Rachel decided to play sherrif. What that means for me is "getting rested" (arrested). Except this time, because I was on the phone, I got handcuffed. To the chair. Then left so she could go get her "wight sabor" from Tar Wors. Perfect.
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Showing posts with label Rachel. Show all posts
I have realized that I do not like to start in the middle--I much prefer to start at the beginning or at the end, whichever way you like to look at things. So, instead of starting in the middle, I put it off. Choosing to do nothing rather than something half way. But, I am getting harassed by my husband to suck it up and start anyway. So, after much prompting, I am combining all the kids' blogs into one here and starting Maddie's blog at month three. Ughh. It's torture. We'll just pretend this conversation never happened and hopefully in a few months, it will be irrelevant anyway because all the kids' stuff will be uploaded and no one will know the difference!
Though it will take me some time to upload Ethan and Rachel's blogs. Believe it or not, Ethan's first few years are handwritten. Can you believe that? (That's something we call ink and paper for those of you born after 1990).
So, we'll leave it at that. My introduction to what will prove, I'm sure, to be a ballad of humor, whether intentional or not. I bring you the Adventures of Ethan, Rachel and Madeline.
Though it will take me some time to upload Ethan and Rachel's blogs. Believe it or not, Ethan's first few years are handwritten. Can you believe that? (That's something we call ink and paper for those of you born after 1990).
So, we'll leave it at that. My introduction to what will prove, I'm sure, to be a ballad of humor, whether intentional or not. I bring you the Adventures of Ethan, Rachel and Madeline.
Whenever you hear "It's OK mommy. Mommy, I'm OK" from the other room, it's never OK.
I discovered Rachel once again coloring all over her feet with a pen she found in my bag. She had crawled under the table and had also decorated the chair.
When does this phase end?
Merry Christmas! And, Happy New Year's!
Well, since my last post, which was over a month ago, a lot has happened. Surprise, surprise!
Rachel is now really crawling and pulling herself up on anything that is greater than 1" off the ground. She can stand up in the middle of the room by herself and lets go of the object she was holding on to and will stand alone for a little while. But, her "sea legs" tell us it will be awhile before we see real first steps.
She's getting more teeth. To date, she has the bottom center teeth. It looks like ones on either side will be coming in next followed quickly by the top centers.
She gives us the finger all the time...the pointing finger that is. Her pointer fingers are constantly out and she will point at everything. Sometimes it's helpful (like when she points at one of three dishes that we're feeding her from) but othertimes it's frustrating because she knows what she wants and I can't figure it out. She also uses the finger to shake at me when she's doing something she's not supposed to (I shake my finger and say "no, no" when correcting her). Unfortunately, she then laughs so I'm not thinking our discipline is being understood (yes, I know she is too little).
She now has said: dada, mum-mum, no (kinda), papa, hey, hi, and she growls like a bear/tiger/lion/daddy in the morning (ha!) or whatever I prompt her with.
She gives BIIIGG hugs, especially to Ethan and slobbery wet kisses to anyone who wants one. She is getting a little bit better with stranger shyness (strangers being anyone other than mom, dad or Ethan). She loves her bath and acts like quite the little lady while in the water, not! She splashes wildly, attempts to drink half the water and knocks over any bottles she can get her fingers on.
She's sleeping through the night (8:30-6ish) but still cries everytime we put her in her crib awake and everytime she wakes up. She has quite the set of lungs on her. Her volume and pitch are very, um, unique. She will let you know when she doesn't like what you're doing and definitely objects when you take a toy away--in the form of throwing herself backwards regardless of where she is and using that "unique" scream.
Other than that, it's business as usual. We're hoping she avoids this terrible illness that Ethan has. We're waiting to hear back from the docs as to what it is that he has--probably influenza but maybe pneumonia. I think they're a little jumpy and really he just has a bad cold. But, better safe than sorry.
The next post promises to have pictures and/or a video so you can see that really my children are alive and well. Until then...
Well, since my last post, which was over a month ago, a lot has happened. Surprise, surprise!
Rachel is now really crawling and pulling herself up on anything that is greater than 1" off the ground. She can stand up in the middle of the room by herself and lets go of the object she was holding on to and will stand alone for a little while. But, her "sea legs" tell us it will be awhile before we see real first steps.
She's getting more teeth. To date, she has the bottom center teeth. It looks like ones on either side will be coming in next followed quickly by the top centers.
She gives us the finger all the time...the pointing finger that is. Her pointer fingers are constantly out and she will point at everything. Sometimes it's helpful (like when she points at one of three dishes that we're feeding her from) but othertimes it's frustrating because she knows what she wants and I can't figure it out. She also uses the finger to shake at me when she's doing something she's not supposed to (I shake my finger and say "no, no" when correcting her). Unfortunately, she then laughs so I'm not thinking our discipline is being understood (yes, I know she is too little).
She now has said: dada, mum-mum, no (kinda), papa, hey, hi, and she growls like a bear/tiger/lion/daddy in the morning (ha!) or whatever I prompt her with.
She gives BIIIGG hugs, especially to Ethan and slobbery wet kisses to anyone who wants one. She is getting a little bit better with stranger shyness (strangers being anyone other than mom, dad or Ethan). She loves her bath and acts like quite the little lady while in the water, not! She splashes wildly, attempts to drink half the water and knocks over any bottles she can get her fingers on.
She's sleeping through the night (8:30-6ish) but still cries everytime we put her in her crib awake and everytime she wakes up. She has quite the set of lungs on her. Her volume and pitch are very, um, unique. She will let you know when she doesn't like what you're doing and definitely objects when you take a toy away--in the form of throwing herself backwards regardless of where she is and using that "unique" scream.
Other than that, it's business as usual. We're hoping she avoids this terrible illness that Ethan has. We're waiting to hear back from the docs as to what it is that he has--probably influenza but maybe pneumonia. I think they're a little jumpy and really he just has a bad cold. But, better safe than sorry.
The next post promises to have pictures and/or a video so you can see that really my children are alive and well. Until then...
