Early eighteen-month physical.

Height: 33in.
Weight: 27lbs.
Head: 19in.
Chest: 18in.

Lots of kicking, screaming, and gagging involved. How embarrassing.

The most recent pictures show terrible scrapes on Baby's face, but nothing to worry about. (Really.) She fell out of the car when the door was opened. It sounds worse than it actually was. She gave Grandma a scare, and neither she nor Grandpa slept well last night. She doesn't seem to be in any pain today, or if she is, it's tolerable. I gave her some ibuprofen this morning.

This picture is from last night. I was making dinner, and she dragged her floatie into the kitchen and lounged in it.




I am not concerned. Not to sound crass or indifferent, but childhood scrapes happen. It's nothing to cry about. Babies will fall and hurt themselves, and later have scars to show their friends. I know a few other mothers who would have wailed the entire way to the hospital and demanded immediate attention in the emergency room. There wasn't enough damage to warrant a hospital trip. Just some painkiller, tissues, and a nap.

Anyway, let's add to our vocabulary:

• ai-poh (airplane) - she will drop whatever she is doing at the sound of an overhead plane. She will point out airplanes miles away that appear as mere specks to the uncaring adult eye.
• bee
• wow (Wow Wow Wubbzy)
  
• fwow (flower)
• fwuh (frog)
• fwy (butterfly)
• shee (sit)
• no
• kka-kka (quack quack)
• ma - she uses this to refer to four different things: monkey, money, shoes, and socks. The Korean for socks is yang mal, which we used a lot when she first started wearing shoes. She incorrectly understood that to mean shoes.
• bana has become balalala... (for banana) - she says this as she sticks out her tongue and rolls it across her lips. She refers to anything with a similar shape a banana (like squash, eggplant, and peppers).
• apple refers to any food that is spherical.
• orse (horse)
  

I'll upload more pictures and post an update on new vocabulary and behaviors later. However, my current Picasa account is near capacity. I'm hoping it will hold up for two more weeks, until Baby is eighteen months. In mid-August, pictures will be available at Anneli's account.

We have completed seventy-six weeks today!

Videos from various dates.

(05.15.2009)


(06.14.2009)


(07.06.2009)


(07.08.2009)

Pictures as promised.

At my friend's wedding...

Solo on the dance floor




I'm not sure why she was upset...perhaps she was confused by the weird ceremony.

Fun in the tub... (Video coming later)








Fun on the swings and other miscellaneous playground apparati...
- At Husband's company picnic










- At Clemyjontri Park










- At Reston Zoo








- Near Grampa Connell's house




- At Chuck E. Cheese for a cousin's birthday










- Playing with a bucket... (Video coming later)








- Just being a baby



Old school Baby








With pigtails

Completing seventy-two weeks this Friday...

We have some new words:

• appo (her pronunciation of 'hippo')
• eww
• Elmo (the puppet and a general term for juice)
• pee and poo (although she refuses to do either in the potty)
• ball
• 'ah ppuh' ('it hurts' in Korean)
• eye and nose in Korean
• doh (her pronunciation of 'star')
• ba (her pronunciation of 'balloon')
• up and down (which sometimes comes out as 'uhdaw')
• 'moh' (which must mean 'shoes,' she says it to talk about her shoes)
• moo (for cows)
• bbah-bang ('car' in Korean)
• 'that's hot' and 'that's cool' in Korean
• bana (her pronunciation of 'banana')
  

Baby has been having tantrums recently, provoked by the slightest little things. Just saying 'no' to anything she wants will cause her to throw herself backward and scream, sometimes until she gags and eventually vomit. I want to believe this is just a phase and it will pass--fingers crossed. She is used to getting her way--thanks to the grandparents who cater to her every desire--but she needs to learn that it's not okay to yell and throw up just because you're not happy. (You know, some adults could stand to learn that lesson too.)

Baby's hair is getting longer! I'm excited that I can at least tie her hair into the standard baby girl sprout. You know, the hair gathered in the front and just tied straight up. It helps make her look like a girl. Otherwise, she looks very much like a boy. The other day, a neighbor said, "What's up, butch?" to her. I was appalled.

Haven't uploaded pictures recently because I'm waiting on a new laptop. It's been about a month, I think, since I posted any new ones.

We're going to New York to visit the FIL for the holiday weekend. He hasn't seen Baby in a few months, so I'm sure he's excited for the visit. It would be nice if Baby weren't so terribly shy, I know FIL wants to hold her. Don't know what the weather will be like there, but perhaps we can take a baby pool and let Baby splash around.

Coming up on sixty-eight weeks this Friday. We need updates!

Some new words in the vocabulary: bird, mine, 'A,' 'H,' and 'M.' She recognizes but can't yet say 'nose,' 'eye,' 'foot,' and 'hand' (in Korean). Baby saying 'mine' is rather funny. Sounds exactly like the seagulls in Finding Nemo.

I have lots of pictures still on the camera. I've been quite busy recently and haven't had time to upload. I'll get to it soon, as school is over this week.