Fifteen And A Half Months

Happy Thanksgiving, Family and Friends!
We've had a good two weeks around here. I am over that nasty cold and finally have my appetite back. It has also warmed up a bit so we have enjoyed time outside, playing in the leaves and at the playground. Recently, we hosted our Play Group - it was fun to have my friends over to our house and to get to play with them on my turf. 
  Last time I reported my first molar coming in.  Well, that bottom one is almost all the way in and my top two have broken through the gums and are making their way in.  Mommy says it looks kind of funny because I still only have two front teeth on the bottom - as opposed to the four front teeth on top.  

New things I can do:
Last weekend, Mommy and I met NaiNai at McDonalds for lunch.  This one has a nice playground with a small slide for toddlers.  Mommy helped me a few times to go up the three stairs, turn around, sit down, and then slide down the slide.  Well, then she let me go and I did it ALL BY MYSELF. I am such a BIG girl!
It is also to be noted that I can take bites out of a hamburger like a BIG girl. I ate half of a double cheeseburger by myself. Mommy and Daddy were shocked!  But, I was really hungry and enjoyed watching them smile as I took big bites out of the burger. 
This week Mommy also gave me my first little fork and spoon. And, after some direction, I was able to feed myself a little bit with the fork (see video below).
I think I shared that a few weeks ago I choked a bit while eating an apple that Mommy had cut into small pieces for me. So, Mommy has been avoiding feeding them to me (I only get them in the form of applesauce).  Well, the other day I found an apple that Mommy or Daddy left sitting on the coffee table. When Mommy turned and saw me, I was taking a bite out of the whole thing. She sat back to watch to see what I would do (thinking I wouldn't like the peeling and just stop - and to snap a few photos).  Boy was she shocked when I kept taking bites, chewing it up, and on for some more. I guess these new teeth make all the difference. Mommy did have to help me finish it because it was much too big for me. 

I want that camera or I'm gonna get mad and cry and then bite myself:

   

Mommy left an apple on the coffee table and next thing she knew, I was eating it :)

 

 

Video footage:

Watching a "Little People" Video:

Sometimes I like to hit myself in the head (Mommy and Daddy still cannot figure this one out)

I love frozen grapes, cut up into pieces:

Fifteen Months

Whew - I am tired.  

I am actually sleeping right now (taking my afternoon nap) so that Mommy could type this for me.
This time change thing and having a bad cold has me all confused.  But, Mommy is working hard to help me get back on schedule.  You see, I've had a runny nose/cough for about a week now.  Last week, I even had a fever for a couple of days, but that is gone and yesterday at my 15-month check-up, the kid-doctor (whom I don't care for too much - especially when he tries to look in my ears) said that I don't have an infection.  I checked in at 31" (70th percentile), 21lbs 4.5 oz (50th percentile), and head circumference in the 98th percentile (Must be from my Daddy's BIG brain).
The last two Saturdays Mommy has dressed me up in UGA attire to cheer on her favorite team, the UGA Bulldogs.  She says that my cheer outfit is the reason they have won.
Last Tuesday, Mommy and I went to our PlayGroup Halloween Party.  We both dressed as pandas (Mommy bought my costume and made her own - for which she won a prize :).  But, that was the day that my nasty cold took over - and I did not enjoy this holiday too much.  Mommy and Daddy decided not to take me out trick-or-treating since I was feeling so crummy, so we just gave out candy at our front door.
The highlight of this last week has been having Daddy at home.  He has taken some time off of work, and I have LOVED getting more time with him.
Other BIG news: my first molar has broken through my bottom gums (thankfully, Mommy has learned that I like to eat cut-up frozen grapes and that seems to help a bit).  I LOVE books (as you will see in the pictures below). I especially LOVE to make the noise of an elephant and dolphin (as seen in "My Daddy Loves Me", say "YEAH!" with Noah in my "Noah" book, knock on the book when reading "Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?", and find the dogs, cats, and ducks in all my books. :)

  

  

  

With my friends at our PlayGroup Halloween Party

  

    

  

  

  

  

TOUCHDOWN DAWGS!!!

And some video footage:

Fourteen And A Half Months

Hi friends.  I hope you are all having a good October.  We are  enjoying the Fall weather and all the pretty colors on the trees.  And, I've been having so much fun these last two weeks.
  It's been fun to get out and about.  I've had a blast at our Tuesday Play Group - the park last week was especially fun for me (pictures below) as I'm getting bigger and able to play on the playground a bit more.  I love getting outside and playing in the yard - the leaves on the ground are so much fun.  I also liked going to a nearby Pumpkin Patch this past weekend.
  This past Sunday we drove up to Madison, WI to celebrate my cousin's, Parker Lee, FIRST birthday.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PARKER!!  It was a beautiful day - I had fun playing with my cousin (when neither of us were napping) and his other side of the family, too.  
  Mommy and Daddy say I am sometimes quite the feisty little girl.  When I don't get my way, I sometimes try to bite whoever is denying me something.  Or I may swat at them.  Or if I'm eating, I might even throw all the food and my milk from my tray to the floor.  My parents are trying to teach me self-control and that I need to obey them.  But, at 14.5 months, I don't always listen.  Other times, they say I am like an angel and am super sweet.  Guess I am just testing my new found independence and learning all sorts of new things (good and bad).
  Mommy ordered my Halloween costume from the internet.  Below is a preview picture - although you'll have to wait until next time for the whole thing.  But, be warned - you may smile so much that it hurts - because Mommy and Daddy say that I am SUPER CUTE!
  
Photos of the last two weeks:

Halloween Preview

Fun times with Daddy and Mommy:

  

Mommy and I got to visit with Ms. Nancy Deibert (she was Mommy's principal in Vienna, Austria):

Fun around the house:

  

  

  

Mommy wearing part of my Halloween costume

   

  

  

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch with Mommy and NaiNai:

  

  

  

  

  

My cousin, Parker Lee, and I in his little red wagon

Oops - Mommy forgot the video :)