Maddox woke up with the fever she's had for the past couple of days. No overnight recovery miracles. She was zoned out and lethargic as you can see. Happy Birthday poor baby.
Here's pictures of M's new room, decorated to match her name letters and her cross, both of which she's had since she was born. I wanted something recognizable to her in her new room.
After spending awhile in bed to let the ibuprofen set in, eat about 3 mandarin orange bites, and wake up we got her up to go see her new room and open one present before we left for the circus in Greensboro. I don't think she quite got that this room was HER new room. Yeah yeah, pretty room mom . . . HEY, what's that?? A kitchen??
We keep saying "new bed" in your "new room" and she'll say that now too. As the day wore on and she spent more time in there I think she's realizing it's actually hers. Or the kitchen just keeps drawing her in since that's where she kept disappearing to all afternoon. I'm not going to press changing beds right now since she's sick. And besides, the baby won't be in the actual crib until probably August or September since she'll sleep in a
basinette in our room for a few months. Maddox has plenty of time to become accustomed, but being willing to sleep through the night in her big bed by my due date would be nice.
She chose one present to open which turned out to be a good one for the car ride. Lots of buttons to push and explore.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus is pretty fancy! It's not quite the circus I saw as a kid at St. Joe's Civic Arena! It's very modern and such a show, never a dull moment!
Here's pictures of M's new room, decorated to match her name letters and her cross, both of which she's had since she was born. I wanted something recognizable to her in her new room.
After spending awhile in bed to let the ibuprofen set in, eat about 3 mandarin orange bites, and wake up we got her up to go see her new room and open one present before we left for the circus in Greensboro. I don't think she quite got that this room was HER new room. Yeah yeah, pretty room mom . . . HEY, what's that?? A kitchen??
We keep saying "new bed" in your "new room" and she'll say that now too. As the day wore on and she spent more time in there I think she's realizing it's actually hers. Or the kitchen just keeps drawing her in since that's where she kept disappearing to all afternoon. I'm not going to press changing beds right now since she's sick. And besides, the baby won't be in the actual crib until probably August or September since she'll sleep in a basinette in our room for a few months. Maddox has plenty of time to become accustomed, but being willing to sleep through the night in her big bed by my due date would be nice.
She chose one present to open which turned out to be a good one for the car ride. Lots of buttons to push and explore.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus is pretty fancy! It's not quite the circus I saw as a kid at St. Joe's Civic Arena! It's very modern and such a show, never a dull moment!
Cuddly, but taking it all in.
I think Maddox's favorite thing was the elephants. Every time one would come out she would point at it. Of course, that was my favorite too (as any animal act is). It brings out the animal trainer in me. There was even a dog in one act that was carried in a basket by an elephant, jumped on the little horses, and other little tricks to which I said "Jessi could SO do that! She could be a circus dog!"
There were these crazy acrobats that did all sorts of tricks on trampolines and just made it all look so easy!
About the last 20 minutes of the circus Maddox started to act a little more energetic. She was willing to get off a lap and danced and watched in front of us.
When it was all over Maddox kept saying "All done?" over and over. She refused to put on her coat (which she never does [isn't that strange for a toddler?]) and then cried. I guess even though she was not very outwardly excited about it, probably not having the energy to act that way, she really enjoyed the circus. I knew, for such an inquisitive mind, she would love watching all the activity and could probably watch this show many times before she was willing to leave. From a mom's point of view though, it was so nice to finally take MY daughter to the circus. To expose MY daughter to something so new and neat to her. And yet there's so much more in the world to show her! 
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