Mommy and Daddy on a date?

For some reason Mommy and Daddy were all excited this morning. They both had the day off, but the day care was open. I couldn't understand all the excitement. They dropped me off at day care around 10 in the morning and came back at about 5. Suspiciously, they were all sunburned! I think they went and had a date without me. In fact, I overheard Mommy say something about this being the first day they've had together, just the two of them, since I've been ALIVE! But I will say they sure seemed in a good mood when they got back, and then gave me lots of lovies! I think they really did miss me.

Fun around the house

I just wanted to show you some pictures of me doing fun things around the house!

Here I have discovered a shortcut around the couch, through the end table. Really, it doesn't save me much time, but sure is fun anyway! I've discovered I like crawling through tunnels and anything like them, so I take this "shortcut" just about every time.



One of my favorite spots to hang out is right next to the refrigerator when Mommy or Daddy is in the kitchen. I know they'll open it eventually, and that's my chance to sneak in!



One of my favorite toys is still the airplane that Grandma Roslewski bought me almost a year ago. I push it all around the house sometimes, and I can now even climb on it myself and roll around! Mommy and Daddy always know where I am, though, because I keep my hand pressed on the buttons at all times, so it continually makes music! For this trip, Daddy loaded up one of my teddy bears (this one is "Rusty Bear") so I could give him a ride around the house.



I climbed on it myself, but something seemed wrong. I rolled around anyway!



Another one of my favorite toys in the kitchen is another Grandma Roslewski gift, this one makes lots of music and other noises. Grandma likes toys that make noise. Of course, when I can combine the airplane music with this one, it gets really silly and really fun!



Want to hear it all? Click on the movie below. I think Mommy and Daddy love it too, see they even thank Grandma!

My big conversation

I've been working on my conversational skills, and this week I've had the same one with Daddy several times. It always going something like this:

Me: Dada

Daddy: Yes, sweetie?

Me: HI!

Me: DA-DA

Daddy: Yes, sweetie?

Me: Hi

Me: DA-DA!

Daddy: Yes, sweetie?

Me: hi

Daddy thinks it's very adorable.

What a week!

This has been a really big week for me. I've learned lots of new things.

You remember from 2 weeks ago when I was just getting my molars, 3 of them all at the same time? Well, they're in now, and boy am I enjoying using them! Much to Daddy's delight, I have discovered the wonderful taste of chicken, beef, and pork, which I didn't like too much before (since I couldn't chew them very well) but now I can't cram the pieces in fast enough. You should see some of the bites I try to take! Mommy says I eat like Daddy. That makes Daddy pat my head and tell me how much he loves me!

I'm getting much better on my waving. I used to just wave at everything, but now I usually limit my waving to say "hi" or goodbye". I'm really starting to get the hang of it.

I am also working on my words, and my last challenge is learning to say "Hi". I'm getting it! Sometimes it comes out sounding a little more like "Ha", which Daddy says must be my Oklahoma accent. He's silly!

Two weeks ago I learned to crawl up steps, but now I even can crawl up on the fireplace at home. I'm very cute sitting up on the fireplace, but at first I didn't really know how to get down, so Mommy and Daddy had to help me. But now I think I've got the hang of that too!

I have also found out that if I shake the maraca I've got, Mommy and Daddy will do a little dance for me. But when I stop shaking, they stop! Then they'll start again when I start again. It's very funny and makes me giggle.

I'm really having a lot of fun playing with Mommy and Daddy. If they leave the shower door open, I like to crawl inside and try to hide from them. But they always find me, after which I let out a big laugh and squeal! It's so fun. I'm really getting better at rolling a ball too!

I've also learned that Mommy's teddy bear "Pookie" is very soft and huggable. When I see him I let out a little laugh and then grab him and give him a BIG hug! Mommy and Daddy think this is very adorable of course.

Like I said, it's been a big week!

Wooow! My first kiss!

Today I got my first kiss - from an older boy, no less!

Mommy dropped me off at day care this morning and I was very sad to see her go. As she walked away I started crying. But then Luke, one of the older boys in the room (he's 2 years old!) came over and gave me a big hug to comfort me, patting me on the back. I was still fussy, so he leaned in and gave me a big smooch on the cheek. After that I felt much better!

Uh - Oh -- Houston, I have a problem

As I've mentioned before, sometimes Mommy and Daddy think I should document something once I've noticed a trend. At first, Mommy just thought it was a coincidence that I kept saying "uh-oh" when I had a poopy diaper. Then it happened a second time. Well, this evening Daddy thought I was being really cute when I started saying "uh-oh." Mommy told Daddy he should check my diaper to see if I'd made a mess in it. (I'm a baby, these things happen, you know.) Sure enough, I had a great present for him. Uh-oh!

3 new molars

Today didn't start off that well for me. It seems I got a fever, along with an ear infection, and did I mention I have 3 molars coming in at the same time? So I was not my happy and cheery self. I didn't want to eat anything and felt pretty miserable.

But I did pose for a quick family photo!



Then we headed back. I slept the whole flight back, which took a little over an hour due to headwinds. But I didn't notice, I was sleeping really soundly!

2 new challenges and 1 old one

Grandma and Grandpa have STAIRS in their house. We don't at home, so this was an exciting new challenge for me to undertake. Well, I managed to crawl up all of them - all 17! It took me a little while, but with Daddy in front of me and Grandma behind, I had all the encouragement I needed. Next time maybe I'll try to go down them (and likely scare Mommy)!

Daddy and Grandma also worked with me on learning to roll a ball. I actually picked it up pretty quick! At first I would just crawl over and hand them the ball, but then I started to get the hang of it, and was soon tossing the ball back every time! Look at this action shot Mommy got.



To show Grandma how far I've come, I showed her some of newfound walking skills. Look at me go! I still don't get that many steps before falling over, but I get better all the time! I think I made it up to 10 steps this weekend.

Belated birthday party for me!

You will remember that on my birthday this year, Grandpa Roslewski was still recovering from his surgery and they couldn't make it down to see me. So when we came up this weekend, we had another birthday party! I like birthday parties!

Here is my cake. Grandma saved the little train engine from when Daddy was my age!



Everyone sang Happy Birthday to Piper!



I got to unwrap some more presents. This is the second airplane Grandma has bought for me. Daddy's jealous!



I also got this fridge farm magnet toy. It's pretty fun! When you put the wrong front and rear animal halves together, it sings a great little song. Mommy and Daddy have it very well memorized by now! After a bit of practice, I was even sometimes able to put the pieces in all by myself.

Over the clouds and through the sky...

... to Grandmother's house we go!

For those of you who have been keeping tabs on my blog, you know that last 4th of July I got my first ground school lesson in Daddy's plane. Then a few weeks ago I got to go flying for the first time. Well this 4th of July we went out to the airport again, this time for my first long flight - to Grandpa and Grandma Roslewski's house for the weekend! It was a nice flight of about an hour, and I ended up falling asleep about halfway through it.



When we got there we were greeted at the airport by Grandma and also by my Uncle Randy. This was my first time getting to meet my Uncle Randy, and let me tell you one thing - that man is HUGE! I thought Daddy was pretty big, but at 6'6", Uncle Randy is positively gigantic!

Waving Bye-bye and New Foods

Apparently now that I've done this three times in a row when Mommy comes to pick me up, she thinks I should enter the "waving bye-bye" bit in my blog. I've figured it out: When Mommy comes through the door to my classroom in the late afternoons, that means I'm going to be leaving. So as soon as I see Mommy, I turn to the ladies who take care of me during the day and I wave bye-bye. For whatever reason, they all think this is pretty cute. I guess I'll have to keep it up!



Ooh, I made two great discoveries today: BBQ chicken and watermelon! For dinner tonight Mommy made corn, green beans and BBQ chicken. I was pretty hungry, so Mommy gave me some corn and green beans to get me started. Let's just say, corn niblets and beans make a fine pile on the tray top when the bowl is turned upside down. But when Daddy gave me some of his chicken, I had to let him know I wanted more, lots more! He could barely cut up little pieces for me fast enough. It was great! And for dessert, Mommy gave me some watermelon. (Let me say, that's much easier to chew with no molars than chicken is.) It was so sweet and juicy. I hope we have some left overs for tomorrow!

Learning to brush my own teeth

Of course, now that I have all these teeth I need to take care of them, so Mommy has been helping me learn how to brush. I'm really good at getting the toothbrush in my mouth, but haven't yet figured out the next step. So I end up just sucking on it for a while and then Mommy brushes my teeth. Today she had me sitting on the edge of the sink, when I slid down into it! Daddy thought this made a really cute picture so he told Mommy and me to hold on while he got the camera.

You will also note the new hairstyle Mommy gave me - my hair's just long enough to have two pigtails, not the single ponytail I've had so far!

You may also notice where my right hand is - uh oh!!

Animal Crackers!

I love eating Animal Crackers! They're so yummy! I was sitting on the couch eating some and I thought Daddy might like to eat a few, too. Guess what? He did! In fact, he liked eating them so much that I fed him at least 20 Animal Crackers. Mommy said Daddy didn't want any more after the first five or so. But I didn't believe her. There was still more room in Daddy's mouth, so I just had to put more Animal Crackers in it. I'd grab one out of the bag and put it in Daddy's mouth. And before he could finish chewing that one, I'd grab another Animal Cracker and put that one in his mouth. It was great fun!

More Walking!

Now that I'm in the "pre-toddlers" class at the Child Development Center, I've been working a lot more on my walking skills. You see, I'm the youngest one in the class, and I'm also the only one who isn't walking yet. I want to be like all the older kids, so I figured it was time to work on this important skill even if I fall down every four or five steps. Tonight for our family entertainment, I practiced taking steps first to Mommy and then to Daddy. This went really well for a while with me taking a few steps at a time. However, I soon got tired, stumbled and fell into a door frame where I hit my cheek pretty hard. It hurt, and I cried a lot! But Daddy said he thought Mommy cried harder than I did. I don't know why she was crying, I'm the one who got hurt. Daddy held me and comforted me, and I decided that was enough entertainment and called a halt to the walking practice. Fortunately it didn't leave a bruise.

I'll keep working on it!

Shots!

Since I was finally feeling better from this weekend, I went to the doctor today to get my one-year shots. They had to draw blood too! Neither Mommy nor I liked that part very much at all. I cried a lot!

Fortunately, all the blood tests came back "normal", and I do not need any kind of supplemental vitamins or iron. Yay!

One year checkup

I wasn't very "well", but I had my well baby checkup today. Since I was still sick from yesterday, they didn't give me my shots (or take blood), but they did do everything else.

Here are my current stats:

Height - 32" (well off the chart - above the 95th percentile)

Weight - 23 lbs 3 oz (85th percentile)

Head circumference - 18" (around 75th percentile)

My height is the average height for a 19-month old girl, and my weight is the average weight of a 16-month old! I'm going to be one tall girl if I keep growing at this rate!

Trip to the ER

Today I had my first trip (for myself) to the emergency room. The day started out like any other. I had to let Mommy and Daddy know I was awake so we could all get started for the day. (For some odd reason, I think they'd sleep in all morning if I didn't take care of this all important task.) But by 11 a.m., I just wasn't my usual self. I didn't want any solid foods for lunch nor would I drink out of my sippy cup. Mommy gave me a bottle, which I promptly finished. But then what I drank promptly came back up. Oops!

I figured a nice long nap would help me feel better. Mommy and Daddy were surprised how long I slept, a whole 2 and a half hours. When I did wake up, I didn't want to play or eat or anything. I just sat in Mommy or Daddy's lap and didn't cry or anything. I wasn't running a fever, according to the ear thermometer. (We soon learned just how inaccurate that was.)

Around 4:15 p.m. I was going to have another bottle, but I got really sick, all over Mommy. (Sorry, Mommy!) But since I'd seen the bottle, I really wanted to have it. Unfortunately, I had a repeat episode of getting really sick. Since Mommy was still cleaning up the outfit she'd been wearing, I got sick all over Daddy and the couch. (Sorry, Daddy!)

By then they decided it was time to call the pediatrician's office. My temperature was only at 100.5 according to the "underarm" thermometer. So the nurse said as long as I was able to keep some fluids down and my temperature didn't get over 102 that there was no cause for alarm.
Well, by 7:45 p.m. Mommy and Daddy tried giving me another bottle. I got really sick again. Mommy also thought I felt much warmer than what the thermometer was reading when it was under my arm. So she put the thermometer some place REALLY uncomfortable. (I won't tell you where because you would just think that was wrong of her to do.) Well, my fever was 103.3. I was HOT!

Mommy called the doctor's office back and we all felt it was best if I go into the emergency room.

Luckily, the Moore Medical Center (which is where I was born) is really close and wasn't busy at all. So we were brought into a room really fast and I was taken care of quickly. We all had to wait there for a while to make sure the anti-nausea medicine took effect and my fever went down. We left around 10 p.m. But it was still a really long night for Mommy and Daddy. They had to wake up and give me more Tylenol every few hours to make sure my fever didn't spike back up.

Overall, it was a really long day and night.

By Monday I was feeling much better, but I stayed home to make sure I didn't get any of my friends at the Child Development Center sick. The bonus was I got to play with Mommy in the morning and Daddy in the afternoon as they traded off staying home with me. So something good came from me being so sick!

Picnic at Tinker AFB

This afternoon we went up to Tinker AFB where Mommy works for a picnic. It was a going-away party for two of the people in the Command Post there, so we all headed up. I don't know much about these military functions, but I do know that this meant I got to play outside! So I was excited to go.

But the first exciting thing was that we took the truck up. It was a long time since I'd been in the truck, but we took the grill and some coolers up, so we needed it. Well, Daddy hadn't put the car seat back in the truck since we used it to go flying several weeks ago, and when he reinstalled it, he put it in front-facing! Finally, after over a year of staring at the back seat, looking out the back window, and seeing where we've been (not where we're going), I got to watch ahead of us like Mommy and Daddy do! Just look at how excited I am.



We got there early so we could set up, but once that was done, we saw a play area close by so Daddy and I walked over there. Well, he carried me anyway.



But then we headed back and people started showing up. Adults sure do talk about some boring things! I had enough of that, so I grabbed the stroller and started walking. I got a long ways out all by myself!



I came back in time for eating, though, which Mommy helped me with. I made quite a mess on Mommy, me, and the sheet we were sitting on!



There was some more adult discussion, but I didn't pay much attention. I was more interested in crawling towards the grill and other places I shouldn't be. When we finally got home I sure was tired! What a day!

Why do they call it "sticky rice"?

It sure took a long time for Mommy and Daddy to clean me up after dinner tonight!

Quite relaxed, aren't I?

Now that I am supposed to be getting weaned off the bottle, it's time for me to show off just how good I've become at holding it, with one hand even. Mommy and Daddy thought this was pretty funny. Pretty informal around here at the dinner table - reclining, foot up on the table, barefoot, crazy hair - yes, I'm pretty relaxed!