Wow there is a lot to update!
Last weekend, Peanut had her yearly gymnastics performance. She did such a great job! The difference from last years performance to this years is astounding. So much more confidence and a smile that was 1,000 watts from the moment she stepped into the building until the moment we walked back outside. She was on cloud 9 and she was so proud of herself. She was great with the dance, although at the end she was worried about not having enough room to do her forward roll so it took some coaxing to get her to do the element, but she did! The bars went fantastically, she did everything she was supposed to do and with a huge smile on her face. Beam was awesome, until she stepped off half way through the high beam. She got back up by herself like a big girl though and kept on going (even if the kick height did go down by about half :). Floor was great, we definitely need to work on the backward roll but she was so good and so proud. Trampoline was just right, my girl is definitely a jumper :). We were so proud of her and it was so nice to see her confidence shine through. Don't ever let anybody take that confidence away from you baby girl.
Bug had a reaction to his MMR vaccine from his one year old check up, so unfortunately he had a nasty rash over the gymnastics performance and a few days afterward. He was kind of grumpy but is on the mend now and his rash is almost all the way gone. He has also started to throw fits when he's mad or he doesn't get his way, which are insanely cute when isolated but they are becoming more frequent which is not okay. Gotta get over it, little man. You're not going to get your way all the time - sorry buddy!
Bug and Peanut have been playing together more which is incredible to see as a parent. The way they love each other and help each other melts my heart. Bug has also been giving kisses like crazy which is just amazing and makes me so very happy. I love those kisses from that sweet little boy.
Peanut just last weekend started drawing people for the first time and I adore them. They are heads with faces, arms and fingers, and legs with toes. Adorable. Also hilarious - her crab drawings. Those are heads with faces and arms with fingers just like the people drawings, only the crabs don't have legs or toes. Makes me giggle! Peanut and I have been working on letter sounds still and she's been really interested in how you spell words so we've been trying to sound out how you might spell out the words she wants to learn to spell. I love that she gets excited for those types of things.
Bug has been really into playing with the pots and pans lately and pulls them all out and bangs on them quite a bit. He also really enjoys playing in the ball pit we got him for his birthday and playing on the couch cushions when I pull them onto the floor. He has been really into "reading", too. He pulls books off of the bookshelf and looks through them then tries to put them back. So fun to watch him, I hope he continues to love to read!
I am trying to wean bug which is harder than I anticipated. We are down to one session a day now, and while he is doing okay with it my body is not regulating like I had hoped it would. We are going out of town in just a couple of days so hopefully my body will get it together like it should! I am running out of time!
Hubby and I are headed to Virginia Beach for our anniversary next week and I am so very excited for a getaway. I love our kids but I need a break from the constant talking and touching. I've been looking forward to a vacation for quite some time now - we are overdue! I'm really hoping that we can get back to an all inclusive here in the next few years, but with hopes to buy a house and the possibility of needed a new car anytime now I am not sure if that is going to happen. Fingers crossed!
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Bug at Age 1
Bug's first birthday party was today. I love that little guy, he is totally my buddy. Here are some fun facts about Bug at the age of one:
He babbles all of the time. He says uh-oh and got it. Usually when he says uh-oh it's because he threw something on the floor on purpose.
He is starting to walk. He is really steady on his feet but he isn't very brave about walking across the room just yet. Usually if you don't hold his hands he sits down and chooses to crawl instead.
He loves crawling up the stairs, but he's pretty good about waiting at the bottom of the stairs so you can follow him up.
Bug is really into taking objects out of a container and then putting them all back in. Over and over again, he gets frustrated when things don't fit like they are supposed to.
He loves cabinets and drawers and pulling everything out of them, but he also loves to hide new things in them. Often I look in my pan drawer and find spoons, snacks, etc. in there from him. Love my surprises. :)
He gets so excited to nurse first thing in the morning that he does this adorable giggle. I absolutely love it, it will be the hardest part about weaning for me.
He adores his big sister. She can make all sorts of funny noises and he just laughs and laughs. He also likes Grandpa M's zorbits.
He does this squinty eyed smile because he thinks you can't see him when he does it. It is absolutely adorable. So stinking cute!
Bug loves to eat. Anything and everything, pretty much. He inhales food, but he still is a little guy at around 30% for both height and weight (at least since the last drs appt).
He loves playing with socks and shoes. Almost instantly he pulls them off when we get in the car.
When anyone reaches to grab him away from me, he almost always "teases" them by turning away from them and into my arm. I love that he loves me, because I love him so much!
Lately he has been getting up in the middle of the night, and while his daddy wants to just let him cry in the crib, I can't because my favorite times are cuddling with him in bed while he gives me the cutest grins and coos and snuggles. We cuddled for something like four hours last night (the night before his birthday party) before I handed him off to his daddy for food and going back to bed because I couldn't get enough of his cuteness!
He babbles all of the time. He says uh-oh and got it. Usually when he says uh-oh it's because he threw something on the floor on purpose.
He is starting to walk. He is really steady on his feet but he isn't very brave about walking across the room just yet. Usually if you don't hold his hands he sits down and chooses to crawl instead.
He loves crawling up the stairs, but he's pretty good about waiting at the bottom of the stairs so you can follow him up.
Bug is really into taking objects out of a container and then putting them all back in. Over and over again, he gets frustrated when things don't fit like they are supposed to.
He loves cabinets and drawers and pulling everything out of them, but he also loves to hide new things in them. Often I look in my pan drawer and find spoons, snacks, etc. in there from him. Love my surprises. :)
He gets so excited to nurse first thing in the morning that he does this adorable giggle. I absolutely love it, it will be the hardest part about weaning for me.
He adores his big sister. She can make all sorts of funny noises and he just laughs and laughs. He also likes Grandpa M's zorbits.
He does this squinty eyed smile because he thinks you can't see him when he does it. It is absolutely adorable. So stinking cute!
Bug loves to eat. Anything and everything, pretty much. He inhales food, but he still is a little guy at around 30% for both height and weight (at least since the last drs appt).
He loves playing with socks and shoes. Almost instantly he pulls them off when we get in the car.
When anyone reaches to grab him away from me, he almost always "teases" them by turning away from them and into my arm. I love that he loves me, because I love him so much!
Lately he has been getting up in the middle of the night, and while his daddy wants to just let him cry in the crib, I can't because my favorite times are cuddling with him in bed while he gives me the cutest grins and coos and snuggles. We cuddled for something like four hours last night (the night before his birthday party) before I handed him off to his daddy for food and going back to bed because I couldn't get enough of his cuteness!
Monday, March 24, 2014
Measurements
Peanut has been really into the measuring tape lately, and today she decided to measure everything in our house. She holds the measuring tape up to all sorts of objects, real and imaginary, and tells me the measurement. She doesn't completely get it though, which is understandable since she's only three. Sometimes she tells me the correct form of measurement, such as "Elsa is 12 inches tall" or "the elephant is 5 centimeters tall" but more often she holds up the measuring tape and tells me something is 8 months old or 30 pounds. We're working on it :) but I love that she's interested in measurement all the same.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
So Much to Update
A lot has happened since I last updated - this post will probably get pretty long.
Peanut has been working on writing her letters and the letter sounds. We started that this past week. She knows A, B, and we introduced C but she isn't as strong on the "c" sound just yet. Writing the letters is pretty rough at this point for the letter B, and for the lowercase a and b, but practice makes perfect. She'll get there :). She is so excited about being able to attend school this fall that it's a good motivator.
Peanut is still doing two gymnastics classes for now, but that will likely change over the summer as we adjust our schedules. She has one with Miss Lina and one with Mr Adam. We also enrolled in the annual recital for this spring again. She did the recital last year after LoveBug was born and did a great job with it - I hope this year goes equally as well. In gymnastics she has become much more confident on the beam and on the forward flip over the bar. We're still working on the back flip on the bar, and we need to work more on listening now that her free will has kicked into high gear :).
She is doing great in swim lessons, too. She has put her face in the water a couple of times, but it takes a lot of coaxing and isn't something she does willingly yet. She's been going to practice with grandma often the last week or two.
Her favorite movie right now is Frozen, and she's watched it no less than 30 times already. She also likes a new show called Sheriff Callie. For the first couple of weeks she liked it she thought the name was Bashira and we weren't sure what she was asking to watch. Love those funny pronunciations for things! She's got it down now, though.
LoveBug is a mover. He is all over the place. Crawling everywhere, walking all around the furniture, pushing the walking toys around the house. He likes to throw anything out of the container that it's in: movies, toys, wet wipes, diapers. You name it, he spreads it around the house. He is also a biter. He chomps down on everything he can get his hands onto (as I type this I have two sets of teeth marks on my arm from two different bites at lunch today). At only 10 months, he isn't trying to be mean. I think maybe his mouth is hurting from teething but that's just a guess.
LoveBug is my buddy all the way. I love how his face lights up when he sees me. His favorite toys right now are water bottles (go figure with all the toys we have in our house, he'd pick a non-toy as his favorite) and he came up with his own word for bottle, Abba. He also says "gone" when he plays hide and seek with you. SO CUTE.
LoveBug is starting swim lessons this summer, and likely will start gymnastics class in the fall. We'll see how things go :) I'm so excited for this summer I think it will be a lot of fun with two mobile kids! Picnics, feeding the ducks, swimming trips, etc.
We took a family trip to visit Aunt Olivia and Uncle Adam in St. Louis at the beginning of March and that was a long ride but a lot of fun. Both kids were sick with nasty colds, which wasn't great, but our times together at their apartment and at the zoo and science center were nice and it was awesome to see Olivia and Adam.
My FIL had surgery just before we left for St. Louis - the surgery went well, but the recovery has been a bit rough. He's back in the hospital near us for now and isn't looking great just yet. Hopefully soon he'll be back in action.
Daddy got a promotion at work recently and has been working crazy hours lately. He pulled an over 24 hour shift two days ago and is still recovering from that - and still doing more work here and there. It's certainly been an adjustment for our family, but a good one!
Okay, I think that's all for now - I can always add more later if I remember :). Just don't want to forget these wonderful memories of our kids!
Peanut has been working on writing her letters and the letter sounds. We started that this past week. She knows A, B, and we introduced C but she isn't as strong on the "c" sound just yet. Writing the letters is pretty rough at this point for the letter B, and for the lowercase a and b, but practice makes perfect. She'll get there :). She is so excited about being able to attend school this fall that it's a good motivator.
Peanut is still doing two gymnastics classes for now, but that will likely change over the summer as we adjust our schedules. She has one with Miss Lina and one with Mr Adam. We also enrolled in the annual recital for this spring again. She did the recital last year after LoveBug was born and did a great job with it - I hope this year goes equally as well. In gymnastics she has become much more confident on the beam and on the forward flip over the bar. We're still working on the back flip on the bar, and we need to work more on listening now that her free will has kicked into high gear :).
She is doing great in swim lessons, too. She has put her face in the water a couple of times, but it takes a lot of coaxing and isn't something she does willingly yet. She's been going to practice with grandma often the last week or two.
Her favorite movie right now is Frozen, and she's watched it no less than 30 times already. She also likes a new show called Sheriff Callie. For the first couple of weeks she liked it she thought the name was Bashira and we weren't sure what she was asking to watch. Love those funny pronunciations for things! She's got it down now, though.
LoveBug is a mover. He is all over the place. Crawling everywhere, walking all around the furniture, pushing the walking toys around the house. He likes to throw anything out of the container that it's in: movies, toys, wet wipes, diapers. You name it, he spreads it around the house. He is also a biter. He chomps down on everything he can get his hands onto (as I type this I have two sets of teeth marks on my arm from two different bites at lunch today). At only 10 months, he isn't trying to be mean. I think maybe his mouth is hurting from teething but that's just a guess.
LoveBug is my buddy all the way. I love how his face lights up when he sees me. His favorite toys right now are water bottles (go figure with all the toys we have in our house, he'd pick a non-toy as his favorite) and he came up with his own word for bottle, Abba. He also says "gone" when he plays hide and seek with you. SO CUTE.
LoveBug is starting swim lessons this summer, and likely will start gymnastics class in the fall. We'll see how things go :) I'm so excited for this summer I think it will be a lot of fun with two mobile kids! Picnics, feeding the ducks, swimming trips, etc.
We took a family trip to visit Aunt Olivia and Uncle Adam in St. Louis at the beginning of March and that was a long ride but a lot of fun. Both kids were sick with nasty colds, which wasn't great, but our times together at their apartment and at the zoo and science center were nice and it was awesome to see Olivia and Adam.
My FIL had surgery just before we left for St. Louis - the surgery went well, but the recovery has been a bit rough. He's back in the hospital near us for now and isn't looking great just yet. Hopefully soon he'll be back in action.
Daddy got a promotion at work recently and has been working crazy hours lately. He pulled an over 24 hour shift two days ago and is still recovering from that - and still doing more work here and there. It's certainly been an adjustment for our family, but a good one!
Okay, I think that's all for now - I can always add more later if I remember :). Just don't want to forget these wonderful memories of our kids!
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Birthday Brain Dump
Ideas for Bug's First Birthday Party - so I won't forget
Invite: photo of him in his Halloween costume - "Come have a ROARing good time!"
Dino prints in sidewalk chalk on our sidewalks leading to the door
Birthday Banner
Cupcake cake in the shape of a dinosaur
Invite: photo of him in his Halloween costume - "Come have a ROARing good time!"
Dino prints in sidewalk chalk on our sidewalks leading to the door
Birthday Banner
Cupcake cake in the shape of a dinosaur
February 2014
Hard to believe we are already in February. Boy does time fly, especially with little ones underfoot. Here are some updates as to how the kiddos are doing:
Peanut is doing two gymnastics classes a week, one with Miss Lina and one with Mr. Adam. They are opposites in how they lead the class so having both classes each week has been really nice. Peanut is flipping over the bar by herself for the most part, only requiring a helpful one finger nudge to get her started in moving forward. She can hold herself up with strong arms now but she just doesn't want to make herself "fall" into the flip. She is also walking across the big beam with kicks, etc. on her own although she is still very tentative. On the trampoline she is working on a new trick - seat drop, doggy drop, forward roll. There is still quite a bit to be desired in her rope climbing and rock wall climbing skills though - ha! She pulls with her hands but her feet just dangle. She is working on completing a forward roll without using her hands to stand up - she's getting better but isn't quite there yet. Her donkey kicks and cartwheels are really starting to come along though. I am so impressed by her progress since we started at 18 months.
In swim lessons, Peanut just moved up to level one yesterday and she did a fantastic job. I was so impressed. She was tentative, but she did everything the teacher asked - except jump in - and some of the stuff was brand new. They used the Q-tip like floating objects to hold onto and kick both on belly and back and she did it, even though she was nervous. She's come really far since the start of lessons - from crying on the sidelines to actively participating and getting everything but her eyes and nose wet.
Outside of lessons, Peanut is really enjoying card games, board games, and her sing along songs dvd. She is really into the Disney princesses and loves the new movie Frozen - she's seen it twice in theaters. She loves to create her own dances and sing the princess songs. We are hoping to enroll her in dance class this fall when she starts Preschool. Can't believe we are almost ready to start school - she's growing too quickly.
Bug is getting so big. He is pulling to stand, walking around holding on to things, getting down nicely, crawling like crazy, and eating everything in sight. He's babbling with mama, dada, etc. but not actually using words yet. His teeth have been coming in sets - he started with the bottom two front teeth, then the next set was the top four middle teeth, and now the two outside middle teeth on the bottom are coming in. Poor guy. He is an explorer, wants to get into everything and anything, and he is also a yeller. He screeches when he's happy, sad, mad, angry...you name it, he yells. He is so sweet though, and he gives hugs, and snuggles, and high fives. So very cute. He adores his big sister and is a Mama's boy.
He has a heart murmur that they heard at his 9 month Drs appointment so we are waiting for the heart clinic to call us and schedule an appointment to make sure everything is okay. The Dr didn't seem too concerned about it so I'm trying to stay calm. She just wanted to make sure to check it out as a precaution. Hopefully everything is A-Ok and sorts itself out.
We are starting Bug in swim lessons this summer, so hopefully that will go well. I'm also considering starting Peanut in tennis lessons, but we'll do dance classes first. I want my kids to be active and involved in sports and other activities, but I don't want to wear them out from being in too much at once.
Hubby and I are planning our 5th anniversary vacation without kids, which is very much needed at this point. We are either doing a long weekend in New York City or a week long vacation to Hawaii with friends. It's all dependent on what our friends decide to do - the two trips are very different, but if it's just the two of us we want to keep costs down. We are hoping to do a big Disney trip with the two kids in 2015 which will be expensive, so saving money now is a plus but I can't say no to Hawaii if our friends decide to go :).
We also have a trip planned to visit Hubby's sister and brother-in-law at the beginning of March which will be nice. We haven't been out to see their place yet and we don't get to see them all that often any more so it will be nice to have a few days together. We aren't looking forward to the long drive, but we'll get over it :).
I think that's all for now - hopefully the next update won't be too far away!
Peanut is doing two gymnastics classes a week, one with Miss Lina and one with Mr. Adam. They are opposites in how they lead the class so having both classes each week has been really nice. Peanut is flipping over the bar by herself for the most part, only requiring a helpful one finger nudge to get her started in moving forward. She can hold herself up with strong arms now but she just doesn't want to make herself "fall" into the flip. She is also walking across the big beam with kicks, etc. on her own although she is still very tentative. On the trampoline she is working on a new trick - seat drop, doggy drop, forward roll. There is still quite a bit to be desired in her rope climbing and rock wall climbing skills though - ha! She pulls with her hands but her feet just dangle. She is working on completing a forward roll without using her hands to stand up - she's getting better but isn't quite there yet. Her donkey kicks and cartwheels are really starting to come along though. I am so impressed by her progress since we started at 18 months.
In swim lessons, Peanut just moved up to level one yesterday and she did a fantastic job. I was so impressed. She was tentative, but she did everything the teacher asked - except jump in - and some of the stuff was brand new. They used the Q-tip like floating objects to hold onto and kick both on belly and back and she did it, even though she was nervous. She's come really far since the start of lessons - from crying on the sidelines to actively participating and getting everything but her eyes and nose wet.
Outside of lessons, Peanut is really enjoying card games, board games, and her sing along songs dvd. She is really into the Disney princesses and loves the new movie Frozen - she's seen it twice in theaters. She loves to create her own dances and sing the princess songs. We are hoping to enroll her in dance class this fall when she starts Preschool. Can't believe we are almost ready to start school - she's growing too quickly.
Bug is getting so big. He is pulling to stand, walking around holding on to things, getting down nicely, crawling like crazy, and eating everything in sight. He's babbling with mama, dada, etc. but not actually using words yet. His teeth have been coming in sets - he started with the bottom two front teeth, then the next set was the top four middle teeth, and now the two outside middle teeth on the bottom are coming in. Poor guy. He is an explorer, wants to get into everything and anything, and he is also a yeller. He screeches when he's happy, sad, mad, angry...you name it, he yells. He is so sweet though, and he gives hugs, and snuggles, and high fives. So very cute. He adores his big sister and is a Mama's boy.
He has a heart murmur that they heard at his 9 month Drs appointment so we are waiting for the heart clinic to call us and schedule an appointment to make sure everything is okay. The Dr didn't seem too concerned about it so I'm trying to stay calm. She just wanted to make sure to check it out as a precaution. Hopefully everything is A-Ok and sorts itself out.
We are starting Bug in swim lessons this summer, so hopefully that will go well. I'm also considering starting Peanut in tennis lessons, but we'll do dance classes first. I want my kids to be active and involved in sports and other activities, but I don't want to wear them out from being in too much at once.
Hubby and I are planning our 5th anniversary vacation without kids, which is very much needed at this point. We are either doing a long weekend in New York City or a week long vacation to Hawaii with friends. It's all dependent on what our friends decide to do - the two trips are very different, but if it's just the two of us we want to keep costs down. We are hoping to do a big Disney trip with the two kids in 2015 which will be expensive, so saving money now is a plus but I can't say no to Hawaii if our friends decide to go :).
We also have a trip planned to visit Hubby's sister and brother-in-law at the beginning of March which will be nice. We haven't been out to see their place yet and we don't get to see them all that often any more so it will be nice to have a few days together. We aren't looking forward to the long drive, but we'll get over it :).
I think that's all for now - hopefully the next update won't be too far away!
Thursday, January 16, 2014
More Q&A with Peanut, age 3
- What do you like to dream about? Hm...I like to dream about toys.
- Who is your hero? Why? Mommy because I'm going to be a good listener
- How would you describe your family? Mom and Bug (she called him by name) and Daddy
- If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be? Huh...let me think...movies!
- What are you most proud of yourself for? Happy
- Who is the kindest person you know? Why? Mommy because of your glasses
- What do you like most about your best friend? You
- What is one thing you would like to learn to do well? Toys
- If you were an animal what one would you be and why? A horse because I'm not turning into a horse anymore.
- What is the scariest thing that happened this year? Nothing!
- If you could keep only one thing, out of everything you have, what would it be? Ipad
- What three words best describe you? Toys, Fun, Good LIstener
- What’s something that makes you angry? Grrrrr :)
She is loving these questions and answers sets - she keeps asking to do more.
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