http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:35:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As of age two (plus a month) Nadia can say and distinguish the following words: hello (ello) pretty (pret) one two ball baby choo choo purse bear boo elmo spongebob (sponbob) santa snowman tree belly button hair ear eyes head mouth nose toes ashes ashes (song ring around the rosies) spoon fork plate chair milk water toast cracker toast banana bagel treat color paper box swing slide light diaper wipe thank you please your welcome i love you pillow blanket book baby puzzle snow mommy daddy grandma grandpa car key boots coat jacket shirt pants socks shoes hat mittons belt dog- ruff kitty- meow sheep- baa horsie- neigh cow- moo fish duck- quack sounds- bear (grrr) ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2009/01/01/nadias-first-words/ Today Nadia was playing with her doll in a plastic stroller. This particular one has a tray in front. She tried to force her doll into the seat part of the stroller so I helped put the doll's legs in the leg holes. Then she said, 'There you go' like ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2008/10/24/there-you-go/ Nadia has been mimicking things I have done for months. Today she grabbed her pillow that we lay her head on when we change her diaper and placed it on the floor. She put her doll down with it's head on the pillow. Than Nadia grabbed all her changing diaper ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2008/10/18/you-need-a-diaper-change/ Today I decided to change the picture on computer screen. I like color and change. Nadia was on my lap today pressing the keyboard, of course randomly. I had the screen changer page popped up. I was looking on one that was kind of cool. All of sudden it switched ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2008/01/29/look-mommy-this-one-is-pretty/ Today Nadia came to me with a worried look almost like she was going to cry or cry out. Which is an expression that she has quite often at this age. (1) She had one of our remote controls and the back was off the back. I put it back ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2007/12/09/oh-no-i-broke-it/ At my parent's house they have a stereo in the living room and an extra set of speakers set up on the other side of the wall, in the family room. My mother turned on some Christmas music and Nadia went up to the TV to listen. The TV was ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2007/12/07/i-found-it/ Tonight as I was rocking Nadia to sleep she was being so cute. My glider up in Nadia's room broke on me yesterday, so I had to nurse and rock her to sleep downstairs in the recliner. She is not ready to fall asleep so I start to sing to ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2007/11/13/its-bedtime/ Today, I drove from my home in Centerville to Provo to meet my Sister in law Angie and her girls. It is the first day of this year's women's trip for our family. Since I was a teenager I have been going every year or every couple of year on ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2006/07/21/womens-trip-2006/ Last night I could not sleep. I was lying in my bed while my husband was asleep and I started to feel movement in my belly. For a while I thought it was just gas, but it came about every 5 minutes and didn't stop. It was constant for hours ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2006/07/11/kick-kick-kick/ For the past few months I have been a first grade teacher's assistance for Dixie Kotter. Today was the last day of school. I took bulletin boards down and helped Ms. Kotter take down her room almost the whole time I was there. As I was about to leave the ... http://blog.openbrainstem.net/aurora/2006/06/02/last-day-of-school/