I found some of the calendar pages I had been saving away for Buggy's infant stage. For some reason I haven't found all of them yet - hopefully I will - but I wanted to write these dates that I have down before I forgot them.
Aug, 2013: Disney Alaskan Cruise Vacation & Vacation to San Francisco, CA
Oct. 1, 2013: Buggy Pediatric Appt. @3:10
Oct. 16, 2013: Buggy First Tooth!
Oct. 23, 2013: Buggy Second Tooth!
Oct. 31, 2013: Buggy First Halloween!
Nov. 4, 2013: Buggy First Night in His Crib
Feb. 4, 2014: Buggy Waving and Giving High 5 for First Time
Feb. 25, 2014: Buggy Stood Up Unsupported for First Time
Mar. 6-9, 2014: Vacation to St. Louis
Mar. 11, 2014: Buggy Cardiologist Appt. for Heart Murmur - everything seems okay
April 6, 2014: Buggy's First Steps!
April 20, 2014: Buggy's First Easter
April 26, 2014: Buggy First Birthday Party
April 28, 2014: Buggy First Birthday
May 7, 2014: Buggy One Year Dr. Appt
May 22, 2014: Buggy Officially Weaned from Breast Feeding
May 23-30, 2014: Buggy's First Overnights away from Mommy & Daddy (stayed with Grandma and Grandpa M.)
June 9, 2014: Buggy First Swim Lesson
June 19, 2014: Buggy First Bowl of Cereal (dry) - So proud of himself for being a big boy
July 12, 2014: Our Family's First 5k Color Run
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Buggy's New Sounds
Buggy has had some new sounds lately, and I absolutely adore his cute little voice. "Wee wee wee" is said often which just melts my heart and sounds cuter than anything, especially when we're driving around a curve in the car or playing with him and the sound seems to fit the activity. He also says "da da da da da" a lot more than he was saying it and my mom swears he said "get up" when he was in the crib but I wasn't there so I'm not sure - Grandma may have just wanted to hear "get up" ha ha.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Preschool Readiness
Peanut heads off to her first day of 3 year old preschool on Tuesday. We met the teacher, Mrs. Melissa, on Monday and it went really well. Peanut checked out the room, we asked a few questions, and just generally got more comfortable with the concept of sending our baby off to begin her years of schooling. I can't believe she's old enough for preschool yet, but I know it's going to be great.
Tonight was back to school night for the entire school. We went and checked out the school again, met some of the kids who will be in her classroom, did a scavenger hunt to find things in the classrooms, and Peanut got some popcorn. She had a great time, but gave us the first inclination that she might not be thrilled to be dropped off on Tuesday. She kept saying how she didn't want us to leave when she went to school and that she will miss us. I hope she doesn't even think about it on Tuesday and has an awesome time with her new friends. I'm going to have a hard enough time dropping her off even if she is a rockstar, so it will be that much harder if she is having a rough time.
In preparation for preschool, we have been working on math - addition and subtraction verbal story problems. She is actually pretty good at answering them, and got quite a few correct in both addition and subtraction, but then she wanted to come up with her own problems for me to answer. The first one was hilarious, and went like this:
"If you have two balloons, and I give you a lot more, how many balloons will you have?"
Once I told her she needed to tell me how many a lot of balloons actually was she did better coming up with her own story problems, but I thought it was cute any way.
I am very excited for her to start school but my heart also hurts to think of dropping her off from 8 to 11:30 by herself twice a week. I can't believe my baby is so big already. Please stay little, Peanut, I'm not ready for you to grow up just yet.
Tonight was back to school night for the entire school. We went and checked out the school again, met some of the kids who will be in her classroom, did a scavenger hunt to find things in the classrooms, and Peanut got some popcorn. She had a great time, but gave us the first inclination that she might not be thrilled to be dropped off on Tuesday. She kept saying how she didn't want us to leave when she went to school and that she will miss us. I hope she doesn't even think about it on Tuesday and has an awesome time with her new friends. I'm going to have a hard enough time dropping her off even if she is a rockstar, so it will be that much harder if she is having a rough time.
In preparation for preschool, we have been working on math - addition and subtraction verbal story problems. She is actually pretty good at answering them, and got quite a few correct in both addition and subtraction, but then she wanted to come up with her own problems for me to answer. The first one was hilarious, and went like this:
"If you have two balloons, and I give you a lot more, how many balloons will you have?"
Once I told her she needed to tell me how many a lot of balloons actually was she did better coming up with her own story problems, but I thought it was cute any way.
I am very excited for her to start school but my heart also hurts to think of dropping her off from 8 to 11:30 by herself twice a week. I can't believe my baby is so big already. Please stay little, Peanut, I'm not ready for you to grow up just yet.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Summer is Ending.
It's hard to believe that in just two short weeks summer will be over and Peanut will be heading to her first year of preschool. My baby. She is certainly not a baby any longer, evident by her articulation, thought process, and accomplishments across several areas - education, gymnastics, swimming, etc. This transition is a hard one for me, much more so than it is for her. She is eagerly awaiting the first day of school, and I am looking forward to her growth as a young lady while also weeping for the days of her baby and toddler-hood. It's so hard to watch your babies get big, even though that is the goal as a parent.
It is difficult to imagine dropping her off for four hours on her first day; her first time away from the watch of family (she's never had a babysitter that wasn't related). I am sure she will have a wonderful time and enjoy meeting new friends and learning new things, but I am also pretty certain I will be crying after dropping her off because it's the beginning of an era of school. Years and years of drop-offs await us.
A week after Peanut starts pre-school she begins dance class. Her excitement for preschool is nothing compared to the enthusiasm she has for beginning dance. I hope she loves it just as much as she thinks she will. Almost daily I am entertained by dance recitals in my living room and I think she will be great with a little instruction since she has some pretty awesome instincts when it comes to dance already.
On the swimming front, Peanut is doing wonderfully with her freestyle but needs some work on the backstroke/back blast-off/back streamline stuff. Once she has that she will pass level two and move on to level three. She is already working on some of the skills needed for level three because she is capable of doing everything else on the level two sheet.
Bug has been great in swimming. He is kicking more, he attempts to jump from the side still (more like a bounce since he doesn't actually leave his feet), and he has no problem putting his head under the water. The only thing he really hasn't gotten down yet is blowing bubbles in the water - he can make the motion to blow bubbles in the air but once he puts his face in he opens his mouth to drink the water. Ha ha.
Peanut has been working incredibly hard in gymnastics. She practices a ton at home and has gotten really good at doing her left-handed cartwheel. She definitely prefers the left-handed version to the right-handed version, but unfortunately at gymnastics class they almost always do the right-handed version. She has become a pro at the backward roll over the past couple of weeks and is really coming into her own on the gymnastics front. I am so proud of her! The only problem is that she is testing limits lately, which has gotten her in trouble during class a couple of times. Little stinker.
Buggy can start gymnastics in November, which is exciting. I think he will like climbing on everything and causing chaos. We are becoming a very busy family very quickly! I like being busy but I hope we haven't bitten off more than we can chew so far. I guess we will soon see.
It is difficult to imagine dropping her off for four hours on her first day; her first time away from the watch of family (she's never had a babysitter that wasn't related). I am sure she will have a wonderful time and enjoy meeting new friends and learning new things, but I am also pretty certain I will be crying after dropping her off because it's the beginning of an era of school. Years and years of drop-offs await us.
A week after Peanut starts pre-school she begins dance class. Her excitement for preschool is nothing compared to the enthusiasm she has for beginning dance. I hope she loves it just as much as she thinks she will. Almost daily I am entertained by dance recitals in my living room and I think she will be great with a little instruction since she has some pretty awesome instincts when it comes to dance already.
On the swimming front, Peanut is doing wonderfully with her freestyle but needs some work on the backstroke/back blast-off/back streamline stuff. Once she has that she will pass level two and move on to level three. She is already working on some of the skills needed for level three because she is capable of doing everything else on the level two sheet.
Bug has been great in swimming. He is kicking more, he attempts to jump from the side still (more like a bounce since he doesn't actually leave his feet), and he has no problem putting his head under the water. The only thing he really hasn't gotten down yet is blowing bubbles in the water - he can make the motion to blow bubbles in the air but once he puts his face in he opens his mouth to drink the water. Ha ha.
Peanut has been working incredibly hard in gymnastics. She practices a ton at home and has gotten really good at doing her left-handed cartwheel. She definitely prefers the left-handed version to the right-handed version, but unfortunately at gymnastics class they almost always do the right-handed version. She has become a pro at the backward roll over the past couple of weeks and is really coming into her own on the gymnastics front. I am so proud of her! The only problem is that she is testing limits lately, which has gotten her in trouble during class a couple of times. Little stinker.
Buggy can start gymnastics in November, which is exciting. I think he will like climbing on everything and causing chaos. We are becoming a very busy family very quickly! I like being busy but I hope we haven't bitten off more than we can chew so far. I guess we will soon see.
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