15 month stats

Here are Aidan's 15 month stats (from memory):

Height: 31 3/4 inches (85-90%-tile)

Weight: 23.15 pounds (70%-tile)

Head: 18 inches around (48%-tile)

She got a clean bill of health from the doctor, had two shots, and a finger stick blood draw to check her iron levels and make sure she's not anemic any more. She screamed and cried through most of the appointment, which the doctor said was totally developmentally appropriate. He said by 2 years, it usually stops. Hooray! Developmentally, she's way ahead of her expected milestones, particularly in the areas of gross and fine motor skills. He said being so far ahead was the sign of a talented and gifted child. Christianne said, "I bet you tell all the parents that." Dr. Denison said, "No, I don't." However she turns out, she's perfect to us, but it is nice to have the doctor confirm our thoughts that Aidan's awfully smart.

Last night, Aidan asked to be picked up while we were in the kitchen. She pointed to the sweet potato on the counter and said "Uhh...Iwan" (translation: "Hey! I want!" I tried to put her down so I could cook the sweet potato, since eating it raw seems like a bad idea. She wouldn't let me put her down, so I explained to her that I understood that she wanted the sweet potato and that I had to cook it so she could eat it and in order to do that, I had to put her down because I couldn't hold her and cook the potato at the same time. I then asked her if I could put her down so I could cook her potato. She nodded her head and released her legs from the death-grip she had on my hip and I cooked her sweet potato and she ate a ton of it.

Scary, no?

The reasoning trick did not work for enticing her to wear her warmer coat this morning, she insisted on her favorite one, but I'm hopeful I might be able to reason with her again in the near future.

That's it for now. More pictures later!

Aidan's creative side and more

Here are some more pictures of our little girl. She has been exploring her artistic side with fingerpaints and play dough (homemade, no less!) as well as her scientific side at the Museum of Science and Nature. She's also been exploring her wild side by running through the house naked. And her nurturing side by obsessively feeding the outdoor kitties at least 4 times a day. It is very cute: she puts food in their bowl and then crouches down to look for the kitties under the cars. She also needs to go outside for some bubble blowing action on a regular basis. So much so, she can now say "bubbles!" And she's all about climbing into chairs and reading her books. She's babbling up a storm and learning to copy the rhythm of our words if not the actual letter sounds. She has her 18 month check-up in about a week and a half, but when she stood on the scale the other day, she weighed in at 24.8 pounds. Such a big girl!

A few cute pictures

Just a few pictures to share because they are cute.

Isn't this interesting?

Just for fun, I thought I would compare Aidan to Christianne and myself, as we are always saying how similar Christianne and Aidan are. Look at this:



Maybe 7033 didn't disclose everything on his donor application? :-)

look-o-like meter

This was sort of fun. Wasn't the donor a cute little boy?

upset tummy

Aidan had her first bout of a stomach virus last night. Thankfully, the worst was over after about 4-5 hours. Poor little girl up-chucked everything that went into her. Christianne and I changed her bedding 5 or 6 times, changed her jammies several times, and had a midnight chat with the nurse on-call. Not a pleasant evening. She's much better this morning and we are working up to trying some toast and a little banana, now that water is staying down. Overall, she seems pretty much like herself again. Hooray! Currently, she's climbing up in a chair and now running through the den. Off to chase!

Halloween Pictures!

Aidan said that if the ladybug costume didn't work out, she was going as a stunt person from a movie set. I didn't know that ladybugs could play the piano or drive a truck, but look at this! (P.S. We are so lucky she doesn't just bang on the piano; she actually wants to make sounds and listens to what she is doing.)