Thursday, February 14, 2008

What Is It With Child #3?

When I was pregnant with Caroline and the sonographer told me I was having a little girl, I instantly thought she would be as easygoing and compliant as Caitlin was. Someone forgot to inform Caroline of that though. I can honestly say that she has been my biggest challenge. She does things that the other two never even thought of doing. John wonders why the house isn't as clean as we'd both like it to be--and he wonders why I'm pulling my hair out on a daily basis.
Caroline has these things in her favor: she's tall, she's not afraid of ANYTHING, and she has an older brother to teach her things. Those are NOT in my favor--did I mention that?
Here is what I'm dealing with:
Remember how I blogged recently about Caroline falling and hitting her mouth on the dining room chair? Oh it's only gotten worse now. She learned how to get out of the pack-n-play, I caught her sitting on top of the wooden kitchen set that the kids got for Christmas, she scales the stairs when I'm not looking (and yes, I put a baby gate up there too but she figured out how to climb over that), and now for the grand finale---she learned how to get out of her crib!!! I was downstairs early this morning making breakfast and getting the other two kids ready, when I heard a loud THUD from upstairs. That's right, she climbed out of the crib, fell on her bottom, and was sitting there crying when I came in the room. SHEESH! Needless to say, I will be making a trip to Babies R Us today for either a crib tent or a new baby gate for her room. I love her to pieces, but I have a feeling I won't be getting much done around the house while she's awake. Little does she know what she has coming---next I'm going to get the monkey backpack and put the tail around the dining room table leg so she can't escape. Maybe that way I can at least potty without worrying about her falling off of something. Ok, so now I'm including some pics of the Valentine's Day overalls that I made for her. Isn't she cute?!?



2 comments:

Jill said...

Caroline is such a doll. She will be keeping you on your toes for a while! I love these overalls. How cute!!!

Anonymous said...

Okay, those overalls are absolutely beautiful!!! Were they hard to make?? Caroline is a determined little one, but no one can EVER say she is just dang adorable!!!!!!! Teresa