our morning routine

after we get baby out of her crib, our morning follows a pretty basic routine.  baby normally takes off running around the hallway and guest room upstairs to get some energy out.

huge nighttime diaper.  almost looks like cloth it's so big.

then she gets a fresh diaper and clothes.  it's typical that she picks out at least one element of her outfit.  i pick out the rest to match it which often results in a tantrum of some sort.  this child has got major opinions about what she wears.  anyways, then she puts her diaper in the diaper pail without me even asking.

for some reason she picked out her pink snow boots for today.   i call them her moon boots.

and she checks out the toilet.  always.  lots of interest in that lately.

then when i start to go downstairs, if she doesn't already have her hair done, she'll normally tell me that that's what she wants to do before we head down for breakfast.  this is the drawer with her comb and rubber bands.

she sits on the counter and combs through her hair.

her left hand is holding the teeny tiny rubber band.

and then she normally attempts to lay the rubber band on her head, just willing it to form it's own ponytail.

like so.

and then i step in to actually form the ponytail and make her give me loves and hugs and kisses in front of the mirror before we go down to breakfast.

she normally takes a few detours and scopes stuff out... like my unattended laptop.  whenever she finds something off limits she says "nooooo" and "no touch" repeatedly while she touches it.

and then her oatmeal is normally outside cooling down on the back patio (i make it before i go up to get her) but she's always anxious to get eating.

this morning, since i'd already laid out some fruit, she didn't waste time pawing at the sliding glass door at her outside oatmeal.

straight for the banana.  go figure.

she polished off the entire banana in about two minutes flat.  then when she got in her chair, she ate all of the kiwi and most of her bowl of oatmeal.  breakfast of champions for sure.

tune in tomorrow for part two of this ever exciting morning!

ha, i crack myself up.