Our Little Monkey

Isha is climbing on everything. Since we put a gate up on the stairs she has figured out that she can climb up the outside of the stairs. Pretty soon she is going to be swinging from the rafters!

Big Girl

Isha went for her 15 month check up this week and we got lots of good news. She is healthy and growning perfectly. She weighs 20 lbs and 2 oz and she is 29 1/2 inches tall. That puts her in the 20th percentile for height and weight. Her head circumference is up a little bit and the doctor said that is probably due to thickening hair. Our pediatrician is great. He has a great sense of humor. I asked him about Isha being so bowlegged and he said not to worry and that she would outgrow that or else she would grow up to be a great horse back rider. I also asked him when to get rid of the paci (she only uses it in her crib when she sleeps) and he said she would either give it up on her own or when she got embarrassed because her boyfriend found it.

That's my girl. Already showing a love for shoes. She loves to try on all of my shoes. It has finally gotten warm enough to get out the summer clothes. This adorable outfit and the one in the first picture were picked out by Isha's Tia, who has amazing taste in kids clothes. All week it has been like a fashion show around here. I love her smile in this picture!

In other big girl news, we bought Isha a potty chair and yesterday she actually went pee pee in it. She woke up from her nap dry so I put her on the chair and she went potty. The chair sings a song when she uses it and she was so proud of herself. I was so excited, but I know that we have a long road ahead. We are not actively potty training, but I figured it can't hurt to get her familiar with the potty.

We also turned her car seat around so that now it is front facing. I think she liked being able to see what was going on.

Isha has also started wiping her face after she is done eating, wiping her nose and trying to comb her hair. She is growing by leaps and bounds. It is so fun to watch her learn all of this new stuff.

Isha is still working on perfecting her utensil skills. I made her some pasta the other day and figured she wouldn't eat it because she doesn't typically eat pasta, but she surprised me when she ate the whole bowl. Yum Yum Yum! Yesterday evening we went to visit with Tony, Angela, and the kids. Isha was having a good time watching uncle Tony play the Wii. And yes that is a paci in her mouth and I did just tell everyone that she only uses it in her crib, but we had just got her up from sleeping and were getting ready to head back to Richmond. We left at 11:15 at night and of course she stayed awake the whole 1 hour and 15 minute car ride home. And that was even after a dose of benadryl earlier in the evening. The girl just refuses to sleep in the car.

A Busy Little Daddy's Girl

Isha has really become a Daddy's Girl. When Jai walks in the door she starts screaming and can't run to him fast enough. The other day she was screaming and crying because he was outside and she could see him through the window, but couldn't get outside to be with him. No wonder she loves him so much! I love this little outfit. Grandma Louise sent the adorable shirt and we found the perfect jean skirt to go with it.

And now to the busy part. Isha loves to get into stuff. I used to try to keep her out of stuff, but I have realized that this is impossible, so now when I am cooking I let her pull the pots and pans out of the drawer and tear up the pantry. Here she is crawling all over the foot stool. Sometimes she gets herself stuck and needs a little help getting out of a mess. Then she crawls right back where she was! She definitely keeps me busy, but I am glad that she is exploring her world and learning lots of new and fun stuff!

Peas Up My Nose

I am afraid that one day we will be that family in the ER whose child has shoved a pea or bean either up their nose or in their ear. In our case, obviously, it will be the pea up the nose. I love the fact that her bib says LI'L FLIRT. I think it is hard to be a flirt when you have peas up your nose!

Catching Up

I have been a slacker lately when it comes to blog posting. Sorry about that. I will catch everyone up on what has been going on around here. This weekend we went to an Italian Festival at St. Joseph's Church. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and the event was a soggy and muddy mess. I felt so bad for all the people who worked so hard to put this festival together. This was there first year. Hopefully next year the weather will cooperate. We were able to at least have some meatballs and Sicilian Pizza. YUMMY!

Isha is starting to look more like a toddler and less like a baby everyday. Some days I think it is cute and other days it makes me sad that she is growing up so fast. Just last week we noticed that all four of her molars are working on coming in. This girl loves to eat. I have started giving her bigger pieces of food so that she can learn to take bites out of food. Obviously we still have a way to go with this lesson. Isha still prefers to just cram as much in as she can. Can you say "OINK"! It is funny how you always think that your kid is so smart and then they do stuff like this and then you know that she is her father's daughter. Just kidding Jai...you know I love you! I finally had to help her out from under the chair because she wouldn't just crawl underneath. If the chair had been on a softer surface and we hadn't already had a bad incident earlier in the week I would have left her there longer to try and figure it out.

Last Monday morning Isha was playing and fell over onto a plastic toy and cut her gums. It started pouring out blood and I became that crazed lunatic parent that I always said I wouldn't become. I guess when your kid is bleeding that bad you just freak out. Once I got her cleaned up I put her down for her nap and got myself together and cried. When she woke up her gums were black and blue and full of gashes. She looked like she had been in a boxing match and her upper lip was swollen for 3 days. Luckily her gums healed quickly and now she is back to her adorable self.