This first picture if so Morgan's first piggies. I saw a picture of her from daycare with all her little friends where she had her "unicorn piggy" since that's where all her hair collected, and Adam was right. In a picture, she does look a little...silly. So the very next morning I tried her with two, and after a little fighting (she's just about to be a toddler...and it's showing), this is what we got! SO cute...and she came home from daycare with only one. It was hilarious. :) At least her hair's not in her eyes. I'd like to NOT cut bangs on her if I can help it. One less thing to keep up with. And growing them out is a pain. I may or may not know from experience, and until she can actually decide, I'll play hair-God. :)
(I'm jumping, I know) Today, I participated in the Quad Cities Marathon and did a leg of a 5-person relay - Team Stroller Strides. My leg was 4.8 miles long and I (unfortunately) trained almost nil for it. :( I meant to - really I did...but it just didn't happen. I figured though, if I could run the Bix (killer course) for 7 miles on a week's "training," that I could do 4.8 with minimal difficulty. I was pretty proud of how I did, as Adam guessed that I was about 45 minutes total for my time. I think it was more like 50-55 minutes, but either way that was my target time so I'm glad. FUN stuff!! I don't know why but I really like racing like that. I don't need to be super-racer or anything, but it's really fun. That's all. :)
I got a little excited and sprinted in...almost lost my team. Oops.
Team Stroller Strides (Denise, me, Jen, Brandy, Amy)
My runner-in-crime: Denise and I with our huge medals.
Morgan and I after the race. And then she ate almost my whole hot dog. :)So on to the title of this post...Booooooof. So a few days ago, we were looking at her books for the 11 millionth time, and we came across a picture of a cow in her baby animals book. As per usual, I asked her what a cow says. Before I could even think and say "moooo" myself, Morgan goes "booooooooof." I was a bit surprised, so I praised her and we kept looking at the book. We came across another cow and sure enough...it says booooooooof. Hilarious!! At the end of a different book, the animals in the book all look at the reader and say "It's quiet now, what do YOU say?" And today I read that line and Morgan, apparently, also says "booooof." Maybe that's what Iowa cows say? Add it to the word list. :)
Let's see, what else is going on in Morgan news. She's throwing things on the floor from her highchair. It's driving us almost insane as that is NOT acceptable behavior. Thank God for facebook to help me raise my kid ;-P but it was nice to be able to see what other people have done that's worked...we'll try some new things this week but apparently it's just a phase.
Signs to date: more, please, milk, all done.
Words to date: mama, dada, no, boof, and all the other ones I've listed...and she's starting to really imitate us often. She told Adam "thank you" (dee doo) after I told her to after he gave her something she wanted. She now signs "please" like a crazy person if we have something she wants. And she doesn't want to hear no as a response.
Thursday night, Morgan and I went for a run...but it was almost impossible b/c I was pushing what felt like a parachute into a 20+ mph wind so I ran as far as I could and then we turned and ran with the wind instead. Much better. We then went on the swing and she cried and cried when we were done (it was 5 minutes to bed time). You've never seen a child sign 'more' with more vigor...and ps. Don't park the lawnmower in front of the front window. You'll get lots of yelling, signing, and overall whining until she gets to go for a ride. :)
Ok, it's late and there's work in the morning. Saturday morning, it was 5:43am and I looked at the clock and was just about to get upset but asked Adam why on earth he had turned off my alarm...he told me it was Saturday. Best. Husband. Ever. I'm so lucky. G'night!
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