Ruby has learned the meaning of 'outside' and she even requests going out. What she says sounds a little more like 'soutside' but we know exactly what she means.
It is where she can smell the roses (what's left of them after the summer at least!).
And it is where she can ride her 'beep beep' car. We ride down the driveway everyday to check the mail.
Friday night we went out to dinner in Southlake. They have a nice fountain near the restaurant and Ruby loves watching the water. I put her up on the ledge, holding her fingers and she walks around and around, close to the edge.
This weekend was our neighborhood's garage sale. I found Ruby a few things including a vanity, a lawn mower, several books, puzzles, a baby cradle, a tea set and some cute clothes!
Ever since Lauren/Noah's owl-themed birthday party Ruby has known how to say owl. Recently she learned that owls say hoot, hoot.
Last weekend we went to Addison Oktoberfest with Sakari and Annette.
Since the weather was a slight bit cooler this week we've started going for walks again. It was just way to hot in the summertime!
Awww, looking at a flower she found.
Now that Ruby goes to bed consistently around 7, Alex and I have more time to try out new recipes. Some recent ones we really enjoyed were...
other night we made Thai chili basil noodle stir fry (also called Drunken Noodles). It required quite a few
Ruby and I met Lori and Maddie at Grapefest. We went on a weekday so it was free and less crowded!
Ruby and I visited the fish at Cabela's. She gets so excited to watch them swim around in the tanks.
Since the pools are now closed for the season we went to the neighborhood spray park to cool down.
Ruby walked a good stretch on the way home.
I've been practicing sewing this week. I figured out how to make a short sleeve dress and was pleased with how it came out! The print is a beautiful multi-color hot air balloon pattern.
Last weekend we met Jess and her daughter, Avery, for brunch. It was nice to visit and see how much the babies have changed since we last met.
Near our house there is a large field with a row of 30 or so round hay bales. It is such a neat setting for some photos!
Ruby is the baldest 16 month old I know.
And, here is Ruby's hair in the sunlight...will she be a redhead or a strawberry blonde perhaps?
Ruby is now 16 months old and is really becoming her own little person now.
She can say lots of random words…probably the most significant of which is ‘NO!’ She is still learning the meaning of this word and sometimes says it for no particular reason. Other recent vocabulary additions include apple, tutu, truck, and owl. She knows how to make monkey and sheep sounds. When she hears a train she says choo choo. (Here’s what she was saying last month: Mama, Dadda, duck, (ba)nana, nigh(t) nigh(t), ball, book, bird, balloon, blueberry (said as 'buh buh' excitedly), belly button (sounds like buh buh buh as she points to her own and mine), bye-bye, baby, bow, wheel, (f)ish, sh(oe), peek (a) boo, meow, moo and ee-ii-ee-ii-o. Strange what they learn to say first!
She can point to her head, eyes, mouth, nose and ears when asked. And also is fascinated with bellybuttons.
She just recently learned how to use a fork (well, sort of).
She tries to put on her shoes.
She knows how to feed her babydolls a bottle and put them in their little beds. (And she also likes to throw them down her slide).
She can put a basketball in the hoop on her slide. (Daddy taught her this).
She loves necklaces, earrings and hair bows. (Her hair is just barely coming in. Today I noticed she has just enough to hold a hairbow clip. Hooray!)
She mimics things that Alex and I do such as blinking, putting ‘earrings’ on, and brushing teeth. She also will scrub her face with a washcloth or wipe.
Favorite foods lately include veggie burger patties, french toast, pasta, cheese, corn and blackberries. She is willing different things we give her including Hoisin chicken, as well as spinach and dill scrambled eggs. She recently devoured a baby back rib (on the bone) when we went out for BBQ.
She sleeps from 7 pm until 8 am most days. Naptime is usually around noon for about 2.5 hours.
We are having lots of fun with Ruby at this age (with the exception of the temper tantrums!)
We enjoyed some good BBQ with the Macnabs and Robersons. We also go to meet their friends, the Boysons who were visiting from Australia.
For Ruby, the highlight was eating a BBQ pork rib. She ate ALL the meat, all the way to the bone.
Ahhhh, BBQ. This is the food we missed when we were living in London.
At one of our recent playdates there was a really neat slide that all the kiddos loved. I researched them online and we decided to get one for Ruby. She has been climbing on everything lately, so I think it is perfect for helping her burn off all that toddler energy.
