Mar
13
Last week I found a new park to take Eleanor to. Our usual park is always packed with kids in the play area and dogs off of their leashes outside of the play area. The new park has newer equipment and has been far less crowded the couple times we have gone.
Eleanor loves the park. She loves being outside and loves the sand.
She’s even willing to share it.
Eleanor is extremely social, and always makes friends. She must get that from my dad’s side of the family, they are all charismatic and gregarious. She did not, however, get it directly from me or Josh. Josh is generally anti-social and I’m better, but still don’t really like having to make small talk with people. To be honest I don’t like going to the park. I don’t like to have to talk to the other parents and the kids. I’m usually okay with the kids, but despite having my own, I’m not really a kid person. I mostly hate having the same conversation with the other parents over and over again. “How old is your daughter? Mine is 15 months. Yes, she is very tall for her age. Yes, she is very social. Yes, she has dimples. Yes, she is loud. Thanks, I like the pig tails too.” But Eleanor loves the park and loves the kids so, we go.
The little girl below was afraid of Josh taking pictures even after I explained to her that he was Eleanor’s daddy. She had a death grip on my hand. She kept telling me, “Let’s go.” It didn’t help that her grandfather, who was there with her, was on his cell phone the whole time and didn’t pay much attention to her. But luckily she had Eleanor there to show her her nose.
p.s. Is it weird to have two Friday the 13ths in one year?
Dec
15
Now that I am, once again, studying for the Bar exam I will try to post at least once a week, more if possible. So you can expect some longer posts summarizing the week’s events.
Last Monday Eleanor had her 12 month doctor’s visit. The doctor seemed impressed by her walking and talking skills and said that she seems to be doing very well growth-wise. She is now 20 lbs 13.8 oz which is the perfect 50th percentile for her age and she is 32.75 inches tall which is the 100th percentile. This basically means that she weighs about the same as most kids her age, but is much taller than any kid her age. Her height is actually the average height of a 19-20 month old! Lets hope this trend continues so that she will be tall like her daddy and not teeny like her mommy. Besides that she got five shots which was pretty miserable. As usual she was cranky and ran a slight fever for a couple days afterward.
In addition to getting shots from her doctor’s visit, she also picked up her first cold. We are usually good about keeping her in the “Well Baby” waiting room away from the sick kids, but Josh wasn’t able to get the time off of his new job (he’ll post about the job soon) and I was apparently, just not thinking. I thought that Eleanor would enjoy looking at the fish tank in the regular waiting room. She did. I was planning on just washing her hands afterward, but before I knew it she had leaned her head forward and licked the glass. There is no tongue washing that could have saved her. She ended up with her very first cold. I have been so proud that Josh and I had remained vigilant about germs throughout her first year. The baby books say that kids tend to get a number of colds throughout their first year, but she had never been sick once. What a great way to start her second year. She was pretty miserable for about two days with a runny nose, constant sneezing, and a little bit of a cough. And then it pretty much went away, thank goodness.
After her illness, I thought that she could use a little fresh air. So on Friday we had a playdate with my friend Andrew. Andrew loves babies, works near our apartment, and doesn’t have to be at work until the afternoon so he came over and we all went to the park for some baby fun.
Although Eleanor gave him the stink eye when he arrived at our apartment. I think she warmed up to him when he helped her pick up leaves to put in her mouth.
Oct
01
This weekend Eleanor decided that life indoors was totally played, so we went to the park! It was her first time. She’s always jazzed to go anywhere that’s not the living room, so she was excited. We made a bee-line for the swings. Eleanor seemed unsure about whether or not swinging was fun, at least until dad accompanied the ride with her favorite new song, “Pop Goes the Weasel”. That was enough for some laughs.
After the swings got boring, Eleanor explored the jungle gym. She was a little put off by all the sand, but really seemed to like climbing the levels and peering into the tunnel at mommy.
“What’s *he* doing in the chunnel?”
And then it was time to play in the sand!
And maybe best of all, a cool drink after some serious playing.
Can you believe how tall she is?
