Just Some Wren

Wren Wren is trying to stand on her own a lot these days. If you are wondering when I think walking will happen, I will say it only once: I don't know. And I am in no rush for it to happen, because she is quite mobile as it is and she is growing up too fast :) Her first birthday is just a few weeks away....

I am making some of the decorations, so we will see how that goes. I can't wait to her to dig into her very own cupcake! I recently saw in a magazine that they melted marshmallows on the tops of cupcakes for fast icing. I wonder how that would taste? 

I found Wrennie standing over here by the door the other day, and it was cute to me so I took a picture. She has this look on her face all the time now like, "uh oh" because more often than not, she is getting into something she shouldn't. (Maybe we should move things off of the shelf?..nah.) So she gives me guilty face when I come around a corner. Just guilty of being cute this time.

Stack some blocks, and then watch how fast Wren will crawl over to knock them down! It's her favourite thing to do with anyone. You will be her new best friend.

On November 2 she was standing by the stool in the kitchen, let go, and tried to take a step!
This past month it has seemed like she has started to do a million things all of a sudden. Saying words when asked. She will do these little grunts when you ask her "What does a puppy say?". She started to do some baby sign language for "more" and "all done".

I wish she was sleeping better. It's almost like it's getting worse. She wakes up for a 1am feed, and then might wake up again around 4 or 5am and need to be fed again. If we let her cry too long sometimes and she gets really upset, she will throw up. I have tried feeding her less, but she will just wake up again for more. It's fairly frustrating to me. And exhausting. I read Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution, and I guess we were basically doing that method as it was. We pat Wren's bum, or bounce the mattress gently to help her to sleep...but now she has to have that to fall asleep. I can let her cry it out for naps quite easily. It's nighttime that we take a big step backwards.

 I start work in less than two weeks and thank goodness only one day do I have to start at 9am. I am so thankful for my job and how flexible and accommodating it is. The other bonus is that the entire staff is female. Okay there is one guy floating around somewhere, but other than that, it's a lot of university students, married women and moms- more of the latter I think, so you can imagine that if something is going on with your kid, lots of them will understand. I may just need to invest in some heavy duty face cream- I can't believe how tired my face looks sometimes when I catch my reflection in a mirror at the mall, or someone else's house..sheesh!

I will be working Mondays (11-7) Wednesdays (1-9) and Fridays (9-5). The hours aren't set in stone, but how nice? 3 days of work. 2 weekdays home with Wren. Weekends as a family. I can handle that :)

And it's November, so in our family we have a monstrous amount of birthdays. This week is Kyle, Jordan, and my sister Andrea. Happy Birthday to the uncles and aunty!

P.S. You may have noticed my blogging has slowed down, and it will continue to do so once I am back at work. But I will try to keep up somewhat with new photos and updates!