Geek Junior

Happy Birthday!

Rainy day

It rained buckets here yesterday. The sump pump is still working overtime right now.

Hidee Ho!

The last couple of years there has been a Mr. Hankie in our neck of the woods. I first noticed a car that was custom painted with what appeared to be an animated poop. I had to have a double take, but my first fleeting impression was accurate. Then I saw the giant, live Mr. Floatie (yes his name is Mr. Floatie). Now that we live here, I see the poop-mobile nearly every day. Mr. Floatie is always around and tends to show up at public events. The other night on the way home from the train station, we saw him standing in front of Starbucks. In any case, check out the slideshow on this page. I can not imagine going somewhere to get your giant poop costume made, or all the thought on the design. Now this is a person who is dedicated to a cause!

Maturity

Katie turns 3 months today! To celebrate she slept in her crib from 10:30-6:30 last night. She must have received the memo that you can not spoil a baby in the first three months, so she decided to behave.

sweet!

Check this out if you need some entertainment.

Wrap up....

Happy Belated to Tante Anita!!
I did not get my 10-5 last night, but I did get 10-2. Katie then slept until 8:15 (I had to wake her up). She woke me up at 5 , and then I could not stay asleep so I got up for a while. She does this thing in her sleep we call the "hamsterhosentanz". The origin of hamsterhosentanz dates back to last summer when we were camping in Oregon. Our sleeping bags are nylon and make noise when you move around. After our strenous hike to the top of South Sister, I was having trouble getting confortable in the tent and was wiggling around a lot. So Mike created this word to describe what I was doing which appeared to to be the "hamster pants dance" (as if there was a hamster in my pants). So Katie sleeps soundly, but will be wiggling and moving around a lot.
She had a full day yesterday in the city. We went to Stephanie's batism and then to brunch. She did pretty well, but was cooked when we got home. That is when the feeding frenzy commenced. She did sleep in her crib last night, so soon we will get our money's worth!
We had to buy a bike trainer this weekend. We have been taking turns riding or going to the gym, so it will be nice to have something at home. We got to take a ride together on Sat. My bike was in the shop and we needed to pick it up. Oma and grandpa offered to take Katie for a walk and met us at the shop. So that was our first ride together since last fall!

7 Hours

I slept for 7 hours straight last night!

Cover all of the bases...

I see a lot of crappy TV these days. I am amazed that TLC is not satisfied with one show about little people, and how many massive families could they find to have a series about? I just saw an ad for tallest kids, and they were showing the fattest teens last night. How about the most average person?

What a croc...

I think Crocs are ugly. I never was interested in getting them despite the raves I would hear. I had too many kids I treated wearing them, and they never fit. Kids with motor problems with huge and unsupportive shoes that make you trip get my goat as a therapist. I broke down and bought a pair recently for the house. We have hardwood floors, so I got them to wear at home (the floors were hurting my feet and I needed something to slip on). I still do not like them. Yes they are cushy, but they are so wide my feet swim in them. I need a narrow Croc. But that is not my main complaint. Crocs are made for people who do not have this. The crocs have the vent holes, and my toe lines up perfectly with one of them. It gets stuck in there and is annoying! P.S. My toes are actually not as horrible as the ones in the Wiki entry! I feel much better about mine now.

Kuni

Before Katie arrived, we had looked at Mike's family tree for names and found some of the old ones very entertaining. Our favorite was Kunigunde. My mom had heard of Kunigunde, since a church in Detroit was called that. Ann did some research, and it turns out Kunigunde is a Polish Saint. Maybe that is why we were drawn to the name. Well our partial-Polish princess here is going to start thinking her name is Kunigunde. We tend to call her Kuni more than anything else these days!
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.asp?id=1450

Strike!

Katie has been happily drinking from a bottle between the hours of 10-2ish since she was a day old. Suddenly about a week and a half ago, she has been giving Mike a really hard time. One night he had to wake me up since she was hungry and would not drink from the bottle. This latest development really bummed me out. I need other people to be able to feed her, and my 3-4 hours of straight sleep has been essential to my sanity.

I think it coincides with her increased awareness and social aptitude. She now seems to prefer me when she wants to calm down (instead of any warm arms). She is trying to talk more and smiling a lot! I am with her pretty much 24-7. Mike actually fed her while she was lightly sleeping the other day.

So we are going to keep trying. Last night seemed better so there is hope. I have heard of nursing strikes, but never of a bottle strike!

My new past-time is checking out garage sales. I never paid attention to them, but now they are on my radar. I made a big score last weekend. We needed a glider chair or an armchair for the nursery. The gliders are expensive, and they are not really a long term furniture piece you want around. We pulled up to the house, and there was a glider in great condition. Sold!!!! It was funny, because we were joking on the way about the garage sale having everything we needed to buy for the baby and house! Now we need a patio set and a coffee table.

German baby?

In the US we cross our fingers for good luck. In Germany they hold their thumbs for good luck, "Drücken Sie die Daumen!"

I guess Katie is interested in her heritage.

-mw

Bliss

She looks so funny when she is getting burped. She generally just surrenders and sometimes will fall asleep.