Raising Paige

Ok, technically Paige is still the same but she has been changing so much these past few weeks that she seems like a different person. Just the other day she was in our bedroom playing a Zoo game on my wife’s iPad. My wife came in after doing her hair and sat on the bed with us. She stretched her neck from side to side and complained about it being sore. Out of nowhere Paige says ‘Are you ok?’ Yeah, she’s never said that before. We both looked at each other and laughed out loud. She is putting together words more often and speaking more words as well. She has always been a chatter so I’m sure she’ll be talking our ears off by the time she’s two. Raising Paige is about to get crazier. I hope I’m ready for that. J With the Christmas and New Year season finally over it will be nice to settle back into a routine, both for us and for Paige. I hope everyone reading this had a wonderful holiday. Best wishes from us to you in 2018!

Raising Paige makes me feel old and young at the same time. This Christmas was Paige's second, but really the first one she truly experienced. She was able to tear off Christmas wrapping and actually enjoy the festive atmosphere. Watching her open her gifts and see the excitement on her face when she sees a doll or, of course, a snowman just warmed my heart. That's the stuff that makes me feel young. Chasing her around and hearing her (occasional) angry fits, plus getting up in the middle of the night then trying to get back to sleep afterwards, is what makes me feel old. But as the saying goes, you have to take the bad with the good. In this case, the good totally makes it worthwhile. Right now Paige is going through a stage where she doesn't want to eat very much. Well, I should clarify that. She doesn't want to eat very much when she's sitting at the table. She was good these past few weeks at snacking throughout the entire day but if we put her at the tabl...