coming in from the cold

A bunch of wonderful things happened today.  Michelle went out and ate with her friend.  Marissa ate all her food.  It was fried rice and chicken.  I then bribed her with a 'carrot' and she took a poop.  At lunch we were listening to my tablet and  Bob Marley's coming in from the cold song came on.  I got some good video of her dancing to it.  She was pretending to be cold and not just hugging herself in the video.  After lunch we went up to her new treehouse and played for a little while.  She is so good at being careful moving up and down the stairs.  Mercury went up there with us today and Marissa was hugging her pretty good.  I gave Marissa a peapod from the front yard and she said more.  She loves fresh peas.  I found about two or three more pods then said can't find anymore.  She went on the hunt all hunched over examining every plant.  She yelled out "theres one papa" and before I could she ripped it from the vine.  I had to open it for her and she let out a 'mmmmmmm'   I bet it was more satisfying because she found it herself.  I brought her rocking chair outside and she was loving it.  She rocked back and forth for about 10 minutes.  A neighbor came by with two big dogs down our sidewalk and Marissa ran up to the stairs.  Good girl !  Michelle and I got some more good video of her dancing to "coming from the cold".

potty training gone wrong

Marissa is doing so good.  She went in her little potty 4 times today.  Then things went wrong.  She stopped wanting to go and she came screaming in her room with poop on her sock.  I went to the living room to check it out and discovered a huge pile of poop.  It was 1/3 the size of a pop can.  I took her in the bath and gave her a spraying down.  I threw her socks in the toilet and let them soak.  I started the bath and grabbed a paper towel to pick up the poop.  When I picked it up I ran back into the bathroom I traded the socks in the toilet with the poop from the living room.  It wouldn't even flush!

The family bumps

We have this old kitchen table that my parents gave me.  It's an expandable table where the table can split in the middle and have another section added.  The important thing is the table has two metal rails on the bottom side.  The metal rails have sharp corners.  When a little person turns two the rails are the perfect height for a head bump.  My brother and I bumped our heads on this table when we were just toddlers and now my daughter just did.  It's touching.  Here is this little person we made who is starting down the same journey that I did.  My wife and I live 120 miles away from my parents.  My brother is in the house we grew up in with his wife and daughter.  She will trip on the same little step from the kitchen to utility room, try climbing in the same cupboards, and experience many other things my brother and I did.  We have the table and maybe one day my daughter will be a mother watching her young one bump their head in the same spot we did.

Little nap

Today is Saturday and we just got back from shopping. Before that we were taking a nap. Marissa slept for three hours in the bed with us. It was the best sleep I ever got.  When I woke up I turned to my side and saw Marissa sleeping with one of her eyes partially open.  I guess she can sleep with her eyes open like a marine.  Before we went to sleep there was a great deal of chaos in the house. She was constipated.  She was saying in her crib and started screaming. There was a giant turd stuck and it wasn't coming out.  Michelle put a wipe on her finger and tried getting the poop out. I was still napping. Marissa passed the poop and we all took a nap together in our bed.

impossibly cute

Michelle had to work the late shift at work.  I got off at 4 that day, and volunteered to pick Marissa up from daycare.  The building has 4 windows in her room.  They are all low level windows so the short people can see outside.  The entry is in the front of the building so if you want inside you must walk by the windows.  Marissa saw me right away.  She pressed her little face up to the glass and started screaming papa.  I couldn't wait to grab her.  To get in a person must punch in their parent code, and check out their kids using a computer.  I remembered my password today and when I opened the door to Marissa's room she was right there waiting for me.  She looked up and screamed "papa".  I couldn't be more proud.  I picked her up, got her coat and report card and headed out.  A little girl who was maybe 3 or 4 looked up and said "Your daughter is sooo pretty".  I didn't know what to say except thanks and so are you.  The 3 year old girl said "I lover her hair , she looks just like *** in the cartoon ****".  I can't remember the cartoon she said or the character.  I'd love my daughter just as much if she wasn't the cutest little human on the planet but the fact is I don't have to wonder about it because she is and she knows it.

We went out for food tonight.  We was my Marissa, my wife and myself.  We went to Ming's House for some chinese food.  It started off a little bumpy.  Marissa wouldn't eat any crab rangoon.  She'd say 'hot' and just nibble at it.  Once it cooled down she ate almost an entire piece.  The pieces are giant and are about the size of my wallet.  Michelle ordered a plate of crab rangoon and a seafood dinner.  We sat in a corner of the restaurant.  The restaurant was pretty small and was 3 times smaller than the smallest burger king i'd ever been in.  There were glass windows all around and my baby could see her reflection which she loved.  Towards the end of the meal she was standing up while eating white rice and opening her mouth.  She was looking at the rice reflection in her mouth.  What a little stinker.

Michelle kept saying how Marissa needed a bath.  We got home and she stripped Marissa down to her birthday suit.  She just got done eating some old craisins that were on her changing table and I was a little worried about that.  She was acting really cute being free of her clothes.  She was tapping her little feet on the hardwood floor and being a fun loving little kid.

Tomorrow we're visiting a new doctor who is going to put tubes in her ears.

daughter super collider

With the mass of 14,000 paper clips this giant ball of energy is hurling a hamper around the living room.  There is an innocent dolly on board!  She was making a little engine noise.  vruuum vruuum  I taught her that.  Last night I put her in a hamper and pushed her around making the vruuum vruuuuuum noise.  She loves the excitement and I got a little worried for her later in life.  I hope she grows out of this dangerous stage.