15 Month Check Up (A Month Late)

With traveling for work and the holidays, I slacked on scheduling Brianne's 15 month well baby check up. I was able to get her in Thursday, December 2, which means she is actually 16 months. Never too late for a check up, so to the doctors we went. Brianne didn't take a nap today, so she was already cranky (not a good way to start a doctor visit). She did good in the waiting room, but was not happy about being closed up in the exam room. She kept trying to get to the door and wanted to lay on the floor to look under the door. Poor thing, I think she knew what was coming.

Once the doctor arrived, she was very pleased that Brianne was walking, and seemed to be doing very well overall. She measured 33" tall and 24.5 lbs, which puts her in the 97th percentile for height and 75th percentile for weight. The doctor said Brianne looked very healthy, and then said it was time to get her next round of shots. She ended up getting 4 shots, 3 of which were the last round of her vaccines, and the 4th was a flu shot. Marty had the brilliant idea of showing her a movie on his phone (Transformers). Maybe not the best movie choice, but it distracted her long enough to give her 4 shots. Per the doctor, the 18 month check up should be shot free (thank goodness).

Here is Marty guarding the door so Brianne didn't get whacked in the face when the nurse came in. Yes, I know it is probably gross to let her crawl on the floor, but the alternative was ear splitting shrieking, so we let her run (we wiped her down really well when we got home).


We also forgot the diaper bag, so we had to get creative to keep her entertained. We had (clean) tongue depressor sticks, which she had fun drumming on the bench, floor, my leg, the doctor chair and cabinets, and (clean) tissues, which she stuffed in her shoes and took out of her shoes, repeatedly.

Toy Takeover

I love my house, but none of our furniture has ever fit right. And when we had Brianne and all her stuff moved in, things really didn't fit right. For example, we had a kitchen table that we had to push up against a counter to make room for a pack n' play.

In my perfect world, I would have a play room down stairs that all her stuff would go in, and we could shut the door when we were tired of looking at the toys. Unfortunately, we don't have a room with a door downstairs besides the bathroom, so when we recently decided to make Brianne her own play space, we had to get rid of some of our furniture to make room. We decided to convert the area between our living room and kitchen into Brianne's play area, so we broke down that kitchen table that didn't really fit anymore.

Everything is still out in the open, but at least all her toys are in one place where she can get at them, and not stuck in random corners all over the house. Brianne really loves her new space, and I'm not sure why it took us so long to do this!

Practice Santa

Last year around this time, the one thing we forgot to do was to take Brianne to see Santa. We were recently at a community event on Las Olas, and they happened to have Santa there to take pictures. We were totally unprepared - Brianne was not wearing a cute Christmas outfit, and the outfit she did have on had food all over it. Since there was no line (and no charge), I thought, what the hey, let's see what happens.

Brianne generally likes all people, including strangers, so I thought there would be no problem. I don't know if it was the heat or the crowd, or she just doesn't like jolly men in red suits, but Brianne was not amused by Santa. Oh well, at least it was just the dry run. Hopefully she'll feel more Christmas spirit when we see Santa next time.

Brianne and Santa - Take one.

Play Time at the Park

After a day of all out eating for Thanksgiving, we decided to spend the next day outdoors with a family bike ride to Weston to enjoy one of their many parks.

Brianne enjoyed the wind in her hair as she rode the swings.

After riding 5 miles, she was ready to stretch her legs and run around.

After running for awhile, we took a break to blow bubbles. Brianne wanted to get up close to see where bubbles come from.

She liked bubbles so much, she wanted to see what it would be like to be inside a bubble.

Attempting the monkey bars. She kind of looks like she's doing pull ups. I think Marty was secretly trying to get her to do some P90X.