Thursday night we were trying to name off all Isla's words for PAT, then again at her 15 month well baby Friday. She's adding new ones all the time, but here are the words we can come up with that she says now:
momma (rarely, and not relative to me)
daddy (sometimes meaning him, sometimes not)
hi
bye
dog (leaves off the g)
book
read
bucket
bowl
eyes
no
yeah
milk (no -lk)
duck
In addition, she signs milk, more, and eat.
Pretty good for a kid that's supposed to have 3-5 words!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Pictures for class....and Winston
These look pretty grainy on here when they are compressed to the smaller size. Not sure why--they look more clear when opened.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Daddy and Baby
Isla and P have been hanging out on Monday nights while I take a photography class. Last night I get a TM about the time class starts that says "your daughter found my belly button and won't let me be." She thought it was hilarious to lift his shirt and tickle his belly. Wish I'd seen it--she wouldn't do it tonight.
We forgot to take the Winston picture today so for the first time since the "fresh out of the womb" picture, the monthly anniversary picture wasn't taken on the 12th. We'll do that tomorrow.
I took Isla to see my parents and my mom's aunt L today. On the way there, Isla was able to reach a box of wet wipes. When we got there, I opened the car door and the. whole. box. of wipes. had been pulled out, one by one, and discarded in the seat. She was SO proud of herself when momma saw what she did!
We forgot to take the Winston picture today so for the first time since the "fresh out of the womb" picture, the monthly anniversary picture wasn't taken on the 12th. We'll do that tomorrow.
I took Isla to see my parents and my mom's aunt L today. On the way there, Isla was able to reach a box of wet wipes. When we got there, I opened the car door and the. whole. box. of wipes. had been pulled out, one by one, and discarded in the seat. She was SO proud of herself when momma saw what she did!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
THERE it is!
We couldn't find the cordless phone last night. We checked the couch cushions, under the couch, in the magazine boxes--no phone. I looked in the toybox and didn't see it in there either. The cleaning lady was here today...still no phone. Then tonight Isla is in the floor playing with her picnic basket and pulls out the phone. So glad "we" found it!
Tonight I went to a dinner at church for the teen mommies at our local high school. A couple of the other ladies who work with this ministry have little ones just younger than Isla. Both those little boys were there and it was so funny to see them running around. They are both more steady and confident on their feet than Isla is. Isla is getting more steady and last night she bent over and picked something up, then righted herself. I don't think she's stood up with pulling or at least touching something else, but she's been pretty close to it. She'll be running around soon enough.
Tuesday night we had a really sweet cuddle time at bedtime. She doesn't usually want to be held and rocked at bedtime anymore, but she let me that night. She even let me cradle her. She looked up into my face, smiling, patting me....really humoring momma. sigh. So sweet. When I laid her down, she didn't fuss, just went on to sleep.
Wednesday night, she screamed. And screamed. Oh well.
Tonight I went to a dinner at church for the teen mommies at our local high school. A couple of the other ladies who work with this ministry have little ones just younger than Isla. Both those little boys were there and it was so funny to see them running around. They are both more steady and confident on their feet than Isla is. Isla is getting more steady and last night she bent over and picked something up, then righted herself. I don't think she's stood up with pulling or at least touching something else, but she's been pretty close to it. She'll be running around soon enough.
Tuesday night we had a really sweet cuddle time at bedtime. She doesn't usually want to be held and rocked at bedtime anymore, but she let me that night. She even let me cradle her. She looked up into my face, smiling, patting me....really humoring momma. sigh. So sweet. When I laid her down, she didn't fuss, just went on to sleep.
Wednesday night, she screamed. And screamed. Oh well.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Pictures, pictures...
I promise, when she started getting mad, I put down the camera and helped her.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Updates....
Baby kissy face isn't kissy face so much lately. Momma can barely get a kiss at all but I do get hugs. Daddy gets some kisses but no hugs. One of her teachers said it's the same way at daycare--Ms. B gets hugs, Ms. N gets kisses.
It's no longer an assumption that Isla will cry when I leave her at daycare in the mornings. I think we had 4 out of 5 days with no tears this week. One day I even got a smile and wave as I left. And yesterday when I went to pick her up, she looked at me and kept on playing. When I asked if she wanted to go with me, she shook her head no. I'm so glad she seems to like her daycare! The teachers are all wonderful with her. In the next month or two she'll be able to move up to the 1-2 year old class since....
She's a walker now! A couple weeks ago she realized what this walking thing is all about. She still likes hanging on to fingers sometimes, but she can walk across the room on her own. She's wobbly, but is pretty good about squatting down when she feels herself loosing her balance.
Wednesday night I had her stripped down for her bath. She moved her potty chair into the middle of the floor and was trying to back up to it, looking over her shoulder, squatting, totally going to miss it when she went down. I lined it up for her and let her sit herself on it. Then she stood up and waddled out of the bathroom. Patrick said she made it to the living room before he brought her back. I let her loose again tonight naked and she LOVED it. Once I got her diaper back on her, she kept pulling at it, trying to get it off, voicing her displeasure. Cute little naked baby butt.
Isla has an ear infection. I didn't think she needed to go to the doctor but P thought she did so I took her Tuesday. Glad I did. She doesn't seem to be hurting with her ear so hopefully we'll get it cleared up before it really bothers her. I'm not sure if it's her first infection or not. We went to urgent care several weeks ago and the doctor said her ear was red. Not sure if it was just a little red or if it was infected. She's been coughing some, but her humidifier keeps it under control most nights.
There's so much I want to get done this weekend and I have zero energy to do any of it. Someone came and mowed tonight so hopefully I can finish cleaning up the backyard tomorrow and we can build the raised garden box I want to use this year. I didn't plant anything last year but year before last I had a bunch of tomato plants and a few other things. The ground and dirt here isn't horrible for growing stuff, but it's not great. I thought it might be easier and work a bit better to try the raised garden box and fill it with top soil mixed with compost. We'll see how that goes. Sunday we're going to St. Louis with some friends for a Cardinals game. Will be fun, but when am I going to do laundry and put up LAST week's laundry?
Last weekend was supposed to be a romantic weekend away with spa day and a nice stay at an Inn in Hermann. Well, my mom can't babysit right now so Isla ended up going with us. We cancelled the spa day and stopped at the Magic House in St. Louis instead. It was a lot of fun, but I think every kid in the county was on spring break and there since the weather wasn't appropriate for spring type activities. Then Saturday it started snowing! Isla hadn't had an easy nice Friday so we'd debating leaving Saturday instead of staying until Sunday. Once the snow started, we thought we'd leave town before it got bad. TOO LATE! Horrible trip leaving Hermann--at one point the car in front of us slid off the road and we almost hit them. Then we were stuck on the highway while a pick-up truck kept trying to make it up a hill, only to keep sliding EVERYWHERE. After an hour or so, we finally made it to Washington (25 miles away from her starting point) and checked into a Super 8. Isla's giggle box got turned on and she had a blast at the motel! With the stress of driving gone, we had a lot of fun being snowed in at a hotel....at the end of MARCH! We got up Sunday morning to clear roads and came on home.
Guess I'm about done writing--I'm going to fall asleep if I keep it up. I'll read over this and edit it later. I'll try to post some pics tonight. M and I are taking a photography class so I had photography "homework" to do tonight. Hopefully I can learn a lot in this class, then try to do some online tutorials like Pioneer Woman and have all kinds of wonderful pics of my beautiful little girl!
Later--
It's no longer an assumption that Isla will cry when I leave her at daycare in the mornings. I think we had 4 out of 5 days with no tears this week. One day I even got a smile and wave as I left. And yesterday when I went to pick her up, she looked at me and kept on playing. When I asked if she wanted to go with me, she shook her head no. I'm so glad she seems to like her daycare! The teachers are all wonderful with her. In the next month or two she'll be able to move up to the 1-2 year old class since....
She's a walker now! A couple weeks ago she realized what this walking thing is all about. She still likes hanging on to fingers sometimes, but she can walk across the room on her own. She's wobbly, but is pretty good about squatting down when she feels herself loosing her balance.
Wednesday night I had her stripped down for her bath. She moved her potty chair into the middle of the floor and was trying to back up to it, looking over her shoulder, squatting, totally going to miss it when she went down. I lined it up for her and let her sit herself on it. Then she stood up and waddled out of the bathroom. Patrick said she made it to the living room before he brought her back. I let her loose again tonight naked and she LOVED it. Once I got her diaper back on her, she kept pulling at it, trying to get it off, voicing her displeasure. Cute little naked baby butt.
Isla has an ear infection. I didn't think she needed to go to the doctor but P thought she did so I took her Tuesday. Glad I did. She doesn't seem to be hurting with her ear so hopefully we'll get it cleared up before it really bothers her. I'm not sure if it's her first infection or not. We went to urgent care several weeks ago and the doctor said her ear was red. Not sure if it was just a little red or if it was infected. She's been coughing some, but her humidifier keeps it under control most nights.
There's so much I want to get done this weekend and I have zero energy to do any of it. Someone came and mowed tonight so hopefully I can finish cleaning up the backyard tomorrow and we can build the raised garden box I want to use this year. I didn't plant anything last year but year before last I had a bunch of tomato plants and a few other things. The ground and dirt here isn't horrible for growing stuff, but it's not great. I thought it might be easier and work a bit better to try the raised garden box and fill it with top soil mixed with compost. We'll see how that goes. Sunday we're going to St. Louis with some friends for a Cardinals game. Will be fun, but when am I going to do laundry and put up LAST week's laundry?
Last weekend was supposed to be a romantic weekend away with spa day and a nice stay at an Inn in Hermann. Well, my mom can't babysit right now so Isla ended up going with us. We cancelled the spa day and stopped at the Magic House in St. Louis instead. It was a lot of fun, but I think every kid in the county was on spring break and there since the weather wasn't appropriate for spring type activities. Then Saturday it started snowing! Isla hadn't had an easy nice Friday so we'd debating leaving Saturday instead of staying until Sunday. Once the snow started, we thought we'd leave town before it got bad. TOO LATE! Horrible trip leaving Hermann--at one point the car in front of us slid off the road and we almost hit them. Then we were stuck on the highway while a pick-up truck kept trying to make it up a hill, only to keep sliding EVERYWHERE. After an hour or so, we finally made it to Washington (25 miles away from her starting point) and checked into a Super 8. Isla's giggle box got turned on and she had a blast at the motel! With the stress of driving gone, we had a lot of fun being snowed in at a hotel....at the end of MARCH! We got up Sunday morning to clear roads and came on home.
Guess I'm about done writing--I'm going to fall asleep if I keep it up. I'll read over this and edit it later. I'll try to post some pics tonight. M and I are taking a photography class so I had photography "homework" to do tonight. Hopefully I can learn a lot in this class, then try to do some online tutorials like Pioneer Woman and have all kinds of wonderful pics of my beautiful little girl!
Later--
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