Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Happy Easter! You can see above that the Easter Bunny (and family) were very generous this year. Just because I don't eat much candy doesn't mean I didn't get anything for Easter!

After some breakfast, my parents and I had to rush to get ready for the Easter egg hunt at the Haggin Oaks Golf Course. It was a beautiful day - almost 80 an with a slight breeze. I was able to wear a cute sleeveless dress perfect for a spring day. I didn't even protest that I had to wear my socks and shoes. We arrived a few minutes early and I was getting pretty antsy with all the eggs lying on the grass but not being able to go get them. I got to say hi to Sophia and Brighton but it was almost time to start so we didn't get time to chat! They allowed one parent to "assist" so while Daddy manned the camera, Mommy came out on the grass with me. She didn't really help much beyond holding the basket for me since I am a big girl and was able to pick up the eggs and put them in the basket without too much trouble. I was so excited to see everyone else picking up eggs, though, that I was only able to get three eggs before they were all gone. Two of the eggs had candy and one had a voucher for a stuffed bunny! (There were also vouchers in the eggs for a golf club but my parents figured I didn't really need one more thing to hit the dogs with so they were happy I got the voucher for the bunny).

It was over pretty quickly and we headed to the car. I still had a little energy to burn so when we got back home, my parents let me take off my shoes and socks and run around the local park for a while. Then it was home for a three hour nap and then back to the park for more running around. It was a great day!

Unfortunately, my night nurse pulled a no show tonight so my Daddy stayed up with me but I was a good girl and slept all night for hm.

Peyton Nicole Smith

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

In prep for Easter tomorrow, my parents decided to try to put rollers in my hair tonight. They were able to snap a few pictures before I started ripping them out. So there won't be any curly hair in the morning but they'll try them out again in the future.

Peyton Nicole Smith

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Oh the bruises! Mommy is convinced I will be 99 and still have bruises on my forehead. Every school picture, family photos, my wedding portraits and so on and so forth. By anyone's standard this is a pretty brutal one but I am a tough cookie and I didn't cry any more when I got this one then any other fall on my face. I just keep on smiling!

Peyton Nicole Smith

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Here I am helping Mommy organize - taking the extra diapers out of the drawer and putting them in the diaper stacker. Such a good girl!

Peyton Nicole Smith

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Today I had feeding therapy with Karen. I have gotten very picky about what I want to eat, though. Pureed baby food is no longer on the list of options as far as I am concerned. Karen suggested that my parents not present baby food in the jar but "hide" it in a bowl and that might trick me into trying it. Needless to say, I am smarter than that. Karen also said to try adding salsa to it to liven up the taste. Unfortunately, since I won't take the food out of the bowl - with or without salsa - Mommy hasn't had a chance to try this yet. Mommy thinks next time she will try to pull it out of the freezer so I might get tricked into thinking it is ice cream - I will let you know how that goes : )

I got my new speaking valve today. It is a little different and I let Mommy put it on for a little while a few times today. My parents are waiting to spend much time on it until they can introduce the idea of a timer when using it. At my craniofacial panel, the speech pathologist told Mommy to use a timer so that I felt like I was in control - I would know when I would start wearing it and when I could take it off because the timer would go off. When Mommy was talking with Karen about it today, Mommy said the kitchen timer she bought this weekend didn't seem like it would work. It doesn't allow for anything under a minute (we'll start with me wearing the speaking valve for just seconds) and it is pretty boring. Karen suggested using a visual timer. Mommy went searching on line and found one that she thinks I will love. Not only does it have lights to show when my time starts but it will have a yellow light to warn me the time is almost up and then red when the time has finished. It also has several sound options as well for when the time is up. Mommy can't wait until we get it to see if it will work and keep me interested.

Peyton Nicole Smith

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Here I am checking out my Cabbage Patch kid. Did you know that they have a signature on their bum? I thought that was pretty cool and I signed "red" to Mommy. I decided it was more fun to have my doll go around with no clothes at all so I could see the signature. Mommy tried to convince me that he should probably be wearing a diaper but I wasn't having any of it - so he was carted around with me most of the afternoon naked as a bluejay!

At the last minute, the doctor's office called Mommy last night to let her know I did need a Synagis shot in April after all. Since Mommy's day was all booked out already, Daddy took me in this morning with Lucille to get my shots. I weighed in at 19 lbs 2 ozs - so I am 19 lbs at 19 months - WooHoo!

After months of playing in the dog food bowls I did more than play tonight. When Daddy wouldn't give me any more of his water, I went over to the dog's water bowl and dipped my cup in it and got myself a drink. As if that wasn't bad enough, I had already snagged a kibble out of the dog food bowls and ate it. Although my parents never saw it in my mouth I had a pretty serious coughing fit so Mommy is pretty sure that's when I swallowed it!

Peyton Nicole Smith

Monday, April 6th, 2009

My IFSP is coming up again soon, so when Michael came today he decided to update my developmental checklist to see how I was doing. Basically, I got to run around and play for most of the session so I was happy to comply. Here were the three areas and how I scored:

Motor skills - 18-20 months
Locomotion skills - 16-17 months
Ball skills - 23 months

As you can see I am doing really well - espescially considering I didn't start walking until 16 months!

Peyton Nicole Smith