Morella is in her room right now doing her morning quiet time. She isn't being quiet. It's alternating between talking and whining. She has been quite a challenge lately. I mean sickness aside, now that she is better she is still retaining some of that "everyone must be in the same room at the same time!" And "I want up!" and "I want down!" and "I'm hungry! But not for that!" and "The "________" scares me!" and "I'm tired!" with "No wait, I'm not tired!"

The pediatrician, and all the literature suggests that when they turn one they kind of go through a phase like this. I think since all of Morella's previous phases have seemed so mild, I expected this to be much the same. But she's taken that whole separation, uncertainty about everything to a whole new level. I am taking comfort in a few things though:

1. She's not sick (that we know of)
2. She is eating and drinking.
3. She is going through a developmental growth spurt and will emerge smarter than ever in a few days/weeks.

In other news, Thanksgiving was pretty good. The food was excellent and Morella just gobbled up that turkey like no bodies business -- once we got home! Sheesh. The mashed potatos were some of the best I've ever had. I was disappointed about not making a pie -- but we remedied that last night. I made the crusts and Tim made the sweet potato filling (from scratch!!!, like boiling potatoes and everything), while I put up the Christmas tree, moved furniture around to accommodate it, put together a little tree for Morella and watched one of Tim's favorite movies from his childhood streaming over xbox live -- Flash Gordon.

It was a really nice night! So far I would say that this Thanksgiving weekend is going great. It's just what I needed to rest and recharge after this crazy month.

I am going to make tacos for lunch. Tim is thawing the ground turkey right now.

----hours later ---

So much for that quiet time turning into a nap. Now we are trying again but after lunch. We had tacos she had a quesadilla she didn't touch, blueberries and shredded cheese -- oh and applesauce. Geez. Can a baby live on berries alone?! She is taking her nap now whether she likes it or not. ;)

Oh I was also going to talk about how I went out shopping yesterday and it was great. I was by myself. I was admist the hordes of shoppers -- sometimes being large crowds really soothes me. But only if I am by myself.

Tim just started up gears of war -- it's the perfect thing to do on a holiday weekend in the afternoon, don't you think? More later. I have to download some pictures too.