Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Isabel's 5th Birthday
In late March, the girls and I attended our friend Isabel's 5th birhtday party. It was a princess birthday party with no boys allowed. It was a hoot to see 7 little girls running around in princess dresses. Everyone had fun!
Friday, March 23, 2012
March 2012
As you can imagine (or know if you have kids) two will keep you busy. There's not much down time, but we are loving it all. Natalie continues to be such a great big sister and loves Laura. Laura in turn, loves Natalie. She watches her and Natalie has gotten the first laughs. Apparently, Laura thinks it's halarious to watch Natalie play with a ball and run around. So much fun!
Laura is growing and changing, as babies do, so quickly. She has rolled on her side a couple of times, and smiles ALL the time. She is a happy and easy baby. She loves bath time, and she continues to be a great sleeper - down between 7 & 8 and up between 8-9 for the day. She half the time sleeps through the night, and the other half wakes once just to nurse and goes right back to sleep. She still loves her swaddle sack, so we continue to bundle her up at night. We have tried a couple of times without, but she has not liked it at all. Occasionally, an arm will slip out, but she likes to be bundled up. :) This week (late March at about 3 1/2 months) we switched her to 6 month jammies. She is like Natalie was/is - long and lean. She likes her swing and play mat, and sucking on her hands and blankets. Laura is a front facing baby. She likes to be held facing outward and see everything that is going on. I feel so blessed to have two beautiful, wonderful, and healthy children. Praise God!
Work is work. I am glad to be back in some ways. I have a great group of people to work with, and a job that I enjoy - even though it was a crazy and hectic situation to come back to (I lost two associates while I was out). Nick is busy busy busy, too, but has made it a priority to only be gone 3 nights per week. He has also been getting up when I go to work, so he can come home when I come home. We have all loved this, and relished in the extra family time. It's just the simple things like sitting on our porch swing enjoying the evening, or watching Natalie ride her bike around the cul-de-sac.
Natalie is finishing up her last few weeks of ECEC. She will be starting preschool in the fall! I can hardly believe it. She is such a happy child and brings us so much joy. She is still really into princesses and all that is pink and purple. :) Lately, she has really been having a lot of fun kicking, throwing, and catching balls and playing with her little basketball goal.
We are enjoying the beautiful weather and our screened in porch as much as possible before the temps go up. This is the greatest time to be in FL! We hope after the Easter rush, to take a trip to the beach to relax, and introduce Laura to the sand and surf for the first time.
Other than that, we aren't really newsy. We hope you all are doing well!
Enjoy some pictures. :)
My favorite picture of the girls together so far:
Laura is growing and changing, as babies do, so quickly. She has rolled on her side a couple of times, and smiles ALL the time. She is a happy and easy baby. She loves bath time, and she continues to be a great sleeper - down between 7 & 8 and up between 8-9 for the day. She half the time sleeps through the night, and the other half wakes once just to nurse and goes right back to sleep. She still loves her swaddle sack, so we continue to bundle her up at night. We have tried a couple of times without, but she has not liked it at all. Occasionally, an arm will slip out, but she likes to be bundled up. :) This week (late March at about 3 1/2 months) we switched her to 6 month jammies. She is like Natalie was/is - long and lean. She likes her swing and play mat, and sucking on her hands and blankets. Laura is a front facing baby. She likes to be held facing outward and see everything that is going on. I feel so blessed to have two beautiful, wonderful, and healthy children. Praise God!
Work is work. I am glad to be back in some ways. I have a great group of people to work with, and a job that I enjoy - even though it was a crazy and hectic situation to come back to (I lost two associates while I was out). Nick is busy busy busy, too, but has made it a priority to only be gone 3 nights per week. He has also been getting up when I go to work, so he can come home when I come home. We have all loved this, and relished in the extra family time. It's just the simple things like sitting on our porch swing enjoying the evening, or watching Natalie ride her bike around the cul-de-sac.
Natalie is finishing up her last few weeks of ECEC. She will be starting preschool in the fall! I can hardly believe it. She is such a happy child and brings us so much joy. She is still really into princesses and all that is pink and purple. :) Lately, she has really been having a lot of fun kicking, throwing, and catching balls and playing with her little basketball goal.
We are enjoying the beautiful weather and our screened in porch as much as possible before the temps go up. This is the greatest time to be in FL! We hope after the Easter rush, to take a trip to the beach to relax, and introduce Laura to the sand and surf for the first time.
Other than that, we aren't really newsy. We hope you all are doing well!
Enjoy some pictures. :)
My favorite picture of the girls together so far:
February 2012
February was a happy and sad month. The girls were able to take a trip to Texas and see JeJe and Papa and Nee Nee, and meet the great grandparents. Then mom had to come home, turn 30, and go back to work. :( The trip to Texas was fantastic, and it was great to see everyone. Going back to work and turning 30 weren't as bad as I thought they'd be. :) Here are some pictures from our trip to South Texas.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
January 2012
We have had a month of ups and downs. After family leaves, it is always sad. Then, about a week after everyone left Laura went through about two weeks of fussiness. Where she would just cry and cry and there was nothing we could do to calm her. One of our friends who had a very colicy baby gave me a book that our peditritian reccomended to her called The Happiest Baby on the Block. It was great! We were able to learn some tricks that helped to sooth her. By week 7, we had turned a corner and she is now a dream baby. :) She continues to be a fantastic sleeper, and this past week, she started to go down at a regular time - between 7:30 and 8:30 most nights, and waking up for good about 12 hours from when she goes down. When she wakes at night, she just eats and goes right back to sleep! She is a very smilely baby compared to her older sister, so we have all been enjoying her sweet smiles. She also started to make some cooing and gooing sounds, too. The bad thing about having an older sister that attends school is that she is exposed to more germs. She is now on her second cold. Poor little thing. Just a cough and a runny nose. No fever, so we are thankful. On Monday, we take her for her two month appointment and she will get her first shots. :( Hopefully all will go well with those. I am anxious to see how much she has grown. I am guessing she is about 10.5 lbs by now. It's amazing how fast they grow. It has taken some adjustment getting used to two children. It's like when you have your first you can't hardly remember what your life was like before and what you did with all your time. We feel like that now. What did we do with just one? It was so easy! But we are enjoying our new little blessing and are curious to see what she will be like as she grows.
We are looking forward to a trip to Texas in early February. The girls are coming and we will get to see both sets of great grandparents and aunt Nee Nee, too in addition to Papa and JeJe. :) I will have mom's help coming, as she will be in town for Aunt Elaine (LaLa's) birthday party, but I'll need lots of prayers on the return flight when it's just me! I will have to change planes in Houston. No direct flights to Texico this time of year.
We met with our sitter Ms. Edie this week. She also took care of Natalie when she was a baby. We are so thankful she is able to take care of Laura, too! After this summer, she will have all girls. Her two boys will be moving on to another day care, as she will not keep anyone past age 2. I will be returning to work on February 21st. I did not want to return on my birthday, so I postponed it another day. I can't believe I'm 30 this year. Doesn't seem possible. I am ready to go back to work, but at the same time, I am not. Sure wish I could work like 4-6 hours a day and get paid the same. Nick said me and everyone else in america. Oh well, I will enjoy all the times I am with the girls and cherish them.
Wishing everyone a great 2012.
Nana's birthday
We had some wiring done on our porch so we could put up some ceiling fans. The electrician had an audience! :)
Laura Kate is growing and is a JOY!
Natalie is still loving being a big sister! (The oranges on our tree are ripe and juicy and sweet right now!)
Lilly (the cat) is very protective of Laura. She always lets us know when she's crying and we need to tend to her. :)
Oh Natalie. When she finally does get to sleep at night (9-10, the naps at school kill us at night) she is like a little angel.
Her favorite thing to do right now is ride her bike. I don't know how many miles she's already put on that thing!
We are looking forward to a trip to Texas in early February. The girls are coming and we will get to see both sets of great grandparents and aunt Nee Nee, too in addition to Papa and JeJe. :) I will have mom's help coming, as she will be in town for Aunt Elaine (LaLa's) birthday party, but I'll need lots of prayers on the return flight when it's just me! I will have to change planes in Houston. No direct flights to Texico this time of year.
We met with our sitter Ms. Edie this week. She also took care of Natalie when she was a baby. We are so thankful she is able to take care of Laura, too! After this summer, she will have all girls. Her two boys will be moving on to another day care, as she will not keep anyone past age 2. I will be returning to work on February 21st. I did not want to return on my birthday, so I postponed it another day. I can't believe I'm 30 this year. Doesn't seem possible. I am ready to go back to work, but at the same time, I am not. Sure wish I could work like 4-6 hours a day and get paid the same. Nick said me and everyone else in america. Oh well, I will enjoy all the times I am with the girls and cherish them.
Wishing everyone a great 2012.
Nana's birthday
We had some wiring done on our porch so we could put up some ceiling fans. The electrician had an audience! :)
Laura Kate is growing and is a JOY!
Natalie is still loving being a big sister! (The oranges on our tree are ripe and juicy and sweet right now!)
Lilly (the cat) is very protective of Laura. She always lets us know when she's crying and we need to tend to her. :)
Oh Natalie. When she finally does get to sleep at night (9-10, the naps at school kill us at night) she is like a little angel.
Her favorite thing to do right now is ride her bike. I don't know how many miles she's already put on that thing!
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