Scare

Beebster scared the crap out of me today. Or, as Maddie would say, she scared the "cap" out of me.

We went to the playground in the afternoon and there was nobody there. So, Maddie and Faith were in heaven chasing after each other and running from the smaller playground to the bigger playground. Faith started running after Maddie on the paved path to the bigger playground, and of course tripped and fell flat as a pancake. Her face took the fall. To be more exact, her nose and "musbeard" (as Donovan would say) took the brunt of the fall. I ran to pick her up since it looked pretty bad, and she was hysterical. When Beebster gets hysterical she does not scream with a voice, but instead screams silently if that makes any sense. There was complete silence and I knew she was building up the biggest Beebster screech ever.

Rather than letting out that biggest Beebster screech, she instead fainted. Her eyes rolled into the very back of her head while I held her, and I panicked. I tossed her to Dan and she was completely limp with her eyes rolled into the back of her head for about 10 seconds. They were the longest 10 seconds of our lives. She finally came to and started crying and crying and crying. It took her a good while to calm down and be our Beebster again. She clung to Dan and then cried for "Momma" and I held her forever.

Trivial stuff compared to what other people go through with their kids hurting themselves much worse, but yet still such a scare for both Dan and I. I hope I never have to experience that again. Her little nose is so red and swollen, and also bruised. It looks like she's got a mustache because of the scrape above her lip. It definitely looked better though by the time she went to bed, and I am so grateful that she's a happy little Beebster again.

'Peepin' in the potty'

Beebster LOVES this little doll that they sell these days that sits on the toilet and says little phrases like "Peepin' in the potty." She presses the button on this little doll about 30-40 times if we're at a store that sells these dolls. Well, little Beebster pooped in the toilet again on Sunday. Total fluke, but pooped nonetheless. She definitely has developed some correlation between feeling wet or having pooped, and knowing that that means an instinct to go to the bathroom. She'll grab her diaper and say "Momma, ess" and wants changed right away, and usually likes to sit on the toilet and then flush. It just so happened that on Sunday she did this after having peed, and then pooped while she sat on the toilet. I think it will be a gradual process with the little Beebster for sure, but I'm still proud of her for feeling the urge to start the process.

She had quite the weekend. On Saturday we went out to Donovan and Ella's pumpkin farm. Faith and Maddie had a blast. They love rides, and Faith insisted on not sitting in Maddie's lap for the tractor ride. She did great, and waved to us. She went in the cornstalk tunnel with Aunt Lisi, Donovan, and Maddie and then got to jump in the big bounce. This was by far her most favorite part. Not to mention the little woman got to see tons of dairy cows with calves, goats, donkeys, llamas, and sheep. The littlest woman LOVES farm animals. She shouts "boooooo" to the cows when she sees them (her 'moooo!') and "baaaa" to the sheep. Of course she waved "Bah" to the entire farm when we left and kissed everything goodbye.

On Sunday we went to Lancaster for Gampa's birthday party. We stopped to see Grammy, and Faith finally pet Chloe (who she loves and yet fears at the same time). Faith has been pointing Nene, Gampa, and Grammy out in pictures for a few months now and says "Nene." She loves going over there. 

And, tonight she was quite the character as usual for bedtime. We heard some play cell phones going off about 10 minutes after Dan had tucked them into bed. I went in to find Maddie on the floor with her chante (pillow) and a blanket and Faith sitting by the bins playing figures and opening and closing their Disney cell phones. She has now started doing what Maddie used to do at this age when she knew she was doing something she wasn't supposed to be doing, and quick hit the floor as fast as she could and pretended to be asleep. It's hilarious. I got her a little pillow and put her next to Maddie on the floor, and told them 'goodnight' again. Thirty minutes later, and Dan and I hear some chattering again. We peeked through the crack of the door and saw Maddie passed out sleeping on the floor, and Faith playing with Mickey and friends and setting them up in the dollhouse. 

I love my little character!

Cute little 'thorn'

Littlest woman was a thorn in my side today. Hahaha.

Two things went wrong today according to Beebster: 1) blankie had to be washed, and 2) Da-da was not here.

First thing's first: blankie. After lunch Faith was sitting on blankie looking at some DisneyWorld brochures with Maddie. They were sitting and talking together about the White Rabbit and that you can have a tea party with Alice, the Mad Hatter, and gang in DisneyWorld. Maddie was showing Beebster all the pools that they have there. All was well, and they were lost in conversation while I quick cleaned up the table and put the dishes in the dishwasher. A minute or so later, I notice that there is a lovely brown stain on blankie. Faith's poop had leaked through her diaper while she was sitting there and landed on poor, beloved blankie. Maddie of course starts screaming "Emergency!" and goes directly to the closet to get me a towel. Faith was amused until she realized that I meant what I had said about washing blankie. This was right before naptime, and she knew she wouldn't get to sleep with him. Poor Beebster. After her story, I tried giving her a different blankie but of course that wouldn't do. She cried and cried while I read Maddie her book (and of course Maddie chose a long Frances book today, go figure). I went to get Faith after Maddie's book, and put her in our bed. She conked out within a few minutes. But, of course woke up early after only napping about 45 minutes since she didn't have blankie to sniff while sleeping.

Besides the blankie problem, Beebster is also Da-da obsessed these days. I know it's just a phase that will pass, and obviously she loves her Momma too (her new saying is "Ehhh, Momma!" when she wants to show me something and it's adorable because it sounds Jamaican) but it made for some frustrating moments while we were walking this afternoon. They're both basically fully recovered from their colds, but their noses run while they're active and doing stuff, especially outside. I have to stop every few minutes to wipe Faith's nose especially. It can be slightly embarrassing when we're in public outside and she starts with her trademark Beebster screech followed by the "I want Da-da" while I try to wipe her nose. Along with that, she wanted to push her doll stroller again this afternoon, but after that walk at a slug's pace this morning, I thought better and left it at home. That started the "I want Da-da" again. I don't know if it's so much that she wants Dan, as much as she just gets irritated and takes it out on me. Haha. Anyway, she got to sit in a timeout for about 40 seconds while we were playing at the steps. I don't even remember why she sat there, but she did. And after the 40 seconds I asked her (as usual) "are you going to behave?" and she gave me the biggest bear hug ever with her Beebster smile (and runny nose) saying "Esss!" 

Beebster was a thorn in my side for some of the day today, but what a precious little thorn she is!

Just call her Dan, Jr.

The Beebster is totally Dan's.

Dan's day off, and all Faith wanted was her Da-da. I think it's great, although there are moments where I do get a little sad that she runs to him for everything and then I am the "cruel Momma!" But, for the most part I think it's wonderful. You hear "I want Da-da" probably about 100 times a day. Not to mention, she really is a lot like him too. She has been waving to her carseat lately when she gets out going "awww.. BAH!" to it when we shut the door of the car. Dan said he remembers doing the exact same thing too when he was little. Craziness.

Miss Faith definitely has had a growth spurt within the past month. Not only is her shoe size now between a 4 and a 5 (only about 7 weeks ago she was still fitting her size 2's), but the 12-month pants that we bought her for the fall/winter are just right.. which means, that they will only last this year if I can even get them to last that long. I always like getting stuff big enough so that it lasts more than a year, but I figured we were OK getting 12-month pants since the 6-9 month pants were still big enough around her waist just a few short months ago. Luckily, we did get some 18-month stuff so she'll be OK. It's just crazy to see my little Beebster growing so much these days.

She and Maddie are fixated on "Alice in Wonderland" these days. It's awesome. That was always my favorite Disney when I was little for some reason, and although I thought they might think it was a little boring, they LOVE it just as much as I did. Faith loves the part when Alice cries when she can't fit through the door and goes "awww" and always tilts her head to the side.

And, tonight for bedtime the little Beebster picked a Sesame Street book and took it to Dan saying "I want to read this." Jarbled Beebster language of course, but "I want to read this" nonetheless. It was awesome!