Going Up

Shelby has mastered going up the stairs. Shelby used to try to go up stairs like an adult which we too difficult for her on such big steps. She figured out to put her hand on the step ahead of her and climbing up. She couldn't do it one day and the next day she was flying up the steps. Here is a brief video of her going up the steps. Now we have to make sure to put the gate up at the bottom of the steps or she will be climbing up them within seconds.

Labor Day - Apple Picking

Shelby, Josh and I headed out apple picking in Hampton Falls today. The farm had a small petting zoo so Shelby got to get up close with some goats, sheep and chickens. She wasn't afraid at all and enjoyed running around wild with the animals and other people. She also wanted to splash in the animals water bucket so we had to distract her from that. Well, Josh did! I stayed on the outside of the fence and tried to get some pictures. It is so hard to get pictures with her looking at the camera lately. She is just so interested in what she is doing and she moves so fast. Here are a couple of my attempts:

After the petting zoo, we did some apple picking. Shelby picked a couple apples and ran around the apple orchard.

Shelby had a nice time. We got some goodies at the farm for home and went home and had a nice long nap. It was a nice Labor Day!

Here are a couple of other pictures I got this week:

August Update

So Shelby is 17 months old now. She is saying Mama, Dada and Hi. She is really into educational sorting toys right now so we have been trying to get her a new one every couple of weeks to keep her challenged. She loves the Toy Story movies and her favorite character is Jessie the cowgirl. Here is Shelby wathcing the Toy Story 3 trailer on YouTube. The second picture is her with her serious face. She is getting annoyed with me taking pictures. She has been doing this expression a lot lately with her little bottom lip sticking out.

Shelby discovered a new spot she likes in the house. She likes to sit on the bottom step.

Shelby also discovered spinning. She thinks it is funny when she gets all dizzy and wobbles around. Although it is cute, I am not crazy about it. I am just waiting her to fall and get a boo boo. Here she is spinning a little bit.

Here is Shelby balancing on her head. She does this a lot lately. I guess getting another view of the world.

Bird Update: We no longer have the bird. Animal Resue came the next day and picked the parakeet up. The women remembered Josh from when we had the racoon. She has birds and knows several people that have birds so she was going to find a home for the bird. Parakeets needs lots of love and attention and we didn't have the time for it right now. Bye, bye Lucky.

Summer Fun

It has been a fun summer so far. Shelby really enjoys hanging out outside playing with her water table and cottage. Here are some pictures from yesterday: We ordered some more stacking, sorting and nesting toys for Shelby since she is so into them right now. Here she is with her latest toy. Unfortunately, there is a video size limit for the videos I upload to the blog and all my videos of her playing with the toy were over the size limit. I did get one short video that was under the size limit but it is only of her adding the blue and purple pieces-the hardest ones. I had to cut off her adding the red, yellow and green pieces which are a breeze to her. The blue and purple pieces are a very similar color so those are the trickiest ones for her.

Other developments: Shelby can say "hi" now and wave her hands. So cute. She has also figured out where the power button is on the TV and likes to turn it on and off. Not so cute when you are watching something you are interested in. She also knows now to pretend to drink out of her tea cups.

Here is the birdie we found in the backyard today. It looks like a bright yellow pet bird. Shelby went after it! She probably thought it was one of her beloved yellow duckies. Josh rescued the bird from under the canoe. We let it hang it in a cardboard box from one of Shelby's toys and eat some toast. We asked the neighbors if they lost a bird but haven't found the owners yet. Hopefully we will soon as I don't really want a pet bird. Josh went out this evening an bought a cage, food and bird toys--I don't like where this is going!

Smarty

So Shelby has really gotten into sorting and organizing toys. Here is a video of Shelby sorting her nesting cups in the correct order. I think this is pretty impressive!

Baby #2

Shelby, Josh and I went to our 20 week ultrasound to see how baby #2 was doing. Everything looked great. The baby is growing right on target. We also found out what everyone was waiting to hear and----

It's going to be a GIRL!!!

The battle of the names has begun!

Shelby's First Haircut

Shelby got her first harcut today. Her hair was getting pretty shaggy so we wanted to go get it cleaned up a little. Shelby did great. She sat like a big girl on a booster seat in the chair. She was a little wiggly because she doesn't like people touching her hair but she did great. Her hair looks so cute. Here are a couple of pictures.

Shelby sitting in the chair playing with a toy to distract her:

On the way home, just in her diaper. She didn't like the cape so she was pretty hairy by the end of the haircut.

I also got my first kiss from Shelby. She made the "mmm" sound like I do when I give her kisses and then put her mouth to mine. She forgot to close hers so it was a little slobbery! It was so cute. We were both giggling.