17 months...Yikes!

I can't believe it has been 17 months since Shelby was born. I'm starting this post a few days early just so I can write down everything I don't wanna forget. I have a few status updates for Shelby...finally!

Weight - About 22 lbs
Height - 31"
Head - 18"
Clothes - 12 months and just a few 18 month shirts
Diapers - Still size 2 (still the same ol' teeny bum!)
Shoes - Size 4
Teeth - 4 front upper, 4 front lower and 2 upper molars!!

Words and things she "says": Some of which may not be understandable to the untrained ear...but at least we know what she's saying; and so does she!

*Hi
*Buh-bye
*Momma
*Daddy
*Blanket
*Garlic (giga)
*Bottle (baba)
*Elephant (eye-sant or eye-ant)
*Jacket (check-it)
*Oh my!
*Juice (choose)
*Water (wawa)
*Shoes (shiz...yes I know...but it's so funny!)
*Outside (side)
*Dog (doe-g; imagine it with a thick southern drawl if you will)
*Cheese (ssssssss)
*Please (eeeess while signing it)
*Thank you
*Bathtub (badub)
*Good job
*Alright
*All done (none none)
*Wow
* No-no (while shaking her finger...oy!)

The other day Shelby was talking to Mima on the phone. Mima asked if she took a good nap and Shelby responded with "I-kick-a-butt!" I'm confident that's not she was "trying" to say but it sounded just like it! We both got a good laugh outta that outburst from Shelby.

Here are a few pics of the last few weeks and just how busy we've been.

Shelby likes to sit on the bathroom counter and play with toothbrushes while I finish my hair and makeup. This particular day she decided the sink was a good place to sit and then she discovered how to turn the water on. I don't think I need to tell you what happened after that.

Yup! She started her bath early, fully clothed, in the sink.

She thought this was SOOO funny! 

 She loves to be in the kitchen when we are. If she's not involved with something then it's usually not a pleasant experience for anyone, haha! I decided to let her help me wash some dishes...this is her way of doing just that. Such a good helper I have!

It never ceases to amaze me just how much of a mess one little person can make in such a short amount of time. We were on our way back from Safeway and as you can probably tell, we bought strawberries. Mind you, we live about 3-4 minutes away and this is what she looked like when we pulled into our parking spot at home. It was all over her, the harness straps, the button release and the side of the car seat. Amazing! But...she enjoyed every bit of that strawberry even though it all didn't make it into her mouth.

We've started the packing process and I made the mistake of stacking boxes and bins beside Shelby's crib. (Hello??!! You have a climber!!) You guessed it; she climbed right up on top of everything and tried getting into her crib. She didn't actually get in but she sure thought about it. Looks like I'll be moving those boxes to another location.

Shelby has a pair of pink fuzzy snow boots that she absolutely LOVES! She'll wear them with anything, anytime, anywhere and if you try to take them off after she gets them on...watch out! This was her ensemble for the better part of one afternoon. Stylish huh?

And yet another picture of her climbing. I swear I don't know how she gets into some of the places she does.  I find her in the most precarious of places and all I can do is shake my head and ask "How did you get there?"

The last few days have been gorgeous and sunny out. We even hit 70 degrees today and it's suppose to be warmer tomorrow; woohoo! Shelby and I take walks outside whenever the sun is out and today we got a good 1 hour and 20 minute walk in. She was completely worn out afterwards. We walked, played in the grass, picked flowers and just ran all over the place. Oh how I love sunshine!

Ya...just playing with some grass and rocks on a 75 degree day!

This morning Shelby was playing in her room while I was trying to get stuff packed up in the living room. She let out a yelp which usually means she's gotten herself into some predicament that she can't get out of herself. These are usually good photo ops so I grabbed my camera and headed to her room. This is what I found!

Notice I hadn't moved the red bin yet...It's moved now.

Last but not least we finally got an update on our house after not seeing any progress for 4 weeks. The builders supposedly ran into delays and switched out electricians...and it took 4 weeks?! So, needless to say our closing date has been extended...by 2 months!! So as of right now we're hoping to be able to close by May 31st or sooner. Hopefully the builder will keep to the schedule this time!

Feed me!!

The past couple weeks have been a lot of fun and have created some great memories. Just thought I'd share them cause it makes me laugh every time I look at these pictures.

Kaeli came up to visit for a few days during her spring break. Since we have a large heated indoor pool here we knew we'd be spending time in the pool every day. Kaeli forgot to bring her goggles so we made a quick trip to the store to get some goggles and diving rings. While we were looking at the pool toys Shelby, unbeknownst to us, was getting rather bored and apparently hungry. We turned around to place something in the cart and found her stuffing strawberries into her mouth. We laughed so hard! I couldn't believe that she had gotten the container open by herself. She ate 2 strawberries!

When we were done at the store we decided to stop at DQ on the way home to grab an ice cream cone. Kaeli shared bites with Shelby but when Kaeli was done she left the cone within Shelby's  reach. You can probably guess what happened next. Yup! Shelby had her first taste of a cone and some melted chocolate ice cream. She sure enjoyed it, as you can tell by the chocolate ring around her face. She was, once again, in heaven. This girl loves her ice cream!

We waited for Ryan to come home from work before we went and played in the pool and while we were waiting we watched the Princess Sophia movie. Shelby is completely addicted to this movie and decided she needed to sit with Kaeli during the entire movie; probably because she had a box of crackers that she liked. She also adores her Auntie Kaeli. They shared crackers and Shelby even tried stealing one right outta Kaeli's mouth! Oh man...this girl just wouldn't stop eating!

Yesterday I was working on some emails when I noticed it was awfully quiet in the apartment. I looked around and saw Shelby standing over by the table and thought nothing of it. She seemed content. A few minutes later she came over to me and the computer and this is what I saw. A lovely chocolate covered face along with hands and clothes. I was lucky enough to receive a hug from said chocolate covered child and I got chocolate hand prints on my shirt and pants. Good thing this stuff washes out right?

 A little later that day I figured out where she had gotten the chocolate from. One of Ryan's patients was released from care the other day and gave him a huge box of gourmet chocolates as a thank you. Needless to say Shelby thought they were pretty interesting looking and found that they were easy to open as well. I caught this picture later in the day; she was trying to get into the goodness again! Little stinker. The chocolates are now out of her reach.

And last but not least Kaeli had to be fed...haha! Our apartment complex had an Easter party last weekend and invited the kids from the complex to come take part in face painting, an egg hunt, and games. Kaeli found one of the 3 special eggs that were hidden with the many others and got to choose a special prize. She decided on this massive chocolate egg which was bigger than her head! It was huge! She also got another prize because she found 22 eggs; one of the top egg finders. She chose a giant chocolate bunny for her second prize. She made out like a bandit at this shindig! Kaeli wanted a picture with her giant egg so we figured it would be best to do so while Shelby was asleep so she wouldn't want any; haha!

It has been a fun couple of weeks. There is never a dull moment with Shelby around; and when you get Shelby and Kaeli together...watch out! Crazy fun!

80 Degree Easter!

This past weekend we were able to travel to Chehalis to spend Easter with my family. This was Shelby's second Easter but the first one where she would actually be able to participate in an Easter egg hunt. I have to admit, I wasn't crazy excited for the egg hunt because I didn't think she would understand the concept because she was still so young, but boy was I wrong! She grabbed that basket and went around picking up eggs like a champ! Eventually she got tired of lugging the heavy basket around and ditched it so we followed her around while she picked up a few more eggs. She got "egged" out pretty quickly so the adults ended up searching for the rest of the eggs, but we did manage to find them all!

 

We, the bunnies, filled 100 eggs to hide. Whew!

The Easter Bunny visited us over night; so fun!

 Shelby got a stuffed duck, a bunny water bottle, a fun boomerang frisbee, new rubber duckies for the bath, 3 onsies, and 3 big bunny "eggs" with a few pieces of chocolate and a few tiny chocolate bunnies. She got a stuffed lamb, a cute sundress and some yummy apple crisps from Mima and Pops. Kaeli gave each of the kids a giant "golden egg" with a dollar inside and a cute little basket.  They also got Ryan and I a little basket, woohoo! We got starburst jelly beans, mini cadbury cream eggs and a gift card to Cold Stone. Yum!! It was so much fun to see Shelby get so excited and to ask what everything was.

Checking out one of her baskets

Picking out the goodies

Follow me!

"This is serious business guys!"

Found one!

We deemed this our "Family Hands" picture. 

After being "egged out".

Finally figured out how to open it and get the goodies inside!

She got tired of walking so this is how we picked up a few eggs .

Ready...Set...

Gooooo!!!

I love this picture; she loves her daddy!

We couldn't have asked for a better day to be outside and to celebrate Easter. It was 80 (on the thermometer) outside! Ok....so it was maybe only 75, but it sure felt like 80. It was awesome! We spent the entire weekend outside playing in the yard, on the swing sets, on the trampoline and going for walks. I can't wait for summer to get here so we can do that every day! Sunshine makes me so much happier than the gloomy long winters we have here.

Baby aviators, hehe! 

It's always more fun to climb up, right?

Almost there!

Happy Easter from our little family!

Jane was down for the weekend too and while Nic and Becki went up skiing for the day on Monday she and Shelby got to play. They had a blast playing outside, inside and everywhere in between! Here are a few pics of the fun. It was such a great weekend!

"Gotta make breakfast...oy!"

Shelby wants up...Jane wants down.

We'll get this slide thing figured out someday!