Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Aquadoodle
Labels:
aquadoodle,
art,
Christmas,
drawing,
present,
uncle ryan
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Great Times
Labels:
ball pit,
balls,
chuck e cheese,
colin,
cousin,
grandma,
great times
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas!
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! We spent the afternoon at Erick's parents' home, and had dinner and opened presents. I'm glad I was able to talk to my cousin Lynn today, but missed talking to Grandma. Dad hasn't called me back yet, but I hope he had a good day. Merry Christmas Tabetha and Brian! I hope to see you soon! Jeni, I hope Jaxin finally fell asleep after his long and exciting day. We miss all of you!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Beansie
Uncle Ryan got a new puppy, a pug, and brought it over last night. Piper was so excited to see it. Two dogs at the same time...she was in heaven! She did really well, and was gentle with Beansie. Ginger was really good too and wasn't rough or anything. Piper wanted to pick the puppy up though. She was about the size of one of her stuffed animals, so it was understandable.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
15 Month Checkup
We had our 15 month appointment today. Piper did really well and weighs 24.4 lbs (75%) and is 33 inches long (95%). Dr. Nazer said she is doing great and said she won't need to come back until she is two. That surprised me since I figured she would return at 18 months. She should be in a toddler bed by then, and her vocabulary should increase, along with her stubborness.
She received two shots today, DTaP and PCV. She was scheduled to get the MMR, but Erick is concerned about autism risks and refused it. She needs it eventually, but since she's not in daycare, it's fine if we wait. She can get it at her 2 year appointment. This way she didn't have to have so many shots all at once today. The doctor says she is definitely not at risk and is advanced for her age. There's nothing to worry about. It's funny that she mentioned she is ahead of where she should be since I haven't told her even half the stuff that Piper can do.
She received two shots today, DTaP and PCV. She was scheduled to get the MMR, but Erick is concerned about autism risks and refused it. She needs it eventually, but since she's not in daycare, it's fine if we wait. She can get it at her 2 year appointment. This way she didn't have to have so many shots all at once today. The doctor says she is definitely not at risk and is advanced for her age. There's nothing to worry about. It's funny that she mentioned she is ahead of where she should be since I haven't told her even half the stuff that Piper can do.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Which Picture Do You Like Best?
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
General Update-December
Age (in months, or years and months): 15 months
Physical abilities: has learned to walk up the stairs but still working on walking down alone, balance is really good and she is starting to stand on one foot for a few seconds without holding on to anything, still climbing EVERYTHING, wants desperately to ride the tricycle that we got from a friend, and pushes herself around with her feet, but hasn’t got the coordination yet to pedal successfully
Speech/language: vocabulary, sentence length, etc: not much growth unfortunately even though her comprehension and ability to follow multi- step directions is great. 1-2 word sentences still. Knows and points to about 20 body parts
Reading/pre-reading: Still very engrossed in pretend reading to herself, but demanding we read to her more and more. On average we read about 20 books every night, many more than once.
Number stuff: knows one and can show you on her fingers how many one is, points to the numbers in her book when I count them
Other cognitive stuff: puzzles, reasoning, etc: some interest in her peg puzzles, will do one time then she’s done with that puzzle for the day, remembers everything, knows how to get home when coming home with Grandma- we live in an apartment and she knew to climb upstairs to the second floor and which one of the three doors she should try to open, can find anything when we ask to go get something even when we don’t know where it is.
Creativity: loves her art time and always wants to sit at the table and color, I’ve been trying to branch out and give her more options of things to do. She’s enjoyed stickers and a couple other crafts we’ve done
Imagination:continuing pretend play with her dolls and stuffed animals, pushes them on her tricycle, rocks them in her chair, feeds them her sippy cup since we took the bottle away last month, talks on her phone all the time (opens phone “hello…babbling…bye” closes phone. Really wants the kitchen set we have “hidden” in the closet that will be from Santa this year
Social: still not around other kids much, so I’m not sure how she is in this area.
Character/personality: fearless and silly, loves to make you laugh, has figured out how to tickle us
Anything else/other: Amazingly enough she will go sit in her time out chair when we tell her to, although she still is testing us by standing up and waiting to see if we’ll make her sit down again. She’s becoming picky about what food she eats, and we struggle to get her to eat any kind of meat. She has totally figured the whole Christmas present thing out and ripped into a gift the other day that she received early. I didn't have to show her anything about how to open it.
Physical abilities: has learned to walk up the stairs but still working on walking down alone, balance is really good and she is starting to stand on one foot for a few seconds without holding on to anything, still climbing EVERYTHING, wants desperately to ride the tricycle that we got from a friend, and pushes herself around with her feet, but hasn’t got the coordination yet to pedal successfully
Speech/language: vocabulary, sentence length, etc: not much growth unfortunately even though her comprehension and ability to follow multi- step directions is great. 1-2 word sentences still. Knows and points to about 20 body parts
Reading/pre-reading: Still very engrossed in pretend reading to herself, but demanding we read to her more and more. On average we read about 20 books every night, many more than once.
Number stuff: knows one and can show you on her fingers how many one is, points to the numbers in her book when I count them
Other cognitive stuff: puzzles, reasoning, etc: some interest in her peg puzzles, will do one time then she’s done with that puzzle for the day, remembers everything, knows how to get home when coming home with Grandma- we live in an apartment and she knew to climb upstairs to the second floor and which one of the three doors she should try to open, can find anything when we ask to go get something even when we don’t know where it is.
Creativity: loves her art time and always wants to sit at the table and color, I’ve been trying to branch out and give her more options of things to do. She’s enjoyed stickers and a couple other crafts we’ve done
Imagination:continuing pretend play with her dolls and stuffed animals, pushes them on her tricycle, rocks them in her chair, feeds them her sippy cup since we took the bottle away last month, talks on her phone all the time (opens phone “hello…babbling…bye” closes phone. Really wants the kitchen set we have “hidden” in the closet that will be from Santa this year
Social: still not around other kids much, so I’m not sure how she is in this area.
Character/personality: fearless and silly, loves to make you laugh, has figured out how to tickle us
Anything else/other: Amazingly enough she will go sit in her time out chair when we tell her to, although she still is testing us by standing up and waiting to see if we’ll make her sit down again. She’s becoming picky about what food she eats, and we struggle to get her to eat any kind of meat. She has totally figured the whole Christmas present thing out and ripped into a gift the other day that she received early. I didn't have to show her anything about how to open it.
New PJ's
Raul brought over Piper's Christmas present last night since he'll be out of town over the holidays. We didn't have to show her how to do anything, she just tore right into her present and opened it. Here she is in one of her new pajama sets.


Sunday, December 14, 2008
Ball Pit


Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Candy Canes
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Flour Power
Monday, December 8, 2008
Read it Again Mama
Last night Piper was really into reading her books. I think I read 18-19 to her out loud, some of them 2 or 3 times. Most of them were really short books, but still, she kept asking for more. I have some books here at school that I haven't taken home yet, so I guess tonight is the night. I told Erick's mom I would give some to her to keep at her house too. I'm thrilled she is so into her books. Maybe this will stimulate her language development, and she'll learn some new words.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Where a Kid Can Be a Kid

Saturday, December 6, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
New Playthings
Piper got a new table and chairs from one of my friends, along with a bunch of other stuff. We are saving the kitchen playset and grocery cart for Christmas from Santa...shhh! Some of the other items I put back until she gets a little older- like the tricycle and puppet theater. The table is a little big for her, but she can manage to climb up on the chair. Imagine that! :) I've moved all of her art supplies into her room for now. They were on the dining room table, but I'm tired of it being covered with clutter. Hopefully she'll get an easel for Christmas too.
We need a bigger place for all of her new stuff!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Making Cookies
Last night we made chocolate chip cookies, and Piper got to help. Even standing on her step stool, she is too short to reach the counter. So she sat on the counter and helped add ingredients to the bowl. 
She even helped stir the chocolate chips in at the end.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Body Parts
Here is a sample of some of the body parts Piper knows. She has to really be in the mood to show off for me and let me videotape it at the same time.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Friday Flashback
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Bye Bye Bottle
We officially got rid of Piper's final bottle last week. She was still taking one at bedtime a lot of nights even though we are still nursing. So now she gets a sippy cup if she needs it at night. She has also been doing a lot better about sleeping all night. I can't even remember the last time she woke up at night. The one time she did cry recently, I just brought her to bed with me without nursing her, and she fell back asleep right away. I'm hoping this new trend continues, since I'm getting much more sleep lately.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Ball Drop Explanation
I posted this again because the first video I posted is not working for me. It's taking forever to load. That video is a combination of three clips mixed together. The video labeled Ball Drop is just one of the clips. Basically it shows how she figured out where to put the balls and how she knows to track them as they roll down the different ramps. She also knows to get the ball from the exit at the bottom. However this particular clip doesn't show everything obviously. I didn't want to import all three videos separately.
FYI: I hate that Photobucket will nto let me add comments when I import my video to Blogger.
FYI: I hate that Photobucket will nto let me add comments when I import my video to Blogger.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
I Thought I Taw a Putty Tat
Halfway through our game the family across from us asked me what my name was because I looked familiar. It turned out to be a former student from five years ago. She had a friend with her from the same class. I had thought the parents seemed vaguely familiar, but didn't even think about it. The girls, Beth and Olivia, were so grown up. I can't believe it has been that long since they were in first grade.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Piggy Bank
I showed Piper how to put pennies in her piggy bank last night. She had fun putting them all in there, and even figured out that there was a plug on the bottom to get them back out. Maybe she'll be a better saver than Mommy and Daddy are.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
New Painting

Monday, November 17, 2008
Helping with Laundry
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Shape Puzzle
I got her a shape puzzle because the other ones she had were too hard with too many corners to fit in the spot. She can do the circle, square, and triangle pretty well now. Sometimes she'll do the rectangle. Everything else is still kinda hard to figure out where they go. If she takes out one piece at a time though, she always knows how to fit it back in the board. I don't think it will be too long before she can do it all. This video is really short. I had to film it on a different camera and I didn't have much memory left.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Reading
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