I let Eleanor crawl around on the bathroom floor while I dress in the mornings, and the other day I heard a splash and looked over and to my complete horror, she was splashing in the toilet!! I had thrown some tp in the toilet and she flung it across the bathroom. Am I a horrible mom???

Eleanor LOVES to dance now. Anytime her toys play music or I sing to her (terrible!), she dances away by bouncing up and down and rocking her head. Every time she dances, I say Dee- Da, Dee-Da as my mom said to us when we were young and that also makes her dance. It is so much fun watching her and knowing that she understands more things around her.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

After a full day of watching the UT game at the Henry's, we went to Aunt Lynne and Caroline's Halloween Party. Eleanor was the star of the party with her crawling and giggling and screaming (her favorite thing to do to get attention). Mom and Dad had too good of a time and decided it was best to spend the night there, so Eleanor camped out in Aunt Caroline's room in her pack n play. The next morning, she had the best time crawling around on blankets and pillows in the living room and having donuts and coffee with the family. She is excited to spend the night with them again soon!

In other news this past week, Eleanor has started crying every time I leave a room. While flattering, she is SO dramatic about it. Between this and crawling I know my hours of free time will be less and less in the coming months!

Saturday was the start of Eleanor Anne's first football season! The Morris fam and the Henrys came over to watch the Longhorns play. Eleanor and Wright got to play and see a little of the game before bedtime. Wright was showing Eleanor all of his crawling and pulling up moves and they were decked out in their UT gear. If Eleanor's personality is anything like her daddy's, this will be her fav time of year!

Eleanor Anne, being the shy girl she is, decided that rolling over was meant for her eyes only. She went down for a nap yesterday afternoon after we returned from Longview. I heard her "I'm awake!" signal (crying) and decided to go and check on her. I found she had rolled over onto her stomach from her back!

We had a fun trip to Longview where Eleanor got to see the Ruston, La. family again and have a nice steak dinner at Superior Steakhouse in Shreveport for her Aunt Lynne's birthday. Her first time in Louisiana was a success because she also accomplished the rare feat of constipation and unconstipation. It appears too much rice cereal leads to blockage but one ounce of prune juice does the trick.

So like her mommy, Eleanor has found a love of wine (or at least the glass!). She grabs for any glass, on the table or in our hands, and pouts when she cannot suck on the rim of it. Too cute, but a little early for the booze!

In other news, Eleanor has successfully let go of the swaddle! We thought the combo of unswaddling, rice cereal and establishing a new wake up time would be difficult, but it went quite well. She is sleeping like the little angel that she is from 7:30pm and to 7:00 am and loves the freedom of being unswaddled. All is going well. Now, if we can just get that rollover to take place under our watch.

So Tuesday was my first day all alone with the wonderous Eleanor because Elizabeth was in the office. I had rented several movies to bide my time while she slept, although Elizabeth has said she does not nap well during the day and occasionally will wake up from a nap about 45 minutes after going to sleep.

The first nap of the day started it off right. She slept 2 and a half hours! She was almost 45 minutes past the time she was supposed to eat. I figured this was a good thing since she should be eating every four hours now instead of every three.

I also thought to myself that this may be the best nap she has all day because the first morning nap usually is. This turned out to be true, but only somewhat. She continually slept 2 hours after feeding and playing for about an hour. I had to actually wake her up for her feeding once more during the day.

This trend stopped Wednesday when our nanny Alisha arrived. Eleanor decided to sleep about one hour at a time for Alisha except of course for the lunchtime nap. Elizabeth and I came home for lunch and while we were there I put her down for a nap. Again, she slept two hours. Apparently, I have the magic touch :)

Back to Tuesday, she completed a half-rollover from stomach to back. I rolled her from her back to her stomach and she kept one arm propped underneath her during this exchange. When she had enough leverage, she actually rolled back over onto her back. It was pretty cool and she was very excited.

I also learned that Eleanor Anne is camera shy. I have no idea where she gets this trait from ;) When I tried to video another rollover, she did not do it. When the end of the day was coming around, she began talking up a storm. I thought it would be great to catch all of this talking on camera, but the moment the camera came on, the talking stopped. She is so smart. She already doesn't want anything she says used against her in the press.

All in all, it was a great day. This Mr. Mom thing is easy. I have no idea why these women complain about staying home with the kids. It's feeding, playing and watching movies. Sounds like the life to me.