Still Nice!

As Nice is still an oft used word the title of this blog will stay the same.

Miss Lydia had her 15 month check up today. She's a couple of weeks late, she was officially 15 months on Dec 12. She is 25 lbs, 75th percentile for weight and height so she is very proportionate and still built like a supermodel. She still isn't walking but I'm in no hurry and obviously neither is she. Her legs have been checked out and they are fine and I don't know anyone who doesn't walk because they never learned how. She cruises along the furniture and yesterday stood up against a pillow, held her hands up and did a little booty shake dance. She wouldn't do it again I guess the moment had passed, I'm lucky I got to see it. She loves cars and trucks and all animals, especially cats I think. She really likes Lilly's Littlest Pet Shop animals. They say they are for 5 and up I think though. Probably because they have magnets inside. She loves them so much though.

Here is a list of Lydia's words:

Mama
DaDa
Da (could mean anyone)
cheese
hello (hewwo)
hi
kitty
kitty cat
rabbit
dog
meow
duck
quack quack
baa
mooo (mmmmmmmm)
boo
pretty
Santa
tree
Hada (grandpa Kramp)
Lilly
sticker
Sponge Bob

I know I am leaving some out. These are the most frequent and most understandable. Lately she will look at you and say a sentence of what sounds to be pure jibberish but she must think it means something, or maybe I am just not listening hard enough. I will try harder.

She still doesn't watch tv but we have a Sponge Bob Christmas doll and when I pulled him out of the box and showed her and said Sponge Bob she immediately repeated me.

Lydia really likes stickers as well. She got a few sticker books for Christmas, though she has to be closely monitored when they are brought out. She likes to eat books and stickers sometimes.

One of her big hit Christmas presents is her little slide. She really just started to slide on it on her own today. She climbs up using one knee and one foot then when she gets to the top she pulls one foot all the way out in front of her and the other only half way before she spins onto her stomach and goes down feet first on her stomach. It's a little nerve wracking but I managed to be mostly hands off this evening and let her experiment. I did put a row of pillows next to the wall. I think I might put some big floor pillows on the other side next time. It'll tire her out even more to have to crawl over them to get back to the steps.

She also got a great wagon with a seatbelt, cup holders and storage under the seat. Because of the extreme cold lately we've only gotten to go on two rides but it did great in the snow and this weekend we will probably get to go on a few rides. She just relaxed and sand a little song while I pulled. I can't wait to take her and Luke to the zoo in the wagon!

That's all for now. Lydia is sleeping and I want some mommy bath time.

At the risk of waking her up again...

One more update. I noted that Lydia's first tooth broke through on September 27. As of today, November 18, she officially has 6 teeth. No wonder we're not getting any sleep.

Afterthoughts

Other things Lydia is doing:

Tickling me and Brian. Either with her usually too long nails or by dive-bombing our bellies with her face. She even said "TICKLE" today.

Laughing when she farts. I love this! Also, yesterday Brian and I were discussing a recent prayer in school story from the paper and I said, let's have a moment of silence and Lydia let out a huge fart. I guess we know where she stands on the issue.

Not walking yet on her own but walking when you hold her hand, or cruising all along the furniture and walls. She also LOVES climbing the stairs and sliding down (really fast) on her belly. She also loves climbing up and sliding down the slide at work. She has a slide here but I her to put her up on it, she sure slides down fast though.

What I am worrying about:

I got a phone call at 6pm on Friday. Answered it one second too late, called the number right back and got a recording from the nurse at Lydia's Dr's office that they don't answer the phones after 5p.m. Friday and not again until Monday a.m. unless an emergency. Checked my voice mail and the nurse said "It's not an emergency but want to speak to you regarding Lydia's test results"

WTF? I guess I will find out tomorrow.

2. Lydia was shivering to day when we went to Trader Joe's. She had been sleeping in the van but the heater was on. I'm worried that she's getting dehydrated even though she has not been draining much from her nose. Tried to give her water but she likes to spit it out and pour it out. She drank a little though, and of course lots of ni ni at bedtime.

Typing is waking her. Crazy how she can hear it all the way down the hall.

There is so much more she is doing but I will have to think of it later.

Nice!

Yep, that is Lydia's new favorite word. She pets the kitty and her Daddy and her toys, occasionally even her mom and says "niiiice" It actually sounds sort of like "nishe". She's cute that way. Other than that most of her words are garbled right now though she talks a lot. She trying out a lot of words once and when you ask her to repeat it she refuses. She knows what everything is. I can't believe how much she knows. Last night she awoke at 3 and was all wide awake and bushy tailed. I was groggy and grumpy and said, hold on a sec Lydia, let me see what time it is. She reached over me to the bedside table and handed me the clock! It's a small battery powered egg shaped clock from Brookstone called a Bob. Sort of like a cross between a weeble wobble and a clock. A pretty cool little gadget, anyway I was amazed at my smart little squirrel.

I put up 3 Christmas trees this weekend. The big one in the living room, a small one on the kitchen table and the pink feather tree in the bathroom. I decorated the living room one last night, then I did a dance and song about how all the neighbors were jealous because we had our tree up already. Brian said we were too early so I did a dance and song about how he was jealous. I'm not sure of what but too early my ass! Lydia is going to have so much fun at Christmas! She and her cousin are going to be adorable. I only wish my Mom and Steve could come up. They talked about coming for T.day but aren't going to make it. I hate having to be with one family or the other.

ANYWAY, THIS IS LYDIA'S BLOG YO!
Lydia had her 1 year check up about a month and a half late. It took way longer than I expected to get our insurance going but we are all good on that now. For the first time she was totally freaked out by the doctor. She cried through the entire exam. The shots sucked of course and then we had to get blood taken since she was anemic at her 9 month. They said that since she was a year they take it from her arm instead of her finger. This was not fun. Brian sat with her in his lap in the lab chair and I had to hold her arms down while they put the needle in. Poor pea. No, not fun at all. She is still a big girl but no longer a chunk. She's 75% in both weight and height and 50% for her bean. So proportionate like a little super model!

Lydia's got some congestion right now and acts like I am trying to kill her if I have to suction her nose. Brian was reading her some books and I hear a little cry and then some laughing and then they came in and he said "I sucked her nose" and I was like "Why the hell isn't she screaming?" So he gets that job from now on.

I am making a wish list for Lydia for Christmas. I really don't want her to have any more electronic crap. I'll put a link to it on here later. Right now I have to go play gin with my mom.

More to come...Stay tuned...

Breaking News!

Lydia's first tooth has broken through!!!

Confusion

"Nigh Nigh" (boob) "Nom Nom" (food) and "Na Na" (banana) sound really similar to each other. I guess I should have worked on the sign language better. The only one she knows is "All Done" (she waves her arms back and forth to signal that she doesn't want any more)

Proud of Myself!

My daughter has gone an entire year without watching t.v. and she has also been breastfed for one year (so far).

So, what did I do to celebrate?

I plopped her down in front of the Disney Channel with a bottle of Kool-Aid of course!