Catch Up

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been so long since I updated. I guess life just got busy, and I got lazy. I will try to do better. It is one of my New Years’ goals.

September saw Aislin learn to walk. She took her first steps on September 3. She was holding on to the edge of our bed and I was sitting on the floor getting her bed made when she turned to me and took 3 steps and fell into my arms. She was so excited for herself. As we were teaching her to walk between Jordan and I she would get so excited and lunge into our arms and laugh. She thought it was so funny. It was only a couple of weeks later she was on her own, walking all over the place. She is now running.

Aislin got her very own highchair and loves to feed herself. Since then she has been introduced to a whole host of new foods. Some of the foods she loves are carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, cheese, bananas, and apples, but really pretty much anything she can get her hands on she likes. Her favorite snack right now is Cheerios.

Now that Aislin is walking, she loves to help me do chores. I hand her the wet clothes from the washer and she loves to put them in the dryer. She then closes the door and I will stand her on the dryer so she can push the button to start it up. She then begins to dance to the beat of the dryer. She pretty much dances to any beat she hears; train going by, dishwasher, vacuum, ECT… anything.

Once the clothes are ready to be folded she hands me each piece of clothing, it may take a lot longer, but she loves to help so who am I to stop her. She hands me the hangers for the clothes that need hanging. She then carries the socks to the bedroom and I’ll lift her up so she can put them in the drawer.

Since her clothes take up the bottom 3 drawers in our dresser, she loves to open them and reorganize her clothes. Isn’t she helpful?

Another way she helps me is to unload the dishwasher. We wash our hands and she will hand me each piece of silverware one at a time. This keeps her busy while I am unloading the rest of the dishes. She’s still learning not to mess with the dirty dishes as I load the dishwasher. She will close the door and push the button to start it though.

I like to use these times to help teach her the names of different pieces of clothing or dishes.

Aislin’s vocabulary has increased dramatically since she turned 1. She says many words. Some of which include; Mama, Dada, Cheese, Jesus, Tree, Up, Spoon, Socks, Boots, Piano, Cookie, Cranky, Stinky, Up, Thank You, Apple, Banana, Poop, Hot, Book, Moon, Cute, Man, Hello, Eat, Night Night, All Done plus others I can’t think of right now. She can repeat almost anything… not always correctly, but she does try. She babbles all the time and loves to “read” her books out loud.

Some of the signs she does are, Milk, Tree, Bath, Poop, Please, More, Eat, Water, Table, Sleep, plus several more I’m forgetting.

She knows many of her body parts too: Head, Hair, Ears, Eyes, Nose, Mouth, Teeth, Tongue, Cheeks, Chin (thanks to uncle Tomas), Shoulders, Elbows, Hands, Belly, Bellybutton, Knees, Toes and Bum.

Since starting to walk/run, she has not gained any weight but has slimmed up quite a bit as she has gotten taller. Although her hair has gotten a bit thicker and longer, we are hoping it will get a growth spurt soon so people won’t keep thinking she’s a boy. Even though we dress her in girly colors.

Aislin has 7 teeth and two sticking partially out. Teething is not a fun experience for our household. Aislin gets cranky and sleepless because she’s in pain. Poor kid. Well that’s all I can think of right now.

I will be updating with lots of pictures from the last few months and will add more as I share those.

Stay tuned.

Happy 1st Birthday Aislin

My baby is 1! What!? How did this happen?
One year ago today Aislin Rae entered our lives and stole our hearts immediately.

Where oh where does the time go?
Aislin is learning lots these days.
Some things about her:
She blows kisses.
She says "Hi" in a whisper voice.
Her second tooth broke through on August 24th, and her first tooth is still not all the way out just yet.
She gives hugs, we call it "loves"
She is very close to walking on her own. She stands unassisted all the time, but just hasn't taken that step yet.
If you ask her how old she is she can show you on her fingers. We taught it to her in one night.
Edited to Add:
Aislin can also do some sign language. She does the sign for "milk'' when she wants to nurse, and the sign for "more'' when she wants to eat.



Aislin,
Dadda and I love you more and more every day. We are so thankful for the joy and spirit you bring to our home. We love to watch you learn and grow everyday. You make us laugh all the time with your great expressions and sense of humor. We hope you always have the confidence you seem to have been born with. I am excited to continue our journey as we start this next year of your life. Loves, and Kisses,
Mamma

Please enjoy this video.

11Months... a little late...

I know I'm almost a month late, but I wanted to write down the changes this month brought.
Aislin's first tooth broke forth on July 22nd after a very restless night. She is an awesome crawler and walks around the furniture. She learned to blow kisses and waves hello and goodbye to everyone. She loves her stuffed cat and has figured out how to press her paw to make sound.

I will be updating soon with pictures from our trip to Oregon.. stay tuned.

Tutu!

So I decided to make this tutu for Aislin. I really like the way it turned out.
She really likes it too.

Window Love

Aislin can now pull herself up to standing and cruise around the furniture.
She always ends up at the sliding glass door. She loves to look at the world outside.

She also likes to give her reflection kisses.

She's such a ham.

Independence Day

Happy Independence Day everyone!! We went to the Grand Parade here in Provo. It started to rain while we were walking there and looking for a sweet spot to park the stroller. Since it's been getting warmer, the rain was a welcome refresher. We lucked out and got a spot right under a tree on Center Street.

Aislin is wearing a dress that I made with lots of help from my friend Krista. She is also sporting some patriotic babylegs.
Even though it's not great, this next picture has me in it per request of my mom.

Aislin had such a good time. She mostly sat on the top of the stroller, with me supporting her, and watched all the people and floats. Apart from the one time she got scared from a fire truck siren, she didn't complain the whole time. She just waved and danced.

She really enjoyed when the marching bands came pass us. She would just start grooving to the music. Jordan shot a little video of her. Enjoy!!

Aislin is 10 Months!

Aislin is fast approaching her first full year, and is learning to do lots everyday.
She is very close to crawling. She mostly just does an army crawl, but she does get on her hands and knees and rocks. She waves bye-bye and gives "5" She also makes a kissey noise with her mouth by sucking in her bottom lip when we do it to her.

The last time she was weighed she was almost 24lbs, but we think she is slowing down on that front. She has started to slim up just a little bit since we started her on solids. She still has the cutest rolls ever.

She eats carrots, sweet potatoes and prunes. She has tried squash, but it clogged her up really bad. Same thing happened with the peas and green beans. We have also started giving her a sippy cup with water. She mostly just plays with it and chews on the tip. She still has no teeth and hasn't really shown any more signs of teething recently.

She has started to pull herself onto her knees and once she pulled up to her feet, but I didn't have the camera ready. She really likes to pull all of her toys out of the toy basket and just throw them as far as she can. She still laughs all the time at everything. She says Ma-ma and Da-da all the time now, along with other jabberings.
We are excited to see what the next month brings.