Ugh, time seriously passes WAY too quickly. I'm behind this month and playing catch up, trying to remember the things about these sweet girls that have grown or changed, or things they love during this stage of their lives. I know I have said it before, but they really are growing up so fast! I feel like I blink and they have grown and changed. Madison is 8 Months old now and enjoying eating baby food. She gags almost every time she tries to eat baby puffs or yogurt puffs, but still eats them. She still doesn't have any teeth. I love her little gummy smile. She's getting better at rolling over and sitting up by herself. She loves Brooklynn so much, and Brooklynn loves her. I love watching them interact. A lot of times, right after dinner, before getting in the tub, they will be so giggly and hyper. I think they are just tired, but during this time they really make each other laugh. Madison thinks anything Brooklynn does is funny, and I just love watching them together. Brooklynn will tickle Madison's tummy, or rub her head on Madison's belly, and plays peek-a-boo with her. She's such a good big sister. She also plays this game where she says "I see you back there!" in this baby voice to Madison, and Madison just cracks up. Madison also thinks it's hilarious when Brooklynn jumps on the bed and then falls on her booty. Sometimes I find myself just watching them and laughing to myself.
Brooklynn is super helpful and is so funny. When I ask her if she'll run grab me a diaper, or wipes, or whatever, she says "Sure!" and runs to get whatever I need. She helps unload the dishwasher, and is constantly saying "I help, I help!" She loves to put ice in everyone's cups before dinner, and will say "my turn" when I sweep or dust mop. She loves to help dump the ajax in the potty when I clean the bathrooms, and she loves to unbutton Madison's pajamas in the morning, and then I will change her diaper and get her ready. They usually wake up around 7 or 7:30 and they get dressed, eat breakfast, and then depending on the day, we either go to the gym, or they watch Mickey Mouse while I work out at home. They both love going to the gym care. Neither of them have ever cried when I have left them, and that has made it really easy for me to go so frequently.
They both LOVE being in the water, whether it's the splash pad, the pool, or the bath tub. I'm so glad they love it, because that is how we survive the hot summers here in Texas.
Monday, September 14, 2015
Brooklynn is 27 Months and Madison is 7 Months
As much as I don't want them to grow up, it is really fun to watch our sweet girls grow and change and learn new things. This month Brooklynn has gotten a lot better at learning her colors. I frequently ask her "what color is this?" Or "What color is that?" and I'll pull out m&ms a few times a week and she has to tell me what color they are to get to eat them. If she gets it wrong, I get to eat it=). She is also learning how to count with her fingers. I started singing songs like "5 Little Speckled Frogs" "5 Little Ducks Went Out To Play" and "5 Little Monkeys" and she gets so excited when we sing these songs. I'll hold my fingers up and count down as I sing, and she'll look at my fingers, and try to do the same with hers and say "Mommy! See me?!" She gets so excited when she does it. She has started saying "Thanks!" a lot, and "Sure?!" or "Sure!". I noticed that I say that to her a lot, and apparently she has picked it up. She is obsessed with mints and has to eat at least one on a daily basis. She's still a great eater, and has a newfound love for lemonade. She loves to get it when we go to Chic fila. She only gets milk or water at home, so it's a fun treat for her. Last night we had a bunch of friends over for a bbq, and we had lemonade in a water cooler. I don't know if she left that water cooler for more than 5 minutes. I'm pretty sure she drank about 6 little cups full, and she was asking for it this morning at breakfast. Besides loving lemonade, she still loves yogurt, and I have recently introduced her to honey nut cheerios with some diced up fruit on it for breakfast, and she's a big fan.
She has become a little fish this summer. When we went to Florida this year, there was a pool right near our beach house, and she and Millie loved to go swim, and I think it really helped her to see Millie wearing her little Puddle Jumper Floaty and watching how she swam. I didn't think I was going to be able to take the girls to the neighborhood pool by myself this summer, but Brooklynn is really doing so great with her floaty on, that it's actually not difficult for me at all. She loves jumping in, doing belly flops, and floating on her back. She's always saying "Mommy, see me?!" She also loves going down the little slides and stuff at the neighborhood pool.
Brooklynn is such a great big sister. She's always taking care of Madison and gives her toys or goes over to play with her if she starts fussing. She loves ripping the snaps open on her pjs every morning and she's even tried to take her diaper off and help change her. Ha ha! Today she popped a wheat thin in Madison's mouth too because she didn't want her to be hungry. Gotta keep my eye on that girl!
She loves to dance and hop around like bunny. The nickname my mom always had for me growing up was "Bunny" because I used to always hop around. Maybe it runs in the genes=) I have been taking her to a bounce house nearby, and she is in heaven there!
She'll say She LOVES Mickey Mouse! I got her a mickey and mini mouse shirt, and you'd have thought I had given her the most incredible gift ever! She was SO excited, and she frequently wears that shirt when I let her pick out her outfit. She is no longer obsessed with Elmo, it's Mickey's Clubhouse and any of the characters from it.
She has been telling me for a couple months now, whenever she goes #2 in her diaper, and before bath time I usually always set her on the "big potty" and she'll usually go pee pee before bath time! I'm hoping after our Utah trip in a couple of weeks, we can jump in and start potty training and she'll catch on. Fingers Crossed.
She still absolutely LOVES church! Well, nursery! She kind of struggles in Sacrament Meeting, but she's getting a little bit better. One of her nursery teachers is Sister Staples, and she also plays the organ in Sacrament Meeting. Today Brooklynn leaned over and pointed and said "See Sister Staples?" She loves her teachers.
I'm lucky that she still naps for about 1.5-2 hours a day. I always try to take the kids to do something fun that they'll enjoy, at least once a day. So usually our window is between 11-1, after Madison's first nap, and before lunch and afternoon naps. She's usually worn out and lets me sing her some songs and rock her to sleep still. The other day I was just looking at her in my arms, after she'd fallen asleep and just feeling grateful that she's always let me rock her to sleep. She has really grown up SO quickly, and I cherish that time I've had to just hold and cuddle her every day. For naps I sing to her until she falls asleep, but at night I'll let her choose 3 or 4 songs, and she has this cute way she looks up at me and says "Mommy, say the songs." and I'll list off the songs for her, and she'll choose which ones I sing to her. She loves I am a Child of God, Choose the Right, I'm so glad when Daddy comes home, Popcorn Popping, Old McDonald, Frosty, Jingle Bells, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and many more.
I just love this sweet girl so much! She's been so good lately, and rarely has to go to time-out. She listens and obeys really well, she's a great helper, and so much fun to be around. I really cannot imagine my life without these sweet children. Being a mom is so difficult at times. I feel drained physically, emotionally, spiritually, at times and feel like I have nothing left to give, but somehow, the next day I'm able to wake up and do it all over again. I will always be eternally grateful that I've been able to stay home with my children. It's such a wonderful blessing.
Madison is growing like a little weed. She loves her big sister, going for walks in the stroller, and just being outside. Sometimes in the afternoons when she's fussy, I will just put her in her high chair and put her on the back patio with Brooklynn, and she immediately calms down.
She's able to sit up by herself, but still not a pro at it. She loves her bouncer and sitting in the high chair. She doesn't really use the swing much anymore, which is sad. It just means she's growing up too quickly. She's holding her own bottle. She isn't crawling yet and doesn't have any teeth yet either. She loves baby food but still hates peas and green beans, and gags every time I have given them to her. She also hasn't really mastered how to eat the baby puffs yet. She seems to gag or choke every time I give her some of those. Madison still drinks 6 ounces of formula every 3 hours or so.
She loves being rocked to sleep, but hates when I try to sing to her still. She's also not big on books, which is the complete opposite of how Brooklynn was. She LOVES the water, and was completely in heaven at the beach in Florida this summer. She does try to put everything in her mouth though, and of course ended up eating some sand. She loves to be in her little floaty at the pool, and loves bath time.
She still wakes up around 4:30 or 5am for a bottle. It seems like I will never get a full straight 8 hours of sleep=). She also still only takes short naps, about 30 minutes to an hour, if I'm lucky. She does nap twice a day thankfully though. Neither of my girls have ever taken long naps. Braden is almost 4 and still naps for 3 hours a day! I feel like I will never have a child that does that.
Madison loves Baby Einstein, and usually watches a show once a day while I put Brooklynn down for a nap. Just like when Brooklynn was her age, her favorite episode is Old McDonald. Since Madison naps for a shorter period, I usually put her down last so that theres at least a small window where they are both asleep, and I can get a minute to myself. When I come down from putting Brooklynn down, Madison is always completely engrossed in her show. It makes me laugh sometimes and I'll just sit there and watch her=)
I'm not going to lie, raising these munchkins is a lot of work. Sometimes it's so hard to stay patient, and there are some days I feel like walking out the front door and not coming back for a few weeks, but somehow we always make it through the day. Joe has been traveling a lot with his new position, and Im at home by myself with the girls for 3 to 4 days a week sometimes. By the time he gets home, I am pretty much completely done and need some time to myself so that I can regroup for the next day and week. This isn't really what I imagined when I pictured our family before we started having kids, but I am thankful for Joe's job and that he's able to provide so well for our family and that I don't have to work and can be home with my girls. I just need to learn how to be more patient. Hopefully I can learn to master that while he's gone. Yikes=)
She has become a little fish this summer. When we went to Florida this year, there was a pool right near our beach house, and she and Millie loved to go swim, and I think it really helped her to see Millie wearing her little Puddle Jumper Floaty and watching how she swam. I didn't think I was going to be able to take the girls to the neighborhood pool by myself this summer, but Brooklynn is really doing so great with her floaty on, that it's actually not difficult for me at all. She loves jumping in, doing belly flops, and floating on her back. She's always saying "Mommy, see me?!" She also loves going down the little slides and stuff at the neighborhood pool.
Brooklynn is such a great big sister. She's always taking care of Madison and gives her toys or goes over to play with her if she starts fussing. She loves ripping the snaps open on her pjs every morning and she's even tried to take her diaper off and help change her. Ha ha! Today she popped a wheat thin in Madison's mouth too because she didn't want her to be hungry. Gotta keep my eye on that girl!
She loves to dance and hop around like bunny. The nickname my mom always had for me growing up was "Bunny" because I used to always hop around. Maybe it runs in the genes=) I have been taking her to a bounce house nearby, and she is in heaven there!
She'll say She LOVES Mickey Mouse! I got her a mickey and mini mouse shirt, and you'd have thought I had given her the most incredible gift ever! She was SO excited, and she frequently wears that shirt when I let her pick out her outfit. She is no longer obsessed with Elmo, it's Mickey's Clubhouse and any of the characters from it.
She has been telling me for a couple months now, whenever she goes #2 in her diaper, and before bath time I usually always set her on the "big potty" and she'll usually go pee pee before bath time! I'm hoping after our Utah trip in a couple of weeks, we can jump in and start potty training and she'll catch on. Fingers Crossed.
She still absolutely LOVES church! Well, nursery! She kind of struggles in Sacrament Meeting, but she's getting a little bit better. One of her nursery teachers is Sister Staples, and she also plays the organ in Sacrament Meeting. Today Brooklynn leaned over and pointed and said "See Sister Staples?" She loves her teachers.
I'm lucky that she still naps for about 1.5-2 hours a day. I always try to take the kids to do something fun that they'll enjoy, at least once a day. So usually our window is between 11-1, after Madison's first nap, and before lunch and afternoon naps. She's usually worn out and lets me sing her some songs and rock her to sleep still. The other day I was just looking at her in my arms, after she'd fallen asleep and just feeling grateful that she's always let me rock her to sleep. She has really grown up SO quickly, and I cherish that time I've had to just hold and cuddle her every day. For naps I sing to her until she falls asleep, but at night I'll let her choose 3 or 4 songs, and she has this cute way she looks up at me and says "Mommy, say the songs." and I'll list off the songs for her, and she'll choose which ones I sing to her. She loves I am a Child of God, Choose the Right, I'm so glad when Daddy comes home, Popcorn Popping, Old McDonald, Frosty, Jingle Bells, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and many more.
I just love this sweet girl so much! She's been so good lately, and rarely has to go to time-out. She listens and obeys really well, she's a great helper, and so much fun to be around. I really cannot imagine my life without these sweet children. Being a mom is so difficult at times. I feel drained physically, emotionally, spiritually, at times and feel like I have nothing left to give, but somehow, the next day I'm able to wake up and do it all over again. I will always be eternally grateful that I've been able to stay home with my children. It's such a wonderful blessing.
Madison is growing like a little weed. She loves her big sister, going for walks in the stroller, and just being outside. Sometimes in the afternoons when she's fussy, I will just put her in her high chair and put her on the back patio with Brooklynn, and she immediately calms down.
She's able to sit up by herself, but still not a pro at it. She loves her bouncer and sitting in the high chair. She doesn't really use the swing much anymore, which is sad. It just means she's growing up too quickly. She's holding her own bottle. She isn't crawling yet and doesn't have any teeth yet either. She loves baby food but still hates peas and green beans, and gags every time I have given them to her. She also hasn't really mastered how to eat the baby puffs yet. She seems to gag or choke every time I give her some of those. Madison still drinks 6 ounces of formula every 3 hours or so.
She loves being rocked to sleep, but hates when I try to sing to her still. She's also not big on books, which is the complete opposite of how Brooklynn was. She LOVES the water, and was completely in heaven at the beach in Florida this summer. She does try to put everything in her mouth though, and of course ended up eating some sand. She loves to be in her little floaty at the pool, and loves bath time.
She still wakes up around 4:30 or 5am for a bottle. It seems like I will never get a full straight 8 hours of sleep=). She also still only takes short naps, about 30 minutes to an hour, if I'm lucky. She does nap twice a day thankfully though. Neither of my girls have ever taken long naps. Braden is almost 4 and still naps for 3 hours a day! I feel like I will never have a child that does that.
Madison loves Baby Einstein, and usually watches a show once a day while I put Brooklynn down for a nap. Just like when Brooklynn was her age, her favorite episode is Old McDonald. Since Madison naps for a shorter period, I usually put her down last so that theres at least a small window where they are both asleep, and I can get a minute to myself. When I come down from putting Brooklynn down, Madison is always completely engrossed in her show. It makes me laugh sometimes and I'll just sit there and watch her=)
I'm not going to lie, raising these munchkins is a lot of work. Sometimes it's so hard to stay patient, and there are some days I feel like walking out the front door and not coming back for a few weeks, but somehow we always make it through the day. Joe has been traveling a lot with his new position, and Im at home by myself with the girls for 3 to 4 days a week sometimes. By the time he gets home, I am pretty much completely done and need some time to myself so that I can regroup for the next day and week. This isn't really what I imagined when I pictured our family before we started having kids, but I am thankful for Joe's job and that he's able to provide so well for our family and that I don't have to work and can be home with my girls. I just need to learn how to be more patient. Hopefully I can learn to master that while he's gone. Yikes=)
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