I am such a slacker

I really do need t be better about updating this, oh well such is the life of a mom. I thought I would do a recap posting of what India has been up to lately.

• Bye bye game-Earlier this week, India and I were hanging out in her room playing. At some point India went to her door and walked out shutting the door behind her. Less than one second later she opened the door and yelled/laughed while running into my arms. She probably did this 10 times and thought it was funnier each time. Later that night Jeff even caught her doing it with her stuffed animals. She will still play the game with me, but it is not quite as fun for her as the first time.
• Jackey-India loves to go places, and if you even mention that, you might be leaving to go somewhere or say the word “go” she starts yelling jackey (jacket) and shoes until you put them on her. This is fine if you are actually planning to go somewhere in the near future, but typically we have just said “go.” Last week I actually had to hide one of her jackets from her as she was so upset that I would not put it on her and throwing herself on the floor. I would get her calmed down, but as soon as she saw the coat again she was back to having a fit.
• Glasses-We have our appointment next week to find out if the glasses are doing the trick or if she will need a second surgery. Cross your fingers that the glasses are working.

Interview with India

Glasses girl

I have been quite the slacker with blogging lately, oh well.  In late November, early December Jeff and I noticed that India’s eyes were crossing from time to time.  It seemed to be just when she was really tired or trying to focus on something close up.  We made an appointment to see the Dr. in late January.  We were not able to see her normal Dr. but his partner who thought that we should try glasses on India before jumping in to another surgery.  When she had the surgery last year they did tell us that on average people had to have 2.1 surgeries to correct the cross eyes.  Her eyes had been looking great at all over her appointments up to this point, so we were more than happy to try glasses. 

I took India to a local children’s eye care center to be fitted for her new look.  She cried and screamed the entire time, so when they called me a week later to say that the glasses were ready to be picked up I thought I was going to be in for a fight.  India provided me wrong once again, and just loved wearing them.  I think it helped that there was a ton of people in the place that kept saying how cute she looked.  She has had the glasses for a little over a week now, and while she is good about wearing them there are times when it is a struggle to keep them on.  She likes to hang out in our bedroom and when she sees herself in the mirror 9 times out of 10 she will rip the glasses off her head.  However, she is good about when I ask her where they are to bring them to me. 

 

House of sickness

Jeff has the flu and India has pinkeye and an ear infection.  Wow, what fun times.  This is India's first time with any real sickness.  

Knock please!

So it has happened, India is now a "keep my door shut" kind of a girl.  She spent most of the afternoon in her room and every time I tried to keep the door open, she would quickly shut it.  There is not a door knob on her door yet, so I was able to watch her through the hole in the door.  She was just playing, but it was cute that she wanted the door shut to do so.

Baby it's cold outside

It is even colder when you have just returned from a week of being in Palm Springs.  We made our second trip to California with India.  The plane rides get better and better each time, but there is still a lot of high pitched screaming.  The people in front of us on the way home said that they thought that she could be a soprano singer.  Although we had a great time on the trip, India's sleeping habits were horrible.  She would wake up for at least an hour and a half each night before going back to sleep.  After a few nights I realized that she had some teeth coming in.  

India got to play in the pool a couple of times.  She really enjoys the water.  The second time we took her in she did a sweet face plant right into the water.  Oops, Jeff grabbed her right away, but it was scary and funny all at the same time.  I was able to catch the whole thing on tape though.  

We went hiking a couple of times, and had India on Jeff's back.  She slept for the most part but when she was awake did seem to enjoy being outdoors.  I felt bad that we were having to take her back to the land of rain and gray.  

She really took to my parents.  She hadn't seen them in a couple of months, so I wasn't sure if she would take a while to warm up.  By the end of the week I think she would have rather gone home with them than us.  But being the mean parents we are; we took her home to Washington. 

Eat your vegetables!

We always try to have India eat some vegetable before the rest of her dinner.  The easiest and quickest way is just to cook up some organic frozen vegetables, you know the ones carrots, peas, corn and green beans.  India eats it all, but it's the way she does that is so funny.  She has to eat them by color.

1. Carrots
2. Corn
3. Peas and green beans

Every time, it's the same thing.  So cute.