Andrew has come a long way in a week or two! He is talking SOOOOO much! Yesterday, I went to open the car door to get him out and he met me with a smile and a wave! What a sweet surprise!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
My Baby Boy
I can't believe that tomorrow, my baby boy will be ONE YEAR OLD already! How did that happen?! WHEN did that happen?! It's been such a fast year and now I see this amazing little boy who definitely has his own personality and is busy, busy, busy!
Andrew, my Baby Bear at one year:
- has 4 teeth on top and 4 teeth on bottom....a few weeks ago, when it snowed, he woke up with THREE new teeth!
-he crawls all over the place and cruises a lot, but he's still not really confident in taking steps. He's taken 5-6 steps alone, but then he'll just slooooooowly slink to the ground and crawl away at lightning speed.
- He is talking already! His first word was "uh-oh" (is that a sign of things to come?!) and he says "outside" but he copies Katelyn and says it like she says it: sounds like "eye-eyed". He says that ("dat") and he picked up the phone one day, held it to his ear and said "hi!"...but I haven't heard that one again. He also said "thank you" or at least it sounded like thank you....
-Andrew LOVES to play with his sisters. He also loves to take their stuff...typical baby brother!
- He loves to dance. As soon as he hears music, even if its just someone singing, he'll start bouncing away and dancing. The other day, my mom was rocking him to sleep, singing the Barney song to him, and he was all wrapped up in a blanket, laying in my mom's arms, seemingly ready to sleep....then he started bouncing all around, dancing and woke up! lol
-Barney is his favorite show. Katelyn LOVES LOVES Barney so we watch it all the time...Andrew has watched a lot, too, so he gets excited and starts bouncing when he hears the word Barney!
-He has recently started to SCREAM! Katelyn did this around a year and stopped when she was in speech and learned more words to communicate, so hopefully he'll drop this screaming thing soon!
- Like a typical boy, Andrew loves to play with soccer balls, basketballs, foam balls...anything round will do. He chases it, grabs for it, then it rolls away a little, so he'll crawl after it again, and repeat!
-His hair is so soft and its getting so long. He really needs a haircut, because his hair in front reaches down to his nose (even despite the cowlick in front), so I have to constantly move it out of his eyes. I decided to wait until his birthday to get his hair cut, so we'll go next week (although it occurred to me that HE will have his first haircut LONG before Katelyn ever does! lol).
-Andrew is, well, a chunk. He is a solid little (?) guy! He started out eating every 3 hours or so coming home from the hospital, but because of reflux, like Katelyn, they wanted me to feed him every two hours. Well, apparently he liked that schedule because I think he was probably 5-6months old before he outgrew that schedule!!! Well, probably 4 months because we went to the beach when he was 5 months old and it was 4 hours between bottles then. Just SEEMED like it took forever! Now, of course, he goes about 5-6 hours or so between meals, like a regular schedule.
-He loves his paci, but isnt as attached to it as Katelyn was.
-At night, the kid has NEVER really slept through the night. Madison STTN at around 3months old, Katelyn, at 7 weeks. This kid apparently never got the memo. He still wakes up at night to eat, though he's always woken up around 2 or 3 to eat, and gone right back to sleep in 5 minutes, which is awesome. If he stayed awake or was hard to get back to sleep, that would have made it even rougher. Though in the last few weeks, he's been sleeping through the night off and on....maybe 1/2 the time?
- He has been drinking from a sippy for a few weeks, trying to transistion to a sippy cup. He has done amazingly well! He still has an actual bottle at night when he wakes up most times, but last night I just gave him a sippy for a minute then he just rolled over and went back to sleep.
I am so proud of my little man. He is becoming such a big boy! I can't wait to see him start walking and becoming a toddler, though I'm a little sad he's no longer a little baby!
Andrew, my Baby Bear at one year:
- has 4 teeth on top and 4 teeth on bottom....a few weeks ago, when it snowed, he woke up with THREE new teeth!
-he crawls all over the place and cruises a lot, but he's still not really confident in taking steps. He's taken 5-6 steps alone, but then he'll just slooooooowly slink to the ground and crawl away at lightning speed.
- He is talking already! His first word was "uh-oh" (is that a sign of things to come?!) and he says "outside" but he copies Katelyn and says it like she says it: sounds like "eye-eyed". He says that ("dat") and he picked up the phone one day, held it to his ear and said "hi!"...but I haven't heard that one again. He also said "thank you" or at least it sounded like thank you....
-Andrew LOVES to play with his sisters. He also loves to take their stuff...typical baby brother!
- He loves to dance. As soon as he hears music, even if its just someone singing, he'll start bouncing away and dancing. The other day, my mom was rocking him to sleep, singing the Barney song to him, and he was all wrapped up in a blanket, laying in my mom's arms, seemingly ready to sleep....then he started bouncing all around, dancing and woke up! lol
-Barney is his favorite show. Katelyn LOVES LOVES Barney so we watch it all the time...Andrew has watched a lot, too, so he gets excited and starts bouncing when he hears the word Barney!
-He has recently started to SCREAM! Katelyn did this around a year and stopped when she was in speech and learned more words to communicate, so hopefully he'll drop this screaming thing soon!
- Like a typical boy, Andrew loves to play with soccer balls, basketballs, foam balls...anything round will do. He chases it, grabs for it, then it rolls away a little, so he'll crawl after it again, and repeat!
-His hair is so soft and its getting so long. He really needs a haircut, because his hair in front reaches down to his nose (even despite the cowlick in front), so I have to constantly move it out of his eyes. I decided to wait until his birthday to get his hair cut, so we'll go next week (although it occurred to me that HE will have his first haircut LONG before Katelyn ever does! lol).
-Andrew is, well, a chunk. He is a solid little (?) guy! He started out eating every 3 hours or so coming home from the hospital, but because of reflux, like Katelyn, they wanted me to feed him every two hours. Well, apparently he liked that schedule because I think he was probably 5-6months old before he outgrew that schedule!!! Well, probably 4 months because we went to the beach when he was 5 months old and it was 4 hours between bottles then. Just SEEMED like it took forever! Now, of course, he goes about 5-6 hours or so between meals, like a regular schedule.
-He loves his paci, but isnt as attached to it as Katelyn was.
-At night, the kid has NEVER really slept through the night. Madison STTN at around 3months old, Katelyn, at 7 weeks. This kid apparently never got the memo. He still wakes up at night to eat, though he's always woken up around 2 or 3 to eat, and gone right back to sleep in 5 minutes, which is awesome. If he stayed awake or was hard to get back to sleep, that would have made it even rougher. Though in the last few weeks, he's been sleeping through the night off and on....maybe 1/2 the time?
- He has been drinking from a sippy for a few weeks, trying to transistion to a sippy cup. He has done amazingly well! He still has an actual bottle at night when he wakes up most times, but last night I just gave him a sippy for a minute then he just rolled over and went back to sleep.
I am so proud of my little man. He is becoming such a big boy! I can't wait to see him start walking and becoming a toddler, though I'm a little sad he's no longer a little baby!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
It's been a while...
wow, it's been a very long time since I've been able to post...
Well, here's a little update on my beautiful little family:
Madison is now 4.5 and is such a wonderful, helpful, sweet, loving little girl. She is very independent and has to have a say in what she wears now. She's kind of picky and sometimes, her socks bother her. Yes, her socks...like the seam at the toe is rubbing her wrong, so a few times we just put her socks on inside out...problem solved! Then I put them on normally after a few days, and its not a big deal anymore. She is learning to read in her PreK class with Ms. Shee. Madison knows some sight words, and pretty much all of her letters and sounds. However, shes not exactly eager to sit and write with me at home. *shrug* guess she's just done by the time she gets home. She loves the beach and asks constantly when can we go back. Mental note: Take her to the beach this summer! Madison loves to play outside and blow bubbles. She loves nightgowns, tiaras, barbies, tinkerbell and her baby brother and sister. Anytime we go somewhere, she is so proud to introduce everyone to her baby brother and sister. Madison loves to help me bake and we always add our secret ingredient to everything we make: LOVE. We both put kisses in the bowl! She likes to dance and sing. The girl has always been very verbal and boy, she loves to talk and question and discuss things. She says, "I like to talk to you". We just have all kinds of fun conversations in the car! She has a best friend at school named Parker. Parker has a little brother about Katelyn's age, so Parker's mom and I are trying to find a time to get the girls together. We usually pick up the girls about the same time, and as Madison and Parker are getting into their cars, they're both yelling out the window, "BYE MADISON!" and "BYE PARKER!!!" LOL When I get there in the afternoon, they're sometimes at recess, and of course, Parker and Madison are attached at the hip!
Katelyn is such a busy girl these days! She is now 22mo old and she is a mover and a shaker! Katelyn is rapidly approaching her terrible twos. She is FIERCELY independent. That girl can hold her own. She is so funny and sweet and with that curly hair and blue eyes, how can you get mad? :) She is a climber, though I havent found her on the table near as much as I used to. She is in to everything these days. She's very inquisitive and analytical. When a ride on toy wasnt working bc the batteries died, she layed under it like a mechanic trying to figure it out. So cute. She's been in speech therapy for 6mo now, since she had so many ear infections. They put tubes in her ears, and then she started speech. Miss Amy comes to my mom's (since they want to do therapy where the child spends the majority of their day, and since my mom watches the babies all day, her house is where they spend the most time) to see Katelyn every two weeks.
My sweet baby boy Andrew is now 11months old.He is a bruiser! He still loves to wake up every single night to eat, but that's okay. I love the extra snuggle time with my littlest love. He is crawling and crusing and is getting ready to walk any day now. His favorite thing is a ball. Anytime he sees a ball, he HAS to have it right away! Anything round will do, really. Apple? no that's a ball. Grape? nope, small ball! Andrew is still just as smiley as ever. He is the warmest, most cuddly little mama's boy that ever was. I love those smiles he gives me and his eyes just light up when he laughs. He is starting to talk and says mama and ball. His other favorite words are more and snack. Did I mention he's a bruiser? Coincidence? I think not! His hair has gotten really long and it gets into his face at times, but I want to wait until he's at least a year old to cut his hair bc then after he gets it cut he'll look like such a big boy! He can't be a big boy when he's not even one!!!
I can hardly believe my babies are going to be one and two years old already! I think it's really funny that Andrew will turn one year old, and Katelyn will still *technically* be a one year old for four more days! :D So I'll have a 4.5yr old and two one year olds....man they keep me busy, but I wouldn't have it any other way!!!
I love my little lovebugs!!!
My sweet baby boy Andrew is now 11months old.He is a bruiser! He still loves to wake up every single night to eat, but that's okay. I love the extra snuggle time with my littlest love. He is crawling and crusing and is getting ready to walk any day now. His favorite thing is a ball. Anytime he sees a ball, he HAS to have it right away! Anything round will do, really. Apple? no that's a ball. Grape? nope, small ball! Andrew is still just as smiley as ever. He is the warmest, most cuddly little mama's boy that ever was. I love those smiles he gives me and his eyes just light up when he laughs. He is starting to talk and says mama and ball. His other favorite words are more and snack. Did I mention he's a bruiser? Coincidence? I think not! His hair has gotten really long and it gets into his face at times, but I want to wait until he's at least a year old to cut his hair bc then after he gets it cut he'll look like such a big boy! He can't be a big boy when he's not even one!!!
I can hardly believe my babies are going to be one and two years old already! I think it's really funny that Andrew will turn one year old, and Katelyn will still *technically* be a one year old for four more days! :D So I'll have a 4.5yr old and two one year olds....man they keep me busy, but I wouldn't have it any other way!!!
I love my little lovebugs!!!
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