I have nothing important to talk about but I wanted to update some things for my own sake. Eloise just turned 17 months and her vocabulary has really started to blossom. I was worried (typical first time mom) about her reaching the 15 words by 18 months. Julian and I listed all the words she says this morning and she has 15 for sure. She doesn't pronounce every sound of every word but she can say most of the words and we know what she's saying.
Eloise's Words 17 months old:
-Mommy
-Daddy
-Gigi
-Papa
-Nan
-Ni Ni (for Aunt Nikki)
-Dee (Duke)
-Beee (Beach)
-Ball
-Uh-Oh
-No
-Shoe
-Peas (she uses this in context for peas and also for please)
-Ba (Bath)
-Hi
-Bye
-WOAH
-Shhhh
-Woof
-Baaa (What a sheep says)
-Meow (what a cat says)
Besides that, Eloise has started giving us a hard time about bedtime. She understands now that when it's bedtime, that it means no more playing. She run and hides and yells 'NOOO' and tries all the tricks in the book to not go to sleep. My mom says get used to it. Soon she'll be asking for one more story, or another glass of water, or anything to avoid bedtime. At least that is what we used to do as kids.
Our friend is getting married in a couple weekends and it will be my first night away from Eloise. I know that seems crazy (17 months and not one night away). My mom has decided to stay at our house to make life easier (plus then we don't have to worry about Duke). I am looking forward to it and can't wait to see how Eloise does.
4.28.2012
4.12.2012
Spring Break!
Spring Break has been going so fast! It needs to slow way down so I can enjoy it more!! Julian's parents were here from Thursday until Tuesday, so that might have something to do with it!
We didn't do much on Friday except get Eloise's picture with the Easter Bunny:
5 seconds after this picture was taken she was flipping out....
Saturday we woke up early and had breakfast at The Kitchen Witch before the Easter Egg Hunt. We walked about 30 minutes on the beach from my parent's house to where it was held and that was the most fun part! The egg hunt was pretty busy, and on the beach, so they weren't really 'hidden'. Either way it was good memories.
Easter Sunday was perfect!
The Easter Bunny spoiled Eloise and she was really cute opening her gifts. She got some puzzles and a bible coloring book and crayons and bubbles and some chocolate. She eventually caught on to finding the eggs around the house and liked doing that!
Church was super amazing and Eloise stayed in the nursery the whole time! When I picked her up (1 hr and 15 minutes later) the lady in charge said she won the best behaved award! I'm such a proud momma! After church we went to the park and enjoyed the day. Later that afternoon we went to my parents and had dinner. It was a great day!
Everyone at Easter spoiled her, too! My cousins got her two more princess dolls, my aunt got her bubbles and a tinkerbell purse with a tinkerbell in it and my grandmother got her stuffed animals and some chocolate chip cookies. And of course my mom got her some old school sesame street dvds, sidewalk chalk and candy! She was also introduced to m&m's and had a super sugar high that night. No fun.
She loves her dolls:
In other news, my uncle who had the heart transplant last year needed a kidney transplant. Luckily, my other uncle ended up being a perfect match and they are currently in recovery and the kidney is working! Yay!
Today I got to go to music class with Eloise and Julian! I felt like I was in that Up All Night episode where the working mom goes to the music class and dies everything wrong haha! It was really cute to see her little friends and do their normal Thursday routine.
The rest of spring break is going to be low key. I have more dr's appointments than ever before (taking advantage of the week off). We have Sesame Street Live at the State Theatre tomorrow and that's about it. I hope Eloise likes it!
I'm ready to begin relaxing!
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We didn't do much on Friday except get Eloise's picture with the Easter Bunny:
5 seconds after this picture was taken she was flipping out....
Saturday we woke up early and had breakfast at The Kitchen Witch before the Easter Egg Hunt. We walked about 30 minutes on the beach from my parent's house to where it was held and that was the most fun part! The egg hunt was pretty busy, and on the beach, so they weren't really 'hidden'. Either way it was good memories.
Easter Sunday was perfect!
The Easter Bunny spoiled Eloise and she was really cute opening her gifts. She got some puzzles and a bible coloring book and crayons and bubbles and some chocolate. She eventually caught on to finding the eggs around the house and liked doing that!
Church was super amazing and Eloise stayed in the nursery the whole time! When I picked her up (1 hr and 15 minutes later) the lady in charge said she won the best behaved award! I'm such a proud momma! After church we went to the park and enjoyed the day. Later that afternoon we went to my parents and had dinner. It was a great day!
Everyone at Easter spoiled her, too! My cousins got her two more princess dolls, my aunt got her bubbles and a tinkerbell purse with a tinkerbell in it and my grandmother got her stuffed animals and some chocolate chip cookies. And of course my mom got her some old school sesame street dvds, sidewalk chalk and candy! She was also introduced to m&m's and had a super sugar high that night. No fun.
She loves her dolls:
In other news, my uncle who had the heart transplant last year needed a kidney transplant. Luckily, my other uncle ended up being a perfect match and they are currently in recovery and the kidney is working! Yay!
Today I got to go to music class with Eloise and Julian! I felt like I was in that Up All Night episode where the working mom goes to the music class and dies everything wrong haha! It was really cute to see her little friends and do their normal Thursday routine.
The rest of spring break is going to be low key. I have more dr's appointments than ever before (taking advantage of the week off). We have Sesame Street Live at the State Theatre tomorrow and that's about it. I hope Eloise likes it!
I'm ready to begin relaxing!
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4.03.2012
Catching UP
I haven't blogged in a while (darn work gets in the way of the important things). I figured I would do a random catch up....
* Things are going well. Besides my house is in a constant state of MESSINESS, I don't mind working. Princesses are everywhere. I'm not joking. Eloise lines them up on things and knocks them down, and then takes them in her bookbag to the next room and lines them up again. I have stepped on Pocahontas and Mulan more times than I can count. She also is a fan of carrying all her toys everywhere she goes. I hope she isn't becoming a hoarder.
* I am pretty much done getting Eloise's Easter basket together. We got her some PJ's, a coloring book and crayons, a couple puzzles, and a farm animal noise toy that I think I had when I was younger. We also are getting her a little kid table and chairs for upstairs. She has one in the basement, but I think she needs another and IKEA has one for like $20. Her big gift for Easter is we are taking her to see Sesame Street Live next week. She loves Elmo and Ernie and I think she is going to get a kick out of the show! Even though putting the tickets in her basket is useless because that means nothing to a 1 year old, I might still do it. Weird?
* I was reading my friend's blog and she updated on her son's height and weight (Hi Noah!) and Eloise is pretty much exactly the same size as him (30 inches tall and 19.7lbs). He is 6 MONTHS YOUNGER than her.
*We joined the Atlantic Club for the summer. I am so glad they have a summer membership! It is pretty expensive but you get the pool (indoor and outdoor), a gym membership, and the kid's club which offers 3 hours of babysitting a day. We aren't going on a summer vacation this summer (boo) so we figured this money would have gone towards that. They serve alcohol at the pool. We plan on spending most days there. At first I was nervous that Eloise wouldn't like the kid's club babysitting thing. But, Julian took a tour before he signed us up and they put her in the kid's club and she cried when she left. She didn't care about being there, she just wanted to keep playing and not leave. good sign.
* I saw Hunger Games and I LOVED IT. I can't wait to see it again. I read all the books twice and I might go another round with them. SO IN LOVE. I also am excited to read Divergent and 50 Shades of Grey. I have heard great things about both but right now I am trying to finish my bookclub book. I have a list of books I really want to read!!
* We have tons of things to do this weekend and my in-laws are visiting! We have an Easter Egg Hung on the beach and getting Eloise's picture with the Easter Bunny. We also wanted to dye eggs with her. We will see what we accomplish :)
*Eloise's new words are: Hi, Bye-Bye, Shoe, and bibbidi-boppidi-boo (which sounds more like bipbopboo). She also has started shaking her head yes or no. "do you want ice cream?" head shakes yes. "do you want your diaper changed?" head shakes no. It's awesome to see her start doing this! What a great age! Oh, and she will use a running start to hug. It's the coolest thing. she runs right into your arms for a big hug. LOVE IT.
* Things are going well. Besides my house is in a constant state of MESSINESS, I don't mind working. Princesses are everywhere. I'm not joking. Eloise lines them up on things and knocks them down, and then takes them in her bookbag to the next room and lines them up again. I have stepped on Pocahontas and Mulan more times than I can count. She also is a fan of carrying all her toys everywhere she goes. I hope she isn't becoming a hoarder.
* I am pretty much done getting Eloise's Easter basket together. We got her some PJ's, a coloring book and crayons, a couple puzzles, and a farm animal noise toy that I think I had when I was younger. We also are getting her a little kid table and chairs for upstairs. She has one in the basement, but I think she needs another and IKEA has one for like $20. Her big gift for Easter is we are taking her to see Sesame Street Live next week. She loves Elmo and Ernie and I think she is going to get a kick out of the show! Even though putting the tickets in her basket is useless because that means nothing to a 1 year old, I might still do it. Weird?
* I was reading my friend's blog and she updated on her son's height and weight (Hi Noah!) and Eloise is pretty much exactly the same size as him (30 inches tall and 19.7lbs). He is 6 MONTHS YOUNGER than her.
*We joined the Atlantic Club for the summer. I am so glad they have a summer membership! It is pretty expensive but you get the pool (indoor and outdoor), a gym membership, and the kid's club which offers 3 hours of babysitting a day. We aren't going on a summer vacation this summer (boo) so we figured this money would have gone towards that. They serve alcohol at the pool. We plan on spending most days there. At first I was nervous that Eloise wouldn't like the kid's club babysitting thing. But, Julian took a tour before he signed us up and they put her in the kid's club and she cried when she left. She didn't care about being there, she just wanted to keep playing and not leave. good sign.
* I saw Hunger Games and I LOVED IT. I can't wait to see it again. I read all the books twice and I might go another round with them. SO IN LOVE. I also am excited to read Divergent and 50 Shades of Grey. I have heard great things about both but right now I am trying to finish my bookclub book. I have a list of books I really want to read!!
* We have tons of things to do this weekend and my in-laws are visiting! We have an Easter Egg Hung on the beach and getting Eloise's picture with the Easter Bunny. We also wanted to dye eggs with her. We will see what we accomplish :)
*Eloise's new words are: Hi, Bye-Bye, Shoe, and bibbidi-boppidi-boo (which sounds more like bipbopboo). She also has started shaking her head yes or no. "do you want ice cream?" head shakes yes. "do you want your diaper changed?" head shakes no. It's awesome to see her start doing this! What a great age! Oh, and she will use a running start to hug. It's the coolest thing. she runs right into your arms for a big hug. LOVE IT.
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