Deeeelicious and nutritious!

I FINALLY feel better. Boy, was it a long week. Mom just had to look at me funny and I'd have a meltdown. I got back to my smiley, happy self about Saturday. Whew. Mom was ready to fly off to the Bahamas until I turned 18.

On Friday, I got to sleep in and mom and I went for a run. Then we went to the bookstore and I got to run around the children's section and pull books off the shelf, climb on the furniture, play with the train set, oh yeah and buy some books. Friday night, our friends Edy and Rob came over for dinner. That sure was fun and I wasn't even afraid of them. Sadly, I only got to hang out for a half and hour before I was banished to bed. But the best part of the day was dinner. Mom was feeling lazy and broke down and bought a Kraft Mac and Cheese dinner for me. It was the best thing ever. I ate every last noodle and then picked some noodles out of my bib- that's how much I loved it. No more hummus and broccoli for me.

On Saturday, dad started working on the yard! He really loves working on the yard! I think I caught a bit of an eye roll when he said that but I say, just keep thinking of all the money your saving. To spend on me at a later date of course. Saturday night, we went out hunting for pizza. The first place we went to didn't have any tables for eating and the second place had white table clothes- not looking to kid friendly. Dad then had fantastic idea- they sacrificed a few taste buds and took me to Chuckee Cheese. Wow- was that a sensory overload. Almost so much that I kind of forgot about my pizza. We had a great time- OK, I had a great time and that is all that really matters anymore.

Sunday, I slept in again and then mom and I went to the zoo. I especially liked the puddles and the park benches. Mom kept pointing out the animals but really, how interesting are those when you have things to climb on?! In the afternoon, I was supposed to have a fun Daddy-daughter day while mom was at a meeting but she drove off with the carseat and the stroller. That's OK because I think dad was pretty tired from day 2 of yard work. He got the drip system up and running, trenched then ran 2 of the 3 lines. The most exciting thing is that they really work! If dad's back holds out, we should have a backyard by January.

Have a wonderful week!

Childhood diseases

Mom was wrong, it isn't more teeth causing my fever. She noticed that I had a rash when she picked me up from daycare yesterday but didn't think anything about it because sometimes, she doesn't think about much. Anyway, it looked worse this afternoon when she picked me up so she called my doctor. This is when she found out I most likely have Roseola. It isn't really serious but I'm contagious when I have the rash. So that means, thanks to mom's keen observation skills, I could be the start of an outbreak at daycare! Ooops. Not exactly how we want to be known around there. At least that explains my amazingly awful mood the last few days and not wanting to eat much. Only one more day of school and then it is my weekend, thank goodness, it has been a long week for me.

Before.....

We had a nice, long 3 day weekend. Thursday, after mom picked me up from daycare, we went to the park because the weather was so nice. Dad got off work a little early and surprised us there and brought some yummy animal cookies. Dad is pretty cool that way.
Friday was Daddy day. Mom went for a run all by herself and dad and I hung out and ate breakfast together. Later, when mom was busy working on putting mom and dad's wedding pictures into an album (yes, 3 years later) Dad and I went to the Children's museum. I had a lot of fun but dad was not having as much fun as me. There were 3 bus loads of school kids there, so he spent a lot of time making sure I wasn't getting run over. We had an early dinner and then went to Lowe's hardware store. We are FINALLY getting started on the backyard. Yipee!! We went to pick out pavers and stuff. I was more interested in running up and down the aisles, so it wasn't the best "picking out stuff session" that mom has been on. Dad is pretty sure we can do it ourselves especially after getting back an estimate of about a billion dollars to have someone else do it. I put in some "before" pictures of our hideously embarrassing backyard and will keep everyone updated. (Now that it is written, mom and dad can't back out!)
Saturday was pretty quiet. We didn't do much and I wasn't feeling great. When mom got home from church, my temperature was 103.5. That got me some Tylenol and an early bedtime.
I woke up Sunday feeling better but still with a temp. Mom thinks it's teeth again. We took a short walk to see the horses that live near us. Horses are my new favorite animal, so that was very cool. We even got to see some walking in the wash. We spent a lot of the day outside because the weather was so nice. Mom and I did a lot of plant pruning and fertilizing and dad got 2 trees planted. I am off to bed early again as I can hardly keep my eyes open. Busy day at daycare tomorrow. Have a good week!

I'm injured and no one cares!

Well, I can totally see I'm not taken seriously in this family. I tripped and fell Monday night, scraping up my knee. It hurt and I cried. Mom cuddled with me and I stopped crying, until I looked down and saw the scrape. I panicked somewhat and started screaming again- until I found a pretty rock. Ooooooo- pretty rock! Until I saw my knee again- I started screaming some more. Mom brought me inside and dad put some neosporin and a band-aid on my boo-boo. I liked that so much that I made him put a band-aid on my other knee. Oh! So much better!
I felt great Tuesday morning and was having a lot of fun at daycare when I looked down and saw my knee. Oh, the trauma of it all. I started screaming in pain and limping around and scared Miss Julie enough that she called mom at work. Do you know what mom did??! She laughed and called dad and told him I was a drama queen! Can you believe it! She did tell Miss Julie to put another band-aid on my knee and that made me feel so much better. I LOVE band-aids. Mom and dad are hiding them from me now.
That about all the excitement around here. I love flopping around in my bathwater- laying flat on my back and then flipping over to blow bubbles and then back over onto my back. I make a huge ruckus doing it and it's a lot of fun.
See you on Sunday!

Grandparents (and Uncles)!!

This was a very family kind of weekend. First things first though. I had my 15 month checkup (a little late) on Friday. I am 22 pounds, 4 oz (50th percentile), 31 inches tall (75th percentile) and head circumference 47.5 cm (90th(!) percentile). Mom and dad are little shocked about the head thing. We think the nurse got it wrong- she wasn't our usual nurse. Anyway, the doctor thought I was doing really well and was impressed that I'm putting 2 words together now- "My baby", which sounds more like "ma baba" and "bye bye, daddy". After the doctors appointment, I came home and slept for almost 3 and half hours. I didn't even get shots today. Mom was a little worried at first, googling descriptions of West Nile Virus and Malaria. Once she figured I didn't have any of those things and she saw I was still breathing, she didn't quite know what to do with herself. Thankfully, the Walker clan arrived to start our fun filled football weekend. They drove in from Albuquerque to watch the University of New Mexico play the U of A in the football showdown of the century. It was nice to wake up from my nap and see someone besides mom. It took just a little getting used to but then I went on a tear. It is so fun to show off! For dinner, we celebrated mom's birthday (does this woman ever quit?! Enough birthday fun already) by ordering pizza and drinking beer (adults only) and eating cupcakes. I LOVE frosting. The cake part was a little dry for my palate.
The next day, I woke up and the Walkers were still here, so I got to play and play some more. Mom, dad and Uncle Adam went up to the Apple store to spend some money, Mr. Walker went to get his hair cut and I hung out with Nana D. She was so excited to finally have some alone time with me but I fell asleep, while she was dancing with me. Again, I slept for 3 hours. I woke up in time to find everyone getting ready to head out for the football game. Jesse came over to babysit and I crashed by 7. The football game was a great match up between two pretty bad football teams. UNM turned out to be the less bad team and won by 2 points. It is a good thing because Mr. Walker was wondering why they drove this whole way to watch bad football.
The Walkers left Sunday morning and mom and dad just hung out because I again slept for almost 3 and half hours. In the afternoon, Papa Vern and Grandma Sue came over to celebrate Papa's birthday (finally, not Mom's). Dad made really good chicken tacos and I got more cake and ice cream for desert. I'm making up for lost time since I didn't get cake for my birthday. We also got to talk to Uncle Tim, Aunt Dana and cousin Brooke on the video phone. That is always a good time as Brooke and I are constantly on the go.
Have a good week!

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN UP!!!

I have a few new rules that you will follow or there will be stiff penalties. You WILL allow me to eat Goldfish crackers out of the bag, 50 at once. I will not tolerate being doled out 3 at a time. I will throw a fit. I will only eat cheese and raspberries for dinner or I will throw a fit. If I don't want my dinner, I will dump it out on the table and then brush it on the floor. You will let me do this or I will throw a fit Mom will not even think about leaving the room or I will throw a fit. I WILL run away from you everytime you try to change my diaper or I will throw a fit. You WILL let me take the doll home with me from daycare or I will throw a fit. You will pick me up whenever I want, no matter what you are doing or I will throw a fit. You will not pick me up when I don't want to be picked up or I will throw a fit. This list is a work in progress so don't let your gaurd down! ( Can you tell it has been a bit of a rough week on mom and dad. The terrible twos are really the terrible 15 and half months)

Uncle Adam, Mr. Walker and Nana are coming out this weekend so I may relax the rules a bit. We'll see.

Zoo fun

We had an OK weekend. The days were pretty quiet but the nights were fun. On Saturday, dad was up early to go to a bike race (His team finished 3rd), mom and I went to the gym and then the nursery to buy some plants. Mom is kind of hoping that the 3 plants we bought will hide the acres of weeds we have in our backyard. Probably not, but it is a valiant effort. We all went for a little swim but the water is getting chilly- all the way down to 86 degrees- brrr! Saturday night, our friend Joe and Amy had a chile relleno party to get rid of the 50 pound bag of green chile they got. Believe it or not, I didn't want any of the apparently delicious Mexican food they had going on. I was having way to much fun watching the other Jordan (who happens to be a boy) run around like a crazy man. He is almost 5, so it was a little hard to keep up with him, but I sure tried.
Sunday was another lazy day for me and mom. Dad was out the door at 5 AM for another bike race and despite going to bed 2 hours later the night before, was up at 6 AM. Mom loves waking to the sounds of my crying. We planted our stuff from Saturday and sadly, you can still see every single one of our weeds. Boo hoo. Sunday night, our zoo had an ice cream night for all zoo members. We packed up a picnic and headed to the park for dinner, then walked over to the zoo for yummy, melty ice cream. We walked around and looked at some animals but mom was pretty tired from chasing me around all day- literally- so we came home and off to bed I went. Have a good week!

Of course I have hair, thank you very much.

As you can see from these action pictures, I have tons of hair. It's just flappin' in the breeze. Mom says I have so much that by the time I start school, I might be able to wear one of those velcro barretts. How cool will that be?!
Anyway, quiet week so far. Our friends Brian and Christina came over on Monday and we made pizza and went swimming. We all had a good time and those two don't seem to mind when the conversation is all about me. I like them!

Working on a Title

I can't quite come up with a title for this blog. Here are some ideas: "How to get by on 15 minutes of napping a day", "How to make your parents crazy by only napping for 15 minutes a day", "Why CAN'T a girl live on mexican food and goldfish crackers?", "Raucous times with Papa Vern", "Rocks, rocks and more awesome rocks", "Fun times in Show Low with Papa Vern".
As you can maybe see, I had a good time in the mountains. We got up to Papa Vern's place Thursday early afternoon and Papa had a yummy lunch waiting for us. We met a lot of Papa's friends. He has a lot of kids his age to play with- just like me! We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing and I got to play with so many rocks, I couldn't believe it. We went for a walk that night and Papa showed us Show Low and the Dairy Queen. Ice cream sure is tasty!
On Saturday morning, Dad went for bike ride and mom and I, Papa and Papa's neighbor Howard went for another nice walk up to the K-Mart because mom forgot her toothbrush. In the afternoon, we went for a drive and found a really pretty lake pretty close to Papa's place and we played there for a little while. We got home just in time to beat out the big thunderstorm. Those sure are loud way up in the mountains. That night, we out for the best mexican food. Mom and dad each had a huge margarita- I think this is when my lack of nappage really kicked in. After dinner, we went back to DQ. There was another little girl, my exact age and she was sitting so quietly and politely. I spent dinner running around like a mad woman (unless I was shoving beans and tortillas in my face) and then running some more at DQ. Mom was very impressed with the other little girl- she isn't quite sure how you get an 15 month old to sit still.
We left Papa's Saturday morning and had an easy drive home. I took a really long nap to make up for lack of napping in Show Low. I had such a great time- Papa and I had a FUN, FUN time roughhousing- I think he needed a nap too when we left.
Since mom's birthday was Sunday, dad let her open her present a day early. It was another case of dejevu. He got her the Nintendo Wii (pronounced we) and they had a great time playing each other and periodically checking to make sure I wasn't setting the house on fire. They made a rule that they could only play when I'm asleep. Good rule, although I did get to play bowling with mom and I liked that.
Sunday was mom's birthday, so dad made us a yummy breakfast of chocolate and berry crepes. Mom got to spend the day shopping all by herself and dad and I did our own shopping. It was a very restful day for mom, not so much for dad, and I had a great day either way.
So, in summary, I can't wait to get back to Show Low, I don't really need naps, I love Mexican food, Papa sure is fun.