New (random) tooth

So, I notice last night that Paige has a random tooth (not quite as random as Amy's molar that was up :)) We were so focused on waiting for her other middle top tooth to come out that we had been ignoring another one. Another top tooth has come out but it is a second incisor, rather than the other top middle one. She has woken up a couple of nights this week looking for her soother, so I think she has some tooth pain, but during the day she has been generally normal. Up next: Middle incisor, I would say. Doesn't look like any other bottom teeth are coming at all.

Cutlery

Paige now refuses to be fed for the most part. She prefers to try to feed herself with a spoon, and most recently, a fork. Oh well, doesn't really matter to me except that it is a way bigger mess to clean up and it takes about 45 minutes longer.

We got library cards, Paige and I. They told me I should get her one now, something to do with cheaper late fees for children. I took out 1 book, and over the internet I was able to put holds on a couple more books. I am 55th in line for one new release and 17th for another. But, I'm thinking this will be good for the winter. If I can keep putting books on hold, they will call me when they are in, and then we will have to go in to get them. Double whammy...a trip out, and no money spent.

Paige gets hyper before bed...

oh, you're gonna laugh!

Bye bye summer!

Thus concludes our summer of vacations. The suitcase has returned to its permanent home of the basement rather than at-the-ready in the bedroom. We have only had 1 weekend at home this entire summer and will now officially not know what to do with ourselves until Christmas.

And what a nice weekend to go up North. It was by far the nicest weekend of the entire summer. Paige had a chance to go in a little baby pool and chase our local "Chippie" around. She had a fascination/fear of the chipmunk and would say "Chippie...CHIppie!" and call him, only to scream with fear when he came close to her. Then she would start it all over again even holding out peanuts to feed him.

I should also mention that despite all of the nice outdoor activities for Paige to do, her favourite thing by far, was to look at hunting magazines. Her personal favourite..."Hunting Regulations 2008". Strange?

She learned a new word this weekend. "UP" as in pick me up. This is her first command word (of many, I'm sure). I have never once attempted to get her to say up, but as I was changing her diaper she said "up" clearly. Then the rest of the weekend she continued to say up whenever she wanted to be picked up, to get out of her highchair etc. We were all impressed as she had just decided to say this all on her own. What's more impressive is she strung together a couple of words as well. "Up gamma" (grandma), and "mama shoes" (when she wanted her shoes on). Crazy smart I tell you.

an aside note...

I have been trying to cut down on buying a lot of "baby food". Instead, I try to feed Paige grown up food either by spoon or cut it into finger food sized pieces. She's getting a lot better at eating bigger pieces now that she has a top tooth. She can bite into pitas, crackers, tomato slices, etc. I notice that she isn't interested in purees anymore anyway. I gave her blueberries today as I was loading the laundry. She appeared to like them until I noticed that she was putting them in her mouth, sucking out the fruit and discarding the "shell" on her tray.

Also, I thought she might have chicken pox, but nope. Phew!

Carpet Lint

A reason to keep up with the vacuuming...

Occasionally Paige will decide to put carpet lint in her mouth. She knows she is not supposed to do this because as she does it she shakes her head and says no. If she gets a reaction from me she proceeds to repeatedly pick invisible lint off the carpet and frantically shove it in her mouth to see what I'll do. I have to ignore her, but it reminds me to vacuum the floor every few days....

A quick trip out west.....

We just got back from a fabulous time out west for Angie and Marty's wedding. The time flew by and the entire trip was fantastic. We took a million pictures, but I have just posted a few.

Here are Anj and Marty doing a non conventional (yet fantastic!) first dance to "Bringing Sexy Back"

Great Grandpa Turcsanyi with his 2 newest Great Grandaughters both born on July 9 (Paige's second cousin--Ciara)

Grandpa Jerry discovered a way to keep Paige quiet--a celery stick.

The Turcsanyi-Weir-Pugsley's!

Because the weather wasn't that great we decided against the zoo and opted to take a trip to the Royal Alberta Museum! As Paige can walk, she was able to wander around the museum and look at things that interested her...signs, dinosaurs, fake people, stuffed (real) animals. If she'd wander off too far we'd just carry her to the next place. She really likes to be stroller free unless we are walking quickly. The cutest moment was when she went inside a teepee and then popped out from underneath and yelled HI! On Wednesday night we went to the Barr's house for dinner. Paige loved their Golden Retriever Riley (even though he was 5 times her size and scared of her), and loved the backyard with the stream and pond and steep hill to (accidentally) roll down. They were nice enough to have us over right in between coming and going from vacations. Paige got to play with toys that Marilyn had saved from when Cameron, Lauren and Allison were kids--I remember a lot of these toys, like the strange magnet man...so that was pretty funny.
Paige with Great Grandma Turcsanyi

"The girls" went to the farmer's market while the boys went golfing. It was "easier" to install the car seat in Grandma Val's convertible with the roof down (they don't make these things like your average family vehicle...it practically took 45 mins to install the seat), so we put her in and took some pictures before putting the roof up for the ride.

Paige with Zaida Bruce

Paige and "Uncie Tys"


Grandma Val

We didn't actually get a very good picture, but Paige and Abby (Jen and James' dog) were inseperable. Paige continues to call for Abby several times a day which is heartbreaking. I can see why people get their toddler's dogs. She was in a fantastic mood the entire trip because she loved Abby so much (well, the rest of her Albertan family too). She learned how to feed Abby cookies and how to discipline her by saying "NO" if Abby was doing anything bad.

In addition to the word "Abby" she also learned "fishie", and "pretty" (jewellery).

She learned some new actions: tickle fingers--index fingers held up ready for tickling; and "Who's the biggest girl?"--and she raises her arm and says "I am" (but it sounds like "hi")

um..wow.

Yesterday Paige spazzed out completely. She was not having a good day as the skin over her top 2 teeth is stretched to the max and they are about to pop out any day now. It all started at Gymboree where she was just crying and whining and not wanting to participate in the circle time in the class. Normally she wanders off a bit, but will be ok if I have to reel 'er back in. Yesterday she had a huge meltdown in the middle of the circle in front of the whole class. Then (pushing my luck, I know) I decided to pick up a coffee on the way home from Second Cup. Going in the store was fine, but trying to leave?? I could not get her back in the car seat. She was too strong for me. She had her back arched, screaming her head off, and there was no way I could get her in there without stuffing her in there like some horrible person. If we had been in a hurry to go somewhere I guess that is what I would have had to do. Since we didn't have anywhere to go, we went back into Second Cup to have the coffee (and to keep her happy, a chocolate chip cookie). She eventually started crying in there too (well, pouty lip and little tiny cries compared to the car), and the lady that works there said, "I've never seen her cry her whole life!" Then on the way home she spazzed out as I tried to put her in the seat, but I was able to quickly stuff her in. She luckily fell asleep in the car and I was able to transfer her into her crib at home. So, not only were her teeth hurting, but she was super tired. The rest of the day she continued to cry and she got really sticky and sweaty and probably feverish. I hope these teeth come through soon, even though I love her 2 teeth smile.

On the weekend we went to the cottage for a nice visit with Aunt Robyn, Aunt Mary Jo, and cousin Evan. Our camera battery died in the car on the way up so we have no pictures.

Poor little thing doesn't know what's coming on Friday night when we get on a long 4 hour plane ride to Edmonton.

Oh--2 new words, or maybe 3.

wa wa=water (as opposed to waWA, which is flowers)
Uh oh=when she drops something, or sometimes is a preliminary uh oh, and then a drop. She says this a lot.

and "puh puh puh" (or something like it..not sure how to describe it) for Peek a boo

1 new game

Shape sorting! She is great with the circle, and she tries the other shapes but will usually give up if a shape doesn't fit in the first 2 holes that she tries.

Daddy?

Paige now understands when daddy is home and when he isn't home. She starts off the morning by looking for daddy. "DADDY!" in the computer room, "DADDY!" in the bathroom. If she knows he is not home, any noise that sounds like the garage door opening--thunder, airplane--she does this: *gasp*.. wide eyes...walk walk walk to the babygate looking into the foyer... "DADDY? DADDY?" After a minute or 2 she gives up, knowing he isn't home. He is working from home today so she won't leave him alone. (probably working from home since I told him that she constantly looks for him during the day)



Here is another new favourite activity:

Sick

Paige has a cold. Caught it from the two of us, who caught it from the cruise ship (inevitably--when 3000 people are pretty much confined to one place for a week). Now all 3 of us are sick.

Oh well....

Here are some new photos...

New words...

I forgot to mention before, but Paige has been using a new word for the last few weeks..."flowers". But she says "WA wa", or "wa WA". I guess you need top teeth to be able to make an "F" sound. She likes to say "wa wa" while she is in her stroller and we pass flowers, or while she is outside on our front steps. In fact, when we pulled up to our house for the first time as we were driving home from the airport last week, she said a loud "WA WA" as she saw the flowers on our front steps.

She also knows "Paige, where's your head?"-- she puts both hands on her head for this one. I'm trying to teach her other things too-- nose, mouth, etc.

She also seems to know puppy, since i asked her where the puppy was and she went and got her stuffed puppy.