I Am Not A Monkey

When it rains it pours. Lots of blogs lately for your reading pleasure.

So tonight for dinner Tim wanted to take us out. We decided on Fox and Hound because they have big screen TVs and there was a baseball game on. About the time we were eating our last few bites, the waitress comes over to chit chat. Of course she goes on and on about how cute and sweet Aeryn is. She asked if she was a very talkative; which led to us telling her about Signing Time. She had never seen a baby sign, so we tried to get Aeryn to show her some. If you don't already know, Aeryn is modest and doesn't like to show off. In other words, she gets shy sometimes. Tim and I are each trying to get her attention, "Aeryn, look at me," "Look at me Aeryn." Then we try signing to see if she will go along. Not gonna happen. When we've tried to showcase her before, she either does her best to ignore us or give us a stare that seems to say "I am not a monkey." We gave up, and the waitress takes 3 or 4 steps away and Aeryn looks at us and signs 'all done.' That was one of the signs we were trying to get her to do. Luckily the waitress saw it out of the corner of her eye and turned around just in time to see. Aeryn stopped when she saw the waitress paying attention. Then when the waitress turned the corner, Aeryn starts signing, practically in order, the ones we wanted her to do. What a joker she is!

Today Eileen and I went for pedicures. Even though I miss Melisa, their moving has given me opportunity to spend more time with Tims family. It's so nice to get out and have some girl time. We go to a place at the Promenade Mall, by Macy's. I like it best out of all the ones I have been to. But in the end, as long as the chair has a massager.

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Okay so I just posted this, and then went to look at my comments. I discovered that I haven't read any comments since last summer. So thanks everyone for leaving your thoughts. I am about to go through and erase some advert posts.

Good Night

Whew, what a night. Poor baby girl is having a lot of trouble with a tooth that's coming in. I think it's been the most painful. It's her lower right cuspid(third from the middle). She took an early nap, around noon. And she usually only takes an hour nap, around 2pm; or two naps if she's up from the first one around noon, like today. But she never took a second nap. So she's tired, her tooth is hurting, and she's fighting off a runny nose/congestion. All it took was one little thing not to go her way, and it happened just after 7. She cried for most the hour. We gave her some Tylenol then some Orajel. The only thing that is a sure thing to stop the crying is to take her outside. It was too cold for her to be out for more than a couple minutes. And of course when we came in, she started crying again. Thinking that she just needs a nice rest, we took her upstairs to get her ready for bed, at 8. What a challenge that was. After we changed her diaper and put on the pj's, we decided to see if a bath would help. At first she wanted to get in with her pj's still on. But Tim was able to convince her it was okay to go in sans clothes. What a guy. She loved it! Playing, laughing, happy splashing kid. She was in there for about 45 minutes, her longest. We didn't even think of washing her; plus she'd just had a bath last night. After the bath it was a regular night. She went to bed, after some stories, without a fuss. Whew. It wasn't the screaming and crying that was getting to us. It was the frustration of not being able to console her. Even though you know better, you still feel rejected when your kid doesn't want to be held by you, or anything to do with you. Just one of those things. I guess it's supposed to prepare me for her adolescent years.

Now for some good. Aeryn is doing so well with her signing. She's even picked up on some just from the video, one's that we haven't worked on with her. One that really surprised us was 'laughing.' It's in the theme song that plays when every video starts.
I have also noticed that she knows which way is up with people/dolls and animals. When she plays with her baby dolls, she never has them head down. Today she was playing with a felt cut out of a horse the right way. She knows which keys go to the car and which goes to the house; and how to put them in. She's amazing.

Slide

Whew. I am caught up on posting slides. There are too many to post, so just look for the link in my links. So here's the goings on. Easter was fun. Tim and I dyed some eggs. Tim had the great idea of letting Aeryn cheat this year on the hunt. While was out front hiding the eggs, Aeryn and I "peeked" out the front window and watched. She got the hint alright. Immediately when Tim came inside, she stole the basket, and was out the door before we could get her shoes on. She really enjoyed the experience, and was good about picking up dropped eggs. We didn't go anywhere else to hunt eggs. Maybe next year.
Aeryn is still doing great with her sign language. What a fit she throws if we turn it off, or don't get turn it in fast enough.
We also found a great playground. It's a bit far, about 15-20min, in Jenks. It's worth the drive though. I enjoy playing on it. There are two structures. A great big one, for big kids, duh. And there is one perfect for toddlers. The bars around it are too close together for any heads to pop through. We have been to it twice. The first was just Aeryn and I, we met up with Stephanie and Annika. And the second time was with the three of us today. What great weather. I am going to be so bummed when the humidity strikes.
Our decor has changed a little as well. We have a new kitchen table...



We are going to have the chairs reupholstered soon.
The other items, are a new to us TV and entertainment center. Thank you Dad. You can see them in one of the new slides.

When you have a moment, and by moment I mean hours, and check out the awesome putt putt game in my links. Thank you to my step dad Lee. Enjoy! And now all that is left for me to do is add some more recipes to my other page. Lots of yummy goodness!

Aeryn's Achievements and such

Just wanted to quickly get on and do a short update. Aeryn is in love with Signing Time. We check out a dvd or two about each week from the library. She is very good at signing. She signs: milk, juice, eat, hungry, water, apple, cookie, cracker, banana, cheese, shoes, socks, ball, please, want, car, cat, dog, bird(for Melisa, she did it the correct way from the start!), laugh, play, baby. I think that's everything so far, I may be forgetting one or two. She can say a few words: juice, ball, baby, bye bye, daddy, puppy, please. There are also some songs with hand movements, like Itsy Bitsy Spider, that she can do. On Tuesdays we go to My First Storytime at the Hardesty library in Tulsa. It's free, and there are kids her age to socialize, and kids my age I can socialize with. We do the same on Wednesdays, but we go to one in Broken Arrow. And on Saturdays we go to dance class. Yes, dance class. It's great. There are only two other girls in the class, so it's not overwhelming, and the teacher is really great with the girls. At this age, it's a mommy and me class, and it's mostly about following directions and movement. Her fave tv shows are: Yo Gabba Gabba, Sesame Street, and the Doodlebops. Fave food is Mac and Cheese. Fave toy: big pink ball. She is always helping me out. Throwing away her dirty diapers, helping me with laundry, grocery shopping(pushes the basket and puts things in). She loves the dogs. But she also loves birds. Whenever she sees one, she tells us. So I bought some bird feeders for the backyard to attract more birds. It's going well, and no increase in the need to wash the car so far either.
Don't worry I have some more cute pics to put up. Just gotta get around to it, you know. TTFN