I found a spaghetti noodle in Emily's neck yesterday. I was cleaning her up from dinner and there it was. I had to laugh and said out loud, Now why do you have a noodle in your neck? And she just giggled...it's making me giggle now thinking about it.
They are so freaking cute right now. I just love them both to pieces.
William: hates broccoli; is the most inquisitive little thing and determined and persistent, if he sees something he wants, he goes and gets it; hates being told No, or being " redirected;" is smaller than Emily still; is very fast; recognizes a bottle from a mile away and hates when he can't have it fast enough; is very smart; mimicks things now, he learned how to stick his tongue out last Friday at dinner, Jakie taught him; is my little Prince.
Emily: crawls, but is never in a huge hurry, she takes many breaks along the way; is more independent than I thought she would be, she will play by herself for long periods of time; seems to love books; doesn't mind things on her head, hats, bows or headbands, thank goodness; will eat just about anything and eats very well; still doesn't sleep thru the night; doesn't get into very much right now; loves to stand up and is much braver than her brother as far as letting go; bumps her head ALOT; is my sweet Princess.
Tomorrow will be their first Thanksgiving. Last year I had a big read bow around my belly and this year, I have 2 little twins to show off. They make me smile all the time.
Happy Wednesday and Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Hands are a clappin'
William has learned to clap! I have been waiting patiently for one of them to learn, we practice a lot, and William learned this weekend thanks to his Mimi and his Nana. He has also learned how to "click" his tongue and did it all weekend long. He is a good copy-cat and seems to be a fast learner. He is on the move and is what some might say " all boy." He gets into everything!!! He loves the trash and he loves the remote control. He is very resourceful and will leave no stone unturned to get what he wants. He is so funny.
Emily is a little slower learner than her big brother, but she is doing great nonetheless. Having 2 at one time is definitely showing me that no 2 kids are alike, and everyone does things in their own time. She is now crawling with her belly off the floor and is also pulling up and slowly walking around furniture. She talks a lot and still can be very moody at times. She goes from being extremely needy to very independent. She can play for long periods of time by herself, with one toy, until William strolls over and takes it away from her. Sometimes she'll find something else, and other times they fight and she gets it back. They do this a lot with pacifiers. Lol, I guess you can tell - I'm not a germophobe!
I have not been in the blogging mood lately, not sure why. I think about posts and then I never make them! Not much else has been going on, so I'll leave things like this for now! Happy Monday!
Emily is a little slower learner than her big brother, but she is doing great nonetheless. Having 2 at one time is definitely showing me that no 2 kids are alike, and everyone does things in their own time. She is now crawling with her belly off the floor and is also pulling up and slowly walking around furniture. She talks a lot and still can be very moody at times. She goes from being extremely needy to very independent. She can play for long periods of time by herself, with one toy, until William strolls over and takes it away from her. Sometimes she'll find something else, and other times they fight and she gets it back. They do this a lot with pacifiers. Lol, I guess you can tell - I'm not a germophobe!
I have not been in the blogging mood lately, not sure why. I think about posts and then I never make them! Not much else has been going on, so I'll leave things like this for now! Happy Monday!
Emily at the park
Family day at the park
At the Diabetes Walk
Also at the Diabetes Walk
William swinging for the first time, he loved it!
At the Diabetes Walk
Also at the Diabetes Walk
William swinging for the first time, he loved it!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Testing a new process
A friend suggested I use Windows Live Writer to blog with, so this is my first attempt. Here goes!!!! 
Alright, first picture was inserted fairly easily. I’ll try another one!
Alright, seems pretty easy. I’ll do my next real blog post with this thing and see how it works out! Thanks Stacia!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
RIP Sweet Trees
We had 2 trees cut down today and some limbs trimmed from another one. While I know it was best to cut them down, one was definitely dead, the other was on it's way out, it is still sad knowing that we had them cut down. When I drove up today and saw them missing...I felt a little depressed. Hopefully they are in a better place now and won't be miserable being in a yard where they didn't want to be. Yes, I can be silly about some things, I guess this is one of them...
Hopefully your Tuesday night has been grand!
Before
After
Before
P.S. I didn't know how to switch these around to where Before is actually before After, lol...Oh well, you get the drift!
Hopefully your Tuesday night has been grand!
Getting ready for bed, we tried to part her hair in the middle, lol, didn't go so well!
After
Before
After
Before
P.S. I didn't know how to switch these around to where Before is actually before After, lol...Oh well, you get the drift! Monday, October 26, 2009
Catch up
Here is a list:
1) William loves to kick his legs. Anytime you pick him up, he runs in the air. It's so funny. And he laughs and grins all the time. He is so cute.
2) He is pulling up everywhere and moves very quickly. He gets into everything!!!! I cant' believe that one day he was slowly moving around on the floor and now he's just up and up, all the time. Things change so quickly!
*PAUSE* Both babies just woke up crying, insert passys, pat backs, turn on glow seahorse, now I'm back!
3) Emily is not pulling up yet but she sure does want to. You can see the frustration on her face, and tries and just can't quite do it yet. I know her day is coming though, probably pretty soon.
4) She is starting to get an attitude about certain things, lol. If she has something she especially wants, and you take it away from her, like the LOTION and the DESITIN on the changing table, she gets verrrry upset and lets you know it. She also squeals and Billy has taken to calling her the little dinosaur. We called her that when she was a tiny baby, and now her squeal is back!
5) We are experimenting more and more with food and it's going well. I'm not nearly as stressed about it as I was at first.
6) We are trying desperately to get our little princess to sleep in her very own bed all night. Occasionally she does, most nights she does NOT and she ends up in our bed. It's funny how our king size bed can feel very small when a little baby body is in there too, surrounded by pillows for fear she will roll over in the bed. Yes, she can hold her head fine and turn over better than anyone I know, but I still worry about suffocation. Also, yes I know it's not a good idea to have a baby sleep in the bed with you, BUT - the princess is very particular about certain things, and sleeping is one of them!
7) I can't for Halloween!
8) I love my husband very much. In light of recent events, I just want to make it known that he is my very special person and I love him dearly.
I guess I'll end here for now. Just wanted to make a little post, I've been out of the habit lately.
Happy Monday!
What they do best - wrestle!
1890's Festival this weekend
Billy saved a turtle before we left for the festival
1) William loves to kick his legs. Anytime you pick him up, he runs in the air. It's so funny. And he laughs and grins all the time. He is so cute.
2) He is pulling up everywhere and moves very quickly. He gets into everything!!!! I cant' believe that one day he was slowly moving around on the floor and now he's just up and up, all the time. Things change so quickly!
*PAUSE* Both babies just woke up crying, insert passys, pat backs, turn on glow seahorse, now I'm back!
3) Emily is not pulling up yet but she sure does want to. You can see the frustration on her face, and tries and just can't quite do it yet. I know her day is coming though, probably pretty soon.
4) She is starting to get an attitude about certain things, lol. If she has something she especially wants, and you take it away from her, like the LOTION and the DESITIN on the changing table, she gets verrrry upset and lets you know it. She also squeals and Billy has taken to calling her the little dinosaur. We called her that when she was a tiny baby, and now her squeal is back!
5) We are experimenting more and more with food and it's going well. I'm not nearly as stressed about it as I was at first.
6) We are trying desperately to get our little princess to sleep in her very own bed all night. Occasionally she does, most nights she does NOT and she ends up in our bed. It's funny how our king size bed can feel very small when a little baby body is in there too, surrounded by pillows for fear she will roll over in the bed. Yes, she can hold her head fine and turn over better than anyone I know, but I still worry about suffocation. Also, yes I know it's not a good idea to have a baby sleep in the bed with you, BUT - the princess is very particular about certain things, and sleeping is one of them!
7) I can't for Halloween!
8) I love my husband very much. In light of recent events, I just want to make it known that he is my very special person and I love him dearly.
I guess I'll end here for now. Just wanted to make a little post, I've been out of the habit lately.
Happy Monday!
The basket of diapers....not what he should be in!
Trying to go to Spooktacular, but we didn't make it!
What they do best - wrestle!
1890's Festival this weekend
Billy saved a turtle before we left for the festival
Friday, October 9, 2009
Move over Van Gogh
There's a new painter in town!!! ME!!!!
Yes folks, I painted my very first painting yesterday and I am very pleased with how it turned out. I have been playing around with this idea for a very long time. Saying I wanted to paint a picture, looking for something to put in our living room FOREVER, and just thinking, I ought to paint my own. I casually mentioned it here and there, never thinking I'd ever sit down and really do it. I am very unartistic. I am not creative. I can't draw one lick.
BUT - my wonderful babysitter bought me a canvas for Mother's Day and said that we would paint one day. She paints. So last night, 5 months after I got my canvas, I painted my painting. Kristy helped me with the concept, told me what to do, how to make it look better, but I really painted it myself. It is my masterpiece. Hehe.
My babies are growing by leaps and bounds. Both are fascinated with standing up on their feet and they want to do it all the time, making Mama's arms very tired. William is very close to pulling up, and Kristy said he actually did get all the way up today. He still doesn't lift his belly off the floor, but he sure can move fast!
Emily loves being up, I think because she likes to see everything and be a part of all the action. She loves to stand up and immediately gigles when she does. She still doesn't scoot, she's definitely a roller, but there's nothing wrong with that, right? She sat up tonight for the first time, doing it herself I mean, from laying to sitting. I saw her do it. I guess it might NOT have been the first time, but it was the first time for me.
It's hard to believe in just 2 1/2 months they will be a year old! EEEEk! This time last year, my belly was getting bigger and bigger and we couldn't wait for the babies to be here. It's still strange to me how one day they're not here, and then the next they are! I love them more than anything though, and since we aren't nursing anymore, I find myself holding them a little longer at night. Kissing their foreheads, resting my head on theirs, squeezing them a little tighter before I lay them down. I know these moments are going quick, too quick. And I want to save them as long as I can. I'll pass on the screaming fits, I'll pass on the whines for no reason, lol...but those precious sleeping faces - it'll get you every time.
Happy Friday!
Yes folks, I painted my very first painting yesterday and I am very pleased with how it turned out. I have been playing around with this idea for a very long time. Saying I wanted to paint a picture, looking for something to put in our living room FOREVER, and just thinking, I ought to paint my own. I casually mentioned it here and there, never thinking I'd ever sit down and really do it. I am very unartistic. I am not creative. I can't draw one lick.
BUT - my wonderful babysitter bought me a canvas for Mother's Day and said that we would paint one day. She paints. So last night, 5 months after I got my canvas, I painted my painting. Kristy helped me with the concept, told me what to do, how to make it look better, but I really painted it myself. It is my masterpiece. Hehe.
My babies are growing by leaps and bounds. Both are fascinated with standing up on their feet and they want to do it all the time, making Mama's arms very tired. William is very close to pulling up, and Kristy said he actually did get all the way up today. He still doesn't lift his belly off the floor, but he sure can move fast!
Emily loves being up, I think because she likes to see everything and be a part of all the action. She loves to stand up and immediately gigles when she does. She still doesn't scoot, she's definitely a roller, but there's nothing wrong with that, right? She sat up tonight for the first time, doing it herself I mean, from laying to sitting. I saw her do it. I guess it might NOT have been the first time, but it was the first time for me.
It's hard to believe in just 2 1/2 months they will be a year old! EEEEk! This time last year, my belly was getting bigger and bigger and we couldn't wait for the babies to be here. It's still strange to me how one day they're not here, and then the next they are! I love them more than anything though, and since we aren't nursing anymore, I find myself holding them a little longer at night. Kissing their foreheads, resting my head on theirs, squeezing them a little tighter before I lay them down. I know these moments are going quick, too quick. And I want to save them as long as I can. I'll pass on the screaming fits, I'll pass on the whines for no reason, lol...but those precious sleeping faces - it'll get you every time.
Happy Friday!
Do you know what it is?!?!?!
Our handsome boy
Playing with their new toys
Just hangin out in the evening
Me and my most favorite babies
Playing with their new toys
Just hangin out in the evening
Me and my most favorite babies
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Table food and sippy cups
Since we have quit nursing, this last week has been interesting. I've had several crying spells, several days and then a couple of days of PANIC. WHAT AM I GOING TO FEED THESE 2 BABIES?!?!?!?! I have since calmed down a bit, but I tell ya, the beginning of the week was not good.
Anyway, they are now eating small pieces of bread, yogurt, oatmeal...they've tried mashed potatoes, fresh squash, peaches ( not babyfood peaches), penne pasta...cant' think of anything else. We also tried them with a sippy cup last night! William did a little better than Emily. Both put it right up to their mouths, but only on the 2nd try did William actually suck from it and get juice out.
At their 9-month check-up, their doctor reminded me that they WERE 6 weeks early, so they may not be doing 100% of the things that other babies are doing at 9 months, and eating may be one of those things. She said to do what was right for them, and try not to compare too much. While that is very hard, I am trying not to. I am trying to do what's good for us and what works, trying things as WE feel comfortable. So far, so good!
We took am impromptu trip to Fernandina Beach today. Billy loves taking surprise trips, he'll say, we're going somewhere, and I'll have no idea where. That is really hard for me because I always want to know exactly what we're going to do, when, where, why...and he just says " Get dressed." I fuss a bit, complain a little, bring up excuses, and he just takes everything in stride. Hehe, I love him for that. So anyway, we end up in Fernandina, the weather was beautiful and we had a great few hours. We just had lunch and walked around, but it was nice to be outside and just hang out together.
I guess that's it for now. Happy Saturday. Go JAGS tomorrow!!!
Yes, this is the very last bottle of breast milk, and I accidentally let it go bad!
My very good friends, the pump parts
Last but not least, my friend PUMP
Anyway, they are now eating small pieces of bread, yogurt, oatmeal...they've tried mashed potatoes, fresh squash, peaches ( not babyfood peaches), penne pasta...cant' think of anything else. We also tried them with a sippy cup last night! William did a little better than Emily. Both put it right up to their mouths, but only on the 2nd try did William actually suck from it and get juice out.
At their 9-month check-up, their doctor reminded me that they WERE 6 weeks early, so they may not be doing 100% of the things that other babies are doing at 9 months, and eating may be one of those things. She said to do what was right for them, and try not to compare too much. While that is very hard, I am trying not to. I am trying to do what's good for us and what works, trying things as WE feel comfortable. So far, so good!
We took am impromptu trip to Fernandina Beach today. Billy loves taking surprise trips, he'll say, we're going somewhere, and I'll have no idea where. That is really hard for me because I always want to know exactly what we're going to do, when, where, why...and he just says " Get dressed." I fuss a bit, complain a little, bring up excuses, and he just takes everything in stride. Hehe, I love him for that. So anyway, we end up in Fernandina, the weather was beautiful and we had a great few hours. We just had lunch and walked around, but it was nice to be outside and just hang out together.
I guess that's it for now. Happy Saturday. Go JAGS tomorrow!!!
Emily and her favorite person - Daddy!
William loves his Daddy too
Yes, this is the very last bottle of breast milk, and I accidentally let it go bad!
My very good friends, the pump parts
Last but not least, my friend PUMP
P.S. I post these pictures in fun, but weaning has not been easy, physically or emotionally. I thought there would be ramifications in both senses, but I tell ya - I was not expecting all of the tears that have fallen. And I have also not expected my boobs to hurt THIS BAD!!! For this long!!! I knew it would rough right at first, but I figured it would get better. And it did, but then 2 days ago, my pain came back BAD, and my breasts feel like they have several different HARD implants in them...lol, I'm sure this is way TMI, but it's my blog, so HAHA! :-)
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