Not a sign of things to come I hope

When my daughter wakes up in the morning she hangs out in her crib for a while and chatters then calls us when she's ready to get out. Except this morning I was abruptly awoken by the baby monitor relaying this "Mommy, I'm taking my pants off!" She said she didn't want a sleep sack last night (probably because she was plotting the de-pantsing all night) so she was pretty excited to have such free access to clothing for removal. Though I usually like to lounge a few minutes after I wake up I had to immediately go get her because I was afraid diaper might be next and good thing because (as usual) that diaper was full of poop. So I guess we're sliding right into the exhibitionist phase of toddlerhood.

I had an interesting facebook development yesterday. A guy I used to date sent me a friend request. A guy I dated for a year until he abruptly dumped me because he had decided to marry his friend's fiancee. It wasn't like he was the love of my life or anything but still, I felt betrayed. Especially when my friend's husband (who worked with this guy and had set me up with him in the first place) said "well I'm not surprised, he slept with his old girlfriend when we had that business trip to New York." I could tell by my friend's expression that this was the first time she had heard it too and she was pissed at her husband for not telling her. I accepted his invite because, who doesn't want the free access to see how things turned out? I've never seen the woman and I want a glimpse into his life. It's an interesting contrast to some of the other recent friend requests I've gotten. Like a guy I went to high school with but wasn't really friends with and don't ever even recall talking to him. And a guy from law school who I don't remember at all. I understand reaching out to old friends and people you lost touch with but people you don't really know? Just seems weird.

On to something more fun. Today's toddler sized non-suckiness. The toy site oompa.com has some really great stuff. Particularly these Haba blocks. My daughter got two sets of them when she was about 6 months old and she has been playing with them ever since. They're cool because they are brightly colored and some of the blocks have little surprises built in like a bell or kaleidoscope type filter. I love that they are a great toy that grows with your child, we've had bigger kids (aged 5-7) over and even they've even enjoyed building with them. The one downside is that they are equally appealing to our dog, we've fished several pieces out of his mouth so a few of ours have deep dog teeth gouges in them.