Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Bossy
Even when she's bossy,she's adorable and funny. She now likes to tell Tom and I to "stop talking!" (as do many others, I'm sure). We're also ordered to "No read magazine" and "No talking on the phone." I think she wants our undivided attention and can now ask for it. We've also been asked to "Stop singing." After being ordered around like this for a few days, we turned the tables on her and told her to "Stop talking" and "Zip it." She laughs, but I think she's gotten the message. After Thanksgiving we took her on a road trip to Sante Fe and she was better behaved and more patient than my dad. Here she (and a few band members) are rocking out to the guitar she got for her birthday. Although Tom really wanted that guitar, he's learned to share. He's a good sharer.
The Birthday Girl
Like her mother likes to do, Selby celebrated her birthday numerous times this year. It started with cupcakes and some gifts at Aunt Molly's house on Nov. 23rd (the day before the big 2). Then more cupcakes at her school during a shared bday celebration with her friend Ruby on Nov. 24th. And then more (you guessed it) cupcakes and a lot more gifts during a bday dinner with the her two grandmas. By the last celebration she had gotten the hang of blowing out the candles, and getting gifts. Here's a video of her getting a car (not a real one, duh) from ammy. She was pretty excited.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Bad Mommy
I have been a very bad mommy by not updating this blog with the adorable and funny and amazing things Selby has been doing for the past few months. Here is a quick rundown, and a commitment to write more regulalry in this blog.
1) Cookie in There
Starting this summer, everytime I went to change her diaper, she would look up at me with a mischeivious smile and say "Cookie in there" and point toward her diaper. Honestly, Tom and I have not been able to figure out what this means. Does she think her poop looks like a cookie? Is she saying the cookie went through her and came out in her diaper? No idea. But she still says it everyonce in a while and I just go along with it.
2)Potty Party
We bought her a potty and she loves it. I wouldn't necessarily say we've started potty training her. We let her sit on it and go through the motions (wiping, flushing, washing hands). It was like a new toy to her. I thought, wow toilet training will be so easy, she loves sitting on it...until the morning she stood up from her potty, went to flush it and pooped right there on the bathroom floor. I don't think she's fully grasped the purpose of the potty yet.
3)Talk, Talk
She is now using full sentences. And, to brag a bit, every day care or child care provider we leave her with comments on how well she speaks. I can't even count the number of words she knows now but almost every day she surprises me with a new one.
4) Cry Please
The other day I faked crying when she wouldn't give me a kiss (is that bad?) and she thought it was so funny. Now at dinner she asks me to "cry please mama" as if it's a game. Tom and I take turns fake crying for her and then we ask her to "cry please." We also fake laugh. She's a good faker too.
Will post photos soon!
1) Cookie in There
Starting this summer, everytime I went to change her diaper, she would look up at me with a mischeivious smile and say "Cookie in there" and point toward her diaper. Honestly, Tom and I have not been able to figure out what this means. Does she think her poop looks like a cookie? Is she saying the cookie went through her and came out in her diaper? No idea. But she still says it everyonce in a while and I just go along with it.
2)Potty Party
We bought her a potty and she loves it. I wouldn't necessarily say we've started potty training her. We let her sit on it and go through the motions (wiping, flushing, washing hands). It was like a new toy to her. I thought, wow toilet training will be so easy, she loves sitting on it...until the morning she stood up from her potty, went to flush it and pooped right there on the bathroom floor. I don't think she's fully grasped the purpose of the potty yet.
3)Talk, Talk
She is now using full sentences. And, to brag a bit, every day care or child care provider we leave her with comments on how well she speaks. I can't even count the number of words she knows now but almost every day she surprises me with a new one.
4) Cry Please
The other day I faked crying when she wouldn't give me a kiss (is that bad?) and she thought it was so funny. Now at dinner she asks me to "cry please mama" as if it's a game. Tom and I take turns fake crying for her and then we ask her to "cry please." We also fake laugh. She's a good faker too.
Will post photos soon!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Name Game
We got back last week from a wonderful trip to Minnesota for a memorial service for Tom's grandmother (she passed away in January at 106!) and a family reunion. We took a boat ride on his cousin's houseboat, visited a sculpture garden near the Art Museum and got to meet his very interesting and fun family. On that trip Selby started learning people's names for the first time. She said Molly (pronounced Mo-yee), Ammy (for grandma), Sam (pronounced Sham) and Catherine (pronounced Cathcoo). She can now also say Selby and loves to say her friend Ella's name (Eeeellllaaa). It is amazing how her mind is just expanding as she puts more words together for sentences (No dog! or More nana) and has learned possessive's (Dada's shoe).
It's also funny to see her turn into such a "girl" without prompting. She loves to take care of her "babies" (basically all her stuff animals are her babies)... giving them milk and food, putting them to bed and wiping their faces. She also likes to play with jewelry and makeup. And she's also pretty fond of her shoes. That's not to say that she doesn't like a good beer now and then.
Tom and I took our first trip away from her last weekend to Las Vegas while my mom babysat. Unfortunately, Selby threw up all night before we left. I almost cancelled the trip but thanks to my accomodating mother who insisted we leave, we didn't. And luckily Selby was back to her normal self the day we left and we were able to have fun..and lose a lot of money. Here she is trying to call us to say she's feeling just fine. Or maybe she's calling her boyfriend to say "Mom and Dad are out of town, let's party!"
It's also funny to see her turn into such a "girl" without prompting. She loves to take care of her "babies" (basically all her stuff animals are her babies)... giving them milk and food, putting them to bed and wiping their faces. She also likes to play with jewelry and makeup. And she's also pretty fond of her shoes. That's not to say that she doesn't like a good beer now and then.
Tom and I took our first trip away from her last weekend to Las Vegas while my mom babysat. Unfortunately, Selby threw up all night before we left. I almost cancelled the trip but thanks to my accomodating mother who insisted we leave, we didn't. And luckily Selby was back to her normal self the day we left and we were able to have fun..and lose a lot of money. Here she is trying to call us to say she's feeling just fine. Or maybe she's calling her boyfriend to say "Mom and Dad are out of town, let's party!"
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