Happy Halloween!!

I carved this a week ago, now its covered in snow!

Just a quick update- Music class is so much fun! Lily is starting to participate in class (some kids wont interact or sing until months into the class). She likes some songs more than others, but she loves music in general- anything with a good steady beat! Next month we start 'Mommy & me yoga' then in January a new ASL class starts up! So much to look forward to! Starting to plan her second birthday party, can't even fathom the passing time! Speaking of parties, we had TWO this past weekend. Lily went & stayed with grandma for TWO nights! I'm so lost without her.
Well we picked her up around six tonight, & she passed out minutes from home (& a french fry in each hand) - she was just too busy with grandma for a nap! After we got home I tried to wake her up on several occasions & she wasn't having it. After sleeping on the couch for over an hour I put her to bed. At ten she woke up. So far we have watched, Garfield's Halloween special, and now the halloween episode of 'Super Why'- after this maybe The great pumpkin, but she can't stay up all night, she has a spooky photo shoot tomorrow!! Passed out on the couch w/ Cookie!

All I wanted to do was give her a giant hug and hang out, and she passed out on me! So I'm secretly glad shes awake at this insane hour watching Halloween specials with me! xoxo

October Throwback !

This picture made me laugh so hard. Those two teeth, & her bat still has BOTH eyes! Now a days shes sporting a full mouth of chompers (Minus her 2nd molars) & her poor bat is a cyclops!

 

xoxo

Pumpkin overload!

Also a photo overload. Here is the tip of the ice burg folks. 

Starting about the 2nd week in September I really pushed the word "Pumpkin" a LOT. Pointing them out, saying it, showing her in books and on the computer. Well, my dream came true two days ago when Lilith spit out, "Pupkin" as we were leaving the patch. I just about melted with joy.

Pumpkins & Music class

 We took an early trip to the pumpkin patch last weekend. It was a perfect autumn day, couldn't have asked for better weather! The poor pumpkins took a beating with all the rain we got this year, so I have a feeling all the good ones wont stick around for too much longer! Lily had a ball, anything outside is a good time in her eyes.She hasn't quite mastered saying 'pumpkin' - but she tries, & can pick one out of a line-up. OH! She learned a new letter this week too, 'C' ! So now she knows just about five letters, & can also point them out in words & books. Not to mention her list of words that is rapidly growing! She needs practice with her "B" & "P" sounds, but we just found that out today, so it's something to work on. The "B" should be fairly easy considering she just got her 1st baby doll (THANK YOU Grandma!!) & LOVES it to pieces.

Lily has been learning new signs DAILY. 'Ball' was yesterday, and now 'duck' too! (Quack quack!) We are enrolled in an AWESOME music class, that meets weekly (right up the road from our house!) The teacher is so much fun! She sings & signs and keeps us on our toes! Next month we are starting another class (SO excited) its an ASL class/playgroup, also right up the road!!!

We had a few visitors over the past few weeks, & some evaluations done. Met some really helpful people, tomorrow (10.13.11) I get to hear the results of all the tests & evaluations from over the past few weeks. We have to make a ear nose and throat specialist appointment (After I find one), to rule out any deafness (Yeah, OK sure if you say so...) & to make sure she has no fluid in her ears.

This post was written last week so , since then we have visited quite a FEW pumpkin patches & even the Jack-o-lantern spectacular! I have so many pictures to share, but that will be a whole new entry later on today, sit tight! :D

xoxo

20months ago I had a baby...

Yesterday marked the 1st day of FALL & Lilith turned TWENTY months old!
Exactly ONE week from today is OCTOBER!

I know I said I would post the other day during nap time, but the wrath of her booster shots got the best of us. We had a hellish few days.  A fever of 102, started around 3am on Wednesday morning. To add to the chaos that already existed- her bottom canines popped threw. On the brighter side shes been back to her normal awesome self as of yesterday, & her bottom fangs are ADORABLE!! 

In other news my cat still out weighs Lilith. At her Dr. on Tuesday she weighed in at 19 pounds 8 ounces. My daughter is a PEANUT! Her pediatrician isn't worried about it, but wants me to add some calories to her diet. Both her father & I were skinny children, and it's just in her genes. We tried Pediasure & she choked down about 1/2 of it (making faces the entire time). No amount of powder NesQuick will make her drink that! I've been adding olive oil to her food & giving her more potatoes. It's hard to fatten up a toddler without getting the addicted to sweets or junk food. Yesterday she ate a whole avocado for lunch, making me one happy mama! Shes really weird about lunch, she NEVER wants it. Big breakfast & a giant dinner, but lunch is always a struggle.

I have been making a list of Lilith's vocabulary. It's growing wayy too fast. Not just words but now letters too. She can recognize some letter, & pick them out of a line-up, & tell me what they are. When we sing the ABC's she knows certain clusters of letters. I think here favorite is 'Z' !  I was told by a specialist last week she is advanced in the reading department & is well beyond a majority of her peers. She also stressed that we should take special interest & harness this gift, because she is on the road to being a very early reader.

Tomorrow we are going to a town fair. Deep in the woods, well past grandma's house! There are all kinds of events, contests, & horse drawn wagon rides. My two main reasons for going are to see Burt the raccoon who uses puppetry, American Sign Language, & storytelling! My other reason is I had entered a digital photo contest & got an e-mail stating one of my photos had placed in the contest! Oh & I really want to take Lil on a horse drawn wagon ride!

OK enough words, on to the pictures! 
Coloring (in an medium) is getting intense. Crayons, colored pencils, pens, markers, chalk, etc.

Shes starting to really get into drawing. -They get more & more intricate with every masterpiece.

That face turned into the worlds largest yawn.

xoxo