Chatty AK

We walked down to the duck pond after supper with some bread. AK was determined to carry the bread all the way there by herself, which she did! She passed it back and forth from hand to hand a few times but was pretty proud of herself. She did a great job of tearing up the pieces of bread and throwing them out at the ducks, roosters, turtles, birds and iguanas. She had a ball naming all the animals, making their sounds and making their motions. She kept a running commentary of all she was seeing all the way to the duck pond and back - rock, moon, tree, so on and so forth. She also walked all the way there and back! Usually I have to carry her at least part of the way. She also ran over to a patched part of the road which was darker than the rest of the road, squatted down and jumped off of it onto the lighter part of the road. Too funny. We walked down the sidewalk as far as we could, it ends at a certain point. When we got there, AK said "uh oh" and looked at me as she wasn't sure where to walk next!

She had a decent supper tonight - she loves dipping green beans in sour cream. So that's about all she ate - plus a few bites of chicken - but no potatoes for this girl. We shared a few sweet potato and carrot chips before supper - AK's idea of sharing is taking a bite and then giving the rest to me. Yum.

AK has a new trick in the tub - she lays on her tummy and pushes herself off of the side with her feet. She thinks it's pretty neat!

AK got weighed at the Public Health office yesterday - 24.2 lbs. Still not quite 25 lbs! She did great with the booster shot but I noticed her arm is a bit red today still. It doesn't seem to hurt though. The nurse and I talked about AK's dry skin - I bought a new cream in the States that the pediatrician recommended and have started that. The nurse also recommended cutting out dairy so we will also give that a go. I picked up some soy milk today and AK downed it so that was a success. I also bought some rice milk and almond milk to try. The challenge will be replacing yogurt and cheese, and making sure AK gets enough calcium. I will do some research as I use up the dairy that I do have so that AK won't be short-changed on her requirements.

I had a great trip to NYC, will write about that one day soon. I'm attaching AK's favorite picture of my time there... she looked at this picture and said "ELMO!" and I said "and who else is in the picture?" and she just looked at me with a confused look on her face. I then said "there's Mommy" and she just said "ELMO" again. What a kid. xo