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
Friday, March 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Big Girl Chair
Yesterday we went to Wal-Mart and bought a booster seat for Aeryn to sit in at the table. Which led to the first dinner that just the three of us had at the table. Before last night, we'd only eaten at the table when we had guests. Usually we eat off of TV trays. But the past week Aeryn has been reluctant to sit in the high chair, most of the time. Which is why we got the booster. She loves it! What a success. I had been stressing out about her diet lately. I had only been making her food that she could eat without making a mess, in case she didn't want to eat in the high chair. So there was a lot of sandwiches and crackers.
Another recent problem, getting her to let us brush her teeth. After her bath Monday night, she stood up on Tim's legs, to see on top the bathroom counter. And she grabbed her toothbrush and stuck it under the sink, waited for us to turn on the water, then brushed her teeth. When she was done, she let me brush her teeth. So we also bought a stool for her yesterday. It worked good last night, but not this morning. The stool isn't as tall as we wanted, but it's safe. We'll see if she gets used to it.
I take Aeryn to Baby Story Time at our libraries. On Tuesday I take her to Hardesty Library in Tulsa(about 10-15 min from our house to the library), and Wednesdays I was taking her to Broken Arrow South(about 2 miles from my house). But the teacher at Broken Arrow we had last year moved. I don't think that the new lady is very good with Aeryn's age group(birth- 2yrs). So today we went to the Broken Arrow library close to down town(about 3-4 miles from my house). I like it a lot better there. The other mothers seem really nice, and there are few more kids, and closer to Aeryn's age, at the new one.
Story Time is fun. Just a few stories and play songs. It's great to get out of the house and make contact with other moms and Aeryn gets to socialize. Not to mention, it's free! I am looking at enrolling Aeryn in a dance, music, or gym class. The cheapest enrollment fee, I found at a ballet studio. I can't remember the name, I think South Tulsa something. It's at a new shopping center at 101st and Memorial, next to the movie theater. We went to observe a class last Saturday, but none of the kids had shown up. They said that had never happened before. I asked how many kids there were, only 3. So we are going to go back this Saturday and hope they make it. If it's worth it, I am hardly going to be able to contain myself. I took dance when I was little. I don't think I was as young as Aeryn is now. It's just so neat to see your kids enjoying the same things you did.
Another recent problem, getting her to let us brush her teeth. After her bath Monday night, she stood up on Tim's legs, to see on top the bathroom counter. And she grabbed her toothbrush and stuck it under the sink, waited for us to turn on the water, then brushed her teeth. When she was done, she let me brush her teeth. So we also bought a stool for her yesterday. It worked good last night, but not this morning. The stool isn't as tall as we wanted, but it's safe. We'll see if she gets used to it.
I take Aeryn to Baby Story Time at our libraries. On Tuesday I take her to Hardesty Library in Tulsa(about 10-15 min from our house to the library), and Wednesdays I was taking her to Broken Arrow South(about 2 miles from my house). But the teacher at Broken Arrow we had last year moved. I don't think that the new lady is very good with Aeryn's age group(birth- 2yrs). So today we went to the Broken Arrow library close to down town(about 3-4 miles from my house). I like it a lot better there. The other mothers seem really nice, and there are few more kids, and closer to Aeryn's age, at the new one.
Story Time is fun. Just a few stories and play songs. It's great to get out of the house and make contact with other moms and Aeryn gets to socialize. Not to mention, it's free! I am looking at enrolling Aeryn in a dance, music, or gym class. The cheapest enrollment fee, I found at a ballet studio. I can't remember the name, I think South Tulsa something. It's at a new shopping center at 101st and Memorial, next to the movie theater. We went to observe a class last Saturday, but none of the kids had shown up. They said that had never happened before. I asked how many kids there were, only 3. So we are going to go back this Saturday and hope they make it. If it's worth it, I am hardly going to be able to contain myself. I took dance when I was little. I don't think I was as young as Aeryn is now. It's just so neat to see your kids enjoying the same things you did.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Salsa Baby
Last night, Tim, Aeryn, and I took my dad out to dinner for his birthday. We went to a Mexican restaurant here in BA, Compadres(sp?). We love the chicken fajitas there! You get so much yummy chicken for your buck than other places. You get free salsa and chips. I gave Aeryn a chip and she saw me dip mine in salsa and wanted some for her chip. I dipped it a little, thinking it'd be too spicy for her to like. But it was the total opposite, she loved it. And was good about not knocking over the bowl when she dipped her chips herself. Even later in the meal she stopped using a chip at all, just her fingers. I was worried about the consequences of allowing her to partake of the yummy salsaness. But so far, nothing outrageous. After dinner, my dad went home and we went to Blockbuster to rent a movie. Our Aeryn made a new friend. There was this other little girl, about a month older, there and Aeryn walked right up to her and babbled a hello. She was very interested in the movie the girl was holding but not once tried to take it away. She also tried to giver her a kiss and hug. Aeryn is too sweet! She even said "bye bye" to her.
Today Aeryn and I went to the Tulsa Women's Expo at the QT Center(formerly Expo Square). It was a last minute thing. I wish I would have tried to find someone to come with. Tim wasn't very interested for some reason. :-) It would have been better to go with someone. It had been going on since Friday, but I only found out about it last night on tv. It said there was a cute baby contest, and I wanted to enter Aeryn, even if it was to cause self esteem problems for the other babies. We all know how awesomely cute she is. I looked it up online, and the entry acceptance date had passed. Maybe next year. We walked around all the booths, avoiding sign ups for "fabulous prizes...not for a mailing list" like they're the plague. You know what I'm talkin bout. But some had some cool freebies we nabbed. Aeryn went through two helium balloons popping on her. It didn't startle, scare or upset her at all, she had almost no reaction to it. We shared some Blue Bell ice cream. I hogged the chocolate covered strawberry. I planned on sharing with Aeryn but I guess my bite was bigger than I realized. :-) I also grabbed some free magazines from a Food Pyramid(bought out the Albertson's in Tulsa) area. And I couldn't resist, I bought three awesome necklaces and a pair of earrings from a booth Dazzle Me Jewels. They are based out of Minnesota, they don't sell online unfortunately, only travel around expos. So if you are ever at one, keep an eye peeled. Their wholesale, the jewelry is sterling silver with Australian crystals. Three necklaces and a pair of earrings, only $33.48. My earrings dangle a little and have a light purplish round crystal. And my necklace charms are a monkey, wine glass, and a star. I love them. I can wear them with anything!
That's all I am up to. I will eventually have a ton more recipes on my other page and new picture slides on slide.com. I will keep you updated...and yes I still have some postdating for you.
Today Aeryn and I went to the Tulsa Women's Expo at the QT Center(formerly Expo Square). It was a last minute thing. I wish I would have tried to find someone to come with. Tim wasn't very interested for some reason. :-) It would have been better to go with someone. It had been going on since Friday, but I only found out about it last night on tv. It said there was a cute baby contest, and I wanted to enter Aeryn, even if it was to cause self esteem problems for the other babies. We all know how awesomely cute she is. I looked it up online, and the entry acceptance date had passed. Maybe next year. We walked around all the booths, avoiding sign ups for "fabulous prizes...not for a mailing list" like they're the plague. You know what I'm talkin bout. But some had some cool freebies we nabbed. Aeryn went through two helium balloons popping on her. It didn't startle, scare or upset her at all, she had almost no reaction to it. We shared some Blue Bell ice cream. I hogged the chocolate covered strawberry. I planned on sharing with Aeryn but I guess my bite was bigger than I realized. :-) I also grabbed some free magazines from a Food Pyramid(bought out the Albertson's in Tulsa) area. And I couldn't resist, I bought three awesome necklaces and a pair of earrings from a booth Dazzle Me Jewels. They are based out of Minnesota, they don't sell online unfortunately, only travel around expos. So if you are ever at one, keep an eye peeled. Their wholesale, the jewelry is sterling silver with Australian crystals. Three necklaces and a pair of earrings, only $33.48. My earrings dangle a little and have a light purplish round crystal. And my necklace charms are a monkey, wine glass, and a star. I love them. I can wear them with anything!
That's all I am up to. I will eventually have a ton more recipes on my other page and new picture slides on slide.com. I will keep you updated...and yes I still have some postdating for you.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Time Flies! ... FAST!
Okay, so it's been a while. But I have been keeping some notes, so there will be some re-caps. Just some POI's to catch you up. And I will go into more details later.
What a trip to Michigan we had! My dad flew us up to MI to spend Thanksgiving with Brad's family. It was great to spend time with everyone. We played games, went to a planetarium, saw some movies, watched Law & Order tapes I brought, and enjoyed watching the kids play. Thanksgiving dinner was great! I will get more into the trip another time. Took up so much already with the flights.
There was a big ice storm in December. Power went out Monday morning, before the sun was up, and we didn't get ours back until Thursday after dinner. What an experience. I know that I can't really sympathize with people living in war torn countries, but I think I got a taste. It's so surreal to drive on a city street in total darkness. And there are branches falling everywhere, sounds like explosions. Roads are completely blocked off by trees and power line poles. We were lucky because my dad was out of town, so we stayed at his house at night. We had to come back during the day to take care of the dogs. And it's just more comfortable for us at home.
Christmas Eve, I made dinner for Byron, his girlfriend Kryston, my dad, and his date. It was so good. I will be posting it on my recipe blog. Christmas day we went to my moms in the morning, then to Lee's mom, Regina, for lunch. We had Christmas with the Danzigers later that week, at Ian and Stephanie's.
For New Year, Aeryn stayed the night at my moms. It was her first night away from us. I should say us from her, I think the separation was harder on us than her. :-) It was nice to have a night out together.
I think that's all I am up for today. There will be more soon... I hope.
What a trip to Michigan we had! My dad flew us up to MI to spend Thanksgiving with Brad's family. It was great to spend time with everyone. We played games, went to a planetarium, saw some movies, watched Law & Order tapes I brought, and enjoyed watching the kids play. Thanksgiving dinner was great! I will get more into the trip another time. Took up so much already with the flights.
There was a big ice storm in December. Power went out Monday morning, before the sun was up, and we didn't get ours back until Thursday after dinner. What an experience. I know that I can't really sympathize with people living in war torn countries, but I think I got a taste. It's so surreal to drive on a city street in total darkness. And there are branches falling everywhere, sounds like explosions. Roads are completely blocked off by trees and power line poles. We were lucky because my dad was out of town, so we stayed at his house at night. We had to come back during the day to take care of the dogs. And it's just more comfortable for us at home.
Christmas Eve, I made dinner for Byron, his girlfriend Kryston, my dad, and his date. It was so good. I will be posting it on my recipe blog. Christmas day we went to my moms in the morning, then to Lee's mom, Regina, for lunch. We had Christmas with the Danzigers later that week, at Ian and Stephanie's.
For New Year, Aeryn stayed the night at my moms. It was her first night away from us. I should say us from her, I think the separation was harder on us than her. :-) It was nice to have a night out together.
I think that's all I am up for today. There will be more soon... I hope.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Catch up
I cannot believe how much has happened since I last really wrote! Even without her turning 1!
Her lower left Lateral Incisor has popped up. 8 teeth! She's a really good eater. I love being able to give her what I make. Soon Tim and I are going to have to start eating at the table; so Aeryn doesn't get used to us eating on tv trays watching, well tv. We are so bad with that. I guess we are just going to have to get a DVR. I better let Tim know. ;-) Aeryn likes to drink out of straws now. She still mostly uses her sippies. For some reason I didn't want her to try soda until she could drink from a straw. Well now she has, and each time it brings on lots of funny faces. She will take a drink and then make a sour like funny face. But she will still keep drinking, and each time making a face! The first drink she took from a straw was a Pumpkin shake from Braum's. Lucky her. Unlucky me, because I have to share now.
She also has completely mastered the stairs now. She can go up and down. I feel blessed that she hasn't learned how to climb out of her crib yet. It's the only thing she hasn't climbed in the house now.
She is also walking using push toys. Well, anything that she can slide across the floor. Her favorite is her high chair. It's too cute!
Every morning I open her window shade, bring her to the window and we say hello to the world. For her birthday I printed out the Yo Gabba Gabba characters to decorate for her birthday. She really liked seeing them up. So instead of throwing them away I taped them to her window. I cannot believe how much she loves them! When she wakes up, she doesn't want to give me hugs, she wants to open the shade to see Yo Gabba Gabba. And if I forget to close her shade and bring her upstairs later, she gets so excited when she turns the corner to her room.
Birthday Oct. 19
Tim had an early day at work, so we took Aeryn to Toys R Us. Apparently I signed her up for Geoffry's Birthday Club at some point, and they sent us a coupon. She picked out a cute dolly. As part of being in the Club she got a birthday crown and balloon. I took a picture on my phone but haven't blue toothed it to the computer yet. But I will get it up at some point. I baked her cakes for the party and one for her to blow out a candle ON her birthday. It also gave her some practice for tearing into her own little one on Saturday.
Birthday Party Oct. 20
It was my first big shindig and it went so smoothly, if I say so myself. I couldn't believe it! I did scramble a little bit in the morning. I had printed out a picture on Friday and took it to Wal-Mart to be copied onto edible paper. But they wouldn't do it because the characters are copyrighted. So I took it to Target, and the person who was working didn't know how to do it, so I left the picture for the morning person. And I got a call Saturday morning saying that they couldn't do it. I printed another one and took it to Reasor's, but their machine was broken. I took it to a Food Pyramid(formerly Albertsons) and theirs was down too. So I tried one more Food Pyramid, and I got it done! Whew! Came home decorated the cakes and then did some cleaning. Luckily Tim was home to hang out with Aeryn. And he helped me out when she was napping. I am so lucky. The timing couldn't have been better. Right as the hoers derv's were coming out of the oven, people started to arrive. I served some mini spinach and artichoke bread bowls from Schwan's(I love 'em. And you know how much I love veggies.), and I made some lil' smokies wrapped in bacon, some veggies and chips with dip, and a great punch recipe I found online(I will post it soon on my recipe page). The cake turned out amazing. If it wasn't for Aeryn I wouldn't have made it. She had pulled some cookbooks out of a cabinet and I came across a cake one I'd forgotten I had. So I looked through it and found her cake. It was a cookie cake and a regular cake in one! Byron didn't realize it was a cookie at first, and thought I had burnt the cake really bad on the bottom. He's so funny! So everyone came and I had some Yo Gabba Gabba playing that I had recorded. There was some socialization and then we opened presents. I am not going to list them all, but her two faves are the bongos from Byron and Kryston, and her most fave is the zebra Gma Jessie and Papa Lee got her. And after presents we did cake. Aeryn did very well, and didn't throw a fit. I can't believe how at ease she was with everything that was going on.
I know, I still have Halloween to talk about. And some other stuff. But you will have to wait a little while. I am tired and going to bed. I promise I will do my best to have everything caught up by the end of the week. Toodles!
Her lower left Lateral Incisor has popped up. 8 teeth! She's a really good eater. I love being able to give her what I make. Soon Tim and I are going to have to start eating at the table; so Aeryn doesn't get used to us eating on tv trays watching, well tv. We are so bad with that. I guess we are just going to have to get a DVR. I better let Tim know. ;-) Aeryn likes to drink out of straws now. She still mostly uses her sippies. For some reason I didn't want her to try soda until she could drink from a straw. Well now she has, and each time it brings on lots of funny faces. She will take a drink and then make a sour like funny face. But she will still keep drinking, and each time making a face! The first drink she took from a straw was a Pumpkin shake from Braum's. Lucky her. Unlucky me, because I have to share now.
She also has completely mastered the stairs now. She can go up and down. I feel blessed that she hasn't learned how to climb out of her crib yet. It's the only thing she hasn't climbed in the house now.
She is also walking using push toys. Well, anything that she can slide across the floor. Her favorite is her high chair. It's too cute!
Every morning I open her window shade, bring her to the window and we say hello to the world. For her birthday I printed out the Yo Gabba Gabba characters to decorate for her birthday. She really liked seeing them up. So instead of throwing them away I taped them to her window. I cannot believe how much she loves them! When she wakes up, she doesn't want to give me hugs, she wants to open the shade to see Yo Gabba Gabba. And if I forget to close her shade and bring her upstairs later, she gets so excited when she turns the corner to her room.
Birthday Oct. 19
Tim had an early day at work, so we took Aeryn to Toys R Us. Apparently I signed her up for Geoffry's Birthday Club at some point, and they sent us a coupon. She picked out a cute dolly. As part of being in the Club she got a birthday crown and balloon. I took a picture on my phone but haven't blue toothed it to the computer yet. But I will get it up at some point. I baked her cakes for the party and one for her to blow out a candle ON her birthday. It also gave her some practice for tearing into her own little one on Saturday.
Birthday Party Oct. 20
It was my first big shindig and it went so smoothly, if I say so myself. I couldn't believe it! I did scramble a little bit in the morning. I had printed out a picture on Friday and took it to Wal-Mart to be copied onto edible paper. But they wouldn't do it because the characters are copyrighted. So I took it to Target, and the person who was working didn't know how to do it, so I left the picture for the morning person. And I got a call Saturday morning saying that they couldn't do it. I printed another one and took it to Reasor's, but their machine was broken. I took it to a Food Pyramid(formerly Albertsons) and theirs was down too. So I tried one more Food Pyramid, and I got it done! Whew! Came home decorated the cakes and then did some cleaning. Luckily Tim was home to hang out with Aeryn. And he helped me out when she was napping. I am so lucky. The timing couldn't have been better. Right as the hoers derv's were coming out of the oven, people started to arrive. I served some mini spinach and artichoke bread bowls from Schwan's(I love 'em. And you know how much I love veggies.), and I made some lil' smokies wrapped in bacon, some veggies and chips with dip, and a great punch recipe I found online(I will post it soon on my recipe page). The cake turned out amazing. If it wasn't for Aeryn I wouldn't have made it. She had pulled some cookbooks out of a cabinet and I came across a cake one I'd forgotten I had. So I looked through it and found her cake. It was a cookie cake and a regular cake in one! Byron didn't realize it was a cookie at first, and thought I had burnt the cake really bad on the bottom. He's so funny! So everyone came and I had some Yo Gabba Gabba playing that I had recorded. There was some socialization and then we opened presents. I am not going to list them all, but her two faves are the bongos from Byron and Kryston, and her most fave is the zebra Gma Jessie and Papa Lee got her. And after presents we did cake. Aeryn did very well, and didn't throw a fit. I can't believe how at ease she was with everything that was going on.
I know, I still have Halloween to talk about. And some other stuff. But you will have to wait a little while. I am tired and going to bed. I promise I will do my best to have everything caught up by the end of the week. Toodles!
Saturday, November 3, 2007
I'm Working On It
I want to apologize that it is taking me so long to blog about Aeryn's birthday. For now, I have done some new slide shows.
There are two different birthday slides because her birthday was on Friday and her party was on Saturday.
Be Back Soon!
There are two different birthday slides because her birthday was on Friday and her party was on Saturday.
Be Back Soon!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Aeryn Blows a Kiss
Aeryn learned how to blow kisses! At first they were silent, but now sometimes she will make a muh sound.
Aeryns top two Lateral Incisor (next to the middle) teeth came in this week. She is only 1 behind Calet now. No matter how many other babies you see grow up, when you have your own kids, it all happens too fast. I am working on Aeryn's baby book, trying to get it mostly done before her birthday. How the time has flown. It's so much fun to look at all the pictures and see how much she's grown. Believe me there are a lot of pictures. I haven't kept up with getting them developed, and so I just did them all together. The stack is like 5" tall.
Although I am so excited that she will be walking soon, but I can wait. I could use the exercise chasing her though. :-) Right now she's still really into climbing. But first she likes to pull out contents of cabinets and then tries to climb into them.
One thing that always makes her happy is to climb on the couch or chairs, and sit like a big girl. The problem is that she wants to go face first to get down. Can't let anything happen to her pretty face. Well, yesterday she turned around and went feet first to get down. I know it's a little thing, but it's just so awesome to watch her figure things out. As I am sure I have said many times before.
I also created a wish list for Aeryn. Just some ideas for birthday/Christmas. LINK
Aeryns top two Lateral Incisor (next to the middle) teeth came in this week. She is only 1 behind Calet now. No matter how many other babies you see grow up, when you have your own kids, it all happens too fast. I am working on Aeryn's baby book, trying to get it mostly done before her birthday. How the time has flown. It's so much fun to look at all the pictures and see how much she's grown. Believe me there are a lot of pictures. I haven't kept up with getting them developed, and so I just did them all together. The stack is like 5" tall.
Although I am so excited that she will be walking soon, but I can wait. I could use the exercise chasing her though. :-) Right now she's still really into climbing. But first she likes to pull out contents of cabinets and then tries to climb into them.
One thing that always makes her happy is to climb on the couch or chairs, and sit like a big girl. The problem is that she wants to go face first to get down. Can't let anything happen to her pretty face. Well, yesterday she turned around and went feet first to get down. I know it's a little thing, but it's just so awesome to watch her figure things out. As I am sure I have said many times before.
I also created a wish list for Aeryn. Just some ideas for birthday/Christmas. LINK
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