Travis is still out for "dinner" with his new boss, and it's almost 9 PM. It's been a long day without him, so to get out of the house, the girls and I went for a walk tonight in the "dribble" stroller, and boy it's a workout pushing that thing! I came home and found an online calorie calculator, and I basically burned off 3 of the many, many oreos I've had today. I rounded up on the numbers because of how hot it was outside. :) It was still discouraging to see the numbers, but a very fun evening activity. Emily sang the whole way - lovely!
I am sure hoping that one spinach leaf is considered a full serving of vegetables for a toddler, cuz that's all Emily got for veggies today. I'm not doing so well with her healthy eating lately, although she will scarf down a whole peach or pear if you let her... it's not all bad, I guess.
Audrey has mastered clapping, and it is ADORABLE! It also makes it hard to feed her when her hands are flapping in front of her, but it's still fun. Her stats at her 9-month appointment yesterday were impressive: almost 21 lbs (60th percentile), and head size and height (30") both above 95th percentile. She may not look as much like Travis as Emily does, but she seems to have his build! She's still not crawling, although she's wanting to move more and more now. I'm trying to let her work that frustration into some progress instead of just picking her up whenever she howls, but wow, it's a lot of howling. And Emily wants to help her, so she'll go over and lift up her head in an attempt to help her sit up, and then drop it back on the ground when I tell her to stop touching her sister. Gah! Audrey can feed herself pretty well now, though, which is nice. It's so cute to see her use her skinny little fingers, just her thumb and forefinger, to chase around pieces of pear, cheese, or bread. And, I think she's starting to catch on that we're giving her signs for things, associating the signs with the words even if she's not using them back just yet. I am so crazy about this little girl!
We went to Ashby Park today, and Emily showed how she can blow bubbles in the water. She really does great! Even if her nose isn't in the water yet, at least she's not drinking it like she used to. The water was a bit murky today, but I figure if that's the only effect I see from all this rampant flooding, I'll take it. My parents were supposed to come visit today, with Jenny's girls, but couldn't because I-35 was closed at Ames due to high water. Three nights in a row of wicked thunderstorms delivering several inches of rain each night have caused all kinds of problems, even in our neighborhood which is on really high ground. There are streaks of grass in nearly every yard that are pelted down because they've become temporary streams at night. The worst is to the west of our house - a good 3 feet wide all the way through to the street! - and water is just streaming into our sump pit from the rework we had done in the SW corner of the house. But, I'll take it! We have fresh water to drink, a dry basement, and nothing critical has been disrupted, which is more than I can say for a lot of people I know!
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