Just a quick drive by post of some Lillian cuteness after having past 5 days off with her.
She is getting good at puzzles, the shapes she has almost mastered, including the colors of some of the pieces. The animals seem to be a bit harder for her. I didnt know it but the animal puzzle I got her has a picture of what the animal 'makes' under it like bacon, milk, etc --kinda weird (good thing we arent vegan eh?).
She also is in LOVE LOVE LOVE with elmo. The only real time we ever let her watch is when she was sick and that was while I was holding her, we have only used it as a 'babysitter' when she was small a couple times, I think she watched two baby einstein videos. Of course we watch too much tv, at least in my opinion (that opinion is NOT shared by my darling husband). The daycare has tv on in the morning and afternoon for the older kids that get on and off the bus since that is what they like but now that it is summer I think its a bit more prevalent. Lillian was saying ello for a couple weeks before we realized it was ELMO (thanks to uncle Jason), so to test it out we brought up a sesame street on screen and she went BEZERK ELLO ELLO ELLO LA LA LA. Now we have some elmo toys she loves, I rotate her toys and they happened to be 'out' of rotation, now that they are out she just LOVES them and yesterday she started insisting on taking her hard chicken dance elmo to BED with her LOL! She asks to watch elmo all the time (I am sure the 'he's sleeping trick' wont last much longer). I already know I am fighting a loosing battle with the TV and computer.
Besides Elmo, some of her favorite things are sliding, splashing in her kiddie pool (but not actually sitting in it), coloring is BIG right now, she absolutely adores phones and will beg for your 'hello', she just recently is into a stuffed singing animal that has lights on its chest and says different phrases and sings--she will sing the 'itsy bitsy spider along with it' and talk back to it. She also loves bubbles but they are so messy I broke down and got her a bubble gun so all she has to do is pull the trigger, we will see how that one goes.
She can say all her animal noises, including the bunny for which she tries to move her nose and the fish which she does really cute. She actually has a couple of her colors down to the point of getting them right more often than not, of course her default answer is 'pink' if she doenst know. She counts to three but now her new favorite number is 9 and she often just repeats 2, 9, 2,9 etc--it's cute. She still likes taking wagon and 'beep beep' (little car) rides but she prefers to be doing the walking now and gets impatient after a block or two.
She is such a hoot right now. For some time now if you act like you are sleeping she will wake you up by yelling your name, well now when we 'wake up' she cocks her head over to the side, leaves her eyese WIDE open and goes "shoo, shoo, shoooo" like she is sleeping, she tries not to smile but she always does and it is SOOOO cute, of course then she refuses to be 'woke up' without a full minute of saying her name and tickling--its adorable!
A couple things she JUST started doing is if you want something, like say a kiss and she cant be 'bothered' she will smile and close her eyes like shes making you go away, then she laughs! She also just started saying 'hug' and runs up and gives you a big hug and then says 'luvu mommy' spontaneously---I must admit that melts my heart!
thats all for now, pictures soon!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Daddy Stranger
Jared shaved his facial hair all off over the weekend and when he came out of the bathroom Lillian said, "hi" and waved--just like she does to a stranger. Jared started talking and then Lillian said, "Daddy" and ran over to him. Too funny. She has never seen him without his goatee so we dont think she reckognized him. Luckily she was not scared as I have heard of other toddlers being of a parent with an appearance change. We kept this in mind when I cut a foot+ off my hair and she went and watched so there was no sudden change to adjust to.
Talking Explosion & 18mo checkup
Well Lillian is 19months 1 week and its as if her talking has EXPLODED. I did know there was a point at which this happens but its usually not this young and if this isnt the 'explosion' then MAN we are in for it when it is. I am going to try to update list of words, I'm not sure I can even remember everything now though.
What is more amazing than the words themselves is how she is putting them together. She is routinely using 2-3 words now, yesterday when she woke up (she fell asleep right before we were supposed to go on a walk) and said, "hi daddy, Iwanna wak". Or on her baby monitor if she is figthing sleep I can hear her saying, "nap alllldunnnnn, up, up Iwan up". It is amazing.
We just had her 18month pediatrician appointment and she told the doctor 'thank you' when she gave her something and the ped was shocked and said, "Hey, you arent supposed to be putting 2 words together yet" Jared and I told her that was 'nothing' (she had been doing that at her one year appointment which took place at 13months though it wasnt as clear then it sounded like teetu) and a few things she says and does now and the doctor was very pleased and said she had exceeded her verbal 2 year milestones and was doing excellent.
Her appointment all went well. She got 2 shots so hopefully she is not too crabby today from that. She is under 25% for her weight, under 50% for her height and her head still remains ~90% range.
apple
water
chip
pop
cookie
pretzel
cheerio
blueberry --sounds funny but definately can tell what it is
pickle which sounds like peeeekel
cereal
meat
num num (any other food she wants)
eat
food
all done
all gone
thank you
please (sounds just like cheese and is SO cute)
sorry
hot
cold
pretty
good girl
go
stop
bye bye
no
hi
brush (as in teeth)
nah-night
nap
love you (lowluuu is how it comes out)
where
whatisit (all one word thing she says inquisitively of everything)
choo choo (train)
truck
airplane (apey)
beep beep (car)
wagon
walk
ball
bubbles
book
bike
doggie
kittie
pig
baby
wanna
dont wanna
coat
shoes
socks
hair
buttons
eye
nose
mouth
ear
mommy
daddy
Haley
Katie (2 girls at daycare she LOVES)
sachi
nala (her favorite of our two dogs)
What is more amazing than the words themselves is how she is putting them together. She is routinely using 2-3 words now, yesterday when she woke up (she fell asleep right before we were supposed to go on a walk) and said, "hi daddy, Iwanna wak". Or on her baby monitor if she is figthing sleep I can hear her saying, "nap alllldunnnnn, up, up Iwan up". It is amazing.
We just had her 18month pediatrician appointment and she told the doctor 'thank you' when she gave her something and the ped was shocked and said, "Hey, you arent supposed to be putting 2 words together yet" Jared and I told her that was 'nothing' (she had been doing that at her one year appointment which took place at 13months though it wasnt as clear then it sounded like teetu) and a few things she says and does now and the doctor was very pleased and said she had exceeded her verbal 2 year milestones and was doing excellent.
Her appointment all went well. She got 2 shots so hopefully she is not too crabby today from that. She is under 25% for her weight, under 50% for her height and her head still remains ~90% range.
apple
water
chip
pop
cookie
pretzel
cheerio
blueberry --sounds funny but definately can tell what it is
pickle which sounds like peeeekel
cereal
meat
num num (any other food she wants)
eat
food
all done
all gone
thank you
please (sounds just like cheese and is SO cute)
sorry
hot
cold
pretty
good girl
go
stop
bye bye
no
hi
brush (as in teeth)
nah-night
nap
love you (lowluuu is how it comes out)
where
whatisit (all one word thing she says inquisitively of everything)
choo choo (train)
truck
airplane (apey)
beep beep (car)
wagon
walk
ball
bubbles
book
bike
doggie
kittie
pig
baby
wanna
dont wanna
coat
shoes
socks
hair
buttons
eye
nose
mouth
ear
mommy
daddy
Haley
Katie (2 girls at daycare she LOVES)
sachi
nala (her favorite of our two dogs)
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
18 months
Where has the time gone? Could she really be 1.5 years old? I guess so, a bit older actually she is 1.5 years + 1 week! WOW
Before having kids I always preferred the older toddlers to the babies but then when we had Lillian of course I thought the baby stage was wonderful but the older she gets and the more her personality develops the more fun it gets for both Jared and I. I wonder at what stage I will think ok the last stage was my favorite, because so far it just gets better (not to say there arent times of pre-mobility)---I am sure that time will come before if not by the teen years!
We have a lot of fun here doing nothing. Meaning, we can have fun just sitting there interacting with Lillian, she cracks us up and we cherish her impish grins, devious laughs, and huge smiles. As Jared says, she may look like him but she acts like me! So yes, there is a bit of, a BIG bit of independence and a bit of attitude mixed in. She also talks very well so it is easy to understand most of what she wants but should you not understand--watch out, she gets frustrated and lets you know it....hmm could this be my child?
Lets see she walks, runs (slowly with stumbling still if she gets too fast), she tries to jump but its more bobbing up and down. She can throw a ball but not too easily, she tends to have trouble releasing it. She is good at stairs both holding hands and not though that scares me still but she is getting to where she doesnt want help (imagine that).
She likes to color and does pretty well with teh different colored markers and pens with scribbling. She loves her books and will request them often, she lets you read them but if tired often slams them shut after 2 pages stating, 'all done'. She really loves to sit on teh floor and turn pages and commentate, she does this with my magazines as well and points out every baby, dog, and shoe she can find. Her favorite books are the farm peek a boo (thanks grandma Becky) and baby colors book). She can blow bubbles which she loves but she still likes to try and lick the soap and make faces.
She likes to feed herself, she is ok with teh utensils but mostly with forks she just stabs everything into oblivion without alot of actual food consumption. She is pretty good with the spoons but still often opts for her hands. She can drink from a straw but she still tries to tip cups up AND use the straw which you can imagine doesnt work well as she is constantly telling me its, 'all gone' when it is the least bit empty. She knows when she is going to poop and will tell us she has done so but she is NOT a fan of sitting on potty chair for real, only with her clothes on for about 10 seconds if mommy or daddy are on the big pottie. She is good at brushing her teeth and will do it 10 times a day if you let her.
We do alot of playing outside, she has a sand box and a plastic play house with a slide (which she prefers to climb up the slide and then go down rather than use the stairs), she uses the play house a bit now. The other day she decided she likes to carry sand in a cup to a bucket she leaves in play house to fill it with sand, then once it has sand in it she plays with it in the house--its very industrious and keeps her busy. We have a little sprinkler that is a flower pot and every once in a while a gopher pops up and sprays you with a water gun---she HATES the gopher as its right at shoulder level for her and gets her in the face. Water in general is not a big love of hers, she will splash in it, stand in it, but no real sitting down or laying down yet this summer and she doesnt like water in her face. I am trying to play more in the water with her as I dont want her being afraid of it.
The place where she really excels is TALKING, go figure. She is a big talker and catches on and repeats things very well. She comes up with new words so often it surprises both Jared and I as well as daycare. Like when she started saying, "I burp" after doing so---out of the blue or requesting 'cookie' loudly when daycare lady made them for afternoon snack (note she woke up the next morning requesting these as well, those must have been SOME cookies, hmm another sweet tooth in our family, go figure). Some of my other favorites she surprised us with are "I want down" and "Bye bye kids" the most recent and VERY surprising one was when Jared was with her upstairs and he was asking her where mommy was, he brought her down stairs and said find mommy, I think shes in teh kitchen adn Lillian replied, "where is she" clear as day, to both our shock, as if she has been saying sentences her whole life. She is starting to string 2-3 and occasionally 4 words together, like when she told me, "I wanna eat balls momma" (this surprised me, I twirled around to find she had finished her grapes and was pointing at the fridge wanting more--this was about a month ago) her Iwanna are an all one word type thing she says for most everything and she does an 'Idonwanna' as well with a head shake --just for added clarity apparently.
Lets see if I can get a semi-complete list of words that she routinely initiates on her own (she can copy tons more), some things she says but not routinely I havent put in yet.
Before having kids I always preferred the older toddlers to the babies but then when we had Lillian of course I thought the baby stage was wonderful but the older she gets and the more her personality develops the more fun it gets for both Jared and I. I wonder at what stage I will think ok the last stage was my favorite, because so far it just gets better (not to say there arent times of pre-mobility)---I am sure that time will come before if not by the teen years!
We have a lot of fun here doing nothing. Meaning, we can have fun just sitting there interacting with Lillian, she cracks us up and we cherish her impish grins, devious laughs, and huge smiles. As Jared says, she may look like him but she acts like me! So yes, there is a bit of, a BIG bit of independence and a bit of attitude mixed in. She also talks very well so it is easy to understand most of what she wants but should you not understand--watch out, she gets frustrated and lets you know it....hmm could this be my child?
Lets see she walks, runs (slowly with stumbling still if she gets too fast), she tries to jump but its more bobbing up and down. She can throw a ball but not too easily, she tends to have trouble releasing it. She is good at stairs both holding hands and not though that scares me still but she is getting to where she doesnt want help (imagine that).
She likes to color and does pretty well with teh different colored markers and pens with scribbling. She loves her books and will request them often, she lets you read them but if tired often slams them shut after 2 pages stating, 'all done'. She really loves to sit on teh floor and turn pages and commentate, she does this with my magazines as well and points out every baby, dog, and shoe she can find. Her favorite books are the farm peek a boo (thanks grandma Becky) and baby colors book). She can blow bubbles which she loves but she still likes to try and lick the soap and make faces.
She likes to feed herself, she is ok with teh utensils but mostly with forks she just stabs everything into oblivion without alot of actual food consumption. She is pretty good with the spoons but still often opts for her hands. She can drink from a straw but she still tries to tip cups up AND use the straw which you can imagine doesnt work well as she is constantly telling me its, 'all gone' when it is the least bit empty. She knows when she is going to poop and will tell us she has done so but she is NOT a fan of sitting on potty chair for real, only with her clothes on for about 10 seconds if mommy or daddy are on the big pottie. She is good at brushing her teeth and will do it 10 times a day if you let her.
We do alot of playing outside, she has a sand box and a plastic play house with a slide (which she prefers to climb up the slide and then go down rather than use the stairs), she uses the play house a bit now. The other day she decided she likes to carry sand in a cup to a bucket she leaves in play house to fill it with sand, then once it has sand in it she plays with it in the house--its very industrious and keeps her busy. We have a little sprinkler that is a flower pot and every once in a while a gopher pops up and sprays you with a water gun---she HATES the gopher as its right at shoulder level for her and gets her in the face. Water in general is not a big love of hers, she will splash in it, stand in it, but no real sitting down or laying down yet this summer and she doesnt like water in her face. I am trying to play more in the water with her as I dont want her being afraid of it.
The place where she really excels is TALKING, go figure. She is a big talker and catches on and repeats things very well. She comes up with new words so often it surprises both Jared and I as well as daycare. Like when she started saying, "I burp" after doing so---out of the blue or requesting 'cookie' loudly when daycare lady made them for afternoon snack (note she woke up the next morning requesting these as well, those must have been SOME cookies, hmm another sweet tooth in our family, go figure). Some of my other favorites she surprised us with are "I want down" and "Bye bye kids" the most recent and VERY surprising one was when Jared was with her upstairs and he was asking her where mommy was, he brought her down stairs and said find mommy, I think shes in teh kitchen adn Lillian replied, "where is she" clear as day, to both our shock, as if she has been saying sentences her whole life. She is starting to string 2-3 and occasionally 4 words together, like when she told me, "I wanna eat balls momma" (this surprised me, I twirled around to find she had finished her grapes and was pointing at the fridge wanting more--this was about a month ago) her Iwanna are an all one word type thing she says for most everything and she does an 'Idonwanna' as well with a head shake --just for added clarity apparently.
Lets see if I can get a semi-complete list of words that she routinely initiates on her own (she can copy tons more), some things she says but not routinely I havent put in yet.
- apple
- water
- chip
- pop
- cookie
- pretzel
- cheerio
- num num (any other food she wants)
- eat
- food
- all done
- all gone
- thank you
- please (sounds just like cheese and is SO cute)
- hot
- cold
- pretty
- good girl
- go
- stop
- bye bye
- hi
- brush (as in teeth)
- nah-night
- love you (lowlo is how it comes out)
- where
- whatisit (all one word thing she says inquisitively of everything)
- choo choo (train)
- truck
- beep beep (car)
- wagon
- ball
- bubbles
- book
- bike
- doggie
- kittie
- baby
- no
- wanna
- dont wanna
- coat
- shoes
- hair
- eye
- nose
- mouth
- ear
- mommy
- daddy
- Haley
- Katie (2 girls at daycare she LOVES)
- sachi
- nala (her favorite of our two dogs)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Perfect Day
Memorial Day (also our anniversary weekend) was just a perfect family time. During the weekend we got a number of items accomplished around the house which is always good since we are forever in the middle of a project. Saturday one of the projects was to build a bon fire pit in the back yard, just a small one, so it was off to home depot. We managed to build a small fire ring at the back of our cement patio slab ie old garage's driveway.
Saturday Jared and I went to the movies and saw iron man which we both really liked. Afterward it was very nice to be able to light a fire at night and we had aunt Anita and grandma Tanya who had just finished babysitting stay over, we had pizza, a small bonfire and we roasted marshmallows and made smores-yummo! I felt like a kid again. Lillian was not sure what the fire was all about and didnt like being close enough to it to feel the warmth (thankfully), she kept saying, "ot, ot" and "owwiee" after I told her it was very hot, it would burn her and give her an owie.
For memorial day we went down to the parade in the morning, a very small parade but the good part of that is it didnt get old for Lillian, she got a stuffed animal and luckily no candy. After a morning nap we walked to scidmore park and had a picnic, then we got to see all the animals and feed them which Lillian liked but I got a bit scared when a goat got a little too vigorous with trying to obtain my feeding cone. We learned Lillian can definately say bird (they have a small animal barn as well) and she knows the difference between that and a big bird which for her are called ducks---not matter if its a geese or peacock.
After walking back we were hot and tired but we decided to go off to ice cream shop. Later in the evening we relaxed, made some steaks on the grill and Lillian went to bed early, worn out from all her events of the day. Jared and I decided to light a fire again, it is amazing how relaxing we find it to just sit out in the yard and watch the fire (or for Jared to play with the fire). I may have to get a mask as the smoke gets to me but overall very enjoyable. We hope it will be fun in July when we Jason & Tammi and hopefully Dave & Lisa's crews over.
All in all I would rate the long weekend a 10!
Here, as always are some pictures of Lillian enjoying herself. Notice on the swing you can already see how tired she is, she was also not feeling 100% that day due to some teething issues. She REALLY enjoyed the ice cream though and didnt seem to mind being tired.
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