Remind Me to Tell You About the Grocery Store Killer

Avery wakes up in between 3 and 5 every morning. It is hard to describe what happens during the first few moments of hearing that little chirp on the monitor. Usually I just roll over and in a sad little voice ask Casey if he will get up to go get her. Lucky me, he always does, but not before a few groggy sounds or grumbles- and both of us have still not opened our eyes. We don't know what time it is, just that it's dark and we are getting farther away from sleep.

The night before last, this routine happened again and before getting up to go to Avery's room, Casey tells me to remind him to tell me about the grocery store killer. Ok, I said.

We have both been having very long and detailed dreams and it has become a normal part of the morning to share these crazy subconscious movies we star in. Last night Avery was sitting on a bar stool calling me Lindsay and forming complete sentences in perfectly enunciated English. Casey's dream involved a crazed lunatic who lived in a grocery store that he used to lure people in and murder them. Once they had their carts full they were sent to the back where there was a man selling tickets to a carnival, their shopping cart was taken from them and all of their items returned to the shelves for the next customer/victim. I have been wondering if we've always dreamed this much or if waking up in the middle of every dream lately has just helped us be able to remember them.

In other news, Avery seems to be getting bored with breast feeding. The nipples on all of her bottles have big holes that allow her to inhale 6 ounces of milk in no time flat. Breast feeding takes at least twice the time, and about two minutes into it she ends up getting distracted by other sounds or movements in the room. She'll be seven months old this month so perhaps it's time to completely ween her of teet privileges.

She holds her own bottle when she eats, is pooping three times a day - which usually dirties at least one outfit per day (daycare calls this a "blow out"), and has become an expert at Yoga's downward dog position.