Over the weekend our neighborhood had a fall festival where the kids played in hay and did some Halloween crafts like painting pumpkins.
We never gave Nina a paintbrush until that day, but she did great and painted her little pumpkin without help from us.

Nina is great! She gave up her morning nap probably last month, so she goes down around 1 for a few hours and still no problem putting her down for the night around 7. She's always been a great sleeper and hopefully this will continue as she gets older.

Much excitement in the Fox household for our beloved Phillies are 1 game away from the World Series!!!!

random stuff

So not much to report in the happenings of Nina. She still has that damn rash on her face. Dr said it was eczema, and I try to keep it moist, but it's hard b/c she is cutting a million teeth and drooling like a crazy lady.
She is 15 months adjusted now. She is getting more brave in taking chances and climbing objects and falling off them. She had her first blood shed a couple weeks ago and needed a band aid. Kids are amazing in the way they just bounce back from a fall. I would have to lay down for a little to get over it if it was me.

In this picture she is offering Abby the cat something to drink.

Post Season.

Wow! Thanks Jimmy for getting us out of that inning and giving us the East Win!
Go Phillies!!!!!!!!!

Nina is well, she cried and cried after I slammed my fist on the table yelling:
DOUBLE PLAY!! DOUBLE PLAY!!

18 month appt

OK well Nina is GROWING! She is 29.5 inches tall and on the chart for height(finally!)
Her weight is 22lb 10 oz and her head is 18.5 inches.
She grew 2 inches and put on 2 pounds since her last checkup (15 month visit)

All those stats are super!

She rec'd 3 shots today: Flu, polio, and DPT.

She does not qualify for RSV shots this season because of no lung issues.
I was not surprised she did not qualify for the shot.

It's just when Nina gets sick the duration of the illness tends to be twice as long as perhaps a term kid. For instance a couple months back she had a stomach illness that lasted well over 2 weeks.
So I will be mindful of this in the next months, trying to keep her from sick people as best as I can, knowing when she does get a bug, it will stay with her.

Overall the Dr was pleased with Nina's overall growth and development and so are we!!! YEAH!

Our big girl

Where did our baby go? Who is this little girl looking back at me?

Not much to report until we go in for her 18 month check up next week.

Daddy and his girl

Updates at 17.5 months old

I just cannot believe how the time flies. My super preemie is almost 18 months old! Crazy!

Nina loves her babies, pushing baby strollers, and carrying shoes while walking. I know it's odd, but she likes to hold something while walking and it's usually a shoe. She loves being chased. She loves peek-a-boo and reading books-she is very particular about the books she wants to look through and will push one away till you get it right. We are outside a lot and she has discovered ants and tries to pick them up. She likes to walk on the sidewalk of our street and Miss Independent does not want her hand held. So we have to herd her like a sheep.

Nina's favorite foods these days are hot dogs, mac and cheese, Chick-fil-la nuggets. blueberries, tomatoes, cheese slices, yogurt... She eats fish and anything else we put down in front of her but those are some of the summer favs. She does get that annoying picky eater thing, where she will love carrots and grilled cheese sandwich on a Monday and hate it on a Thursday. She only drinks milk or water. She does not like juice...(I only tried apple so this could be a false statement) But I can't complain she is a great little eater.

Nina is still on the small side height wise...I think she is at or a little over 28 inches which is tiny for her age. Her weight is on target! So hopefully she will catch a growth wave and be on her way.

Miss Nina is beginning to get a little temper on her. When I take something away from her that she is loving, like a shoe that I need to put on her foot, she will plop herself on the floor, lie down, and whine/cry. She does not like it when I take her out of a fun activity to change her stinky diaper. She goes all stiff or limp depending on the day and resists. I always win. (Nina, I will always win.)

We still go to Music class weekly and she has recently moved up to the older toddler class (kids 16 to 24 months)and is doing great.

Her vocab is taking off. She repeats words we say. Even if just part of it comes out, she is learning. Hmmm. let me see...she can say: duck, tickle, chicken, momma, daddy, Abby, cracker, airplane, ball, baby, dog, bubble...there are many more but I cannot think... she says her name and it comes out as NaNa!