March 7, 2014

Still kickboxing after all this time.

So, how's everyone doing?  It's been a while, I know.  See, when our power came back on after the ice storm, our internet worked.  The cable line was down, but it worked.  Well, the cable people came to "fix" the line, and when they left our internet didn't work anymore.  We got the runaround from them for 12 days until someone finally showed up to actually fix it--took all of about 5 minutes.  Gah!  Anyway, we have internet again, so here I am to give y'all the low down on Feisty Pants.  Oh, and is she ever feisty.

Turn away for a second and suddenly your kid's not wearing pants.

She's walking like a pro now.  She doesn't want you to hold her hands (she'll snatch them away and tuck them so you can't get them), and she wants to go up and down steps by herself.  Um, no.  Her legs aren't even long enough to get up a step.  But, headstrong girl that she is, she wants to try.  She also likes to step on things while she's walking--toys, pinecones, other people's feet...whatever happens to lie in her path.  Godzilla baby.

"I know you aren't thinking about taking my blankie away, mama."

She did better at therapy this week--not nearly as much crying.  They like how she's walking, but she's still doing some little things that they don't like.  She's not picking things (food, small items) up with two fingers yet like most 16 month-olds would (and they know she's only technically 16 months old); they just want her to be caught up to her actual age and not her adjusted age.  The therapists say she'll get there though.  She's still not saying any actual words...we don't think.  She has said "dada," and it sounds like she's saying "bye-bye" on occasion.  When she's walking and falls on her tush, she'll get right back up and, we swear it sounds like this, say "it'sok, it'sok." It's pretty cute.

She's learning to brush her teeth, but obviously she already knows how since she's helping her mama.

 

I took this video of Aubrey walking around the house over a week ago, I guess.  She's even better now.  And yes, she's brandishing her weapon of choice, a big, red, plastic spoon. :)

-Keli