Somersaults and Negotiations

Yesterday Kaylee demonstrated that she can do somersaults now! It was so amazing and cute to see her flipping her way across the living room floor - so independent, so flexible, ... such a big girl!

I am doing the opposite of Kaylee, my physical abilities are regressing. I am in the 'beached whale' portion of pregnancy. I feel like I should hibernate and retain as much energy as possible. I feel tired, and hot and crabby. Swimming helps. It is a relief to be weightless and I feel "normal" again. Sometimes I have boughts of energy, those "nesting" urges. Then I feel like I can climb a mountain! I think about doing things I shouldn't do like climbing the counters and cleaning the tops of cabinets, but of course I resist the urge. But I have learned I have to be careful during those boughts of energy to not overdo it and not injure myself. Because afterwards a couple of times, I have paid the price with backaches or just a total and utter loss of all energy (and engagements with the family).

Something I meant to blog about for a while and haven't is Kaylee's way of 'negotiating'. I haven't mentioned that her tantrums have subsided quite a bit from what they were - especially the very embarassing public variety of them. That's not to say that she doesn't still have them from time to time. She does - esp. when tired or frustrated, or right after being told "no" and realizing we really mean it (not all times, but when she really wants something bad). But now a new thing she does is when we say like for example, "No, don't run your fingernails on the couch." She will look at us, gently stroking the couch with her fingertips and smile slyly saying, "Just a little bit???" or "Softly?" or "Gently?"