Little bug sings the "We did it" song from Dora the Explorer. Well...she dances and says di-di, di-di - which is close enough for me.
She is starting to communicate a lot better. Her favorite new word is 'uh-oh', so when we were eating dinner tonight she dropped bread on the floor and said 'uh-oh'. I asked her if she wanted any more, and she shook her head no and took her bib off.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Free Fall
I have no idea where she picked up this one, but little bug started a trick where she just falls backward. Fearless. Like you do during one of those trust excercises. So we have to lunge after her to catch her before she hits the ground.
The better trick she's picked up is running to us and giving us hugs. A lot less dangerous and much more rewarding!
The better trick she's picked up is running to us and giving us hugs. A lot less dangerous and much more rewarding!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Stack It Up
Tonight little bug decided to unload the bag of things packed for her nanny. She pulled out a few jars of baby food and sat them on the floor. Then I watched her as she stacked them on top of each other, three high. She kept stacking and restacking her jars for a few minutes.
I showed her that she can stack her blocks, too and she looked at me as if to say, 'why would I want to stack blocks, when I can stack glass jars'?
I showed her that she can stack her blocks, too and she looked at me as if to say, 'why would I want to stack blocks, when I can stack glass jars'?
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Of Monkeys and Trash Cans
I was so proud of little bug today! She has a mat that has monkeys, elephants, etc on it. I showed her the monkey and then asked her where the monkey was. She pointed to a monkey close to her, and then pointed out the rest of the monkeys on the mat. She's a genius!
Then we were at the aquarium today watching the sea lions. Little bug had her hands on the tank and was squealing when the sea lions would swim next to her. Then all of a sudden she took off running after something that caught her eye...the trash can. Here we are at the world's largest aquarium with loads of penguins, otters, etc and little bug gets excited about the trash can. It wasn't even one shaped like a fish, it was your standard public can.
There is an area of the aquarium that is a huge floor to ceiling view into the large tank, so all the kids sit on the floor and point out the fish. Little bug watched the fish for a bit and then became more interested in the kids around her. Or rather, the cell phone of the mom sitting next to me. After bug kept sidling up to her, the mom said the whole, "isn't she cute" line. But bug kept lunging for her so she scooped up her kids and left. More room for us! Until the kid on the left of bug had a dolphin stuffed animal that he was letting 'swim' in the tank. Little bug made a beeline for him so we grabbed her and headed out before she attacked him and grabbed the dolphin.
Then we were at the aquarium today watching the sea lions. Little bug had her hands on the tank and was squealing when the sea lions would swim next to her. Then all of a sudden she took off running after something that caught her eye...the trash can. Here we are at the world's largest aquarium with loads of penguins, otters, etc and little bug gets excited about the trash can. It wasn't even one shaped like a fish, it was your standard public can.
There is an area of the aquarium that is a huge floor to ceiling view into the large tank, so all the kids sit on the floor and point out the fish. Little bug watched the fish for a bit and then became more interested in the kids around her. Or rather, the cell phone of the mom sitting next to me. After bug kept sidling up to her, the mom said the whole, "isn't she cute" line. But bug kept lunging for her so she scooped up her kids and left. More room for us! Until the kid on the left of bug had a dolphin stuffed animal that he was letting 'swim' in the tank. Little bug made a beeline for him so we grabbed her and headed out before she attacked him and grabbed the dolphin.
Silence < Good
While we were making dinner, little bug was really quiet. It didn't dawn on me that silence is never good, until I turned the corner and saw her sitting in a pile of grits. She made an impromptu sandbox out of a packet of grits and the hardwood floors. Daddy asked me how she opened the bag of grits and little bug grinned at us, with a piece of the bag stuck in her two front teeth. She didn't hide the evidence very well!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Bottomless Pit
Before we went to dinner with friends tonight little bug scarfed down 1/2 a banana. She would yell, nan-nan-na, and run towards me with her mouth open to chew off a bite as she ran around. Then daddy was eating a bowl of cereal and she ran over to him and begged for cereal. She ran back and forth between us grabbing bites of whatever we were eating. Then we headed to dinner and she was a bottomless pit!
She daintily ate pasta, and then an entire piece of Margarita Pizza which was a thin crust white pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and fresh basil strips. She ate the whole slice and then waved at everyone in the restaurant with the crust. Which brings me to her latest word she can say which is "bye". She waves and yells, "bye".
Her newest vocabulary words are agua, si, clap, and the ever useful 'uh-oh'.
Tonight when we put her to bed, she squiggled out of my arms while we were reading her a bedtime story and she ran around her room pulling books out of her toy box and handing them to us. Then she pulled out a little blanket, ran to the other side of her room, laid the blanket on the floor and laid on it face down like a starfish.
She daintily ate pasta, and then an entire piece of Margarita Pizza which was a thin crust white pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and fresh basil strips. She ate the whole slice and then waved at everyone in the restaurant with the crust. Which brings me to her latest word she can say which is "bye". She waves and yells, "bye".
Her newest vocabulary words are agua, si, clap, and the ever useful 'uh-oh'.
Tonight when we put her to bed, she squiggled out of my arms while we were reading her a bedtime story and she ran around her room pulling books out of her toy box and handing them to us. Then she pulled out a little blanket, ran to the other side of her room, laid the blanket on the floor and laid on it face down like a starfish.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
More Dim Sum Please
We went out for dim sum with friends of ours and little bug is a big fan. I couldn't get the food to her fast enough. She ate everything I gave her and then kept banging her tray for more. She was holding onto the chopsticks and dropped one on the floor. The waiter picked up her chopstick and took it away and she gave him her really mean stare.
After lunch, we headed to get rid of little bug's mullet by taking her to Pigtails & Crewcuts which is a hair cuttery designed for kids. They have this down to a science. Little bug got strapped into a play car, played with the steering wheel and was handed something new every few minutes, i.e. a cookie, a hair clip, a comb, etc. It was like a military operation. She did great except for the last few seconds when she had the inevitable meltdown while the gal put her hair into a side pony tail.
At home little bug went back to work. She has little tasks she has created, one of which is to carry her clothes into our room and then carry our clothes from our room into hers. She's very serious about her jobs.
After lunch, we headed to get rid of little bug's mullet by taking her to Pigtails & Crewcuts which is a hair cuttery designed for kids. They have this down to a science. Little bug got strapped into a play car, played with the steering wheel and was handed something new every few minutes, i.e. a cookie, a hair clip, a comb, etc. It was like a military operation. She did great except for the last few seconds when she had the inevitable meltdown while the gal put her hair into a side pony tail.
At home little bug went back to work. She has little tasks she has created, one of which is to carry her clothes into our room and then carry our clothes from our room into hers. She's very serious about her jobs.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
You Can Do It - Little Bug Can Help
Our big Friday night kicked off with a visit to Home Depot to finally get all the supplies to finish our bathroom remodel. I was picking out paint colors and little bug wanted to hold all of the paint samples like she was a squirrel storing nuts for the winter. She pulled one of the Disney paint booklets off of the display and decided to sit down in the aisle and read it as if it was one of her story books. She even babbled away as she "read" to herself.
Once she was done reading, I took her to the carpeting section to play while they were mixing up our paint for us. She wouldn't let go of her Disney color swatch book and carried it through the store as she patted down and kissed every carpet sample. There was a lot of love in the renovation section that day.
Quick question to Home Depot...who thought it was a good idea to stack light bulbs at floor level?
Once she was done reading, I took her to the carpeting section to play while they were mixing up our paint for us. She wouldn't let go of her Disney color swatch book and carried it through the store as she patted down and kissed every carpet sample. There was a lot of love in the renovation section that day.
Quick question to Home Depot...who thought it was a good idea to stack light bulbs at floor level?
Friday, August 15, 2008
Snap to It
While daddy was driving little bug home from the nanny today he was snapping to the music, and little bug tried snapping, too. She opened and closed her little fist trying to make a noise. If she had mastered it we'd be calling Letterman!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Snooze Button
I know I probably just created a bad habit, but little bug woke up yelling this morning at 6am. I usually sleep in until around 6:30 and get her up, dressed, fed and then hand her over to daddy while I get ready. But this morning I just didn't want to get up and start the routine at 6. So I got her out of her crib, and tucked her into bed with me as if it was a Saturday. She was as quiet as a mouse and thought it was hilarious that we were sleeping in. At 6:30 we finally rolled out of bed officially to start our day...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Saving a Little Bit for Later
We had pizza last night (i.e. forgot to defrost anything ahead of time) and little bug was eating her little pieces of pizza very daintily. Of course she decided to wipe her hands off in her hair adding pizza sauce and cheese to her hairdo. Later on that night I realized that her hair wasn't the only thing that smelled like a pizza joint. When I was undressing her to take a bath I noticed that she had smuggled a piece of pizza under her shirt. It was stuck to her chest in all of its one hour old pizza-ness. She was very proud of her stowaway.
She also had a little accident while waiting for the bath to be ready. I closed the door to the bathroom so that she couldn't run too far while I was filling up the bathtub. Little bug was quiet which I knew couldn't be good. I turned around to see her peeing on the bathmat. She was fascinated with herself and I learned that apparently the sound of water causes mother nature to show up. Things to remember when we start potty training her in a few months.
Little bug also says "dog". Of course she yelled it when the dog had walked down the street and was out of sight. She still has the brain to speech delay going on.
She also had a little accident while waiting for the bath to be ready. I closed the door to the bathroom so that she couldn't run too far while I was filling up the bathtub. Little bug was quiet which I knew couldn't be good. I turned around to see her peeing on the bathmat. She was fascinated with herself and I learned that apparently the sound of water causes mother nature to show up. Things to remember when we start potty training her in a few months.
Little bug also says "dog". Of course she yelled it when the dog had walked down the street and was out of sight. She still has the brain to speech delay going on.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Grits, Dor-da, and Trains
She is truly a southern girl. For lunch I fed her cheese grits and a hot dog, kind of the poor man's version of shrimp and grits. And she loved it! Once she got her hands in the grits it started going downhill though since grits kind of get the consistency of those little fish eggs on top of sushi. Little bug started rolling them around her tray and playing until the 'washcloth of no fun' appeared, as it does after every meal to ruin her "food art".
We also realized that she can say Dora. I took her grocery shopping today and found little cups her size that had Dora the Explorer on them. She held onto the cup during the whole shopping trip, blowing into it making the sound of a large ship makes when it is about to depart. Most people laughed at her sound effects. When she wasn't imitating a barge, she was saying "Dor-da" and then flipped the cup around to the photo of Boots and she would say "bah". I asked her who I was and she replied, "da-da". Clearly the marketers have won when my kid knows Dora's name and her sidekick, but still can't figure out that I'm ma-ma.
Little bug also got her first stranger kiss. I was in Barnes & Noble buying a 'how to discipline your toddler' book and took her to the kids section to play with the train table/petri dish they have. There were two other kids a little older than her playing with the trains. The boy closest to her right looked at little bug, and kissed her on the lips. His mother kept apologizing, but little bug didn't seem phased by it at all. She just kept taking the trains off the track and putting them on the floor. Then she wandered over to the other little boy who seemed parentless. He must be an avid Thomas the Train watcher because he was telling little bug the name of all of the trains she was picking up...and then he would take them from her because clearly she didn't value the trains as much as he did.
We also realized that she can say Dora. I took her grocery shopping today and found little cups her size that had Dora the Explorer on them. She held onto the cup during the whole shopping trip, blowing into it making the sound of a large ship makes when it is about to depart. Most people laughed at her sound effects. When she wasn't imitating a barge, she was saying "Dor-da" and then flipped the cup around to the photo of Boots and she would say "bah". I asked her who I was and she replied, "da-da". Clearly the marketers have won when my kid knows Dora's name and her sidekick, but still can't figure out that I'm ma-ma.
Little bug also got her first stranger kiss. I was in Barnes & Noble buying a 'how to discipline your toddler' book and took her to the kids section to play with the train table/petri dish they have. There were two other kids a little older than her playing with the trains. The boy closest to her right looked at little bug, and kissed her on the lips. His mother kept apologizing, but little bug didn't seem phased by it at all. She just kept taking the trains off the track and putting them on the floor. Then she wandered over to the other little boy who seemed parentless. He must be an avid Thomas the Train watcher because he was telling little bug the name of all of the trains she was picking up...and then he would take them from her because clearly she didn't value the trains as much as he did.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Dancing and Microwaving Bills
We have some new words in little bug's vocabulary: bubble and ball. On a related note, we've spent some time chasing bubbles and kicking the soccer ball around the house. She also picked up the baby sign for 'more'.
She has started dancing to music and by dancing I mean stomping her feet and shaking her head from side to side. She'll dance in her high chair, her car seat, the living room...anywhere there is music playing.
The weather was gorgeous today so we took little bug to the park to run off some energy. She discovered that she can pick up the gravel on the path, so we had to keep on top of her making sure that she wasn't eating wood chips or pieces of gravel. She had fun on the swing, the slide and even gave the rock wall a couple of pats.
She has a strange habit that she's started. Apparently she thinks the mail belongs in the microwave. She picks up an envelope, and when you pick her up she lunges for the microwave. So I have to open the door to the microwave, put the envelope inside and then open the door so she can pull it out. I'm trying to make sure I don't microwave any bills by accident!
She has started dancing to music and by dancing I mean stomping her feet and shaking her head from side to side. She'll dance in her high chair, her car seat, the living room...anywhere there is music playing.
The weather was gorgeous today so we took little bug to the park to run off some energy. She discovered that she can pick up the gravel on the path, so we had to keep on top of her making sure that she wasn't eating wood chips or pieces of gravel. She had fun on the swing, the slide and even gave the rock wall a couple of pats.
She has a strange habit that she's started. Apparently she thinks the mail belongs in the microwave. She picks up an envelope, and when you pick her up she lunges for the microwave. So I have to open the door to the microwave, put the envelope inside and then open the door so she can pull it out. I'm trying to make sure I don't microwave any bills by accident!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Test Swing
Since we are rescheduling little bug's birthday party, it turns out that the park we originally booked is not available until September. So we headed to another nearby park tonight to check it out. Since we have her car seat facing forward the air vents blow on her sometimes and she loves it. I turned around to find her tossing her head around and smiling as if she was a supermodel on a photo shoot.
The park passed the little bug test! Daddy was on a swing with her in his lap and I was swinging on the swing next to her. She thought it was hilarious. She had the biggest smile and giggles the whole time she was on the swing.
We've added another word to our repertoire, "up", as in "pick me up". She stands at your feet and puts her hands over her head. Of course if you don't pick her up she holds onto your legs. I didn't realize that she had something sticky on her hands until I looked down at my dry clean only pants and saw little hand prints. Daddy and I had both been marked by the little bug tonight.
The park passed the little bug test! Daddy was on a swing with her in his lap and I was swinging on the swing next to her. She thought it was hilarious. She had the biggest smile and giggles the whole time she was on the swing.
We've added another word to our repertoire, "up", as in "pick me up". She stands at your feet and puts her hands over her head. Of course if you don't pick her up she holds onto your legs. I didn't realize that she had something sticky on her hands until I looked down at my dry clean only pants and saw little hand prints. Daddy and I had both been marked by the little bug tonight.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The Doctor Says "Ow"
Little bug is now full of drama. I have no idea where she is getting this from (ah-hem). When I picked her up from the nanny's she saw me, threw her head back and walked to me in slow motion while she was whining. It was as if she was saying, "alright, I'll go to the doctor with you, but I don't want to". So, I packed up the little drama queen and headed to the doctor's office.
She was having a great time in the lobby. She played with all the toys (probably laden with all kinds of germs), jabbered to people, and walked all around with her arm in the air because she was wearing my bracelet. During her checkup, the nurse asked if she could say any words and we said "yes, she says da-da, ma-ma, duck, doll, etc" and little bug started yelling "duck, duck, duck, duck". At least the nurses didn't think we were lying. Then...the wheels fell off the bus. As soon as someone touched little bug, she screamed her head off. Considering she was getting a full checkup, four shots (one in each appendage) and a throat swab -- there was a lot of touching going on. She screamed as loud as I've ever heard her, and she kept yelling something that sounded like "ow, ow, ow". I was going to have the nurses add that one to the list of words she could say, but I don't think they were seeing the humor. When we got home, she was perfectly fine and even pulled off her own band aids.
She is weighing in at 21 lbs and 11 ounces and is 29 inches tall. She's in the 50th percentile for height and weight and the 25th percentile for head circumference, but I'm sure her small head won't last for long. Tonight she stood up on our scale and it showed her weight as 21 pounds. Like most women she started to cry until we took her off the scale.
Since little bug had the fever on Sunday, I tossed her dolly that she takes naps with in the washing machine to get the germs off of her. Bug pulled dolly out of the dryer and proceeded to drag her across a toilet seat, stick her in the shower (with water running), toss her in the trash and then try to stuff her in the diaper genie. So much for trying to keep dolly clean!
She was having a great time in the lobby. She played with all the toys (probably laden with all kinds of germs), jabbered to people, and walked all around with her arm in the air because she was wearing my bracelet. During her checkup, the nurse asked if she could say any words and we said "yes, she says da-da, ma-ma, duck, doll, etc" and little bug started yelling "duck, duck, duck, duck". At least the nurses didn't think we were lying. Then...the wheels fell off the bus. As soon as someone touched little bug, she screamed her head off. Considering she was getting a full checkup, four shots (one in each appendage) and a throat swab -- there was a lot of touching going on. She screamed as loud as I've ever heard her, and she kept yelling something that sounded like "ow, ow, ow". I was going to have the nurses add that one to the list of words she could say, but I don't think they were seeing the humor. When we got home, she was perfectly fine and even pulled off her own band aids.
She is weighing in at 21 lbs and 11 ounces and is 29 inches tall. She's in the 50th percentile for height and weight and the 25th percentile for head circumference, but I'm sure her small head won't last for long. Tonight she stood up on our scale and it showed her weight as 21 pounds. Like most women she started to cry until we took her off the scale.
Since little bug had the fever on Sunday, I tossed her dolly that she takes naps with in the washing machine to get the germs off of her. Bug pulled dolly out of the dryer and proceeded to drag her across a toilet seat, stick her in the shower (with water running), toss her in the trash and then try to stuff her in the diaper genie. So much for trying to keep dolly clean!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
OfficeMax is the new ToysRUs
What a difference 24 hours makes! Little bug woke up with no fever and was just a little bit clingy in the morning. After her first nap, she was raring to go. This weekend is tax-free shopping in Georgia so while daddy was playing soccer, us gals hit the mall. We didn't have much luck, other than witnessing the pandemonium that is Stride Rite on tax free + BOGOHO day. There were kids packed in the shoe store wall-to-wall, little bug was enjoying all the chaos like she was watching a movie. She stayed in her stroller, drinking on her sippy cup while she took in all the drama of the store as I exchanged her shoes. I also learned that she might not have the best fashion sense considering that she kept pulling clothes that weren't exactly my style off the rack in Ann Taylor.
Once daddy got home, we headed to the stores to do some back to school teacher shopping. Little bug feel in love in OfficeMax. They had typewriters (yes, apparently they still make typewriters) plugged in on the bottom shelf. Little bug jumped up and down and pounded on the keys to her heart's content. They she spied a guy eating a candy bar and made a bee line for him. I guess she was hoping that he would share...he didn't.
Tonight when I took her out of the bathtub, I was drying her off and singing "We Go Together" from Grease to her. When I hit the "boog-e-dy boog-e-dy boog-e-dy
boog-e-dy" part, she turned and looked at me like I was nuts. When she was sitting on her changing table, I was bouncing her arms around like she was dancing to the music and she started singing along, using "da-da" as her lyrics for everything. After she had her bottle, rather than sitting down for her bedtime story, she was like a pinball. She ran from her clothes hamper, to her diaper genie, to her dresser...ping, ping, ping. Then finally we zipped her into her sleep sack and she conked out.
Once daddy got home, we headed to the stores to do some back to school teacher shopping. Little bug feel in love in OfficeMax. They had typewriters (yes, apparently they still make typewriters) plugged in on the bottom shelf. Little bug jumped up and down and pounded on the keys to her heart's content. They she spied a guy eating a candy bar and made a bee line for him. I guess she was hoping that he would share...he didn't.
Tonight when I took her out of the bathtub, I was drying her off and singing "We Go Together" from Grease to her. When I hit the "boog-e-dy boog-e-dy boog-e-dy
boog-e-dy" part, she turned and looked at me like I was nuts. When she was sitting on her changing table, I was bouncing her arms around like she was dancing to the music and she started singing along, using "da-da" as her lyrics for everything. After she had her bottle, rather than sitting down for her bedtime story, she was like a pinball. She ran from her clothes hamper, to her diaper genie, to her dresser...ping, ping, ping. Then finally we zipped her into her sleep sack and she conked out.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
103.5 Reasons to Not Party
In the land of unpredictability little bug woke up on the morning of her birthday party with a 103.5 fever. No party, just lots of carrying her around under a ceiling fan trying to bring her temperature down. We even lifted the TV ban to let her lay on the couch and watch Sesame Street. Hopefully tomorrow morning she'll wake up fever free and ready to plan her unbirthday party.
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