Nap Confusion

Well, we're not quite sure what's been going on with Bethany's naps lately. The past few days it seems she's regressed to taking 3 naps instead of 2. She's taken 2 naps since she was 5 months old and I loved the 2 nap schedule. So I was a little disappointed when she decided that she was sleepy at about 8:30 these past few days. Anyway, today it was at about 9 am that she seemed sleepy so I fixed her bottle (which she would normally have at about 10) and put her down for a nap and she then proceeded to talk to Ears, squeal, play, cry, sleep, cry, sleep, until she fell asleep for good at about 9:50. She slept until 11:15. So this pretty much screwed up any chance of that after lunch nap which meant she had to make it until about 3 so she wouldn't be up so long before bedtime. So we drove to the mall after lunch to walk around (today was one of those days where the clouds just sat over the valley making the humidity unbearable). As I was about to leave, I heard instruments tuning up. The Royal Hawaiian Band was performing at 2:00! So we stuck around and listened for about 15 minutes (she was soooo tired) but she enjoyed herself for those 15 minutes. It gives me hope for the possibility of taking her to concerts. The drums caught her attention, as did the trombones when they had a big part. And she looked in the direction of the music the WHOLE time. Except when looking at someone next to us to let them know how much fun she was having. So then she slept from 3 until 4:40. Still a long time until the 7:30 bedtime. She gets pretty cranky around 7 but we're so worried that if she goes to sleep at 7 she'll get up before 7am (which would STINK!). So, I guess we'll just have to continue experimenting.

She will climb into my rocking chair very soon. Thank goodness it locks. She puts her hands on my nursing stool, then up to the chair. Then she puts one knee on the stool and stands up on it with the other leg and then stands on the first leg. She is just about to get her knee up on the chair, it's just a little too high right now.

Bethany has this lamb that is praying and when you push his tummy he says the bedtime prayer. She LOVES him! It doesn't matter how upset she is about anything. If you push it, she grins so big! And then she looks at one of us to show us how cute she is! Sometimes she'll hug him after he says, "Amen".

So most days when Nathan comes home, he has to take off his helmet and sunglasses and backpack before she'll even acknowledge he's home. Today, he came in the door and called her name and she made a beeline for him saying, "heeeyyyyy" the whole way. Then she pulled herself up by his shorts and buried her face between his legs. It was SOOOOOO cute!!!!!!!!

She is so much fun!