The Bedtime Blues

So I took my poor daughter to the sitter this morning without her blankie. Yikes! Poor sitter and poor baby. My daughter will not nap without her blankie. She needs to suck on it to fall asleep. My sitter was beyond herself. She even gave Aixah a towel to suck on, hahaha. Then when I went to pick her up this evening I brought her to my mother's house, which is what I usually do on Thursdays since Victor gets home so late (see, it's 10 PM and he's not home yet), and there was no blankie at my mother's house either. So my poor daughter was exhausted and crabby because she hasn't slept, but she was such a sport, she didn't throw any major fits. But as soon as we got home and she saw her crib...OMG, she was so excited. There were all her blankets, about four of them. She dove head first into her crib and stuffed as much fabric as she could into her mouth. She is so content. She didn't even protest when I walked out of the bedroom. You want to know what the cutest thing is? Just a little while ago she called out to me, and in the cutest little voice she said, Good Niiii

I love to hear her speak. I'm working on teaching her to say, "I love you." She says, I dido a. I know, sounds nothing like I love you, but it's funny, cuz she'll imitate the way I say it and she moves her head emphatically as she says it and then smiles, like she understands what is being said. I'll post a video of this as soon as I can.

And just to make sure that everyone gets a good laugh, Aixah decided to try on a bra.

At first she wasn't sure what to do with it. She wore it like a hat. She wore it like a purse. And then she finally settled for wearing it across her chest. Funny, girl.

Well, tomorrow is my day with her. All day, sigh. We'll see if I'll be speaking as lovingly about her as I am now. I also have a conference call tomorrow with my supervisor and the editors from the proj--of course the call couldn't wait until Monday morning when I'm actually in the office. Nope, that would be too easy. I just hope that Aixah is napping by the time Bossman calls, ugh.