That is the noise that I make that drives Mommy crazy when I grind my teeth together. You may be thinking how does she grind her bottom teeth together, well it's because my top two teeth are making their way into this world. About two weeks ago, Mommy looked at my teeth and noticed that there was whiteness showing through on my gums but didn't want to say anything because of what happened with my first two teeth and them deciding not to come through for awhile. But then a couple days ago, she noticed that I was awfully cranky and clingy and knew that it would be any day. Then last night as I screamed my way through dinner, Mommy prayed that I wouldn't keep her up all night and I didn't but this morning one of the top two was there. Although, Mommy is happy that my top teeth are coming through she is not too happy with the new found sound I can make with my teeth. She says it gives her the heeby geebies. Hopefully, the second top tooth will pop out today or tomorrow so that I can go back to my regular self.
As for my walking, I am a champ. I can balance myself and from the living room to the kitchen, I will maybe fall once and that is just because the floor is so slippery. I am still tentative and don't walk really fast but the day is coming soon when I will just take off and go.
This past weekend, Aunt Jessa came down and Mommy, her and I went down to Cincinnati for an overnight. Aunt Jessa is looking at UC for college next year and her and Mommy went there for a college visit while I stayed and played at Grandma's. We had fun and I did a lot of dancing while we were there. Grandpa has this little Harley Davidson dog that plays Low Rider by War and I just love dancing to it over and over. Everytime it stopped, I looked at Grandma like where did the music go and make it come back on. We also experience a day of a heat wave while we were down there and it got up to 60 degrees. Well since I have my eczema, I don't typically wear dresses or no pants but that day I was extra hot in my fleece pants, so Grandma let me go fancy free and pantless. I forgot how much I love not wearing clothes, it was liberating :).
When we got home from Cincinnati, Mommy and Daddy got to go out on Saturday night to Daddy's late work Christmas party. They had fun and stayed out late which they haven't done in a really long time. Aunt Jessa and I had fun playing and taking a bath like a big girl, which by the way, I've been out of my baby tub (it's put away) for about 2 weeks now. I like crawling around and playing with all my toys in the tub.
This weekend, I also got to play in the snow for the first time. Mommy and Aunt Jessa got me all bundled up in my snow suit, boots, hat and gloves for 5 minutes out in the snow. I didn't really like walking around because I couldn't keep my balance cause I had too much stuff on but I didn't mind sitting in the snow and touching it. It was cold, but fun to play with and after about 5-10 minutes I had enough and we went back inside. I'm more of a summer girl, I think. Oh well, here's to at least another month of snow.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Baby, It's Cold Outside!
Not much has been going on in the last week or so because we have all been cooped up in the house forever since it has be -25 degrees around these parts of Ohio. Mommy and I finally ventured out today because she wanted to weigh me since I turned 11 months old today! That's right folks, only one more month till the big ONE! Anyways, so we went this afternoon and I'm weighing in at 19 pounds 6 ounces which is right on track. Mommy also measured me this morning and I'm still around 28 inches which is good as well.
Last Wednesday during our snowstorm, Grandma made the trip up from Cincinnati to watch me for the day and then was going to go home that night, but we ended up having a sleepover because the roads were pretty bad that night and we didn't think that she should be going home by herself. The reason she came up, other than to see me, of course, was because Mommy and Daddy cashed in their free babysitting gift certificates for a day of relaxing massages and a great dinner date at the Melting Pot. They had a great time and it was nice spending the day with Grandma as well. They are now feeling refreshed and reconnected after spending the day just the two of them.
This week, I have had a lot of time to practice my new skill and I have been walking up a storm. I'm still not quite stable and fall down sometimes, but I haven't fallen too hard and I catch myself a lot before actually falling. I can make it from one side of the room to the other most times without falling and am pretty good at stepping around and over things. I'm getting really good at turning from a walking stance. Pretty soon before they know it, I'm just gonna take off and run like Mommy did when she was little.
This week, we're road trippin' to Cincinnati with Aunt Jessa so that she can visit UC's campus and spending the night at Grandma's and then Mommy and Daddy get to go out again on Saturday to Daddy's after Christmas party for work. Will blog again later. Check out my new videos if you haven't seen them yet.
Last Wednesday during our snowstorm, Grandma made the trip up from Cincinnati to watch me for the day and then was going to go home that night, but we ended up having a sleepover because the roads were pretty bad that night and we didn't think that she should be going home by herself. The reason she came up, other than to see me, of course, was because Mommy and Daddy cashed in their free babysitting gift certificates for a day of relaxing massages and a great dinner date at the Melting Pot. They had a great time and it was nice spending the day with Grandma as well. They are now feeling refreshed and reconnected after spending the day just the two of them.
This week, I have had a lot of time to practice my new skill and I have been walking up a storm. I'm still not quite stable and fall down sometimes, but I haven't fallen too hard and I catch myself a lot before actually falling. I can make it from one side of the room to the other most times without falling and am pretty good at stepping around and over things. I'm getting really good at turning from a walking stance. Pretty soon before they know it, I'm just gonna take off and run like Mommy did when she was little.
This week, we're road trippin' to Cincinnati with Aunt Jessa so that she can visit UC's campus and spending the night at Grandma's and then Mommy and Daddy get to go out again on Saturday to Daddy's after Christmas party for work. Will blog again later. Check out my new videos if you haven't seen them yet.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The GOOD, The Bad and The UGLY!
Just like the title of the of this blog says, there are three things that happened in the last couple days that were great, not so great and not good at all (but everything is fine). I'll start off with the really bad cause it's always better to end on a happy note.
So yesterday morning, I was playing around in the living room and was finding my way towards the stairs as usual. Mommy saw me and of course started following me up the stairs like she always does. I can't seem to fool her and her quick ways. Everything was going just fine and we were one step away from the top and Mommy saw that the fan was on at the top of the stairs and decided to go turn it off so that I wouldn't stick my finger in it and get hurt. So she passed by me thinking that I would just crawl one more step to the top and follow her to the bathroom. Well, after she turned off the fan, she realized that I wasn't coming and I leaned backwards and yep, you guess fell all the way from the top of the staircase to the bottom. Mommy, of course, was screaming and Daddy was in the shower, so he jumped out of the shower to hear the big thud. Mommy did a good job of keeping me calm and I really only cry for a minute and it was more because of the shock than anything else. I moved immediately, have no bruises and within two minutes (no joke) was crawling back up the stairs again. I know, I'm a martyr for wanting to go up the flight of stars again. It wasn't till later that Mommy thought to call the doctor and all the warning signs the nurse told her to look for is what she figured to look for. She doesn't even think that I hit my head at all, because I pretty much just rolled down the stairs. Apparently, I'm pretty bouncy and was my normal self all day.
Ok, so that was the ugly, the bad isn't so bad, but I needed something bad for my title. It's just that I'm still nursing my cold and still have the sniffles. Also, the Buckeyes lost the Fiesta Bowl and it definitely wasn't for lack of effort. It was a great game, so Mommy says, cause I was sleeping. But there's always next year.
Now for the good or should I say GREAT! We were all sitting in the den today and Mommy and Daddy were jabbering about something. Daddy was sitting in his recliner and Mommy was sitting on the couch. I was playing on the floor and decided that I wanted to push Daddy in the rocker, so I stood up next to him and was hanging out for a minute. Then a couple minutes later, I must have seen something that I wanted on the coffee table because I just WALKED over to it. Mommy and Daddy stopped talking and just watched as I took about 3 or 4 steps from the chair to the table. Of course, Mommy teared up but that is to be expected and then she wanted me to do it again and I was done showing off for that moment. Mommy thought it was just a fluke and thought that I probably wouldn't do it again for a couple days but all day today I was doing it. I would stand up next to something, get stable and then take a couple steps. Yes, folks she even got it on tape. So when Daddy gets around to it, we will post the video. They were so proud of me and Mommy kept making me try to walk to things all night.
Next up, I think I might try talking.
So yesterday morning, I was playing around in the living room and was finding my way towards the stairs as usual. Mommy saw me and of course started following me up the stairs like she always does. I can't seem to fool her and her quick ways. Everything was going just fine and we were one step away from the top and Mommy saw that the fan was on at the top of the stairs and decided to go turn it off so that I wouldn't stick my finger in it and get hurt. So she passed by me thinking that I would just crawl one more step to the top and follow her to the bathroom. Well, after she turned off the fan, she realized that I wasn't coming and I leaned backwards and yep, you guess fell all the way from the top of the staircase to the bottom. Mommy, of course, was screaming and Daddy was in the shower, so he jumped out of the shower to hear the big thud. Mommy did a good job of keeping me calm and I really only cry for a minute and it was more because of the shock than anything else. I moved immediately, have no bruises and within two minutes (no joke) was crawling back up the stairs again. I know, I'm a martyr for wanting to go up the flight of stars again. It wasn't till later that Mommy thought to call the doctor and all the warning signs the nurse told her to look for is what she figured to look for. She doesn't even think that I hit my head at all, because I pretty much just rolled down the stairs. Apparently, I'm pretty bouncy and was my normal self all day.
Ok, so that was the ugly, the bad isn't so bad, but I needed something bad for my title. It's just that I'm still nursing my cold and still have the sniffles. Also, the Buckeyes lost the Fiesta Bowl and it definitely wasn't for lack of effort. It was a great game, so Mommy says, cause I was sleeping. But there's always next year.
Now for the good or should I say GREAT! We were all sitting in the den today and Mommy and Daddy were jabbering about something. Daddy was sitting in his recliner and Mommy was sitting on the couch. I was playing on the floor and decided that I wanted to push Daddy in the rocker, so I stood up next to him and was hanging out for a minute. Then a couple minutes later, I must have seen something that I wanted on the coffee table because I just WALKED over to it. Mommy and Daddy stopped talking and just watched as I took about 3 or 4 steps from the chair to the table. Of course, Mommy teared up but that is to be expected and then she wanted me to do it again and I was done showing off for that moment. Mommy thought it was just a fluke and thought that I probably wouldn't do it again for a couple days but all day today I was doing it. I would stand up next to something, get stable and then take a couple steps. Yes, folks she even got it on tape. So when Daddy gets around to it, we will post the video. They were so proud of me and Mommy kept making me try to walk to things all night.
Next up, I think I might try talking.
Monday, January 5, 2009
It's 2009! ah-choo!
The start of the New Year was the start of my new cold; my first cold. The day after we got back from Christmas travel, everyone was sick. Daddy was still sick and Mommy and I got head colds. One night, I had a slight fever of 100 degrees but nothing that a full night of sleep and a dose of Tylenol couldn't cure. The fever only lasted hours while my runny nose is now going on a week. I don't and didn't really have any other symptoms of a cold so I think it is just the change in weather that is getting me all drainy. Mommy can't wait to put away all the nose wipers that she has laying around the house. I hate those things even though they are better than tissues. I just don't like it when Mommy comes at me with one of them because I know she is going right for my nose and after a week of being dripping; I am just a little tender.
Pretty much right after we got settled back home after the holidays, Daddy installed more child safety locks in the kitchen. Mommy does let me have one cabinet of tupperware that I can play in and throw all over the place. One day, as I was emptying out the cupboard, Mommy noticed that I had disappear and she realized that I had found a perfect little hiding spot in the cabinet. I crawled right in there and played in there instead of on the kitchen floor. She was laughing so hard that it made me and Daddy giggle. Oddly, enough I only did it once even though Mommy didn't seem to mind. If I am missing, she will know where to look.
Up, up, up is my new mantra. It doesn't mean that I want to be picked up cause I can't talk yet but it means if I spot a flight of stairs, I'm gone. I've gotten so quick on my excursions up the stairs that sometimes I will be 4-6 stairs up before Mommy notices. And after the 5th time of following me up the stairs, Mommy has now put a gate up on the first bottom stair so that I can't go up them. I don't think she understands, all I want to do is go upstairs and get the printer in the office that I'm not allowed to have. OH - well -IO.
What a good seque into my next topic. Tonight is the Fiesta Bowl and OSU's last game of the season. I won't be up to watch it, but be sure that you cheer the Bucks to victory. GO BUCKS!
Pretty much right after we got settled back home after the holidays, Daddy installed more child safety locks in the kitchen. Mommy does let me have one cabinet of tupperware that I can play in and throw all over the place. One day, as I was emptying out the cupboard, Mommy noticed that I had disappear and she realized that I had found a perfect little hiding spot in the cabinet. I crawled right in there and played in there instead of on the kitchen floor. She was laughing so hard that it made me and Daddy giggle. Oddly, enough I only did it once even though Mommy didn't seem to mind. If I am missing, she will know where to look.
Up, up, up is my new mantra. It doesn't mean that I want to be picked up cause I can't talk yet but it means if I spot a flight of stairs, I'm gone. I've gotten so quick on my excursions up the stairs that sometimes I will be 4-6 stairs up before Mommy notices. And after the 5th time of following me up the stairs, Mommy has now put a gate up on the first bottom stair so that I can't go up them. I don't think she understands, all I want to do is go upstairs and get the printer in the office that I'm not allowed to have. OH - well -IO.
What a good seque into my next topic. Tonight is the Fiesta Bowl and OSU's last game of the season. I won't be up to watch it, but be sure that you cheer the Bucks to victory. GO BUCKS!
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