Thanksgiving morning Phia needed a snack so I peeled her a Clementine which was completely disgusting so we decided an apple would be good. She wanted to hold the plate the apples were on so I made her sit on the carpet and then she wanted a whole piece of apple with the peel. I figured I would just watch her and make sure she chewed it really well. She did great and was a happy camper because she had her own apple piece!
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Shane had to go see 2 patients that morning so we got to my mom's about 7:30 and spent the morning there. Shane got back and we played a game of Ticket to Ride which Phillip won. I think it was beginners luck even though it was his second time playing. Later we started to get dinner ready and Shane was mixing up the drink. It's a concoction of Fresca and white grape juice. My mom didn't know exactly how to make it so we were totally winging it! Shane dumped part of the mixture in a pitcher and started to mix it and it all started to foam up because air was being pushed into it! It was yummy once it was all doctered up though.
Phia wasn't real hungry at turkey time because she had bites of the cottage cheese jello and a whole roll shortly before dinner. She did really like the yams my mom made also. She isn't much of a potato girl, which is very unlike her daddy! She does love anything that is bread though which she gets from Shane.
That evening we went to Emma's first birthday which happened to fall on Thanksgiving this year. It was fun and Phia loved eating the M&M's from the Bingo card. She won a set of markers, after I made Shane let her choose and had him put the candy back that he had chose. We have so much junk at the house the last thing we needed was more candy!
We got up to go shopping the next day at 4:00 am to pick me up some dresses the had at JCPenneys. I love them! I got 3 skirts and 3 tops to match! We also went to JoAnns to get flannel for Christmas pj's for Phia and there were tons of ladies! They had been open 20 minutes when we got there and we were B87. They started at A1-A100. YIKES! Shane had to go see patients so I couldn't wait in line and was disappointed because they had the cutest owl fabric for pj's. Shane got back right before I headed to Tremonton with my dad's family and said he would head to Joannes before he went to work. Apparently he got there and the thing said 81 so he asked what letter they were on and they said B. It had been 3 hours since we were there so he lucked out. People were buying bolts of fabric and had cartfuls.
Saturday Shane was off at Costco so we decided we would go visit his family and then go see the lights at Temple Square. We stopped at Walmart on the way for some buttons and elastic for her pj's. I also got some fabric for her a dress. While we were in line I saw blue fabric with frogs and santa hats and the same fabic in pink. So, I am making pj's for us that match for Christmas Eve! I better get a move on it! We went to Shanes parents and visited for awhile and had dinner there and headed to see the lights. They were beautiful! While we were trying to park there was a fire dancer and Phia got all excited and started to say, "Pretty, pretty!" She had said it the night before when she was looking at her pj pattern. She kept pointing and saying pretty over and over. It was pretty cute!
We stopped at Maverick for hot chocolate which Phia enjoyed! She kept wanting sips of it all evening.
When we were at Shanes parents we kept asking if she was ready to go see the lights and she would look up and point at the light in the living room.
We got home from Temple Square about 10:45 that evening and Phia was out in her carseat! I got out and heard a beeping sound. Shane asked what it was and I told him I didn't know so he went in the house to check while I sat with Phia. He went in and found our CO2 alarm going off. We decided it was just the battery and proceeded to change her and get her in her pj's. I was reading the back of the alarm and it said to call 911 if it went off. I told Shane and he said he would call. I went in to rock Phia and Shane called and they told us to get out of the house. We went outside and sat in the car because it was pretty cold. Phia was still out like a light. A fire truck pulls up and then a Sherriff and an ambulance. They had their spotlights on and Shane had gone in with them to check. They were getting readings and told us we could stay but he wouldn't if he were us. So we called my mom and asked her if we could come spend the night. Shane headed in to pack stuff up and Phia contined to sleep! We got to my mom's about 1:30 Sunday morning and headed to bed. We spent Sunday with them becuase we weren't going to call anyone to out until Monday. Shane went and saw his patients on Monday and the called Neerings. They said they could come out between 10 and noon. Shane ran out to our house and they were waiting but they didn't get any readings anywhere in the house and were thinking maybe the firemen didn't know how to use their machine. Shane came back and went to Costco and we headed home that night.
Yesterday Phia had her 15 month appointment with Dr Erickson. She weighs 21.08 lbs, she put on a pound from her 12 month. She is 28.5 inches and grew almost 1 1/2 inches and her head stayed the same size. She usually doesn't cry until they have given her shots but she immediately started to cry when we layed her on the table and continued to cry the whole time the MA was in the room off and on.
When we were at the MD I was telling him she wasn't walking. She was walking and then starting on Thanksgiving she wouldn't walk. You would put her down and she would lean back or sit. He wasn't real concerned but told us if we were that there were things they could do and just to give him a call. Today she just starts walking when she need to get somewhere and she just goes! I guess she just has to want to do it herself!
She had fun playing in her chair at Grandma's. My mom has gotten puzzles out and we have had fun working on them. On Monday we got one out and Phia wanted up. She turned around and saw the puzzle and said, "WOW!"
We went birthday shopping for Shane and we can't wait to give him his present on Monday.
This morning Shane had to see patients and then had the day off. He is usually home by 10:30. He called from the office at 11 and said he was just leaving. By 12 he wasn't home and then the phone rang. He had gotten a flat tire on the freeway and it blew the sidewall out and then after he put the spare on the car overheated so he stopped to let it cool. I guess if it's not one thing it's another! Luckily he got his patients covered for tomorrow. His mom is going to follow us up in the morning and then we will just hang out at my mom's till the car is fixed. We were planning on getting a ton of stuff done and Christmas stuff put up but it took almost until 4:30 to get everything worked out for tomorrow. All I can say is that it's a good thing days like this are rare!
Phia loved her mac & cheese at lunch and enjoyed feeding herself even though she had a hard time getting it on the spoon. She didn't want any help so we let her do most of it herself. I stood on the chair to get a picture and bonked my head on the light so she was looking at the swinging light.
Shane and I decided to get Phia a cat for Christmas. The cat is actually one that Shanes mom found and has had since late June. We are excited and I am excited to have a pet around again!
We got tickets to the temple open house in Draper for February 23rd at 4:40. I am really excited to go! I thught it was weird though because on the site it says that you meet at a church and watch a movie and you the are bused to the temple and bused back for light refreshments and to ask further questions. Kind of different from other open houses I have been to.
Last night we stopped at the library to get some books and Phia was out but she still helped Shane pull books off the kid shelves while he tried to keep up with putting them back. We got home and she was asleep, in a deep sleep. I held her while Shane put stuff away in her room. When he opened the drawer to put her books away she was wide away and started saying book so we read 2 books and then she started crying when she had to get in bed.
Last Friday she fell down my mom's stairs and scraped her littlr nose up but within minutes she was back to the stairs going up and down. It's only the second time she has fallen and the first time it was only down a couple stairs and she caught herself. Today she has been silly and is acting afraid of the stairs. She will go down 1 step and then fuss and head back up and then attempt going down again.
Christmas stuff that is put up so far.....
