Missing Pictures

The Streett family went to Iowa City over the July 4th to spend time with the Arnold/Green/Goebel/Stiles clan. I only have pictures from our flight to Iowa City. No one would want to see pictures from our return flight. My sweet daughter grew horns and a tipped tail. Also, there wouldn't have been any smiles on the faces of Daren or myself.

At the end of July we had Daren's family stay with us for the weekend and Daren's nephew stayed with us for the week to attend the UNC Baseball camp. Again, I didn't take any pictures and am at the mercy of Daren's SIL sister (Oops! Thanks for the call out Jamie)  for photographic proof they were here.

What I do have pictures of is Willa's bang trim. Since my child can't leave a hair bow in for more than five minutes...it was time to get hacked. All curls remained untouched.

 

Odds and Ends

How do people find time to blog with a toddler? It often crosses my mind but that is about it. The actual action doesn't take place. Here are some quick snapshots of what happened in the Streett household during June and the start of July.


We are working on getting Willa to eat more real foods. I think she enjoyed the ketchup and ranch more than the chicken nuggets.

This kid always wants to be outside! Sadly, the heat and humidity of North Carolina have descended upon us. We have to go outside in short bursts and make the most of our time.

Ice water is a favorite for Willa. Here is the little thief after stealing my drink and running to hide in the playroom.

This is the morning of Daren's 39th birthday. I think Willa added the hat as a special touch to dress up for Daddy. Sadly, that was day 6+ of my sinus congestion and cough. Thankfully we had friends who decided to help us celebrate the day because all I wanted to do was sleep.

 

 Birthday pie!

 

Our friends the Evans' are letting Willa borrow this awesome bike. She loves to peddle around the house. Well, she was all happy until she hit the carpet by the couch. Her face broke her fall. I snatched her up real quick expecting to see some crooked teeth. Thankfully all she suffered was a busted lip just before we flew to Iowa. 

Happy Doctors!

Willa had two appointments within a few days of each other and both doctors are super pleased with Willa's gains. First we saw the GI doctor at UNC. We have not been back to UNC since Willa's uneventful endoscopy. Willa weighed in at a whopping 21.2 pounds and is up to 32 inches in length. WE ARE ON THE GROWTH CHARTS!

GI is so pleased that we are making zero changes in meds and going to continue the same path. We are also going to attempt to stop the 1230am dream feed and see if not getting that nighttime bottle causes her appetite to spike during the day. I'm all for this plan because it means I can keep on sleeping.

We will continue to track Willa's caloric consumption and also need to keep trying to introduce her to "real" foods. I'm hopeful that making the transition to a daycare facility on August 4th will also assist with Willa eating the same foods as her peers. We will go back for another GI in September to give the doctors a status update since starting daycare.

We had Willa's 18 month appointment, only slightly delayed, less than a week after seeing GI. Dr Dunk was also very happy to see Willa's weight make a big jump. Also, Willa's developmental changes are obvious.  Willa babbles nonstop, but not that you can understand everything, is super inquisitive and always on the move. Willa also got her last round of shots until kindergarten. Her only routine shot will be the flu shot. I'm sure Willa would express her appreciation if she understood what I just typed.

Water Fun

My apologies if you have the "Motorboat" song in your head by the end of this video.

A Perfect Weekend

This was a pretty darn good weekend. Grandma Streett caught a ride down south and joined us on Thursday evening and stayed through the weekend. Friday was a pretty low key/normal day. Saturday was when the fun really started.

I joined six guys from the neighborhood in the Ninja 5k challenge. This was a fairly last minute decision for me but I'm so glad I tagged along because it was amazing. It was 3.1 miles of killer hills with 15 obstacles scattered throughout. I'm excited to see if there are any pictures of us on the course but I'm pretty disappointed that I couldn't handle the monkey bars.

For the most part we all hung together as a group with the bulk of us finishing just shy of 60 minutes. We would have had a much better time had we not had to stand and wait for 15 minutes to complete one of the obstacle of the four vertical walls. I was pretty much worthless once I got home. I was exhausted! My leisurely jog around the Cary Park Lake 1-2 times a week doesn't compare to the Ninja 5k.

Saturday afternoon was loaded with water fun. We filled up Willa's water table and also pulled out her splash pad for the first time. Willa wasn't quite so sure about the splash pad the first time I plopped her in the middle but she definitely got used to it as the afternoon progressed. I also enjoyed being a lady of leisure after my strenuous morning (hopefully a video will be posted shortly). Grandma Streett played lifeguard as she was stationed just outside the baby gates.

Grandma Streett had to hit the road early on Sunday morning to meet back up with her ride to Pennsylvania. We sure enjoyed your visit and can't wait to see the entire Streett clan in July.

Twenty Pounds!

That title is not a mistype. At 19 months old Willa has hit 20 pounds according to our home scale. I wish we had an idea of how tall she is but we don't have another doctors appointment  until the end of June. I hate the fact that the majority of what Willa eats is baby food but our doctors are very focused on Willa gaining weight and the baby food is definitely working. One new food for Willa is cheese puffs. Those things are straight calories. Only one problem with cheese puffs, I'm eating 3-4 puffs in the amount of time it takes Willa to eat 1. I don't need the extra calories.

Last weekend we hosted a cornhole tournament in the neighborhood. We had 24 teams sign up and the games started at 1pm on Sunday. Somehow, Willa must have sensed the impending chaos and decided to take an early nap. Willa went down at 1230pm and didn't MOVE until 330pm.  Her timing was impeccable. I was sure that Daren and I would dominate the tournement during Willa's nap because we could be 100% focused on the competition. So not the case because we went 0-2 and barely even made a showing. It was a great day with neighbors and friends even if we didn't win.

Hoop Star