Tuesday, August 30, 2011

2 Months

Time seems to by flying by - it's hard to believe that Edith is already two months.  She's getting so big already.  She won't have her 2 month appointment at the doctor's until Sept. 6, so I'll update her stats after that date.  Here's what has been going on this month:

Eating - she is still a great nurser.  She'll take the bottle sometimes, but we haven't really tried that much.  So far, she hasn't had anything but breast milk, and she clearly seems to be growing just fine.  She rarely spits up, which is nice.  I was used to Eddie's huge spit-ups - what a mess!

Sleeping - she is getting much better at this.  We have transitioned her to the crib during the nights.  She seems to sleep a lot better up there.  Currently she'll go about 5-7 hours during the first stretch and then 2-3 hours the next.  So far she has slept through the night (about 8+ hours) three times!  It's great when she does, but I know it's still early, so I don't expect that it will be the norm just yet.  I have been taking the kids on walks in the mornings, and Edith falls asleep in the Ergo every time.

Playing - she is having longer awake periods and she loves to talk and coo.  She'll also smile too.  She loves watching Eddie.  Just recently she discovered the dog, but she really doesn't notice him that much.  She likes to kick things hanging above her feet.  I would say over all she moves around less than Eddie, but she's still pretty active.  She's also discovered her hands and loves to chew on them!

Other - She doesn't love bath time all the time.  In fact, the past two times she has cried.  I'm not sure if she is just tired, or if she really doesn't like the water.  She will sit still way more than Eddie ever did, but she also likes to kick her legs.  She loves to coo and talk and while she doesn't smile all the time, I would say she is fairly content.  She sometimes comes across as being rather fussy - especially when we have company, but since I am with her all day, every day, I can assure you that she really is a pretty good baby.  She tends to cry most when she is over tired or hungry.  She also likes to fight sleep, so she often gets over tired.  But fortunately she still sleeps quite a bit!

So far the monthly photos are really easy to take!



Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday!  Last year this time Eddie and I were visiting and able to celebrate the day with her.  I am sad that I can't see her in person, but she'll be visiting soon, so we can celebrate then (an excuse for me to bake a cake!)  I hope she has a wonderful day.  She has been instrumental in helping me get through this year!  I love you Mom!!!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

Uncas and I at our anniversary dinner

Edith delightfully eating her hand

Eddie playing on his car

Family picnic on Sunday

Mama and her kids (Edith is hiding in the Ergo)

Friday, August 19, 2011

5 Years

Happy Anniversary to the love of my life - Uncas.  It's been an amazing five years and I look forward to many, many more with you! 



Fire Station Tour

Yesterday Eddie and I (and Edith too, although she slept the whole time) toured the new fire station by our house.  The MOMS Club that I joined this spring set it up, so there was a big group of us. Eddie was so good and stayed in his stroller pretty much the whole time even though I said he could get out. I think he was slightly over whelmed by everyone. He loved seeing the big trucks up close and kept saying "oh wow!" He might have been a little too young, but he seemed to have a good time. We live so close that we were able to walk there and take advantage of the beautiful day.


Monday, August 15, 2011

Weekend Recap

I'm sitting here surfing the web with a sleeping girl in my arms and I remembered - hey - I could do a blog entry!  Fingers crossed that the little boy doesn't wake up before I finish!!!

This weekend my parents came to town.  We had a good time.  My mom took the day off of work on Friday, so they were here for lunch.  Imagine my surprise when they pulled up in their brand new convertible!  I knew they were looking at getting a new car (they have a Honda Civic that about 18 years old with 280k miles on it!), but I had no idea they were thinking convertible!!!

We didn't do anything overly exciting over the weekend.  Uncas did finally redeem his Valentine's Day present and went and got a massage on Saturday.  Grandma and Grandpa enjoyed playing with the kids and Uncas and I went out for a quick drink on Saturday night.  Sunday my mom and I went shopping, which was fun, but way too short!

Eddie loved seeing Grandma and Grandpa and wowed them with his new vocabulary.  We also started transitioning Edith to her crib upstairs at night.  So far, she's been doing great up there.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend!

Acting silly with Grandma

At park with Grandma

Edith and Grandma

Grandma with the grandkids

Let's add Mama to the picture

Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids

Playing with Daddy

New car!  Posing for cover of "Modern Retirement"!
And that's all I have time for - boy is stirring from his nap now - perfect timing!!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Vocab Explosion

Eddie has always been an earlier mover.  He rolled over, crawled and walked very earlier.  But in terms of him talking, he wasn't as fast.  I know that usually in children they develop one more quickly than the other.  Clearly it was his gross motor skills that he was busy working on.  I had wondered if he would be behind with his language skills.  Sure he babbled a lot, but in terms of actual words, he was rather lacking. 

I should know better than to worry . . . over the past couple of weeks, we have had a vocabulary explosion!  All of the sudden he is saying more and more words each day.  And he will actually try and repeat words if you ask him to.  Then yesterday - he spoke a sentence!  Not shocking, it's one that he hears over and over again each.  That sentence is "Sammy, no bark!"  I was so surprised because while he has the word "no" down, he has never tried to say bark before! 

Here's a list of words that he currently says (I am sure this isn't really that interesting to most people, but I want to document it and right now this is easier than filling out his baby book!):

airplane, come, no, yes, banana, book, sock, shoe, Sammy, baby, mama, dada, bread, car, truck, hat, clock, hot dog, hi, bye, up, please, thank you, pasta (I'm not even including the list of animal noises that he makes)

It's so fun to be able to communicate with him and you can tell that he loves being able to communicate with us.  I can see there has been less frustration with certain things.  And the look on his face is priceless, because he is so proud of himself, and of course we are so proud of him too!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Pink!

Sure do love me some pink! Check out Little Miss with my new computer! Yes, it's totally pink! You know that her favorite color is going to be black . . .


Monday, August 8, 2011

Smiles

About a week and a half ago, Little Miss, as I like to call her (or Little Miss Thing) started smiling.  Real smiles!  I remember that Eddie was an early smiler too and look at him now - he doesn't stop!  Edith is smiling more and more every day and I love it when they start.  It makes up for all the fussing and screaming that they do those first few weeks!  I have tried to capture it on camera, which is hard to do.  Here are some better attempts: