February 17-24

I was one of the winners in the Infantino giveaway!  Thanks to everyone that voted for my idea.  Check the comments of the previous post to see if you got your points for participating.  :)

My OB's office doesn't allow children in the waiting room.  Luckily, my mother-in-law lives only an hour away and is more than happy to have an excuse to come hang out with Olivia whenever I have an appointment.  As we approach my due date, though, appointments get closer together and it seems silly to have Murry drive out once every week or two.  One night Bryan and I were discussing this problem:

B: I could come home from work for a couple of hours and make it up later that night.  Then my mom wouldn't have to come out so often.
J: The other option is to see if someone from church could come babysit some weeks.
B: What did we do with Olivia?
J: ... ... ... What do you mean, "what did we do with Olivia"?
B: When Olivia was born, who wat... oh.  Nobody.  She wasn't here to watch yet.

It would appear that Olivia gets up earlier after she goes to bed later.  Funny, it seems like it should be the other way around.  Given my exhaustive research, though, I've come up with a plan: A new bedtime of 4:00 in the afternoon will be strictly enforced!

For posterity's sake (and so I know the answers if my siblings/children ever ask):
-Olivia officially weaned about a month ago.
-We turned her carseat around just after she turned 18 months old.  I know you're supposed to keep them rear facing as long as possible, but she's several pounds over the allowable weight limit and she just looked so uncomfortable with her little legs crunched against the back of the seat.
-We've been working on basic potty-training for a couple of weeks now.  She's not great at it yet, but I don't have to change many messy diapers, which is a plus for me.
-Olivia has a bed she can escape from by herself.  It has a railing, though, so that she doesn't fall out when she rolls to the side (like she does every night).  At this point, she is still napping in the crib since she's much less agreeable about naps.

This week (after a beautifully easy first week), the bed thing started to backfire.  She crawls out, crying, and finds someone who will pick her up.  The chosen parent (me, if I'm home) walks her back to the bedroom and puts her back in bed.  Repeat.  After about 4 tries, I'll put her in the crib instead.  The crying stops instantly, and she is contentedly quiet until she falls asleep.

I don't know if it's the cold or if I'm shrinking (as opposed to the more stereotypical swelling) with this pregnancy, but my wedding ring doesn't fit anymore.  It slides on and off very easily and a couple of times this past month it's just fallen off while I've been going about my normal day.  My solution?  Olivia's hair tie.  She has 50 of them (that's not an exaggeration; the package told me there were 50) and she doesn't even wear them very often, so she can spare one to constantly grace my ring finger.

Another points opportunity!  You know you want them, even though they don't count!  I'm going to try to freeze some meals before Reggie is born so that I don't have to worry about cooking for the first few weeks.  Unfortunately, I don't appear to have too many freezer meals.  If you have a meal that freezes well, send me an email with the recipe (johannahbarhorst@gmail.com).  I'll give five points per recipe, with a fifteen point bonus (in May sometime) to whoever submits the recipe that Bryan likes the best.  :)

Pictures:
Trying to open doors with Bryan's keys: