Hunting Easter Eggs

We had a nice day on Easter and Andi got to hunt some eggs. She really enjoyed the chocolate inside. She kept giving them to Matt so he would unwrap them for her. She was on such a sugar high, and it being early in the morning wasn't ideal.

I said I was going to dress her up and I did, however she didn't like the dress. I had bought this dress before she was born and it needed to be worn. She kept pulling it up over her head and stomping her feet. 

She was definitely tired of her dress afterwards and ready for it to come off! I let her run around outside naked for a couple of hours and I think she enjoyed that more than finding eggs.

Toddling Around

Andi has grown into a toddler which seems overnight and she toddles around everywhere. She has been a lot of fun with her discoveries and expressions. She is such a joy and she gives the best hugs around the neck. I can't believe how fast she is growing, she has had another growth spurt. Her mouth is getting full of teeth and she has learned to blow kisses. 
I have started fixing her hair more girly, basically in pigtails. She looks adorable!!! 

She has learned to operate the stereo and change CD's. She will change them so Miranda Lambert plays. I apparently made her a fan when she was in the womb.

I bought her an early Easter present, a four-wheeler. The video is her first time on it. She did awesome however, she won't ride it now. Some how she scared herself. She did great that whole evening then the next day she wouldn't get on it. She has been going through a lot of phases lately like not wanting to take baths, she won't sit down in the water or likes to get her head wet. She will take a bath or shower with me just fine. She is timid around a lot of things now that she used to not be. Hopefully she grows out of this soon, especially by summer.

We have been working on her words. We play an animal sounds game. I'll say," What does a doggy say?" She says," Row Row." We go through kitty, birdie, owl, turkey, chicken, duck, horse, and others. I like to play this game a lot and she will really get into it which is adorable. She is such an animal lover! Any animal and she takes off after it with her arms out.

We finally got her sleep under control. Instead of rocking her, we give her milk and say it's time to go nite-nite and put her in her crib. Before she would fall asleep while being rocked but when placed in her crib she would wake. Now she goes to sleep on her own. It has been very successful!

The weather has finally warmed up and we are spending our days outside a lot! I can't wait until summer and we can go swimming! Hopefully she is over being scared of getting wet by then.

We have decided in January that I will go part-time and I can hardly stand it until then. I make great money but the stress and long hours are not worth it! I will just have my student loans left to pay so I will work 3 days a week and get a weekend off a month. I am burned out and just want to spend more time with my family and stop missing out on the finer things in life!

Teething and a Cold

These past couple of weeks Andi has had a snotting cold that seems to be taking forever to leave. After she had her issue with the shots she came down with a fever and her eyes would water really bad. She developed a cough with congestion in her lungs, which sounded awful. She is better now except for the runny nose. She gave it to both Matt and I and it has made its way through the family. 

She has had four teeth break through on top. 2 molars and the teeth in front. She is finally getting teeth and she loves to bite me now and draw blood. She thinks it is funny even when I bite her back. She is something else!

One of the things I forgot to write last time was her new development, hugging. She gives hugs now which melts my heart and tons of kisses. She has said another new word, night-night. We have been playing an animal sound game with her. We will say" What does an owl say?" Hoot, Hoot and she will hoot. She likes to take part and will make her own sounds and try to play along. It is really cute. She shuffles her feet now when she gets excited, like she is tap dancing and she still does a stomp in a circle. 

Luckily the store is closed on Easter so we will have a get together at our house and Andi can hunt Easter eggs. I will dress her in a pretty Easter dress just for my grandparents! Until next time.....

Whew...What a Month so Far

The first half of the month has been interesting, to say the least...lol. First of all, we had some nice, outside weather. Luckily, it was on my days off so I could enjoy it with Andi and Matt. She got to experience the fun of bubbles.

She isn't much of a baby anymore, which makes me sad. It is crazy how fast she is growing.

As you can see, her bangs look a little off...just wait...they will get better! I say that sarcastically. 

 She has really been talking lately. She is saying more words like eye, and will point to her eye. She is saying day, A, boy, girl, papa. She is saying more, I can't think of them all. Here's a video of some of them.

She has cut her molars, top and bottom which has meant sleepless nights for me:)

However, she gets to take naps whenever she wants!

She doesn't take much of a nap(s) anymore. She mainly takes one a day around mid morning and the rest of the day is go, go, go. I don't see how she does it when she sleeps horrible most nights.

She loves to get into my shoes and scatter them throughout the house. She loves to put them on too.

One of the nice days we were outside transplanting trees and she enjoyed running around and finding golf balls. Needless to say I think she is ready to hunt eggs at Easter:)

Matt took her for four-wheeler rides and she held her hands up the whole time. She was having fun!

We took her to her doctor for her 15 month check-up and her stats were good. She went from the 10th to 25th percentile overall. Her height helped her. She is now 21.3 pounds, 30.75 inches tall, and her head 17inches. The doctor said she must have inherited a small head, but she is proportionate. I couldn't imagine her with a big head.

Look at her bangs now! The story behind that....my mom cut a hunk out of her bangs the first time because she moved then my mother-in-law evened them out. Needless to say we said no one touches her bangs unless we say. 

 Look how tall she has gotten.

She got her shots on the 10th and I got a call at work 3 days later from my mom that she had broke out with what looked like the measles, which was one of the shots she got. We rushed her to urgent care and they said she had an allergic reaction to the shot and had a bad case of hives. She acted just fine but had spots all on her. We gave her benedryl for 3 days and the great thing was how she slept! I actually got rested!! She has fully recovered now thank goodness.

Missouri weather is crazy. We had 70 degree weather and then the next day we had snow and ice. I am ready for spring, early summer temps. We can't wait to take Andi to the zoo, she will have so much fun. She loves to feed the dogs so much that I think she will get a blast having a little bag to feed the animals!

She likes to put her pacifier in her hair.

That is her foot on the side. She is a spunky, free-spirited, strong-willed, spit-fire. I'd have to say out of my 29 years and watching how much joy she has brought into all of our lives,
she has been the best gift I have ever received. I love her so much!