Hi sweet baby bananahead.  I love you so much!

My blogs are always a work in progress, so this blog starts on June 17th, but actually goes to today...whatever todays date is... Boy.  That's a prime example of what mother hood has done to me.

Here is the big news of the month!

Sarah Elise Gingrich Is here!!!!  6lb 9oz, 19 in.  Born June 14 at 11:51pm.  Here is one of about a billion pictures you will see of her! 

Also, Mandy, my sis, who is 20 weeks pregnant, called me today to tell me she's 90% sure she's having a girl!  Yay for girls!  We are the BEST!  Annie Jr. is going to be so sweet... Can't WAIT to have another niece!  Also, I LOVE seeing Noli's clothes on Sarah and will love seeing them on Annie Jr. too!

And Michael Jackson died this week - not that it is as important as my two new nieces..but still pretty monumental!   He was a strange man in his later years but we will miss you MJ!  He seriously effected our lives with his music and the desire to follow his footsteps to so many musicians that we listen to today!  Justin Timberlake?  Anyone?  Anyone?  Yeah.  I thought so. 

Back to Nolicious:

So, today, June 17, 2009, is Noli's first day of actually being disciplined by ways other than saying "no". It's a rarely heard concept that was developed by the ancient beings that built the Mayan temples. Or not. It's called "time out". So, I started the "time out" thing today around 2pm today... so far...she has already been in time out 4 times! For the SAME OFFENSE! STAY OUT OF THE DOG'S WATER BOWL LITTLE GIRL! ....I kinda understand the thick skulledness...between her dad's stubborness and my slight rebelliousness - ok.  EXTREME rebelliousness.  Anyhoodle...it's been a lovely day needless to say. I have to sit next to the time out rug with my hand either on her chest or her leg to keep her from running away...to... you guessed it... the dogs water bowl. COME ON! hahaha.. She is running and getting into EVERYTHING. This weekend will be our big weekend of childproofing. She has also realized that turning the doorknob opens doors. Not good news for mommy and daddy.  

Update:  she carries around her time out rug and, also, she was in time out 4 more times for putting her hand in the dogs water bowl that evening.  happy to say that she hasn't done it since!  It must be working!

I had a brief moment this morning during breakfast (her favorite, eggs and turkey sausage) where she kept looking at me and saying "mama!" and I would go over to her and see if she was really calling out for me... she wasn't. She was thirsty and I was holding her drink - or "mama". Dang. I can't win. She really isn't talking too much so I encourage it as much as possible.  

We went to the doctor for her 15 month appointment - which was actually her 16.5 month appointment because she's just so darn healthy! - and the doc said that she's great, growing big and strong.   I have a message for my pediatrician, "Dear Dr. Agrawal, do you really think it was necessary to say really REALLY big when describing my daughter's head?  don't you think ONE really would have been enough?"  No surprise here, but her head is HUGE.  "lots of room for brains!" Dr. Agrawal said with a smile....  Magnolia doesn't say too much but I did see her look at a picture of a cow and say MOOOOO! Which was way too exciting for me.

Noli's words at 16.5 months:

1. Arf Arf

2. Whoa

3. Yay!

4. Uh-oh

5. Daddy

6. Moooo

7. Mama (but not usually to me, so I'm not sure it counts)

8.  EIEIO

9.  Ooh ooh aah aaah (monkey!)

10. aaaaaaaaaaaaa!  Ok, that's not a word, but I wanted to round out my list with a healthy 10 words.

She:

-runs

-dances like CRAZY

-squeals when anyone says "i'm gonna get you!" then runs right to said person

-laughs a ton

-loves the sprinkler and anything else involving being outside

-swimming - esp. at her cousin Sarah's house.

-DOGGIES

-wearing one shoe - specifically the hand me down croc that won't fit for at least another 6 months

-brushing her teeth with MY toothbrush - then brushing the dog with my toothbrush, then the floor, then her teeth again...yum.  I just saw her brushing the window sill with her toothbrush, then upon a closer look, I realized that she was spit cleaning it.  She's like a little housekeeper.

-loves her PINK CHAIR! Yo Gabba Gabba, Hi-5, Wow Wow Wubbzy, and music videos

-loves rubbing stuff in her hair EVERY SINGLE MEAL  (right now it smells like maple syrup.  can you guess what she had for breakfast?)

She loves her new cousin Sarah!  Is definitely confused and wants to hand her stuff in a very aggressive way that makes everyone in the room freak out a little...but she still is very interested in the little one!

I found this to be the perfect opportunity to throw in another picture of her...amazing how much they change from day to day!  Isn't she beautiful???

Here are a few pictures of the little one doing what she does best.

Begging for food while chewing ...

Chilling out in Barnes and Noble with her one of her many boyfriends, Parks.  Watchout fellas, she's a "cougar"!

Patiently waiting to see her new cousin Sarah

Trouble.  This is not the first roll of toilet paper that has been annihilated at Noli's hand.

More...

Sweetie pants!  She has the worst, straightest, mullet-iest hair ever in the history of time.  Add in some "bumper bangs" and you have Noli's hair.  We like to call it "lego hair".

Nice hair Mr. Lego.

She has scary teeth!  Her daddy says, "have you been chewing on rocks?"  I'm pretty sure she HAS now that I think about it.

She got a new playground thingy!  She loves it so much but I don't love heat and mosquitos....so we don't use it that much unfortunately.

Doesn't that look like a wall cloud?  I'm just sayin...