park)
drawing
walking
park
You okay?
sorry
Help me!
stuck
sleep
goodnight
baby
sister
Lotus (although it sounds as if she's saying "otis")
water
drink
grape juice
banana
apple
orange
There is more, but that is all I can think of right now. She strings these different words together to convey what she wants.
She also knows how to count to 13! When we go for walks, she likes to count the trees. When she sees the moon, she greets it ("Hi, moon! Where is moon? Bye, moon!").
She likes to draw. She primarily like to draw with crayons and markers. She will show us her drawings so we can "ooh" and "ahh" at them!
She's very helpful with the baby. She will retrieve wipes and diapers when I ask her. She really likes this one show on PBS called
Super Why! I think it also helped her to learn her alphabet!
Jeez, I really do regret not posting more often. I look back on my last post nearly a year ago, and she has grown so much! She's practically using sentences! I will try my hardest to keep this updated! I really do need to be more consistent when documenting her development!
The following are videos where Daphne refers to herself as "her" and where she is identifying letters. She's only 2 years and 8 months old. I wonder when she'll start reading!
4:52 PM
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Fetching her own diapers, pointing at body parts, and saying hiiiiiiiiiiii
Daphne is now 20 months old. I feel horrible for not updating this more.
She can now get her own diapers. When we wake up in the morning, I say to her, "Diaper, Daphne, go get a diapie!" She runs to the closet where I keep them, grabs one, and returns to me.
When prompted, she can point out her head, her nose, her feet, and her belly.
She can also feign sleep and snoring.
We play this game where she pretends she's sleeping, and I'm trying to wake her up. She gets a REALLY big kick out of it. Her eyes are clamped shut, but she has this big grin on her face. She pretends that my efforts to awaken her are futile. It's sooooooooooo hilarious.
When we were at the drug store the other day, there was this young woman walking around with her cell phone. Daphne kept following her around, and when the woman would briefly pause, Daphne would stop and stand RIGHT next to her leg, look up at her, smile and say, "HiiiiiiiiiiIIiiiIII." She did this over and over again.
The lady looked really annoyed. Hahaha, it was really hilarious. She looked like a freshman at the University.
6:37 PM
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Daphne scoffs at crawling, her first time at the Getty & a playground
Only after a little more than a month, Daphne is already a full-fledged walker. She refused to crawl unless when she's rushing at something (like the bathroom, for example, when the door is ajar and she spots us going towards it with the intent to close it from the corner of her eye) and she knows she won't be able to reach it even if she walked her fastest.
I took her to the park for the first time. And I totally forgot to bring along the camera (jeez, you'd think that will all the time I took researching to find the perfect videorecorder and the money I spent on it, I'd use it more often, huh). How was I supposed to know who excited she'd be? How was I supposed to know how cute she'd look walking towards other children, trying to engage them with her limited vocabulary of grunts and squeals? How would I know that she would learn how to take her first step UP during her first park visit? I should have known. Jeez. Well, yes, she did all that and more. She loves walking. I love that she loves walking. She's amazing. It was actually after this first playground visit that she decided to never crawl again (except when lunging towards an open bathroom).
This past weekend, Emmanuel, Daphne, Grace, Genevieve (Emmanuel's sister), and I went to the Getty. They had an exhibition on Courbet which none of us really had any interest in, except, maybe Grace. Emmanuel indulged his love of impressionist and baroque paintings, while I just ate everything up. I was really touched when observing Emmanuel explain things to his sister. He's so patient and thorough and kind. He explained about every single thing we saw to her--from ancient manuscipts to Rococo furniture. It was endearing. I could imagine him doing the same things with Daphne one day. Grace kept whispering, "There are naked people," whenever we happened upon a nude painting and sculpture. It was pretty funny.
Daphne is very friendly and good-natured. She hardly ever cries or whines. She has actually begun to sort of whining, especially for things that she really shouldn't be playing with or eating, but I am firm. After about 3 seconds of her faux crying, her attention is usually diverted elsewhere. I don't know the cause of her good-naturedness. It could be in her genes. Who knows. I'd like to think it's the way I've raised her thus far. I've tried to make sure to stop everything I'm doing, within reason, to fulfill her necessary baby-needs. If she wants to breastfeed, I will quickly comply. If she wants to be held, I will hold her. I made sure that I held her as much as could when she was an infant. For about 3 months, it seemed to be the only thing I was doing. I'd wake up, put her in the NoJo and sway. Either that or plop her on a pillow on my lap and let her nurse. It's really hard those first couple of months. Just all a blur. Especially difficult when one does not know what to expect. I feel like now that I know what to expect, I could do it all with my eyes closed and my hands tied behind my back. It's really hard. I do remember telling myself when I felt like I couldn't take anymore baby-slinging or breastfeeding that I'd thank myself for it one day. For some reason, I knew deep-down inside, Daphne needed to be held nonstop. To not hold her, to not keep her close to me as much as I did would have been unnatural. She was encapsulated in my womb for 9 months, how could she immediately go from that to sleeping alone, being allowed to lay by heself for hours at a time or being fed through a hard, inanimate plastic nipple with milk meant for a calf?
So this is all. Forgive me, readers. I've been very delinquent in my posting. Forgive me, future adult Daphne--I have been very busy trying to engage you.
'Til next post.
1:57 AM
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Daphne's first steps!!!
Daphne took her first, independent steps today!!!!!!! She saw Lucie walking towards her, and so Daphne tried and successfully took two steps towards Lucie!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
KDJFAOWIERJOAWIJEKFAOWJROAWEJKFDKLJAOIERKJFOJWOIER! How exciting!!! I wish I could have videotaped it.
11:14 AM
Sunday, January 29, 2006
She knows how to dance now!!!
I've taught Daphne how to dance! I had been noticing that she goes up and down on her tippy toes when music is playing and had been wondering if it was because she was trying to move to the music. So I decided to show her how to move her hips and torso around by having her stand up and moving them for her. I did this while chanting, "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance." We took a break and a little while later, I started to chant "dance" again, and lo and behold!!!! She started to shake her little baby booty!!!!!!!!!! HEhehehehe, she is soooooooooooo adorable!!!
Also, today while Emmanuel and I were playing with her, she figured out that allowing herself to fall back onto pillows is much fun!! So she kept doing this over and over and over again. She'd roll over after she allowed herself to fall back, and repeat. She thought it was HILARIOUS. I was going to video tape it, but everytime I bring out the camcorder she want to play with it.
11:36 PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Almost a Year Old--Can Clap and "Close-Open"
Daphne is 11 months old now! Wow! She is such a communicator! She has learned to clap her hands. It started when I took her arms in my hands and clapped them for her, and ever since then, she's been doing it independently. I was very surprised when she started to do it herself after I had let go. She started to independently opening and closing her fists repeatedly after only a few times I demonstrated for her, too. She points to things, and when she's angry, she vehemently says, "Da da da da!!!," as if she were trying to scold us! She's beautiful! Here's a picture of her and her daddy on her Baptism.
10:19 PM
Monday, January 09, 2006
Latest Update--Baptism, Four Teeth, and More
Daphne was baptized on Saturday, January 7, 2005. My dad cooked for it. There was Mechado, Bopis, Chicken Curry, and Beef Stew. The Mechado was gone by the end of the baptism and the Beef Stew was practically gone (only one piece of meat and some veggies left)!! He also made lime dessert. My mom helped set up everything and basically took care of everything in the morning. Emmanuel's Grandma Lucille baked white chocolate cookies and coconut cookies. Very delicious! Emmanuel's Grandma Estrella brought a Tres Leches cake with mocha with walnut filling. It was extremely good. Grandpa Steve made barbecue chicken which was gobbled up, too.
Daphne received many great gifts!! Thanks to everyone who came! I will be posting pictures as soon as Eman gets the server working! Ahh! When will that be?!
Daphne Jade now has four teeth--two teeth on the bottom and her two front teeth on the top. She's always smiling and laughing! She's interested in everything and can even stand up by herself, unsupported, for a substatial amount of time! No walking yet, though! More updates later. Sorry it took so long!
Oh yeah, I will be planning her first birthday, soon!! I'll keep everyone updated!
10:49 AM
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
She plays so well...
As I type, Daphne is sitting down in the living room playing all by herself. It's so cute to watch her amuse herself! For some reason, I find it remarkable. She looks so, so, so, so, soooo cute, I could just gobble her up!
I have absolutely no idea why it's so funny to watch her. She just looks so intent and focused...like she had serious work to do! Hehehe.
She has a rash on her knees; it looks like eczema. She had a slight fever this morning about 101.4 degrees. I found this odd because she had been exhibiting cold symptoms for the past week, and it seemed to be clearing up. All of a sudden, though, she had colored mucus! How odd. It had been clear and runny before. But it got substantially better, no fever now and we're back to the runny nose again.
2:17 PM
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Darn. Sick Again.
Daphne and I are sick again. Darn. Well, at least she isn't feverish.
2:36 PM
Monday, November 21, 2005
Oh yeah, one last thing.
I forgot to mention that Daphne does not like eating with her baby spoons. She will only eat if fed with a fork for some reason. At first, I thought it was that she didn't like baby food anymore because she was refusing to eat it, but oddly would gladly accept food we fed her at restaurants (like broccoli or Indian food). Today, I tried to give baby food one last try. She would feed it to herself with her hands, but wouldn't take it from her baby spoon. I was eating at the same time, so decided to scoop up some of her baby food with my fork, and she gladly took it.
Heh, she doesn't like eating with her baby spoon, but she just loves carrying it around. Eman made this observation today. He commented on how she just wouldn't let it go and was crawling around with it everywhere.
4:40 AM
Oh yeah, I remembered.
Daphne rapidly flaps her arms up and down when she is excitedly happy or upset. It's really funny. She knows now that raising her arms conveys that she wants to be held.
And probably the most endearing thing of all:
When we walk around the condo, she follows us. One time, I went into the bedroom to quickly grab something, and behind me I hear this really fast breathing and slapping noises. I turn around, and lo and behold: I see Daphne grinning at me, trying to crawl as quickly as she can (which is pretty fast) to catch up.
Eman told me that when he's taking care of her, she loves chasing him around. However, apparently, after one lap, she'll give up, sit down, stare at the carpet, and sigh despondently. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW, how funny is that.
Daphne is just wayyyy tooooo adorably expressive.
4:32 AM
Lots of things, so little time.
Ahhhh, I haven't updated in forever!
We were all sick for quite a while in October. I guess because I hadn't updated, I sort of lost my groove. So allow me to get all of you updated:
Daphne and I were sick for about two weeks in October. It was really weird. First, she was feverish for three days. I got here
these BeKoool head things, and they worked like a charm. I only had her wear it while sleeping because body temperature rises as one sleeps, and hers was just becoming unacceptably high (up to 103.6, but only as she slept). I was sort of worried about her brain swelling and causing brain damage. I know they say this only happens if the brain reaches a temperature of 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit, but everyone is different. So she had the fever, but displayed no cold symptoms. She also wanted to be held, so this meant that she was not achy which could have meant the flu (AHHHHHHHHHHHH)! So the fever went away in about 2.5 days and half a day later, she starts to display cold symptoms. Near the end of her fever, I felt like I had the beginnings of a sore throat (which, yes, became a full blown sore throat within a day or so). So I assumed she, too, had a sore throat when she started to become congested. I gave her Pediacare Decongestant. We went to the doctor (two different ones because I didn't trust that the first one evaluated her throughly enough). This sickness was sort of difficult to deal with because she was waking up hourly. It was so sad to see her so uncomfortable. We bought a humidifier, and it took forever to pick one out because it was difficult for me to choose between the cool mist humidifier and the warm one. Also picked up some Baby Vicks Vapor Rub. Poor kid.
Then Emmanuel got sick or at least claimed he did. He had congested sinuses, but I never know if it's because he's really sick or because of his allergies. So I went ahead and gave him Tylenol Allergy Sinus. My sickness was pretty gnarly. I always get sinus headaches. I hate sinus headache meds because of the dry mouth and lightheadedness. What a worrrld, what a world.
Daphne is now 2 and a half feet tall! Today, she learned to pass toys between me and her daddy. She was playing with a toy and I was watching her as I remembered an article I read about baby milestones. This woman had written about how her daughter and learned how to pass toys to her, and I wanted to see if I'd be able to show Daphne. I went down to her, outstretched my hand and said, "Please give." She looked at it and started to slap it with the toy. I wanted for her to hold it still and then I took hold of it and gently tugged. She held on to it, but I slipped it out of her hand. I thanked her. I then pressed it against my chest to sort of emphasize that I had it. After a second or two, I held it out and said, "Here."
I repeated this. She caught on quickly. She giggled (I've read that they giggle when they learn), and it wasn't long after that that she started to outstretch her arm towards me while vocally motioning for me to take what she was offering. She'd do this by making a staccato "unh" sound.
It was soooooooooo exciting! I quickly called Emmanuel who then came to play with us. I wanted to show Daphne that she could also pass things to other people so we set up this little triangle where I would hand it to Emmanuel while saying, "here." He would then thank me, hold it against his chest and hand it to Daphne. Daphne would turn to him and take it, then turn to me offer it to me and say, "Unh." It very, every exciting. Hahaha, so exciting we didn't stop doing this until about 10 minutes later. It was, of course, Daphne who decided to stop. We probably would have been able to do it 10 more minutes, we were just that amazed.
Hmm, there have been other moments where I've mentally made a note to blog about, but now, they slip my mind.
I'll post those things as soon as I remember (gosh, I hope I remember). It's sort of difficult to update because it's not like I can just drop everything the moment something memorable has happened. It's extremely important for me to do this, though. I was reading this snippet a woman wrote about finding a journal she kept while raising her baby, and in it, she had written a list of things about her daughter. One of the things on the list was that her daughter's hair was like marshmallow in the morning right after she woke up. She remembered and was amazed because without that journal to remind her, she would have forgotten (up until that moment, I guess she hadn't thought about it).
Oh yeah, as soon as Eman fixes the server, I'll be able to post pictures and VIDEOS of Daphne! So stay tuned, readers!
3:53 AM
Friday, September 09, 2005
Eats solids amazingly well and stands!
I cannot believe I have not been posting! So many new things are happening! Daphne can now sit up straight and well-balanced. She can pull herself up and support herself on something while standing! I could not believe it the first time I saw it. Even the second time, the third, the fourth, or even the fifth. I probably will still not be able to believe it if she did it right now! She is not even seven months, yet. I suspect she will start walking by nine months. She already crawls like a pro! One minute, she is on one side of the room, the next minute she is on the other. Amazing.
I really cannot wait until she starts talking and walking. We will be able to walk, go places, and then talk about what we see! Very cool, indeed.
In case anyone is wondering why I am writing so oddly--without contractions and all--it is because Emmanuel put this weird setting with the keyboard so he could use macrons when typing in Latin.
5:01 PM
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Eating Solids...
Daphne is now eating solids. She started a few days ago, but I forgot to post. The first thing she ate was banana, next peas, and today she just finished her jar of sweet potato. Yum.
More updates soon.
3:56 PM
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Can Almost Crawl...
Daphne can get up on her hands and knees now! She can't move yet to crawl, but she can rock herself back and forth.
I'm very excited to see the first time she crawls.
3:10 AM
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Hehe, above average baby!
Today, Daphne is exactly 5 months old!
On the 11th, she had her second round of immunizations. As soon as we got home, I gave her baby Tylenol. She didn't gag at the cherry flavor, so I think she's about ready for solids. She handled her shots better this time around.
She weighs 20 pounds and is 26 inches long. I forgot the circumfrence of her head, but she's in the 95th percentile. She's in the 95th percentile for her length, too, and above the 95th percetile in her weight.
We put together the exersauce, and she can entertain herself for about 20 minutes on it, which is great. She is also liking her swing more. She used to hate being in it before.
She can effortlessly flip from back to tummy and back again now, and she's mastered her thumbsucking technique.
Emmanuel moved the server and something happened, so its down now, but he's bound to get it up soon. I have new pictures, courtesy of Cousin Catherine.
7:14 AM
Friday, July 01, 2005
Things I Do Not Want To Forget...
I don't want to forget the funny way her eyes droop as she's falling asleep. I hope I'll always remember the way she wiggles around, the odd way she twists and tilts her head to see things that catch her attention, her funny little squeals, and her little bite-size tamale feet.
11:37 AM
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Look at that baby's muscles!!!
Before I forget, I have a story to tell.
Emmanuel and I were at one of his friend's house, and his friend had a daughter. She saw Daphne and started to talk, coo, and sing to her. It was the cutest thing EVER. She started to sing a variation of "This little piggy went to market..." to Daphne while fiddling with her toes.
All of a sudden, she gasped and exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, that's the cutest thing, ever." And starts to look for her mom. She wanders around the house calling out for her, "Mom, mom...mom? Where's mom?" She finally finds her mom, brings her to Daphne and says, "Mom, look, this baby has muscles!" I was at first so confused until I realized she was referring to Daphne's arm folds!!!! She went on stroking Daphne's "muscles," saying, "Oh my gosh, you are so cute. These are the cutest muscles I've ever seen! Aww, look. Wow, what muscle-y shoulders! One, two, three, four--you have four!"
"Four shoulders?," her mom asked. "I don't think so."
"No, four muscles on each arm!"
Then she proceeded to count Daphne's leg "muscles."
9:14 AM
Friday, June 03, 2005
Type-riffic Baby!!!!!!!!
I was standing in front of the computer with Daphne in her sling sitting kangeroo style, and all of a sudden, she starts typing on the keyboard. I quickly opened up KWrite so I could save what she was typing.
Look:
b cxllllllllkkkkknjjkkkkkkk;;;;;;;;;oll n9jjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkbbb mmmmm bbbbbbbbbbbbbb v c i hhhhhhhhhhhhngbbbbbbbb
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbvb ccccccxgh hhhhhhj vcv v cccccc szzzzzzzkkmmmmmmm ;;kooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohbokopoooommmm
mmmmm9090oooooo m9./kkkkkk-9090j uiuuuo8uiiiiiu67777777743s3eee 0.....;;;;/;/l.n /.
She really likes the spacebar. =)
Daphne Jade is just too cool in so many ways!!!!!!!!
4:20 PM
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Not really a milestone, but I can't help writing about it...
Daphne is growing up so quickly. I recall being pregnant and a bunch of mothers telling me that babies grow up so quickly and thinking what liars they had been the first few weeks following Daphne's birth (haha). But apparently, they had been very, very, and quite sadly correct. She's two feet long now, and everyday I see more and more they kind of person she's becoming.
For example, today, she was really cranky while I was nursing her to sleep and I stroked her forehead. She was very annoyed with my stroking because she immediately made this annoyed grunt, and I just thought it was the funniest thing, EVER. She's grabbing everything now, and it's just so amazing because I clearly remember her when she wouldn't even unfurl her fingers!!!
Man... ::shakes head in disbelief::
Oh, and I mustn't forget about her very expressive eyebrows. They are always going up and down. Sometimes she just raises one eyebrow, and occasionally, she'll make one go up, take it back down, and raise the other one, so it looks like her eyebrows are doing the wave. Heh, what a funny kid.
3:02 PM
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Playing with toys...
Daphne can now reach out and play with her toys all by herself. I put her down today with this butterfly-looking toy with a rattle in the center of it that turns, and she reached out and started rotating the rattle. She brought it closer to her and touched it, looked at it, played with it's rattle. It's pretty exciting to see. I put her down with a toy so she could entertain herself momentarily while I did something, but I was so in awe of her newfound ability, I just sat, watched, and occasionally helped her out when the toy seemed to frustrate her because it wasn't doing what she wanted it to do.
I'm so proud of her. =)
I really ought to go buy more film so I can photograph her more.
2:12 PM
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Daphne Rolled Over
Yesterday, Daphne Jade rolled from her back to her stomach. It was the funniest thing to watch--she kept lifting her head forward, trying to use it as momementum. Hahahaha, I wish we could have videotaped it.
I wish we had a video camera. Le sigh...
3:14 PM
Monday, May 09, 2005
First Immunizations...
Ok, last time I posted, she wasn't able to get her immunizations. There was a mix up.
She got them today and, BOY, is she cranky. I feel so sorry for her. I thikn she's sore. I'm going to give her some baby Tylenol, and then maybe all will be well.
10:11 PM
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Daphne's First Laugh
Today was the first day I heard my beautiful, intelligent daughter laugh. She laughed RIGHT NOW. More on it later.
8:58 PM
Monday, April 18, 2005
Pictures Updated and Daphne Growing Quickly!
Well, I updated the
pictures page.
Daphne now fits into her 3-9 month old clothing. She fits in it a little too well, actually. Which means I actually should have had her wearing it about a week or so ago! I need to go looking for 9-12 month clothing! Or maybe she will slow down.
Today, Daphne will get her 2-month immunizations. I'll write how that goes. The appointment is at 3:10pm.
The end.
9:13 AM
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
First Time, Thumb in Mouth
Today is the first time I've seen Daphne Jade put her thumb in her mouth! She actually did it. But then she gagged.
Now she is trying to eat her fist!
8:50 PM
Friday, April 08, 2005
Sling Miracle!
Thank the Lord Daphne is one of the kids who like to being in the sling. I was worried she wouldn't be, but I was so glad when she took to it! AHHHHHHHH! Now I can go places! Hooray!
12:09 PM
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
She sucks her hands now, too!
Daphne now eats her hands now! She had been trying to do it for a long time, and now she's finally got a hang of it! What a cool kid, indeed!
2:20 PM
She Smiled at Me!
Today, she was lying quietly on my lap, and I said hello to her and asked her how she was doing. You know what she did?? SHE SMILED AT ME!! I got really excited and started to kiss her all over and then she smiled again! and again! I'm absolutely certain that those were real smiles! She's made faces before that resembled smiles, but I doubted if the truly were. I really don't think they were. But these smiles were real!! YAY!
1:52 PM
What happened?!
I just finally got Daphne to sleep at 3:00am! What happened to being able to sleep through the night, Daphne?? WHAT HAPPENED?! I'm going to read about babies and schedules.
3:47 AM
Monday, April 04, 2005
Breastfeeding is WONDERFUL!
I never, NEVER, NEVER, never, never, never, never, NEVER EVER, NEVER EVER thought I'd EVER admit it, but breastfeeding is seriously the coolest thing in the world. I absolutely DREADED it in the beginning. I remember at the hospital, breastfeeding the baby for the first time. The first time, actually, wasn't all that bad. I don't even remember if I was doing it correctly, but I remember it not hurting. However, the next several feedings WERE EXCRUCIATING. I would ABSOLUTLY DREADED feedings. I tried and tried and tried, but it was so painful, I couldn't stand it. I would struggle to remain calm to unlatch the baby with my pinkie, but the pain was sooooooo intense, I'd just pull her off. What made this worse was that Daphne had low-high risk of case of potential jaundice. BLEH! So she was bottlefed formula. Probably, over the course of her entire life, Daphne has drank 150 fluid ounces of formula, give or take. I am determined to let that amount be the only amount she ever eats, EVER.
She went cold turkey on bottles when Daphne was about 2 weeks old, and it was SO hard. My nipples weren't sore anymore, but they were still tender, and she still hadn't learned to latch on quickly. She was latching on correctly, just not quickly enough. There were so many times after I said good riddance to formula did was I tempted to fetch a bottle. It was JUST SO HARD. She'd struggle to find my nipple and when she couldn't find it immediately, she'd start to cry! Sometimes, she'd be inconsolable. There were times when Eman was even tempted to give her the bottle. But I was SOOO determined. I rationalized that the tenderness was BOUND to go away sometime, and I had no excuse not to breastfeed. There are hundreds of women who have had harder time trying to breastfeed that I had, so there was absolutely no excuse. It was hard for me because I was impatient, and I constantly thought, what would that mean if I gave up on breastfeeding because I am impatient? It's not like I had anything else that demanded my time. I wasn't going to work, I wasn't going to school. I had no legitimate reason. So I kept trying and kept trying. Slowly but surely, I stopped dreading feeding her and the pain subsided.
Now she is a purely breastfed baby. Thinking back on it, it would have been so difficult for me to bottlefeed her. I'd have to get up, prepare formula, warm it up. I actually think what really did it for me though, what convinced me to go cold turkey, was that I'd pass on antibodies to her and that there was almost a zero percent chance that she'd get diarrhea or become constipated due to bacteria in the bottles or making formula too concentrated.
Yep. Now it's time for a diaper change.
3:20 PM
Current Sleeping Habits and Weight...
I forgot to mention that Daphne Can now sleep through the night, meaning she can go for 6 hours!!!!! Yipee! Ah, the advantages of having a fat baby.
Also, last time she was weighed... She was 14 pounds! But she had clothes on, so I'm not too sure of it's accuracy. But I very much doubt she had 2 pounds worth of clothes. So I guess she's around 13 pounds and a couple of ounces.
7:58 AM
Oh, My Little Daphne Jade
I wish you could talk so you can tell me when you're ready for me to re-start school.
Hmm...
7:49 AM
Sunday, April 03, 2005
When Daphne Poos...
When Daphne Jade goes poo-poo, she purses her lips real tight and makes an "O." I want to take a picture of it, but I never get to!
Oh yeah, since yesterday, she can now push her own farts/poo out!
SHE'S SO AWESOME-BA-BOSSUM!
10:07 AM
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Update!
Re-uploaded pictures and added some more! Go
check it out!
5:40 PM
Lifts and Holds Head Up...
I've been very delinquent about blogger Daphne's many accomplishments!
=(
BUT--NOW, she lifts her head up and holds herself up on her forearms. She has been doing this though, for the past two weeks. I'm sad because I can't recall the exact date.
I've been neglecting this blog. I need to re-upload those pictures. I'm still wondering where they went. Eman said he was moving directories and they were deleted during the GREAT DELETE, but that doesnt explain why that one picture was left along with the page, and this page, as a matter of fact.
For all those who care and because I feel bad about it, I will tell you what the GREAT DELETE was. It was when Eman was moving directories and I distracted him, so he claims, and deleted the directory with all his MUSIC AND MOVIES AND ALLLLLLLLLL OUR OLD, OLD PICTURES among other things. But if he was like us, normal computer illiterate people, I later realized, and moved that directory by dragging all those files to where he wanted instead of using that stupid terminal thing (which, by the way, he's refusing to teach me how to use), this wouldn't even have been an issue. But alas, he thinks its so cool to type in a string of commands (which actually does seem cool [I am dumb]), so here we are.
Daphne also makes lots and lots of noises. UGH! and I forgot to blog about that one day Eman was holding her, said something nonsensical, and she took a deep breath and said,"gaaaaaay." And it didnt stop there! She proceeded and said gay again except with not so much emphasis on the "a."
DAPHNE JADE, YOU ARE SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:27 AM
Friday, April 01, 2005
::Laughs Out Loud:: Silly Daphne...
Today, Daphne farted and was startled by her own fart!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was hilarious!
I LOVE HER!
5:58 PM
Sunday, March 06, 2005
Ughhh!!!!!!!
Eman messed up my picture page! Unintentionally, but still!
4:28 PM
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Emmanuel has been a GINORMOUS help...
Emmanuel has been a big help the past two weeks. I'm pretty beat up, myself, but I'm feeling better than I have recently, so I'm going to clean the house, cook some food, and rent some videos for us. Maybe it will lift our spirits. Or maybe I'll just cook and clean and use the videos as incentive for Eman to finish his remaining essays. I think I'm going to rent Bride and Prejudice, The Motorcycle Diaries, and.... hmm... something else.
11:26 AM
Saturday, February 26, 2005
Upon Request...
Upon request I've posted up some pictures of Eman and myself. Also, look for the new picture of Eman and Daphne that I promised. Here's
the link. The link can also be found under the "Links" section of this blog, just in case you didn't know.
1:12 PM
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Your Birth in Detail...
Daphne, now that I have a little time, I'm going to tell you a bit about your birth and your first week of life.
Your birth was horrible. It started on Saturday night. I had a feeling I was going to have you soon, and a little while after the initial setting in of that feeling and really strong braxton-hicks contractions, I started to get what seemed to be really painful, REAL contractions. I say they "seemed to be painful" because I had not yet experienced active labor contractions. Your dad was awesome. He tried and tried and tried to keep me comfortable and distract me from the pain. We attempted to watch Fight Club in an effort to keep my mind from the pain. This went on from 10:00pm that night to 4:00am the following Sunday morning. Around 4:00am, we decided to call up the midwife and go in. I was pretty convinced by then due to the intensity of my contractions that I was in active labor. When we arrived at Redlands (where the birth center is located) the midwife checked me and I was barely dialated a finger. I highly doubt her measurement was accurate. She had me take Benadryl to try to go to sleep and sent me back home which was horrible. It's a 30 minute drive full of dips and bumps and potholes. I forgot what time I called her the second time; it was probably around noon. So we go there for a second time, and I've barely dialated an inch. She lets me get into the birthing tub, and it got cold quickly. Tania and Teresa arrive and try to help me out. I'm sent home again, and the drive is hell. Your daddy, through all this, has been beyond helpful and understanding. I'm yelling at him and being short-tempered, but he still is patient and understanding. I think I hurt his feelings quite a bit.
Around 9:00pm on Sunday, almost 24 hours after I had started labor, we return to the midwife only to be told that I had only dialated an inch. SOOO inaccurate. I know this for a fact. I finally decide to go to the hospital and the midwife escorts us to Loma Linda Medical Center through the ER. I go to the labor and delivery ward and luckily get a private room. At first, I immediately wanted an epidural, but changed my mind after talking to the anesthetist. The OB/GYN there checked me and said I was four centimeters. Two hours went by and the contractions got increasingly worse. They got so bad that my legs would give way when I tried to walk them off. I finally decided to get an epidural. So they called the anesthetist again and he was very nice about giving me one. I had to stay very still which somewhat scared me because I could barely contain myself when I got contractions. It wasn't bad at all though, and the epidural was successfully executed. They had to stick a catheter in my bladder because I lost all control down there. After being numbed from waist down, I'm finally able to get some rest. I knock out until about 7:00am, I think, maybe a tad earlier. It was really funny because when I woke up, I was very alert and ready to push, but when the time came to actually push, I started getting really drowsy. Go figure. So at 9:00am, I started to push. When Daphne started to crown or beginning to, a strong desire to just sleep overcame me and I asked the nurse if I could stop and start a little later. She kind of laughed and said no. I was really sad. Well not really, but I was kind of pissed at myself for wanting to give birth so badly. I should have just waited and let the baby descend more. Nevertheless, Daphne was born 12 minutes later, just was my epidural was running out. It didn't end there, though. I was given stitches galore, had to be transferred onto a wheelchair, and wheeled over bumps to my room.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention, the doctor thought Daphne had passed
meconium while in utero and a team of doctors had to work on her. So I didn't get to immediately hold her. Emmanuel got to hold her first! It was also a good minute before I heard her cry because they had to vacuum out her lungs or something to that effect. She was very healthy though, and I very much doubt she really did pass meconium.
The end. I know not all my verbs agree, but this was written in fragments. So forgive me. There also may be repeated instances. Oops.
6:19 PM
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
A big day...
Your umbilical cord fell off as we washed you at about 7:40 PM.
=)
7:57 PM
Monday, February 21, 2005
Your first cold...
Today, we took you to the doctor because you had a stuffy nose and seemed to have difficulty breathing. The doctor ordered a blood test and a chest x-ray. We had to go back to the blood lab a second time because they didn't take enough blood during our first visit. So you had two wounded arms =( At the x-ray place, you were squeezed between this plastic aparatus that kept your hands above your head. It made me sad to see you like that.
The doctor called and said you had the beginning of a cold. I feel really sad about you catching a cold and only being 8 days old.
Oh, also, you gained 11 more ounces! They weighed you and you now weigh 9 pounds 12 ounces!
1:47 PM
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Daphne Jade is BORN!
On 9:15am, February 14, 2005, weighing 9 pounds and 1 ounce, an measuring 21 and a half inches, Daphne Jade was born!
I have so much to write about but so little time, so I'll just give you random blurbs.
I was in labor from Saturday at 10:00pm until Monday at 9:12am.
More to come later.
Oh yes, come back soon and check the picture page because there will be pictures up!
8:06 PM
Friday, February 11, 2005
New picture up!
There is a new picture on the "Pictures of Daphne Jade" page found on the "Links" section! It's of baby Daphne Jade in my belly at 38 weeks and 4 days...which means the picture was taken today!
11:29 PM
I didn't even realize it was getting so close...!
Wow! I'm already 38 weeks and 4 days into the pregnancy! That means only 10 more days to go! I should really work on not getting so tired. Ok, now I must shower.
3:04 PM
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Oooh, it feels so nice...
Yes, I have been quite content the past couple of days. My midwife told me to take Evening Primrose Oil, and ever since then, I haven't gotten outrageously angry. Or even angry, actually. I was craving tres leches for the past three days, and actually hauled out yesterday afternoon to go get some from this really nearby bakery called Lola's Mexican Bakery. They claimed to have given my tres leches, but it was just a dry, normal yellow cake. Then when I went to go complain, I accidentally locked my keys in my car. This really nice security man named Nino helped me out. It took half an hour. Bleh. Such a long winding story. I'm not going to tell it all. But they basically gave me a replacement cake they claimed to be tres leches, but was really mocha. I am so annoyed.
Hmm, what else was I going to write about here... I'm going to get the carpet steamed before the baby's born so that it will be crawling on sanitized carpet (once it learns how to crawl, I mean). So if anyone visits me, I don't want your dog crap/human spit incrusted shoes on the carpet. Take them off!
And just in case anyone is curious as to what the primrose does, it's supposed to even out hormones for pre-menstrual syndromatic women. Is syndromatic a word? Eh.
I want to tidy up the house today because it's already so clean, work a little, and then take a walk. Then tomorrow, I want to get the carpets cleaned. Next week, I want to go get a haircut, manicure/pedicure, and maybe a facial and/or body wrap. Uhmmmm, I should save up money to repair my car, too.
Ok that is all. Ta.
9:55 AM
Friday, January 28, 2005
I feel abnormally happy...
So last night, I started craving chocolate so I had Eman drive me to the store while I ran in and bought a bag of chocolate. You know what I realized? I should have compared the cents per ounce of the bag to the bars!!!! Hmmm... Okay, next time.
Eman has some pretty good songs. Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground is surprisingly good. He has a bit of good music, and it is all very diverse (Sex and Candy started playing after Marc Anthony's "You Sang to Me," haha). Oh, and guess what just came up after Marcy Playground... Marvin Gaye. He has a lot of Johnny Cash. I haven't warmed up to Johnny Cash, yet though. I didn't like Pink Floyd, but Eman kept playing them over and over and over again, and now I think they are pretty good.
Well, to conclude, I'm expecting Katrina and Dave today, the condo is very, very clean save Eman's clean, folded laundry that he hasn't put away though he said he would by last Wednesday, and I'm extremely happy. Maybe I'll give myself a pedicure today. Yay.
10:37 AM
Thursday, January 27, 2005
36 weeks and 3 days...
I saw my midwife today. Since it's my 36th week, I'm going to have to start counting 10 movements within 2 hours. Also, I was advised to take Primrose Evening Oil and do perineal stretches. I really, really should start walking. My mom has been urging me along with everyone else. I'm soooo LAZY! And don't even get me started about my chocolate-eating habits... =S
Off to sleep!
10:08 PM
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
The Home Stretch...
Last Thursday was my midwife appointment. They had to swab me, umm, you-know-where, and Eman started to giggle like the pansy he is. I'm going to have appointments everyweek now until the baby is born. I think she's a-comin' pretty soon, though. Sooner than we all expect. I really ought to add more pictures in the picture thing, but I don't have a scanner and must go all the way to the university to go scan them. I really ought to wash the baby's clothes, too. Ok, that is it for now. Oh, yes, there is lots of pressure near my pelvic area, and I cramp up quite a bit. I think the baby is getting annoyed of being so squished.
1:52 PM
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
AHHHH!
I can't wait to meet Daphne Jade!!!!!!!!!! Right now, I just can't stand it! I can't wait for her to be born!!! I want to see her grow up, already! I can't wait until she turns 1 and then 4 and then 12 and then 16!!!!!!! I want to go hang out with my 8-year-old daughter!
3:28 PM
Monday, January 10, 2005
Child Birth and Baby Basics Class
Eman and I had our first Child Birth class on the January 4 last week. The instructor is teaching us a combination of Bradley and Lamaze techniques. It was sort of interesting. I have exercises to do every day from 100 kegals to pelvic rocks and butterflies. The pelvic rocks are the oddest things. We had to do them in front of everyone in the class, but they were doing them, too. The Baby Basics class was today, and it basically went over newborn baby care. Eman says he didn't learn anything new save how to bathe a baby, but I sure learned quite a bit. Tomorrow, I'm going to work on making a scrapbook for Eman, the baby and myself. It is going to start with how Eman and I met all the way to the baby's arrival. I'm hoping that it will continue farther than that, and that I'll be able to document quite a bit of happy occasions.
10:41 PM
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Constantly Hiccuping
Eman felt the baby hiccup for the first time last night, and after a while he kept asking her to stop because he thought it wasn't good for her. He was mortified when he found out she could open her eyes because of its contact with her urine (amniotic fluid). It was funny/cute.
10:10 AM
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Leg Cramp This Morning, Maternity Pillow Working Better
I woke up this morning with a cramp on my left calf. It was amazingly painful. I started yelling and begging it to go away. Other than that, the maternity pillow I recently purchased is starting to work better. The first night I used it, I felt like I got jipped thirty bucks. Now, it's proving itself worth it.
My ankles are swollen and fat-looking. When is best time to purchase maternity bras? I don't know how bigger my boobs are going to get. I called my mom to ask her, but she wasn't home.
The baby was kicking me hard today. It seems like it stretches in my belly and holds those stretches. Eman noticed and thought it was the coolest thing. He could feel the lump it made with its foot. It hurts. It feels like its stretching my skin to its extent. I'm getting sleepy now. So I'm heading off.
11:20 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2004
The first post!!!
I've uploaded a picture of my belly which can be viewed at "Pictures of Daphne Jade," under "Links." It might seem that I started a bit too late in the whole documenting the pregnancy, but I actually have been documenting it since early in the beginning. Eman said I should just take all the stuff I've documented in my notebooks and transfer it here. He advised that I edit the time and date to match the time and date I wrote it in my notebook to give this blog a sense of continuity, and I think that's what I'm going to do. You can peruse the archives to see how things went early in the pregnancy. So... enjoy and welcome!
7:50 PM
Friday, November 19, 2004
It's Hard Being a Pregnant Student
It's extremely difficult to be pregnant and going to school. I have to lug around a 10 pound bag full of a day's worth of books, and I'm always tired--always tired and I never have a place to take a nap. Wednesday is the worst. I have class from 8am-7pm. I get headaches everyday. I know I'm lacking water hardcore. There must be an easier way to do this.
I feel miserable.
7:08 AM
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Missed Appointment and Need to Find New Doctor
I missed my appointment this month. Its too much of a hassle to travel a total of approx. 120 miles just to have an appointment that lasts 5 minutes. I need to look for a new doctor who practices within 5 miles of where I live. I also need to start finding a hospital where I will deliver. Time is passing too quickly!
4:04 PM
Friday, October 15, 2004
Fourth OB/GYN Appointment
I'm starting to wonder what the purpose of these appointments are. Eman and I had to miss class and all they did was listen to its heart. I feel like its being fiddled with uneccesarily. They wanted me to have another ultrasound, but I declined. I asked the doctor if using the doppler was necessary, and she said that it was. I'm really getting worried about all the high frequency soundwave exposure. I know its safe for the pregnancy, but what about the long term effects on its potential intelligence? Bleh. I'm scheduled again next month.
1:01 PM
Friday, September 17, 2004
Heard Heartbeat for the Second Time
I heard its heart beat again. The visit was really short. All the doctor did was listen to the heartbeat.
11:55 AM
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
First Signs of Fluttering
I think I felt it move
today a few days ago. It felt like bubble popping. I remembered to take my vitamins today. I'm excited and hope for its health and safety. I worry about a miscarriage, and its possible poor health. I must eat healthy and try to be happy. Maybe I should exercise and read more. I'm thinking about buying an infant care book. I'll get it when I can afford it.
7:50 PM
Friday, August 20, 2004
Heard Heartbeat for the First Time
I went to the OB/GYN today. She used the doppler on me, and I heard its tiny, little heart beating. It was going 148-150 beats a minute. I hope all this high frequency soundwave exposure won't damage it. Its heart was so fast and seemed so loud.
11:46 AM
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Began Second Trimester
I am very excited about the baby. I am planning to buy a baby scrap book as soon as possible or even make one myself. I am looking forward to my OB/GYN appointment tomorrow and am planning to ask questions about exercise.
10:40 AM
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Waistline Growing!
Well, my tummy has started to slightly balloon, and my morning sickness has stopped. At my next OB/GYN appointment, August 20, I need to ask if I can exercise. Not much more. I need to do laundry.
10:16 AM
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
First View of the Baby
I had my first sonogram today. The doctor gave me a print out. I'll be posting it soon. The doctor had a hard time zeroing in on the image because everytime she got a good shot, I couldn't help but laugh. It kept wiggling it's stubby arms and legs. It's cute and tiny. I love it. I stare at it a lot. It makes me smile.
11:41 AM
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Ugh! Morning sickness!
Hello, hello. I experience morning sickness quite a lot, but luckily its mild. I am rubbing it in Eman's face to be understanding when I tell him I want the radio off in the car. I ought to start sleeping early. It is difficult, though. I always wake up early in the morning.
Message to my child:
I love you, baby. You are the size of a grape. Grow well, ok? And healthy! I LOVE YOU!
Oh, I'm getting a little more bloated looking. Its odd, kind of.
11:36 PM