Anytime my hubbie or myself is chewing something or go into the kitchen, the four syllables I hear is "Whatchou eatin?" My little lady loves to eat...but she is very particular. Even things she normally like she will tell us that she doesn't like it just so she doesn't have to eat it! But hey...she is active and healthy and happy, so we will let her do pretty much whatever she wants :-)
The second time around I am much less afraid of giving my little man things. Especially since he is such a big boy and seems to be saying the same four syllables as his Sissy, except its with grunts or his eyes! He has had (already) scrambled eggs, biscuit, mashed potatoes, crackers, donuts, pasta, french fries and cake! I never, EVER would have done that with the Abster, but he was ready and so was I! He has great hand-eye coordination!
A little bit of what both kiddos are doing:
ABBY
-started 2yo class @ Frazer. She loves it! They do art, music, playtime and will have parties this year!
-partially potty-trained...we regressed a bit, but hey she is still young and doing good most of the time!
-Her favorites right now: PB&J sandwiches, applesauce, hummus, cottage cheese, sausage & bacon, pancakes, coffee-milk (mostly milk mixed with cool coffee) broccoli & chicken nuggets. She loves DORA, Calliou, Word World, still loves Mickey, but her favorite is Jake and the Neverland Pirates.
-She is going to bed around 9pm, and waking up round 7:30/8am. Still taking one nap on most days from about 2-4pm. If we don't get that nap in, we normally find her wiped out around 5 or 6 only to wake up around 7 and be the GRUMPIEST PERSON ON THE PLANET...unfortunately she gets this from me :-)
-TALKING< TALKING, Talking...which is good unless she repeats something less than favorable...mommy and daddy need to wash their mouths out :-) Her favorite things to say are : "chill out brother" (hears that one from me) "Thank you so much", "Yep", "How you doing? Abby Fine", "Daddy workin?", and my favorite, "I love you so much (insert name)"
ETHAN
-we are already in full swing of planning this little guys 1st birthday (did I really just say that? OMG!) time has flown but we are enjoying this little guy so much!
-now only eating a bottle only 3 times a day. One before breakfast, another 8 oz at noon/1 and our last one around 5 or 6.
- he is eating about 3.5 ounces of fruit or cereal for breakfast, and having about 4-6oz of veggie or pureed meat with veggie for lunch, then more cereal for dinner.
-he is on the move...boy is he! This little guy vanishes in a flash. His favorite place to go is his Sissy's room or wherever he isn't supposed to be. He is his fathers child. Any cord, electrical outlet, sharp object, etc...he finds and wants. Thank goodness Abs was more timid like me as a crawler.
-He LOVES his Sissy!! He wants to be wherever he is, and do whatever she is doing. She likes this most of the time!
-Loving his mommy and his daddy - unfortunately Daddy gets a horrible symphony everyday now is he doesn't pick both up fast enough! Ethan crawls and cries behind him...loves his stinky daddy :-)
All for now! Pictures to follow! Tootles!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Gone
Well my little guy is on the move. He started trying a few lunges forward here and there. Then outta nowhere he just took off. Now he comes to visit everywhere we go. His big sister is really starting to like her little brother and he just loves her. This morning we were having snuggy time in the bed and he tackled her. Pretty sure he is only getting beat by 3 or 4 pounds by now. Not a chubby baby, just a big boy and boy is he strong. I may have a reverse mullet hair style before the week is over. His fave thing to do is hold on to mommy by the back of her hair :-)
He is such a happy boy...he wasn't always this way. And I wouldn't be either if I had terrible excema and bad bad gas. Now he is on regular formula and taking 8 ounces 4 times a day. He eats cereal for breakfast, and has 4 oz of meat and veggie for lunch, then rice cereal mixed with fruit or just a fruit for his dinner. Goes to bed around 7pm and gets up to eat at 630am. Lately I have been trying to get up then or a little before to workout, so he sometimes goes back to sleep after the morning feeding. Still has 2 naps a day. Much better napper now (thank goodness) 1-2 hours a pop! YAY!! I can get so much done during this time! Thank you for being such a sweet boy, even though you really really really love your daddy now! I cannot believe you are already 8 months old and I am planning your 1st bday! You are truly a blessing "Ghee"! Mommy loves you!
Abby is doing great potty training, besides the poop incident of 2011. We basically started over this week. She wears a pull up 99% of the day. And tells me when she needs to go potty or goes by herself. The pull up is just precaution. We never had any really luck with "real" panties. But we will try them again next week. This is working for us...so it makes sense to me. She is totally my child, and I get frustrated with her sometimes only to have to remind myself....its not her fault. I am her mom afterall :-) But I love her flair for accessories of all types.
Our only issue right now is the lack of her baby gate that baricaded her in her room at night. She started climbing...after all she is her fathers child too. So instead of getting hurt we decided to take it down. Now we have a visitor almost every night but once. I think this is a phase of being able to get out...but we will see. It normally doesnt bother me because she snuggles up to her daddy leaving him all 1 foot of the bed on his side, but last night I got a nice kick to the face. What a fun way to wake up. After we handle this pacies and blankets will be the next to go. Wish us luck with it...will surely not be fun :-)
My sweet girl - you are silly, crazy, funny, loud, loving, caring, messy, "squishy", sticky, beautiful, smart and special! We were blessed the day you were born and cannot believe how time has flown. You say the darndest things and catch us off guard all the time. Thank you for putting up with me when I am frustrated...we are so alike that can me hard sometimes! I love you my little B!
On an ending note, My Grandma or Gigi as Abby calls her ending up having double bypass instead of single bypass. She was in the CICU for over a week. And thankfully is home now and doing good. She is a tough cookie and I know she will fight to get every last bit of her strength back. After all she has two little people who can't wait to love on their Gigi again :-) Get well Gigi! Behave and walk like your supposed too! We love you!
That's all for now! Planning on having a great weekend with friends celebrating my birthday and theirs. And a kiddo free one...they are going to one of their favorite places...Mimi & Pop Pops house!
He is such a happy boy...he wasn't always this way. And I wouldn't be either if I had terrible excema and bad bad gas. Now he is on regular formula and taking 8 ounces 4 times a day. He eats cereal for breakfast, and has 4 oz of meat and veggie for lunch, then rice cereal mixed with fruit or just a fruit for his dinner. Goes to bed around 7pm and gets up to eat at 630am. Lately I have been trying to get up then or a little before to workout, so he sometimes goes back to sleep after the morning feeding. Still has 2 naps a day. Much better napper now (thank goodness) 1-2 hours a pop! YAY!! I can get so much done during this time! Thank you for being such a sweet boy, even though you really really really love your daddy now! I cannot believe you are already 8 months old and I am planning your 1st bday! You are truly a blessing "Ghee"! Mommy loves you!
Abby is doing great potty training, besides the poop incident of 2011. We basically started over this week. She wears a pull up 99% of the day. And tells me when she needs to go potty or goes by herself. The pull up is just precaution. We never had any really luck with "real" panties. But we will try them again next week. This is working for us...so it makes sense to me. She is totally my child, and I get frustrated with her sometimes only to have to remind myself....its not her fault. I am her mom afterall :-) But I love her flair for accessories of all types.
Our only issue right now is the lack of her baby gate that baricaded her in her room at night. She started climbing...after all she is her fathers child too. So instead of getting hurt we decided to take it down. Now we have a visitor almost every night but once. I think this is a phase of being able to get out...but we will see. It normally doesnt bother me because she snuggles up to her daddy leaving him all 1 foot of the bed on his side, but last night I got a nice kick to the face. What a fun way to wake up. After we handle this pacies and blankets will be the next to go. Wish us luck with it...will surely not be fun :-)
My sweet girl - you are silly, crazy, funny, loud, loving, caring, messy, "squishy", sticky, beautiful, smart and special! We were blessed the day you were born and cannot believe how time has flown. You say the darndest things and catch us off guard all the time. Thank you for putting up with me when I am frustrated...we are so alike that can me hard sometimes! I love you my little B!
On an ending note, My Grandma or Gigi as Abby calls her ending up having double bypass instead of single bypass. She was in the CICU for over a week. And thankfully is home now and doing good. She is a tough cookie and I know she will fight to get every last bit of her strength back. After all she has two little people who can't wait to love on their Gigi again :-) Get well Gigi! Behave and walk like your supposed too! We love you!
That's all for now! Planning on having a great weekend with friends celebrating my birthday and theirs. And a kiddo free one...they are going to one of their favorite places...Mimi & Pop Pops house!
Tootles!
Taking pictures just got more complicated :-)
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