Heidi ate spaghetti sauce!

Heidi ate spaghetti tonight WITH SAUCE on it!!! She is totally against eating anything with any kind of sauce on it. She refuses to eat anything with ketchup, mayo, mustard, BBQ sauce, honey mustard, or any kind of sauce. I told her tonight that she was a big girl now and that she needs to start eating her noodles with sauce on them. She likes pizza, so I told her that it's just kind of like pizza... They both have almost the same kind of sauce and we put some parmesan cheese on it, too. I told her that she HAD to eat sauce on her noodles or she would not get dessert, she would not get to stay up and watch the Simpsons tonight, and she also would not get to have book time before bed tonight... so she ate it! She actually said that she liked it, too! :) I hope that she remembers she liked it tonight (the next time I make spaghetti).

Heidi Can Read Book#2!!

Today after I got Hannah down for a nap, I made a list of some new words (cat, o.k., ad, sad, mad). I had Heidi sound them out. Then, I gave her book #2 from the BOB books & she was able to read it! She got a little confused/stuck a couple of times, but sounded the words out and did great! She read it a second time and did wonderfully! :)

Title: Sam
Page 1 - Sam and Cat.
Page 2 - Mat and Cat.
Page 3 - Sam, Mat, and Cat.
Page 4 - Cat sat on Sam.
Page 5 - Mat sat on Sam.
Page 6 - Sad Sam. Sad Mat.
Page 7 - Sam sat. Mat sat.
Page 8 - O.K., Sam. O.K., Mat. O.K., Cat.
Page 9 - The End

Heidi Read Her Book For Show-And-Tell Today

Heidi took her book to show-and-tell today to read to her preschool class. I think we might try book #2 (Sam) out this afternoon!

Heidi Read A Book Today!

Today, Heidi read her first book out loud to me. I bought the first set of BOB books a long time ago (maybe when Heidi was about 1 1/2 years old or so), but I thought I might get them out and look at them today. The first book seemed pretty simple, so I made a list of the words in the book (plus a few extras that rhymed with some of the words) and we sounded them out together. Then, I gave her the first book. She was able to read it!

Title: Mat (Book 1)
Page 1 - Mat.
Page 2 - Mat sat.
Page 3 - Sam.
Page 4 - Sam sat.
Page 5 - Mat sat. Sam sat.
Page 6 - Mat sat on Sam. (We laughed at this part because Sam looks sad.)
Page 7 - Sam sat on Mat. (We laughed here, too.)
Page 8 - Mat sat. Sam sat.
Page 9 - The End

Hannah: Identifying Body Parts & Crib Climbing

I kept trying to get a picture or video of Hannah today saying "eye," which sounds more like "ahhhh," and pointing to her doll's eye, but she was distracted by the time I got the camera. Oh well. She can show you where some body parts are, including: eyes, nose, ears, hair, toes, leg, feet, and cheeks.

Yesterday, Grandma Sylvia was down visiting since school was out for MLK day. After I had put Hannah down for a nap and walked down stairs to where Sylvia and Heidi were in the formal living room, where they were playing with trains, I heard a THUD. It scared me and I knew exactly what it had to be. Hannah had climbed out of her crib and fell on the ground. She didn't seem to have any bruises, but she did have a rug mark and a red spot on her forehead... and she was pretty upset. Her matress is down pretty low, too! If we move it any lower, it will be really close to the ground, which is where it goes when it turns into a toddler bed. It may be harder to get her in and out reaching that low (because Brian made the crib & the sides don't lower), but I don't want her getting hurt from climbing out either. Little Hannah is growing up and learning how to do more for herself, I guess.... and I guess she just wanted out. It's hard to believe that tomorrow she will already be 11 months old.

Hannah is trying to talk now...

I went to the grocery store tonight (Fred Meyer) and dropped Heidi off in the play area while I shopped with Hannah. When I went back to pick Heidi up, I saw her in the play area and called "Heeeiidiiii" to get her attention. I was TOTALLY SHOCKED when out of Hannah's mouth came "Ha (short "o" sound) + deee." She said it with the same tone as me and sounded almost just like she was copying me! I couldn't believe that she said Heidi's name... and she said it So Well. It was a total shock. The lady in the play area seemed pretty surprised, too. She turned her head as it caught her attention.

Later tonight after I put Heidi to bed, I was holding Hannah on the couch and (as I often do) I said "Hannah's my baby girl" and it really sounded like Hannah said "Bay-gir." I think she was trying to say "baby girl."

I guess now she is going to try to start saying more than just "mama," "dada," "mi mi" (for "milk milk"), "bup bup" (for "up up"), and "da ar" (for "there you are," which we say when we play peek-a-boo).

Hannah's First Step

Last night as I was taking a picture of her while standing, I said "Hannah, come to Mommy" ... and Hannah took her first step toward me JUST as I took the picture! I think it might be a while before she is really walking, though. She doesn't seem to want to do it again. :)

Hannah's Scrunchie

Hannah pulled the scrunchie (or however you spell it... I've seen it spelled a couple of different ways) out of my hair earlier today and she's been trying to put it in her hair! It's funny watching her hold it in both hands as she stretches it across the top of her head. I should take a picture and post it.

Just a quick update...

Last night was New Year's Eve. We went to the Vaughn's house to celebrate with them. It was fun. We played a couple of games and had way too much yummy food. I'm trying to download our Christmas pictures onto the computer, so I can post them on here, but I'm having some problems. I'm having a hard time downloading from a couple of memory sticks... so I hope I can eventually get them on here for everyone to see. Also, last night... I gave Hannah a graham cracker to eat and she kept trying to feed it to me. I thought it was funny. This was the first time I think she has tried to feed me. She also kept trying to feed me her sippy cup of water, too. Anyway, that's just a quick update. Happy New Year everyone! :)