Baby quotes 10/2014

Penelope: 

"Ooosh" for shoes... I die every time. She looooves shoes!

Going bonkers for Wheels on the Bus- "Dow Dow Dow doooow" (all over town- obvio)

Signing "apple"- "Baaahpi. Baaahpi!"

Signing please all the time. 

Signing (panting) for dog. 

She loves animals- stuffed and live, and is not scared of them. 

Smiles at everybody.

Going to "sleep" anywhere (including the cold patio.)

Gwen: 

"You my sweetheart, mommy."

"I cried for you!"

Helping Penelope. 

"I'm gonna do ----, is that awright?"

"Ok, guys, settle down."

Sofia the First. 

Princess mania! 

Pink dresses! 

Penelope is 1 year old!

Sweet sweet sweet girl!! You are 1-year old, but still such a tiny babe to me. Your gentle, deep blue eyes are so expressive... your smile is contagious, and your cry continues to break/melt my heart. 

At 12 months:

You weigh about 20 lbs, and are average height. The dr says you are in the 42nd %ile for weight. You wear 12-18 month clothes, although you seem so little to me. 

You can stand independently for a while, and you walk while holding onto things, but are still very unsteady on your feet. When you stand, it blows my mind because you look SO little to be standing. A little peanut. Your feet are so tiny, I can't imagine you being able to balance on them. 

You eat everything now, and you've started to like your goats milk. You love yogurt, cheese, Cheerios, cottage cheese (your favorite!), strawberries, eggs. You want anything we're eating. Luckily no allergies.

You sleep very well now. Finally! You sleep from about 7:00pm-6:30am, with a 1.25 hour nap at 9:30 and 2:00. I'm looking forward to your switch to one nap a day...then you and your sister will be on the same schedule! That can't come soon enough. 

You're down to nursing 3x per day- when you first wake up, around 4:00pm, and then right before bed. 

You do this adorable smile now where you wrinkle your nose and show your teeth and it kills me! 

You love to point at everything with your tiny arm outstretched and your little finger!  I love it! 

At night, when I nurse you to sleep in bed, you finish and sit up, all sleepy and smiley with messed up hair...you love this time, just mommy and you. You point, and smile, and crawl on mommy. These are such precious moments. 

You're still so easy-going and really only cry if you're in pain. Not a fussy baby at all! How lucky are we? 

You still love to look at people out in public and smile at them...even if they aren't looking at you! It's so cute. 

You LOVE Mattie! Every time you notice her, you want to go over and see her. Mattie is still a little unsure about you. 

You also really love stuffed animals. You just want to hold them all whenever you see them. That sweet heart is so big! 

You now sleep with a blue bear and a blanket at night! Big girl! 

You're fearless and independent and love to do things on your own. You hate when your sister comes and hugs you because it stops you from what you're doing. You enjoy climbing- it's your favorite thing...climbing up on top of things and climbing off, and then climbing up again and again. I have a feeling the crib won't last very long! :) 

Words we would use to describe you: gentle, playful, sweet, independent, fragile, fearless, determined, beautiful. 

We are so blessed to have you in out lives, Penelope! We love you so so so much! 

Penelope is 11 months old!

My gentle, darling, sweet Penelope!  You're already 11 months old! Time has gone by so quickly, but you're still my little sweet baby. 

Penelope, at 11 months you:

Weigh about 19 lbs, and are wearing 12-18 month clothes (mostly hand-me-downs from your sister).

Can crawl and pull up to standing.

You're crying face continues to break my heart into a million pieces...but as soon as I pick you up, you usually cheer up.  Very validating. ;)

You're a little scared of the blender and immediately drop what your doing and start to crawl to towards me all panicky when it turns on (damn mommy and her stupid breakfast smoothies!)

Can now blow kisses (by holding your hand up to your mouth and licking it), and say "uh oh"- your first word! 

Still sleeping through the night: about 6:30 pm - 4:30 am, when I nurse you for 15 min and then you go back to sleep until about 6:00 (most of the time)...we went to RI together last week and now your sleeping schedule is all off! 

You nurse about 6x a day now, and drink two, 4-oz bottles and one 2 oz bottle when at daycare. At work, I pump about 9 oz now... Starting to go down. Weaning will start soon! Happy/sad...

You have your top teeth now! Four total teeth! 

You are so sweet and gentle and curious!  

 

Our baby is 10 months old!

Penelope, your smile is magical!

At 10 months (double digits now! You're practically a teenager), you:

Weigh about 19 lbs, and wear 9-12 month clothes. 

Can pull up to a stand, and you've started "cruising" a little. 

Can wave, play peekaboo, and will sometimes say "more" using sign language while eating. Whenever we say the word "bye", your hand shoots up and you start waving. 

Are finally taking longer naps...about 1 hr and 15 min, twice per day. The afternoon nap still varies and is often 45 min.

And you're finally sleeping through the night: about 6:30 pm - 5:30 am, when I nurse you for 15 min and then you go back to sleep until about 7:00 (most of the time)...

Nursing like a champ. You nurse about 7x a day, and drink three, 4-oz bottles when at daycare. At work, I pump about 12 oz, so I think your total intake right now is about 18 oz. 

You like to stand on your head while you nurse, too. 

You're eating more finger foods and can chew and swallow them without gagging/choking! 

You have two bottom teeth still, but those top teeth are coming soon. The gums up there look mean. 

You are so playful and love to laugh. I think you're going to be a little jokster as you get older. 

You were baptized on 4/26/14, and you were the star of the show. You were singing with the choir and "talking" to the priest (during his sermon)! The priest decided to cut his sermon short and do the baptism bc you were being impatient. Then during the ceremony, you kept kicking your little legs and wiggling around in my arms. You saw Papa in the crowd and yelled out to him. Everyone laughed and thought you were the cutest little thing. 

Now you're free of original sin! Don't mess it up, little one! 

Penelope is 9 freakin months old!

Why is time just flying by with you, little mamacita?

At 9 months you, 

Are about 18 lbs and still tall and thin. You're in 9-12 month clothes. 

You can crawl and will pull yourself up on everything. 

You are independent and love to explore, but you're starting to follow us around more. 

Are starting to show a preference for mommy at times.

You are taking longer naps, but have started waking up once a night to nurse. 

Say "da" so cute, while you look around with you eyebrows up. I think you think you're actually saying something! 

Smile so quick and easy! You look at everyone you pass in the stores, and if they smile at you, you instantly smile back! It's so gratifying...especially when your sister is sitting there giving them the straight face...

You crawl over to me when I clap my hands and say "come here!"

Your crying face breaks my heart every time. 

You go to "school" easily with no separation anxiety, and still take 4, 4-5 oz bottles, even though they want 3, 6 oz bottles. You get really tired when your there, but will only nap for about 30-45 minutes. 

At home you inconsistently nap from 45 min-1 hr, 15 minutes...90% of the time it's 45 min, 2x per day now. I'm really trying to get you on 2 naps per day instead of 3...it's so hard with three short naps! Why can't I have a baby who takes long naps??

You nurse about 6x per day, but only 5 minutes at a time- your so distracted by everything (especially your sister)!

You eat baby food 3x per day and still have trouble keeping solids (puffs that melt in your mouth) in your mouth. You still are swallowing with a tongue thrust, and will accidentally push food out of your mouth. 

We love you so much! You make us so happy! 

Gwendolyn's 2 Year old Quotes

Here are some of the adorable things my 2 year old has said/done: 

"Your juice in the fridge, mommy." (She's starting to use pronouns and prepositions now!)

"A,b,c,d, l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,etc..." 

Kisses with the "sound". 

3/26/14: the first time she told me a story from school. "Mommy, I twy at school. I twyin. Salla made me sad. On the bed. She say no. I cry. I no wanno do to sleep."

5/26/14: Mommy, your shoes are so pretty! (looks st Daddy's shoes and says nothing- we all laugh. Then...) Daddy, I like your shoes! (Laughing) They're so bwown!"

She gets a cut on her knee and limps! 

"Bid hud!"

Wiping off our kisses and laughing! 

"Mommy, can I have a rice Christmas treat?"

Face massages at night. 

2-19-14 The baby is 8 months!

Our sweet, independent, happy Penelope, at 8 months old:

You weigh about 17 lbs and still tall with long limbs. 

You still west 9-12 month clothes and size 2 diapers. I'm starting to put you in "real clothes" more and more, and trying to use pjs only at night. 

You can crawl now! You started crawling around 7.5 months, and now you're getting strong and fast, 

You just cut two teeth this past week. Lots of fussiness and running of the nose. You don't like to be uncomfortable AT ALL. 

You will take a 1.5 hour nap once per day, and 2-3, 45-min naps. Your trying to get down to 3 naps per day, but you still get very tired at about the 2-2.5 hour mark and start screaming your little head off. 

You nurse after every nap and before bed at 6:30/7:00. Breastfeeding us going well, except I'm worried my supply has gone down in the past few weeks. I'm taking fenugreek to help remedy that. 

You're favorite you now is a yellow piece of yarn/string from one of Gwen's toys. You LOVE it and enjoy biting it and popping out of your mouth. It always gets nice and soggy. 

You also love when mommy sings "Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee". And you and Gwen laugh out loud if I sing it really fast. That song stops you from crying about 90% of the time. Mommy is hilarious, by the way. 

You really enjoy watching your sister, but you've started to look at mommy and cry every time she touches you. She likes to get in your bubble, and my theory is that you're anticipating her hurting you/taking your toy/interrupting your activity. 

You like going to "school". When we come to pick you up, you are so cute: you kick and smile and make little happy noises when you see us! 

That's another thing: you are very independent and get focused on your tasks. You don't require much attention, unless you're tired (then you get all cuddly). Many times we'll be in the living room, and I'll be playing on the floor, but you just crawl around the room exploring and finding new toys to put in your mouth. I'll try to get your attention, and you smile at me, but most of the time you just keep doing your own thing. I have to go get you and pick you up if I want cuddles! Mommy needs attention too, you know! 

As for Gwendolyn, she is in the full blown terrible twos. Whining and crying through the day (except at daycare) and learning her limits. Daddy and mommy put her in time out for the first time a few days ago and laughed our way through it. You wouldn't pick up some toys that you threw under the table, so we counted to three, and asked if you wanted to go to time out. You said "no", but still didn't pick them up, so daddy walked you over to the time out spot (you held his hand and curiously walked over). Then you stayed in the spot and cried until mommy came and got you. You said "bid hud (big hug)" after I got you out of time out.  

Gwendolyn has also started saying "I luh-dooh"(I love you) unsolicited, and it's the sweetest thing ever. :) 

She also says, "I want my mommy/daddy", and this morning told Jeff, "I want you, daddy". 

"I'm excited."

Of course she wants to do everything "all by myself". 

Ahhh...two year olds are amazing. So kissable, cute and soft one minute...and the next minute they've turned into a monster. 

1/19/14- 7 month old Penelope

My sweet, adorable Penelope! 

At 7 months: 

You weigh about 16 lbs and continue to stay "long and lean". Your arms are so long, you can grab things from a mile away. Sometimes we hold you on our lap while we eat, and push our plate far away so you can't reach it, but those arms always seem to stretch farther than we expect! 

You wear 9-12 month clothes still. Still wearing mostly pjs bc I think you look so cozy in them! :) plus I like that your feet are covered. 

You now can sit up independently! You can sit up for quite a while now and won't fall over unless you see something you want out of your reach. I learned that I still can't sit you up on a rug on a tile floor bc when you tip over, you always bang your head on the actual tile because of your length. 

You have started to prefer to be on your stomach while playing because you are able to "move around". You don't crawl yet, but somehow you're able to get to the toys out of your reach. 

You nurse about 6x per day. About every 3 hours. I love cuddling with you while nursing. You've stopped violently kicking me in the stomach, so it's a lot more pleasant. 

You still take mostly 45 min naps, althoigh your morning nap will sometimes be 1.5 hrs. You get tired every 2 hours. I'm frustrated with your short naps and ready for you to start extending them. 

You now sleep through the night from about 6:30-6:30. Knock on wood...every time I say you're sleeping through the night, you start waking up again. 

Your favorite toy is Sophie the Giraffe. 

You like it when we sing to you. 

You love your sister and laugh at her, but you've started to cry when she snatches toys out of your hands (which happens a lot). 

You eat baby food 2x per day, and prefer fruits. We've also tried a little egg and peanut butter (just a taste) because people are now saying to introduce allergenic foods early (which was the complete opposite of what they were saying last year...sigh). 

Still no teeth! 

You are so easy-going, and hardly cry unless you're tired. You go to sleep for naps and night easily now. 

You've started to look for me more for comfort when you're sitting on the floor. Sometimes when I put you down, you cry because you want to stay with me. This is new. When you fall and get hurt, all I need to do is pick you up and cuddle you and you're back to your smiling self pretty quickly. Your hurt-cry breaks my heart. I'm so bonded to you now. :) Love love love!