It is Sunday, so today we went to church. Heidi was not very good for the first meeting, as usual... but she was happy to go to the nursery and "pay" with the other kids and toys. Just like last Sunday, when we got to the door of the nursery, Heidi turned around to me and said "Bye bye Mommy" and waved goodbye to me. I went back to peek in on her in between classes. She was doing just fine when I peeked. She was so cute sitting at the little table with all of the other kids having their snacks. She was doing such a good job of sitting there! When I went back to pick her up later, she just looked so happy and said "Hi Mommy!" with her arms up in the air for me to pick her up... and with a big smile, she said "Bye bye" to the lady who had been watching her.
I am really glad that she likes going into the nursery. So many kids cry when their parents drop them off there. It is just so nice to be able to be free for a little while. I enjoy having Heidi, but it is just nice to get a break from trying to keep her from running all over the place and screaming (like she likes to do at church).
Oh, someone at church today asked me if I was the one who does sign language with my baby. She said that she wanted to do it with her baby, who I think might be about 6-months-old. I told her how I started with the milk sign and Heidi started using it at about 8-months-old.
I guess there isn't much else to say about today. Heidi took a nap when we went home and as soon as she woke up, she was saying "Merman... Merman," meaning "Mermaid." She wanted to watch The Little Mermaid. I put it in for her to watch. She sometimes tries to sing along with Ariel in the movie. She sings "Ahhhhh Ahhhhh aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh." She also names things that she sees and knows the names of, like: crab, bird, shark, girl, dad, octupus, water, fish, etc.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007
Heidi's Broccoli Picture
Today, Heidi kept trying to take her diaper off. If she couldn't get it off by herself, she would tell me "diaper off" to let me know she wanted it off. Sometimes I would take it off for her and she would sit on her potty (and make the usual "Ssss" sound like she was actually peeing). Well, she went into the kitchen this afternoon and took her diaper off and peed on the kitchen floor! She then walked into the living room (where I was) and told me "Mommy, pee-pee!" I looked at her foot and saw that her left foot was wet and she was NOT wearing a diaper anymore! I walked into the kitchen, and there in the middle of the floor was a puddle. I cleaned it up and put a diaper back on her.
A while later, she was telling me she wanted to use the potty and she wanted her diaper off again. I went back to the bathroom with her to help her use her potty chair, but it Wasn't There! I looked in the living room and it wasn't there either. Finally, I walked into the kitchen and it was in the middle of the floor, in the EXACT place where she had peed on the floor a couple of hours earlier! I guess she thought she wouldn't let what happened earlier happen again.... but why in the kitchen?
Heidi also wanted to watch Peter Pan today, twice. She either asks for "Pan" or "Pee-Pan" when she wants to watch it. For a while, we were sitting on the couch watching it together. I tried to lay my head on her shoulder to see what she would do. I thought she would push me away, but she didn't. She lifted her arm up and put it around my neck! I guess she liked me cuddling next to her on the couch with my head on her. She is such a sweet little girl.
We also watched the short videos that we made of Brian while he was home on R&R. He sang the ABC song in one, did This Little Piggy on Heidi's toes and then his toes in another one, and they read a color/picture book together in another little video that I have on the computer. Heidi saw that she was eating strawberries in a couple of the videos and she wanted some. She started saying "stawbies" and did the sign for them. We didn't have any more strawberries though. She finished the ones that we had yesterday, so we rode over to the commissary (mainly for strawberries, but for a couple of other things too) and they were completely OUT of strawberries! We got some oranges and apples instead. I told her we would go home and have an orange instead, and she seemed fine with that. She kept saying "orses" in the car (meaning oranges) and she does the sign really well for it too (like you are squeezing an orange under your chin).
Tonight before I put her to bed, we were coloring with her "colors," as she calls them. She likes for me to sit down with her and draw along with her. She likes for me to draw birds and strawberries. Sometimes she will point to the paper and say "bird" or "strawberry" (wanting me to draw another one). I draw other things too... we usually draw on the same page together. Tonight, she had been drawing polka dots. She knows what polka dots are. She kept drawing them in different colors and saying "pokados." After a while, she had picked up a green crayon and started drawing green polka dots in a corner of the paper. She had a LOT of green polka dots in a little spot on the paper. She stopped making polka dots and looked at the paper for a second... then she pointed and said "Broccoli!" I was shocked! She says broccoli pretty clearly... and it DID look a lot like broccoli (her green polka dots, I mean). This is the first time that I can think of that she has drawn something and said that it WAS something, so I thought I would make a note of it in my blog. I guess her first actual picture was of broccoli.
Signs:
Also, she has been doing the sign for "red" really well too lately. She heard someone say something about a red ball on tv the other day and she then said red and did the sign. If you ask her to do the sign for red, she puts her pointer finger on her lips and then pulls down (the sign for the color red).
She also does the sign for "cracker" too! You are supposed to knock your fist onto your elbow to do this sign. Sometimes, though, she does it on the inside of her elbow instead of her actual elbow.
She does a pretty good job trying to copy the signs whenever we watch Signing Time. Today, we watched about half of Vol. 3 (Everyday Signs).
Bath Time:
Before I put Heidi to bed, I usually give her a bath. She does the sign for "bath" and says "bath" really well too. I couple of weeks ago, I got her some foam letters and numbers that are meant to be played with in the bathtub. She can stick them up on the tile wall or the sides of the bathtub. Every night, she enjoys playing with her "A C's" as she calls them. She can repeat the name of just about any letter in the alphabet. She can't really identify her letters yet though. She calls them names, but it is usually the wrong name. For instance, she may pick up the letter "T" and stick it on the wall and call it "Y," or she may pick up the letter "A" and call it "C."
Bed Time:
Tonight after I looked at a few books with Heidi and it was time for her to go to bed, she said "bye bye Daddy... back" and did the sign that we do for "be back." We usually blow him kisses too before she goes to sleep.
A while later, she was telling me she wanted to use the potty and she wanted her diaper off again. I went back to the bathroom with her to help her use her potty chair, but it Wasn't There! I looked in the living room and it wasn't there either. Finally, I walked into the kitchen and it was in the middle of the floor, in the EXACT place where she had peed on the floor a couple of hours earlier! I guess she thought she wouldn't let what happened earlier happen again.... but why in the kitchen?
Heidi also wanted to watch Peter Pan today, twice. She either asks for "Pan" or "Pee-Pan" when she wants to watch it. For a while, we were sitting on the couch watching it together. I tried to lay my head on her shoulder to see what she would do. I thought she would push me away, but she didn't. She lifted her arm up and put it around my neck! I guess she liked me cuddling next to her on the couch with my head on her. She is such a sweet little girl.
We also watched the short videos that we made of Brian while he was home on R&R. He sang the ABC song in one, did This Little Piggy on Heidi's toes and then his toes in another one, and they read a color/picture book together in another little video that I have on the computer. Heidi saw that she was eating strawberries in a couple of the videos and she wanted some. She started saying "stawbies" and did the sign for them. We didn't have any more strawberries though. She finished the ones that we had yesterday, so we rode over to the commissary (mainly for strawberries, but for a couple of other things too) and they were completely OUT of strawberries! We got some oranges and apples instead. I told her we would go home and have an orange instead, and she seemed fine with that. She kept saying "orses" in the car (meaning oranges) and she does the sign really well for it too (like you are squeezing an orange under your chin).
Tonight before I put her to bed, we were coloring with her "colors," as she calls them. She likes for me to sit down with her and draw along with her. She likes for me to draw birds and strawberries. Sometimes she will point to the paper and say "bird" or "strawberry" (wanting me to draw another one). I draw other things too... we usually draw on the same page together. Tonight, she had been drawing polka dots. She knows what polka dots are. She kept drawing them in different colors and saying "pokados." After a while, she had picked up a green crayon and started drawing green polka dots in a corner of the paper. She had a LOT of green polka dots in a little spot on the paper. She stopped making polka dots and looked at the paper for a second... then she pointed and said "Broccoli!" I was shocked! She says broccoli pretty clearly... and it DID look a lot like broccoli (her green polka dots, I mean). This is the first time that I can think of that she has drawn something and said that it WAS something, so I thought I would make a note of it in my blog. I guess her first actual picture was of broccoli.
Signs:
Also, she has been doing the sign for "red" really well too lately. She heard someone say something about a red ball on tv the other day and she then said red and did the sign. If you ask her to do the sign for red, she puts her pointer finger on her lips and then pulls down (the sign for the color red).
She also does the sign for "cracker" too! You are supposed to knock your fist onto your elbow to do this sign. Sometimes, though, she does it on the inside of her elbow instead of her actual elbow.
She does a pretty good job trying to copy the signs whenever we watch Signing Time. Today, we watched about half of Vol. 3 (Everyday Signs).
Bath Time:
Before I put Heidi to bed, I usually give her a bath. She does the sign for "bath" and says "bath" really well too. I couple of weeks ago, I got her some foam letters and numbers that are meant to be played with in the bathtub. She can stick them up on the tile wall or the sides of the bathtub. Every night, she enjoys playing with her "A C's" as she calls them. She can repeat the name of just about any letter in the alphabet. She can't really identify her letters yet though. She calls them names, but it is usually the wrong name. For instance, she may pick up the letter "T" and stick it on the wall and call it "Y," or she may pick up the letter "A" and call it "C."
Bed Time:
Tonight after I looked at a few books with Heidi and it was time for her to go to bed, she said "bye bye Daddy... back" and did the sign that we do for "be back." We usually blow him kisses too before she goes to sleep.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Picture Day
Heidi is napping right now, so I thought I would write something in my blog.
Today, we went to Sears to have her 18-month pictures taken. She did SO WELL! She didn't get upset or try to run all over the place... and she did such a wonderful job posing! This was our best picture taking session yet!
When we got home, I gave her something to eat. Then, she decided that she needed to go potty. She did the potty sign with her thumb between her first two fingers, while her hand made a fist... and she was saying potty. She took off her diaper and sat down on the potty and made a long "SSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssssss" sound a few times. Then, she got up and looked in the potty to see if anything was there. She saw there was nothing in the bowl, so she sat down and said "SSSSSSSssssssssssss" again. Got up and there was still nothing there, so she did it AGAIN! I thought it was kind of cute.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
"Diaper Off"
"Diaper off" is what Heidi has been telling me when she has just gone to the bathroom in her diaper.
She doesn't like wearing wet or poopy diapers anymore. If she can get it off on her own, she takes it off after she has gone to the bathroom in her diaper. I can usually tell that she has just gone because it is usually still pretty warm. Should I start getting her some pull-ups? I am not really trying to potty train her right now. I am just letting her get comfortable with the idea of having a potty chair right now. She is still pretty young (only 18-months-old).
She doesn't like wearing wet or poopy diapers anymore. If she can get it off on her own, she takes it off after she has gone to the bathroom in her diaper. I can usually tell that she has just gone because it is usually still pretty warm. Should I start getting her some pull-ups? I am not really trying to potty train her right now. I am just letting her get comfortable with the idea of having a potty chair right now. She is still pretty young (only 18-months-old).
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Zoo Train
Heidi can name most of the animals on The Zoo Train and Leah's Farm dvd's now. She also tries to do the signs for most of them... and remembers some even when not watching the show.
Some of the newer animals she knows now are:
bat (says it very clearly and does sign)
giraffe (says it, but not especially clearly)
rhinoceros
hippopotamus (she has been saying "po-mus" for a little while now)
dolphin
whale
shark
crab (says crab VERY clearly and does the sign well too)
lobster
panda
tiger
zebra
*Also knows the signs for baby & shoes
There are others she knows too... just don't want to spend too much time on this right now trying to think of what else she knows. She likes doing the signs for these animals when she is watching her shows.
Tonight, we went over to someone's house from church to babysit. They have six kids between the ages of 1 - 8. Their dad is deployed and their mom had a church meeting tonight. Heidi had fun playing with their kids. We took over a couple of Signing Time dvd's... and the kids all enjoyed learning all of the new signs for colors, fruits, vegetables, and zoo animals.
Last night, I talked to Brian online. He says that he will not be home for a while (where he usually stays over there). He is going to a few of the other places where there are soldiers in his company to see how everyone is doing. I don't know when he will be back to where he usually stays. I guess I will just see him online one day in the next week or two. He says that it is already in the 100's over there (HOT). It is a good thing he has air conditioning in his room! The last time he was there, they didn't always have air conditioning. Wouldn't that be miserable to have to live in 115 degree-F summers without air conditioning? I have heard that some of the Iraqis sleep on their rooves in the summer when it is that hot. He asked me about Heidi while I was talking to him, about how she was doing. I told him that she still talks about him and asks where he is sometimes. She will say "Daddy" and do the where sign. I just keep telling her that he went bye-bye, but he will be back... it will just be a long time before he can come home. She says goodnight to her Daddy before she goes down for a nap and at bedtime at night.
Some of the newer animals she knows now are:
bat (says it very clearly and does sign)
giraffe (says it, but not especially clearly)
rhinoceros
hippopotamus (she has been saying "po-mus" for a little while now)
dolphin
whale
shark
crab (says crab VERY clearly and does the sign well too)
lobster
panda
tiger
zebra
*Also knows the signs for baby & shoes
There are others she knows too... just don't want to spend too much time on this right now trying to think of what else she knows. She likes doing the signs for these animals when she is watching her shows.
Tonight, we went over to someone's house from church to babysit. They have six kids between the ages of 1 - 8. Their dad is deployed and their mom had a church meeting tonight. Heidi had fun playing with their kids. We took over a couple of Signing Time dvd's... and the kids all enjoyed learning all of the new signs for colors, fruits, vegetables, and zoo animals.
Last night, I talked to Brian online. He says that he will not be home for a while (where he usually stays over there). He is going to a few of the other places where there are soldiers in his company to see how everyone is doing. I don't know when he will be back to where he usually stays. I guess I will just see him online one day in the next week or two. He says that it is already in the 100's over there (HOT). It is a good thing he has air conditioning in his room! The last time he was there, they didn't always have air conditioning. Wouldn't that be miserable to have to live in 115 degree-F summers without air conditioning? I have heard that some of the Iraqis sleep on their rooves in the summer when it is that hot. He asked me about Heidi while I was talking to him, about how she was doing. I told him that she still talks about him and asks where he is sometimes. She will say "Daddy" and do the where sign. I just keep telling her that he went bye-bye, but he will be back... it will just be a long time before he can come home. She says goodnight to her Daddy before she goes down for a nap and at bedtime at night.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Signing Time
Heidi is so cute when she tries to sign along with the theme song of Signing Time. She tries to sing it too! She moves her arms around and all over the place and sings something like "sign time... sign time... payyy (meaning play)."
Today, we went to the mall and got Heidi a new pair of shoes. They were size 7, white Keds that had a little white flower on the side of the velcro. They are just like the ones that my mom and dad bought for her when she was about 10-months-old (but those were size 5 1/2).
I also got myself a couple of shirts while we were at the mall. Heidi is not very cooperative when I am trying to shop. She does a lot of screaming and complaining... and constantly tries to get out of her stroller. I brought a sippy cup w/ water and some snacks for her. She even had her little hippopotamus and mouse to play with, but I guess she either wanted to run around or have me hold her... and that would just be too hard to let her do while I am trying to shop.
Today, we went to the mall and got Heidi a new pair of shoes. They were size 7, white Keds that had a little white flower on the side of the velcro. They are just like the ones that my mom and dad bought for her when she was about 10-months-old (but those were size 5 1/2).
I also got myself a couple of shirts while we were at the mall. Heidi is not very cooperative when I am trying to shop. She does a lot of screaming and complaining... and constantly tries to get out of her stroller. I brought a sippy cup w/ water and some snacks for her. She even had her little hippopotamus and mouse to play with, but I guess she either wanted to run around or have me hold her... and that would just be too hard to let her do while I am trying to shop.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Bye-Bye Mommy!
Today is Sunday, so we went to church. Heidi wasn't very cooperative during the meeting in the chapel. I had to take her out into the hall for most of it. When it was time to go to the nursery, she ran back to the nursery... with me following beind her. When she saw the door to the nursery, she turned around and said "Bye-bye Mommy" and waved goodbye to me! I guess it kind of hurt my feelings a little because she used to always want me to be there, but I am really glad that she is so willing to go into the nursery and let me have some time without her... finally.
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