Full Sentence "Put me down!"
doesn't that just say it all?
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
more vocab
all the time now, she'll say, "momEE, momEE, mommy mommy mommy". She likes her new vocab!
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Saturday, July 1, 2006
speech
all of a sudden she is using her words so eloquently. She says "chair" very nicely, as well as a ton of other words. She hid her spoon and I asked where it was, she says, "right here!" She is using more and more sentences!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
More Chitter Chatter
Today is a happy day! I came home from Florida. It was my first time ever leaving my Chuka Monkey for a whole night... 2 even! I hated being away from her. She apparently did fine. She asked for Mama a few times but didn't cry when she was told that Mommy would come home later. My big girl. When I did come home she was napping, so when she woke, Chad got her and brought her out to the living room. When she saw me she got so excited and ran right up to me and gave big hugs and kisses. Melted Mommy's heart completely.
Rick and Jo went to Cancun and bought maracas for her. She loves them! She "shake it shake it shake its" when you tell her to. She looks you right in the eye and gets this intense look on her face and shakes them like crazy. When Matt tried to take one away, as Uncle Matt does oh so often, she yelled, "NO, MINE!!!" Oh my, here it begins! Then she saw our reactions and continued to take things and say, "mine!" Her words are becoming much more clear.
She was also taking the lid off and on a candle tin and out of no where, she exclaims, "I do it!" We were so surprised! We asked her to do it again, and she did, though not quite as good as the first time. She's a crazy little talker now. She refers to herself as "me" or "Kat". She points to pics of herself and says, "Kat! Meow meow meow!" If you ask her if she's our Kat Kat she meows as well. She also hisses if you ask her what a mad kitty says.
Also, she'll find some beads or one of her pieces of jewelry and say "oh lala". We always say that when we tell her she's pretty, and now she does it to let us know that she's pretty. On that note, if you ask her if she's pretty, she smiles and shakes her head no. We gasp and say, "OH YES YOU ARE!!!" and she laughs!
She likes us to copy her now. She'll cross her arms over her chest and rock from side to side. Then we'll do it too. She laughs, then drops her hands, makes sure we dropped our hands, etc. She finds new things to do, like clasp her hands, clap, etc. She's a very creative little girl.
Tonight we got Baskin Robbins ice cream and she fed herself the entire bowl with a big girl spoon! She got real upset when Mommy had to hold it while we drove home. But we put her in her high chair and let her go for it and she spoon fed herself all the way. Until the end that is, when she drank it.
When she wants a snack or drink, she'll go get it. IF the cup is empty, she'll say, "Puweeeez! Dink!" So dramatic that girl.
We went to buy Boney Bee some vans shoes for her birthday and Kat freaked out when we got into the store. She said, "Sue!" and sat down and took off her shoes and tried to try on several pairs. She of course got Vans too. I asked her which ones she wanted and she said, "Peen!" (pink) She loves pink. Unfortunately they were 10 bucks extra for the new color, so she got purple. She is still happy.
She doesn't like to read Goodnight Moon anymore before bedtime. Now she points to the crib and says, "bed!" so she just goes to bed. Her bedtime friends have expanded from just brown bear and piggie. Now it's also kitty and star pillow and always a "bee" (blankie). She's very particular. She also has to have on her "pretty light". It's a crystal on a light stand my mom bought for her. She loves it.
That's all for tonight. I'm sure I'll remember more as soon as I logoff.
Rick and Jo went to Cancun and bought maracas for her. She loves them! She "shake it shake it shake its" when you tell her to. She looks you right in the eye and gets this intense look on her face and shakes them like crazy. When Matt tried to take one away, as Uncle Matt does oh so often, she yelled, "NO, MINE!!!" Oh my, here it begins! Then she saw our reactions and continued to take things and say, "mine!" Her words are becoming much more clear.
She was also taking the lid off and on a candle tin and out of no where, she exclaims, "I do it!" We were so surprised! We asked her to do it again, and she did, though not quite as good as the first time. She's a crazy little talker now. She refers to herself as "me" or "Kat". She points to pics of herself and says, "Kat! Meow meow meow!" If you ask her if she's our Kat Kat she meows as well. She also hisses if you ask her what a mad kitty says.
Also, she'll find some beads or one of her pieces of jewelry and say "oh lala". We always say that when we tell her she's pretty, and now she does it to let us know that she's pretty. On that note, if you ask her if she's pretty, she smiles and shakes her head no. We gasp and say, "OH YES YOU ARE!!!" and she laughs!
She likes us to copy her now. She'll cross her arms over her chest and rock from side to side. Then we'll do it too. She laughs, then drops her hands, makes sure we dropped our hands, etc. She finds new things to do, like clasp her hands, clap, etc. She's a very creative little girl.
Tonight we got Baskin Robbins ice cream and she fed herself the entire bowl with a big girl spoon! She got real upset when Mommy had to hold it while we drove home. But we put her in her high chair and let her go for it and she spoon fed herself all the way. Until the end that is, when she drank it.
When she wants a snack or drink, she'll go get it. IF the cup is empty, she'll say, "Puweeeez! Dink!" So dramatic that girl.
We went to buy Boney Bee some vans shoes for her birthday and Kat freaked out when we got into the store. She said, "Sue!" and sat down and took off her shoes and tried to try on several pairs. She of course got Vans too. I asked her which ones she wanted and she said, "Peen!" (pink) She loves pink. Unfortunately they were 10 bucks extra for the new color, so she got purple. She is still happy.
She doesn't like to read Goodnight Moon anymore before bedtime. Now she points to the crib and says, "bed!" so she just goes to bed. Her bedtime friends have expanded from just brown bear and piggie. Now it's also kitty and star pillow and always a "bee" (blankie). She's very particular. She also has to have on her "pretty light". It's a crystal on a light stand my mom bought for her. She loves it.
That's all for tonight. I'm sure I'll remember more as soon as I logoff.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Well Check
OK so Kat’s appt went well. She weighed 22 lbs, 4 oz. This only puts her in the 20th percentile for weight. She is just over 32 inches tall, which puts her in the 50th percentile for height. Her Dr. said that he thinks she will be tall as she grows older, probably shoot up when she hits puberty. He said that she is healthy and smart. She took a photo with him and afterward, he said that she is “really quite amazing”. He noted that she wasn’t afraid of much, and when she did get nervous, she was easy to talk down. I’m so proud of my girl!
The only vaccination that was ordered this time around was the first varicella. (chicken pox) She didn’t even cry! She tried to pull away and gave the nurse a dirty look, but didn’t cry. We clapped afterward and told her what a big girl she was. The nurse gave her a sticker and boy oh boy was she proud of that sticker.
Starting yesterday, but more so today, she says “meow” when asked to be a kitty. She used to say “mimimimimimi” but now it sounds real. She’ll get down on all 4’s and crawl and meow like a kitty. She’s so freaking cute!
She knows everyone in her family. She says “Tee” for auntie. She says “He” for both Rick and Henry. When she sees my dad or grampa she says “Pa”. Grandma is “Ma”. Chad is “DadDEE” and I’m “Mom Mom”. When you ask her what her name is, it’s “Kat”. She walks around pointing to things and saying their word. Chair, TV, Book, Bob (a piggy bank), I can’t even remember all the words she knows. Pretty much everything in the house she knows, as well as Dog, Cat, Airplane, Water, Car, Pizza. The list goes on. She knows all her body parts. You can ask her to point out pretty much all the colors: red, blue, green, purple, pink, yellow. Pink is her favorite right now and the only one that she’ll name. (You can ask her to point to red and she will, but if you ask what color is that she’ll only tell you pink) She knows her shapes: circle, square, star, heart, oval, rectangle, crescent.
Kat dances more than ever now. If music comes on she’ll look to make sure I’m watching her and then sway to and fro.
Her new favorite game is the copy game. She’ll cross her arms and then look at us, expecting us to cross our arms. We will, and she’ll just grin, then start to sway... we start to sway, she keeps grinning! She’ll then put her hands down on the ground, we copy. She never says anything, just keeps trying different things for us to copy. She is thrilled when 2 or 3 adults are all doing what she leads us to do.
She took a 3.5 hour nap today, which was wonderful. I hope this is a sign of things to come! We’ll see. Probably not. I don’t want to get too excited. Every time I get her from either a nap or waking up in the morning, I say, “Did you sleep well?” and she’ll say, “yeah!” But she says it like the thought about the answer! So cute!
OK well I’m going to go sneak into her room and watch her sleep for a minute then try to drift off myself.
The only vaccination that was ordered this time around was the first varicella. (chicken pox) She didn’t even cry! She tried to pull away and gave the nurse a dirty look, but didn’t cry. We clapped afterward and told her what a big girl she was. The nurse gave her a sticker and boy oh boy was she proud of that sticker.
Starting yesterday, but more so today, she says “meow” when asked to be a kitty. She used to say “mimimimimimi” but now it sounds real. She’ll get down on all 4’s and crawl and meow like a kitty. She’s so freaking cute!
She knows everyone in her family. She says “Tee” for auntie. She says “He” for both Rick and Henry. When she sees my dad or grampa she says “Pa”. Grandma is “Ma”. Chad is “DadDEE” and I’m “Mom Mom”. When you ask her what her name is, it’s “Kat”. She walks around pointing to things and saying their word. Chair, TV, Book, Bob (a piggy bank), I can’t even remember all the words she knows. Pretty much everything in the house she knows, as well as Dog, Cat, Airplane, Water, Car, Pizza. The list goes on. She knows all her body parts. You can ask her to point out pretty much all the colors: red, blue, green, purple, pink, yellow. Pink is her favorite right now and the only one that she’ll name. (You can ask her to point to red and she will, but if you ask what color is that she’ll only tell you pink) She knows her shapes: circle, square, star, heart, oval, rectangle, crescent.
Kat dances more than ever now. If music comes on she’ll look to make sure I’m watching her and then sway to and fro.
Her new favorite game is the copy game. She’ll cross her arms and then look at us, expecting us to cross our arms. We will, and she’ll just grin, then start to sway... we start to sway, she keeps grinning! She’ll then put her hands down on the ground, we copy. She never says anything, just keeps trying different things for us to copy. She is thrilled when 2 or 3 adults are all doing what she leads us to do.
She took a 3.5 hour nap today, which was wonderful. I hope this is a sign of things to come! We’ll see. Probably not. I don’t want to get too excited. Every time I get her from either a nap or waking up in the morning, I say, “Did you sleep well?” and she’ll say, “yeah!” But she says it like the thought about the answer! So cute!
OK well I’m going to go sneak into her room and watch her sleep for a minute then try to drift off myself.
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Bye Bye Boobie, and other stuff
It's been a couple of months since I've updated this! It's because a certain Chuka Monkey keeps me very very busy. Also, I'm working a bunch of extra hours, which sucks.
Anyhow, Kat is doing very well with her words. She says two syllable words now. In fact, her first two syllable word was "cookie". She wanted a cookie from Auntie Candy and I said "how do we ask for a cookie?" and she said, "Coo Kee Pweez". She's so cute. Her next 2 syllable word is "baby". She also says "bown bao" (Brown bear)
Kat has no trouble knowing the difference between "ga" (yes) and "nyoo" (no). She thinks about her answer before she gives it, which I love.
Kat has to go to an outside sitter now, Nanette. Nanette is a school teacher and her husband is a cop. They live just a few minutes from Kaiser. They have a 2 year old boy named Brodie and a 4 month old baby, Ella. Kat plays very well with Brodie. Brodie is in a "mine" phase but Kat is very good natured about it. She is in LOVE with baby Ella. She hold her and says, "me baby" telling me she wants to hold the baby. Then I let her hold the baby, and she kept kissing her and showing the baby where her eyes, nose and mouth are. She is very gentle with Ella and gets upset when Ella cries. When she cries, Kat rubs her tummy and says "baby baby". She's a little mommy.
Let's see, she climbs anything and everything. She can get up onto our bed, which is tall. She can also get herself into her high chair. Today while babysitting Brodie and Ella I came into the room and Kat was standing on top of a table. She moved a chair over to climb on, then got on the table... etc. She's a crazy little monkey with no fear whatsoever.
Kat stopped nursing as of 5-31-06. 17 months old! She was very easy to wean. For a few months now we've been only nursing in the morning when she woke up. One day I decided I'd just try to go get her and change her and feed her breakfast and not mention it. That worked for a couple of days. She asked a couple of times, but no big deal. Then in the shower she latched on for a minute before I could intervene. But I told her I'd get her a big girl sippie cup when we got out and she was fine with that. She hasn't mentioned it since. She's such a good, well adjusted little girl.
Her 18 month checkup is tomorrow with Dr. Gelber. He's such a good Dr... we're going to be very sad when he retires. Kat likes her doctor. He always comments on how she doesn't cry too much.
I know there was more I wanted to mention but it'll have to wait. My brain is a tad mushy now and so I'll see what I can remember and try to write more tomorrow.
Anyhow, Kat is doing very well with her words. She says two syllable words now. In fact, her first two syllable word was "cookie". She wanted a cookie from Auntie Candy and I said "how do we ask for a cookie?" and she said, "Coo Kee Pweez". She's so cute. Her next 2 syllable word is "baby". She also says "bown bao" (Brown bear)
Kat has no trouble knowing the difference between "ga" (yes) and "nyoo" (no). She thinks about her answer before she gives it, which I love.
Kat has to go to an outside sitter now, Nanette. Nanette is a school teacher and her husband is a cop. They live just a few minutes from Kaiser. They have a 2 year old boy named Brodie and a 4 month old baby, Ella. Kat plays very well with Brodie. Brodie is in a "mine" phase but Kat is very good natured about it. She is in LOVE with baby Ella. She hold her and says, "me baby" telling me she wants to hold the baby. Then I let her hold the baby, and she kept kissing her and showing the baby where her eyes, nose and mouth are. She is very gentle with Ella and gets upset when Ella cries. When she cries, Kat rubs her tummy and says "baby baby". She's a little mommy.
Let's see, she climbs anything and everything. She can get up onto our bed, which is tall. She can also get herself into her high chair. Today while babysitting Brodie and Ella I came into the room and Kat was standing on top of a table. She moved a chair over to climb on, then got on the table... etc. She's a crazy little monkey with no fear whatsoever.
Kat stopped nursing as of 5-31-06. 17 months old! She was very easy to wean. For a few months now we've been only nursing in the morning when she woke up. One day I decided I'd just try to go get her and change her and feed her breakfast and not mention it. That worked for a couple of days. She asked a couple of times, but no big deal. Then in the shower she latched on for a minute before I could intervene. But I told her I'd get her a big girl sippie cup when we got out and she was fine with that. She hasn't mentioned it since. She's such a good, well adjusted little girl.
Her 18 month checkup is tomorrow with Dr. Gelber. He's such a good Dr... we're going to be very sad when he retires. Kat likes her doctor. He always comments on how she doesn't cry too much.
I know there was more I wanted to mention but it'll have to wait. My brain is a tad mushy now and so I'll see what I can remember and try to write more tomorrow.
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