A few days to go until Christmas, and I am super excited! Last year, Isla was just a newbie, so although it was a very special Christmas, I think she may actually have some fun this year! We are headed up North, and it is definitely looking like a white Christmas, so sledding, skating and hot chocolate it is!
Isla is 13.5 months old now. We are into the full swing of daycare (although because she had a fever yesterday, we are getting some quality bonding time today... and I am finishing up some Christmas errands), and work. I am loving Kindergarten and Isla is loving daycare as well. She is getting so big now and loves to say her few words: hi, bye, dad, mom. She also has a few little made up sentences that she yells at the cats. She will wave her finger and them while yelling the same sentence if they are sitting at the table... pretty sure she is telling them to "get down", since that what I am always saying to them! She has also start shaking her head no... literally, her entire head goes side to side if she is saying no. pretty cute.
Her latest fun activity is climbing. Climbing up onto her birthday chair, attempting to climb the couch, into the bathtub or onto the bed in the spare room. Luckily, she is still in a sleep sack, so that leg can't quite get over the edge of the crib. We would definitely have a runner on our hands!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Post- mat leave
Whew.
We are surviving. I think. We are going onto Week 4 of me being back to work, and Isla being at daycare. The beginning was tough! I felt so awful for having to send her there, and at the fact that it wasn't me that was spending every day with her. Luckily, we seem to be getting into a groove.
Sean drops Isla off in the mornings, which is the hardest part. For the first few days, she would cling onto his leg and cry these big, round tears. Thank goodness I didn't have to do drop off, because I am sure I would have been sharing those exact same tears the entire day. The past couple days, she has been leaving him fantastically, and on Friday, she even smiled!
I get to do pick up, which is always a highlight of my day. I love going into the daycare and seeing her through the window. I love when she is so preoccupied with playing, that she doesn't notice me at first. Then, as soon as she sees me, she gets this massive smile and runs over to the gate for me to pick her up.
As tough as it was at the beginning, and as last-minute we were in finding her a place, I am thrilled with her daycare. They are absolutely wonderful there. She gets such yummy food everyday, and she seems genuinely happy. woohoo!
The week before last was our first run in with any sort of fever for Isla. A late night at orangeville emerg, a daddy day at home, and a day with Grandma, and she was quickly on the mend. Poor kiddo. At the exact same time, she was having a slight reaction to her one year immunizations as well as cutting her first molar... talk about a week. I am very glad that is over, and Isla has been in the happiest mood lately that I have seen in awhile!
Isla has been perfecting her "hi", "bye", "mom" and "dad" lately... Sean's friend Yuki came from Japan last week and brought her a super cool toy phone. Since then, she has literally been picking anything up off the floor and using it as a phone. She will pick it up and say "hi" in her cute, little voice.
She also has a few more signs- banana, ball, sleep... and others that she can totally do, but doesn't ever use unless she is watching the signing video. She still sticks constantly to her trusty "milk" and "more" signs though... one day I am hoping she is going to pick up "please" as she is pretty demanding! haha. Everyday after daycare, she runs to the corner cupboard above the sink and points while signing "more".... totally wanting a mini chocolate chip oatmeal cookie. Of course, how can I not give her one when she is that cute! But it happens again, and again... haha, and then she will get upset if I say "all done". :)
The other day, Sean and I were sitting in the living room and looked over to find Isla on her pink car... totally got on all by herself! We were both so thrilled and cheering and clapping for her (she has always needed a little help just to get that leg all the way over the top)- so of course, she claps as well. So far, she can only push herself backwards, but I imagine it is only a matter of time before she is propelling herself forward on that thing!
Yesterday, we ventured out to Rudolph's Tree farm and cut down our first Christmas tree- I have never done it that way before... always just picked out one we liked from the nursery... but I loved it! It was so fun to get the wagon ride and find the perfect tree.... then they put it on the shaker machine to make sure no squirrels are living in it... and tie it all up! Our tree was so mini that it actually fit in the trunk of the accent!
I am super excited to have this Christmas with Isla as last year, she was so tiny... I think she will absolutely adore ripping open presents!
We are surviving. I think. We are going onto Week 4 of me being back to work, and Isla being at daycare. The beginning was tough! I felt so awful for having to send her there, and at the fact that it wasn't me that was spending every day with her. Luckily, we seem to be getting into a groove.
Sean drops Isla off in the mornings, which is the hardest part. For the first few days, she would cling onto his leg and cry these big, round tears. Thank goodness I didn't have to do drop off, because I am sure I would have been sharing those exact same tears the entire day. The past couple days, she has been leaving him fantastically, and on Friday, she even smiled!
I get to do pick up, which is always a highlight of my day. I love going into the daycare and seeing her through the window. I love when she is so preoccupied with playing, that she doesn't notice me at first. Then, as soon as she sees me, she gets this massive smile and runs over to the gate for me to pick her up.
As tough as it was at the beginning, and as last-minute we were in finding her a place, I am thrilled with her daycare. They are absolutely wonderful there. She gets such yummy food everyday, and she seems genuinely happy. woohoo!
The week before last was our first run in with any sort of fever for Isla. A late night at orangeville emerg, a daddy day at home, and a day with Grandma, and she was quickly on the mend. Poor kiddo. At the exact same time, she was having a slight reaction to her one year immunizations as well as cutting her first molar... talk about a week. I am very glad that is over, and Isla has been in the happiest mood lately that I have seen in awhile!
Isla has been perfecting her "hi", "bye", "mom" and "dad" lately... Sean's friend Yuki came from Japan last week and brought her a super cool toy phone. Since then, she has literally been picking anything up off the floor and using it as a phone. She will pick it up and say "hi" in her cute, little voice.
She also has a few more signs- banana, ball, sleep... and others that she can totally do, but doesn't ever use unless she is watching the signing video. She still sticks constantly to her trusty "milk" and "more" signs though... one day I am hoping she is going to pick up "please" as she is pretty demanding! haha. Everyday after daycare, she runs to the corner cupboard above the sink and points while signing "more".... totally wanting a mini chocolate chip oatmeal cookie. Of course, how can I not give her one when she is that cute! But it happens again, and again... haha, and then she will get upset if I say "all done". :)
The other day, Sean and I were sitting in the living room and looked over to find Isla on her pink car... totally got on all by herself! We were both so thrilled and cheering and clapping for her (she has always needed a little help just to get that leg all the way over the top)- so of course, she claps as well. So far, she can only push herself backwards, but I imagine it is only a matter of time before she is propelling herself forward on that thing!
Yesterday, we ventured out to Rudolph's Tree farm and cut down our first Christmas tree- I have never done it that way before... always just picked out one we liked from the nursery... but I loved it! It was so fun to get the wagon ride and find the perfect tree.... then they put it on the shaker machine to make sure no squirrels are living in it... and tie it all up! Our tree was so mini that it actually fit in the trunk of the accent!
I am super excited to have this Christmas with Isla as last year, she was so tiny... I think she will absolutely adore ripping open presents!
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