So much is going on these days and it's hard to keep up with all the changes. Every since we went to Branson with Grandma and PopPop at the beginning of the month, the chattering has exploded. Isla can put 2-4 words together...."where'd it go?" "where's the pig?" Every day there seems to be new phrases and words.
We're still having fussy times with getting dressed and changing diapers. I think it's mostly that she doesn't want to take the time and slow down to do such mundane things. She'd much rather look at her books (especially the animal books), color, or steal Momma's phone or the 'mote.
Sleeping is going okay. She cries out during the night some, but usually we check the video monitor and she hasn't really moved. Occasionally we'll have to go check on her--last night P went in to check on her and she told him "no, no, no" and laid back down. She let him put her blanket back on her and went back to sleep.
She's pretty attached to the chenille blanket her godmother made her. She wants to play with it sometimes, but doesn't really carry it around. For the most part, it stays here but we take it to Grandma's when we spend the night there. Grandma forgot to send it back last week and it wasn't a big deal, but this week when we had it here but it hadn't made it back to Isla's room, she didn't get to sleep when Momma remembered and took it in there.
PopPop is still her favorite person. We pull up into my parent's driveway and before I can even get out of the car, she starts saying PopPop. We'll go inside and she'll go to my mom but immediately start looking over her shoulder for PopPop.
She's also a big fan of her Mimi, but P's mom moved back to Washington state this week. Isla's really going to miss her.
Grandma's been teaching Isla things. You can ask Isla who she loves and she'll start naming Momma, Daddy, MiMi, PopPop.... Sometimes you get the whole list, sometimes she sticks with one or two. A few days ago I asked her and she said "Momma." I asked who else? She said "him" and pointed to her Daddy.
So sleepy! Early bedtime--more updates later!!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Great Weekend!
We took Grandma and PopPop to Branson over the weekend. Isla did so well for the long car ride! She kept putting them in the backseat next to her and jabbered and jabbered and jabbered. We stopped in Springfield at the zoo. It's a fairly small zoo, but very clean, nice, and not crowded at all. Plus they had electric scooters for rent so my mom was able to stay off her feet. We all had a great time--I'll post pictures later.
The second day of our trip we noticed a HUGE difference in Isla's speech and language. She was parroting everything my parents said, putting together new combinations of words, and speaking more clearly. She even got hippopotamus and kookaburra out fairly clearly! Of course, "PopPop" was said many times. She did well while we did some shopping and sat still for the first half of a variety comedy show we went to see. The magician in the show kept letting birds fly overhead so she LOVED that. After intermission, we moved to the back which was a good thing--no birds in the second half. She and I had to leave the theater 10 minutes before the end of the 2 hour show. I was so thrilled with how well she behaved!
Sunday we went to Butterfly Palace and she got to see many butterflies flying all around us. The place was really neat, but overpriced. Still, she had fun and we got some great pictures.
Today we were back in the car all morning again--she slept almost half the way home but before that, she kept wanting momma to sing more and more. She's learned gestures for Wheels on the Bus at daycare and also likes If You're Happy and You Know It. She tries to sing along to other songs which is so cute. Oh, and I've started to sing Apples and Bananas to her while she's eating and she's actually eating those two fruits now! Yeah!
One thing she's doing that I'm not so thrilled about is asking for the TV to be on. Some mornings when she's up too early, I've turned on her videos so she'll sit and watch so we can stay in bed a little longer and she has quiet time. She really only seems to want to watch when she's tired, but I'm not sure I like the idea of her asking for that. I guess we'll just watch and make sure she doesn't watch too much TV and make sure we turn it off during normal play time.
Tomorrow it's back to work for momma. I've gotten some of my things to do list done in the past month, but not everything. I think some more structure will be good for me. I'm going to work Tuesdays and Thursdays. This Wednesday it's field trip to the fair with daycare.
The second day of our trip we noticed a HUGE difference in Isla's speech and language. She was parroting everything my parents said, putting together new combinations of words, and speaking more clearly. She even got hippopotamus and kookaburra out fairly clearly! Of course, "PopPop" was said many times. She did well while we did some shopping and sat still for the first half of a variety comedy show we went to see. The magician in the show kept letting birds fly overhead so she LOVED that. After intermission, we moved to the back which was a good thing--no birds in the second half. She and I had to leave the theater 10 minutes before the end of the 2 hour show. I was so thrilled with how well she behaved!
Sunday we went to Butterfly Palace and she got to see many butterflies flying all around us. The place was really neat, but overpriced. Still, she had fun and we got some great pictures.
Today we were back in the car all morning again--she slept almost half the way home but before that, she kept wanting momma to sing more and more. She's learned gestures for Wheels on the Bus at daycare and also likes If You're Happy and You Know It. She tries to sing along to other songs which is so cute. Oh, and I've started to sing Apples and Bananas to her while she's eating and she's actually eating those two fruits now! Yeah!
One thing she's doing that I'm not so thrilled about is asking for the TV to be on. Some mornings when she's up too early, I've turned on her videos so she'll sit and watch so we can stay in bed a little longer and she has quiet time. She really only seems to want to watch when she's tired, but I'm not sure I like the idea of her asking for that. I guess we'll just watch and make sure she doesn't watch too much TV and make sure we turn it off during normal play time.
Tomorrow it's back to work for momma. I've gotten some of my things to do list done in the past month, but not everything. I think some more structure will be good for me. I'm going to work Tuesdays and Thursdays. This Wednesday it's field trip to the fair with daycare.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
...and
She calls Speckles "Nice" most of the time. She's been told many times to be nice to Speckles and it seems to have stuck. Other times she just calls her Dog.
Blogger's been tempermental and won't let me post pictures. Hopefully it resolves soon.
Blogger's been tempermental and won't let me post pictures. Hopefully it resolves soon.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
....and
When we kiss boo-boos we have to kiss each hand. If the ouchie is on her knee, we have to kiss each knee, then each hand. If it's her head, we kiss her head, and each hand. So. Stinking. Cute.
And while I'm here, I'll upload a couple pictures. Cause she's so. stinking. cute.
And while I'm here, I'll upload a couple pictures. Cause she's so. stinking. cute.
Something new each day....
I must find time more often to sit down and record what Isla's doing these days. Each day there's something new and different. Not sure why I don't seem to have time to blog--since I've been off work, I've been helping my Dad, cleaned out the storage room and had a huge garage sale, have been trying to keep the house clean, have let P off of early morning get-up-with-Isla duty, and have been going to the gym six days a week. So much of my things-to-do list remains undone and after next week, I go back to work 2 days a week.
Some tidbits:
One night P and I were watching Toy Story 3 before Isla went to bed. She wasn't really paying attention, but when they go to the incinerator scenes, she started saying "Oh No! Oh NO!" while watching the screen. Guess we shouldn't have been surprised when sleep was interrupted 3 times that night with screaming episodes and once the next night. No more Toy Story before bed. She's really started to like television. I hate that, but it is nice that when she's cranky, we can sit and cuddle and have quiet time watching television.
One of her vidoes has "If you're happy and you know it." I tried to get her to do it last week and she wouldn't, but Monday night I was fixing dinner and noticed her clapping her hands, stomping her feet, and nodding her head to the music coming from the other room. They've been doing the song at daycare. It is SO cute. Must get that recorded!
Speech and language skills are improving daily. Saturday she kept babbling, asking for something. She was obviously saying the same thing repeatedly. Finally I realized it was "more rice. babble, babble. more rice." So I got that baby more rice. Yesterday morning she was playing with the little toy where the animals pop up when they turn a little dial, press a button, etc. She'd put the snimals down and look up me, hold up her hands over her shoulders, palms up, and ask "Go?" Last night she sat on P's lap pointing things out as he'd ask here where the window, kitchen, couch, etc were.
She will get a box of cereal out of the pantry and hand it to me. If she wants it with milk, she goes to another cabinet, points and says "bowl." If she just wants it dry, she just gives me the box.
A couple days ago, I was pretty sure she told me something was green. It was. She has a little puzzle set that has a picture on one side and the corresponding piece is primarily just that color. She's been matching those up for a few weeks now. She doesn't know that one is blue, but she knows it's the blue whale. We're trying to identify as much as we can by color. The kid is a sponge.
I'm sure there are other tidbits I want to remember that I can't think of right now. I added a couple of things when I read over this to proof it. There will probably be more little "oh yeah, forgot that" posts in the next few days.
Some tidbits:
One night P and I were watching Toy Story 3 before Isla went to bed. She wasn't really paying attention, but when they go to the incinerator scenes, she started saying "Oh No! Oh NO!" while watching the screen. Guess we shouldn't have been surprised when sleep was interrupted 3 times that night with screaming episodes and once the next night. No more Toy Story before bed. She's really started to like television. I hate that, but it is nice that when she's cranky, we can sit and cuddle and have quiet time watching television.
One of her vidoes has "If you're happy and you know it." I tried to get her to do it last week and she wouldn't, but Monday night I was fixing dinner and noticed her clapping her hands, stomping her feet, and nodding her head to the music coming from the other room. They've been doing the song at daycare. It is SO cute. Must get that recorded!
Speech and language skills are improving daily. Saturday she kept babbling, asking for something. She was obviously saying the same thing repeatedly. Finally I realized it was "more rice. babble, babble. more rice." So I got that baby more rice. Yesterday morning she was playing with the little toy where the animals pop up when they turn a little dial, press a button, etc. She'd put the snimals down and look up me, hold up her hands over her shoulders, palms up, and ask "Go?" Last night she sat on P's lap pointing things out as he'd ask here where the window, kitchen, couch, etc were.
She will get a box of cereal out of the pantry and hand it to me. If she wants it with milk, she goes to another cabinet, points and says "bowl." If she just wants it dry, she just gives me the box.
A couple days ago, I was pretty sure she told me something was green. It was. She has a little puzzle set that has a picture on one side and the corresponding piece is primarily just that color. She's been matching those up for a few weeks now. She doesn't know that one is blue, but she knows it's the blue whale. We're trying to identify as much as we can by color. The kid is a sponge.
I'm sure there are other tidbits I want to remember that I can't think of right now. I added a couple of things when I read over this to proof it. There will probably be more little "oh yeah, forgot that" posts in the next few days.
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