I have been wondering how long I'll
keep up the monthly photo shoots, but so far I'm liking them. Capturing the
moment in time, take a second to write down the going's on in our lives, that
sort of thing. So I guess I'll keep it up for now.
She's communicating more and more,
getting really strong with her legs, and usually sleeping through the night.
She even understands what her potty is and tries to go, though usually its
after she's pooped. Getting an opinion, hard core and really not happy when she
wants something and we say no. I was reading toddlers have a one-track mind and
are developing their emotions now, so I just try to take a breath and talk to
her calmly when she's having a melt down.
She's LOVING Daniel Tiger and Elmo
lately, which makes road trips waaaaaaay better! And games on the phone. I've
been dreading our upcoming trip to San Francisco but this makes me not dread it
so much. And she's so smart, puts puzzles together, dad is teaching her 1-2-3
on his fingers and she's getting it, and she loves to read books.
Spencer is doing a great job and its
a lot of work being a stay-at-home dad. Much more to it than just watching the
baby and he's been amazing! I'm loving being a post-doc but I know it's not a
forever job, so I've applied to some Assistant Professor jobs, UW-Lacrosse was
a no, but have an on-site interview at UW-River Falls coming up so wish me
luck. I'm definitely ready to be at a forever-job and find a forever-home, or
close-to-forever.
Some highlights and things Elsie is
loving lately:
- She's become very particular about what she needs when
she goes to bed, always the wubba, baby, and mao
- Getting super fast at running
- Still doesn't like meat too much, still loves avacado,
shredded cheese, chocolate chips, pretty great eater
- Loves sitting in her chair at her table and getting us
to sit with her, says "me" to get us to sit and points to chair,
she doesn't know "you" pronoun yet.
- Still loves the playground, so nice to be able to bike
over there again.
- Loves Elmo and Daniel tiger TV shows
- Got her some Elmo PJs and she's obsessed with wearing
them, couple Elmo books are her fave also
- Loves to push around her stroller and late mower still.
Can't go into toy section without grabbing a little kid shopping cart and
nearly having to buy it every time
- Great at jumping!
- Great at taking 1 step up or down, I remember at the
cabin last summer how she would try to go down one and usually face plant
- Loves allll dogs still
- Tons of new words and trying new words out, new ones I
remember hat, bike, Elmo, daniel
- Calls mom "me" to do things like sit by get
on couch
- Going down big Circle slide at Park!
- When I tell her to smile she usually does a scrunchy
face
Hates
- Hates being told no, like no more TV or no going down
stairs, huge temper tantrums=lots of noise, whine, sits on ground, head
down with scrunchy face
- Iffy on the vacuum especially when she turns it on
without realizing is plugged in :)
- Huge sleep regression going on, napping sparingly, up
around 520! Yes, for the day....
- Saying no and making all done hand sign to not have
pictures taken
- Hair getting pretty long but she doesn't like having it
up or anything in it :( I waited all this time for her hair to grow out!
Photo shoot, she does scrunchy face
when I tell her to smile and she's wearing beads/necklaces we made for
Laura's wedding. Won't let me do her hair...
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