Kelsie was 19 months old yesterday but I have been so slack about updating the blog that never posted about her 18 month milestones. And boy have there been many!
- Saying a lot of words these days. I don't think I could even count how many.
- Will repeat almost anything you say.
- Says mama and dada all day. Its clear that she thinks about us a lot. She also says other family members' names alot: pah-paw in the most dramatic voice...Valerie and Drew, ba-pa, geh-ma, Nana, Will, Wa-Wa (mamaw Roberts), ...
- Says Mommy! And I love it. She still says mama the most but will now says Mommy if you ask her to.
- Points out things and calls them by their name. For example, she will point to a bird (either in the sky or in a book) and say "bird." When its an animal, she will just make the sound that it makes (animal sounds that she makes- dog, cat, pig, elephant, bird, cow, octopus (which is more of a hand motion), snake, bee, butterfly, owl, monkey, sheep, lion, dinosaur).
- Can point out many body parts - eyes (she even points to my eyes sometimes and says "eyes"), nose, hair, mouth, teeth, tongue, ears, hair, belly button, feet/toes)
- When she something wet (such as rain), she will say "wet". When I put her in her carseat on a hot day, she will correctly say "hot" (without me telling her that I also think it is hot). And when she sees me cooking, she will point to the stove and say "hot."
- She loves to read books. Her current favorite is a book about going to the potty. Which reminds me...
- She pooped in the potty on 2 separate occasions while at the beach the week she turned 18 months.
- She peed in the potty the week we got home. We sat her on the potty before bath, she wasn't interested in trying to pee at that time, so we gave her bath, then when she got out she kept pointing to the potty and grunting so I asked if she needed to pee, and sure enough, she went! We haven't really worked on much since. I occasionally ask her and will put her on the potty but she wants down so fast so I don't even push it.
Still early for that anyway!
- She learns and remembers things so quick. It just amazes me the things she picks up on. She will see me do something one time, and then I'll notice her doing it herself a short time later.
- This week, I noticed her singing along to the radio! It was Learning to be the Light, a christian song by NewWorldSon. I noticed her repeating the part "wha-o, wha-o, wha-o o". I started singing it to and she liked that. She sang that part every time it the chorus came on.
- She likes to dance, its more of a bounce, but so cute. And she likes it even more when I dance around for her. She just laughs and laughs, I must be a pretty funny dancer! :) (Anything to hear that laughter, right!?)
- She is affectionate but likes her space. She gives the best hugs and kisses. I just can't get enough of them! But at night time when she is sleeping, she doesn't like you to snuggle with her. We have had to get her out of bed to do chest PT every night so we bring her to our bed before we go to sleep and always try to sneak a few cuddles and kisses, but she usually just rolls around and pushes us away. Makes me miss the days when her favorite place to sleep was on my chest!
- She loves to go outside, I think she would spend the whole day out there if we let her!
- She can walk up the stairs one foot at a time, with me holding her hand, and she will even do alternating steps every now and then. She can also walk down the stairs one at a time with someone holding her hand. And then she gets so proud of herself that she wants to keep doing it.
- She plays with her baby as though she is the mommy. She hugs and kisses them, brushes their hair, lays them down to go night night etc. When I see her showing affection it reminds me how we are teaching her all about how to interact with the world around her. Pretty large responsibility.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Vest, coming soon!
Kelsies chest PT vest should be here later in the week and I am partly excited but also partly sad. She will have to use this machine every day for the rest of her life. It will become a permanent fixture in our home. And I will be honest that I'm not looking forward to it. I'm also a little apprehensive about how she is going to tolerate sitting in one place for 20 minutes twice a day. And how we are going to incorporate it into our routine. But I know I will figure out.
So these are the last few days of doing manual chest PT before the vest gets here. While it will free up our time a bit, I will still miss these mandatory nighttime snuggles with my baby before I go to bed every night.
So these are the last few days of doing manual chest PT before the vest gets here. While it will free up our time a bit, I will still miss these mandatory nighttime snuggles with my baby before I go to bed every night.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Lovely fall day!
Thursday's are my favorite. I get to be with my sweet Kelsie all day and we always have lots of fun. Today I took her to her first tumble gym class and she had a lot of fun. She got to play on the balance beam, the bars, the rings, the trampoline, and learn how to do somersaults on the cushy mats. It was a great new experience!
Back home, we spent the rest of the morning playing outside! It was SUCH a beautiful day! She pushed her baby around in the stroller outside, we took a walk, wrote notes to daddy on the driveway, smelled the flowers, blew bubbles, rode in the cozy coupe, threw the ball, and watched an airplane go by. Then this evening, she helped me cook dinner! Their never too young to learn! She stood right next to me in a chair I pulled up for her and separated the zucchini (on her own will) and then dipped them in the flour for as I asked. She even figured out it was fun to stack the zucchini in a measuring cup! (I love watching her little mind figure out little things like that!) We then had a little fun playing with the flour! :p Yeah it makes a mess to let a toddler help in the kitchen but if you don't make a mess, you would miss out on the memories. And to me, any mess is worth the memory. You can always clean up, but you can never get those moments back.
Back home, we spent the rest of the morning playing outside! It was SUCH a beautiful day! She pushed her baby around in the stroller outside, we took a walk, wrote notes to daddy on the driveway, smelled the flowers, blew bubbles, rode in the cozy coupe, threw the ball, and watched an airplane go by. Then this evening, she helped me cook dinner! Their never too young to learn! She stood right next to me in a chair I pulled up for her and separated the zucchini (on her own will) and then dipped them in the flour for as I asked. She even figured out it was fun to stack the zucchini in a measuring cup! (I love watching her little mind figure out little things like that!) We then had a little fun playing with the flour! :p Yeah it makes a mess to let a toddler help in the kitchen but if you don't make a mess, you would miss out on the memories. And to me, any mess is worth the memory. You can always clean up, but you can never get those moments back.
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| I'm really doing it, I'm hanging here all by myself! |
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| She was so proud of herself. :) |
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| What a BIG helper! |
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| flour on our faces! |
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Moments
Lying here watching my baby sleep wishing I could hold onto these precious moments a little tighter and not let them pass by so quickly. As each day goes by, she changes a little more. With each new memory made there is another which has passed. A head full of memories, a heart full of love. I just can't get over my love for this little girl!! I relish each and every day spent with her and regret the moments I let slip away with the rush and business of this life. I thank God for giving her to me and pray that He never allows her to be taken away!!
Big girl bed
I think someone is ready for a big girl bed! And if you ask her she will agree!! We ordered one last week so it is on its way! :) she's growing up so fast! 
PT vest
We had Kelsies CF follow up last Friday and she is still doing super. Her weight was up a pound from her 18 month visit which doesn't make any sense but I'll take it. It was 25 lbs 13 oz this time putting her at 50th percentile weight for length. Height 33 3/4in! 95th percentile! Tall girl!
Respiratory wise - still no issues. She got fitted for her first PT vest. This will take the place of manual PT which has become very difficult to do. Even though the vest will add something new to get adjusted to, we hope it will help ensure Kelsie is getting good airway clearance. Manual PT is more difficult now because she is becoming such a wiggle worm, even when she is sleeping. So we think this will be better. It's also going to help because we will no longer have to figure out how to get manual PT in or spend 40-60 minutes of day doing it. But it will also be a bit of a hassle I'm sure as they are bulky machines and will be something we will have to take with us anytime we travel. It's still hard to tell how she will tolerate it. She tried out three different ones. They definitely cause her to vibrate and just looks uncomfortable and unnatural. At first I laughed as she started juggling with the vest, then without realizing it, I was crying. I felt sad the whole rest of the day. She will have to use this machine every single day for the rest of her life. I know she will come to hate it. Even if she is used to it. What kid us going to want to fit that into their day!? We will make it work though.
Respiratory wise - still no issues. She got fitted for her first PT vest. This will take the place of manual PT which has become very difficult to do. Even though the vest will add something new to get adjusted to, we hope it will help ensure Kelsie is getting good airway clearance. Manual PT is more difficult now because she is becoming such a wiggle worm, even when she is sleeping. So we think this will be better. It's also going to help because we will no longer have to figure out how to get manual PT in or spend 40-60 minutes of day doing it. But it will also be a bit of a hassle I'm sure as they are bulky machines and will be something we will have to take with us anytime we travel. It's still hard to tell how she will tolerate it. She tried out three different ones. They definitely cause her to vibrate and just looks uncomfortable and unnatural. At first I laughed as she started juggling with the vest, then without realizing it, I was crying. I felt sad the whole rest of the day. She will have to use this machine every single day for the rest of her life. I know she will come to hate it. Even if she is used to it. What kid us going to want to fit that into their day!? We will make it work though.
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