4 teeth at once!

This weekend Mimi thought she saw a tooth coming through. Monday I was extra cranky, so mommy did another check. She is pretty sure she saw the other 3 incisors coming through! No wonder I was cranky and tired! I even went to bed before 7:00 pm. I also could have been making up for the night before, because I stayed up until 9:30!

It doesn't seem to be affecting me tonight - check out my new skill :)

More teeth coming

I showed mommy how brave I can be, and started to jump from the ottoman to the couch. She was a little nervous, but was close by, just in case. She also couldn't resist taking a photo of me and daddy together - aren't we handsome? Have I told you how much I love cornbread? It's a little messy, but really nummy.

this weekend we laid low. we had to take wrigley in for a checkup at the vet. They had some fun toys there - a train/tracks and a parking garage with a swirly ramp. I didn't want to take a nap at all that day. Then today mommy fed me lots of nummy banana bread pancakes for brunch (don't they look yummy?), and shortly after i took a 2.5 hour nap! Everyone was wondering when i was going to wake up.

We also discovered that my 3rd (bottom right) molar is coming through! that's probably why I'm so snotty, drooly and (relatively) cranky! :)

Check out my new skills

I had to remind mommy to post these videos for you to see. They're a bit long (just under 5 minutes), but I climb up and down, work on my words, and buckle my highchair. Enjoy!

Here I am climbing my high chair and practicing my buckling skills.

And here I am practicing my climbing and stretching, as well as my vocabulary ;)

Now do you see why mommy never gets anything done while I'm awake? She's always playing safety net!

an owie big enough for urgent care

As you can see, I'm becoming a bit of a daredevil.

Tonight I was horsing around in my bath, and I slipped and cut my chin on the bath tub. :( It didn't hurt for very long, but when mommy finally got a look, she decided to call the doctor. of course, there wasn't an opening until 9:00... so I was extra cranky when we went in ;) Add that to the fact that I do not like strangers in the same room as me, much less touching me, and we had an *awesome* time at the doctor. just kidding.

I met three new people tonight. Two nurses came in and tried to wash up my cut, and then the doctor came in to check me out and glue me up (seriously). I showed them all how well I can glare, kick and scream. Needless to say, I put on a good show and they were all impressed. I sat with mommy for a bit after we got home, and finally was in bed by a little after 10. everyone is hoping I'll sleep till a little after 10 in the morning.

I also had to go to the doctor yesterday, because the daycare thought I had the start of pink eye. the doctor said I look fine, but prescribed drops (which I challenge mommy to put in 3-4 times a day) anyway. My eye looked better after the first drop. Don't tell, but I really just wanted to spend some time home with mommy and daddy.

This is just a hint of all the fun I've had this week. I gave mommy a bit of a scare and her how fast I can climb up and down my high chair. I even figured out how to buckle the strap.

I can also say "hello," but with a British accent - " 'elo".

18-mo checkup and a new owie

yesterday, I didn't even give mommy a half hour at work before I made the daycare call her. I decided to practice my climbing skills and climbed on top one of the block bins. then I proceeded to fall off the bin and got a small cut by my eye from a block. Can you see it in my photo?

today i had my 18-mo appointment with Dr. S. here are my stats:
23.9# (18.8%)
33" long (68%)
I also got 2 shots, but the doc said my next appt (at 2 years) won't have any. mommy and daddy got their flu shots, too.

i showed Dr. S how much i talk when i was looking for mommy and daddy's bellies. she said that i'm putting a few words together and this is closer to 2-year development. i'm such a smarty pants. ;) i can say these phrases:
Daddy belly
Mommy belly
Ligley (wrigley) ni-night
bye bye daddy
help me
help please
nuk please mommy (a sign that I don't need it anymore?) :)

and these words:
please (a lot, especially when I'm not getting what I want; and with sign for emphasis)
doggy
nani (nuk)
nana
eat (with sign)
off
on
more (with sign)
bus
abeebee (Applesauce)
bath
potty (Although I'm not using it yet)
milk
water
truck
shoes
Ciao!
Au Revoir

Magnificent Milano

Today we went to Milan. I had lots of fun on the train.
We saw lots of very cool and old buildings: La Scala (an opera house) and the famous spired duomo

and the Galleria, which is an open-air shopping mall with lots of neat shops and restaurants. In the Galleria, we spun on a bull. This is supposed to give you good luck, so we gave it a shot! :)

I chased a few pigeons, had some gelato on a stick (which i couldn't get enough of), and headed home on a long train. We got some yummy pasta from Leon d'Oro (gnocchi and tortelli with cream sauce) and headed home to eat it.

15 hours of sleep

Wow - we all slept for about 15 hours - no joke! We woke up at 1pm today. We eventually got up today and went for a walk around the city. We went and had a pastry and saw the Castello Estense, the big old castle in the center of town, just down the street from our B&B.

Then we went to see the Cattedrale di San Giorgio and i had my first taste of real, authentic gelato. I couldn't get enough! After i scarfed down my gelato, we kept strolling around time, trying to pass time before the earliest-allowable supper time in Italy. we found a hidden park that had mostly rocks, rather than grass, and i threw them all over!

For supper tonight we ate at Leon d'Oro. this restaurant has two "fronts" - one on a main street, and one in a plaza. we sat in the plaza because i was being difficult, and didn't want to sit down AT ALL. Mommy had some yummy green lasagna, and daddy has his favorite - gnocchi! i had about 2 bites of each and thew a fit while running around the plaza. ;)

last post before our trip!

here are a few pictures from a week or so ago:

 mommy even put up a giraffe "mosaic" in my room. i love it!

And, here's our veggies from this week! 3 corn cobs, 2 muskmelon, 1 watermelon, 5# taters, 2 tiny leeks, bag of 'maters, 2 large onions, 2 cukes, 4 zukes, 1 pt sm 'maters, 1 funny eggplant w/ a nose, 1 jalapeño, 1 bulb garlic, 1 sm head broccoli!

So daddy's work decided to send him on a trip 1 week before we leave on our big vacation. He left last thursday, and comes back tonight. This trip took him to LA, and usually when he gets back, i am in bed and don't get to see him until the next morning.

But i did get a surprise this weekend - Grandma came to visit! Mommy was very happy because Grandma helped keep me occupied and helped mommy get stuff done for the trip - lots of shopping, cooking (of CSA veggies!) and other items crossed off the before-the-trip list.

Tonight before i went to bed i had some abeebee (applesauce). it is yummy!

i'm a little daredevil

well, i haven't really done much this week. but, mommy and daddy did book our final place for our trip to Europe in September.

although, i did show mommy how daring i am getting. today she had to take my little tykes car away because i wanted to crawl out the back window. and then i was trying to get my sippy full of water off the (not turned on) stove, so i used the handle on the drawer beneath it and started climbing! i've been too fast, so some time i'm sure we'll get a picture before i get scolded ;)

we've also been more adventurous in our food endeavors. our CSA farm has been providing lots of yummy veggies. and i mean lots. last week, we got 7 zucchini! mommy made some zucchini fritters, and today i was finally awake to eat one - it was really yummy.

Yesterday daddy's work had a big picnic for all the families to go to. we had steak and lobster, and i had some corn and a hot dog! it was all very yummy. They had a construction equipment "petting zoo" and a real petting zoo. i was in awe of the chickens and ducks!

Happy early 4th!

I've learned how to do many things the past few days. Among them, brushing my teeth and cooking :)

I'm also a pro at using the computer. I like to climb up the stairs and peek through the rails.

Mommy and i got an early start to the weekend. I had been working on a fever thurs and fri, and by 3:00 friday it had reached 101, which means pick-up is required at daycare. mommy is hoping it's my molars, especially because i didn't have any other symptoms, like pulling at my ears.

i'm starting to sleep through longer stretches at night, and if mommy or daddy has to get up with me, they either have to help me find my pacifier or just rub my back. At daycare my new group only has one nap, and most days it's from ~12-2. This weekend, however, i've been taking 2 naps a day. mommy and daddy have tried to get me to go to bed earlier, but i never settle down before 8:30.

and today i showed mommy and daddy how easy it is to get under the stair gate. so now, it just stays open. if it's closed, i make it my challenge to get under. :)
Going up...

Coming down...

i had a day off

this weekend i had a fever of 102! it was on and off, and i didn't need tylenol all weekend. mommy and daddy still kept me home on monday. i hung out with mommy and showed her where all the goldfish really go.

then we went to the doctor. he checked me out and said my ears are a little red, but not bulging. my gums are definitely red. and my top teeth (#s 3 and 4) are on the verge of popping through! i did have a bit of a cold, so the combo of the cold and teeth is probably why i was fighting my fever for so long. i also wasn't very hungry...i liked mommy's milk, cow's milk and water, but not much in the way of solids... usually i like to eat my pouches, like the banana one i'm eating on my drive around the house. I also like to help wrigley transport her food around the house.