One of the things I love most about having a child and being a mom is there is NEVER a dull moment in our house. Between Chad and Afton someone is always making me laugh.
Chad has recently taken to calling Afton our little Pterodactyl. Mainly because of the screeching sound she makes whenever she's mad or unhappy about something.
So I can't help but laugh when Afton is mad about something because this nickname immediately pops into my head and makes her screeching rather.... cute. Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration. More like endearing.
The other day Afton was in her high chair making her Pterodactyl noises so Chad was trying to make her laugh instead. So he takes Oliver's rope toy and starts hitting it really hard on our ottoman. Afton thought this was hilarious for some reason. So Chad did it again and again and again and Afton laughed again and again and again. I think you get the picture, no?
The best funny moment in our house by far though happened yesterday. Afton was making mysterious trips back and forth from the living room to the kitchen. I thought Chad was in the kitchen so I wasn't too worried, until I saw Chad coming down from upstairs. Then I realized Afton had a piece of dog food in her hand (dog food is the girls best friend). I was about to take it away and shut the baby gate into the kitchen but before I could Afton marched over to Oliver and feeds him the dog food. She then continues to do this over and over again. Oliver of course is in heaven. You mean I don't even have to leave the couch anymore to eat? Heaven help us before he looks like a fat wiener dog. I think we laughed for a good five minutes straight while she "fed" Oliver. Don't ask me how she got the idea. She's just smart I guess.
Another funny Afton moment: I left a box of thread on the floor which Afton found, of course. She picked it up and dropped it, of course. Spilling it everywhere, of course.
She knew she did something bad because she looked at me and then at the thread. Then she proceeded to pick them up and shove them haphazardly back into the box, very hurriedly might I add for a 15 month old. Then she looked at me like, "Mom, don't worry, I got this." But not before she had time to stuff a thread in her mouth. 
Everything goes in her mouth. Sometimes I am just amazed at how smart and funny she is.
Don't even get me started on her "crinkly nose face."
I can't say no to that face. CAN'T.
I've been teaching Afton to wave at people that say she is cute in the stores or just when someone is saying hi. She is catching on quickly. Not only is she waving at the people I tell her to, but also the people I'm NOT telling her to such as the weirdo in the Dollar Tree Store and the complete stranger outside of the grocery store. I think we need to work on the whole waving at stranger's thing.
Afton is definitely watching and listening to EVERYTHING Chad and I do and say the last few weeks. Some examples:
1) I was blow drying my hair and Afton was playing in her room. I go in to check on her and she is taking her CLEAN clothes out of her drawer and putting them in her dirty clothes hamper. She sees me pick up her room of dirty clothes every day and do this, so she was trying to help fill the basket up I guess :-) I put them back and tried to explain not to do that. I go back to blow drying my hair and a few minutes later look in on her again. This time she is taking the DIRTY clothes out of her hamper and putting them back in her drawers. In her defense, I did that very same thine(only with the clean clothes) just minutes earlier. So she was just copying me. I am continually amazed at how she watches and learns.
She also is starting to copy me and say more words every day. I have gotten her to say "More" and "Dog" so far. She also knows that "Night Night" means to lay your head down and sleep. So whenever I say that, no matter where or what she's doing, she lays her head down like she's sleeping. She also grabs her diaper know when she goes to the bathroom or whenever I ask her if she has "Poo Pooed." She knows that word well.
She also is starting to copy our facial expressions, funny noises, etc.
I was playing peek-a-boo with her the other day with a pillow. Before long she was picking up the pillow and doing it to me. Her version was just putting the pillow in front of her face then dropping it and giving me an excited/scared/funny expression. I guess that's what my peek-a-boo face looks like.
My favorite thing that she does lately though is exclaim "da da" whenever we pick Chad up from work. Melts my heart.
She really is a Silly Billy. Just like her mom and dad. A perfect mix.
Chad has recently taken to calling Afton our little Pterodactyl. Mainly because of the screeching sound she makes whenever she's mad or unhappy about something.
So I can't help but laugh when Afton is mad about something because this nickname immediately pops into my head and makes her screeching rather.... cute. Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration. More like endearing.
The other day Afton was in her high chair making her Pterodactyl noises so Chad was trying to make her laugh instead. So he takes Oliver's rope toy and starts hitting it really hard on our ottoman. Afton thought this was hilarious for some reason. So Chad did it again and again and again and Afton laughed again and again and again. I think you get the picture, no?
The best funny moment in our house by far though happened yesterday. Afton was making mysterious trips back and forth from the living room to the kitchen. I thought Chad was in the kitchen so I wasn't too worried, until I saw Chad coming down from upstairs. Then I realized Afton had a piece of dog food in her hand (dog food is the girls best friend). I was about to take it away and shut the baby gate into the kitchen but before I could Afton marched over to Oliver and feeds him the dog food. She then continues to do this over and over again. Oliver of course is in heaven. You mean I don't even have to leave the couch anymore to eat? Heaven help us before he looks like a fat wiener dog. I think we laughed for a good five minutes straight while she "fed" Oliver. Don't ask me how she got the idea. She's just smart I guess.
Another funny Afton moment: I left a box of thread on the floor which Afton found, of course. She picked it up and dropped it, of course. Spilling it everywhere, of course.
She knew she did something bad because she looked at me and then at the thread. Then she proceeded to pick them up and shove them haphazardly back into the box, very hurriedly might I add for a 15 month old. Then she looked at me like, "Mom, don't worry, I got this." But not before she had time to stuff a thread in her mouth. 
Everything goes in her mouth. Sometimes I am just amazed at how smart and funny she is.Don't even get me started on her "crinkly nose face."
I can't say no to that face. CAN'T.I've been teaching Afton to wave at people that say she is cute in the stores or just when someone is saying hi. She is catching on quickly. Not only is she waving at the people I tell her to, but also the people I'm NOT telling her to such as the weirdo in the Dollar Tree Store and the complete stranger outside of the grocery store. I think we need to work on the whole waving at stranger's thing.
Afton is definitely watching and listening to EVERYTHING Chad and I do and say the last few weeks. Some examples:
1) I was blow drying my hair and Afton was playing in her room. I go in to check on her and she is taking her CLEAN clothes out of her drawer and putting them in her dirty clothes hamper. She sees me pick up her room of dirty clothes every day and do this, so she was trying to help fill the basket up I guess :-) I put them back and tried to explain not to do that. I go back to blow drying my hair and a few minutes later look in on her again. This time she is taking the DIRTY clothes out of her hamper and putting them back in her drawers. In her defense, I did that very same thine(only with the clean clothes) just minutes earlier. So she was just copying me. I am continually amazed at how she watches and learns.
She also is starting to copy me and say more words every day. I have gotten her to say "More" and "Dog" so far. She also knows that "Night Night" means to lay your head down and sleep. So whenever I say that, no matter where or what she's doing, she lays her head down like she's sleeping. She also grabs her diaper know when she goes to the bathroom or whenever I ask her if she has "Poo Pooed." She knows that word well.
She also is starting to copy our facial expressions, funny noises, etc.
I was playing peek-a-boo with her the other day with a pillow. Before long she was picking up the pillow and doing it to me. Her version was just putting the pillow in front of her face then dropping it and giving me an excited/scared/funny expression. I guess that's what my peek-a-boo face looks like.
My favorite thing that she does lately though is exclaim "da da" whenever we pick Chad up from work. Melts my heart.
She really is a Silly Billy. Just like her mom and dad. A perfect mix.
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