Irony isn't just someone who is being ironed.....

Ah irony. The sweet voice of fate giving you the finger. Kinsey is learning how to be ironic at a very young age. Too young, I think.

Take this week. My first week back at work. I was hoping to not be achingly tired. So Kinsey decides on Sunday night to have possibly the worst night. She was up 3 times, and then up at 5:30. I thought I would bring her into the bed and nurse her. But "Chomps" made it very uncomfortable for me. Those huge top teeth are digging into me in a very tender area. It's about as comfortable as an "au natural" c-section. So I ended the nursing session. To which she let out an ear piercing screech that signalled our sleep was officially over. Before 6 a.m. Ditto Tuesday, except she only woke up once in the night (which you might think would mean more sleep for me). I drove to work on Tuesday half asleep, and decided part way through the day, as I tried desperately to keep my eyes open, that I was not going to work on Wednesday. I've been at work for 2 days and already called in sick. I'm SUCH a trooper, huh?

Kinsey was basically a crankpot all Tuesday evening, and nursing was turning into an experiment in pain tolerance. I was pretty convinced that our nursing relationship was officially over. I refused to nurse her to sleep and gave her a bottle instead. I spent a good part of the evening mourning the end of nursing. I was prepared for a terrible night. But here's where the irony comes in. Little Monkey May slept all the way through the night (7:30 - 6:45). But on the day when I DON'T have to go to work. I think she's trying to drive me crazy!! And nursing was fine when she woke up.

I think children are innately designed to make their mothers mental. You've gotta love them.

The Efficiency Expert

We all know that Kinsey is not your everyday, average, run of the mill baby. She's always had some oddities to her that make her unique and "different". Well, today is a prime example of that. I think her cousin Erin was whispering in her ear on Sunday night when they were sleeping in the same bed. I believe she was giving her all the secrets to how to accomplish all those "firsts". Or maybe when she was going in for a "hug and kiss" (as seen in the photo below), she was actually telling Kinsey all she needed to know.


The long and the short of it is that Kinsey, apparently for efficiency sake, decided to accomplish not one, but THREE milestones. I think Erin has a future as a motivational speaker. Here are the Milestones, in the order that they occurred:

1. Kinsey climbed the stairs. All of them. For no particular reason. And then became so unrelenting with it that I had to put a gate up. And then she spent quite a while pounding on the gate. It is the unrelenting part that leads me to suspect that Erin has a hand in it. Unrelenting is a signature Erin move.
2. Kinsey spoke her first word: Uh oh. Now, whenever she wants to get anyone's attention, she just says uh oh. And she says it over and over and over. See #1 and that unrelenting thing. She was so proud of herself, and so happy to be able to communicate. I swear her whole demeanor got sunnier after that (see the picture below for the new, sunnier Kinsey).
3. We went to the park, and Kinsey walked for the first time!! She took at least 5 steps, one of them being a side step.

So now Kinsey is walking and talking and climbing stairs. We have another visit from Erin tomorrow, so next week it will be Calculus, Philosophy and Paleontology.

Taking the Fashion World By Storm

The newest accessory that has emerged on the latest "it lists" in major fashion magazines is the "Noah Boa". This sought after accessory can only be found on the most famous in Langley. It is rumoured that Brad and Angelina will be looking for one similar for Zahara and Shiloh. Noah has emphatically declared that he wouldn't drape his tail around their kids for all the tea in China. A spokesperson for Brangelina has denied rumours that they plan to adopt Noah.