Week 74:
Miss Spud is really good at high five and low five. She also accents the gesture with an Ah!, which is way too cute and gets everyone even more excited that she can do it. She always gets the biggest smile on her face.
We ended up going out for dinner on both Friday and Saturday. She kept trying to lean over onto me on Friday and was wanting to be fed again. She tried to use chopsticks and knew to put both in one hand, but couldn't get them to work otherwise. On Saturday she wanted mostly fruit and to have her other food in small pieces. She was very well behaved at both dinners and only got squiggly after we were there a while.
Bill worked with her on how to build with her Mega Bloks. She was really starting to understand how they work by the end of it. On Sunday she showed me what she had learned and we built some shapes. They weren't structurally sound, but they were very interesting.
We decided that Sloppy Joe night was the perfect night to give her the first bath since getting her cast off. She was a bit nervous about it at first, but quickly remembered how much fun they are. I had ordered some light-up bath toys to celebrate her first bath back. She loved them and kept trying to hold all of them at once. The one that hadn't been working when I tested them even started working for her bath.
She really loves candy. We found out she likes black licorice right before lunch. She kept asking for more after she had a whole piece. After dinner she convinced Bill to give her some M&Ms and then tried to get him to give her a second piece of licorice.
I was cooking both of us some lunch when she tried to hand me her caterpillar patch. When I didn't take it she tried to put it on her onesie. I then noticed that she was not wearing a diaper. After a quick diaper run upstairs, where I snapped her onesie this time, I went looking for the diaper. She had put it into one of the plastic trash cans we have in her play area. When I put her down I was glad I snapped her up, because she went right for her diaper again.
Week 75:
She was refusing to lay down for a diaper change. I managed to get her wiped off while laying down, but after that she would not lay down again. I formed a new diaper into a pull-up. She had a great time sliding her feet into the openings, like she does with pants. After I slid it up, I repositioned the tabs so it fit her.
Since the last time we were all in the basement I got her a little ice cream stand. She saw it and immediately dragged it out. She had a lot of fun stacking the scoops and toppings.
Lately she has really liked putting on and wearing leg coverings. She sometimes will try and put on a pair of her shorts or pants. Other times she will put her legs into one of her onesies or one of Bill's t-shirts.
I forgot to put her in her sleep sack for her nap. She was awake but stayed laying in her sleep position after I put her in her crib and showed her the sleep sack. Since she didn't get back up, I just draped it over her, like a blanket. She kept it on the whole nap, even though her feet stook out when she flattened out onto her stomach at some point. That night she wanted her quilted PJs and her sleep sack. That seemed like a bit much, so we had to distract her until she forgot. We gave her a light blanket to use, but she didn't end up using it.
My mom came over to watch Miss Spud while I got my tooth fixed. She ended up staying for lunch. Miss Spud thought it was hilarious when she saw my mom drinking some Christmas punch out of a glass.
She has really been enjoying the game where her and Bill touch noses through the slats in her crib. It can go along with popping up, but doesn't always.
She has been watching everything I've been doing. She will grab my lipstick or lip balm and will open it and try and use it. She sticks out her tongue and licks it, but close enough. She has also seen me tap small bottles of lotion on my hand to get more out, so now she taps them on her hand.
She sees me pat my leg to get Tank to come over. If she sees him on the other side of the baby gate, she will tap my leg. She has even moved my hand out of the way so she could tap my leg.
Week 76:
I asked her on Saturday morning if she wanted to draw and she nodded. Bill opened the notes app on his tablet for her and she had fun drawing random shapes.
She kept trying to sit on her magnet drawing table, so Bill took the legs off. One didn't make it into her toy basket. She found that one and almost managed to screw it back on.
On Monday she decided that she didn't need a nap and played in her crib for the 1.5 hours I left her in there for. She was giving me some Sleepy Eyes when I took her out, but refused to back down. When we got home from boardgame night she was snuggling with my mom and was half asleep. She complained when Bill went to put her to bed, but it didn't take more than our usual bedtime routine to get her down. She then slept over an hour past her usual wakeup time in the morning. Luckily she took her nap on Tuesday, though she did try and fight it again.
I was watching a video by Wayne Hwang on Instagram about his latest princess dress for his daughter. Miss Spud saw and nodded when I asked if she wanted a fancy dress. Luckily we had a pink butterfly dress Mary got for us. It's a bit too big, but fits well enough. I put her in it after dinner and she had fun playing while wearing it.
At her 18 month appointment she was 22lb 2oz(46%), 32.8"(85%) tall with a 18.5"(72%) head circumference. The doctor was impressed with her for a variety of things. She was impressed that Miss Spud wasn't fussing when she was getting her check up, she just sat there. She was also impressed that she was very willing to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables. I even told her about how she knows to eat around the core of apples without anyone teaching her. She didn't cry when she got her vaccine until she saw the bandaid come out.
The doctor asked us if there was anything she was afraid of. At the time we couldn't really think of anything. When a box Bill was holding fell off his leg, she started crying. That has been happening recently, but it makes sense after her accident.
At her doctor's appointment it was suggested that she get some more sources of dairy outside of milk. I got her some string cheese, which she really liked. I also looked up a cheese that would be high in both Vit D and calcium. Gruyère popped up on my search. When I gave her some I caught her hum/singing to herself while she ate it.
I let her brush her own teeth after I was done with them. She would chew on the brush, then lean over and make short spitting/raspberry sounds, like when she's seen me spit when I brush my teeth.
We took Miss Spud out to a Valentine's Day tasting at Bourbon Boulevard. The whole thing ended up starting later than they were hoping for. Because it was for Valentine's Day all the guys were given roses to give to their ladies. Miss Spud liked touching mine and when I let her touch it again she grabbed it and tried to take a bite out of it.
She loved the white strawberries and liked the honeycomb. She even pulled the leaves off of the strawberries. She got half of my kabocha pumpkin soup. We got an extra order of meatballs because she kept wanting more. Bill isn't a fan of seafood, so she pretty much ate all of his scallops. She loved the sauce that came with the goose. She didn't want any of the whipped cream, but loved the cake that was our last course.
She loved playing with the touch LED lights they used on the table enough that Kiran gave her one of them.
Week 77:
I took Tank to the vet and Miss Spud had a fun time. She got to wave to a small white dog. She got to see another cat in a carrier, but wasn't impressed. She tried to free Tank while we waited for his Doctor to help with an ER dog in the other room. The vet-tech was our usual person and mentioned that she was the child always climbing out of her crib. She did it stealthily and didn't break anything any time she did it, but did startle her mom a few times.
I didn't manage to get her dress into her hamper all the way, so Miss Spud had to go over and help me with that. She also threw away the wrapper pieces that came off her toe bandage.
I was cutting up an onion for our lunch rice and Miss Spud kept asking for some. I thought it would be funny to give her a small piece. She ended up loving it and kept asking for more. I didn't know if it would upset her stomach, so I cut her off after one slice.
While waiting for Bill's call we decided to play upstairs. She was having fun running and climbing. I had to convince her to not stand and try to walk on her rocking chair. After climbing on it she would turn around and walk to edge so she could throw herself into my arms. After we were done with that she started to climb into her playcenter. She couldn't get herself out, so I had to help her with that. At one point I was taking her down the hallway, so she had to run down the hallway before climbing in. She managed to get one foot per leg opening each time.
When at Wegmans she wanted to walk around. She handed me each of her shoes and held up the corresponding foot. When my mom brought out her monkey/leash she tried to put her arm through a strap and then buckle it.
I was counting down the number of 'sleeps' she would have to do before Bill would be home again. When I told her that Dada would be home after one more sleep she waved "bye" to me and went right to sleep.
We found that the refrigerator at the cabin had died at some point between my parents leaving and us getting there. It has been long enough that it was warmer inside than out. Miss Spud supervised the clean out. She also had a great time running around Lowe's when we went to pick out a new one. After we got back she asked Steven to read her Brown Bear on the couch.
I was trying to get ready for a diaper change. She's been fighting me about them recently. I turned to try and snag her and she was standing on one of the rocking chairs and had managed to tip it backwards. I somehow caught it before it fell too much.
At one point the shovel for the potbelly stove fell over. Bill tried to tell her that it was okay, but Miss Spud was not having it. She came into the living room, grabbed my hand, and lead me into the kitchen. She moved my hand down to it and was happy once it stood it up again.
Week 78: First Part
Bill tried to let me sleep in while we were at the cabin, but Miss Spud had other plans. She found Bill's dried mango and kept bringing it to me to give her some. It took a few times for her to take it out. One morning she hit the bed with both hands to wake me up, and then handed me the bottle of water Bill kept by his side of the bed.
When we stopped at Buc-ees on the way home. This time Bucky himself was there. Miss Spud wasn't sure what to make of him, but did give him two high fives.
On Sunday night Miss Spud decided to play a super fun game. She kept rolling and getting away from us. It took both of us to change her diaper for the night and put on her PJs. She kept going limp, flipping, and running off. She was laughing about it the whole time.
When I finished getting ready for the day I went to see what Miss Spud had been up to. She found an old bag of tortilla chips by Bill's side of the bed, unrolled it and was sitting in her rocking chair eating them. She then followed me around with her bag of chips eating them as we went. It was a family sized bag of chips, so she had to reach her whole arm in to get some.
We went to play in the snow before it all melted on Monday. It was too wet to sled on. I got her to eat a bit, but she wasn't impressed by the flavor. She thought it was fun when I threw snow at her, but would only drop it when I gave her snow to throw at me. After walking around our front yard a few times, she just wanted to play in other people's yards. She kept going down our driveway and heading down the street. I tried to get her to kick a pile of snow, but it was funnier when I did it. At one point I asked for her hand and she raised her left hand up for me to take. We were out there for about 40 minutes, but she was not happy when I brought her in. She handed me her snow suit and my hoodie so we could go back out. It was nap time, so we didn't go back out.
Luckily Funcle Mickey took her out when Bill and I went to boardgame night. They had a great time together.
