Sierra's 18 months today and she started the day off with a fever of 103! Unfortunately, we didn't realize it until we had already brought her to gymnastics. She had her vaccinations scheduled for today and while we were there we realized she had a fever. She was tested for the flu while we were there and hopefully we'll find out soon if she has it or not.
This month has been full of friends, family, and travel. We got out to mountain bike a few times this month, but the time has come in my pregnancy where I'm calling it. Over Christmas we got out once and I realized I was thinking a lot about falling and what would happen to the baby, so I decided it was probably time.
Sierra has been enjoying playing with her "little people" on a daily basis and even thought she needed to bust out her cool shades to partake in pretend time. Her vocabulary and awareness have both really taken off this month. Sometimes she is just repeating us to practice words but she puts the meaning together with the proper objects a lot. She also falls much less than she previously did, which is nice for us too.
We tried on her warm weather gear in preparation for our cold weather visits.
We arrived in Vegas in the afternoon and went to a Christmas light festival at night. Crystal had all of the kid related activities planned out for our arrival. She is so thoughtful like that.
Sierra absolutely loved the carousel ride on the horse, but hated the wait in line (patience is not a strong suit of an 18 month old). She hated getting off the carousel even more. I was definitely the mom that laughs as she walks through a crowded area with a screaming, flailing toddler in her arms. I mean at that point, what else was I going to do. There was no way of calming her down.
Frozen is still a big hit for her... a topic we'll discuss as the month moves on.
After Crystal came home we visited a most awesome Children's museum (which is very expensive might I add, but well worth the trip). There is a water exhibit, and you can imagine how engrossed she was in that.
A crazy neat "play/walking" structure that had exhibits throughout each floor.
A reading room with exhibits on popular and classic kids' books. She took Peter Rabbit from his exhibit.
A pretend "what are you going to be when you grow up" floor, that had a vet station which she loved as well.
We made it to Fresno in one piece and were greeted by Gus at the airport. My dad flew in from Boise shortly after we arrived, and we all piled in the car and headed to Grammy and Grandpa's house for Christmas. Great Grandma read a few stories to Sierra once we got there.
Auntie Lyn helped Sierra get in the Christmas spirit!
Grandpa Jer Bear sang and danced with Sierra to the Frozen songs and even played with her doll house.
I can't forget to mention the riveting games of croquet and horse shoes everyone played. Sierra was the wild card in the game of croquet, where she could move any ball wherever she wanted. She did on two occasions helping out both grandpas.
She seemed to enjoy opening the gifts for her although I did most of the opening for her. She colored in her coloring books for long stretches of time, spread cheer to all of her family members and took to cleaning up the place with her new broom.
We hung out with Trevor and went up to Shaver Lake to see snow for her first time. This consisted of about 30 to 45 minutes of walking around. Nothing too exciting is going to happen in the snow at this age.
My dad, Gus, and I put together Eve's crib (with the help of Sierra of course). She liked to see what was going on during the whole process.
The weather had been cold and windy for awhile, but Sierra was ready to get out and play. We visited the horses a few times, went to the library, and went to gymnastics for the first time. We also met up with Sophia and her little girlfriend Arianna for some fun at the park! They both can recognize each other in pictures and kind of say each other's names.
Oh, how I once said my child will not wear big, pink, poofy dresses. Yeah right. She was given a few dress up outfits and became fixated on putting them all on one morning. She saw them in the closet and that was the end of that.
We decorated and organized Eve's room after I finished my painting for Eve (the third one from the left). It is the Aurora Borealis, for her middle name.
We saw our baby girl, Eve, for the first time. We were so happy to see her 14cm long body up on that screen. We will see her again in a few weeks for the 20 week appointment.
The trip to Connecticut begins!!! One of the 2 hour flights she got her own seats, thank you nice flight stewardess.
We got out in the brisk windy weather of Connecticut a few times. Grandma Jean went for a hike with us to find some ducks.
Sierra really liked Grandma Jean a lot. We played with all of the kids' toys from when we were all kids. Grandpa Bill was so enthused to bust them all out of storage again. Memories came flooding back as he pulled each one out of their box.
Auntie Lauren was thrilled to see Sierra, and Sierra was thrilled to show her the dolly she took back from the day of playtime.
She didn't appreciate the traffic from Nana Maryann's to Grandpa Bill and Grandma Jean's house.
Grandma Jean, Mac the dog, Sierra and I were able to play in the snow! Sierra had more layers than I did, but luckily the snow didn't really melt through our boots.
Sierra showed Nana her dancing moves!
She enjoyed the swing in windy 10 degree weather with her.
Sierra was even able to walk Nana's little 10 pound dog, Susie.
She met, Nana's brother, Uncle Tommy.
She hung out with Uncle Phil on 3 different occasions (and he even played Barbies with her, he knows the way to her heart).
Uncle George made it over to hang out with his niece.
Grandpa Bill was even up to play with some dollies, as long as she was happy!
Our family friends from when we were just babies, Aunt Donna and Uncle Peter came and visited. My mom threw a small get together and cooked some delicious food!!! Everyone was able to meet Sierra.
Sierra met my mom's mom, Great Grandma Phyllis... and eat COOKIES!
Aunt Becky came over early morning before we had to go to the airport, so she could get in some good quality time with her niece.
What's a selfie without a photobomber?!
Luckily on plane ride number 2 Sierra met 4 year old, Corey. He was our saving grace (and his mom too). Sierra loved this little boy. Before we boarded they had an hour of running around and chasing each other. She ran after him shouting, "hugs, hugs, hugs." He kept saying, "no hugs, no hugs." As luck should have it they sat right behind us and needless to say she received her fair share of hugs by the end of the flight. Sierra even sat with them for about an hour of the ride. His mom just kept saying, "Oh no, this is fine! The kids love it. No problem at all." Oh how we both missed Daddy. It was so nice to see him at baggage claim.
She loves gymnastics (open-ended/free form playtime essentially), and we love seeing her explore and enjoy it so much. At such an affordable price/session it was well worth it.
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