Here you go!

Spacemama: Anna, will you bring daddy this napkin?
Anna to SpaceDaddy: "Here you go!"

Spacemama to SpaceDaddy: Did she just say "here you go?"

Cute.

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Tonight she actually slept hard enough for me to clip her long claws without me having to duck and run, flashlight covered, which is the usual light-sleeper tossing and turning I face during sleep-based nail-trimming attempts.

She is still extra clingy, especially to me, but on several occasions she's wanted BOTH of us present. She hasn't had any sleeping and nap issues (separation anxiety) and her nose is clearing up some. I made it to the parent's chapel at her school yesterday, just in time to make it back to NASA for an important meeting. Remind me to post pictures on Monday of the Anna at parent's chapel last year versus this year. It's amazing how fast these little boogers develop.

My head has still been hurting off and on with the sinus infection but I think it's improving. It's a good thing Anna has still been the awesomely happy, goofy, silly toddler she has since we've all reunited. I wonder if her good behavior is a honeymoon phase, sure to resort back to defiant, uncooperative toddler as soon as the routine and apparent boredom sets back in. You know, the kind you slowly sink back into once reality hits after a really great vacation.

She also understands TONS of what I say to her, including following my directions, even if I think she won't and I say it anyway. That includes discipline. She definitely knows when she's busted.


The weather here has been mercifully cool, and beautiful! It's almost enough to tempt us into attempting a zoo visit tomorrow, but we'll see how it goes. We still have Halloween decorations to put away, and floors and bathrooms to clean.

On that note, Paul doesn't work at the hospital (Weekends) for the rest of the month! Yahoo, weekends can be fun again!

I am still surprised and excited and proud of how well she did while away from us for several nights. This is monumental, folks.

I have noticed the last 2 days that she is smiling and happy alot more. Maybe she was that way before we separated but I am getting a good look at this right now. She was playing with a scarf at the Little Gym today and she was just genuinely happy. It's that big smile. We peeked into the back seat tonight on the way home from Cafe Express and she was all silly smiles. When she smiles, she means it. She is happy. We must be doing something right. Or at least she's OK with it.