Sunday, September 28, 2008

Road trip



S went to ACL fest last weekend (he's been every year since it started!) so Eliza and I opted for a road trip to Zac and Julia's in honor of Zac's birthday. I didn't really take any pictures, but Julia's blog has plenty. This was our 1st weekend apart since we became parents. S got to sleep in and had fun at the festival. Eliza and I had fun in Midlothian once we got there but unfortunately she got really sick on the way- like vomiting all over the backseat sick. Poor Eliza. And poor Mommy. She also promptly pooped in the bathtub as soon as we got back home (Zac & Jules, you guys dodged a bullet on that one. :)) The good news is she's feeling better and my stomach isn't as weak as it used to be. ~T

p.s. S sat next to an actor from that show Bones during the festival. That's him in the white shirt for any Bones fans out there.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Dancing with Elmo



Eliza got a couple of new toys recently. I finally caved and got her an Elmo puppet because every time she sees Elmo in public (he seems to pop up a lot), she cracks up. We also got her one of those activity tables and although the songs are incredibly obnoxious and constantly stuck in our heads, she loves to dance to the music. She sways back and forth and bops her head. I'm afraid she may have inherited our lack of dancing skills. ~T



On the Ball


We spent this weekend on playgrounds and hanging out with friends. Friday we got to see Marshall & Janet's awesome new house and Eliza got to play with Kennedy again. Saturday we went to Phil's Icehouse with Jim & Michelle and Eliza and Ethan had a lot of fun hamming it up on the playground with the bigger kids. Eliza had her first ride on a slide and today at the park she loved the swing. She continues to be fearless with one exception. We blew up the yoga ball for her and it took her at least an hour to get up the nerve to touch it! She's also learned how to say dog and bye over the past few days. But, mainly, she's constantly pointing out balls for us. She must have said "ball" over 50 times today! ~T

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Those vocabulary flashcards are really paying off...


Just kidding, we don't make Eliza use flashcards, but she understands a lot of words now!

Words she understands but doesn't say yet: dog, up, splash, bite, drink, peek a boo, diaper, spoon, bye bye, hi, jump, dance, and no (She grins every time we tell her no. It's so hard not to grin back!).

Words she says: Daddy, Mommy, ball, bear!

She's waving and clapping like crazy now, plus when we say "jump jump" she jumps up and down in her Exesaucer. So cute!

She also knows how to crawl traditionally now, but spends most of her time army crawling or cruising. She's taken a few more steps here and there but she's much faster crawling. And she does this thing when she wants to change directions while sitting- she uses the heels of her feet to pivot herself around. It's hard to explain; I'll try to get a video of it.

It seems like she learns something new each day! ~T