14 months

Yesterday, Anya turned 14 months old. She was sick and a handful to deal with, so I didn't get a chance to update until now.

Locomotion

Anya has graduated from walking to running sometime in the last few weeks. 'Nuff said there.

Speech

Well, anyone that spends a good amount of time with Anya knows that she is talking. If people ask me about her language development and I tell them, I don't think they believe me. Until she's in her "comfort zone" (at home or a place she goes often) and they spend a little time with her, then they believe me. She is going through her language explosion early. Three weeks ago, Chris and I made an attempt at inventorying her vocabulary. We counted 109 words. These are all words that she has said on her own multiple times (so, just repeating us doesn't count). We haven't counted since then, but guess she's at around 130 now. The freaky thing now is that she's just picking up words through osmosis. She'll hear someone say a word (not even talking to her) and it sticks. Aunt Linda was talking to Anya's cousin about a "choo choo", while Anya was playing in the room, seemingly not paying attention. A few minutes later, she found the toy and said "choo choo".

She is also putting 2 words together more often. Most commonly, it's in greeting form (hi kitty, hello Noah, bye Laika).

Admittedly, this talking thing is nice. It's easy to understand what she wants when she can just tell me.

Other Development

Bug is getting in 2 top molars now and I'm pretty sure another 2 on bottom. It's been painful for her, to the point where pain killers aren't necessarily helping very much. Poor thing was so miserable the other night. I wish they'd hurry up and come in all the way, because she's been pretty unhappy with life this last week. It doesn't help that she's also sick too. With all the snow over the last 2 weeks (meaning, not driving anywhere like the gym) and now her being sick, she's got a fair bit of cabin fever. I think we'd both like this week to be over.

Food

In typical toddler fashion, Anya is unpredictable with food. One week she loves food x, the next week we are obviously trying to poison her with it. Some weeks she eats a lot (so I worry she's going to be obese), some pretty much nothing (so I of course worry she's going to wither away and die). Recently, her favorites are roasted broccoli ("brockEEEEE!") and homemade soup ("SOO-puh"). Cheese (a longtime favorite) is apparently gross now. Who knows.

Christmas

Santa came to the Lodwig house and left a good amount of loot for Anya this year. As usual, we spent Christmas Eve with the Scheuer clan (which was almost postponed due to the massive snow amounts Seattle got this year), and then Christmas Day with Chris's parents.

Amy and Anya Christmas Eve. Chris says I look fat in this picture. But it's a cute one of Anya.

Anya, Grandpa Lodwig, and cousin Kelsey

the tissue paper was more interesting than the presents

Christmas morning at our house. Santa left a shiny new trike for Anya.

Anya looks out at all the snow Santa left us Christmas morning (and pauses to smile for the camera)

present opening time at Grandma and Grandpa Lodwig's

the carnage

more snow babies

I don't recall what day these were taken. Maybe a week ago. Before the "big" snowstorm anyway. Anya and Noah playing in the snow at the park...

badness

badness...

*since certain grandmas can't tell what's going on here... Anya took all the contents of the shelves, climbed in, and then proceeded to remove the shelf itself.

baby in a bowl

Anya about a week old...

Anya yesterday, in her new comfy chair (same size as green bowl)

dad, baby, and dog

Chris and Anya sledding down the big hill by our house, followed closely by Laika. Today is a beautiful snow day, with about 6-7 inches so far on the ground.

Moo Baa La La La

written by Sandra Boynton. Recited by Anya Lodwig.




I didn't realize she had the book more or less memorized.

Likes and Dislikes revisited

original post:
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (almost 9 months)

likes:

Chasing after the cats
Going to the wading pool and (loudly) greeting other children
Tasting whatever mom is eating
Rifling through the DVDs and yelling (loudly) at the covers
Bathtime
Using objects for support in standing and then smacking them
Looking at pictures of grandparents and cousin Mia and yelling (loudly) at them
Opening and shutting the cat door
Being the baby in mom & dad's game of "baby toss"*
Being loud

dislikes:
Getting face and hands wiped clean after eating
Getting in the car seat
Not being allowed to play with the toilet or electrical cords
Quietly playing with DVDs, kids at the wading pool/park, looking at pictures
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Tuesday, December 16 (13-1/2 months)

likes:

baths
reading books (having them read to her and "reading" them herself)
climbing
jumping
cell phones and remote controls
bothering the cats
throwing things out the cat door
shape sorters and stacking rings
rocking on her rocking horse
talking (like father, like daughter)
messing with the clock in our bedroom
making loud noises (herself and with other things)

dislikes:

being in the car for more than 20 minutes (occasionally is OK with it. Getting better)
getting her runny nose wiped
lentils
not being allowed to stand on the dining room table

snow baby #1

1 down

1 successful "poo" on the "potty". Well done, baby. Off to Third Place Books to get some potty books for her before the weather gets worse.

"Poo"

Since about 2 weeks ago, Anya has surprised us by announcing her bowel movements. Over half the time, she has yelled out "poo!" right before a bowel movement or passing gas. So we're going to take advantage and start some preliminary potty training this weekend. I'll put her kid potty in the bathroom and get some books to read to her on the subject and we'll see how it goes. I can't believe she's 13 months old and we're already talking about this. But it sure would be nice to clean up less poopy diapers. Crazy.

new trick

Grandma Lodwig said Anya picked up this trick while she and grandpa watched her over the weekend...



the things these people teach my daughter.

no love

I asked Anya for a hug. She looked at me, smiled, yelled "No!" and threw a dirty sock at me instead.

:(

close call

Earlier this evening, Laika rolled in excrement, so I had to give her an emergency bath. Since Anya needed to be supervised, she was in the bathroom with us, overseeing my dog-bathing technique. All was well, and I kept a close eye on her as she wandered around the room, occasionally dropping toys in the tub and attempting to assist with cleaning.

The very second I reached over to get a rinsing bucket, however, Anya hopped onto the side of the tub and instantly dropped head first into the water. Seriously, it was like a split-second. I miraculously managed to catch her before her head smacked the bottom of the tub. She of course cried from being startled, but that was the only damage, aside from some wet hair. Scared. the. crap. out of me. I don't know if the injury would have been life-threatening, but she certainly would have been hurt.

She's just so darn fast and into everything all the time. I just hope we can manage to keep her from getting seriously injured over the course of her childhood.

But I guess the moral of this little story would be, the next time the dog rolls in poop, lock her outside until Chris can give her a bath. right?

dinnertime

happily starting off with a medley of edamame, peppers, carrots, and corn

 oooh, I can move the plate!

 done with the edamame, carrots, and peppers. I don't like this yellow stuff that's left, though (at least for today)

I lost my plate and there's still only corn left to eat. Life sucks.