Meg has been Little Miss Cranky lately - all thanks to 2 more teeth coming in on top!!! One popped through on the top left 2 weekends ago, and the one on the right is coming through now. She has 8 teeth now - 2 on the bottom, 6 on top. We keep waiting for more on the bottom so she can "balance out". LOL! Everyone says "oh look at her two little teeth!" and I say "and there's 6 more on top that you can't see!". So don't stick your fingers in her mouth - yowie!
She has been doing great in her new class! She's taking naps on the cot instead of a crib and she's going down without a binky! Yippee!!! We had went cold turkey on all bottles the last time she had a stomach bug and couldn't have any dairy right before her birthday. We were going to work on the binky next. She only has one in her crib at night, I usually don't let her take it out of her room. Giving it up at night will be our next trick.
Meg is doing a lot more walking than crawling! In school, the teachers get her to walk to each new station or activity. At home, she walks to Biscuit, thinking she can grab on when she gets there and then the dog jumps out of the way at the last second. She gets mad about that! Meg has learned how to use her scooter and as Bill says, our furniture will never be the same. LOL! Her absolute favorite toy right now is the box that Bill brought all the sugar pie pumpkins home in. Crawl in and crawl out, put toys in and take toys out, push and pull the box around all day long. She just loves sitting in it! When it breaks, we are going to have a hard time finding another one as sturdy and then we'll have some real toddler 'tude on our hands!
Things are very busy around our house right now.... so if I don't post again in the next few days, I wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Historic Election
To all of you that voted early or stood in line yesterday to make your voices heard... no matter which candidate you support... THANK YOU for voting!!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
12 Month Stats!
Meg had a check-up this morning!
length: 31.5" inches (98%)
weight: 21 pounds, 1.2 ounces (52%)
Tall! No wonder she can still fit into her 9 month clothes as long as they are 2 pieces! The Gymbo 12-18 month clothes (mainly the rompers and pants) still seem a little big for her, as do her Hanna size 80's even though she is right in the middle of the size charts. Her size 4 shoes are still a little big on her feet too but I know this will all change very quickly.
She's being transitioned to the next toddler room at school since she is standing and walking now. We've also been told that she is one of the more dominant kids in the current class and the teachers had to remove some play structure in the room because Meg would just bowl it over instead of playing with it quietly. I really hope she doesn't become Little Miss Bossy. Yesterday, she spent half the day in the new room. It was pretty evident to me because when she got home, she was standing and walking more than usual. I know she's trying to keep up with the bigger kids. The note said she did really well - and even participated in their circle time. She knows what circle time is... when she was at the kid gym, they called everyone to the circle. All the kids sat on the edge of it, Meg crawled and sat right in the center of it!
length: 31.5" inches (98%)
weight: 21 pounds, 1.2 ounces (52%)
Tall! No wonder she can still fit into her 9 month clothes as long as they are 2 pieces! The Gymbo 12-18 month clothes (mainly the rompers and pants) still seem a little big for her, as do her Hanna size 80's even though she is right in the middle of the size charts. Her size 4 shoes are still a little big on her feet too but I know this will all change very quickly.
She's being transitioned to the next toddler room at school since she is standing and walking now. We've also been told that she is one of the more dominant kids in the current class and the teachers had to remove some play structure in the room because Meg would just bowl it over instead of playing with it quietly. I really hope she doesn't become Little Miss Bossy. Yesterday, she spent half the day in the new room. It was pretty evident to me because when she got home, she was standing and walking more than usual. I know she's trying to keep up with the bigger kids. The note said she did really well - and even participated in their circle time. She knows what circle time is... when she was at the kid gym, they called everyone to the circle. All the kids sat on the edge of it, Meg crawled and sat right in the center of it!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Happy 1st Birthday Meaghan!!
A year ago today, we met our sweet little Meaghan for the very first time. She was not even 24 hours old and she was so small. Bill and I had a discussion at lunch today, looking back at that moment and about our week in Iowa while we waited for the legal paperwork to be filed and approved. It was such a wonderful time for us to bond and be a family.
This was the first picture I took of the little angel:
Well a fast year later, and here we are! It's Meaghan's first birthday party! Things don't always go as planned as moms of toddlers already know. With the time change, it definitely threw things for a loop a bit. Naps were off and with us having a busy weekend, it just went crazy pretty fast. Then we were trying to hurry things along since we had some guests that had to leave early. All the food was very good though!!! I did forget about the tub of potato salad in the refrigerator!
Meg got a pink pokey ball from Grammy and Granddad!!
The Pooh Surprise birthday cupcake cake!
"I don't want this stupid hat on - what are you all looking at?"
"Stop all the singing - I don't like cake!"
For all of you that say my child never cries..... here was the big melt down.
Ding ding! Cake - round 2! Meg did a little exploring with a spoon.
And then she got dirty so all was not right with the world again.
Clean up - Biscuit, where are you??
Meg went into the bathtup and then we decided to take a break from the cake and open presents!
A box!
"I don't know how to work this thing, but it makes good noises!"
"Ohhh another toy!"
Grammy and Papa got Meg her very own rocking chair!
"How does this thing work??"
Grammy and Granddad found a scooter for Meg!
"Ohhhh streamers!"
"It's good to be me!"
Ding ding! Cake - round 3!
In the end, Meaghan does like cake after all. She apparently is just not a big fan of getting dirty. After a second bath and some playing with her new toys, she was back to her normal self!!! She was one tired little girl.
Next year I'm sure will be hard to keep her out of the cake and she will want to smash it when we don't want her to!
All of these pictures were taken by my brother Jon! Thank you!!!!!!! :)
This was the first picture I took of the little angel:
Well a fast year later, and here we are! It's Meaghan's first birthday party! Things don't always go as planned as moms of toddlers already know. With the time change, it definitely threw things for a loop a bit. Naps were off and with us having a busy weekend, it just went crazy pretty fast. Then we were trying to hurry things along since we had some guests that had to leave early. All the food was very good though!!! I did forget about the tub of potato salad in the refrigerator!
Meg got a pink pokey ball from Grammy and Granddad!!
The Pooh Surprise birthday cupcake cake!
"I don't want this stupid hat on - what are you all looking at?"
"Stop all the singing - I don't like cake!"
For all of you that say my child never cries..... here was the big melt down.
Ding ding! Cake - round 2! Meg did a little exploring with a spoon.
And then she got dirty so all was not right with the world again.
Clean up - Biscuit, where are you??
Meg went into the bathtup and then we decided to take a break from the cake and open presents!
A box!
"I don't know how to work this thing, but it makes good noises!"
"Ohhh another toy!"
Grammy and Papa got Meg her very own rocking chair!
"How does this thing work??"
Grammy and Granddad found a scooter for Meg!
"Ohhhh streamers!"
"It's good to be me!"
Ding ding! Cake - round 3!
In the end, Meaghan does like cake after all. She apparently is just not a big fan of getting dirty. After a second bath and some playing with her new toys, she was back to her normal self!!! She was one tired little girl.
Next year I'm sure will be hard to keep her out of the cake and she will want to smash it when we don't want her to!
All of these pictures were taken by my brother Jon! Thank you!!!!!!! :)
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