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.