December 2007 - John and me in Germany at the Neuschwanstein Castle, which was the model for Sleeping Beauty's castle. Meyers and Emery might get a kick out of that one day:)
Friday, December 28, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Ten and Eleven Months
Emery - you are 10 and 11 months old:)
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| no smiles for me! |
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| I didn't even make you a sticker this month. I grabbed some pictures while you were actually in a white onesie - which is rare! |
Okay.....so I totally slacked on your 10 month post. I just never have time to sit down at the computer anymore. So I'm combining these posts. I would say you are experiencing 2nd child syndrome, but I didn't have a blog until Meyers was almost 2, so I probably would have slacked on hers, too:)
I have no idea how much you weigh. I would guess somewhere between 22 and 23 pounds.
You are in size 4 diapers and 12-18 month clothes. You can fit into your sister's size 2 shoes that she wore when she was closer to 2 years old:)
You are still a great eater.
Somewhere between 10 and 11 months, you went down to 3 8oz bottles a day. We are now doing half formula and half 2% milk to get you ready to have all milk when you turn 1.
We FINALLY stopped swaddling you about a month ago. I know that might sound crazy to you one day, but you really did love being swaddled. You would get out of it during the night, but you are so wiggly that you needed it to keep you calm while we got you to sleep. On that note, we still aren't rocking you to sleep. We rock for a few minutes and put you in bed with your ducky - which you are obsessed with! It's the cutest thing ever! Meyers never cared for a lovey, and you didn't until a month or so ago. When we get you out of bed, you bend down to pick it up to bring it with you - so cute! Tonight, for example, you started crying after I put you in bed. When you didn't settle down, I went in to check on you, and ducky was on the floor. I got you back settled with ducky, and you went to sleep.
You took your first steps on November 10 at 9.5 months. You have been walking more and more each day. On Christmas day, it's like you flipped a switch and decided to to mostly walk instead of crawl. I would say you are walking about 70% of the time now and crawling about 30% of the time. Crazy!!
You are finally saying ma-ma! It's not usually directed at me, but I still love to hear it. Your only words are da-da and ma-ma.
You are such a fan of Mickey Mouse Clubhosue, and I'm thankful for it! We depend on Mickey when you are doing your nebulizer and when I need to stick you in the pack-n-play for a minute.
You are really great at playing independently. You can just sit in the floor and play by yourself for a while. I probably could have predicted that by your personality:)
As feisty as you can be, you are so sweet when Meyers doesn't want to share with you.
You do like to be held some, but only on your terms:) About a month or so ago, you laid your head on my shoulder while I was holding you, and I almost teared up because it was so sweet and RARE. You are not a cuddler, and I cherish the moments when you want to cuddle with me:)
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| no smile, but I could eat your little cheeks in this sweet picture |
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| least favorite part of my day - so nice when your daddy does your nebulizer and not me! |
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| wild woman into everything!!!! |
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| you and ducky |
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| first Santa visit - not a fan! You are looking at your daddy to get you because you must have figured out your mom snapping pictures was not coming to help you:) |
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| first Christmas and opening presents |
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| practicing your walking skills on Christmas morning |
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| you were doing more walking upstairs since there is carpet, but you are walking everywhere now |
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| you have been loving this broken Mickey book for a few days now |
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| love this little face |
The feeling I get when I see you and Meyers loving on each other and
playing together NEVER gets old. It warms my heart every time. Most mornings, we (me, you, and Meyers) hang out in the bed while I feed you your morning bottle. Meyers and you are always holding hands. It's the cutest thing! I pray
that you and your sister will always be close and be each other's best
friends.
Emery - we ALL love you so much. You bring us such joy. You wear us out, but I wouldn't have it any other way. You are so precious to us and continue to be the PERFECT addition to our family!!
Christmas 2012
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| Meyers's stuff from Santa |
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| Emery's stuff from Santa |
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| Even though she's crawling here, Emery decided to start full time walking on Christmas - one day before she turned 11 months. |
Friday, December 21, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Our Little Walking Machine
Emery is walking further and further everyday. I still wouldn't say she's officially walking, but she is definitely taking a lot of steps!
Please excuse the messy toys and my cackling laughter in the background:)
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Please excuse the messy toys and my cackling laughter in the background:)
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Thankful
My heart has been so heavy since Friday thinking about all those babies that lost their lives at Sandy Hook Elementary and the adults, as well. As a parent, I see those sweet faces and immediately see my girls' faces and feel physically ill thinking about what their families are going through. Today, for about 6 hours, my mind was somewhere else, and I wasn't consumed with thoughts of those children. My thoughts are once again consumed with this tragedy, now that we are home from the ER.
Meyers took her 5th trip (in her 3.5 years) to the emergency room today. She's had a cold for a week and half and high fevers for four straight days. I took her to the doctor yesterday, and the doctor thought it was just a virus; she tested negative for flu and strep. She was very clingy yesterday and wouldn't let me put her down at all; she was literally wrapping her little body around mine and hanging on for dear life. She has never done that. I noticed last night that she was not turning her head all the way and thought it was a little strange. Her fever broke this morning, and she said she wanted to "go to the restaurant". She is her daddy's daughter and loves to go out to eat. She's hardly eaten the last few days and has been so puny, so I was excited she wanted to eat and get out. While we were eating, my mom and I noticed she wasn't moving her neck much. I got a little worried and called and left a message with the doctor. We went ahead and went to Target because Meyers wanted to go, and I needed a few things. Within a few minutes of being in Target, Meyers looked like a robot. She would not move her neck at all, only her eyes. I totally freaked out. Our doctor's office had still not called back at that point. I had opened a milk for Meyers, so we paid for that and got home. I decided I was taking her to the ER. We got home, and I frantically got a bag together. At this point, Meyers would not let me put her down and was moaning like she was in pain. I was in major freak out mode then. My dad came over to watch Emery ( John was on his way to Indiana for the youth group ski retreat. He's home now. Thank goodness he drove his car and could come home.), and me, my mom and Meyers went to Lebonheur. Anybody who has ever been to the ER with a sick child knows how awful that is. We got there at 3:30 in the afternoon, and I was hopeful it wouldn't be that busy. It was bananas in there!!! They took her temperature at the front desk and it had gone back up to 103. They gave her a mask to wear (she was not having that) since it sounded like meningitis, which only confirmed my fear her not moving her neck.
To make a very long story a tiny bit shorter, the ER doctor "thinks" she just has a virus. Of course by the time we were seen, Meyers had perked up and was moving her neck. Praise God that it was nothing, but I would have loved to have a more solid answer than "I think it's just a virus."
This was the most scared I've ever been with her before, even with her asthma flare ups and getting her tonsils out at 17 months. I've never seen her like this before. So we will be taking it easy for a few more days. I really hope she will kick this in the next day or two. The ER doctor said she could run fever for 10-14 days with a virus - which I've never heard before.....
She's been sleeping with me the last few nights. We only have a queen bed, so when she is sick, John sleeps on the couch:) I'm listening to her sweet, little snores right now:) Before I started typing this, I just laid here and cried my eyes out and thanked Jesus for her being okay today. I'm so thankful for her and my other sweet monkey, too (who, by the way, was a precious angel for Poppy today and did some walking for him). So very thankful for their precious, little lives.
still not feeling so good, but moving her neck
this was after they told us she could get dressed and go home
9:00 dinner of Chik-fil-a and wearing her Snow White crown - a Christmas present I let her open when we got home to make up for her traumatic afternoon and evening.
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Meyers took her 5th trip (in her 3.5 years) to the emergency room today. She's had a cold for a week and half and high fevers for four straight days. I took her to the doctor yesterday, and the doctor thought it was just a virus; she tested negative for flu and strep. She was very clingy yesterday and wouldn't let me put her down at all; she was literally wrapping her little body around mine and hanging on for dear life. She has never done that. I noticed last night that she was not turning her head all the way and thought it was a little strange. Her fever broke this morning, and she said she wanted to "go to the restaurant". She is her daddy's daughter and loves to go out to eat. She's hardly eaten the last few days and has been so puny, so I was excited she wanted to eat and get out. While we were eating, my mom and I noticed she wasn't moving her neck much. I got a little worried and called and left a message with the doctor. We went ahead and went to Target because Meyers wanted to go, and I needed a few things. Within a few minutes of being in Target, Meyers looked like a robot. She would not move her neck at all, only her eyes. I totally freaked out. Our doctor's office had still not called back at that point. I had opened a milk for Meyers, so we paid for that and got home. I decided I was taking her to the ER. We got home, and I frantically got a bag together. At this point, Meyers would not let me put her down and was moaning like she was in pain. I was in major freak out mode then. My dad came over to watch Emery ( John was on his way to Indiana for the youth group ski retreat. He's home now. Thank goodness he drove his car and could come home.), and me, my mom and Meyers went to Lebonheur. Anybody who has ever been to the ER with a sick child knows how awful that is. We got there at 3:30 in the afternoon, and I was hopeful it wouldn't be that busy. It was bananas in there!!! They took her temperature at the front desk and it had gone back up to 103. They gave her a mask to wear (she was not having that) since it sounded like meningitis, which only confirmed my fear her not moving her neck.
To make a very long story a tiny bit shorter, the ER doctor "thinks" she just has a virus. Of course by the time we were seen, Meyers had perked up and was moving her neck. Praise God that it was nothing, but I would have loved to have a more solid answer than "I think it's just a virus."
This was the most scared I've ever been with her before, even with her asthma flare ups and getting her tonsils out at 17 months. I've never seen her like this before. So we will be taking it easy for a few more days. I really hope she will kick this in the next day or two. The ER doctor said she could run fever for 10-14 days with a virus - which I've never heard before.....
She's been sleeping with me the last few nights. We only have a queen bed, so when she is sick, John sleeps on the couch:) I'm listening to her sweet, little snores right now:) Before I started typing this, I just laid here and cried my eyes out and thanked Jesus for her being okay today. I'm so thankful for her and my other sweet monkey, too (who, by the way, was a precious angel for Poppy today and did some walking for him). So very thankful for their precious, little lives.
still not feeling so good, but moving her neck
this was after they told us she could get dressed and go home
9:00 dinner of Chik-fil-a and wearing her Snow White crown - a Christmas present I let her open when we got home to make up for her traumatic afternoon and evening.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Two Years in a Row
I LOVE getting two years out of an outfit! Seriously - it makes me so happy. It's the little things......
Where did my chubby cheeked toddler go????
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Where did my chubby cheeked toddler go????
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Flashback Friday
December 2009 - Meyers (8 months)
She is wearing one of MY outfits from when I was a baby. It's Carter's!! I wish Carter's would make plain, sweet stuff like this now, and I'd put the girls in it! Why does everything have to have words and characters all over it? I need to get a picture of Emery in this. And I need to try to find a picture of me in it:)
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Our Day in iPhone Pictures
Spent the morning running around like a crazy woman getting teacher and staff gift cards and then wrapping them all. I was so irritated that my printer was out of ink and I had to use tags I had already made instead of new ones that matched. I got over it, though:)
It drives me crazy when people can't park! She saw me attempting to get in my car with her terrible parking job and she said nothing! Uggh!
Meyers at her school Christmas party.
Emery at Target while John and Meyers were on a date:)
I love hand-me-down sleep sacks - even boy ones! Emery's not partial:)
Meyers at the zoo for "Daddy/Daughter Date Night".
This happened while at the zoo - Meyers sat in Mrs. Claus's lap while Mrs. Claus sat in front of Santa Claus. She's not crying!!! It's a Christmas miracle!
Meyers and John with the reindeer at the zoo
Meyers when she got home from her date:)
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