Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Yay! Aunt Amanda!


Aunt Amanda visited Allie a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, we were all getting over colds so we didn't get to do much. We did hit the shopping mall and went out to eat at Yard House. That place is very tasty by the way. And the beer selection...mmm, even better. Anyway getting back to our visitor. We enjoyed her visit and can't wait to see her and the rest of the family in two weeks!

Monday, September 1, 2008

15 Month Checkup


Allie went in for her 15 month check-up on Friday. She weighed in at 21 lbs. which put her at the 27th percentile. She went through a growth spurt as she grew 3 inches since her 12 month appointment bringing her to 31 inches or 69th percentile. Her head continues to place her in the upper percentile. This month she was at 81%, a far cry from the 99% we were at almost a year ago. Her pedi said we're right on track and Allie is progressing nicely.


Her milestones include saying about 6 words - mama, dada, NO, up, yes (we don't hear this one as often as NO!), and see. She loves pointing out airplanes. Even when we're inside and she hears a plane fly over everything else is brought to a halt so that we can all stop to listen. She's climbing EVERYTHING! She has even tried to scale the kitchen cupboards to reach her snacks. Speaking of snacks, she eats constantly.

She continues to antagonize Piper. Piper just tries to remove herself from the situation and get away from Allie as quickly as possible. Allie is still on two naps a day, 9 - 11 and 2 - 4. Bedtime is 7:30p.m. with mom's wake-up call being 6:30a.m. We still have to mix Ovaltine with our milk as plain milk just doesn't cut it. Finally, she is starting to cuddle a lot more. Something that mom and dad are loving!


A New Cup



Allie was excited when I broke out the sippy cup with built in straw. She quickly got the hang of it.

Three Froggy's


Yes, you are seeing this picture correctly. We have 3 froggy blankets now. After realizing that froggy was our chosen "Lovey", we decided we'd need some back-ups. It's a good thing we got them when we did as they are discontinued. Allie loves her froggy blanket, he goes everywhere with her - Miss Natalie's, the bathtub, highchair for dinner, on walks. It doesn't seem that she will be getting rid of him anytime soon.


Swimming




Allie has loved going swimming in our pool all summer.