12-21- 2104

C:
- has a favorite new hobby playing with the fridge magnets.  Seeing her amazement when she figured out that the magnets stick to the surface just by placing them there was so cool.  Now she just loves to kneel at the fridge and affix the magnets over and over.
- has become the #1 fan of Frozen in this house.  In fact, she has superseded her sister, who seems so sort of be over Frozen now, after a month- long obsession.  But Carly is intrigued even just by the first few notes of the opening song.  Whether she is standing at her play table, doing some couch cruising, or sitting down on the rug playing, she is captivated by Elsa and Anna, and will watch the movie joyfully for a while.  She smiles when they sing, and dances a little too. Speaking of dancing, she really moves it when she or K turns on the Snoopy doll that plays that theme from Charlie Brown Xmas.  It's so cute watching her bounce up and down to the beat.  Carly has been clapping for a while, but the best is the combo of clapping with the dance moves.
- is still very into proclaiming, "Hi!" at whoever appears.  She has also been associating that Joe is Dada, and has begun saying the word discrimiantely.  Call me crazy, but with some coaching from Joe, we think we got a "Hi Dada!" yesterday.

K:
- is loving playing hairdresser (imagines shampoo, conditioner, and "hair lotion") and gives you a good "cut."  She also likes to give check- ups using her Doc McStuffins doc equipment, and to pretend to shower using the remote as soap.
- has as some favorite new sayings: "Hey, what's going onnnnn?"; "What are you guys doooooing?"; "That's gross!"; ""I'm fine!" (after she falls, even when nobody has asked haha); "I don't want you to see me [doing such- and such]" (acknowledging, aloud, she is doing a bad thing for which she would get in trouble); "Wow, that's amazing!"; "Mommy, DON'T see it yet" (for instance, if I come down the stairs and she doesn't want me to see the Elf before she does); "Close the door so I don't have to hear Carly if she cries!"My favorite cute misuse as of late is when K messes up objective and subjective pronouns, so she often says, "Where is her?"  Sooo sweet.
- is potty- trained and doing great.  We've had a few poop accidents here and there, but overall, she is great about announcing when she needs to do her business.  We make her wear a diaper still for bed, and she often gets mad at that-- but I am not ready yet to remove that safeguard!

11-17-14

C:
- is a military- scooting maniac.  She gets all over the place now.  And she is also quite the stander.  We've got one of those baby sound- and- sight tables, and she stood using it forever the other day.  The best part is her joy when standing: she just randomly starts cracking up at her elation over being able to stay vertical!
- is eating more and more foods, from broccoli to chicken to egg noodles to potato.  Basically, whatever I make for the rest of us, I can break into little bits, as long as the texture is okay for her.  She knows when she has had enough and purses her lips tightly.  We still feed her purees, but she has come to not adore them so much and puts up a strike against some.  I'd say her favorite thing is maple deli turkey.
- in addition to waving and saying hi, is trying to say "Boo!"  When Joe or I play peek- a- boo with her, and we accentuate the "boo!" she makes the "b" sound and tries to say the "oo."  It's a little muffled, but you can tell she is on track.  So very cute.


K:
- is consistently earning stickers for her potty chart.  While we decided training her in the traditional sense was not a good idea (anyone with a success story has said the worst thing you can do is push it), she has been motivated by the Elmo potty sticker system.  Yesterday she and I went to the store and she picked out her very own big- kid undies.  She went diaperless the whole weekend and used the potty-- except for when sleeping, that is.
- had her second haircut yesterday. She had such a good time that she was mad she had to leave and begged me to put her back in the chair with the elephant cape back on her.  We just had the girl even it off a bit since K still doesn't have tons of locks.  We managed her first real back- of- the- head pony yesterday-- all her ponies to date have been on top of the head with that cute but pesky baby whispy stuff stacking up.
- has been saying lots of funny things, such as: "That's ridiculous! [but really says "dick--u-- less]"; "It's wicked annoying"; "Stop that fussin' Cah- ly!"; "Aww she's so cute!", even when the person is OLDER-- ha!; "You gotta go be a teacher so you can get money?"; "My bones hurt!"; and "Go Buffalo Bills!"  Also, all sports = "football." :)

11-5-14

Sorry I only got to one entry in October.  With the end of the term at work and Halloween, among other things, it's been a busy, busy time!

K:
- was a rockstar at her flu shot last week.  To be honest, I was dreading the appointment (which was also for C's physical).  Now that K is old enough to understand what goes on at the doc's, and remembers other appointments, I thought for sure she would battle having to go.  She loves her book about going to the doctor, and is fascinated with the doctoring concept, but I still worried she would freak.  Thus, for a solid week leading up, I belabored that flu shots are for big kids, and they are really cool and fun.  She has a Doc McStuffins kit with a toy shot, and when we would play with it I would say, "My turn for the shot in the arm.... Wow, that was fun!"  She seemed excited, but I still feared that in the moment she would lose it.  Much to my surprise, she was fine with every bit of what went on!  When the nurse told her she would go before Carly, I mentioned that K had the chance to "show Carly how it's done!"  The nurse said it would be a little pinch, and K just said, "Okay."  And that was that.  The shot was done.  She didn't even whimper.  Afterward, K told C, "Your shot is next!  It's so fun!"  It helped that K knew she would get a sticker and some french fries on the way home.  Try as I might, I am not above bribery or reward systems.
- got some great loot on Halloween night.  She went out with Joe from house to house around the neighborhood in her doctor costume (see above re: her fascination).  When she came home, tired and worn out, she was still excited about the many pieces of chocolate in her treat bag and wanted to eat them all.  We made her pick one: she went with a Crunch bar.
- has started sharing, "I understand," after someone expresses a concern or sadness.  It's funny hearing her empathize when clearly she doesn't really understand.  For example, when I complain that I have to go to work in the morning, K tells me, 'Mommy, I understand.'  What a sweet sentiment, but no, no, you don't. :)  Other fun frequent sentences and phrases include the constant 'What are you doing' and the 'I want to see my daddy' if she is mad at me, or 'I want to see my mommy' if at Joe.  She is already playing the system.  Any time she is in the dark (literally), she expresses, 'I can't really see!' I love the "really" there.  It's fun watching her pick up adverbs like 'really' and 'too' and 'soooo' and 'very.' And then there's the reprimanding, which is not as fun or cute.  "STOP crying, Carly!"  or "Don't talk at me like that, Mommy!"  Yeah, we are trying to squelch those...

C:
- has become a crawler!  C has been in a crawl- ready state for a while, and was scooting a bit but seemed to have no plans to be really mobile.  She was content sitting and rolling around.  Then, one day a couple weeks ago (just about when she turned 9- months) she was clear- across the other side of the living room suddenly.  Her crawl is a military style, which is exactly what K started with.  Even the way they move their hands is bizarrely similar.
- is an eating machine.  She eats mostly everything we offer, but does have her preferences, and I can tell you she is not a fan of Chicken and Stars.  We threw those away after her constant grimace and lip- closing when they were on the menu.  She will still eat pureed baby foods (loves the peach- banana- oatmeal combo) but also bread, cheeses, chicken, pasta, puffs and cereals, whole- grain waffles, and soft fruits and veggies, including bananas, carrots, green beans, and asparagus.  Her self- feedings and chewing are quite efficient too.  She's got a perfect pincer grip and knows not to overload.
- dressed up as a bumble bee for Halloween.  She sat contently and even fell asleep a bit in the stroller at her first Halloween parade, but on Halloween night she made it clear-- through fussing-- that she wanted to stay home and skip the trick- or- treating.  It was 6:30 when Joe and K went out, which is nearly C's bedtime.  Poor girl was rubbing her eyes and whining.  We took the cute bee costume off and let her hit the sack, but she still had fun hanging out with her sis in their costumes for a bit.

10-14-14

C:
- is eating lots of table foods now--- from Cheerios to puffs to shredded cheese to turkey.  I wouldn't say it's the neatest enterprise but the mess is cute, and she loves being "at the table" (in her highchair) with the rest of us.
- is mobile on the ground-- turning this way and that and moving from lying to sitting to kneeling-- and is all geared up in the crawl position, but has no desire to actually crawl still.  She will see an item she wants, push a few times forward and then just sort of say, 'Eh, it's not important.'  It's tough with two girls two years apart not to compare them-- I remind myself not to, but the comparisons pop into my head anyway sometimes.  I see pics of K crawling around and even standing and starting to walk with assistance at this age, but Carly is quite content where she is.  She still loves jumping around in the Jolly Jumper thing, and is reallllly loving her walker, but when it comes to making her own moves?  Nope, not into it.  She would rather sit around and babble and smile. :)
- had a great weekend at Nana and Pop's.  Joe and I had a wedding in NY.  It's tough with babies to see how they will do on those overnights, but she did really well-- from sleeping to eating to adjusting to the different house.  She , at first, wasn't a fan of Cammy, but he grew on her as the weekend went on.  She will learn--- who can resist that guy?!

K:
- is so excited about Halloween that I think she will burst.  She talks daily about the whole shebang: the candy, the "trick or treat," her doctor costume, and Carly's costume.  She wants to see her "punkins" on the front steps every day, and even gives each one a kiss.  The only thing she can't quite get is  why EVERY day can't be Halloween.  The whole waiting until Oct 31st thing she is not quite down with.
- is loving her new Play- Doh Fun Factory.  She goes nuts when she sees the machine spit out spaghetti or snake- like pieces.  It's a good thing SHE loves it, as her parents do not.  Of course we are thrilled that this "craft" lights her up and keeps her busy but if I find one more piece of that smelly, hardened blue crap on the floor... :)
- is becoming quite the manipulator at bed- time.  She has been fighting bed for a while, but her newest move is being a copy cat; she knows it's cute too.  After books (lately it's Goodnight, Little Bear, Guess How Much I Love You, Pinkalicious, Olivia, Pomelo, and Someday), when I get in bed with her at night (to lie with her for ten minutes, to convince her the dark is nothing to fear), I always review the day with her.  I got in the habit of saying, "I have a question."  She would say, "What?"  And I would ask something like, "What did you do today?"  The past several nights, after her eyes are supposed to be closed, she has whispered, "Mommy... I have a kess- chin."  I shouldn't play along at that point but I do.  I ask what, and she will say something such as, "What did you do with Cah- ly today?"  Hard to be mad at a girl who is only imitating. 
She has SO many cute little sayings and "-isms" but I will pick a few to highlight:
                - "Are you not so happy?" when she detects one of us is angry.  Love that wording.
                - "My best friend is Cah- ly." (Now that just melts me.)
                - When riding her trike around the house, helmet on (she's doggone obsessed with that helmet): "I'm goin to a big partyyyyyyy... with all my frieeeends... in my helllllmet." 

9-25- 14

C:
- is 8- months- old today.  Now that just seems silly- impossible.  She's nearly as old as the length of a pregnancy.  At this juncture, she still loves oatmeal cereal and all her baby foods, but is feeding herself Cheerios too.  She sleeps well and is very intrigued by the shows K watches.  The theme to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse just astounds her.
- is quite the thumb- sucker at night.  I was happy she had willingly given up her paci, but I worry now about getting her to stop the thumb stuff!
- is having fun in a get- ready- to- crawl pose, but still shows little interest in giving it a go.  She's a jump- a- holic and loves "standing" (with assistance) but crawling/ scooting doesn't seem to be her thing.  She does, however, love being in the walker, and while she can only touch with her tip- toes, she likes moving around as much as she can in it.

K:
- has switched from yet another TV show obsession to another.  Now we are onto Mickey.  Bye- bye Bubble Guppies.  I swear, she has some of the episodes memorized-- and we let her watch the show only at night.  She knows that the magic words at the beginning are "Meezka, Moozka, Mickey Mouse!" and has certain segments down pat, as she often beats Mickey to it in terms of punch lines and answers.  And at the end, before MM can shout it, K yells: See ya reaaal soon!
- also is on a hot dancing streak.  Loves showin' 'dem moves to Hot Diggity Dog and the Mickey Theme and a few other tunes.  Sometimes she will exhort me to dance, and at other times, she strongly admonishes me NOT to.
- has, we think, been experiencing some night- terrors.  Poor thing has woken up a few nights completely out of sorts screaming for us.  When we've asked her the next day about it, she's told us "a scary monster came in."  And the other day said the scary monster was "touching her fingers."  Another time she informed us that the monsters were outside the window.  We know it's a normal phase, but I still feel terrible.  Giving her lots of TLC-- and letting her know Daddy has exterminated the house of all monsters.  Joe does this whole bit before bed where he tells the monsters to walk single- file down the stairs and leave the house and then leave Franklin.  K seems to buy it, but sometimes it's not enough to minimize the night- terrors.  Poor girl!  Luckily, she is easy to get back to sleep when she's woken up. 

9-15-14

C:
- is a babble- machine.  Lots of "da da da" and "ah- gah!" and "ba ba ba," and, our favorite, "hey- eeee!" a la Fonzie. 
- ate her first "real" (non- pureed) food on Aug 31, in the form of Cheerios.  Mostly she just swished them around at first and didn't know what to do beyond spitting them out, but has made some good progress on chewing.
- is all done with the beloved paci it seems, in favor of the thumb.  Never thought we would see the day, as the paci was quite an addiction!  But now she seems to want nothing to do with her former prized- possession, and when she lies down, the little thumb takes the pacifier's place.  It's rather cute seeing her suck her teensie- weensie thumb.

K:
- is, shock of shocks, (we think) OVER her fave show Caillou.  I know-- the impossible CAN happen!  The newest phase is Bubble Guppies, and the cutest part is that K can't seem to say the name correctly.  Thus, we usually hear "Gubble Buppies." She asks almost every night, 'Can I go watch Gubble Buppies in bed upstairs?"  She just knows we don't want to watch it on the TV in the living room.
- getting quite good with her coloring.  She now demands to use specific colors when she used to be fine with any crayons we gave her, and has started tracing her hand (though not well....).  She loves her Bubble Guppies coloring book.  This kid goes in and out of these phases like clock- work.
- Has started using a couple phrases that I know she learned from me but I wish she didn't.  Ex: "Kathryn, why is there chalk all over the chair?"  "Mommy, that happens!"  Ex 2: "Why don't you want to get your jammies on?"  "'Cause I don't!" I'd started telling her some things just "happen" when she would stump me on a "why" question.  And I'd use "Cause I don't!" when she would ask me things like "Why you not wanna go to Shaw's?" and I'd be fed up with the line of questioning.  Didn't think she would throw either back in my face!

8-28-14

C:
- is now eating loads of baby foods: apples, mangos, pears, sweet potatoes, carrots, turkey and rice combo, spinach and fruit combo, among others.  She also eats baby oatmeal like a champ.
- lets her sister do things like put make- up on her face (pretend make- up, of course), and just keeps smiling when K admonishes her, 'Cah- ly, sit still!'  She lights up like a brilliant sky when K comes into the room, and she looks at K dreamily like a kid with a crush.
-  has been babbling, usually when in her Jolly Jumper.  We commonly hear, 'Ah, daaah- dahh!" and "Ga- abaaah!"  She clearly thinks she is relaying something to us and it's quite cute.  Love hearing her "speak," and she still squeals in delight a lot too. 

K:
- is very interested in the medical world as of late.  She loves pretending her Caillou stickers are band- aids and will mend you with them.  She thinks any freckle or mark is a boo- boo and will ask you why you have it, and then tries to patch you up.  She also believes that any injury means you need to go to the hospital-- so with any fall- over Carly has experienced, K has informed us, "Cah- ly needs the hospital."  Any person dressed in scrubs on TV or in person she believes it "Cah-ly's doctor."
- loves Hide n' Seek but hasn't quite mastered the roles.  She closes her eyes and counts to ten even when she is the one hiding. :)
- with language:
         - has lots of cute new colloquial phrases:  Answers in the affirmative with the word, "Sure!" instead of yes; often says, "Oh, yes!" to tell you something is VERY true; tells you, "I'm fine!" when she doesn't need any food etc; tells you, "See ya!"  or "See ya in the mornin'!" She is obsessed with asking us, 'What's so funny?" when we laugh, and says, 'That's too funny!" when she laughs.
         - comes up with a million excuses NOT to do something, even when the excuses don't fit.  For example, when she doesn't want to go to bed, she will try: "A scary monster is gonna come in," but then also: "I'm too big"; "I'm too little"; "I'm hot"; "I'm cold"; "I'm thirsty"; "I'm too tired"; and "I'm not tired."
        - sometimes confuses "why" and "why not."  The other day, I said we needed to pick something up at the post office, and she asked. 'Why not?'  But then she corrected herself quickly-- smart cookie.
      

8-5-14

K:
- is all about Caillou.  She can tell you all about his cat, Gilbert, and his friends, Clementine ("Lemon- time"), Jeffrey, and Jason.  She not only wants to watch the show all the time but now has a sticker and coloring book on the topic too.  Joe and I have-- confession-- more than once told her Caillou is taking a nap when we just can't bear to watch the show again.
- has picked up lots of little colloquial sayings, such as: "Got it!" (when she understands something); "What's so funny??"; and "Aw, you're okay!"  While she's been speaking for a while, it's fun to watch her pick up slang/ informal sayings.  She's also really into adverbs lately--- lots of "really" ("I'm REALLY scared!") and "so bad" or "so much."  And her placement of pronouns is still adorably erroneous-- "Pick up me" and "Throw it me!"
- should give us money for the number of times a day she asks, "What happened?" and then we would be wealthy.

C:
- was baptized on Sunday.  She cried a little when the priest wanted to make the cross under her collar, and again when she was "dunked," but overall did well.  She had fun celebrating with family after the event.  We had a lovely day for a BBQ and some tasty cake and cake pops, as well as a Prosecco cocktail made in Carly's honor.
- is gaining more and more strength each day with her sitting- up.
- sat in a restaurant high chair for the first time in Newport yesterday.  We ate at the Red Parrot and Carly loved playing with the drink menu throughout the meal.  She had so much fun that she was tuckered out and slept well in the stroller for our walk.

7-20-14

K:
- loved her vacation week on Cape Cod-- especially the fact that she got to stay up later than usual every night.  She built sandcastles with Pop, Chris, Daddy, Leigh, and, on Thursday, her pal Danica.  She used to call Danica "Dani" but has now mastered a British- sounding "Dahn- ka."
- also on Cape Cod created a new hobby of catching eels.  Daddy helped her use her big kid net, and we would find her daily behind the cottage checking out the eels.  She would ask each of us, "Come see them!  The eeeels!"  It's going to be tough to go the beach and NOT go eel hunting at this point.
- took outside showers on Cape Cod and became obsessed.  One day, nothing would get her back from the beach to the house to take a nap. I promised crayon time, fruit snacks, and even TV.  She wasn't interested in leaving.  But when I said, "You can take an outside shower," she hopped right up and chanted all the way back to the house, "Takin' an outside showah!" 

Some current cute speech items:
- 'Lay down me' and 'Play me' (consistently neglects that pesky "with")
- Any reference to the beach = 'Beach Saturday' because we kept telling her 'We are going to the beach Saturday.'
- When you lie down with her, she talks you through the going- to- sleep routine we've used with her.  She will tell you, "Goodnight.  Sleep tight.  Close eyes.  I bud you."
- Seems to be constantly asking to look at the "peek-ahs" and "bideos" on our phones
- If we say, "Everyone is sleeping" as a ploy to get her to bed, she will go through this whole list to check.  But the funny part is she throws animals and non- real people in.  It'll go something like this: "Is Cah-- ly sleepin?  Is Nana sleepin?"  "Is Cam sleepin?"  "Is Caillou sleepin?"  "Is Nick sleepin?"


C:
- is now full- on jumping in her Jolly Jumper.  She is highly entertained.  The cutest part is that her left foot always leads, and the right foot kind of lags behind as support.
- was an angel on the beach each day-- so quiet and easy to nap.  On Sunday, despite our best efforts to cover her up from head to toe, she got a little tan.  Joe and I are still cracking up at how tantastic she looks; thus, we've started calling her The Situation.
- has become really tactile.  While we can throw any number of toys her way, she would rather play around with, say, the bag from Lay's chips (loves the sound and the metallic look on the inside).  One day on the Cape, she sat in her Bumbo and played with said chip bag for a solid thirty minutes.  It's the little things, I guess.

7-2-14

K:
- gets very excited when Carly wakes up from naps.  She asks, "Can I see her?" and proceeds to run in and prop herself up on C's crib, peering in and shouting, "Carly's awake!"
- has enjoyed two beach trips in the past three days and is an official water rat.  At Horse Neck on Sunday, she wanted to be put down on her own in the deep ocean water.  I told her no way, that she couldn't swim yet, and grown- ups need to hold kids in the ocean.  She quickly pointed to a girl about seven, and informed me, "THAT kid is swimmin'."  Touche, girl.
- is loving her "big kid bed" and is currently into these pre- bed tales: Pinkalicious, Little Hoot, Pomelo's Colors, and a  pamphlet about sea creatures.  Her fave page is the one about the "big red cahb" AKA crab.

C:
- also attended both beach outings, in her sweet little surfer swimsuit.  This morning, she had fun being held and watching the kids swim around, but eventually was tuckered out and took a snooze in the baby tent.
- has begun using the "Jolly Jumper" doorway bouncer.  She hasn't figured out the jumping yet but seems to like the "standing" and having a few new perspectives of the room as it twirls.
- is simply obsessed with her sis.  She watches her in a trance, and smiles at her tons.  She loves when K plays with her, and cries when K cries or fusses or screams (even when the scream is a fun one).  She just senses, "My big sis is upset!"

6- 18- 14

K:
- is very into "keening" AKA cleaning.  When I clean, she asks me for a cloth, and to "make it soapy!" I usually just pretend to throw a little cleanser on a rag, and she gets very excited to clean off any and all surfaces she can find.
- also enjoys coloring every surface she can find, so it's a dang- good thing she cleans too.  Yesterday she decided to decorate the wall, fridge, and floor with blue.  Thank goodness Crayola are washable.  We have warned her and warned her about "only coloring in the book!" but she does not heed.  Even two of her baby dolls are now crayoned and chalked up.
- has not mastered all her pronouns yet, and when she wants to ask me to hold her, rather than saying, "Will you hold me?" asks "Will I hold you?"  It's so precious.  Sometimes she just reaches out and says, "I hold you!  I hold you!"  Our girl is still affectionate to everyone, including little sis, whose cheeks she loves to pinch while saying, 'Cahly- you cute!  Cute!"

C:
- started food beyond cereal.  Yesterday was day one, and we started with squash.  She was unsure during the lunch feeding but did better at dinner.  Mess was abundant, and adorable.
- rolled around on her playmat this morning with her buddy Julie.  They checked each other out, sized each other up, and then grinned at each other for a while.  The expressions were very sweet.
- has started to self- soothe for naps.  She doesn't require as much TLC before a nap anymore, and becomes quiet and drifts off more quickly.  Little girl is getting so big!

6-12-14

K:
- loves to "read" her two favorite books to Carly-- "the cake book" and "the sister book."  She puts a pillow sham on C's lap to rest the book upon, and goes page by page.  If C looks away, K will admonish her: "Look, Carly!  Look at the sister book!"
- for the first time, told me without pompting or repeating, "I bud you, Mommy" (AKA "I love you").  I melted.  She snuggled right up to make her declaration. 
- constantly asks what various people are doing-- from family members to little friends.  For example, she will ask: "What's Daddy doin'?"  I will tell her he is at work, and three seconds later she asks again. 

C:
- had the follow- up appt for her toe today.  The surgeon was very pleased with the healing.  She also said the pathology came back, and it was indeed a hair that had been lodged up--- a true hair tourniquet.  We are just so glad this whole ordeal is over with and she's back to good.
- is rolling around on the floor like a champ.  She's still not a fan of tummy time (never has been) but enjoys seeing what she can make her little body do from an on- chest position. 
- loves playing with her car seat toys and her paci.  She's started lifting the paci in and out of her mouth.  Seems like a fun little game for her. :) She continues to be super- portable and easy to take along wherever we go.  Happy- go- lucky little thing. 

5-31-2014

K:
- is in a truck- obsession phase. Yesterday Pop bought her a toy trash truck (her favorite kind to spot on the road). She calls it her "trash truch" and loves to pick up pieces of paper with it and beep its horn.
- on that same topic, was thrilled to go to the town's "Touch- a- Truck" event this morning. She got to climb inside a loader, a dump truck, a plow, among many others.
- this week received her new playground from Nana and Pop. She loves the slide, swings, and rock climb best. When we attempt to assist her with any of it, she tells us: "Go away! Don't come! I'll dooooo it!!"

C:
- is recovering like a champ from yesterday's toe surgery. Our trooper did so well fasting for six hours beforehand, and has been unbothered by her little cast. She's taking meds every three hours and we are so proud of her bravery in the OR yesterday.
- loves reaching up for her monkey and giraffe on the playmat and pulling at them, using her super- strong grip.
- turned 4- months this week. Time, please stop speeding!

5-22-14

K:
- keeps talking about the beach and the "sam- cassews" she wants to make.
- has started pulling C's cheeks and telling her she's "cute! Cute!" Overall, she's gotten very affectionate with C; K loves to hug her and asks all the time "I hold her?"
- has told me her favorite food is chicken. This is not bad-- but it's dubious, as I thought for sure she would have told me chocolate or chocolate milk or cake-- none of which she's allowed to have often but all of which she is mildly obsessed with.

C:
- had her 4- month appointment. She is in the 55th percentile for height and the 40th for weight, measuring just over 24 inches and weighing 13 lbs, 10oz.
- is still struggling with her injured toe. Swelling and redness have subsided-- now we need that laceration to close up.
- went to a farm with Mom yesterday and enjoyed a fun tractor ride with other moms and kiddos from Moms' Club.

5-16-2014

K:
- has figured out that Dad's other name is Joe, and at dinner time yells out, "Joe! The food's done!" Man, toddlers are like sponges!
- loves to feed, burp, change, bathe, and nap her many babies-- all of whom she claims bear the same name as her favorite little friend at day care.
- has begun asking for pasta for nearly every meal.

C:
- was at the doctor this week with a swollen and red toe-- turns out she likely had a hair or thread tourniquet. So sad! But she is unaffected, still happy as ever.
- is getting stronger and stronger when up on her chest and elbows.
- still has the cutest little squeal and shriek in the world.

5-9-14

K:
-had her first haircut today and did wonderfully.  She was nervous and stern, but was made more calm by the Elmo DVD she got to pick out and watch. At the end, she got a ponytail, a lollipop, and a certificate documenting the big event.  On an errand after, she loved to proclaim proudly, "My haircut!"
- has started to blame little sis for things.  She told me that "Carly did" when I asked K if she went #2. And she subsequently said C was responsible for a snack mess.
- was pretending to cut her dolls' nails the other day, and repeatedly admonished them: "DON'T move!" I guess it's clear what I shout, er, ask politely, when I cut the girls' nails.

C:
- joined Mama for a trip to work and loved the gobs of attention she received. In the time we were there, she was a smile machine and didn't fuss a speck. 
- is still waking nightly between 230 and 330 for a feeding, though Mom is wishing she would instead sleep through!
- loves grocery shopping-- the sights, the sounds-- she looks excited the whole time.

4-30-14

K:
- while relaxing on the couch the other night before bed, said to me, "Mama, c' mere."  I obliged, and then she wrapped her arm around me, as I typically do to her, and gave me a kiss on the forehead.  As we lay there together, she stroked my hair as I do to her.  We stayed like that for several minutes, and I teared up-- because of how sweet and loving it was, but also because she was mimicking-- what I hope is-- a bonding experience that I didn't know she was soaking up.

- spent a while pretending to change Minnie Mouse's diaper today.  When I asked what happened, she told me, "No poop.  Minnie peed."

- went to the Children's Museum with C and me yesterday, and loved the slide (big shock) and the room with the old ship.  Oh, and the colonial dining room and play food laid out.  :)

C:
- has been kicking so much in her bouncy chair that you'd think she's started Martial Arts.

- hung out happily in the Bjorn carrier at the museum, taking in all the people and exhibits and fun and laughter around her. 

- has been promoted to level 2 bottle nipples-- faster flow= exciting stuff.

4-24-2014

K:
 - loves big kid slides and enjoyed them at her playdate at Town Common today
- wants to drag chairs all over the house to let her reach "illegal" heights
- when someone expresses pain, asks if he/ she is hurt, and then proclaims, "I'll kiss it!" and does just that

C: 
- napped for three hours straight at the playdate today
- loves her pacis
- is starting to grow out of 3- month onesies