Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Yay Pictures!
We finally processed the pictures we took for Alli's 15 month photo shoot.
We really love her big toothy smile, and wouldn't you know this was the only shot where we captured it fully!
We really love her big toothy smile, and wouldn't you know this was the only shot where we captured it fully!
Friday, August 28, 2009
The Wellness Check
So Alli and I went in today for her 15 month wellness check. Here are her stats:
Height: 29.5" (18th percentile)
Weight: 19.2 lbs (4th percentile!)
Head Circumference: 17.8" (25th percentile)
So we have a short, skinny, big-headed baby! hahaha just kidding.
We were really hoping for 20 lbs though so we could turn her carseat around. Oh well. Maybe by 18 months...
Alli did a great job being examined. When they needed to look into her ears, I picked her up and told her to lay her head on my shoulder, which she did, and stayed very, very still. Perfect! She did that on both sides and even laid still so Joelle could listen to her breathing. And when we were done with that, she lifted her head up and looked at Joelle and said "thank you". AWWWWW!!!! We both were caught up in her sweetness with that one!
On another note, today I decided to introduce Alli to her stuffed animal shelf. It's pretty high so she's never really noticed them. This morning she went after the black lab stuffed animal, which I thought was oh so cute since it looks just like Bagheera. At nap time she pointed to the shelf and I said "sure, you can pick out a friend to nap with." So she did. And I was a little surprised by this choice. A nice, soft cuddly....red lobster!?!?! Clearly she doesn't understand "lobster". :D She hugged it and cuddled it all the same and it just made me laugh.
Height: 29.5" (18th percentile)
Weight: 19.2 lbs (4th percentile!)
Head Circumference: 17.8" (25th percentile)
So we have a short, skinny, big-headed baby! hahaha just kidding.
We were really hoping for 20 lbs though so we could turn her carseat around. Oh well. Maybe by 18 months...
Alli did a great job being examined. When they needed to look into her ears, I picked her up and told her to lay her head on my shoulder, which she did, and stayed very, very still. Perfect! She did that on both sides and even laid still so Joelle could listen to her breathing. And when we were done with that, she lifted her head up and looked at Joelle and said "thank you". AWWWWW!!!! We both were caught up in her sweetness with that one!
On another note, today I decided to introduce Alli to her stuffed animal shelf. It's pretty high so she's never really noticed them. This morning she went after the black lab stuffed animal, which I thought was oh so cute since it looks just like Bagheera. At nap time she pointed to the shelf and I said "sure, you can pick out a friend to nap with." So she did. And I was a little surprised by this choice. A nice, soft cuddly....red lobster!?!?! Clearly she doesn't understand "lobster". :D She hugged it and cuddled it all the same and it just made me laugh.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Alli at 15 Months
I know I haven't posted in a while, it seemed like there was nothing to talk about. Life has been fun, but not changing as much as the weeks in Alli's first year. I suppose that's what happens. But today I was trying to figure out what to blog about and it dawned on me there are some things to mention.
Alli likes showers, baths, swimming...anything to do with water. Right now in the tub we let the water run slowly and she dunks her head under it! We're thinking that came from her times in the shower (we've been very lazy parents and this summer she got many more showers with Mommy than baths.)
If I had to mention a favorite shape, I would say circle. I think it's mostly because she spends all of her time playing with things that are circular - cups, bowls, drink shakers... And if you give her a shape sorter, she only sorts the circle. The other shapes seem to baffle her, although tonight was the first time I saw her put her shapes in correctly for one of her games. That one had circle, square, triangle, and star. I was quite proud of that feet.
Favorite color? Maybe purple? And I only say that because it's the only one she is trying to say. ;) That and we have some beads that she plays with and the ones she carries around the most are the purple ones.
Favorite veggie: peas. Without a doubt.
Favorite fruit: tough one, but I'm going to have to go with mandarin oranges.
Friday the family went to the zoo. Alli was super cute. Finally, she can see the animals. Before, she could only see things if they were moving. Now she can just look and see there is an animal. Everything was a doggie. :D We fed the giraffes and went to the petting zoo to pet the goats. Alli was very happy with the little goats. In fact she went up to most of them, gave them pats on the back, then laid her head on their back, and then kissed them. Kim and I were baffled - how come *we* don't get that much loving!?!?!?
This weekend has been rough in the napping department. Alli woke up from her nap both Saturday and Sunday screaming. It took us a little bit to realize what was happening since we couldn't calm her down. Teething. Molars... So we got the baby oragel and put it on her gums. While doing that, I felt a couple of points on both upper sides, so part of the upper teeth have broken through. I couldn't feel anything on the lower, so I'm sure we'll be in for more pain later.
Hopefully pictures soon. We took some for her "15 month" and are planning on going through them.
Alli likes showers, baths, swimming...anything to do with water. Right now in the tub we let the water run slowly and she dunks her head under it! We're thinking that came from her times in the shower (we've been very lazy parents and this summer she got many more showers with Mommy than baths.)
If I had to mention a favorite shape, I would say circle. I think it's mostly because she spends all of her time playing with things that are circular - cups, bowls, drink shakers... And if you give her a shape sorter, she only sorts the circle. The other shapes seem to baffle her, although tonight was the first time I saw her put her shapes in correctly for one of her games. That one had circle, square, triangle, and star. I was quite proud of that feet.
Favorite color? Maybe purple? And I only say that because it's the only one she is trying to say. ;) That and we have some beads that she plays with and the ones she carries around the most are the purple ones.
Favorite veggie: peas. Without a doubt.
Favorite fruit: tough one, but I'm going to have to go with mandarin oranges.
Friday the family went to the zoo. Alli was super cute. Finally, she can see the animals. Before, she could only see things if they were moving. Now she can just look and see there is an animal. Everything was a doggie. :D We fed the giraffes and went to the petting zoo to pet the goats. Alli was very happy with the little goats. In fact she went up to most of them, gave them pats on the back, then laid her head on their back, and then kissed them. Kim and I were baffled - how come *we* don't get that much loving!?!?!?
This weekend has been rough in the napping department. Alli woke up from her nap both Saturday and Sunday screaming. It took us a little bit to realize what was happening since we couldn't calm her down. Teething. Molars... So we got the baby oragel and put it on her gums. While doing that, I felt a couple of points on both upper sides, so part of the upper teeth have broken through. I couldn't feel anything on the lower, so I'm sure we'll be in for more pain later.
Hopefully pictures soon. We took some for her "15 month" and are planning on going through them.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Love the Music!
This weekend I decided it was time to get a few more toys for Alli. I can't remember the last time I actually went toy shopping for her - not even for her first birthday! (Shhh!!) So Alli and I went to Target to get some things. She's been interested in coloring/writing, so I got her one of those coloring books with special markers so they only write on the coloring book. Wow - expensive! So we started with just 1. And I got her a little travel etcha-sketch. That's a nice easy doodler without having to worry about her coloring everything in the house. I also wanted to get her some musical toys. Well, I might have gotten a little carried away in that department... I really only got her 3 things but...
I got her a drum that when you hit it, it says a letter of the alphabet. It has an English and a Spanish mode. It also has different modes that you can just create music, or make it sound like different drums... And I got her a little xylophone. I like it because it not only has an attached hammer, but it also has buttons that you can hit and they hit the keys from the underside. And then I got her this percussion set... It's a drum (that actually comes with a strap so you can march with it), a harmonica, a tambourine, and some little whistle flute thing. (No, not a recorder flute. It's round. Weird.)
Anyway I put the percussion set in my closet so that she could play with it while we're busy in the bathroom. What I found is she doesn't play with it by herself, but we sure do have fun making music with all of us sitting on the floor in my closet! haha She likes hitting the drum and the tambourine with the sticks (she's got good form!) and she likes handing me the harmonica and then taking it away to give me the little flute thing. It's fun.
In her bedroom, she likes to bang the drum that does the alphabet. But what I noticed is that she hits the drum so that the music starts and then she walks away and plays with other toys. When the drum stops (the automatic shutoff), she walks over, hits it a couple of times til the music starts again, and then walks away. I guess she likes having music in the background as she plays. I find it quite humorous myself.
I got her a drum that when you hit it, it says a letter of the alphabet. It has an English and a Spanish mode. It also has different modes that you can just create music, or make it sound like different drums... And I got her a little xylophone. I like it because it not only has an attached hammer, but it also has buttons that you can hit and they hit the keys from the underside. And then I got her this percussion set... It's a drum (that actually comes with a strap so you can march with it), a harmonica, a tambourine, and some little whistle flute thing. (No, not a recorder flute. It's round. Weird.)
Anyway I put the percussion set in my closet so that she could play with it while we're busy in the bathroom. What I found is she doesn't play with it by herself, but we sure do have fun making music with all of us sitting on the floor in my closet! haha She likes hitting the drum and the tambourine with the sticks (she's got good form!) and she likes handing me the harmonica and then taking it away to give me the little flute thing. It's fun.
In her bedroom, she likes to bang the drum that does the alphabet. But what I noticed is that she hits the drum so that the music starts and then she walks away and plays with other toys. When the drum stops (the automatic shutoff), she walks over, hits it a couple of times til the music starts again, and then walks away. I guess she likes having music in the background as she plays. I find it quite humorous myself.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
A Couple More Words I had Forgotten...
How could I forget these words:
Hi
Milk (although this one is really hard to understand)
"all done"
And of course "uh-oh".
I'm sure she has more but they aren't discernable. :)
Hi
Milk (although this one is really hard to understand)
"all done"
And of course "uh-oh".
I'm sure she has more but they aren't discernable. :)
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Alli's Vocabulary
I thought I would jot down some of the words that Alli knows:
Up
More
Cheers (yes, we like to clink our cups together and cheers and then drink)
Mommy
Daddy
Doggy (or Baggy, can't really tell)
And then there is this phrase:
"Ashes, Ashes, all fall down!"
I would say we are just guessing at that phrase as she walks around babbling it, but she did it in the swimming pool in Payson over the 4th of July weekend and I said "are you doing Ashes, Ashes?" and another mommy said "sounds like it to me".
And we think she is reciting some of her ABC's, in her own special way. :)
Tonight I let her explore her "independence". I decided to give her a bowl of baby food with the spoon and just let her feed herself while I made the rest of our real dinner. She actually did pretty good - dipping the spoon in the bowl and then putting it into her mouth. Of course, by the time I finished dinner prep and then went over to the table, I found she was also using it to paint, splatter the dog, and rub through her hair. :D Everyone got a bath after dinner, including the high chair.
But then she showed me just how smart she is. After bath I put her in her diaper but didn't put her jammies on - I left them on the floor of her bedroom. After playing for a while in her bedroom, then living room, then kitchen, she walked away into her room. I was still in the kitchen picking up and she came walking back with her jammies. I thought "Wow, she's decided she wants to go to bed? Or she's cold and knows this will warm her up?" But as I got her dressed a smell came to my nose and a new thought... "I pooped and I know that I need to be changed, so here are my clothes." I'm gonna guess it's the latter, which makes me pretty impressed at her understanding of things at (almost) 14 months old. So proud!
Up
More
Cheers (yes, we like to clink our cups together and cheers and then drink)
Mommy
Daddy
Doggy (or Baggy, can't really tell)
And then there is this phrase:
"Ashes, Ashes, all fall down!"
I would say we are just guessing at that phrase as she walks around babbling it, but she did it in the swimming pool in Payson over the 4th of July weekend and I said "are you doing Ashes, Ashes?" and another mommy said "sounds like it to me".
And we think she is reciting some of her ABC's, in her own special way. :)
Tonight I let her explore her "independence". I decided to give her a bowl of baby food with the spoon and just let her feed herself while I made the rest of our real dinner. She actually did pretty good - dipping the spoon in the bowl and then putting it into her mouth. Of course, by the time I finished dinner prep and then went over to the table, I found she was also using it to paint, splatter the dog, and rub through her hair. :D Everyone got a bath after dinner, including the high chair.
But then she showed me just how smart she is. After bath I put her in her diaper but didn't put her jammies on - I left them on the floor of her bedroom. After playing for a while in her bedroom, then living room, then kitchen, she walked away into her room. I was still in the kitchen picking up and she came walking back with her jammies. I thought "Wow, she's decided she wants to go to bed? Or she's cold and knows this will warm her up?" But as I got her dressed a smell came to my nose and a new thought... "I pooped and I know that I need to be changed, so here are my clothes." I'm gonna guess it's the latter, which makes me pretty impressed at her understanding of things at (almost) 14 months old. So proud!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
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