Ellie at 6 months

I can't believe my sweet girl is 6 months old.  Ellie really is the absolute sweetest baby and just makes everyone she comes in contact with smile.  Any time

I go anywhere I get stopped constantly by people telling me how pretty or cute she is!  She just draws people to her!  Here are some things are Ellie at 6 months that I want to remember.

*just like her big brother, she has th cutest wrinkly nose smile.  I just about die every time she flashes it because it's a cute!

*she is most defiantly a daddy's girl!  She reaches for her daddy when she sees him and gives him her best smiles.

*she is sleeping good- usually from7-7.  She doesn't like to to rocked to sleep.  I feed her and then put her in bed still awake. If she wakes in the night,

I just have to give her her paci and she goes to sleep. Her nap times during the day I'm not quite so consistent.  I drag her around so much she naps when she can.    she is really good about this- majorly flexible and go with the flow!

*she is very loud! She loves to talk and make noises!

*she is a drooling queen- I have been looking for a tooth for a while, but I haven't found one yet.

*she loves to be held.  She will sit in the bouncy seat it jumper for a short period of time.  She really prefects to sit on the floor with toys.

* even though she has chubby thighs, she's petite.  At her 6 month appointment today she was 15.12 pounds (45%) 26 in (50%) and her head was in the 50%.  She did great at her appointment and only fussed (not even a real cry) a minute after her second shot.

*she loves her bubba and is not too sure

About her sissy, I know they will be friends soon.

*she loves bathtime.  Especially since now she is able to sit up by herself in the bathtub.  She loves to kick and splash in the water.

* I call her a call monkey because she crabs anything and everything she can.  She puts everything straight into her mouth.

*she loves her daddy.  When she sees him her face lights up.  He is the only one she reaches for and she snuggles up to him.

* I haven't started giving her baby food yet.   She has had a few crackers but that's about it.  She nurses every 3 to 4 hours.  I don't really watch the clock I just watch for her cues

*she has the quickest temper.  She goes from zero to mad so quickly, but luckily

She only really gets mad when she is hungry or tired. 

*like her big brother, she is a thinker.  She observes situations and pays attention to everything. I feel like I can look in her eyes and see the wheels turning.

All in all, she really is the sweetest baby.  It kiss her cheeks all day long. She makes me smile all the time!

Abby at 3 years old

It is so hard to believe that my Abby Paige is 3 years old.  She is a very spunky little girl.  She defiantly keeps me on my toes.  Here are some things about Abby at 3 years old.
*Abby is 110% girly girl!  She loves pink, makeup, dressing up, princesses- anything that is girly.
*Her favorite colors are pink and purple and green (that's the way she says it).  She truly loves anything PINK!  She loves all sparkly and glittery.
*She LOVES Carter.  She calls him bubbly or bubs.  She wants to do everything he does and copies what he says half the time.  She also loves her baby sister.  She will talk so sweetly to her and say, "Hi sweet girl." She always want to give her the paci, even if she doesn't want it.  She gives her hugs and kisses her all the time.  Sometimes she is too rough with her, but always means well.
*She loves to go to school.  She loves her teachers, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Betz.  When I bring her to school she likes to put all her stuff away by herself.  She knows where everything goes and just how to put it away.  She is very independent and such a leader.
*In new situations she tends to be a bit shy but once she warms up, she is outgoing.
*She loves to get her hair done and loves her nails to be painted.  When I take her to get her hair cut at Sweet and Sassy, she is quiet and very serious, but loves it. Every day she loves to pick put her clothes and will pick out a bow that matches.  Sometimes she ever wants me to put a bow in her hair at night,
*She is a picky eater and doesn't each much.  She prefers protein and loves sweets.  Her favs are mac&cheese, turkey dogs, cheese sticks, hummus, granola bars (b-bies), Cheerios (with milk), chickfils nuggets (not so much fries), yogurt…and then anything sweet!
*She loves to dance and sing.  She will put the frozen music on and run around sining and twirling!
* a recent Abby quote is: "I'm not cute, I'm a princess and I'm pretty." She is such a little diva!

Ellie is 4 months!

Miss Ellie is such a great baby!  Here are some things about her at 4 months.
-She is doing a great job with her sleeping.  She usually goes to sleep around 7:30 and will sleep until about 6 in the morning.  She rarely wakes up in the middle of the night and if she does, she just needs her paci to go back to sleep.  That being said, she is still not sleeping in her crib, but in her rock n play.  I need to transition her to her bed soon! She is good about letting me put her down while she is awake and falling asleep on her own. As far as daytime sleeping, she pretty much catnaps as I have her on the go so much.  I really don't have a strict schedule with that yet!
-She is doing a great job with nursing.   She wants to eat every 3-4 hours during the day. She is a quick, efficient nurser, but doesn't want anything to do with the bottle right now..we are going to have to work on that, but I'm lazy about it!
-She drools allllll the time!  Her shirt is always wet from the drool.  She seems to be teething but I sure hope not!  She likes to put everything in her mouth!  She is getting good at grabbing things and then she of course brings them straight to her mouth.
-She can roll both directions from her tummy.
-She loves to be held!  She will tolerate the bouncy seat, bumbo or jumparoo for short periods of time, but is mostly happy when she is held.  I have learned to do a lot of things one handed!
-With that being said, when we are out an about she is so good.  She loves to watch everything that is going on and never wants to miss out on any action!
-She is a super smily baby and I have even gotten a few laughs out of her.  He smile just lights up the room!
-Her favorite part of the day is probably bath time.  She loves to lay in the water and suck on her toes.
-She is still wearing size 0-3 month clothes comfortable. She is in a size 1 diaper.  She still have some hair, I don't think she is going to go completely bald like Abby did.  She does have a blade spot on the back of her head.
And that about wraps up Miss Ellie at 4 months.  I am trying to cherish every moment with my last baby.  She sure is a little doll and we sure do love her!

Dear 2 year old Abby

Well, long time, no blogging!  This teaching and having 2 kids is more than I can handle, but I didn't want this post to go....because I very easily forget things!  So, here goes!

Dear Abby,
How can you already be 2?  In a lot of ways you are becoming my big girl, but I still see my baby a lot of times too.  You love for me to hold you.  I can never resist when you look at me and say, "I want to hold you."  You are such a strong willed indpendant girl.   I know this will serve you well in life, but is does make things a little challenging!  Here are some things about you at 2:
*  You LOVE your bubba.  You try to do excatly what he does all the time.  You repeat what he says and mimic his play.  He's pretty fond of you too.  He is such a good bog brother, so sweet and caring.  Today I stayed home from school with you and when we dropped Carter off at school, you cried for him.  When we went to pick him up you ran up to him so excited.  He held your hand all the way back to the car.  It was the sweetest thing.
*You LOVE the colors pink and "purkle".  You always identify them correctly and when given a choice will first choose something pink and if there is not pink, you will choose purkle.
*WHen you count you say 2,4,8.  I think this came about from hearing Carter count by twos....and not if your counting somethign, that is how you count.  If you want more than one of soemthing (like candy) you will say I want 2,4, 8 of them.
*You talk non stop and can say about anything- you have an awesome vocabulary.
*Love puzzles
*Love to werar bows and have a ponytail or will sometimes ask for 2 ponytails.
*Fav foods: mac and cheese, candy (esp chocolate). Cheese, yogurt

Abby Paige, you are a sweet girl.  I always dreamed of having a little girl, but I could have never dreamed up you!  You are better and I could have every fathomed!  I love you!!

I'm back…..hopefully!

I have taken an awful break from blogging that I feel soooo bad about!  I had been SO good at keeping this blog up until over a year ago.  I go a job teaching fourth grade in Frisco and it  just proved too much…working, being a mommy etc.  I am so, so sad that I didn't blog about so many things that happened: my fil passing away, trips to Disneyland and Disney World, Carter starting first grade, several teeth lost…and having another baby!!  I hope to be able to go back and blog about some of those thing, bc I am discovering how much I rely on this to remember things about my kids!  I am not good about writing things down, but was very good about blogging about what was going on.  And now when I was to remember something about the kids…i.e. how big they were at this age and what age they did this, I find myself going back to the blog to find the answer.  I am so, so sad that I have missed so much, but I can't dwell on that and only move forward, so I am going to start that today and try to keep up!!

Bring on the tooth fairy!

 Carter fianlly lost his first tooth!  I litterly hung in there forever.  It was falling sideways in his mouth, but he was way too chicken to let anyone pull it out.  He fianlly let Colt coach him in pulling it tonight and he was so excited.....and he said it didn't even hurt!

 His gap is extra big because he was missing a bottom tooth that never grew in.

 The tooth fairy left him $5.   He was very excited!

17 months

 Mercy me, I can't believe Abby is 17 months already!  She is getting so big so fast and she is at that fun age where she seems to be doing new things ALL the time.  She understands everythin we say and has the happiest little personality.  She smiles and waves at everyone she sees and I sweat makes people smile just by looking at her.  I know I am totally biased and think she is adorable, but I everyone who sees her has to tell me how cute she is too!  She is such a joy!  Here are some things I don't want to forget about Abby ay 17 months old.

 She already loves baby dolls.  She loves to cover ber baby up with blankets, pretend to put lotion on her baby, take the baby's pacifier in and out (and then put it in her own mouth), feed the baby.  It so cute!  She also loves real babies.  The other day at Cickfila she was so interested in a tiny baby she saw there.

 She loves to sing.  Anytime she is upset all I have to do is sing (and I don't have a good singing voice) and she will calm down.  She loves to try and sing along with you as well.  Carter always sings this basketball song and she always goes along with her.  She will try her best to go along with any sone she hears, even if it's just a humm.  When you sing twinkle, twinkle and teh  itsy bitsy spider she does the gestures on her own.  Yesterday in the back seat I heard her singing, "Shhh, shhh, shhh, baby, bus, all town."  There was some jibberish in between, but I definatly made out those words and that tune.  Kris said the other day in the car her was listening to Thhe Smiths and turned it off and onto The Ticket and she started screaming until he turned the music back on.

 She is picking up words every day.  Her teachers can't believe how well she communicates with out using all the words.  She still talks a lot of jibberish, but she is starting to repeat things you say.  Words she consistanly uses and are understandable are:  dog, yeah (said VERY enthusiastically), bubba, Wriggy (wrigley), dog, bow, bath,uhoh,  dada, ma, buh (what she calls Colt), nack (snack), nods her head no (she does this to asking for a hug/kiss too), ball, bird, when counting will say two after you say one......and that's all I can think of right now.  I have a feeling next month this list will be longer!
She can identify:  hands, feet, hair, eyes, ears, nose, tounge, teeth, bellybutton, legs and pretty much evry object. She can follow pretty much any simple instruction you give her.  Her teachers at school say she has already figures out the routine and anticipates what they are going to do next.  The teacer will call them to circle and she will be the first to sit down next to the teacher, and she is by far the youngest in the class, most of her classmates are already turning two!

 She is still pretty petite.  She can fianlly reach the door handles and thinks she is so cool because she can now open doors all by herself!  She is wearing a size 3 shoe in length, but we are often times buying a 4 because she foot is so fat- as in tall fat if that makes sense!  She is wearing a size 3 diaper and mostly 12-18 month clothes.  He hair is getting long enough to do fun things with and she is just now getting pretty good about keeping her bow in!

 She as become a picky eater. :/  Some of her favs are:  hummus, cheese its, turkey, yogurt, donuts, baby food pouches, candy :/, pizza, chicken fried rice, refried beans, milk, water, string cheese.

 She loves Carter adn wants to do everything he does.  She copies his every move.  She thinks everything he has must be better!  If I put her milk in one of his cups, she will drink it better than in hers!  She wants everything he has and to be just like him.  While she looves him, if he dare sit in her chair, have something she wants, she is sure to yelll her high pitched scream to get what she wantes back!

 She LOVES stuffed animals!  Anywhere we go, if she see one, she has to have it!  She will walk around the house carring as many as she can!

 She is a pretty cautious baby.  She thinks about things before she does them.  She still doesn't like to go down steps and will sit down to scoot down the tiniest of steps!  She hates anything with an incline. She's also a good listener so far!  When I tell her no she generally stops what she is doing and whe I call her she comes back to me.  We will see how long that lasts!

She loves to weat neclace and bracelets!  Se also loves to walk around with a purse or case of some sort and to take the stuff out and put it back in then walk around with it on her arm or in her hand.
She is such a joy and we are having such fun with her!