As parents Ryan and I have expanded our vocabulary in a way that neither of us ever thought would happen. The nicknames and funny words we come up with for Flora and things she does or has is quite hilarious. There are things we say that I could have never imagined we would ever say. Here is a look into our new vocabulary. Some of her nicknames are Honey Girl, Sweet Girl, Rooty toot toot, poopy pants, buddha belly, fussy mussy, cheeky monkey and various others. Some funny words include stinky pew pews, pee pee pants, burpies, explosive bowel, tum tum, diapies, milkies, jammy jammers (toe jam) and many others. We say these things all the time and of course our memory is failing us at this moment. We will add more words on here as we remember them. We also have an arsenal of songs we have come up with just for our little Flora which she enjoys.

I thought that once we got to the third or fourth month we would be on some sort of regular sleeping pattern. Oh No! Little miss Flora likes to keep things exciting and unpredictable. She is just as stubborn as both of her parents and does not like to go to bed. She has figured out that after bath time is bed time. Once Ryan starts to dry her off, she starts to scream. There were a few day a couple of weeks ago where she was sleeping one 7 to 8 hour stretch and then another 3 to 4 hour stretch and we thought that was wonderful. That only lasted about 5 days and now we are back to 3 to 4 hour cycles. I hope she will start developing a more regular sleep schedule to give us a little more rest. This is also a child who does not like to sleep during the day unless we are out and about or she is in my arms.  I didn’t think it was possible that some babies don’t like to sleep. Oh was that a big suprise!

Our little Flora rolled over today!! I missed the first two successful attempts but I finally saw the third time. It was like she knew I wanted to see it so badly and didn’t want to give me the satisfaction of it. I finally caught her the third time. I am so excited to see that she is moving right along with her milestones. Our little ducky is growing up. Next we are going to blink and she will be 16 and getting her license. What will I do with myself? For now we are enjoying every little thing and just can’t get enough of her.

Really digging the illustration style of this book. Lots of clean lines, bold colors and wonderful typography. Created by the talented folks at EightHourDay. Would love to pick it up if it gets published. View images from the book here.

Pretty soon we are going to be saying ‘Flora, no!’

While watching the superbowl this evening I turned to look at Flora only to find that she was hanging halfway off her swing. In her attempt to rollover to her stomach she managed to slide down with her feet dangling off the bottom. I leaped into action to grab her and as soon as I picked her up she started giggling. Guess we need to keep a better eye on her.

She has been trying to roll on to her stomch for a couple weeks now but has been unsuccessful. She manages to make it about 99% of the way but she hasn’t learned to bend the arm that she is rolling on to. As soon as she gets close she rolls back to her back. This desire to rollover has made bath time and the act of changing her diaper that much more exciting.