Ravioli

Fiona had ravioli for lunch this weekend. When she woke up for her nap she asked for the ravioli. Emily told her the ravioli was in her belly and got a very confused look. Last night, as Fiona was getting ready for bed, she randomly blurted out "ravioli belly, ravioli belly."

puzzles, legos, and books

Fiona has been all about puzzles, books, and legos lately. Every morning she goes straight to her book box and grabs 5-6 books. She will put them on the floor, stack them, and then insist on carrying them all downstairs for daddy to read. She even knows the words to some of her favorites (Hide and Seek, Sheep in a Jeep, Dora the Explorer Opposites Spanish and English, If You Give a Pig a Party, Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear). At night she will play at her table with the puzzles (dumping and putting back together...sometimes she even brings me a piece and correctly identifies the animal) or she will bring the yoga mat and the Legos (which she calls puzzle) into the kitchen and play while I am making dinner. The other day daddy really wanted Fiona's help to put together a Lego set and Fiona really just wanted to play with the completed Lego creature. This post is because I am entering for a chance to win Fiona a combination of everything above: reading and Legos. Lego has put out new sets called Lego Duplo Read and Build which combine building and reading (2 of our favorites). I even think daddy could get behind this one :).

Fiona-isms and other cuteness

Not really sure why It is lumping this as one paragraph. On the ipad I have each sentence as a new paragraph. I make Kevin a salad for lunch most mornings. One morning I had a bad carrot and threw it to puppy. Now, every time I make a salad she starts yelling "puppy, puppy, puppy". When I get to the carrots she starts to yell "puppy, puppy, puppy" again until I give her a carrot. Once she has the carrot she throws it to puppy from her highchair. The other day we had raspberries for dessert. Fiona kept calling them blah-blah. The other night Fiona and I were doing songs before bed. Fiona did not like the song I was singing so I said "how about" while I was thinking of another song. Fiona now loves "how bou". Fiona uses "ok" correctly. Cuteness: Fiona knelt with daddy during church last week. Fiona and daddy take puppy on a walk most nights. When Fiona is ready to go on her walk she will say "walk" and make the sign for walk. Fiona has put her highchair back at the table the past 2 nights.

Talking, talking, talking

Fiona is picking up on SOOO much these days. She is signing like crazy which is very helpful because some of her words sounds very similar. She is obsessed with birds. She will sign and say bird anytime she sees one or anytime she looks outside (I think this bird is more a bird?). She has picked up the sign for milk, sometimes the sign for water, cookie, fan (I know there are more but I just can't think of them right now). There is a photo tree of her grandparents and Sity in her room. The past few nights we have gone through the picture tree and then I will say "goodnight everybody" when I put it down and we walk away. Fiona started to repeat and now she says "everybody" when she sees the photo tree. Fiona also loves to go into the closet and bring out shoes. Sometimes she will even bring out 2 of the same shoe. Of course, it is NOT ok if mommy and daddy do not put on the shoes she brings us. She will follow us around the house holding the shoe out saying "shoe, shoe, shoe, shoe."

Already a caretaker

Fiona has become quite the helper when others are sad.

At daycare yesterday Bennett was having his diaper changed when we arrived and he was not happy. We watched Fiona get Bennett's pacifier and hand it Ms. Amanda. We commented on it and Ms. Amanda said Fiona has started to comfort all the kids when they get sad. Ms Amanda said Fiona will go over to them and pat them on the back. Hopefully she doesn't pat as hard as she does baby. (Baby tends to get Heimlich level thrusts to the back when Fiona is playing.)

On a side note, Fiona pointed out a bird on the back porch this morning. She also did the sign for bird (which is awesome because without the sign I probably would not have understood what she said). Fiona is also obsessed with fan and the sign for fan.

Happy Easter

Family portrait (taken with the self-timer)





While we were not able to connect with the Easter Bunny or do an organized egg hunt, Fiona still got a kick out of her easter basket and enjoyed walking around the house collecting eggs (and other items) in her basket.

The Easter Bunny brought Fiona 5 Elmo books, 2 Elmo cups, an Elmo doll (which she took to bed tonight), Elmo eggs with M&M's, a numbers book, and a Clifford book. At Mimi's house the Easter bunny brought Fiona Elmo outfits and an Elmo puzzle. At Grandma and Jido's house the bunny brought Fiona 3 books that have buttons that make sounds, and bunny, and 2 plush peeps. She had quite the weekend.





Bunny ears made at school for her Easter party

Very Belated St Patrick's Day and 18 mo stats

Happy Very Belated St Patrick's Day!


Fiona had her 18 mo dr appointment on Friday, March 16. She got great results and only had 1 shot. She doesn't go back for another scheduled checkup until she turns 2. That is really strange considering she has been going every 3 months since birth.

Height: 32 1/4" - 75%
Weight: 22 lbs 8 oz - 25% (quite an improvement)
Head: 18 1/4" - 75%