State of Play

During the day there's basically three things that happen with Josie. She rolls on the floor. She rolls stuff on her little sit and spin toy. She fights off the desire to nap while attempting to roll of my lap. I'm fearful of the day she realizes how to pull herself up on stuff. She's shaping up to be a world's most diabolical tumbler.

the dream

Now that my daughter seems to be bound to be a good size, I've decided to have her become a women's field hockey superstar. Maybe it's from watching The Belles of St. Trinians. But I think she'll be imposing in a skirt while wielding a stick.

And later she can use her stick to beat off unwanted advances.

car doesn't work

just putting the baby in the car no longer puts her to sleep. i hate it when i lose a shortcut to silence.

Where is he?

As pointed out earlier, the Pampers we use on Josie feature Sesame Street characters on the front. For the Newborns through size two, they had like baby versions of the characters - Big Bird, Cookie monster, Elmo, Grover and Ernie. Now that she's in Size 3, they have them as their normal character sizes. No more muppet babies. But here's what gets me - Where's Bert? Where is the Yellow guy with the conehead? Why won't Pampers put Ernie and Bert together on the same diaper?

Is this their way of avoiding some whacko group claiming that having Ernie and Bert on the same diaper is pushing a homosexual marriage agenda on 6 month old babies? Or has the Bert Is Evil web campaign made them think that Bert really is evil and can't be trusted to capture your baby's poop?

Quit hiding Bert!

the queen

the baby is understand how her wrists work. she spend a lot of time doing a beauty queen wave. i might have to get her a tiara.

ouch my ears

Why do I insist on telling the baby "inside voice" when she whines at level that probably isn't safe outside either. Then again it's not like she's listening that well. I just hope she doesn't make any squirrels go deaf.