15 Months

Ryleigh had her next developmental appointment and it went very well. We found out that she is normal :) They test her cognitive, fine motor and gross motor skills. She scored between 12mo-17months on these tests. She also had her hearing tested again, which was normal. They were able to do much better testing now that she has the tubes in her ears. They also did "Play Audiometry" They put her and David in this giant box/room with speakers. Then they play sound out of one side and show her a toy. Then they play the sound and see if she will look in the direction of the toy (without actually showing her the toy) It is a pretty elaborate "experiment". All these tests were done during Ryleigh's usually naptime and she stayed surprisingly happy.

Things she is doing now:
~Still between 20-21lbs...I guess babies at this age don't grow as fast as when they are younger.
~Loves eating food from a pouch (very messy)
~Loves chasing Samons and looking for him
~ Likes to try and blow kisses
~She is pointing a lot at things she wants or things she want us to have
~I purchased some floating bath animals and she is able to point out some of them. She can find the cheetah, flamingo and lizard. We are still working on the other ones.
~She is still VERY shy around people...mostly guys. David hopes she stays that way until she is at least 30.
~She like to walk around with daddy's watch on her arm
~UPDATE: I stepped away from the computer while I was typing this and came back in the room and Ryleigh posted it online before I finished typing.

Crazy hair!

She found a new cup holder. Again, crazy hair!

Riding on her giraffe and texting

More fun times!

Here are some fun videos from that past week or so:

Here is a video of Ryleigh doing a little dance...it is a little blurry, but you get the idea.

 

 

Ryleigh was making a bunch of funny faces and noises and I got a little bit of it on video.

 

 

Ryleigh was rocking and hugging her baby.

 

I was feeding Ryleigh and suddenly both Ryleigh and Samson were fixated on something outside...turns out they were watching squirrels.

 

Ear Tubes

This morning Ryleigh went in for ear tubes. The procedure took place at a brand new children's hospital and went very smooth and uneventful. They gave her a special "syrup" that made her relax and she got very loopy. They also had to put her under anestia to put in the tubes and she did just great! We are hoping now she will not have so many ear infections...just in time for cold and flu season.

 

Such a cute hospital  gown



Post-surgery

 

Mom is fun too!

Normally, Dad is the fun parent (for now), but today Ryleigh and Mom had a great day together! It was a really tough weekend and labor day since Ryleigh had the worst diaper rash/yeast infection ever!!! Without going into too much detail...lets just say it was really bad. So today we stayed home to recover.

Mommy and Ryleigh art project! We made this with "magic" paint and paper.

14 Months~My how the time flys!

Here is the 411 on all things Ryleigh! It feels like she is really developing her own personality. Everyday she does something new and even though it might be something small like blowing on a chicken nugget it makes you feel proud that she is growing and learning.

~Probably weighs about 20-21lbs
~LOVES green beans, sugar snap peas (right off the bush) and blueberries...basically most fruits and vegetables. Her daycare has a vegetable garden and the kids love eating the food they grow.
~Walking all over the place and climbing on everything
~Will wave hello...sometimes. I swear she said bye bye, but has not really said it again. Still will not say mama. Mostly only says ba ba ba...da da da...la la la
~Loves giving high five
~Still drinking out of a bottle...Started trying whole milk so once all the formula is gone we are not going to buy anymore! YEAH!
~7 teeth (4 on top and 3 on bottom) so no more vampire fangs
~We have been having some problems with ear infections this summer so we will be seeing an ENT doctor in a week to possible have tubes put in her ears.

First piggy tales

Happy girl!

Loves sitting in her chair.

We have begun attempting to wean Ryleigh off the bottle and here is our first try

And of course we caved and gave her a bottle...5 minutes later she was happy as can be.

Big baby-drinking a bottle and relaxing in her baby rocker watching Curious George

Calling hogs in her razorback outfit