I played with this one in photoshop :)
And here she is practicing her fitness orb bouncing skills :)
Monday, June 28, 2010
Daredevil or dancer?
AnnaBeth enjoys practicing her advanced balancing skills. She will stand in her rocking chair (holding on to the arms but still having to balance herself so she doesn't fall) and likes to stand on her little red ride on car or her quad.
And here she is practicing her fitness orb bouncing skills :)
And here she is practicing her fitness orb bouncing skills :)
15 Months
I took AnnaBeth to her 15 month appointment last week and our little girl continues to grow, well, smaller. Or so it seems based on the charts. She's a wee 20 lbs which puts her in the 10th percentile (down from 15% at her 1 year appointment) and she's now 30 in (now at 30%-down from 40% at 1 year). She may be small but our petite little girl has a big brain! Given what she knows (I'll list them below), she's developmentally 18 months old. Yep, 3 months ahead, which means life will be a little more challenging because she knows what she wants but doesn't have the verbal skills to express it. That means we'll get a lot of her throwing herself on the floor in frustration (been happening for awhile) and meals will be challenging (duh, this isn't new) because she surely knows what she likes and doesn't like. Her doctor also told us to expect her to start jumping off things around 18 months (it typically starts happening around 2 years old). Anyway, here's what our girl knows!
Words (not all are pronounced well or even all that close to the real word but we still know what she's saying)
hi, bye bye, all done, Jacob, tickle, uh oh, what's this/that, I did it (usually just "did it"), again, Nana, Papa, Mama, Dada/Daddy, YaYa (for Laura), want some, bath, banana, up, down (sometimes uses "want" with it), off, two, Tigger, shoes, more, turtle, and stinky. Sometimes it sounds like she's saying dog and cat.
Animal noises (again, not perfect but we get the idea)
dog, sheep, cow, horse, bird, snake, bumble bee, car (ok, so not an animal but still a sound). Sometimes she attempts a cat sound and I think I heard her making an owl sound today.
Body parts
she knows where her: eyes, ears, hair, nose, mouth, feet/toes, legs, belly button, and hands are.
Tasks
she can wash her hair, brush her teeth, drink from a straw, drink from a cup without a lid (although sometimes gets a little too excited and spills it all over), and now holds crayons and attempts to color.
Objects
when looking at books, she almost always successfully points out: dog, cat, flower, cow, horse, sheep, mouse, butterfly, Curious George, shoes, baby, ball, bath, fish, snake, bird, monkey, car, duck, fire truck, giraffe, donkey, lion, tiger, teddy bear, and frog.
Words (not all are pronounced well or even all that close to the real word but we still know what she's saying)
hi, bye bye, all done, Jacob, tickle, uh oh, what's this/that, I did it (usually just "did it"), again, Nana, Papa, Mama, Dada/Daddy, YaYa (for Laura), want some, bath, banana, up, down (sometimes uses "want" with it), off, two, Tigger, shoes, more, turtle, and stinky. Sometimes it sounds like she's saying dog and cat.
Animal noises (again, not perfect but we get the idea)
dog, sheep, cow, horse, bird, snake, bumble bee, car (ok, so not an animal but still a sound). Sometimes she attempts a cat sound and I think I heard her making an owl sound today.
Body parts
she knows where her: eyes, ears, hair, nose, mouth, feet/toes, legs, belly button, and hands are.
Tasks
she can wash her hair, brush her teeth, drink from a straw, drink from a cup without a lid (although sometimes gets a little too excited and spills it all over), and now holds crayons and attempts to color.
Objects
when looking at books, she almost always successfully points out: dog, cat, flower, cow, horse, sheep, mouse, butterfly, Curious George, shoes, baby, ball, bath, fish, snake, bird, monkey, car, duck, fire truck, giraffe, donkey, lion, tiger, teddy bear, and frog.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Just a couple vids
Last Friday (the 18th), the Porter family got together to celebrate Father's Day and Kent's birthday. AnnaBeth loves hanging with her cousins and even managed to get them all to join her in some headbanging on the couch. I love how Emma "helps" her keep it up about half way through the video.
Over the weekend, AnnaBeth figured out that some of the pictures in her books are real objects in our house. Mainly, a dog and a cat. You can see her excitement as she made the connection :)
Over the weekend, AnnaBeth figured out that some of the pictures in her books are real objects in our house. Mainly, a dog and a cat. You can see her excitement as she made the connection :)
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Weekend Fun
Yesterday AnnaBeth and I went to the splash pad in Tempe to help Kayla celebrate her 4th birthday. Even though she didn't really want to play in the little fountain things that shoot water, she did enjoy herself. She even found a rock to carry around most of the time.
Enjoying Geli's old chair
Sitting it Mommy's old rocking chair that she got when she was 2 years old
After we got home from the splash pad, Grammy, Grampy and Aunt Geli came over. Aunt Geli was kind enough to pass on toys and clothes that she's no longer using.
Enjoying Geli's old chair
Sitting it Mommy's old rocking chair that she got when she was 2 years oldSunday, June 6, 2010
A little girl and her kitty cat
AnnaBeth absolutely LOVES her kitty Rufus. So much so that she tends to smother him when giving him hugs and kisses. He's usually not very amused (as you can see) but he will put it up with it for a short period of time.
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