A month's time..

I keep wanting to post but feel like I have nothing to write about.

A short update of what happened in August: Samantha got older (smarter and more stubborn), I got bigger (more bloated, less able-bodied), and Nathan continues to smile.

But really, Samantha is now saying a few words. Her first real word was "Daddy". She actually hardly says that one anymore. She seems to say "pft, I've mastered that, let me work on the new ones" *rolls eyes* Oh my child's personality - or at least what's already coming through! Her favorite word(s) are "uh oh" which she says quite clearly. She still says "da" for dog, though not as often (again, older word, why say it now) She has said "bubble" fairly clearly a few times and does enjoy bubbles in the bath time or when mommy is tired of her whining (then I might be the mom that blows bubbles in the house for a few minutes...) And apparently she says "hi" a lot. I guess I wasn't even thinking of that noise as 'hi' until we were in a restaurant, passing by people's tables and she kept saying 'hi. hi' and a table full of adults were very excited and all smiled and waved and said "hi" back to her. So it takes other people noticing for me to realize my child is talking? I must tune her out more than I think - "uh oh!" :-P

She has definitely mastered walking at this point. She's getting close to really running now. She loves to go up and down the stairs, but now she occasionally tries to take a short flight by holding onto the wall/rail and actually walking. She giggles to no end when I hold both her hands and let her walk upstairs like a big girl! Its so nice (now that I'm getting pretty big and worn out) that she knows what to do when we go somewhere. If I put her shoes on her and tell her its time to go to the store, she crawls up the stairs, waits for me to open the front door for her, cautiously steps over the doorframe and then waits at the top of the porch steps for me to help her down (or occasionally she gets impatient and crawls down the porch steps). She can also follow me to the car, so I only have to lift her in! Of course once we get to the store, there is lots of carrying involved, because I don't want her walking around the parking lot yet. Ugh. She seems SO heavy now. But I think its just carrying 2 babies at once...

She passed her 15 month check up with flying colors (but really, can you fail?) She weighed in at 23 lb (no more ounces once they use the big scale, I guess) and 31 3/4 inches. That put her in the 55% for weight (yey, we made it past halfway again) and 85% for height (I'm confused, both Nathan and I are fairly short...) Her head was still 99%, just in case anyone thought it might shrink, haha. Poor girl. There are shirts that would fit, but I can't get them over her noggin. So full of brains it is... ;-)

4 weeks ago, we brought home our new lab puppy. Molly is pretty well behaved for a puppy. It took her at least 2 weeks to gather the courage to start digging in the yard. Of course now our backyard is full of small potholes.... Oh well. She chews up anything left in the yard, but has not discovered chewing on the fence (thank goodness) She isn't interested in running away, which is very nice. At Nathan's parents we were able to keep her out with the beagles and she had a great time exploring with them. Well, when it wasn't so horribly hot and she was laying under the porch in the hole she'd dug (sorry mimi!)

Ok, I've wasted enough time. Its now 9pm and not at all too early for bed. I have some catching up to do!