15 Months Means New Adventures

I like sitting on any ledge I can find, especially ones that are just my size.

In the video below, I seem to have discovered my shadow.  How fun!

Even when I'm inside, I'm thinking about being outside.

Got to see lots of family & friends for Grandpa's Retirement Party at Uwharie River Farms.

Cousin Anne & I got to check out Grandpa's chicken coup.

My other favorite thing to do right now is to squeeze into tight places where only I can fit.

We went to the mountains for the weekend to get away.  We had gorgeous weather & managed to get in a good hike on Saturday.  Daddy was tired at the end of the hike (he says I am getting heavier).

Mom, Dad & I went on my first bicycle ride this weekend.  My head finally grew enough to fill-up the helmet.  It was lots of fun!

I really love being outside, especially rocking on the front porch all by myself, as you can see in the video below.

Look Who's Walking!

Ivey took her first steps on April 1. She now takes 8 to 10 steps, falls, stands up and goes again. She also loves to hold one of our hands so she can walk fast and lead us where she wants to go. She is really into walking up and down the stairs. The front porch stairs are her favorite ones. She loves to be outside and cries when we come inside.

She is loving her new class at school and they love her as well (of course). She has learned some moves to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star which I discovered while singing her to sleep for a nap. Oops. Too cute. Will need to get a video of that. It has now become a great diaper distraction as she proudly starts waving her hands when I sing it!

She got a new big girl carseat and of course wanted to play in the old

 

Our little AppState Fan!

She spent a whole weekend alone with her Daddy last weekend while I attended a women's church retreat in the mountains. They went to Discovery Place Kids for several hours, took lots of walks and went out to eat several times. Looks like they had fun!!

One of Ivey's newest things is to sit on short ledges/places only she will fit - bookcase, tv cabinet, shower door ledge, one of the steps, under her table, under the vanity cabinet, etc. She is quite upset that I will not let her sit in the fridge.

 

Ivey got her first haircut on Friday. It was getting very straggly. She cut the back even with the hair at her ears. Very cute.

 Here are a couple recent videos:

Easter Memories

Ivey's 2nd Easter was lots of fun! We went to church first and then showed her the Easter basket once we got home. She napped in the car on the way to Gramma & Grandad's. She ate lunch while we waited for her cousins to arrive. Then she crawled under the table while everyone else ate lunch. We had a Easter Egg Hunt for the kids and then one for the big kids - Joe won that one, as expected. Ivey sat on her princess towel so she would not have to touch the grass. Maybe next year she won't mind walking on the grass and she can actually participate in the Easter Egg Hunt!

 

What a Week!

We have all had our share of doctor visits for the year this week. Ivey had gook coming out of both eyes last weekend so we went to the doctor Sunday morning and found out she had an ear infection in each ear. Joe had to keep the nusery by himself since we were at the doctor and claims one of the children got him sick - so sick in fact that he stayed home from work on Monday. Ivey had a rough day on Monday including the wee hours of Monday. She wasn't acting like she wasn't feeling well at all until she started taking medicine so it must have made her tummy hurt. Nothing could satisfy her - countless tears were shed. We all went back to school and work on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon Ivey's teacher told me to keep an eye on her puffy left eye as pink eye had been going around. She woke up with a fever Thursday morning and the same little puffy eye, but still not pink or red and no gook leaking out. The nurse informed me that it was probably just allergies and to try giving her benadryl. Didn't seem to do much except make her take a 4 hour nap. Joe went to the doctor Thursday for antibiotics and my eyes were itching all day which I was hoping was just allergies. Friday, I woke up with both eyes glued shut from gook and was diagnosed with pink eye in both eyes. Ivey woke up with the same fever and a little gook in her eyelashes. Joe work up feeling worse and stayed home from work again. I took Ivey back to the doctor to get drops for what I decided must be pink eye and he said her ears were not getting better. We switched antibiotics and two days later she is still running a fever and crabby as ever. I'm thinking we'll be back at the doctor tomorrow morning to check on the ears again. We are all ready for our Ivey back!!