Iris in the 5th Dimension
This weekend we had a very nice visit to the Charlotte area to visit Aunt Jackie at her father's home- Iris's unofficial 5th set of grandparents.
As usual, Iris did great during the ~3 hour drive, napping and playing with her toys in the back.. When we arrived she was quick to display both her proficiency at climbing stairs and her new skills at "walking". At this point, "walking" consists of standing up, moving one leg, than falling down. But given something to support her, like a couch or someone's hands, she can walk quite well!
That night after Iris went to bed we burned the midnight oil playing games of Cribbage and Taboo...
Later on, after everyone had gone to sleep, Dada made a big mistake that lead to a very rare difficult night- Iris had woken up slightly and made a peep.. Half-asleep himself and not knowing what time it was (3AM), Dada sat up and started talking to her as he normally would following a nap.. Whereas she probably would have just drifted back off to sleep, this acknowledgment managed to do just the opposite.
For the next couple of hours we struggled with trying to balance getting her to fall back asleep with not waking everyone else up. Every time we left her in the porta-crib, regardless of whether we stayed in the room or left, she'd howl! And the damned porta-crib was so low to the ground that no matter how long we tried to rock her back to sleep, she would always wake up just as she was being laid down.. Eventually we bit the bullet and moved out to sleep on the couch as she howled for what seemed like an eternity before she expired.
To say the least we were very happy to learn the next morning that Iris's antics had not disturbed anyone else! Thank goodness for sound-proof walls!!
Before heading back home, we stopped at the big Charlotte mall with Aunt Jackie and picked up a bunch of new clothes for Iris and took some funny pictures of her in various stores and situations.. See the photo galleries for more..
Thanks Robert and Joan for the fun stay- next time we'll sleep in a different room than Iris!!
As usual, Iris did great during the ~3 hour drive, napping and playing with her toys in the back.. When we arrived she was quick to display both her proficiency at climbing stairs and her new skills at "walking". At this point, "walking" consists of standing up, moving one leg, than falling down. But given something to support her, like a couch or someone's hands, she can walk quite well!
That night after Iris went to bed we burned the midnight oil playing games of Cribbage and Taboo...
Later on, after everyone had gone to sleep, Dada made a big mistake that lead to a very rare difficult night- Iris had woken up slightly and made a peep.. Half-asleep himself and not knowing what time it was (3AM), Dada sat up and started talking to her as he normally would following a nap.. Whereas she probably would have just drifted back off to sleep, this acknowledgment managed to do just the opposite.
For the next couple of hours we struggled with trying to balance getting her to fall back asleep with not waking everyone else up. Every time we left her in the porta-crib, regardless of whether we stayed in the room or left, she'd howl! And the damned porta-crib was so low to the ground that no matter how long we tried to rock her back to sleep, she would always wake up just as she was being laid down.. Eventually we bit the bullet and moved out to sleep on the couch as she howled for what seemed like an eternity before she expired.
To say the least we were very happy to learn the next morning that Iris's antics had not disturbed anyone else! Thank goodness for sound-proof walls!!
Before heading back home, we stopped at the big Charlotte mall with Aunt Jackie and picked up a bunch of new clothes for Iris and took some funny pictures of her in various stores and situations.. See the photo galleries for more..
Thanks Robert and Joan for the fun stay- next time we'll sleep in a different room than Iris!!
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