It has been a while since I have updated stuff on Pria and what we all have been up to. Summer is busy for anyone and we have been busy.
Where shall I start?...
Pria!
Pria has 5 teeth now. Not all the way, but they have all cut through at least.
She is clapping now and knows a couple signs for sign language. Awesome.
She will be walking by her 1st birthday for sure. Any day now she will figure it out.
Her hair is getting longer and thicker, and still lighter brown.
Her eyes are still blue.
She is very ticklish on her sides, feet and abs. At the right time she will give a hearty giggle.
She isn't saying many words yet, but we can understand her babbling noises and know what they mean.
I know she understands us and a lot of specific words like kitty cat, puppy dog, birdie, horsey, daddy and mommy, eat/food, all done, and up. I am sure she knows more, but those are the ones she is very attentive to and perks up even when those things are not around.
Chickens!
We got chickens this month. 5 of them. All different colors/kinds. We named them after celebrities. "Goldie Hawn" (orange/golden one), "Beyonce" (she has a big booty), "Reba" (our red one), "Whoopi" (black with attitude), and "Phoebe" (a crazy white spazzy one lol). They are in a 10x12 coop in our backyard that Dustin put together and we love watching and sitting by them during the day. They are still pullets (younger) so they won't be laying eggs yet but they should in a couple months, which is mostly why we got them. I also like to have them as pets and for Pria to enjoy watching and she does. When we hold a chicken she likes to pet their faces and poke their eyes. We try to be careful that they don't poke her back with their beak though.
Hawaii!
I will post the best pictures later from Hawaii. For now you can look at them on my facebook if you would like. https://www.facebook.com/alyssa.groff1/media_set?set=a.10152174453938242.670803241&type=3
We had a lot of fun in Oahu, Hawaii with my family and bff Sierra LaDow (she always comes on our family vacations). We were only there for 5 days but I feel that was actually the perfect amount of time for Pria. On the 5th day I was exhausted from taking on a new routine for Pria. We were ready to be home. Pria likes her regular routine.
But she had a blast on the beach! Running her hands in the sand, crawling as fast as she can around the beach, splashing in the water (the calmer water because the waves scared her), and poking the holes that crabs made in the sand.
Every morning we tried watching the sunrise on the beach (2 of them we were too tired to go) since Pria woke up early that week. But after an hour of playing, the saltwater and sand all over her made her tired and a bit fussy. I would too. Salt water makes you all sticky.
I think her favorite though was cruising around the condo we were staying in. She entertained herself for hours crawling around that place. New places always keep her interested/distracted/entertained/busy. It also kept everyone else entertained watching her while we relaxed haha.
We rented a nice new green Ford Explorer (car we have been looking at for a while so it was nice to test out). And drove around North Shore where we were staying quite a bit to shop, play at the beaches, and watch my dad kiteboard.
We celebrated my moms birthday while we were out there and went out to eat at a nice restaurant called "Ola" where you dine right on the beach. It was pretty awesome.
Dustin was able to visit one of his old roomates, Thomas, that lives there on the island. We also visited my dads cousin, Sabrina who also lives there. She and my mom love to laugh together.
We all got a little sunburnt. It was very warm and humid that week. I was very careful with Pria. Lots of 50spf on her. She got the most sun on the bottoms of her feet (the one area I forgot) and a teensy bit on her nose.
It was a really fun week and we are so grateful my dad got the rental house for us to all stay in!!! Thanks dad!
Food
Back to Pria. She is eating so many more foods now that it is getting expensive and very time consuming... And of course I get the healthiest stuff that is fresh so I have to prepare it before it goes bad and use it before it goes bad. I have to mash stuff and cook everything and Pria doesn't understand that things have to cook so she gets impatient. It is a lot of work.
It is a full time job. If moms got paid for what they do, we would all be very rich. But for now, I get paid with better things instead of money, like Pria love, giggles, smiles, snuggles, her new discoveries, excitement and taking life in like we all should more often...
