I wrote this on July 15th and never posted it....
We have an official WALKER! We no longer have to bribe Alexa by dangling toys in front of her so that she'll walk. She does it on her own all the time now! She's been able to walk across the room for the last month, but will only do it if one of us is on the other side with our arms wide open or like I said before, dangling food or toys. But, as of last Monday (a week shy of 14 months), she decided to just up and do it on her own. Yay! Here's a video to prove it.
A couple more stories, mostly about Alexa because we're obsessed. She has recently discovered that emptying her diaper bin full of soggy, poopy cloth diapers is so much fun and that I respond in a delightful way. It's amazing what small children can do in the short amount of time you're in another room! Anyway, we had a nice chat about how disgusting that was, sanitized her entire body, the floor in her room, etc., and I'm sure that the chat really sunk in because she went right for it again. I even put a 10 pound weight on top thinking that would stop her, and she looked at me, pushed it off, and tried to open it right there in front of me. What a stinky yeti. The diaper pail now lives on top of her bookshelf until I can find a more suitable home out of her reach.
She LOVES jumping in her crib these days, and I think it's absolutely adorable, although it does discourage naps. I usually know that she's awake from a nap now not because I can hear her begin babbling, but because I hear the springs start squeaking from a little bouncing body. She always has a big grin on her face.
She also loves saying hi to everyone, and I think it's appropriate that it was her first official word that she knew what it meant and said on her own since she's such a social little girl. She also says puppy, whee, uhoh, bye bye, mama, and dada. She's now up to five teeth with a sixth poking through.
Kyle was released from the BYU Bishopric, and though he knew it was a year calling going into it, it was very bittersweet. He cried when he had to say goodbye and is already missing it. It was sure nice to sit next to him in church today and have him play with Alexa, though! She also thought it was absolutely fantastic to have so many kids to play with and immediately made great friends with a 5 and 3-yr old sitting behind us--they passed toys back and forth and giggled themselves silly during sacrament meeting.
We have an official WALKER! We no longer have to bribe Alexa by dangling toys in front of her so that she'll walk. She does it on her own all the time now! She's been able to walk across the room for the last month, but will only do it if one of us is on the other side with our arms wide open or like I said before, dangling food or toys. But, as of last Monday (a week shy of 14 months), she decided to just up and do it on her own. Yay! Here's a video to prove it.
A couple more stories, mostly about Alexa because we're obsessed. She has recently discovered that emptying her diaper bin full of soggy, poopy cloth diapers is so much fun and that I respond in a delightful way. It's amazing what small children can do in the short amount of time you're in another room! Anyway, we had a nice chat about how disgusting that was, sanitized her entire body, the floor in her room, etc., and I'm sure that the chat really sunk in because she went right for it again. I even put a 10 pound weight on top thinking that would stop her, and she looked at me, pushed it off, and tried to open it right there in front of me. What a stinky yeti. The diaper pail now lives on top of her bookshelf until I can find a more suitable home out of her reach.
She LOVES jumping in her crib these days, and I think it's absolutely adorable, although it does discourage naps. I usually know that she's awake from a nap now not because I can hear her begin babbling, but because I hear the springs start squeaking from a little bouncing body. She always has a big grin on her face.
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| She loves reading books! Here we are reading Lion King on the couch. |
Kyle was released from the BYU Bishopric, and though he knew it was a year calling going into it, it was very bittersweet. He cried when he had to say goodbye and is already missing it. It was sure nice to sit next to him in church today and have him play with Alexa, though! She also thought it was absolutely fantastic to have so many kids to play with and immediately made great friends with a 5 and 3-yr old sitting behind us--they passed toys back and forth and giggled themselves silly during sacrament meeting.
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| First time riding in the car at the grocery store! |
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