Spring is coming, slowly but surely. There are more and more days when we can play outside! (This pic is Luna plastered against the window saying, "Lemme out! Lemme out!") Luna is loving exploring a whole new world (aka, the backyard), and I'm enjoying being able to hang the laundry outside again. I was getting sick of my clothes smelling like last night's dinner! The crocuses are up and its time to trim the hedges and mow the lawn already. Its funny to think that when I go home for a visit on May 9, I'll get to experience spring all over again!
Things have been up and down here. G has been home with us a lot over the last couple of weeks, as he's had some troubles at work. He doesn't like me to discuss him or his job online, so I'll hold my tongue, but I'll just say I hate his job and I wish he had a safer one.
Luna still hesitates to take any steps on her own, though she grows more and more frustrated at her limitations every day. I cannot wait for that day when she finally decides to throw caution to the wind and give it a go! She's going through another difficult eating phase, and more of her food has ended up on the floor than in her tummy lately. Makes me wish I fed her the jarred stuff, because spending a half hour freshly preparing wholesome and delicious food only to see it thrown on the floor is a bit maddening. Saying "no" is only a challenge to our little stubborn diva, so we're TRYING to ignore the behavior in the hopes that she'll grow tired of it. That is sooooo hard. Especially right after I've washed the floors! LOL She's LOVING her books lately, even more than usual. She's initiated morning story time in addition to the normal bedtime story time, and I simply cannot change her diaper in the morning until she has nursed and had a story. We've been leaving some of her board books on the coffee table, and she spends ages standing there "reading" them (she likes to turn the pages and lift the flaps). She also loves to read on the potty...
Yup, I said the potty! We're not potty training, but we're doing some EC (Elimination Communication). We've been doing it for about 2 weeks now, and she's already peed in the potty three times and even pooped once! (Hey, if you don't wanna hear the gory details, read another blog! LOL) Its a no pressure thing, we just put her on her potty after meals and before her bath, give her a book, and she sits there for awhile until she gets bored. When she holds out her hands to be picked up, its over, she gets a congratulatory hug (and loud cheering and whistles if she actually goes) and a new diaper. She is soooo cute sitting there reading on the potty!
I've started going to a knitting group on Wednesday nights, whenever G can get the night off to stay with Luna. Its at a knitting shop in Sint Truiden, and with the help of the owner, I've started a sweater - certainly the biggest knitting project I've undertaken so far! Its been nice to get out of the house and meet new people, even if I am unable to talk to most of them because of the language barrier. I know the one woman who I go with, and the owner of the shop and a couple of the other ladies also speak English, so I manage. This sweater will be lucky to be completed by the time Luna graduates from school, but I'm trying!
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