The Days of No

We knew these days were coming and I know it's an important part of Peanut's development, but gosh... "No" can get annoying.
She pronounces it "MO!!!", with a wail and a slight temble of total disagreement.

The kid can talk!

It's taken us a bit to catch on to her pronunciation of consonants, but now that we get it - man does Peanut talk a lot!
She says:
"Hey big guy!" (talking to my Dad on the phone)
"talk in here" (pointing to the wrong end of the phone)
"I love Dad!" (plastered against the front door waiting for Dad)
"apple sauce" (when asked what she'd like for breakfast)

I can't believe how often she must have been frustrated talking to us and having us reply with a generic answer like "that's true" or "how funny". Yeesh, good thing she still loves us.

Another one!

Yesterday I had my first ultrasound for baby #2. The pictures were pretty grainy, so there's nothing worth sharing, but it was still awesome to see movement on the screen. How amazing to know that at only 11 weeks a baby is bouncing, kicking and grooving.
Peanut, however, wasn't too fond of the whole thing. She waited patiently, for as long as is reasonable for a 14 month old, and after about 2 minutes started hinting "all done, all done! All DONE!" We went for cookies afterwards.

Schadenfreude

Today for lunch Peanut and I had pea soup and toast. Then for dessert I tried to serve up some fruit cocktail. I bumped the jar and quite literally sent it flying across the room. It landed just short of the carpet (whew) but the splash zone was from the dishwasher to the middle of the floor, around the high chair, and below the table. It was a huge sticky puddle dotted with peaches, pears and cherries. Peanut joyfully yelled Boom! and giggled for the next half hour as I cleaned it up. Who knew that a thirteen month old already experiences schadenfreude?!

It's fun to be a mom

It's so fun to see Peanut expressing her personality. Lately she's picked up a few more words and can participate in conversations sorts. She says Mama, Dada, Papa, Tsss (Yes), No, a-MEN! and now she says Banana too! She's so fun!
Yesterday I went to get her following her afternoon nap. I opened the door and found her cute little blonde head peeking at me over the top of the crib. I laughed. She giggled. As I swooped her up into my arms, I asked "Did you have a good nap?" She nodded a strong nod as if to say "Oh yes Mummy! It was a long nap and I feel refreshed!"
I stood her up on her change table and as I did so she leaned in and gave me a kiss!
If ever there was reward for being a SAHM, this is it. The little moments during the day when being close and together is happiness enough.

Expressing opinion

This morning Peanut is upstairs playing in her room with Dad. I'm going downstairs, so I call to her from the landing, "Oh Peanut! Come downstairs with Mummy?"

nothing

Again I call "Oh Peanut, come downstairs with Mummy!"

She appears at the top of the stairs.

I call out coaxingly "Come downstairs with Mummy."

She smiles, waves her hand and says "Bye bye Mama!" Then with a proud giggle and a flurry of feet, she scrambles back to Dada.

Dang, I've been dissed.

Pterodactyl

Well, peanut is cutting more teeth... How can I tell? Because she's turned into a pterodactyl! I pick her up and all of a sudden she lets out a mighty screech, opens her mouth wide and does a dive bomb for my face! It's truly terrifying! When I'm not fast enough, I loose skin in my chin. Yeesh!

I thought it was just a mommy thing, but this past weekend she got my sister too.

I need to get her chewing on cold clothes.