Menum menum menum

When Clara meows, she says Menum menum menum. It is so funny. She was doing it pretty much all evening long starting when she was watching Monty eat the cheese that she had dropped on the floor during dinner. She was being a bit of a monster at dinner tonight, a whole lot of screaming, and to appease the beast, we fed her shredded cheese. She loves it. Though it usually causes her to get upset because she spreads it all around her tray and she is very unaware of how much cheese is on her tray because it is spread ALL around.

Did not know the scarecrow and the tin man felt that way about each other!

Yesterday, Clara was playing with her Wizard of Oz toy and I saw her making the scarecrow and the tin man kiss each other. She was even making her kissy noise! I saw Matt do that a few weeks ago and he said that was the only time he did it. I can't believe she remembered.

Today Clara got her first haircut! We went to the salon and everything. It is called Klips for Kids in Schaumburg and she did SO well. They took off about 3 inches. There was another kid there that was crying pretty bad. She seemed more concerned for him than what was going on with her so that sort of kept her distracted. The only time she seemed bothered was when they were cutting her bangs. They even curled her hair and put it up in a pony tail for us. She lost a lot of hair today!

Yes and No

The fun new thing with Clara is getting her to make choices. She says yes pretty often and says no whenever she means it. This evening, Matt and I got a good laugh when Clara was fussing in his lap during book time. She was climbing up his arm trying to get to a different book. Matt asked her if she wanted more books and she said Yes. When he asked her if she wanted to go to sleep. She said No. It sounds pretty simple but it is just a new step and so funny right now. Sometimes, when I ask her if she wants something to eat and she wants it, she shakes her head yes. When I ask her if she wants something she does not want, she just stares at me. Currently, I am taking THAT as a no!

15 month appointment

Clara:
Clara had her 15 month doctor check up yesterday. She is now 19 lbs and 1 ounce and 29 1/2 inches! I officially turned her car seat around the other day because her legs seemed to be getting too long and it seemed right for a change! She was not really sure what to think about it at first but the second car trip we went on (to the doctor's actually), she was really excited and started yelling in excitement. Glad she likes it! I need to figure out a way to see her in the rear-view mirror now. It is not as easy as looking in the mirror anymore.

Clara got three big shots yesterday. I don't know if it is because she is older now or I am doing shots all the time but I was really scared for her this time. Clara was so upset. I felt to sad and almost cried for her! She even started to cry again after I was putting her clothes on again. She must have been scared. She napped again in the afternoon so she must have felt something from those shots.

Baby:
Last night was the first night of many I am sure of many where I had to get up and pee! Though it does make testing for my ketones in the morning easier because I don't have to wait for the second pee to test. So far, it is either trace or negative. Actually the last couple of days have all been negative. When I talked to Dr. Heymann on Wednesday, he told me he wants me to start changing my insulin numbers myself to see how I do until Monday. So far it is OK, I still can't get the morniing numbers down and I have a feeling that might have something to do with stress. I am already doing three shots a day.

Horsey

Clara did something rather funny this afternoon. I was laying on the Pegasus (which Clara HATES) and she got pretty upset about it because she was cranky. She started to cry as she was standing near me and signed horsey a few times. It was so funny and pathetic, I had to let her have the horse even though her need to keep everyone off, EVEN ELMO, is ridiculous!

Where's the lion?

Matt taught Clara a new trick. When you ask here where the lion is, she growls really low and really quietly. It is HILARIOUS! It is such a cute little trick. She does it pretty consistenly too.

Clara's new favorite thing is playing this Fisher-Price game online that is called Animal Sounds. It shows two animals and makes a sound of one of the animals. You have to pick the right one. Clara learned how to sign elephant and fishy from this game. She LOVES it. The pain though is whenever she sees someone on the computer, she thinks it is animal sounds time.

bye bye bye bye bye bye bye

Yesterday when Heather and Preston left, Clara started to wave bye bye and walked around saying "Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye" over and over again while they were getting ready to leave. It was really sweet.

First Time Out

I gave Clara her first time out today. She was being a bit naughty, mostly because she was tired and we were keeping her up a little later to watch the Superbowl. I was laying on her horsey and she does not like it a lot of the time when people do that. She walked over to me, pulled a bunch of my hair and pulled it! I gasped when she did it because I was more surprised than anything that she did it. Where did she even get that idea?!?!? Anyway, she did it two more times and then walked over to the tent and was rolling on the walls and she knows that she is not alowed to do that. So I took one of the small green chairs that goes with the table and told her she was sitting in a time out. She is actually too small for the chair and can't get out of it. So I sat next to her to make sure she did not fall out. She was asking for help trying to get out (help help and arms up) and I said no, you are there for one minute. I doubt I even waited that long, picked her up, told her she needed to say sorry (which that part I am SURE she did not understand) but I think for a 14 month old, it went rather well.

On a more exciting note, I think Clara might have a brother or sister in the works. I took a test this morning and it was faintly positive within the time limit. I will take another test in two days but I am sure it is it. I am already late three days!