Thursday, October 6, 2011

"You're Special!"

Today when I picked you up from Skidaddles, Miss Tammy brought you out to me. She is so sweet. Her mother, who also works there sometimes, just LOVES you. Miss Tammy says that whenever her mom comes in, usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays, she, you and Miss Tammy do a GROUP HUG!!! Any way, she brought you to me and said that if ever there is a time that we need a babysitter and Miss Lauren isn't available, she would "love, love, love" to babysit you! She said that you are just so special.

I love when people say such sweet things to me about you. It really makes me feel good because I'm sure that there are kiddos that they wouldn't offer to babysit!! :) Skidaddles ladies might end up being our extended family!!

Okay, I just put you to sleep, or so I thought. I hear you chattering about who knows what! GO TO SLEEP LITTLE MAMA!!!

Love you!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

1st Cuspid Tooth!!!

So, you're very 1st cuspid (incisor) tooth is coming through and things are a little rough right now. Soon after your 18 month check up, I noticed a rash near your private area. It suddenly turned to diaper rash with a yeast infection!!!!! You started running a fever about 5 days into having the rash, and I had to come get you early from Skidaddles. SO...I took that opportunity to bring you into Dr. Warner. She prescribed you a cream, and after a few days, things definitely seem to be looking better. Now we're waiting for your tooth to come all the way through. I hope all of your cuspid teeth aren't like that, or we're in for a rough ride of LOTS of Motrin, Baby Orajel, frozen treats and whatever else I can find!!!!!!!!

Oh, tonight (10/4) was so funny. After I picked you up from Skidaddles, we went to Kroger. Daddy knew that we were going there because I had told him, so I kind of suspected that he might meet us there. We were walking around the vegetables, and all of a sudden you were leaning, pointing and saying "there's da da!" At first I thought you were just calling random people "da da," but then I turned and sure enough, daddy was there trying to surprise us! You ratted him out!!! Haha! It was so funny!!!

Sleep tight buttercup!! I put a plug-in humidifier in tonight, so I hope it helps you sleep - you still have a little cough left.

Love you!

Friday, September 16, 2011

18 Month Check-up!

Today we went for your 18-month check up, and surprisingly, you're still 24 lbs!!! Well, you're 24lbs 10oz to be exact, and have grown to 33 inches long!!!!!!!!!! You're in the 50th percentile for weight and head circumference, and 85th percentile for height. You're tall and thin!!! Kind of a rough visit, though, because you had to get more shots. :( You got your Chicken Pox vacc, Hep A vacc and your flu shot. Luckily you only had to get 1 flu shot. Last year, the flu shot was in 2 parts. After the doctor's, we went to lunch at First Watch with my friend, Julie! She LOVED you!!! Then we went to see daddy at work so I could get my flu shot. Let me tell you...you were a much better patient that I was!!!!!!!!!

Monday, September 12, 2011

Happy 18 month Birthday!!!!!

Today is your 18 month birthday!!!!! I can't believe it - you're a year and a half!!!!!!! Where has the time gone!?

I signed you up for tumbling, which you start on Saturday!! It will be so much fun because your friend, Mady Igo, will be tumbling with you!!!!!! This will be fun for you girls, and for us mommies!!! :)

You have your 18 month check up at Dr. Warner's this Friday. I know she's going to ask me how many words you can say, so I started making a list. So far, I have you saying about 12-13 words, including one 2-word phrase. So far you are saying:
* Mama/Mom/Mum/Mummy/Mommy
* Dada/Daddy
* Hi/Hey
* "Dy" for "Bye"
* "Di Di" for doggy
* No - you say this VERY WELL (haha!)
* "Let Go" (for let's go)
* Look
* "Daydi" for baby
* Mine
* Oh
* Brush - that was just today

You had kind of a rough day, though. I got my very first call from Skidaddles - the dreaded phone calls! A little boy had bitten you 3 times!!!!!!!
Poor thing. The incident reports said that you and another little boy were playing, and the little boy wanted your toy, so he started biting you. :( You have 3 noticeable bite marks on your hand/arm. The rest of the day you were kind of whiny and upset, but worst of all, you didn't really want me. :( Hopefully you'll wake up in a better mood.

Love you!!!!!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

MINE!

You're JUST about 18 months old and we have recently entered the phase of "mine" and not sharing - eek! I was hoping we'd by-pass this one, but nope!! I took you on a playdate yesterday (9/8/11) with my friends, Callie & Kayla. You played with Chloe, Kian, Bailey & Brooklyn. You had a GREAT time, especially in Bailey's & Brooklyn's playroom! We SO need a playroom - you have toys galore!!!! While playing, though, I noticed that Kian tried to play with the phone that you were playing with and you were not having it - you pulled it away, and I believe you said "mine!" Hopefully you can learn to share at Skidaddles!!!

Tonight we're going on another playdate to see Mady & Lucas! You haven't seen them since your 1st birthday!!! It will be so much fun!!!!! We're also having dinner there because daddy is in Tennessee with his friends! He will be home tonight at midnight!! Yay!!!

You did SO well at Mady's & Lucas's house!
You and Mady had so much fun! You both were being so goofy - running from couch to chair, and chair to couch, and falling on the couch together. It was so funny. We definitely need to have more playdates. I think we're going to try to go to the zoo for Halloween festivities in October!!!

Saturday, September 3, 2011

"Ohhhhhhh" chant

Tonight we watched UC destroy this school called Austin Peay State. Everytime UC scored, which was almost like every 5-10 minutes, we all clapped...including you! You were so excited!! Then we started doing the "Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh! [clap clap clap clap] UC" chat, and you then started doing it, too. It is so funny how much you understand now, and are imitating just from watching us.

Dy Dy = Bye Bye???

Grandma Betsy & Pop Pop Marc came to visit you last night!!! We met them at The Cheesecake Factory around 8:45pm and to my surprise, you were FABULOUS at dinner!!!! I thought you would have a big meltdown, but nope, you were so well-behaved!!! We got home around 11:00pm, and you were WIDE AWAKE!!!!!! You continued playing until daddy got home from work at midnight.

While you were playing, it was so funny, Grandma Betsy and I started saying, "bye bye" and because you can't quite say your "b" sound, you said "dy dy" and waved to us smiling. It was the funniest thing because it sounds like you're teling us to die, but obviously that's how you say "bye."