More One Year Doings

We heard Alexa making the "ahhh" sound after taking a sip of water while we were eating dinner at Megan's birthday party.  It was so cute and I just couldn't wait to teach it to Megan.  She now is saying "ahhh" after every sip she takes and I think it's just one more incentive for her to drink her water. 

I do love having Megan "help" me in the kitchen, but sometimes it's just more than I can take.  I've asked her to "help" me unpack the dishwasher several times now.  Megan does an ok job of pulling all the silverware out of the holder but then she throws them into the back of the dishwasher.  She also thinks it's fun to climb into the dishwasher.

As Megan and I were taking her birthday presents out of their boxes last weekend she got a piece of tape stuck to her finger.  I wasn't paying attention to her but usoon saw her shaking her finger around for some reason.  I first thought she was doing her "Hot Dog" dance but realized she was just trying to get the piece of tape off her finger!

Megan and I were also feeding her piggy bank with her birthday change.  I started putting some of the smaller coins in and Megan helped me push them down the slot.  When I came across a dollar coin I gave it to her to see what she would do.  To my surprise she stuck it right in the slot and proceeded to do the same with the quarters I handed her.  Nickels were not so easy and took a few tries - guess we just need to keep the bigger coins coming!

Part of Megan's recent teething included many, many dirty and messy diapers.... and diarrhea... even some in the tub.  I stuck her in the tub on Thursday night and instead of sitting down, Megan just paced and all of a sudden she started pooping!  At first I thought I could just clean it out and go on with the bath but before I knew it the whole tub was full... Good thing this was the night Megan decided to put all of her toys in the tub too.  Daddy was home so he was able to hold Megan still while I cleaned out the tub.  She slept well that night!

Megan is starting to get her routine down.  This morning I woke her up, got her dressed and took her downstairs where I put her down in the middle of the room.  She walked right to the garage door and started waving.  What a smart little girl!  She knew it was Grandma and Grandpa Lewis day!