All is Wells: 2014

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A Glimpse of the Girls

Lucy at 1 year

Rose at 2.5 years

I started this daily journal for the girls on Lucy's birthday and have really enjoyed being able to capture the moments.

June 27, 2014

Rose: measured for her 2.5 mark, 33 inches

Lucy: 1st birthday, measured a little taller than Rose at this age 27.75 inches, still didn't know how to blow out her candle, but had fun eating the cupcake, cooed to Grandma & Grandpa when they called to wish her a Happy Birthday

June 28

Rose: climbed a big tree house with Daddy.

Lucy: Had fun crawling around on the trampoline and going up and down the stairs over and over again with lots of help.

June 29

Rose: Went to the potty 3 times at church. Skyped with Ezra.

Lucy: Got really good at waving hi and bye bye.

June 30

Rose: Taught her about baptism for FHE tonight since it is Avery's birthday today and she turned 8. Rose said, "I get baptized too."

Lucy: Said her first distinguishable/official words today: ball and Jesus. The Jesus came during FHE tonight.

July 1

Rose: Had fun digging in the dirt outside with some neighbor friends

Lucy: When I said it was time to go outside and get her shoes, Lucy went and got Rose's shoes and tried to get me to put them on her.

July 2

Rose: Woke up in the middle of the night saying she was scared of snakes in her cribs. (We had seen a garden snake in the garden the previous evening.) Took her a long time to go back to sleep.

Lucy: While walking around she'll sing "aaa - tis, aaa - tis" over and over again which sounds like "Ashes, Ashes...we'll all fall down." We don't think she really knows that song since we only sing it once and a while, it just sounds like it.

July 3

Rose: Decided to have a tea party using our Tupperware drawer.

Lucy: Clapped her hands for the first time and then started doing it over and over again; Said diaper when getting a diaper change

July 4

Rose: Ate lots of cherries from Grandpa's cherry tree and stained her hands, mouth, and clothes.

Lucy: Waved her flag vigorously at the Provo Freedom Parade.

July 5

Rose: At "Colonial Days" in Orem, Rose and Rachel sat in the front row at school time and were very good. Rose drew a picture of an apple on her chalk board.

Lucy: Climbed up the stairs at Grampa and Nai Nai's house over and over again even when it was blockaded. The one time we didn't notice she was standing at the top of the stairs crying to get help to come down. Good thing she didn't try to get down herself.

July 6

Rose: Sent her Flounder fish to time out. Was such a good girl in sacrament meeting today. She didn't have to go to time out or try to get out of the pew at all. She was a good example to her sister who was not doing as well.

Lucy: Was very grumpy at church until Daddy found her two necklaces which she played with very well the rest of the block. She put them on over and over again and had fun handing them to people in Sunday School.

July 7

Rose: Had fun at the McDonald's play place for Family Home Evening. She even introduced Lucy to the friends she made by telling them her name and that she was 1. And then she tried to help her get into the big kid area before we stopped her.

Lucy: Snuggled so sweetly into my shoulder and insisted on giving Daddy and me kisses after finding us kissing.

July 8

Rose: I laid down on the floor in Rose's room during her nap and it took 45 minutes, but she finally passed out and slept for almost 2 hours. There's got to be a better way to get her to take a nap.

Lucy: 12 month check up. Weighed 19 lbs and 27.5 inches. She cried hard for her shots, but was a real champ after a couple of minutes. Doctor was a little concerned that her weight and height had dropped and wants her calories to be upped, but he also said it's normal because they are so mobile right now.

July 9

Rose: Couldn't get her shorts down by herself while I was nursing Lucy so had an accident in the bathroom. Cried really hard and was really upset about it. It's hard being 2 sometimes.

Lucy: Had a fever and feeling yucky all day because of her shots yesterday. Hardly ate any solids and mostly wanted to be held and snuggle. Poor thing!

July 10

Rose: Used the correct pronunciation of Corn Flakes this morning at breakfast time. She usually called it "clon clakes." She's growing up too fast.

Lucy: As I was smoothing over Andrew's hair for work today, Lucy starting fixing her own hair.

July 11

Rose: At a Haws Chalupa Night Rose was so excited to have her own dinner plate and ate every bite while sitting with other kids. She came up to us so excited that she had eaten her whole dinner and wanted to throw her paper plate in the garbage.

Lucy: It was Chick Filet Cow Appreciation Day so at the restaurant Lucy tried Root Beer for the first time and hated it. Then she would only eat the french fries if Andrew put it in a box for her to hold.

July 12

Rose: At "This is the Place" Pioneer Park, Rose was so sad when we missed the first train and kept crying, but then she was so happy that we got to ride it 3 times. And then when we got to the little kid train and rode it, she said, "This is so fun."

Lucy: Gets very upset when Rose ever sits on my lap. I try to have them both on there, but she continues to cry until Rose is off completely and will even kick and push her until she is the only one sitting in my lap.

July 13

Rose: Witnessed her first baptism today of a boy in our ward. She tried to go up to see it with all the kids, but there were so many kids and she was so short, she didn't get to see it at all. But she kept saying "When I'm 8 I want to be baptized just like Avery."

Lucy: Said "nana" over and over again while nibbling banana this evening.

July 14

Rose: Said "Goodbye you guys, I'm going to the office."

Lucy: Played peek-a-boo with Andrew and me from around the corner with a huge grin.

July 15

Rose: Likes to grab Lucy by her clothes and push or pull her along and occasionally calls her "her doggy." Lucy likes it sometimes, but most of the time does not appreciate it.

Lucy: Is getting good at communicating when she wants to be nursed. She will make the sign for milk (squeezing her hand) sometimes, tries to say milk (ma) sometimes, or mostly just cries and tries to get me to go to her room. She even tried bringing me the boppy pillow one time. Whenever I suggest it though, she understands really well and immediately heads to her room.

July 16

Rose: Has a really cute pronunciation of french fries: crench cries

Lucy: Whenever we say even casually "sing a song" Lucy immediately starts singing and sometimes waves her hand like the chorister. We always sing a song before reading scriptures in the morning, so now even when we pass the scriptures out she starts singing.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Rose: 2 years, 2 months in a "Tutu"

Here is what this "big girl" has been up to lately:

Learning her Letters
We have been teaching Rose her letters for a while now. She knows almost half of them and here they are in the order she learned them: J, I, R (which she calls Rose), S, O, A, B, E,and H. We started with her magnets on the fridge and now she uses her wooden blocks she got for Christmas.

Pretty Princess
Rose loves anything to do with princesses. She loves watching the shows, reading the books, and dressing up in all her "prettys." She is getting good at singing the songs: "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream", "I'm wishing, hahaha", etc. She always calls Cinderella, Cinderelly just like the mice, and is always very concerned about Belle's papa.

Big Helper
Rose loves to help. She wants to be involved in what you are doing and have an assignment. She especially likes helping to wash the dishes, so I pull up a chair and she gets one sink and I get the other. She likes helping make the food. She'll either tear up the lettuce for a salad, put something in a bowl after it's been chopped, or mix and mix (or as she says "bate, bate, chocolate" - from Dora). And whenever Lucy needs a diaper change, Rose gets the diapers and wipes as fast as her little legs can carry her.

Talking it Through
Rosie hates diaper changes and getting dressed. So Daddy has been using some special methods to help her through these hard times. Whenever it's time to put new clothes on, Andrew puts her clothes on his head and says, "is this Daddy's shirt?" She lowers her brow, takes a step forward, points her finger and emphatically says "No Daddy. Silly. Those are Rose." And then she takes them back and is willing to get dressed. He also tells her when it's diaper time that "Lucy is a baby, so she doesn't know how to take off her diaper, but Rose is a big girl so she knows how." She loves that and repeats it five times while taking her own diaper off. Again, then she is more willing to get a new one put on her.

Picks Up on Everything
Lately Rose has been trying out some of the terms of endearment Andrew and I use for each other. She will come up to us and ask so innocently, "What you doing, sweetheart?" or if she knows I need something from Andrew who is another room, she will yell, "Honey!" It is so cute. She also has been picking up on when one of us (OK just me) is having a hard time. If I'm worried or crying a little she will come up to me, pat my on the knee and say, "It's OK honey, be happy." She obviously has been observing Andrew's comforting tactics for some time now and has become the expert because it only takes one or two of her pleas and I've forgotten my trouble or start laughing at how adorable she can be.

Food
We've finally got her drinking her morning and nightly milk in a sippy cup rather than a bottle. We just had to make sure it was a princess sippy cup and everything was fine. She can be pretty picky about food and really has a hard time eating anywhere but our own house, mostly because she is too distracted with the excitement around her. Eating has always been more like an optional thing, unlike most of us who view it as a necessity and a pleasure. The foods she really likes right now are: baked potatoes with lots of sour cream, goldfish, strawberries, pizza, yogurt, nuts, oatmeal, tacos, cheese, apples, CANDY, sausage, savory bread, mac n cheese, spaghetti, and lots and lots of juice. We're working on veggies, but so far they are a big "No!" right now.

Big Sister
Rosie loves her sister. She loves bossing her around, she loves tickling her, and she loves rolling all over her. Sometimes their play gets pretty rough, and Rose will knock Lucy over, or sit on her tummy while she is lying down. Lucy is tough and rarely cries. She just laughs through it, even when we are reminding Rose to "Be soft with Lucy." The big thing, though, is that if Lucy has a toy, Rose wants it bad. So we are still working on a lot of sharing issues especially because Lucy is already noticing when her prized chew toy has been taken away. But most of the time, they have way too much fun. Rose especially likes getting Lucy riled up until they are both laughing so hard that they can barely breathe. And now that Lucy is eating little puffs, Rosie loves putting them in her mouth one by one. She is already a little Mommy in the making.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Lucy at 8 months

She is loads of fun all the time. I just can't get enough of her. Here is what she is up to:

Crawling

She has been doing it for about a week now, and getting better and better at it. She mostly loves crawling to the high chair and pushing it around a bit, to the shoe closet, and wherever Rosie's snacks and juice happens to be. Lucy also climbs all over Rose's little chair whether Rose is sitting on it or not. And though it's hard to believe it's possible, the girls have been having even more fun together since Lucy has been mobile: laughing and rough housing hysterically. I have trouble getting anything done sometimes because all I want to do is watch them. The one down side of Lucy's crawling skills, is that she is determined to put everything in her mouth, and there always seems to be something she finds that I have to swipe out before she chokes.

Food

Lucy loves to eat. Enough said. After the terrible battles with Rosie, we prayed and prayed that our next baby would actually like to eat. And the Lord has kindly answered our prayers. We are in the pureed baby food and puff cereal stage and it's loads of fun. She eats pretty much anything we give her and stays happy as long as the spoon keeps coming to her mouth and she can keep one eye on her big sis at all times. She's getting better at picking up her little puff cereal, but is not as coordinated as Rose was at this age. She still nurses a lot, but it is nice to be able to give her other food especially when we're out and about.

Sleeping

Lucy takes three naps now and sleeps anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Sometimes she falls asleep before I finish nursing her, but if not, I just put her in crib and let her put herself to sleep. If she's really having a hard time though, Andrew has perfected a crib rocking method that works really well. At night she sleeps from about 7:30-6:30 and only nurses once or twice. She sleeps in our room during the day, and then we move her crib out to the living room at night.

Teeth

Lucy just cut her third tooth TODAY! Obviously just in time for her 8 month birthday and this blog post. She got her 2 front bottom teeth when she was about six months and now has her third coming in on the bottom as well right next to the others, which is a little surprising since they usually have the next ones be the top front teeth. But her little toothy grin is always to die for.

Babbling

She isn't much of a babbler. She occasionally says bababa, but that's about it. I'm pretty sure Rose was saying mamama and dadada by this point. But whenever I babble to her to get her to start, she just laughs and laughs. So I think she must think it is too silly or something and will skip the baby babble and move onto words in a few months.

Other Random Facts

She can be really snuggly, especially when she wakes up. And she has a bashful side that is so cute. She is pretty content to play on the floor with toys as long as she doesn't see Mommy. In fact, I end up hiding from her a lot or Andrew will have her play with her back to me so that she doesn't see me. She's really strong and wiggly. Sometimes it is like a wrestling match when you hold her or are trying to get a new diaper on. She's always flailing and kicking, and grabbing my lip and hair while I nurse her. In fact, she even knocked my contact out of my eye when I was nursing her one time. I'm still not sure how that happened. But she really knows how to hold her own against her big sister.