I was looking at the calendar today and realized that we have less then 2 months and my baby is 2!!!! It totally seems like it was just the other day when she was still small and not talking just drooling and well being a baby.
Now she is totally a toddler in all parts; she has grown i swear 6 inches, talks a mile a minute and can read and play with toys I did not think she would be able to yet. AKA she is the smartest kid ever. :)
A few weeks ago i took out 2 puzzles that a patient of Andy's gave us. They were for 2-4 year olds but I figured she would be ok with it. We played together once and after that she would pick up the piece and point to where it would go. She was not able to put the pieces in the puzzle but she knew where they went. Yesterday I took out the last puzzle and without missing a beat, she watched me do it once and then pointed the very next time to where the pieces went. :)
She is also able to count to 20 with assistance. She has been able to count to 10 for a while now, but only when singing or prodded. When we count to 20 she cannot say seventeen, but I know what "seen" means when she tries.
Potty training is still working and we do it daily but not push her into it. She goes when I go and she goes every 2 hours at daycare. They said she is doing very well with this and she is ready for pull-ups at school! I am so excited she is on the next step!
So once her next pack of diapers is through, we are moving her over to pull-ups.
This last Saturday was Alex's 2nd birthday party and Riley had a blast! We got there aboutn 10 minutes early for the party and it worked out perfectly as Riley had a bit of time to play with Alex before all the other kids showed up. They saw each other and squeeled then started chasing each other around laughing, it was the cutest thing ever.
They held hands a few times and played with all sorts of toys together.
The birthday party was a blast and Riley was soooo tired at the end of it she collapsed on the floor rolling around rubbing her eyes. I put her in the car at 1pm and she was out at 104 :)
I let her sleep in the car and when she woke up, whoa it was nuts. I had to rock her for a bit but she was in a baaaad mood the rest of the day. In the late afternoon we met our friends the Werners at the Bellevue Childrens area to play and then eat dinner at Red Robin. The place was super packed and it was like kiddie surivor so many kids running around, clipping other kids, running into each other - it was frightening. Riley was not having any of it and we had to ditch that idea and head to Red Robin where we enjoyed a nice dinner with adult beverages!
On other fronts, I am waiting for a requsition to post at work so I can apply for this new job. I am super excited as it is back in Security AND would put me back in Factoria. This would cut my commute to nothing and I would be doing something I really really want to do. Double win!
Andy is still in school and I am sure I wil be writing this for years and still saying that. He is working so hard at getting everything done and with the hours he puts in at work, he is always busy but the good kind of busy!
We had a blast Sunday with Riley as Andy was able to do his school work on Saturday while we were at the party. We went to Costco and Home Depot then when we came home i grabbed her big outdoor jacket and we played ball for a very long time. Kicking, throwing, rolling the ball all around the driveway - she had a blast! She wanted to know where Sherman was, so we strolled over to Fred our neighbors house and she was able to see Fred and her favorite puppy (sherman is no puppy btw he weighs like more then i do!).
Over our Skype session with Gummy and Papa Yaya she went nuts running around doing laps around the kitchen like a mad woman. We think she was trying to show off, but it was very funny as she got super excited.
Well not much else to post for now. I am on a loaner laptop and don't have any of my pictures or videos to share as they are on my computer that is being worked on. I will update everyone soon with some cute pictures of Riley and her boyfriend Alex when I get my laptop back!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Punky Brewster is alive!
Punky has nothing on our little rugrat; she is full of her own style now-a-days. She tells me "no" when she does not want to wear something and when I ask if she likes it if she says "mine" that means yes as she wants to steal it.
Check out her own outfit creation, this is an apron and a doll dress on her head that she think is a hat:
We are in the pre-terrible 2s or they have arrived early. She is strutting her independence all over the place and making sure she is not only causing us frustration but physical pain as she is still into hitting. :(
We have long chats but they seem to go in on ear out the other, or she says "yes" then follows up with doing whatever we just told her not to. oh well, we knew it was bound to rear it's ugly face one day.
In other news, Riley was moved into the "Pre-Pre-School" Class as she passed some of her requirements to get in there. She is youngest kid in the class, when they don't bring in Chase, so she gets to see the older kids talk/play. I have been there a few times during snack and get to watch her socialize with the other kids and she even cleans her table and chair before she is done. The teacher told me that she is the little "teacher" herself always telling the other kids to sit down and helping them with their chairs.
Friday i picked her up and she had 3 stickers on her coat. She got them for each time she used the "big girl potty"! So i looked and she used 1 diaper all day since it was dry, she went all the time in the potty! I was in shock! So that night I got her home and told her how proud I was and she ran into the bathroom and wanted on her potty.... and she went again!
She is really getting use to this and I really do believe a lot of it has to do with daycare since she can see other kids going all the time. WOO HOO DAYCARE!
This weekend Grandma Sue arrives in on Friday. Riley calls her: Gummy Yaya. Grandma's cat is named Raja, Riley cannot say it so she calls her yaya. So Gummy Yaya is heading in on Friday and we are spending some time with her before she heads up to Lori's condo. Should be fun for Riley, she only gets to see Yaya on the computer during our skype sessions.
Ok well that is all i have to blog right now, nothing really going on for the rest of us!
(she wanted to take a picture too!):
Check out her own outfit creation, this is an apron and a doll dress on her head that she think is a hat:
We are in the pre-terrible 2s or they have arrived early. She is strutting her independence all over the place and making sure she is not only causing us frustration but physical pain as she is still into hitting. :(
We have long chats but they seem to go in on ear out the other, or she says "yes" then follows up with doing whatever we just told her not to. oh well, we knew it was bound to rear it's ugly face one day.
In other news, Riley was moved into the "Pre-Pre-School" Class as she passed some of her requirements to get in there. She is youngest kid in the class, when they don't bring in Chase, so she gets to see the older kids talk/play. I have been there a few times during snack and get to watch her socialize with the other kids and she even cleans her table and chair before she is done. The teacher told me that she is the little "teacher" herself always telling the other kids to sit down and helping them with their chairs.
Friday i picked her up and she had 3 stickers on her coat. She got them for each time she used the "big girl potty"! So i looked and she used 1 diaper all day since it was dry, she went all the time in the potty! I was in shock! So that night I got her home and told her how proud I was and she ran into the bathroom and wanted on her potty.... and she went again!
She is really getting use to this and I really do believe a lot of it has to do with daycare since she can see other kids going all the time. WOO HOO DAYCARE!
This weekend Grandma Sue arrives in on Friday. Riley calls her: Gummy Yaya. Grandma's cat is named Raja, Riley cannot say it so she calls her yaya. So Gummy Yaya is heading in on Friday and we are spending some time with her before she heads up to Lori's condo. Should be fun for Riley, she only gets to see Yaya on the computer during our skype sessions.
Ok well that is all i have to blog right now, nothing really going on for the rest of us!
(she wanted to take a picture too!):
Monday, December 20, 2010
Long Time No Blog
Yeah yeah, its been like 7 months since I have blogged so this message should be huge right? NO :)
The Lodatos have been busy busy bees, so much going on then other times nothing!
Since May let me see, Andy has officially finished his first semester of his PhD program. WOOO HOO! now only 3-4 years left to go :) Riley and I are so proud of him.
We had a lull on the house projects and decided that we are finally getting in drywall guys to come in and finish the laundry room and our bedroom closet; finally going to get this project checked off! once the drywall is done, i get to paint and THEN we are moving on to tiling! Hopefully Jack will come over and teach Andy and I how to do this as we really want to learn.
The next project would be the master bathroom. It needs a bit of an overhaul. Jack installed the new shower and tile in a few years ago which is great but the sink/vanity and vinyl floor look like poo. So we are going to tear that all up and replace it all... eventually. looking for volunteers. :) TEE HEE
Andy's practice is going very well, he is always busy and working OT so that is a good thing for a life of a small business owner. We just need to somehow fix the commute issues we have and we are golden.
My work is a different story. Unfortunately they chose to eliminate my job so I get to train contractors to replace me on a job I love. ugh :( I still have a job, just not the one I like. Anyways on to more exciting things.....
Ok on to Riley since she is the fun part and the reason most of you read this blog. :) Riley is getting huge! she is 27lbs and we are not sure how tall, but she is getting taller all the time. She is fully in 2T sizes but there are a few brands and clothing styles she is in 3T.
There have been a ton of changes at her daycare, a lot of teachers have left and her boyfriend Alex left. :( she brings him up all the time and I know she is sad and not sure where he went. She "talks" to him over her fake phone and nods and says: "Alex all gone", so I know she knows he is gone.
She still has Chase and Ethan her other friends but the rest of them have left the daycare.
Dropoff has been a hit or miss in the morning at daycare, once in a while she does great and runs off to play and other times she clings to me and tries to climb up me like a tree.
She is making a calendar for us as her yearly project so i am excited to see what that looks like.
We put up the Christmas tree the first week in December and she was very excited in decorating. She handed Andy decorations and helped pointing out where to put them. There are a few presents already under the tree and the ones from Santa are there too since this is the last year we can do that. We have the "plate" where santa's cookies will go and we cannot wait for her to start her own Christmas memories. :)
I am so excited for the morning of Christmas and she gets to learn this year after year here at home.
Ruth made her a matching stocking sock that matches all of hers and we have a few items that we will stuff in there, including the traditional banana. :)
We got her a few Christmas gifts this year including a new cabbage patch doll that Grandma Ruth made a dress and a slumber bag/pillow for, her kitchen set that we are going to have to put together at some point, a new "big poppy" puppy dog since the one we have I had in HS thought she could use a new one and a few other used toys that I found at my baby sales that she may like.
Yesterday we celebrated Christmas at my parents house with my brother John, Melissa and Case. Riley had a great time chasing and watching Case all night. She was just staring at him and watching his every move it was cute.
She got all sorts of fun presents yesterday; ton of new clothes for future use in 3T and 4T sizes and a very cute doll bathtub with play toothbrush/rubber duck/washcloth and soap. Though the hit of the night was one of the gifts she got from Grandma and Grandpa which was a "doggy medical kit". It was a doggy carrier with a little puppy and all the tools you need to get it better - she loves it! she did not want to put it down yesterday and she demanded to take the puppy in the car with us on the ride up to daycare. It was cute :)
Last week Andy and I took Friday off and took Riley to the Seattle Aquarium for her first visit. We started out first though dropping off the gifts that we purchased for our "adopt a family" for the Holidays. Andy and I decided instead of spending $ on each other that we adopt a family and show Riley what we do with this. We took her shopping the week before the kids and she helped us put them in bags.
The visit to the aquarium was fun and interesting to see what she wanted to see and do. She kept running right back to the touch tank and wanted to touch the starfish and sea urchin things. We tried to take her around to the sea otters and seals but she was more interested in running around and away from us then seeing the animals.
We are going to hold off on the zoo visit until spring time where we hope she will have more fun with it then.
Hmm what else? We sent out an invite for our yearly baby new years party like we did last year, but we maybe canceling it after all. Only 3 people have accepted so we may just cancel it and have the 3 people over just for a low key get together earlier. Not that i can blame anyone; its tough to be out around midnight or earlier with a toddler that you have to wake up and drive home with. So no worries - whatever we do will be fun.
Well that is about all i can think of for right now. I am sure I am missing more but this give me an excuse to blog after Christmas.
If I don't talk to you before: MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)
The Lodatos have been busy busy bees, so much going on then other times nothing!
Since May let me see, Andy has officially finished his first semester of his PhD program. WOOO HOO! now only 3-4 years left to go :) Riley and I are so proud of him.
We had a lull on the house projects and decided that we are finally getting in drywall guys to come in and finish the laundry room and our bedroom closet; finally going to get this project checked off! once the drywall is done, i get to paint and THEN we are moving on to tiling! Hopefully Jack will come over and teach Andy and I how to do this as we really want to learn.
The next project would be the master bathroom. It needs a bit of an overhaul. Jack installed the new shower and tile in a few years ago which is great but the sink/vanity and vinyl floor look like poo. So we are going to tear that all up and replace it all... eventually. looking for volunteers. :) TEE HEE
Andy's practice is going very well, he is always busy and working OT so that is a good thing for a life of a small business owner. We just need to somehow fix the commute issues we have and we are golden.
My work is a different story. Unfortunately they chose to eliminate my job so I get to train contractors to replace me on a job I love. ugh :( I still have a job, just not the one I like. Anyways on to more exciting things.....
Ok on to Riley since she is the fun part and the reason most of you read this blog. :) Riley is getting huge! she is 27lbs and we are not sure how tall, but she is getting taller all the time. She is fully in 2T sizes but there are a few brands and clothing styles she is in 3T.
There have been a ton of changes at her daycare, a lot of teachers have left and her boyfriend Alex left. :( she brings him up all the time and I know she is sad and not sure where he went. She "talks" to him over her fake phone and nods and says: "Alex all gone", so I know she knows he is gone.
She still has Chase and Ethan her other friends but the rest of them have left the daycare.
Dropoff has been a hit or miss in the morning at daycare, once in a while she does great and runs off to play and other times she clings to me and tries to climb up me like a tree.
She is making a calendar for us as her yearly project so i am excited to see what that looks like.
We put up the Christmas tree the first week in December and she was very excited in decorating. She handed Andy decorations and helped pointing out where to put them. There are a few presents already under the tree and the ones from Santa are there too since this is the last year we can do that. We have the "plate" where santa's cookies will go and we cannot wait for her to start her own Christmas memories. :)
I am so excited for the morning of Christmas and she gets to learn this year after year here at home.
Ruth made her a matching stocking sock that matches all of hers and we have a few items that we will stuff in there, including the traditional banana. :)
We got her a few Christmas gifts this year including a new cabbage patch doll that Grandma Ruth made a dress and a slumber bag/pillow for, her kitchen set that we are going to have to put together at some point, a new "big poppy" puppy dog since the one we have I had in HS thought she could use a new one and a few other used toys that I found at my baby sales that she may like.
Yesterday we celebrated Christmas at my parents house with my brother John, Melissa and Case. Riley had a great time chasing and watching Case all night. She was just staring at him and watching his every move it was cute.
She got all sorts of fun presents yesterday; ton of new clothes for future use in 3T and 4T sizes and a very cute doll bathtub with play toothbrush/rubber duck/washcloth and soap. Though the hit of the night was one of the gifts she got from Grandma and Grandpa which was a "doggy medical kit". It was a doggy carrier with a little puppy and all the tools you need to get it better - she loves it! she did not want to put it down yesterday and she demanded to take the puppy in the car with us on the ride up to daycare. It was cute :)
Last week Andy and I took Friday off and took Riley to the Seattle Aquarium for her first visit. We started out first though dropping off the gifts that we purchased for our "adopt a family" for the Holidays. Andy and I decided instead of spending $ on each other that we adopt a family and show Riley what we do with this. We took her shopping the week before the kids and she helped us put them in bags.
The visit to the aquarium was fun and interesting to see what she wanted to see and do. She kept running right back to the touch tank and wanted to touch the starfish and sea urchin things. We tried to take her around to the sea otters and seals but she was more interested in running around and away from us then seeing the animals.
We are going to hold off on the zoo visit until spring time where we hope she will have more fun with it then.
Hmm what else? We sent out an invite for our yearly baby new years party like we did last year, but we maybe canceling it after all. Only 3 people have accepted so we may just cancel it and have the 3 people over just for a low key get together earlier. Not that i can blame anyone; its tough to be out around midnight or earlier with a toddler that you have to wake up and drive home with. So no worries - whatever we do will be fun.
Well that is about all i can think of for right now. I am sure I am missing more but this give me an excuse to blog after Christmas.
If I don't talk to you before: MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)
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