What a Long Strange Week This Has Been

Okay so it has been about a week since I last posted anything. And it has been about 8 days since Marty and I have slept more than 4 hours any night...heck one night I think I got 3 hours sleep.

And why is that?

Well, it seems that Elizabeth has decided that she does not want to sleep by herself and in fact she really doesn't want to sleep at all. She has also decided that she is too old for her crib and jumped out of it at about midnight last Wednesday night.

That was the first night of our walk through "toddler hell".

What happened? Who knows, your guess is as good as ours. Believe me, I have gone through all possible theories and scenarios to account for her sudden and drastic change in sleeping patterns. Whether it was the fact that she realized that she could get out of her crib or whether she was fed up with being in there and decided to break out--we can't be sure. One thing we know is that this girl is "out" and she is burning the midnight oil--and everyone living under the same roof as she is destined to maybe never sleep again.

I have a lot more to say but am working on another night of very little sleep, if any. The video below was taken last Sunday when we had planned to take Umpa out to lunch for Father's Day. Unfortunately we were all so exhausted from almost zero sleep that no one went anywhere. That is pretty much how the whole week has gone.

Our pediatrician recommended just gating her in her room and letting her cry it out. We tried that but the poor girl was up ALL night. On Tuesday we are taking her to a specialist in this area. More details to follow.

Little Pink Mercedes

And here she is in her little pink Mercedes she got from Uncle Bill and Aunt Rita..most of the time she is using as an in house car but she likes it most when she takes it out on the open road. She loves it.

Exercise and distraction

Here is Elizabeth starting her "jumping jack" exercise regime with Sandra--which was ended quickly once she spotted BoBo.

BBC

Last weekend was marty's birthday so we took Elizabeth and Uma and Umpa out to celebrate. Elizabeth had a great time as you might imagine.

Here she is with Dada.

And here she is at the fancy schmancy place we took Marty for lunch...The Balboa Bay Club. As you might have gathered from the photo, she made her little self quite at home.





A couple of photos of me and E....





Here E gives dada his best birthday present..."a birthday kiss".


uma, Marty and E cuddle up for a nice photo. Umpa was right next to them but owing to a minor technical glitch that day Umpa didn't show up in the photos we took--but he was there having fun with E!



Here E and Uma talk a walk around the club. Ahhh....

A Thousand Words

Jumping Bean Baby

Here is Elizabeth showing off her jumping skills. Too bad you don't get to see Sandra in this one....she is sitting in the corner watching Elizabeth.

Elizabeth and Bodhi

Here you can see an unusual scene with Elizabeth and BoBo in that Bodhi is not running like mad away from Elizabeth. His lack of anxiety at the sight of her indicates he "ain't feeling too great". A big dose of antibiotics and what we think is a little fever has made him a very mellow kitty kat. Elizabeth is loving it, but we think once he is back to his usual self he will be making himself scarcein her presence again.