Playground Fanactic

Fiona has developed a strong fanaticism for playgrounds over the last two weeks.  We started taking her over to the playground across from our house, which has quickly blossomed into two to three playground visits a day.  Every time we leave the house or she gets a glimpse of the playground from the back door, she points and whines.  She has tried to charge across the road twice to get there (scary!).  Here is a compilation of Fiona and playground photos from Maryland to Pennsylvania.

15 Month Check-up and Cousin Love

Fiona had her 15 month check-up last week.  She is sticking to her curve.  31 inches long (59th percentile), 19 pounds 10 ounces (24th percentile), and head circumference of 18.5 inches (81st percentile).  She checked out just fine and was suitably distracted by the purple monkey on Dr. Argeson's stethoscope.  Fi wasn't as thrilled with the nurse who gave her two shots (maybe they could monkey on the needles too), but we managed.

Fiona had a fun-filled Saturday with not one but two parties to attend.  She had a blast at Claire's 3rd birthday party at the Elmwood Park Zoo.  It is a great sized zoo for kids her age, since she could walk a little on her own and explore, which she most definitely did.  It seemed like every time I put her down in the picnic pavilion, she would make her way towards the barn to see the sheep and goats.  She also enjoyed sitting with the other kids at the picnic table to eat lunch.  She was very social (I swear she is indeed Tim's and my child).  My favorite part of the party was watching her and Janie cruise around together.  We have some great pictures of them charging along one of the paths. I think these two may be terrific partners in crime.

Playing in the Dirt

Fiona loves to get dirty outside.  We are doing a lot of work around the house so there is tons of dirt for her to get into.  Today, she found a terrific stick to march around with.  She contently swung it around and poked at the dirt piles in her pretty white dress.  A couple weeks ago, she was hands and knees on the sidewalk as the sprinkler that was watering new grass seed drained over the brick.  Again in a lovely pale dress, she ran her hands in the crevasses of the brick, digging up as much mud as possible.  Oxiclean is an important part of our lives right now.