Ways I Can Tell That She's Tired:

1. When she's sitting up and suddenly just falls over
2. When she burrows her face in the floor
3. When she begins an adventurous expedition but after three paces, stops and just looks at where she was headed
4. When she yawns loudly
5. When she ravagely rubs her face with her hands
6. When she looks drunk while crawling
7. When her head starts nodding off to the side
8. When she starts whining
9. When she actually STOPS playing and CRAWLS up to me
10. When she has that 'million-mile stare'-- just looking nowhere in particular

I was watching her this morning and had this inspiration to write about. she's quite hillarious to watch while getting tired. She actually did every single one of these things this morning. i had no problem getting her to quiet down in her crib, because she literally wore herself out. i had her on the floor, with toys scattered around. she was playing, but yawning and rubbing her face. then she crawled up to me and sat in my lap. then she crawled away again. she was headed to my pile of shoes (which is a no-no), but before i had to move her away, she just stopped and stared at them, as if thinking: i dont feel like putting the effort into going that far to get them. And its absolutely hillarious when she's sitting and then just falls over to the side. Oh my. So, when she looked absolutely drained of all energy, i picked her up. as i carried her to her room, her head kept nodding off to the side, then she jerked it back again, then she nodded off... quite cute.

Some other comments:
Sorry its been so long since i posted. wow, life gets busy.
I'll continue checking on that past post if you still want to get my answers about you.
I have an update about the man around town-- my hubby, erica, and i went to the local farmers market this weekend. we wanted to buy some produce, baked goods, and pick up a wooden highchair for her. WELL, the man around town was there. We were walking behind him. he was within reaching distance! i was so excited. (i'm lame, i know)
She's getting sick. Just a cold. She has a nasty runny nose. I think she has PND (post-nasal drippage), and all that snot is going down into her stomach and making her feel sick-- cuz she spits up alot and its got phlegm in it (sorry-- thats gross).
Sundays are awful. Erica only drank 16 ounces of formula yesterday. Poor girl. She woke up and ate before we left, but not much. We got home at 12:30; she fell asleep in the car, cuz she was awake the whole time we were gone. So, we put her in her crib, and she slept till 4. She had a bottle. Then at 5:30 had her peas and peaches. she took a little 15 minute nap at 6:30. We tried giving her a nightime bottle, but she wouldnt drink it. she finally went to bed then at 9. Wow. What a messed up day.