Butterflies

When I was little, my parents would sometimes call me "Madam Butterfly" and I remember absolutely loving this nickname. Naturally, when Rachel came along I instinctively began to call her "Butterfly".

While we were on vacation and Rachel stayed with her Terry grandparents, Geri found these adorable pants and got them because they had butterflies:

This is our new "thing" in the morning. I'll set Rachel on the floor after feeding her some applesauce and she immediately goes over to her crib to try to pull her pacifier out of the crib as well as her blanket. She LOVES snuggling into a blanket. From the time she was an infant she's liked to touch soft things to her forehead. It used to be my hand she'll pull to her face. Then the cloth diaper. Now it's the pajamas I've just taken off of her, whatever blanket is close by, even a bib sometimes. It's how she tells me she's sleepy or she's comfy. And I love it!

A few other things she's doing that I haven't remembered to blog is that she loves music. And most of the time when she hears it she'll smile and clap her hands. Sometimes she'll bounce like she's dancing.

Oh - and I have the pictures of her big boo boo:

I'm grateful it didn't bleed, but it did bruise something horrible. I'm just glad she didn't hurt her eye! This week she also got another accident report. She apparently fell and hit a bookshelf hard enough that it made the inside of her mouth bleed. Poor toddler who toddles!

Yesterday before we left for the morning she kept trying to climb on her new horse that Connie got her for her birthday. And she giggled and cooed when I put her on it and pushed her around the living room. She LOVES being pushed on the horse or her little red car. I can tell when we bring her home from day care and she'll play for just a little bit before bed that she's happier. I think the one big nap a day is working well for her. Last night was the first night in a while that I've seen her just eat and eat and eat. Typically she'll be squirming to get out of her high chair after about 10 minutes. She ate turkey, cheese, and entire banana and some graham crackers. We're very blessed to have such a good eater!!

Her little "tantrums" have started to become fewer and far between....but I have a sinking feeling it's a calm before the storm. She'll be throwing really big fits before too much longer, so I'm enjoying the little tantrums and the fact that they seem to be subsiding for now.