Fair

I took Juliet to the TVE fair last Saturday. She was so cute and we had alot of fun.

Saturday morning Juliet and I met Mama at her house so we could go out to the fairgrounds, but first Juliet had to go check on Nanny's house.  We got the added bonus of Aunt Jessie still being there so she went too.  I had bought Juliet little pink boots for the occasion. 

We started out looking at some of the animals, but I think it was still a little too much for Juliet to take in so we headed in to the arena.  We stopped by the sponsor board to take a picture with JC's name on it.  She didn't seem all that interested. 

We went into the arena where Meme, Poppa and Aunt Angie were working the breeding beef show.  If you have ever been in that arena, the sound goes to the top of the roof then bounces back down.  She was a little scared at first, but we played in the box seat areas and she was fine.  I think every kid who grew up win Liberty County has played on those white bars.  I turned around and she was standing on the fence.  She had climbed up on her own.  I took her down to see her Poppa and I think she realized what the cows were.  She kept saying MOOOO, and I would tell her baby and she would say Baby Moooo, she seemed to like it.   

We got back to the other end just in time to need a diaper change, of course, in a place with no place to change diapers, we went out to the car.  I put her tennies on so she could walk around better.  We got back just in time to see Uncle Andrew and Drew. 

The kids played for a bit and then started to get restless.  We took them to the petting zoo where there were goats, a deer, a rabbit, chickens, a pig, ducks and a kangaroo.  Which doesn't belong?  There was no fear by either kid around the animals, just ran up to them and started petting.  The little pig did not want to play, so the kids cornered it between two water buckets so they could pet it.  (Reminded me of two other cousins, whose names start with a L&J who probably did the same thing)

Then it was off to ride the rides, with a small stop to wash mud off Juliet because she fell in the only mud puddle in the place.  We started out with the train and Juliet freaked and Drew loved it.  They had to stop the ride to let her off, even the little boy in front of her had turned around to try to comfort her.  I think it was because she was sitting backwards and didn't like that.   Then it was on to the carousel and then the big slide, then she had to drive the cars.  Then she surprised me because she ran to the tea cups.  OK here we go I thought, we won't be on this very long.  She loved it until they started the ride next to us and that scared her. 

The kids were exhausted after that so we were done, imagine this scene, four adults standing around two screaming toddlers who were both walking in circles.  We headed home for a 2 hour nap!  What a wonderful time we had. 

Repeat what you heard

This past week started out a little hairy when the school called on Sunday and said they would not be open on Monday because someone had broken in and set fire to one of the classrooms, again.  This is the 2^nd time in a year this has happened to this particular school.  So I talked to my boss and it turned into an unexpected play day for Mommy and Juliet.  We slept in, had a waffle, watched Handy Manny and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, went to the slides had lunch and screamed like I beat her when it was time for her nap.  I have no idea, she doesn’t seem to want to take her naps, but believe me, she needs them.  After her nap she found the party hats that were left over from her birthday last year, and started stacking them by color.  No help from either Jon or me, she just decided to do it on her own.    

Tuesday morning she fought me on everything, getting up and dressed, getting out the door, going to class, me leaving, EVERYTHING.  I got to the school to pick her up and they told me she scraped her knee on the playground.  She is a kid I understand these things happen and I also know they have to tell me every little thing.  So I asked her about it.  Juliet do you have a boo boo on your knee?  She would tell me boo boo .. knee, it was pretty precious!  She also wants you to kiss her hurts when she gets them.  Even if they are tiny hurts, they all need kisses.  

Thursday I get to the school and they tell me, we were running behind today and she is still in her new class, you will drop her off there tomorrow and we will just start her transition.  Well Friday morning did not go well, she screamed, clawed, cried, stomped… everything she could do to make me know she was not happy.  All week she had just loved being in there and now she does this.  My child hates change.  Friday night she went to Mama and Papa’s house so she could go to the baby parade Saturday morning with them.  I should have entered her in it this year, but I forgot.  Maybe next year, she loved it and wanted to walk with all the other kids.  She was really sick Friday night with tummy troubles and I learned this morning that a lot of kids in the toddler class were sick last week.  Saturday we went across the street for our neighbors 6^th birthday, they had a bouncy house I thought she would play in, NOT, wouldn’t even go close.  She liked the bikes and the rubber band bracelets.  (You know, the ones that are shapes when they are off and stretch into bracelets.)

She has learned moon and points to it when she sees it.  They also read Good Night Moon in school so she will say Nite Moon.  She is also little miss repeat, so watch what you say.  I said Okay, let’s go downstairs, she said Otay, go downstairs.  

We had to get a new vacuum yesterday and she seems to hate the sound.  I think we are going to have to tell her it will be loud but it will be over soon.  Maybe if we warn her she will not be so scared.  She did throw a fit when she saw the bracelets for sale at Bed Bath and Beyond and she couldn’t have more.  She had 8 on her arms.  

I got her birthday t-shirt in and I am so in love!  I can’t wait to get to post pictures of her in it.  I also ordered her cake for her party!  Minnie Mouse all the way!

A little of this and that!

So it's not just I can't hug Jon, we can't hug at all!  She will yell NO and try to move us apart.  We like it because we get to hug and gives us a little entertainment!
Her school pictures came in!

Monday we went to the Dr.  She wasn't getting any better and looked to be getting a sinus infection.  We got medicine and then he suggested that she get her flu shot.  She was fine until they put the band-aid on.  Lucky for us she had on long sleeves and promptly forgot it.  The whole way home in the HOV lane she said Bye Bus to the Metro in front of us.  At bath time though, she saw the band-aid on her arm. Her reaction: what is THAT, who put THAT there?  Get it OFF!  I think the shot made her hurt because she didn't sleep very well, which meant I didn't sleep very well!!  Made for a LONG Tuesday!

We got official notice that Juliet will be moving to a new class the week of the 17th.  She will be in the Early Preschool 1 class. Mrs. Turner will be her new teacher and two of her little friends will go with her so she will know people.  She likes Mrs. Turner so I hope things go well!  I am NOT ready, I want her to stay my baby, I know... I know... She will always be my baby. 

Saturday Juliet went to Liberty to play with Mama and Papa, Jon went to the game store and I went to Galveston to take pictures.  It was an awesome day.  Georgeous weather and the water was warmer than I expected for an October afternoon.  There were people everywhere.  Saturday evening Jon and I went to Cheesecake Factory for date night, it was awesome!  I have been sick (allergies) all week and haven't had a voice for 2 days.
We learned how to turn our nightlight on and off.  I only had to show her once that she had to flip the switch to the left to make it turn on.  So we have our nightly ritual.  Bath, then play ribbit with daddy, lotion then play with the farm and read a book.  Then we turn on our nightlight and our elephant humidifier, then we turn off the big light and say our prayers and kiss mommy and daddy.  Then I say Momma until I realize she isn't coming back to get me and sleep.
I took her picture in the candy holder.  I messed up because she wanted to stay in there.  She threw her favorite kind of fit, the run in place and scream.  It is so funny when she has on her squeaker shoes on. 

Sunday during her nap she took off her diaper. I went in to naked baby butt and a soaked bed.  Needless to say I wasn't very happy about finding that one.  We received a call about the same time to tell us there was a fire at her school and they would not be open on Monday.  
 Hope you enjoyed your Halloween Card!

Word List

Juliet's word list as of today! - I had a co-worker tell me I needed to write down Juliet's words as she said them.  I have so enjoyed it!

1 - Mama
2 - Dada
3 - bye
4 - water
5 - uh-oh
6 - apple
7 - up
8 - down
9 - Nana - correction nini - or nite nite! (video on flickr) - 4/22
10 - flower
11 - rabbit
12 - diaper
13 - no
14 - more
15 - bird
16 - bubble 4/19
17 - help 5/3
18 - mine 5/8
19 - bellybutton 5/8
20 - wowurt (yogurt) 5/8
21 - Papa - 5/9 (sounds more like Popa right now)
22 - mouse 5/9- take a wild guess about this one.
23 - My Ball (first use of 2 words together) - 5/19
24 - Bubbie 5/22
25 - No 5/22
26 - nana - when she sees a banana - 5/26
27 - buh - book - she knows exactly what she is trying to say points or grabs it when she says it. 5/26
28 - rowa - Mrs. Rosa - 5/26
29 - all done - 5/29
30 - agua - 5/31 - It's funny because she pointed at a cup on the counter and said agua, and Jon and I looked at each other like, did she really just say that?
31 - outside - 5/31 - Juliet, do you want to go outside?, outside and goes to the door.
32 - baby - 6/1 as she brought me a jar of baby food and pointed at the baby on the jar
33 - hi - 6/13
34 - hot - 6/13 - sitting at the Exxon getting gas and I told her, Juliet it's hot.  She said hot too!
35 - hold me - 6/17 - Likes to cry this one when we put her in the crib. 
36 - no more - 6/19- We were playing in her room and I told her no more and she repeated it to me. 
37 - daddy - 6/20 - Walking out the door to church she looked at Jon and said Da-dee, the last dy is very pronounced.
38 - lady - 6/22 - we had to take down the picture over the bed when the headboard came in and she would stand on the bed and point at the wall and say lady.
39 - bow - 6/23 - Went to pick her up and they were playing outside.  I watched her pull her bow out but did not see where it went.  I asked her where it was and she pointed at her teacher and went bow
40 - this - 6/25 - Daddy: Juliet what are you doing? - Juliet: This
41 - ya - 6/26  - Jon tells Juliet Ya Mule when she is climbing the stairs to make her go.  She is repeating ya when he says it.
42 - elmo - 6/26 - you only have to guess on this one.  we got her one at Target tonight.
43 - duck - 6/28 - we finally got duck tonight -  she has been saying du du alot and we knew what she meant, but tonight she said duck.
44 - nugget - 6/29 - she was mad at me because I said nugget and showed them to her but didn't have them cut up fast enough.
45 - waffle - 6/29 - Juliet saw Jon's waffles and pointed at it and said waffle.
46 - book - 6/29 - finally got that k on there!
47 - butt - 7/2 - don't ask - she turned on the piano book with her butt and daddy said you turned it on with your butt and she said butt!
48 - cheese - sounds more like teese - 7/2 - she stands in the fridge, looks at the drawer and says teese!
49 - Manny - 7/3 - points at the TV and says Manny
50 - airmane - airplane June something - I forgot this one.  She points at them and gets really excited.
51 - Mickey - 7/10 - she found an old back scratcher of Jons and she was off
52 - Pei Wei - 7/10 - we went to lunch there on Saturday and walking in we told her we were at Pei Wei and she says Pei Wei just as clear as a bell.
53 - Mama (pronounced like Mamaw) - 7/15 - It is just now starting to sound like mama, it has been sounding like moma, and boy did she say it when Mama walked out the door without her tonight.
54 - I got it - 7/16 - picked up something she dropped
55 - I did it - 7/16

Animal Sounds - 7/20
A horse says Neigh (She is the only one in her class that knows this one)
A sheep says ba ba
A dog says bark bark (really high and loud)
A chicken says bock bock ( and she does the sign for it)
A monkey says ooh ooh (and she does the sign for it), technically she does the chicken for both
A lion and a dinosaur both say roar
The baby goes weeeee as she goes down the slide
A cow says moo
An elephant says pfft (she makes the sound)
A bird says Dada!! (haha)
A frog says ribbit really loud!
The owl goes who who (high pitched)
The bird says peep peep (and she signs open and close her hand near her mouth)
She signs butterfly
The turkey says gobble.

56 - TEA - 7/21 - loves her some sweet tea!
57 - Boo - 7/28 - she came to the door, perked in and said BOO and grinned.
58 - Daisy - 7/30 - as in Daisy Duck - I can point to her nightgown and she says daisy.
59 - Sunglasses - 8/1 - she sees a pair of sunglasses and grabs them and tries to put them on and says sunglasses
60 - my dada - she was laying in bed talking to herself and was calling daddy
61 - bye baby - 8/8
62 - better - 8/8 - after she got in trouble for biting
63 - nine - 8/8 playing the counting game with Mama
63 - Minnie - 8/10 - sounds alot like Mimmie, but when I asked what we were watching she said Minnie and so we watched Minnie!

Juliet where are your:
64 - eyes
65 - nose
66 - mouth (she will point to them and say what they are!)

67 - 8/15 - Whale
68 - 8/15 - Where
69 - 8/15 - Wet
70 - 8/23 - turtle - she pointed to the turtle on her dress
71 - 8/23 - Amen-she was saying it to Mama on the way to church but wouldn't say it for us. On the way to school today she raised her hand and said Amen! You go sister!!!
72 - 8/25 - chicken - she wanted more chicken for dinner last night
73 - 8/26 - red
74 - 8/26 - white
75 - 8/26 - Toodles - We were watching TV this morning and she said red, white and Toodles so those were the words of the day, she is trying blue but right now it is bu.
76 - 8/29 - Bible - She found her bible in her drawer and took it out and said bible.  Then she ran to daddy saying bible, bible, bible.
77 - 8/29 - away - Are you going to throw your diaper away? ... away
78 - 9/3 - butterfly - I have a glass butterfly in the front window that she pointed to tonight
79 - 9/4 - star - reading a book with stars she pointed them out
80 - 9/5 - shoe - she was putting on her shoes and she said shoe, and when she brings us ours she says shoe
81 - 9/6 - farmer - when it's time for the farm to go nite nite she puts her animals in and then the farmer is last
82 - 9/7 - backpack - getting ready to leave school and she pointed at her Benjamin Bear and said backpack
83 - Hot dog - missed this one, she says it when the Hot Dog song comes on TV or the CD
84 - 9/10 - Go Potty - when we got home she ran to the bathroom and said "Go Potty"
85 - 9/11 - slide - We took her to slide at the park on Sat and she was saying slide, slide, as we left she screamed something like "I didn't get to slide!"
86 - 9/11 - Mote - when the TIVO dings she goes uh-uo MOTE!
87 - Beep Beep - We are teaching her that cars go Beep Beep!
88 - Two - Trying to learn her numbers
89 - Nanny
90 - I put it back - can't remember what she did, but we told her to put it back and she did!
91 - 9/26 - Help - she buckled herself in the car seat in the kitchen and couldn't get out
92 - 9/26 - I stuck - see #91
93 - 9/26 - Yellow - she points to cars on the road and says yellow
94 - 9/27 - Bus - she pointed to a bus this morning and was so proud of herself
95 - 9/28 - Knee - she pulled her jammies over her knees and pointed to them and said knee
96 - 10/1 - rock - points to the rock in her book and knows that the ribbit sits on the rock
97 - 10/5 - Rojo - ask her to what color something red is and she says rojo!
98 - 10/5 - blue - we are learning our colors!
99 - 10/10- white
100 - 10/10 - pat pat - a hammer goes pat pat

It's all part of growing up

Welcome home Aunt Jessie! 

Our little princess is coming into her own... who am I kidding, she has been like this for a while.  If she is really into telling you no no she will do the sign for no.  If I try to hug Jon she will come up and try to push me away and say My Dada.  Well hello daddy's little girl!

When we are putting her lotion on she thinks she needs to put it on her knees, elbows and feet, instead of just on her belly.  She said elbow (9/28) when we were putting on lotion and when I put her pants on last Wednesday (9/29) she said knee as she pulled up her pants to point at them.

Wednesday night daddy tried to be tricky to turn MMCH off.  Well he got Juliet to say Iron Man then he said say 2 so she said Iron Man Two!  Well about half way thru the previews she says Mimmie.  Can't pull anything over on this one.  Thursday morning, thanks dada for teaching Juliet teetee and butt and teaching her to point them out!  Friday night we went to Rudy's for BBQ, she crawled up in a chair (on her own) and ate her Chick-Fil-A nuggets.

Saturday morning we went to see Meme and Poppa, my dad and Lynn.  We haven't seen them in a while so it was nice to get to visit.  Juliet found a rocking chair and found it wildly entertaining to throw the ball at me from it.  It was good to see everyone and I got to see Drew.  Wow is he growing fast and the two of them together was cute.  They always wanted the same thing at the same time, it was truly funny to watch them disagree that the MMCH train needed to be on the track and the tracks had to stay connected.  Juliet loves little dogs so she and Crash got along well.  Here she is sharing her bears with him. I didn't get alot of pictures because we were too busy visiting. 

After we left, we went to play in the pumpkin patch at Wal-Mart with Mama.  I will post one, the rest are on Flickr.  She was so cute and re-arranged the patch until we made her leave.  The lady who was working there just let us play.  We did come home with 2 small pumpkins. 

 

Sunday we went to church, this 1 hour of Sunday school is working out so much better than her being there for 2 hours.  ALTHOUGH, I she had a stage 5 screaming fit on the way to the car because she wanted to walk and carry her diaper bag (which if you didn't know makes into a backpack, very cool), fine, but she did not want to hold one of our hands, not fine.  So daddy picked her up and already being very sleepy, she melted and the world ended.   We ate dinner at Pappasito's Sunday night and she did it again, did not want to hold my hand.  Well this time I swatted her on her diaper (and you know she felt nothing), she gave me that hand real quick.  Of course I got busted by another customer who told me "Good job, we need more parents like you".   There are things she will get away with and things she will not, this is a will not.

Last thought of this one... It's OCTOBER baby, bring on the Halloween outfits as many times as I can get them washed!! (We are being blessed with BEAUTIFUL weather here in Houston, so we can wear all of our cute things!!)

Love to all, the rest I have will be in the next installment!