Since she was born, Little Button has been sleeping in our room each night, to ease the mid-night feedings. She has developed her own bedtime routine and has been unable recently to go down for the night outside her normal routine, which includes me holding/rocking her, turning on the music, and placing her in her Pack ‘n’ Play in our room. She’ll take a nap anywhere but she will not go to sleep for the night anywhere but in her Pack ‘n’ Play.

I just put her down for the night in her crib in the nursery and she actually went to sleep. Score.

On the not-so-cool side, the new nanny quit today. Once again, we’re looking for a daytime solution for our daughter so I don’t have to quit my job to be a SAHM. Fabulous.

To her credit, it wasn’t really her fault. She’s on maternity leave and recently found out while resigning from her teaching job that she’s under contract with her school district and if she quits, the State of Texas will revoke her license and she’ll never be able to teach in that district again. Surprise.

It just plain sucks for everybody.

The YMCA, performed by a troupe of clowns? What was that?

Oh, and I TOTALLY heart Andre Bocelli.

But could Ricky Marting lip sync any more obviously? Seriously now.

U.S. Motto Has A Hollow Ring

“I’m comfortable with what I’ve accomplished, including at the Olympics,” Bode Miller says. “I came in here to race as hard as I could. That was my obligation to myself.”

Hmm…from the hype and the advertisements, I figured he came in there to win. Or at least to FINISH THE RACES. But that’s just me.

My ears are ringing. It seems that every few days, Little Button discovers a new quality to her voice. The other day it was squealing at the top of her lungs. Every time she got excited about something, she would emit a high-pitched shriek at approximately 150 decibels. Cute.

Today she discovered that she can make the same noise when she’s irritated about something and make us jump out of our skin. Not so cute. She broke all the glass in the house at nap time. She apparently wasn’t in the mood for nap time. Or bed time tonight. I think I’m finally starting to regain the hearing in my left ear.

Democrats Fail to Find Message

I like this article. How come the Brittish can see so much more clearly what’s going on in our country than we can? Benefit of being removed, I suppose.

But seriously, with Bush’s declining approval rates, the democrats are squandering the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the republicans, such as with the Ports deal - something that cannot be reasonably defended, and they’re hardly making a fuss about it. Instead, they’re clowning around and focusing their attention on things that don’t matter at all, like Cheney’s hunting accident. What a waste.