Brewers On Deck

The Kraner Family headed to Brewers on Deck again this year. It is an event the brewers hold to get the fans excited for the upcoming season. They offer activities for kids and adults alike. They have autograph sessions (the main reason Josh likes going), photos with the brewers, grab bags full of bobbleheads, tickets, etc. Josh got down there at 6:30am even though the doors didn't open til 10!! It paid off, he got his Rickie Weeks autograph. Kaiya and mommy met him down there right around 10 and got right in thanks to the great position Josh had in line!!

Last year we got a picture with Jeff Suppan, this year the lines were WAY too long for pictures with any brewers so we skipped that. However, we did get our face painted! This was our first face painting - a simple heart. I wasn't sure how she was gonna do with it so we went easy, turns out she did GREAT, didn't move at all! So more complicated next time!

She also signed elephant for the first time today! The Kalahari had their mascot there, which is an elephant, so I said elephant and signed it and right after she did! And then when we saw him later she offered the sign without me having to show her first! I was shocked, and happy!

15 month checkup

We had our 15 month checkup today - still going strong! 21lb 14oz (50%), 30 1/2in (50%) - so we are a very average child!

She isn't talking much, just a couple words like BOB (Tiffany's cat), Mom, OP (stop at the dogs). I am a bit concerned however the doctor said not to worry. To continue reading, and showing her pictures and telling her animal sounds and singing alphabets in the car, etc.

I do have to say although she isn't talking, she understands A TON - you can ask her to do just about anything and she does - she just doesn't talk, but she DOES sign! She knows bird, bath, more, juice, milk, hi/bye. She seems to pick up on signs rather quickly - for instance, I have been trying to do juice with her for awhile and literally, just today I showed her milk and a juice box and asked her which she wanted - she pointed to the juice and I said can you say Juice - and she signed juice!! I was shocked and proud :) So we don't have verbal but we have sign! (now when I say we don't have verbal I just mean what we can understand, she talks a lot in her own language!)

More....

I can't tell you how long we have been working on sign language with Kaiya - since before we should have even been cause she had no clue what we were doing!! And I am SO happy that she seems to have finally grasped one of the signs - MORE There are different variations of more - supposed to be your fingers hitting together or fists together, Kaiya has made it one fist hitting the palm of the other hand.



She also is trying to feed herself...when I put the spoon by her SHE has to grab it and feed herself, she doesn't like us doing it! Little miss independent