Friday, May 6, 2011

21 Months

It's hard to believe that my baby will be TWO in three short months.

Helping Mama organize some paperwork.


The community egg hunt didn't go over so well...


 So we came home and had our own in the front yard.


Look at all those eggs!

Checking out the eggs.


The Easter bunny left a surprise.





Silly bunny!





Age: 21 months
Weight: around 24lbs
Length: unsure
Size: 24m/2T.  4 or 4.5 shoes.  The size 5 shoes I bought her for the summer are still to big to wear.  She was tiny feet like Mama.
Hair: Long.  We're letting her bangs grow so if you don't pull them back somehow she looks like a sheepdog.  She's learned to ask for a bow in the morning and if it falls out she brings it back to me so I can fix it.
Teeth: Still working on those molars. I can fell a couple beneath the surface.
Sleeping: She's been a little restless during the night this week, but doesn't require any help falling back to sleep.  She's also waking a bit earlier than usual.  These are pretty common occurrences when she's teething.  She's still napping 2-3 hours most days.
Eating: She's really loving fruit right now.  Won't go near anything chocolate and wouldn't even taste ice cream when it was offered.  More chocolate for Mama and more ice cream for Daddy.  
Movement:  Likes dancing, spinning, and running in circles around furniture.
Milestones: Can count to ten!  She sometimes skips or jumbles numbers, but when she gets it right Mama is so proud.  Sometimes speaking in full sentences! First Easter egg hunt.
Favorite toys/activities:  Stickers, bubbles, playing outdoors, wearing Mama's shoes, her flashcards, letters and numbers, sidewalk chalk, and playing in the sand.  She's also really into kicking right now.  Future soccer player?
Dislikes: Having her hair washed, getting out of bed before she's ready, coming in from playing outside, having messy hands, and (sometimes) having her diaper changed.
Words/sounds: She's saying please more often.  "Peas, Mama!"  She started saying "I Love You."  Mama's heart melts.  She's saying new words all the time, so we've lost count.  I would say there are at least 100 at this point. 

Thursday, May 5, 2011

March for Babies 2011

Isabella and I participated in the March for Babies last Saturday.  We arrived shortly after 8 am to turn in our donations since we were supposed to meet our team at 8:30 and the walk was to begin at 9.  Well, we had trouble locating our team because many were busy volunteering at the event and others were late.  Although the walk was advertised to start at 9 am they soon announced that it was starting at 9:30.  Isabella got a bit antsy sitting in the stroller, and I didn't want to leave the area since we were waiting for out teammates.  I also didn't want to put her down because there were so many people. 

Eventually, we found our teammates and the walk began.  Isabella did so well on the walk and at one point near the end she started singing.  People started to turn back and wave at her and she got a little shy and stopped for a while.

She only let me get one photo before the walk.  We're still waiting on the team photo to be posted.


A BIG thanks to everyone who sponsored us!  We more than doubled our goal!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Weekly Menus

I never got around to posting last week's, so I'll post what we ate and what is planned for this week.

Last week:
Sun- burgers
Mon- taco salad
Tue- meatloaf
Wed- leftovers
Thu- garlic and herb chicken
Fri- mac and cheese*
Sat- dinner out

This week:
Sun- baked ziti
Mon- lefotvers
Tue- chicken quesadillas
Wed- leftovers
Thu- french dip sandwiches*
Fri- pizza
Sat- spaghetti