fall photo shoot from today
One of Bryanna's new words is up. Now that she has learned that word, it seems like that is all she says these days! I'm sitting at the computer, trying to get some work done, and all that I hear is up, up, up. She has been so needy lately and hardly plays by herself anymore - not sure what to do about this! Another one of her words is hot. It's kind of nice that she knows that word and also knows what it means because she stays away from something if you tell her it is hot - and then she will repeat "hot" and nod her head. She also says help (elp or ep) - she usually says this when she gets frustrated after trying to do something.
You can ask Bryanna anything and she nods her head yes or no. It's a fun game to play because even if she doesn't know what you are asking, she will try and answer it with a nod.
Saying hi to all the kids at the playground
Saying hi to all the kids at the playground
Her new favorite thing is to take her babies clothes off and then ask you to put them back on - a fun game at first...now we just need to teach her to put them back on! She tries so hard to put her own clothes on, she will mostly try and put everything around her head but she tries to put her pants, socks and shoes on too. I was doing the laundry a few weeks ago and looked over and she had a pair of my underwear and Scott's boxers around her neck (they were dirty clothes keep in mind!)...eeewwww!
blowing her nose
blowing babies nose
We had great weather for the Alzheimer's walk, and there were so many people there this year. They gave out flowers to every group who registered and for every $100 raised, you got 1 flower. The purple flowers were for people that have died of Alzheimer's and the yellow were for people who had a family member or friends with the disease. It was so sad how many purple flowers there were. There were a few speakers but one who stood out to me was a guy who is in the early stages. You would never know he had Alzheimer's by the way he spoke, it was very sad.
I've had a loooooong week (photographing kids from a school took a lot out of me!) So today was my day of rest and to hang out with Bryanna. But what do I do?! Instead of resting at home and playing with Bry, I decided to get her hair cut and run some errands...I don't know why it's so hard for me to just hang out and relax! Well, thank God for neighbors because I locked myself out on the way out the door! Bryanna and I spent the next hour and a half outside on a blanket playing with Sandy's 20yr old toys that she had when her granddaughter was young. Bryanna LOVED the kitchen toys, so I think we are going to have to get a kitchen set for her - who knows where we are going to put it! She really loves to "pretend play," especially with her babies. Today she was trying to put her sweater on her baby and then would rock it.
Loves her babies
I've been so busy this week with photo shoots, I had to leave Bryanna with my friend Beth and her daughter Elsie for a few hours. It was so hard leaving her - I've never left her with anyone before and I wondered how she would do. She was fine at first and then when Beth's husband came down the stairs, she started crying. I don't know why, but for some reason she is scared of men! She warmed up to him after a little bit and everything was all good - when I picked her up she didn't want to leave and told me bye bye.
I had to strap her into this baby chair during a cake smash photo shoot - I heard her in the back ground saying yummmmm mmmm yummm and I knew if she had the chance she would take over the photo shoot. She actually liked being in this rocker - I might have to get one of those to keep her contained!
still very cautious about walking, but we are getting closer!
newest sound for today...silly girl!
We are walking in the Alzheimer's walk tomorrow morning and I wanted to thank everyone so much for your donations. I feel like I'm doing something so good by doing this every year, and helping fight Alzheimer's. As many of you know, my grandmother has it and it's so heartbreaking to see. Every time I visit her, her state of mind and memory has worsened. I can remember even 5 years ago being able to have a conversation with her, and talk to her on the phone for an hour - things have changed so much and it's hard for her to understand one sentence now. This disease runs in my family and I pray so much that they find a cure. I feel that (and would like so hard to believe) that by raising some money (even though it's not that much) will help out. Every little bit counts, right? I love you grandma!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)