tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82178888065187495942024-02-18T20:23:26.530-08:00Teeny Cicchinisbrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-80452385712534153902014-06-28T14:20:00.003-07:002014-06-28T14:21:36.303-07:00Happy 1st Birthday, Jake!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh glorious day! I figured out what my picture posting problem was!!!! So now you get pictures! Which means I have a lot to catch up on :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Birthday little stinker! I can't believe my baby is one!!!! He is such a big boy now! He is walking, climbing, signing and developing quite the personality. I'm calling his official walk date 6/13, just a few days before his birthday. But he has made serious progress in the last 2 weeks. He walks laps around the kitchen, chasing his balls. Balls are probably his favorite toy. But he still loves things that light up and make sound too. He climbs on everything and is seriously Evil Kinevil (how do you spell that?). I have to watch him constantly because the second I turn my back he is climbing on something he should be. He signs "all done," and he uses the sign for "milk" when he wants something - but not necessarily milk. He has started clapping for "more." He claps, waves hi and bye, and does "hooray" in songs and he is starting to get really good at imitating things I do. And things his sister does. Which isn't always a good thing... He is super fun, but super opinionated and he is not fun to take shopping. It is so awesome watching him grow and this is such a fun age because I feel like he changes every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We celebrated his birthday in style :) Nautical theme/beach theme. I liked the anchors and the little crabs and then the navy/lime green together so I just kind of combined everything. I got some cute ideas off pinterest but I had a few original ones too. My favorite was the donuts - I wrapped fruit roll-up around them to look like life rafts. I tied lifesavers to lots of things, made deviled egg "sailboats" and a sand castle out of brown sugar. It was fun to plan.</span></div>
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brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-30924635879590830382014-05-27T12:42:00.001-07:002014-05-27T13:10:30.370-07:00Summer Already?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Wow, I can't believe it is summer already and my baby is almost a year old! Where does the time go? Well it is full blown HOT here. I keep thinking that it's "too early" in the year for it to be hot because I have been thinking that since February, but now it's almost June. Now it's supposed to be hot. But I will say the evenings have still been pretty nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am still having major fights with my computer - it needs to be reinstalled but I just haven't taken the time to do it. I can't get any pics to post. Sorry - I know that's the whole reason anyone looks at this in the first place. But I am back on facebook so maybe I will put a few up there...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots to report since February. Wow. I'm really just going to hit on the major things:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Crawling 3/30 (9.5 months) Pulling himself up on things a week later. I seriously thought he was never going to move, but one day he just decided, "let's do this." He had spent the night at my parents and when my mom went to get him in the morning he was sitting up in the crib (first time ever) and that night he decided to crawl.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Between 10-11 months it seemed like he really formed a personality. He is changing a lot every day and that seemed to really start when he began crawling.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Taking steps. Started around 10mos. This week he walked across Aurora's room (I counted 16 steps). I still wouldn't say he's walking though. He won't just stand up in the middle of the floor yet - he still always pulls up on something. Seems like he should be walking soon though. He walks holding on to one hand and he pushes everything across the floor (chairs, toys, etc.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Such a climber! Crawls into the bathtub, on step-stools, into cabinets, stands up on chairs - if he can reach it he's on it. Very dangerous!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Loves toys that make music and balls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Favorite place to play is Aurora's play kitchen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Still VERY attached to mommy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Teeth! Bottom 2 middle 3/13 (9 months). 3 more on 5/14 (11 months) the top on either side of the middle and the bottom on the left side of the middle. Looks like the one on the right is not far behind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Loves food. Has gotten less picky which is good. He went through a phase for a little bit where he was very opinionated, but now as long as it's not spicy he will eat it. The slightest spice sets him off screaming. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Aurora is still his favorite person. He loves any attention from her, even negative attention. The other day she was playing a game on the iPad while he was taking a bath and he just started doing short screams. Every time he did she would yell at him and he would laugh and keep doing it. Finally she left and he got the biggest smile and did a little bounce thing - you could tell he was very proud of himself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-He grabs toys out of Aurora's hands and will not let go when she tries to take them. If she doesn't let go he reaches up and pulls her hair. He does not let her push him around. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Music makes him dance - he shakes his head back and forth and wiggles some :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Still says "laster-day" (any day before today)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Loves movies and pretending. She wants to be whoever it was that she just watched.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Wants to be chased constantly. Jake has always enjoyed being held while we chase her but yesterday he was "running" while he held my hands and he started squealing every time we got near her and would change directions - like he wanted to be chased. Hilarious. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Likes girls - doesn't want to play with boys right now. The one exception to that is a little boy named Dexter - one of my friend's sons. He is 5, wears glasses and is adorable. All the little boys we know are adorable but I think Aurora may have a little crush on him :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Started napping again - half the time. She gave up naps in November-ish but in the past month has been getting up so early (thank you, Jake) that she just can't go the whole day. So about every other day she has been napping. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Still very into princesses, pretty shoes, dresses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Likes pink and purple because they are "girl colors"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Wants to help with EVERYTHING. She is baking, cleaning, crafting - you name it. She did all the gluing for Jake's birthday invites. She has a chore chart now and her room is always clean (I am constantly told "Don't let Jake mess it up!!!!!!")</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-LOVES singing. Favorite song right now - Carly Rae Jepson "Good Time." I am told to turn it on and turn it up every time we get in the car</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Wants to play with whatever toy Jake is playing with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Wants to be a "rock star" when she grows up. Oh, boy... She asked me if she could be. I gave her that "you can be whatever you want to be" line. Seemed to be good for now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Starting pre-school in August :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've been up to some fun stuff - we took a trip to CA in March for my nephew Isaac's 1st birthday and did Disney and the beach with the kids. Nick didn't come with us and that was a little hard, but the rest of my family was there to help. The kids LOVED the beach. Aurora was freezing but she just wanted to stay in the water. We are hoping to make a trip to the beach this summer and plan to go to the lake. They just LOVE water. But Jake was actually more into the sand - I set him down in it and he just dove in and kept digging and playing with it - and never tried to put it in his mouth which was <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">surprising.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Easter was fun this year - lots of egg hunting and Aurora loved dying the eggs. We accidentally left them out after we dyed them so we smashed them - threw them around - since we couldn't eat them and I think that was even more fun than coloring them. We may have a new tradition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've been hanging out at home, swimming at my parents, doing the zoo, the gym, the library - the usual. Anything to keep busy. Days are long when we don't go somewhere and Jake is in that "get into everything" mode right now so he spends a lot of time screaming at me when I say "no." Like he will sit on the floor, put his head to the floor (like fold in half), take a deep breath, and scream like the world is going to end. VERY dramatic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">That's the update for now. At least now I have it documented for later. Even though I know I have missed so much :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wow, such a blur! Time is flying and I am trying to keep up with it but it gets away from me. I say this every year and it is never more true - September hits and life gets crazy. Although it seemed that this year June hit, Jake was born, and life got crazy. This was all compounded by Aurora giving up naps for good in November/December, her birthday in January, and me over committing to things. I have a little bit of calm before the next storm so now I am trying to catch up. I am way behind on a lot of posts. Believe it or not I've actually started several and just never finished... So I'm hoping to get one out right after another this week, but I'm having some issues posting pictures, so we will see. And we will see how chronologically in order they are...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So starting with the kids and updates. Jake is now 8 months! He is such a big kid already! He started sitting up about 2 weeks before his 6 month birthday and loves playing like that as long as mommy is not around. He is such a momma's boy and constantly wants to be held. He definitely recognizes the word "mama" and he does say it when someone else is holding him and he's reaching for me. Not sure if I'm going to call it his first word yet, but it's pretty consistently the only time he makes those sounds, so it seems like he knows what it means. He is such a talker too! He is constantly talking to his toys and to Aurora. He still loves Aurora to pieces. She can be yelling at him and he giggles at her. He is such a little giggler. LOVE IT!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jake has 2 teeth! And it looks like more are on the way. The left front bottom tooth (sorry - don't know technical terms) came in 12/27 and the right just a few days later on 1/3. I joked that he was so close to getting his 2 front teeth for Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jake is rolling around like crazy. He is not crawling yet and I think it will probably be at least another month. He gets up on his hands and knees and scoots backwards, but that's it so far. He will take steps when we hold his hands, but it's only when he's trying to get to me :) It doesn't seem like he enjoys it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jake is actually a super happy baby now. The first 5-6 months he was pretty temperamental, but now he is all smiles. He still throws fits and I think he might be even more strong willed than Aurora, but he's mostly happy. I think a lot of that may have to do with the fact that he is FINALLY sleeping decently. But that has only happened in the last 3-4 weeks. He was hard to figure out and I can't say what one thing we did to finally get him on a schedule, but it was a lot of hard work and trying to be consistent and I think now he is a reasonable sleeper. He seems to be converting to one nap pretty quickly - probably a result of our crazy schedule. I'm not complaining though. One long nap is much easier to plan for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He LOVES food and eats everything. Except peas. He seriously gags on peas. Everything else goes straight in the mouth and he gets very excited about food. He is eating all the baby solids. Pears seem to be his favorite along with the chicken/apples combo. But he is a pretty good eater no matter what. He eats at least 3 stage 2 foods a day, sometimes more. He loves snacking on crackers, toast, cheerios, puffs, and celery (weirdo). He just really loves food. LOVES food. He is so my kid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aurora on the other hand... while extremely passionate about food she has a definite preference and is extremely picky. Mealtimes are a battle and I am very done. 3 times a day fighting her to eat something healthy is exhausting. All she wants to eat is ice cream, brownies, cake pops, chips, and spongebob mac and cheese. And toast. I can at least get her to eat whole grain toast. But if its a fruit or a vegetable it's like pulling teeth. It's terrible. I really don't enjoy meal times with her. She will sit there for an hour and whine at me and not touch her food. I have to give her the fruit first and not let her have anything else until she eats it. And it takes forever. The pediatrician gave me a flier for a support group for parents of picky eaters.... Tempted to go and see if they have any ideas. I feel like I've tried everything! I hide the fruits and veggies and she still finds them in things. She won't eat it if she doesn't like the way it looks and she won't give anything a chance. She puts it in her mouth and then gags on it and throws up. I'm totally not exaggerating. It's terrible. Hopefully something she will out grow... At least she is growing and "healthy" according to the doctor. She had her 3 year check up a few weeks ago and she is now 30lbs and 37." Apparently very average so I guess that's good. She looks healthy to me and seems to have more than enough energy, so I'm not worried, its just frustrating to fight her on it every time she eats.</span> <br />
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Time for some updates and pictures!!!! Yay! I feel bad that it has been so long. I apologize too to anyone that was looking for pics on facebook and such - I recently decided to deactivate my account. I just decided it wasn't right for me. Nothing happened or anything. I was just done with it. So now I am sticking with the blog. I figure that anyone that cares reads the blog anyway :)<br />
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Jake is almost 6 months old!!!! But I feel that I need to post some 4/5 month pics since I missed those:<br />
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He is growing so fast I can't believe it. At his 4 month appointment I was surprised to find out he is not the chunker I thought he was. He was 14lb, 10 oz: 43%. And 25.3": 60%. <br />
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We started him on solids at 4 months because he was not sleeping through the night and we were hoping to fix that. It didn't fix it right away, but more on sleep issues later :) He initially loved rice cereal and oatmeal, but not that he has experienced fruit he spits out the cereal. I didn't think it was possible - be he is pickier than Aurora - she ate everything at that age. He has preferences already. So far he likes every fruit he has tried. He likes squash OK, sweet potatoes, and carrots. HATES peas. I should video him with those - you'd think I was doing something terrible to him :)<br />
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Jake talks SO much. He is also a super giggly baby. He thinks Aurora is hilarious - even when she is yelling at him. He LOVES LOVES LOVES Aurora. He is happiest when she is paying attention to him and just watches her every move. She has started to like him more. She actually has wanted to hold him recently and make him laugh. Glad to see things are going the right direction. I was worried for a while. <br />
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He is starting to try to sit up by himself. He can do it briefly, but he's not there yet. He is rolling both directions (tummy to back 10/3, 3.5mos. and back to tummy 11/27, 5mos.) The tummy to back was causing some issues for a while. He has always been a tummy sleeper, but once he learned to roll over he would roll himself over in the middle of the night and get super mad about it. It resulted in at least 1 waking in the middle of the night, most times 3-4 and a lot of times he wouldn't go back to sleep. I was really frustrated because I felt like I had done everything to sleep train him properly, but he was still waking up a lot. It meant not a lot of sleep for me. And Nick has been travelling like crazy so I have been a zombie. Finally I talked to the same sleep doctor that I talked to when I had issues with Aurora. He said to let him cry. It was terrible. I was up for 3 and 4 hours in the middle of the night. (Don't worry - he didn't scream that long. He played and grumped and played and grumped...) Finally as an experiment I put him on his back to sleep. The first night it took him 1.5hrs. to fall asleep - he never screamed, just kind of grumped about it. He slept 8pm-6am!!!!!!! Then last night it only took 20 min. for him to fall asleep and he slept 7pm-5:30am!!!! So glorious! So I am happy to say that I'm feeling so much better about that and hope that this amazing trend continues.<br />
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Aurora is such a big girl now. It is so hard for me to remember that she's not even 3 yet. She has so much personality. She is very opinionated - a good and bad thing. She is so passionate about the things she loves (princesses, shoes, dresses, jewelry, and fluffy things), but when she doesn't like something she is one of those embarrassing screaming children. Oh. my. gosh. Like I heard her screaming at my Mom in the toy aisle at Target from across the store because, "I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT!" Oh. my. gosh. I can't take her anywhere because she wants everything. She is such a girl. When we were out putting Christmas lights up Jake would watch the cars that drove by and I told Aurora that Jake liked cars. I asked if she liked cars. She said, "No. I like clothes." Seriously!?!?!?! We are going to have issues as she gets older :) I think she has more shoes right now than I have had in my entire life. Girly girl.<br />
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Aurora has started a dance class. She loves it. She doesn't listen well or try to do what the teacher does most of the time, but she loves watching herself in the mirror and running around in tutus. I'm not sure how long she is going to continue it. It is pretty expensive for what she actually does and the other thing is that I have now seen the older girls dance. All I am going to say is I will NEVER teach my daughter to move like that. Even if she wanted to keep going in dance she's going to be done by age 5. She says she has fun every time she goes to class, but we will probably stop before she gets too attached :)<br />
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She did have one performance and it was hilarious. She kept trying to run off the stage and then she laid down at one point, right in the middle of everything. You would think she could follow direction for 3 minutes, but apparently she is just always too in to her own thing.<br />
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Where does the time go!?!?! Jake is 3 months already. He is so stinkin cute. I forgot how fun this age is. Challenging, but fun. Jake is discovering his hands and he loves chewing on them. It is hilarious to watch because he gets cross-eyed trying to find them - he sticks his arm way out and then watches very carefully as he brings his hand to his mouth. He still misses a lot of the time. He is smiling like crazy. He does a nose scrunch thing a lot of the time too when he smiles. ADORABLE. I've gotten a few giggles the past week. And he talks so much!!! I think its because he hears Aurora chattering all day. He is very social. He just wants to talk and eye contact is a must. He's happy if you are looking at him :) He's becoming less and less of a screamer. But he still HATES his carseat. Funny - the first few weeks that was the only place he would sleep, now he acts like it is the worst thing ever. <br />
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He has crazy rolls. So tubby - I love it! I actually think he looks a lot like Aurora did at that age. Everyone says he looks like Nick. I can't tell. I just think he looks like a fat baby :) My ADORABLE fat baby. <br />
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This past week has been a good one as far as sleep goes. He has been sleeping 7-4:30ish and then goes right back to sleep after eating at 4:30 and then wakes up for the day at 6:30ish. The hardest thing is bedtime - he starts getting cranky around 5:30 and trying to keep him up until 7 is a challenge. He will fall asleep earlier, but then he cat-naps for a half hour and wants to stay up until 10 - not a fan of that. I remember this with Aurora though - the evenings are hard because they get tired. This week was especially hard since Nick was gone. I can tell Aurora was a little done with the whole situation - she likes her (undivided) attention too.</div>
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Aurora has basically given up naps. In other words I have given up. She will take a nap, and a lot of times a very long one, but then she doesn't want to go to bed at 8. She will try to stay up until 10 and is sometimes successful! It has been a hard adjustment and her bedtime is moving up a little bit, but I think it is for the best. We are having "quiet time" during the day instead of naps. She fell asleep during quiet time today, but the first 2 days she just played in her room. Hopefully it continues to go OK. She can get pretty cranky when she is overtired...</div>
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Aurora's favorite word right now is "why?" I've gotta say that I'm a little done with it. It's great that she's curious, but sometimes I don't think she thinks before she asks it - just says why to everything and half the time I don't think she listens to the answer. I am proud to say I have only said, "because I said so" twice, but I guarantee there are more coming! I'm just not that creative all the time. It's hard work coming up with answers for EVERYTHING.</div>
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That's my little update :) Life is good. Chaotic with 2, but I think we are adjusting :)<br />
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I think everyone needs to be so impressed that I am getting pictures of Jake up at 2 months within a week of his 2 month birthday. OK? Be impressed :)<br />
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Just to report the stats: at 2 months Jake weighs 11 lbs. That puts him in the 41% which really surprises me because I feel like he is super chunky. But that is probably because he is only 22.1" (25%) He's a short one :) So far. He looks like a little football player :)<br />
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He's doing great. He seems to be getting happier and happier all the time. He loves his room - there is some wall art in there (yes I will post pictures some day) with patterns that he loves to stare at. Here is a picture of him in his crib so you can at least see the colors :)<br />
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He is most happy when he gets up in the morning and I have been getting some super awesome smiles. I haven't caught any on camera of course :( This is the best I've captured:</div>
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We seem to be figuring out his schedule better so at least he has started going to bed at a reasonable time. That means working our butts off to keep him awake for an hour around 7. It is doable when Nick is home, but with him being gone every other week that is harder. If we can play man to man we seem to have this 2 kid thing down :) I'm getting better at the zone defense though :) Jake still isn't sleeping through the night. I feel like it should be getting better soon, but he's been pretty stuck at 1AM and 3AM feedings and then he is usually up for the day around 6:30. The 6:30 is nice. I wish we could ditch the 1AM feeding. Hopefully soon...</div>
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cannot believe it. Where did the time go? I haven’t even finished blogging
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beginning – all the stuff I didn’t cover since May :( This will be another
one of those terribly long posts that only 3 of you will read and I totally
know which 3 and the rest of you will just look at the pictures. I don’t blame
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beautiful amazing baby shower to welcome Jake. It was shower themed with rain
clouds and umbrellas and super adorable and creative. I was so blessed by my
friends and family that were able to make it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A few weeks later, at the end of May, when I was
36 weeks pregnant, I had the privilege of throwing my friend Nadia a baby
shower for her sweet little Charlotte. I went with a natural bird theme and
lavender and brown. I had lots of fun with it. Parties are so fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nadia was due 1 month after me and she welcomed
her little girl about 2 weeks ago. So precious. My friend Jessica also had her
little girl. What’s funny about Jessica is that she was due 2 weeks after me,
but with me being early and her being late, Jake and Samara are 5 weeks apart.
And her son, Nikolai, and Aurora are 5 weeks apart. Crazy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So I think that is my “events” updates. I mostly
wanted to post the pictures since they were cute :) On to my babies
updates. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So one question that everyone asks is “how is
Aurora handling being a big sister?” Well, some times she handles it, sometimes
she doesn’t. I will say for the most part she has been VERY good. There were
some issues with his screaming, but she seems to be dealing with that better.
He’s stopped screaming every time we take a car ride so that has helped. She
has thrown a few super obvious I-want-attention tantrums, but that was more in
the first few weeks. Now those are very rare. From the beginning she was super
funny about some things. Like she would tell me which blankets he liked and
didn’t like. She is always trying to share toys with him. Usually itty bitty
legos, candy, or something else small and hazardous. He of course doesn’t
usually care, but he does really like her Hewy, Dewy, and Louie beanie babies –
he actually puts his arm around them and snuggles. And chews on their hats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first week Jake was born we would play in
Aurora’s room and I would lay him down on her bed and let him play and out of
nowhere Aurora would tell me to go away. So I would leave the room and watch to
see what she did. Every time she would get up and go talk to Jake. Usually just
say hi. She talked in such a sweet voice. One time she was mad at me so she
told him she was sad. It was so precious. I felt like they were bonding
already. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now Aurora seems very used to Jake. She calls
him “bud” all the time. I think because I call him that. It’s hilarious. And
she tells him it’s OK when he fusses and always talks to him in such a sweet
voice. The only thing she is a butthead about is when he is moving and
accidentally touches her. She always yells “ouch.” But she does that with all
her friends too, so it’s not a Jake thing. It’s just and Aurora thing. She
doesn’t like to be touched. Unless she initiates it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jake seems to adore Aurora. He will listen to
everything she says and a lot of times he will stop fussing to listen to her.
He watches her and he’s even smiled at her a few times. (First official smile
this past week – 8/3!) He seems to mostly be getting less fussy? I don’t know –
it depends on the day. I would say we are starting to have more good days than
bad. He has started sticking his tongue out when I stick mine out at him and he
seems to be trying to imitate facial expressions. He is a little wiggler and is
finally having fun playing some. He rolled over a few times the first couple of
weeks, but hasn’t since. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jake seems to be gaining weight very quickly. I
am very convinced that he is going to pass up his cousin Isaac (3 months older)
pretty soon here. I may pop ‘em out small, but they really pack on the pounds
fast. Aurora was a chunky monkey too. She is now in the lower percentages for
weights (still super tall) but for a while she was in the 90-th percentiles for
weight. I am guessing Jake will be the same. He is definitely not little
anymore. His dr. appointment next week will give us the numbers.</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jake was mostly a really good sleeper. The first
few weeks were hard of course because he was getting up so often to eat. He was
usually pretty good about going back to sleep until 3:00am hit and then he
wanted to stay up and play. We were up for about 2 hours around that time most
nights. By the time I got him back to sleep it was time for him to eat again.
He seemed to pretty naturally shift to a better sleep schedule – sleeping
longer at the beginning of the night. He has been a lot easier that Aurora in
that regard so far. He USUALLY goes to sleep between 6:30-8pm and then sleeps
5-7 hours and then every 2/3 after that, but the last few nights he has decided
to be challenging. He went to bed at 11:30pm last night and 10pm the night
before. Tonight it was 6:45pm, so I am praying he doesn’t wake up and want to
play anytime soon. I actually have a new theory on why he’s doing that though…
Nick has been out of town and Jake really loves to scream for Nick. I think he
wears himself out and then goes to bed but the last 2 nights he hasn’t done
that. Tonight he did some pretty decent screaming so I think that’s why he went
to bed on time… We will see how the next few nights are. It’s just a theory
though :)</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I think that pretty much covers my Jake updates.
The only other thing is that he had to have an ultrasound a few weeks ago. When
I was pregnant I had an ultrasound where Jake’s kidneys were slightly enlarged.
Within normal ranges, but still enlarged. I had a million ultrasounds while I
was pregnant, and all the following ones looked normal, but we still did a
follow-up once he was out to make sure. Those results came back “inconclusive”
just meaning that they are still slightly enlarged, they don’t know why, we are
going to do another follow-up, it’s nothing to worry about (yet), and they are
hoping it will just resolve itself on its own. It is not supposed to be causing
him any discomfort and his terribly cheery disposition isn’t due to that. So we
are just going to wait and see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On the ultrasound topic, I had my follow-up
ultrasound for the cyst/growth/tumor/whatever the heck they want to call it
that was on my ovary. Turns out it’s not on my ovary. It’s just on the wall of
my uterus and since having Jake it has gotten smaller. So good news all around.
Since it’s not on my ovary they aren’t in a hurry to take it out since my ovary
is not at risk and they are saying that it was being fueled by my pregnancy
hormones, but now that he’s out it will most likely continue to shrink. Yay for
no surgery!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aurora is officially 2 and a half now. My little
baby is not so little :( I can’t believe how quickly she grows up. She talks
a million miles an hour. Seriously - she never shuts up. And she has taken the
volume to a whole new level. Nick and I really can’t have a conversation when
she’s around – especially because she tells us not to talk to each other. We
are working on manners :) She is a full-blown princess. Her current favorite
is Ariel, which I am none too pleased by. Ariel was my favorite when I was
younger too, but my favorite now is Belle (weren’t you dying to know that?) But
I’m a huge fan of Rapunzel and Tiana too. I just don’t like Ariel because she
is a selfish, hardheaded, disobedient brat that thinks she knows everything at
16. Seriously Dinsey – this is a princess? She has no redeeming qualities (from
the original movie) and even though they have since tried to improve her
character the movie that Aurora wants to watch is the original. And Ariel is a
brat. So that is my rant on Ariel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aurora has an Ariel, Aurora, Snow White,
Rapunzel and Cinderella dress and 6 out of 7 days a week she wears one of them.
I think she wore the Ariel dress 5 days in a row this week. She has started
yelling at me when I tell people her name is Aurora and she says, “No! It’s
Ariel.” Seriously?!?!? I already gave you a princess name!!!!! But it’s pretty
entertaining. She is convinced she is only a princess when she is wearing a dress.
She insists that her hair must be “straight and beautiful.” There have been a few rare occasions that I have been able to put it up. She wears her “blue
bow shoes” every day (glitter jellies that are actually teal. More green
really.) Her favorite color is blue. And everything has to match. If she's wearing a blue dress she has to wear blue underwear. She’s just a little bit opinionated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She has decided that she never wants to sleep.
Naps and bedtime are a fight. She has come up with every stalling technique in
the book and most times it ends with her screaming at me as I leave. It’s sad
because I used to love putting her to bed and snuggling and singing to her. But
I guess the not wanting to sleep is no surprise. I thought maybe she would be
getting close to giving up naps, but for all the protesting she does she still
usually takes a 2 hour nap. Some days she tries to go longer, but I have
started waking her up by 3:30pm now. Otherwise she won’t go to sleep at
bedtime. Her stalling techniques include, “One more book,” “One more song,” “I
have to pee,” “I have to poop,” “I want to talk about Disney World,” and “I
want to say goo goo ga ga.” The first few are pretty self explanatory. And they
are responded to with NO. We always talk about Disney World some but she
doesn’t actually want to talk – she wants me to tell her about it. So I always
tell her one thing. And then the goo goo ga ga? Yeah, she just says goo goo ga
ga over and over. I don’t really get it, but I think it may have to do with one
of her Clown-Around books. She sleeps with 4 pillows, Mr. Pickles, and a puppy
dog and always falls asleep buried under them. Fully buried. Like I can’t even
see her. But last night was the first night in a while she put her head on the
pillow instead of under, so maybe we are making progress…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aurora’s favorite pastimes are running around
the island in our kitchen, screaming (I should call it squealing – it’s a
happy, ear piercing sound), singing, dancing, and anything that involves
physical exertion from mommy and daddy. Like bouncing on the exercise ball. Or
spinning. Or hanging upside-down. We have been swimming a lot this summer and
she loves that too. She loves asking questions and I’m fairly certain she never
listens to the answer because she asks the same question 4-5 times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aurora is still a terrible, picky eater. She
likes chicken nuggets, chicken noodle soup, mac n cheese, peanut butter toast,
waffles, pancakes, and chili. She likes frozen blueberries always and then
other fruits sometimes. Sometimes watermelon, strawberries, mango, grapes,
apples and pears. She loves coffee. My bad. And always drinks her milk. She
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Nick and I celebrated our 8 year anniversary this
week. Well, we actually haven’t celebrated it seeing that he is out of town,
but it came and went and now we’ve been married 8 years. We will celebrate this
weekend – looking forward to a date night! It will be our first since Jake was
born. I can’t believe how fast 8 years has flown by. Still in love. Still think
he’s my prince charming. So lucky to have married my best friend :)</span></span>brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-31635941965548642202013-07-25T14:18:00.003-07:002013-07-25T14:18:37.149-07:00Welcome Jake! and a Month Later<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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OK, I seriously want to cry right now because I spent 3 hours on this post and then blogger didn't save it when it said it was going to and then I had to re-do the whole thing :( So I guess I am going to post a couple times so I don't lose all the info again... We will start with Jake...<br />
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Welcome Jacob Nicholas! Wow, how terrible that it has been a month already since he was born and I haven't posted ANYTHING! So far behind :( I guess it is to be expected, but I don't like going to long between posts because I know I forget things :(<br />
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So there is my little THING 2 (above) on his one month birthday (7/17/2013). I can't believe how quickly a month flew by. It has been an interesting, exhausting month, but I suppose I should start at the beginning...<br />
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I really had my hopes up when I went in to my 38 week
appointment on Monday (6/17/2013). My doctor had told me if I was far enough along (aka
fully effaced) then they would induce me on Wednesday. Well it turns out that
they won’t induce until you are at least 39 weeks. So I was seriously bummed to
find out that the induction date was still scheduled for Sunday the 23<sup>rd</sup>.
Not that that is a bad day – Jake would have shared a birthday with his Grandpa
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I started having regular contractions around 36 weeks. Since
Aurora came at 36.5 weeks I was all set to go. The problem was that having done
labor already, I knew that the intensity level was not high enough. They were
3-5minutes apart, but nowhere near as strong as I knew they were going to be.
And the intensity level was not increasing and the weird thing was that when I
walked around they stopped. So I discovered that this was not real labor.
Having not had to go through this with Aurora it was a very new experience. My
water broke with her before ever having contractions and then the contractions
only started once they gave me the pitocin. This was a whole new world. This
went on for about a week and a half. I never went to the hospital, but I got
very close a few times. It would seem like the contractions were getting
stronger only to stop when I started walking. There were several nights that I
couldn’t sleep for hours because of the contractions. Not to mention Jake was
getting lower and lower. It was hard to walk because he felt like he was
falling out and my back was killing me. I was seriously waddling and I didn’t
care who saw.</div>
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So when the doctor said I had another week I was not happy.
She checked and said that I was 3cm dialated and 80% effaced. (At 35 weeks I
was 1cm, 70% and at 36 weeks I was 2cm, 80%). So my cervix hadn’t changed in
the past week, but I was continuing to dilate. So that was good. My doctor said
that if I started having regular contractions to go to the hospital. At 3cm
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Well, regular contractions started almost immediately after
the doctor appointment. I kind of blew them off since they didn’t seem any
different than all the other ones that I had been having, but they continued
when Aurora and I went to JoAnns (to buy paper for Jake’s birth announcements
and yes, Brittany, I broke my new year’s resolution) and they continued through
our trip to McDonalds. When we got home and I put Aurora down for a nap I
started walking around and cleaning the house. I was tracking the contractions
and they were consistent and some of them were starting to feel pretty
uncomfortable. I was hesitant, but I called Nick at work and told him I thought
maybe this was it. I told him I would give it another hour to see what
happened. Well, after an hour they hadn’t really progressed, but they hadn’t
stopped. So I decided the doctor said to go if they were regular and they were.
So Nick got home and we left the house at 4PM. My mom and grandparents met us
at the hospital and they kept Aurora entertained while Nick and I began the
labor journey.<br />
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They checked me at triage and I was 4cm and still only 80%
effaced. My doctor told me 4cm is active labor and they would admit me. But
they didn’t. They told me to go walk around for an hour. By the end of an hour
I was hurting pretty good, so I figured they couldn’t send me home, but I was
disappointed to find out I was only 5-6cm and still only 80% effaced. That was
at 7PM. But it was active labor so they went to find me a room. Meanwhile I
thought my water broke only to find out it was much yuckier than that, and that
FINALLY made them get a move on. Within minutes they actually got me a room and
a nurse (around 8PM) and from there on things moved quickly, but it felt like
an eternity. My water hadn’t actually broken so they had to break it, but were
waiting before they could get my IV except that my veins were not cooperating.
Once the IV was in the doctor came to break my water and then I dilated to 9cm
very quickly, but my cervix was not all the way thinned out. So although I felt
ready to push, my cervix was still in the way. Those last 5 contractions before
I was able to push felt like the longest minutes of my life. I was not getting
breaks between the contractions (maybe 30 seconds) and when I was getting the
“breaks” I was getting checked (not fun) to see if I was ready or not. I completely understand why people get the epidural :) Even though I knew how bad it was going to be I was still in shock that I could experience that kind of pain and still be alive. </div>
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Aurora had a very late night that night. By the time she met Jake it was after 10PM. Nick had been telling her for weeks that once Jake was born AND he gets a little bigger that we are going to Disney World. So the first thing she said when she saw him was "I'm going to Disney World!!!!" Adorable. Now she tells me every day that she wants to go and "it's hard to wait." I agree. </div>
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And so that's my labor story. I am glad it is over and I'm glad he is here. He is adorable and he is a great snuggler. He is a reasonably good sleeper but that is probably because he wears himself out being such a good screamer. He is a fussy baby :( The doctor said that it could be due to an intolerance of cow's milk that is getting into my breast milk. So I cut out dairy for a few weeks. At first we thought it was making a huge difference, but I think he just had a few good days and now he is back to being fussy. Nick said I shouldn't bother with the dairy restrictions, so I'm not going to cut it out completely, but I guess I won't eat as much as I used to... I will limit some, but not completely eliminate. I am hoping that he out grows the fussiness. It is hard on all of us, but especially Aurora. She can get pretty upset when he cries. Sometimes she gets mad, sometimes sad, and then other times she will try to comfort him and tell him it is OK. So cute when she does that. I feel bad for both of them when he cries, but I can't seem to do much about it :( He is definitely a comfort sucker and he LOVES his binky. I wasn't sure I was going to use one, but he always seems to want something in his mouth. And I figure it is better than him screaming all the time. He is very high maintenance. It seems that when he is awake I need to actively be trying to keep him from screaming. He is not content to be anywhere but someone's arms. And he wants to be bounced or swayed constantly. It is hard with 2 of them. I feel that I am always neglecting one. If I am feeding Jake it is hard to do what Aurora wants and if I'm taking Aurora to the potty or making her food I have to put Jake down a lot and he screams. I feel like I am failing both of them :( I'm hoping things will get easier, but right now I feel constantly torn in 2 directions. I guess I just have to get used to the juggling act. <br />
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The one thing that is good/bad is that they are on similar schedules. Which is nice when it's naptime because that means I get an hour to get a few things done, but it's hard when it is time to eat and I am supposed to be nursing/making dinner at the same time. It is a lot better on the weekends and when Nick is home from work, but he has started travelling again :( He was gone all last week and has another trip coming up soon. It is rough when he is gone. I don't envy military wives at all. It is so much easier when I have back-up. Fortunately my family is awesome and always willing to help :) It's nice too just to have the company and another adult to talk to :)<br />
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Well, that's my updates for now. I am still hating blogger for losing the rest of my original post so I will have to get to my other updates later. But this will have to do for now since the kiddos are waking up.<br />
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35 weeks. Back in October it felt like I would never get here, but here I am. Huge and ready to go. I have no idea what to expect this time around. I actually think the first time was better because I had no expectations, now I am warpped from Aurora. If I am as early with Jake as I was with her that is 1.5 weeks from now. But the reality is I could be late. I could have 6 weeks left of pregnancy!!!!! I am really hoping that Jake comes early. I am ready to meet him and so ready to have my body back, but I am trying to be patient. It's no fun being patient though. <br />
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At my ultrasound on Wednesday they estimated that Jake currently weighs 5lb 5 oz. Since Aurora was 5lb 8oz when she was born that number scared me a little. They said that is totally normal and he is right on track, but it sounds big!<br />
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I'm really not motivated to write much now. Life has been crazy but it's always crazy. The biggest updates are that Nick comes home from travel tomorrow! Yay! He has seriously been gone most of this year. I think he was home all of January and then Feb. hit and it has just been ridiculous. Of the last 14 weeks he has been gone for 9 of them. And that includes a lot of weekend days. And the time that he was home he had his appendix out. I don't really remember what it means to be a normal family. And my definition of what normal is is going to change very soon...<br />
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Aurora is successfully potty trained and big girl bed trained :) Both went amazingly well. I was scared for both - we started at the same time (4/16) and both transitions were easy. She only got out of her big girl bed twice before learning that she needed to stay in there. And I would say potty training took a week? She really had it down after 2-3 days, but a week to be done with accidents. We started with the big girl underwear during the day and pull-ups at nap and night time, but we ditched the pull-ups very quickly when I discovered she was only peeing in them because she could. Big girl underwear went on and she kept them clean. Yay! I am very proud of her and how well she handled the changes :)<br />
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My friend Karina took pregnancy pictures for me this past weekend. She was amazing! I love the background and lighting and poses and everything she did with them. I love that it really was a family photo shoot. My tummy is front and center, but it's more about the 4 of us and I love that. Aurora was a terrible listener and it was a challenge, but she still got a ton of amazing shots. Here are a few of my favorites. <br />
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I can't believe a month has flown by since my last post. I can't believe that I'm 29 weeks pregnant already. But I will say ever since I reached the third trimester things seem to be slowing down, but I'm sure that will change soon as the end of April and all of May look to be pretty busy. <br />
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So the biggest news is that we have decided on a name. I am sure that most of you know that, but we have decided to name our little boy Jacob Nicholas. I know that I had said that was one name we weren't going to use, but I got my way! Nick wasn't originally sold on it, but I got him! We had a list of names and were crossing out ones we weren't going to use for sure and I came to Jacob and asked if I needed to cross it off and Nick said no, so I told him that I was going to get that name! And once it made the top 5 list I just started calling baby Jake. Nick never corrected me and finally one day he called him Jake so I asked if I could make it official and he said yes! Yay! The middle name was easy :)<br />
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It is really nice to have a name picked out, especially for Aurora because for the longest time she was calling him Isaac since that is her cousin's name. Speaking of which, the little cutie pie was 2.5 weeks early and born March 13. I am super excited to be an aunt to the cutest little guy!!!!<br />
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In pregnancy updates there is a lot to talk about. I haven't taken a picture recently and I know I have been really bad about posting bump pics, but part of the problem is that I haven't wanted to. I look the same as I did with Aurora. FAT. I'm roly poly all over and pretty unhappy about it. Nick says I'm complaining a lot this pregnancy and that I didn't do that as much with Aurora. But with Aurora I kept thinking I was going to feel beautiful and glowing and all that crap. The reality is that I'm not. I'm just going to feel fat the whole time and my illusions of feeling otherwise are gone since I've already done this once. Oh well, 11 weeks to go. 8.5 if Jake takes after his big sis :)</div>
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I had an ultrasound at 28 weeks. Jake had some fluid on his kidneys at 21 weeks and they wanted to check that and they wanted to look at the cyst on my ovary. Good news is Jake looks perfect! No more fluid and everything else looks healthy! Bad news is the cyst on my ovary continues to grow. It so far has not affected the pregnancy and it is not expected to, but it is something that we are going to continue to watch. It will have to be surgically removed at some point. My doctor said that I could schedule a C-section now and they could take care of everything at once, but she didn't see any reason why I couldn't have a normal delivery. So that is still the plan and then sometime a few weeks after delivery I will have surgery to remove the cyst. Or whatever it is. It has been called different things and there doesn't seem to be agreement on what it is (between 3 different doctors), the only thing they do seem to agree on is that it is benign. I am scheduled to see an oncologist in May, but I am assured that this is just a formality and there is no reason to think that it's cancerous. The main concern at this point is that the cyst could twist and I could lose the ovary. I said I didn't care - we only want 2 kids :) but they said that it would be very painful (yuck) and that I want that ovary for hormonal/health reasons as I age. I am supposed to "take it easy" (HA!) and not do any twisting or heavy lifting. Yeah, I have a 2 year old. I am trying to be aware of it and not be stupid, but there's only so much I can do. I am just trying to stay positive. It's not the worst thing and it sounds like it is something that can be taken care of and most importantly it shouldn't (and hasn't so far) affect Jake.</div>
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I also failed my one hour glucose test. I did with Aurora too. So I am scheduled for the 3 hour on Monday (which came back normal when I did it with Aurora.) I'm not worried since my levels were only slightly elevated and honestly at this point - there are worse things than having to sit and read a book for 3 hours. Aurora will have fun at Grandma Lin's :) </div>
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Aurora is growing and changing so much every day. She says the most hilarious things and is such a little princess. She demands to sleep in a skirt. She will wear her jammies, but needs a skirt too and the first thing she says to me every morning is "Wear pretty dress." For a while she only wanted to wear her Snow White and Rapunzel dresses, but she has since decided that other ones are princess enough too. She is very into shoes, jewelry, having her nails painted, and temporary tattoos. </div>
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coming and we’ve been celebrating all month, but I still can’t believe what a
big girl she is. For her first birthday my Mom and I took her to the Tucson
Botanical Gardens to see the Butterfly Exhibit and we figured why not make it a
tradition as long as we could. So we did that in the morning. Aurora had fun
walking around – she was super in to the magnifying glasses at the Butterfly
Exhibit. She was funny because she couldn’t make up her mind. First it was more
butterflies and then once we were in there she wanted to leave and then once
she left she wanted more butterflies. Fun stuff. We went to BJs for lunch and
she got her own pazookie. Which I ate most of. But she liked blowing out the
candle. We met Nick at Chuck E Cheese for dinner. She loves that place so much!
She loves riding the little Merry Go Round and Chuck E car where she gets her
picture taken. And pizza is one food that she will actually eat. I think she had
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already felt this baby move more than he ever felt Aurora. The first time he
felt him was when we were at Disney World (around 18 weeks). I have been
feeling baby move since 13 weeks. But I think I felt this one earlier since I
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The problem is we really don’t agree on boy names at all. Nick wants to name
the baby Scott. I want to name him Jacob. Neither one of us is going to get our
way, so I can tell you what 2 names it won’t be. Aurora has an opinion too.
When we ask her what we should name the baby she says Thomas. And when we ask
her if she likes other names she says no. She likes Thomas. (Thank you Thomas
the Train…) Although - Sean and Megan will be happy to know that Aurora has
said we should name him Isaac a couple of times. But that’s it. Isaac and
Thomas.</span></div>
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nothing settled on. I know that I want some form of gray in there and I know
that I want some chevron pattern. That’s about it. I love pinterest right now
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breakfast at one of the new little places that was “Beauty and the Beast”
themed. They had frozen apple cider with marshmellow cream that they called
“LaFou’s Brew” and it was super weird. It was interesting though to try
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got to meet Ariel. Aurora was actually a little puzzled by her I think because
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Pirates of the Caribbean which Aurora actually liked the second time. She kept
saying she wanted to do it again so we figured we would try. And it was
successful. We did the Flying Carpets ride which I seriously don’t think Nick
and I would have ever done on our own, but Aurora really likes the spinning
rides. I think she always wants to go on those because she can see them.
Everything else we have to get in some line for or go in some building but
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reasonable line so we we actually went on it. Usually the wait is 60min or
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on the Sun of All Thrills while Aurora and I went on the Nemo ride 3 times. We
saw the shark statues afterwards and she seemed to not mind them – she actually
thought they were kind of funny. I keep telling her they are friendly sharks
and she seems to be slowly warming up to them. I had a Mama Bear moment when a
little kid came up out of nowhere and shoved Aurora. Really?!?!?!?! And then he
tried to do it again but I grabbed her before he could. The parents didn’t do
anything about it. Seriously people – parent your children. Pushing is not OK.
Ugh, my blood still boils thinking about it. I just can’t believe what some
parents let their kids get away with. I almost cried because Aurora didn’t
react immediately, but her lower lip stuck out and then after a few minutes she
started to cry. I know it didn’t hurt her, but it hurt her feeling and that
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So in to them – who knew that would be such entertainment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had teriyaki chicken in “Japan” for
dinner and then saw Mickey, Pluto, and Minnie. Aurora starting showing Minnie all
her parts – nose, mouth, shoes, knees. Minnie was very sweet and very patient.
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rest of our trip. I’ve got to say I got such great documenting done while
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started our day at the Magic Kingdom. Aurora got her
second official haircut (once again done at the Harmony Barber shop on Main
Street). It was really quick and it’s amazing how well she sits for other
people. She got some Pixie Dust too and looked like a real princess so we went
to see the Princesses and Mickey since we were right there anyway. Then we
spent a little time in Tomorrowland and did the People Mover (Aurora was so not
a fan) and the Buzz Lightyear ride. Nick got to go on Space Mountain. I didn’t.
Oh well. We also got to watch the little parade they do – a dance party thing.
Aurora loved it and loved watching the characters. They even let the kids go
out and dance with the characters so of course Aurora got as close to Donald as
she could. They weren’t in the giving hugs mode though so I think she was a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After Aurora’s nap we went to Hollywood Studios. They don’t
have a ton for little kids to do there, but they did have a really cool little
playground. It was “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” themed and had giant bugs and
spider webs and stuff. It was like you were an ant outside or something. Aurora
had a lot of fun climbing and going on the slides. Then we saw the Ariel show
twice in a row. Aurora got her Disney tattoo – she chose Duck Tales this time.
And fortunately the park closed at a reasonable time so Aurora got to bed at a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started the day at Animal Kingdom. We got to see lots of
animals. Aurora was just really into pushing Mickey in her stroller. She is
getting very independent and I am constantly hearing “Rora do it.” We went on
the Safari ride, which we did not brave with her last time and she did pretty
well. It was a tad long for her, but she had fun seeing the animals. And of
course we went to see characters. And we saw the Bug’s Life show. Which, I’m
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– our final park visit. We spent most of our time in Fantasyland going on rides
and seeing characters. We got to see Daisy, Minnie, Goofy and Donald which was
very exciting. We went on the Dumbo ride, Ariel ride, Merry go Round, It’s a
Small World and a bunch of others. Of course we had to do the Tiki Room too.
And Winnie the Pooh. I don’t know if Aurora could tell that this was her last
day, but she definitely was acting like it. She would get hysterical about how
she wanted to stay on a ride the second she got off. She just wanted more of
everything and was so sad each time something was over. We ended the night once
again running through the park as the firework show went on, covering Aurora’s
ears as she buried her head. She really did not like the loud noises. But the
second they were over she wanted more. Again.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time to say good-bye. It is always sad to leave Disney. I’m
thankful for the time we had and I feel like it was the perfect amount – we got
to do everything we wanted to. But it is still sad to leave. We spent a little
bit of the morning walking around the Caribbean Beach Resort and having
breakfast. It is beautiful! I will say that we could have easily spent more
time just at the resort, but oh, well. After that we went to Downtown Disney
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Downtown Disney is always fun. We played at the Lego store
for over an hour – Aurora discovered Duplo and they had little play stations
for the kids so we literally stood there for an hour while she built things. We
have since pulled out the legos at home and I’ve got to say – not the same. I
get maybe 15 minutes of entertainment out of them here… Unfortunate. But she
had fun. We went in a lot of different stores. We went in to a sock store and
Aurora got a bag, put socks in it, took it up to the register and tried to pay
by trading Nick’s sunglasses. Adorable. We had lunch at the Dinosaur
restaurant. I don’t remember exactly what it was called but it’s the Dino version
of Rainforest Café. It was really cool and fun to look at. They originally
seated us in a room right next to some moving dinosaurs, but Aurora was afraid
of them so they moved us to the colorful room with fishies. Much better. The
best part was that they had a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Build A Dino Workshop (just like Build a Bear).
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Aurora’s bedtime and she was exhausted. She fought sleep the entire first
flight and only gave in to sleep halfway into the second. She screamed most of
the car ride home and then passed out once she got to her crib. I think it was
like 2AM or something terrible. You would have thought she would have slept
until noon the next day but she got up at 9. At least it gave us some sleep in
time.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And that's the</span> end of our Disney Story for now :)</span></span>brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-49002038248003783512013-02-15T14:04:00.002-08:002013-02-15T14:04:37.736-08:00Just for Fun...Less than 24 hours to cast your vote! We had our ultrasound today and I am proud to say that Nick and I did not cheat! We dropped our envelope off at Cold Stone and they are making our cake. We find out tomorrow if we are having a boy or girl!<br />
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Now, I did all the old wives tales with Aurora and I wanted to do it again for this one. They were wrong with Aurora, but I thought it's still fun :) Enjoy! <br /><br /><strong>1) Are you carrying high (girl) or
low (boy)? </strong>I'm going with high since I'm carrying the same as I did with Aurora... GIRL<br /><br /><strong>2)
Hold a gold ring from a string over your tummy to see which way it swings (back
and forth for a boy, circular motion for a girl):</strong> Don't have the patience for this...<br /><br /><strong>3) If the hair on your legs grows faster its a boy, slower
girl:</strong> It's the same I think...<br /><br /><strong>4) Salty cravings = boy, sweet =
girl:</strong> BOY<br /><br /><strong>5) Pee bright colored = boy, light colored =
girl:</strong> BOY. But I know all this is based on is how much water I drink
and I know I'm not getting enough... <br /><br /><strong>6) Pee mixed with Draino
(bluish yellow, brownish, brown, black or blue = boy) (greenish brown, green, or
doesn't change at all = girl):</strong> so not going to try this - sorry to
disappoint everyone<br /><br /><strong>7) Fetal heart rate above 140 =
girl:</strong> Last check was 168, GIRL<br /><br /><strong>8) Nick's weight gain (if
any = girl):</strong> BOY<br /><br /><strong>9) Round face for me = girl: </strong>GIRL<br /><br /><strong>10) Larger left boob = girl,
larger right boob = boy: </strong>BOY<br /><br /><strong>11) Acne=girl:</strong>
BOY<br /><br /><strong>12) In a study, mom's guessed right 71% of the time. What do
I think? </strong>I really have no idea... But if I had to guess I would say GIRL<br /><br /><strong>13) Moody = girl:</strong> GIRL<br /><br /><strong>14) Can't tell I'm pregnant from
behind = boy:</strong> GIRL<br /><br /><strong>15) Chinese
calendar method:</strong> I didn't check this time...<br /><br /><strong>16) Age at conception = 28, month of conception = 9. If they
are both even or odd, its a girl: </strong>One even, the other odd = BOY<br /><br /><strong>17) Ask the mom-to-be to pick a number. Match the number with
the corresponding letter of the alphabet (A=1, B=2 etc). Then ask her to choose
a name beginning with that letter. If she chooses a boys name, it will be a boy.
If she chooses a girls name, it will be a girl: </strong>I don't think this one can work anymore since I know that's what it's asking for...<br /><br /><strong>18)What side does the mom-to-be lay on while
she's resting? If she lies on her left, it's a boy; on her right, it's a
girl:</strong> GIRL<br /><br /><strong>19) If young boys (pre-school age) show
interest in you while you're pregnant, it will be a girl. If they ignore you,
expect a boy:</strong> GIRL<br /><br /><strong>20)
Ask the mom-to-be to show you her hands. If she shows them palms up, it's a
girl; palms down, a boy:</strong> GIRL <br /><br /><strong>21) If you dream of
girls, you will have a boy. If you dream of boys, you will have a girl:</strong> I've dreamt both...<br /><br /><strong>22) Pick up a key - if you pick it up by the thinner end you
are having a girl by the round part a boy: </strong>Unfortunately I read the
whole thing before I could do that, so now I feel biased... <br /><br /><strong>23)
If the mom-to-be was the more aggressive partner when the baby was conceived, it
will be a boy. If the father was the more aggressive, the baby will be a girl:
</strong>Haha! I thought that was funny. <br /><br />So the tally is: <br />BOY:
6<br />GIRL: 9<br /><br />For whatever it's worth :)brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-4030129377698555732013-01-26T12:37:00.002-08:002013-01-26T12:37:06.515-08:00Disney World 2.1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, I know. We were just here. But Aurora had soooooooooooo much fun the last time. And we figured this was going to be our last trip before baby comes (and for a while after baby comes), so we went for it. This is a very long post. The next few probably will be, but I am capturing every detail of our trip. And I have the time to since we have to go back to the hotel for Aurora to nap... <br />
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Tuesday – Oh my gosh the last thing I
wanted to do was get on a plane with Aurora. She was in such a bad mood! I
don’t know why but she was fussy and clingy all morning and I couldn’t get
anything done. Nick was home, but she would not let me put her down. It took me
15 minutes to address a card because she was being such a basket case. I don’t
know what the deal was, but we finally made it to the airport and the drama
seemed to stop. We were very fortunate – our original flight was cancelled, but
they were able to get us on the next set of flights (to Dallas and then
Orlando) and we made it to the resort only a few hours later than expected. Yay
for Nick’s Priority Access. I always make fun of him, but it actually really
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Aurora was reasonably well behaved on the flights. She kept
saying that she wanted to go home and she didn’t nap at her usual time and I
think she was just tried and did not want to be in one place. Surprise surprise.
She fell asleep on the second flight and sort of napped. It was really her
bedtime at that point, but she woke up for the last 10 min of the flight and
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Wednesday – Seeing as how Aurora went to
bed after midnight we had to wake her up this morning. I was amazed how deep
she was sleeping – she was really tired. And you could tell, but there was so
much excitement that she handled it really well. We went to the Magic Kingdom Park
first – have to start there of course. We saw Mickey first thing and Aurora was
so excited! Last time we were here she spent the week collecting hugs. This
time she wants to sit in everyone’s lap. She made herself right at home with
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Then one of the cast members there saw she was dressed like Snow White, her
name was Aurora, and it was her birthday (oh yes – I am going to use this
birthday to every advantage. It may not be until next week, but she doesn’t
know the difference. Her birthday can be a month long) And he short cut us in
line to see the princesses. So instead of waiting 25 min we waited 5. Yay! We
saw Cinderella (Aurora and her compared shoes), Princess Aurora, and Rapunzel
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Then we got to see Scrooge McDuck which was awesome because
Aurora has been so in to Duck Tales lately. And then we finally got breakfast
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Then we saw the cute little performance that they do in
front of the castle and Aurora loved it because we got to see everyone –
Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald. And I can tell my preggo hormones are out of
wack because the stupid thing made me cry. The princesses all came out and were
dancing with the princes and it was so sweet and then Mickey told Minnie that
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We went in the Tiki Room and discovered that Aurora loves
the birds singing but no longer loves the Tiki Men. They are kind of scary now.
Then we went on the Jungle Cruise (she loved it), Pirates of the Caribbean (she
hated it – she buried her face and would not let go of me. I will say though –
high quality snuggling), and then It’s a Small World (she loved it). She said
as we were beginning It’s a Small World, “remember that.” Which was funny
because we kept asking her if she remembered things and she hadn’t really
responded, but this she said out of the blue. So maybe that ride left an
impression on her the first time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Aurora just wants more of everything. After each character
it’s “More Mickey,” or “More Princess,” after the Jungle Cruise it was “More
animals,” after the Tiki Room it was “More Tiki Room.” She just wants more of
everything. She’s like the seagulls from Finding Nemo – they say “Mine, Mine,
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Aurora could nap. It’s not ideal, but if she doesn’t get her nap then she
really doesn’t have fun. And we figure this trip is all about her having fun.
And getting hilarious video of her and the characters. And I will say that it’s
giving me a chance to keep up on journaling for the trip and post pictures.
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We actually had to wake her up after 2.5 hours. We didn’t
want her on a super weird schedule, so we had to. Who knows how long she would
have slept. I know she was tired. Then we went to Epcot. Nick loves Epcot. I
think it is a very pretty, romantic park and if you are wanting dinner it’s
probably the best place to go, but for a 2 year old it’s not that exciting. We
went on the Nemo ride 3 times. 4 times? I lost count. It was enough after 1.
It’s cute, it’s just… Yeah. You only need to do it once. But Aurora loved it
because she LOVES Nemo. We had dinner in “Mexico.” I know, I know, we basically
live in Mexico, why not do something different, but it was easy. And Nick went
on the Mission to Mars ride and said he almost barfed. He even took a
Dramamine, but apparently it’s intense. I went on it when we were here years
ago and I don’t remember it being that intense, but I’ve never had motion
sickness problems. We are hoping Aurora (and baby) take after me in that regard.
While Nick was on the ride Aurora and I played in a little kid area and I had
the scariest experience of my life. Aurora climbed up into the crawl area and
went all the way around by herself. It’s like at McDonalds in the tubes and
nets. And I couldn’t get to her (unless I crawled up there myself). It was very
scary for me. I know, and I think she’s the drama queen. But she really enjoyed
crawling around and then afterwards she spun in circles singing “Frosty the
Snowman” and saying that she was “so happy.” Awesome. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday – Yay! Aurora got her 11 hours of
sleep last night and we had a well-rested happy girl on our hands. She had a
great time yesterday, but today she was beyond happy. She was all smiles and
very affectionate. Awesome! We went to Animal Kingdom and it seemed like there
was a lot more to do this time than last. We had really only planned on half a
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We got to see lots of characters which is always a
highlight: Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Donald, Goofy (FINALLY! That’s all
she’s been talking about for the last month), Pluto, and Chip and Dale. We went
on a spinning triceratops ride – she’s so my daughter. Spinning rides are the
best. </div>
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We saw the Live Nemo show which she loved. It’s just like
the movie, but Live and with music. Funny thing though – whenever we watch the
movie at home we get to the sea turtles part and she gets bored and says she’s
done. And it comes after different time intervals because I don’t always start
the movie in the same spot and a lot of times she wants me to skip the sharks.
So it’s not a time thing. And today when we got to the sea turtles she was done
too. Apparently they are boring. I think that’s my favorite part but for
whatever reason Aurora never wants to watch it. And she kept saying “skip it”
when the sharks came on during the play – it really was just like we were
watching the movie at home. And I think the whole theater heard her yell
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After Aurora’s nap we went back to the Magic Kingdom. It is
definitely the park with the most to do with little kids. We saw Mickey again
and did a few rides and how horrible is it that I can’t even remember which
ones? Things are starting to blur together.</div>
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The Dumbo ride was a lot of fun. The best part is the line –
they have a little play area that you can wait in so it’s actually fun. It is
absolutely adorable and circus themed. Aurora could only play in a small part
of it because most of it was for big kids, but she had a lot of fun. We were
allowed to play as long as we wanted and I know we played longer than we needed
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We went over to the new Fantasyland. They are still working
on it, but the Beauty and the Beast Section and Little Mermaid section are open
and super cute. We went on Ariel’s ride and Aurora loved it. She is very in to
Princess Ariel. I think the ride is a duplicate of the one they put in at
California Adventure not too long ago. Took them long enough! They have some
Fairy Tale adventure thing that we haven’t done yet and a Be Our Guest
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loved. The only thing I don’t love about it is how crazy it is trying to get a
spot and how pushy people are. It never fails – someone always elbows their way
in front of us. At least Aurora got a good view for the most part. We actually
ended up staying for the beginning of the fireworks but Aurora hated it so we
left. We were all the way back in Fantasyland when they started going off and
they were too loud so Aurora buried her head and wimpered the whole time. We
basically ran all the way through the park to get out of there. And we made it
to the front gate as the fireworks were ending – so we beat the rush at least.
Afterwards Aurora kept saying, “More fireworks.” Weirdo.</span>brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-78186463330351620972013-01-24T12:00:00.004-08:002013-01-24T12:00:40.025-08:00Candyland<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aurora’s 2<sup>nd</sup> birthday party. January 19, 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that I say this every time, but I cannot believe how
fast time flies. I know that everyone tells you it will. And I knew it would.
But I still don’t feel that I was prepared for my little baby to be 2. But she
is (almost). Actual birthday January 30, but we did the party a little earlier
this year because it is going to be a very eventful year. Usually things slow
down after Christmas, but not anymore now that Aurora has a birthday in January
and this year I am throwing 2 baby showers in February, becoming an Aunt in
March, and making Aurora a big sister in June. It’s going to be crazy. LOTS to
look forward to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a really hard time deciding on the theme for Aurora’s
party this year. I got off easy last year getting to choose what I wanted, but
this year was tough because I wanted to do something she would be excited
about. First thought was Dora (dora dora splor as Aurora calls her). But I
cringed at the thought of buying all the decorations and couldn’t see where I
could be real creative with it. (However, after doing this party I may
reconsider a completely store bought party next year. Being creative takes
time!) Next thought was Disney. I could handle that… Then Christmas came and
Aurora fell in love with Frosty. Yes! Winter Wonderland! But Nick vetoed the
idea. I don’t know why I let him – I think it would have been adorable. But
then while we were talking about it we were playing Candyland and Aurora kept
demanding lollipops. She LOVES lollipops. And I looked at the board and saw all
the pretty colors and I was sold! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the party was a success. The kids seemed to have fun
– they decorated gingerbread houses (and ate more of the candy that they put
on…) And they ran around like crazy. The boys were really into the Candyland
pathway that we put out and kept driving cars on it. Not the girls – just the
boys. Kind of funny. They played outside with the bubbles and thank goodness
none of them fell into the pond. They were trying so hard! And I thought for
sure one of them would barf from all the candy/sweets, but none did. At least
not at our house. Sorry to any of the parents if that was your fate...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I was really happy with the way it turned out. Most
importantly Aurora had a good time and she got her lollipop!</span><br />
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brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-10179708845131585992013-01-03T13:40:00.002-08:002013-01-03T13:43:25.007-08:00Teeny Cha-Wee-Wee<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aurora has learned to say our last name. Sort of. When we ask her what her name is she says Ror-A, Cha-Wee-Wee. It's hilarious. She's been saying it since Thanksgiving and she's sticking with it :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aurora can now count to 10! Actually New Year's day she hit that milestone. She loved counting. And every time she sees letters or words she starts singing the ABCs. But its always "A B C D E F G" and she stops there. She knows her name starts with an A, but that's pretty much the only letter she recognizes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had another ultrasound just before Christmas for the NT-screen. Everything came back normal - yay! It was funny watching this one - I remember Aurora's and she was all over the place - kicking like she was trying to bust out. This baby looks significantly calmer... Just kind of chilling out. I'll take it! </span><br />
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<br />brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-17163028513357883552012-12-20T20:21:00.003-08:002012-12-20T20:21:34.199-08:0013 weeks. 23 months.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So again it's been forever since my last post, but I have actually been sort of keeping track along the way so I can remember things.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am currently 13 weeks pregnant which I'm sure you have all gathered from facebook or Christmas cards. First trimester down. I have to say it went a lot faster this time around, but that is probably because I am busy chasing around a nearly 2 year old (that has the attitude of a 16 year old).
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So originally we wanted to wait to announce baby #2 until Christmas, but we decided we couldn't wait that long. It was hard enough to wait as long as we did :) We found out very early that we were expecting, so I have been keeping a little pregnancy diary to keep track of things this time around. Lots of info and I'm sure half of you don't care, but I figured I did a good job of keeping track of Aurora, I should keep track of this baby too :) So here it goes:
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10/10/2012 (2 weeks, 5 days) - Seriously suspecting I was pregnant. I know it should be way too early to tell, but everything was exactly the same as last time. Boobs starting to hurt and overall feeling crummy. I'm sure I was imagining half of my symptoms, but I started to think that if I wasn't pregnant I really needed to see a doctor because I didn't feel good on a regular basis. But that's how I felt with Aurora too. And another weird coincidence - I was craving chorizo - just like I did when I was really early with Aurora.</span><br />
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10/15/2012 (3 weeks, 2 days) - Pregnancy test positive. I knew it was going to be. I know that you are supposed to wait until you are late, but I was feeling pregnant. My boobs don't lie. Serious pain. The hard thing about finding out you are pregnant early is realizing how long you are going to have to wait to tell people. We decided on Christmas because we wanted as much family to be together as possible (side note: Christmas = 13 weeks, 5 days preggo). And as you all know we didn't wait that long. Ended up being Thanksgiving.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10/16/2012 (3 weeks, 3 days) - Pregnancy test #2 positive.
10/19/2012 (4 weeks) - Ordered Aurora's "Only Child Expiring June 2013" T-shirt. Can you tell I'm excited?</span><br />
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10/20/2012 (4 weeks, 1 day) - Morning sickness starting to kick in. Want to barf on a fairly regular basis, but haven't yet. I think it's worse than last time. So far I have escaped the fatigue. Boobs still hurting. (I'm sure you all love hearing that)
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10/22/2012 (4 weeks, 3 days) - Pregnancy test #3 positive. So Nick - do you believe me yet? :)
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10/24/2012 (4 weeks, 5 days) - Morning sickness is awful. I want to throw up all the time. This seems to be a very constant thing :(
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10/28/2012 (5 weeks, 2 days) - Had a bad day. It happens :( But on top of that I discovered that I was spotting :( I didn't freak out too bad since the same thing happened with Aurora around the same time, but still - not what I wanted to see.
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10/29/2012 (5 weeks, 3 days) - Blood test at the doctor's office to check HCG levels. Came back at 12,000. I was told this is "VERY" good. As a side note. I think it's a girl. My pregnancy has been nearly identical to Aurora's (except I am sicker). So I think it's a girl. But I thought Aurora was a boy. So I'm probably wrong. But I sort of FEEL like it's a boy. THINK it's a girl, FEEL like it's a boy. So I can't be wrong then :)
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10/31/2012 (5 weeks, 5 days) - Technically baby's first Halloween :) Blood test #2 to check HCG levels. Results came back good - levels doubled like they were supposed to.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">11/7/2012 (6 weeks, 5 days) - Smells that make me want to barf: ANIMALS, cinnamon candles, cooking chicken, Nick's protein shake...
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">11/15/2012 (7 weeks, 6 days) - First ultrasound. Everything with baby looks great! Heartbeat is 165. Can't really see much, baby is still so tiny. At the ultrasound they did find a "mass" on my left ovary. The doctor said they don't know what it is, but I am scheduled to go back for another ultrasound to see if it has changed in 2 weeks. They will be able to tell more then. I am trying not to stress out. There is nothing that I can do but wait.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">11/19/2012 (8 weeks, 3 days) - I'm tired. Sooooooooooooooooo tired :( The fatigue is kicking in.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">11/22-24/2012 (9 weeks) - Announcement! And Christmas card pics with Aurora wearing her cute shirt :) And I can't sleep at night :( I can fall asleep OK and sleep for a few hours, but around 2am I wake up and can't get comfortable :( and toss and turn the rest of the night. And I am tired all day and all I can think about is when I get to sleep next. Looking forward to second trimester...
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">12/1/2012-12/4/2012 (10 weeks) - Nick and I took a trip to Cabo! We left Aurora with Grandma Lin and Grandpa Bill. She had lots of fun and I am still hearing stories about how Grandma Lin gave her 2 big lollipops (which apparently isn't true) :) But that's what Aurora remembers :)
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I barfed twice on the trip. Once on the plane :) (before we even took off) and then one night right before bed. But otherwise I really was starting to feel mostly better. We had a great time relaxing and eating lots of food :) We spent the whole time at the resort sitting on the beach or by the pool. So nice! It was beautiful!
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">12/7/2012 (11 weeks) - I would say that the morning sickness is mostly gone. It comes in waves every so often, but nothing like it was before. SO happy about that. Just super super tired now. Maybe a little emotional too... </span><br />
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I have another ultrasound tomorrow (12/21/2012) - 13 weeks. Yay!
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We do have a girl's name picked out, but if it's a boy that's going to be harder :( Nick and I just don't agree on boy's names. But we will cross that bridge if we come to it. We won't find out if it's a boy or girl until February.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So that's the pregnancy update. On to Aurora! She is talking so much now. It's hilarious because she has a lot to say, but she has a lot that she babbles still. Some of her favorite things to say are "No, Mommy," "lollipop," "Watch, Frosty" or "Watch, Nemo." She's obsessed with those 2. It's so hard saying no :( But she can't sit in front of TV all day. And I don't know that she even wants to, I think she just wants to have them on. She's funny.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Every meal is breakfast. When she's hungry she wants to eat breakfast. Even when it's dinner time she calls it breakfast. She has gotten pretty good at saying most things correctly, but there are a few she continues to say wrong. She still insists on calling Mr. Pickles, "Pick Pick." And instead of saying thank you she says "nice you." I love it.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aurora has started singing - her favorite songs are Frosty the Snowman, Twinkle Twinkle, and there's a turtle song she's getting pretty good at. She doesn't sing all of the words, but she's got the first line down at least. And she sings "ABCD..FG...LMN..TUV" :) She can count to 6 when she wants to, but her standard answer for counting things is 3. Her standard color answer is blue, but she gets green, orange, and purple when she actually thinks about it :)
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I know there is so much to say, but she changes so quickly and it's so hard to keep track of. They grow up too fast!
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We have planned a another trip to Disney World. We figured we had to. She was so funny last time and loved it so much. Plus we are running out of time for her to be free on the plane and in the parks, so we have to take advantage while we still can. It's hilarious because we have been telling Aurora about it and she knows this: "tiki room. go plane. dora dora. after birthday. lollipop." See if you can translate :)
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, it will probably be another 2 months until I update next :( That's just been the trend lately. Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!</span>
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I keep putting off blogging because I know I am so far behind, but the longer I put it off the further behind I am going to get and the more I am going to forget, so I figured I should do the little I can before I forget everything. Plus I need to do it before I get a text from Dom telling me how far behind I am :(
Updates since August: Disney World was a blast!!!!! If anyone saw my updates on facebook this is repeat info, but mostly Aurora just wanted to collect hugs from all the characters. She is still talking about them 2 months later. I love it! She loved "Tig," "Pooh," "Qua Qua" (Donald), "Goof" (which she now says "Goofy" very clearly, but she emphasizes the y), and "Mic and Me." For some reason Goofy is now her favorite, even though while we were there she was really into Chip and Dale and the Winnie the Pooh characters.
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Since then life is busy as usual. Aurora has been making friends and we've been having playdates. That's been fun for her and for Mommy :) We gave up the binky when we got home from Disney World and that was a rough week, but she got over it pretty quickly. She's such a big girl now :( Growing up too fast.
Speaking of which, Aurora is talking so much now! 9/21 is when I am saying that she really started putting 2 words together and saying 2 syllable words. Among her favortie things to say at that time, "co mos" (cookie monster), "corvette," "go away," "goofy," "octopus," "strawberry," "fla-mee," (flamingo). I guess those were more my foavrites because they were sooooo cute when she said them.
10/10 Aurora said her first sentence, "I need help." The next day it was followed by, "I pick up," and "I make food." Ever since then she is on a roll. I feel like she is talking or babbling constantly and she has a ton to say. I can understand most of it, but some of it is still a little hard. It seems hard to imagine a time when she wasn't talking. Nick and I have given up having converstations with each other when she is awake - she interrupts way too much. And she's loud :)
Aurora has started posing for pictures, but it's only because she likes to see what she looks like after we take the picture. She would rather be on the taking side when it comes to pictures.
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Aurora is a super picky eater right now. It is very frustrating because I never know what she is going to want to eat. One day she likes something the next day she doesn't. I thought we'd given up baby food, but I was desperate for her to eat veggies so I bought some baby food peas and sweet potatoes and she gobbled them up. I think she has a texture problem or something. Fortunately she likes fruit a lot. Frozen blueberries are still favorties and she likes plums, strawberries, and watermelon. Her favortie food is either cheese or french fries. Either way she is definitely my little girl.
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We went to the pumpkin patch last weekend and had a lot of fun. We went to Agua Linda Farm for the first time and I thought it was adorable - we will definitely be going back there in the coming years.
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So that's a little of the excitement for now :) I know you were all just looking at the pictures anyway :)brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-48446038302058781102012-08-07T14:13:00.001-07:002012-08-07T14:13:28.496-07:00Since I've Been Wondering...Every time we go to the doctor and find out how much Aurora weighs or how tall she is I always wonder who she takes after - how she compares to Nick and I at that age. Well, I have our baby books so I thought I would chart it. I know - the engineer in me. But here's the results :)
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Aurora weighs the most at 18 months. I was actually the tallest, but it looks like Aurora will pass me up pretty quickly. We weren't that far off from each other. It's fun to see the trend :)brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-75168459646060514432012-07-22T22:41:00.002-07:002012-07-22T22:41:29.368-07:00Yeah... It's been a while...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok, so I know I have been a horrible record keeper the last 3 months and I probably forgot half of the stuff that Aurora has done and all that, but she changes so much every day that it started to get very overwhelming keeping track of everything. And it’s hard enough to keep up with her and her energy levels let alone write about it later. But I will try my best to hit some highlights and bring people up to speed.
Lots of fun stuff has happened since my March updates. Here’s a list and some pics:
1. (April) Easter
We did an egg hunt and everything! Aurora had fun collecting the eggs, but more than anything she wanted to pick up rocks... We got to celebrate with Brittany and Jared since Phillip was in Florida for flight schoo1. Mom made way too much amazing food as usual and it was a good time with family/friends.
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Cake Pops!
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2. (April/May) Cheryl's Wedding Festivities:
Breakfast at Tiffany's Bridal Shower
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Bachelorette Party. Can you tell the theme was 80's?
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Wedding
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3. (April) Nick's Mom got married! She is now Mrs. Dennis Moak and has since moved to Colorado.
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4. (May) Aurora and I took a trip to CA for Darryl’s graduation. We got to go to Knott's Berry Farm. She's been before her daddy! She LOVED Snoopy.
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5. (June) Camping with Dominic, Krystal, and Logan.
I had no idea Aurora could even get that dirty. She had fun playing in the dirt, but was not the biggest fan of hiking. She didn't sleep great so she spent some of the time tired, but she got to try some fun new things. Like S'mores!
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S'More face:
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6. (June) Mt. Lemmon trip
Aurora had much more fun hiking this time. Maybe she'd gotten enough sleep or something. Whatever it was it was nice that I didn't have to carry her the whole time. Part of the time, but not the whole time.
Walking with Grandma and Grandpa:
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Help from Uncle Taylor:
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Sean & Megan:
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But again with the dirt. This time she was intentionally smearing it all over herself.
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7. Aurora’s first trip to the lake.
She had fun, but hated the life jacket. And wasn't ready for the raft yet. But I went water skiing! I haven't tried it since I was 17, but I was still able to do it - hooray!
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We are still doing our Little Movers and Shakers class once a week and Aurora loves it. She loves climbing on things. She's not great with the organized song time - she just wants to play with the toys. But they are good about moving things along. We are also taking a sign language class. It's more for me to learn the signs to use them at home, but we do music and stuff that Aurora likes. And she has fun signing. She catches on really fast and only needs to see a sign once or twice before she does it. We've kind of stopped going to storytime (baby time) at the library because it’s now when her naps are. She was getting kind of old for it anyway - it's time for her to move on to toddler time.
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Aurora has all 4 front teeth on the top and bottom and her 4 molars. Still several to go, but she’s got quite a moth full now.
Aurora is a complete temper tantrum thrower. She does it on almost a daily basis. We are talking throws herself on the floor, stomps her feet, flings herself around, slams into walls, screams her head off fit. It’s usually because she wants her binky (which she only gets when she is sleeping) or wants to watch TV and I won’t let her. Her favorite thing is the TV and she is constantly asking to watch and I am constantly having to say no. It’s sad because she likes it so much, but someday she will understand. I hope. Her favorite shows are the Wiggles, Barney, and Dora the Explorer. She Wiggles her ears when she wants the Wiggles. It’s pretty funny.
She went through a phase where she would wrap one arm around my leg and drag me to where she wanted to go in the house. That was hard because I couldn’t walk when she did that. Now she holds my hand and takes me places. She likes having me in the room. She will play somewhat independently for a few minutes, but I have to be in there with her.
She is going through some separation anxiety. She especially doesn’t like to be left with strangers or people in the nursery at church. One Saturday night she didn’t make it all the way through the service and we had to go get her. I have since gotten to know a few of the women that volunteer in the nursery and it sounds like usually as long as they hold her she is OK. That’s nice. The other children run around and play with each other, mine needs to be held for an hour and half.
Aurora hates shopping carts and strollers. I think the last time we tried using a stroller was in Hawaii in February. It was just too much work to push it around and carry her at the same time so I’ve pretty much given up. We may try again when we go to Disney World next month, but I don’t have high expectations. I’m a little nervous about that whole situation as it is – Aurora is in the very bad habit of taking off the second her feet hit the floor. She just picks a direction and runs. Not cool.
Aurora is becoming extremely picky about food. She will always eat chicken nuggets, frozen blueberries (she prefers frozen fruit – weirdo), cheese (sharp cheddar only) grapes, and happy melts (freeze dried yogurt). But that’s about it that I’m guaranteed she will eat. Otherwise it’s hit or miss. Sometimes she likes PB&J, watermelon, mac ‘n cheese, and burritos. It’s so hard to know what she is going to eat. It doesn’t make me want to spend a lot of time preparing food, that’s for sure. I’ve been trying really hard to make sure that she is on a good schedule and not eating too many snacks, because if she snacks then there is no way she will eat her meals – even food she likes. I think a lot of it has to do with her milk – she LOVES milk. Some days she drinks 4 cups. She also LOVES juice, but she doesn’t get that every day – otherwise she gets addicted.
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Talking wise she says quite a bit. I’m not counting her words or anything – there are certain things she says a lot like Mama, Dada, milk, juice, cracker, grapes, chicken, cheese, Dora, etc – mostly things associated with things she wants. She is doing a really good job at repeating things that I say and she certainly knows how to use her voice.
Her stuffed animals are still her favorite toys. Mr. Pickles is still her night time buddy. But she has formed a recent attachment to a brown teddy bear that used to be mine. I named him Sepie, but she calls him “Ses.”
She loves animals. Especially dogs. She is really funny because she doesn’t call animals by their names, she calls them by their sounds – ruff, baaa, quack, meow… I guess that’s easier for her (?)
She is funny about giving hugs and kisses. She will give them to almost anyone that I tell her to, but when Nick or I ask for them she runs away and things it’s a game. She is getting better about it though. I’ve been getting “smooches” on a more regular basis so that’s nice.
I guess that's it for updates for now. I know I've missed a lot, but it took me over 3 hours to write this post, so I'm going to sleep now. But a few more pictures:
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiDCrEI41Mr5gSLooAPns3sIsFtzcbCIVVloLdNA74JldG5T1AxQb7B9NlOU0OAH22ibQ4U1A8Rd_TNUquvbGfim8L3CzZBekBEA3Ez4wG4s-DJznX7SWk1NvWlYBN4hmR7Q9nVqPGQg/s1600/DSC09553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiDCrEI41Mr5gSLooAPns3sIsFtzcbCIVVloLdNA74JldG5T1AxQb7B9NlOU0OAH22ibQ4U1A8Rd_TNUquvbGfim8L3CzZBekBEA3Ez4wG4s-DJznX7SWk1NvWlYBN4hmR7Q9nVqPGQg/s400/DSC09553.JPG" /></a></div>brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-77983850517840772912012-03-19T20:12:00.009-07:002012-03-19T20:46:04.978-07:00March Updates<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnYuSrNrbCHz3ThLNFK4qDLr6-90o0WFG2790glf_KMQukthWVhd-Reo5tyXzQ6_iFHhJQ4phmMdq-brLT2oIRL9PRS8g1EdWQKeuqCt0W8tw-i_OztV7OrEDm-4Nq6uK9DaxZWspYkE/s1600/DSC07890.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnYuSrNrbCHz3ThLNFK4qDLr6-90o0WFG2790glf_KMQukthWVhd-Reo5tyXzQ6_iFHhJQ4phmMdq-brLT2oIRL9PRS8g1EdWQKeuqCt0W8tw-i_OztV7OrEDm-4Nq6uK9DaxZWspYkE/s400/DSC07890.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721815335316631282" /></a><br /><br />The cutest thing happened this morning. Aurora was in her high chair eating breakfast and Nick walked out to the garage and Aurora turned and waved and said "bye bye." SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute. He wasn't leaving yet, but she knows that's where he goes when he does. She's been waving bye bye for a while, but this was the first time she actually said it. I am going to count this as her 5th official word. She says Mama, Dada, dog, duck, and now bye bye. I love it!<br /><br />Aurora now has 6th teeth - she got her top middle left one poked through (03-10-2012). And I think its funny that it has almost caught up to the other one in the middle. She is going to have a mouthful pretty soon.<br /><br />We are officially done weaning and I have to say it wasn't nearly as painful as I was expecting it to be. Aurora has no problem drinking cow's milk now - I learned she wants it in a sippie cup and not at meals - any other time is fine. She also prefers chocolate milk :) but fortunately she will drink it plain too. And we managed to give up the 5am morning feeding with only 1 morning of fussing. Now she will sleep 7pm to 7am no problem. She still kind of wakes up in the early morning, but goes right back to sleep. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMSr2VpZwZMOmkEUGSscrTYgppgDu4WuF6oIxmf6qFVroGiaatqUC52lpzYkF82bDIXAJNJCfIm9GSqPcrqoKm-mptro1lQY-IIR0Fe-LVk5dI6H1oDxCKa6XMYvndsAgrrl0hB20c4g/s1600/DSC07815.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMSr2VpZwZMOmkEUGSscrTYgppgDu4WuF6oIxmf6qFVroGiaatqUC52lpzYkF82bDIXAJNJCfIm9GSqPcrqoKm-mptro1lQY-IIR0Fe-LVk5dI6H1oDxCKa6XMYvndsAgrrl0hB20c4g/s400/DSC07815.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721819708384884834" /></a><br /><br />We have been keeping busy. Aurora loves storytime at the library and we just started a little movers and shakers class with Parks & Rec. She had a blast the first day - she loved racing, "flying" (running with her arms out), and shooting hoops. She still gets to see Grandma Lin every Tuesday when I go to my Mom's class/Bible Study and she now loves shopping because she can pull things off shelves. It is exhausting for me that she won't sit in the cart very long and just wants to walk around and do her own thing. But we manage :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsp5JllGOM1IXaAOJWRiSRXh1gbskESXsCwfZx1kA_4CxzqvcKGW_atJMsWDGOpNb_0iHwgZC1WrggJN4tRd5WcfZYtGWZ4XZpp6q6kANgrVEGks2Kiw8EzTqNHOtSuo6bi2IsaRbJGIs/s1600/DSC07687.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsp5JllGOM1IXaAOJWRiSRXh1gbskESXsCwfZx1kA_4CxzqvcKGW_atJMsWDGOpNb_0iHwgZC1WrggJN4tRd5WcfZYtGWZ4XZpp6q6kANgrVEGks2Kiw8EzTqNHOtSuo6bi2IsaRbJGIs/s400/DSC07687.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721819222665865762" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA-dCgFtaCkamADrKP99nsCDWfRKz7G3dNsBxyjPJXIBZ3sOdPlUppY9fU7mJ4LciY9adzt_lPRbFJcfATnmRw01hTs5GtCvP-ye3id9bMM7LW6X6zaZ73M5RsGz5zqitmjRzjF8DbAc/s1600/DSC07899.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA-dCgFtaCkamADrKP99nsCDWfRKz7G3dNsBxyjPJXIBZ3sOdPlUppY9fU7mJ4LciY9adzt_lPRbFJcfATnmRw01hTs5GtCvP-ye3id9bMM7LW6X6zaZ73M5RsGz5zqitmjRzjF8DbAc/s400/DSC07899.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721819906854026018" /></a><br /><br />Also, we now have 3 Mr. Pickles and a baby Mr. Pickles. The orinigal Mr. Pickles is so ratty. He's been washed several times and I don't know that he has much life left in him - so we are ready with replacements :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikomhaS_aWA0veAd1AzSqPy4Jo1fiYYTm9Dof5UMPcOcs8KYv0-I8GNzFD8MuPHyJv7TvTEU3Sj6lxazKAy4UMIoqC5XQpKlmrV1mrirNZuu2E0XZWJDbmy1Iny6_RtuZCxs2DIE72Si4/s1600/DSC07872.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikomhaS_aWA0veAd1AzSqPy4Jo1fiYYTm9Dof5UMPcOcs8KYv0-I8GNzFD8MuPHyJv7TvTEU3Sj6lxazKAy4UMIoqC5XQpKlmrV1mrirNZuu2E0XZWJDbmy1Iny6_RtuZCxs2DIE72Si4/s400/DSC07872.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721820065157067826" /></a>brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-59024668940494485252012-02-29T21:08:00.003-08:002012-02-29T21:23:02.204-08:00Growing Up So Fast<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtJBMZyymN0BIhruwjn7mIKoFc1oNxu0Xa-aTMC-ziIq0PeOfRG8zGLXyhFcR5o6ZzDFweLCwsRNeEvj-YAZEAbQEmTs8jbkDK83Dq7isvpt8oV8e9J0ibeAy0FkajaS8MbK-hldN-fU/s1600/DSC06692.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtJBMZyymN0BIhruwjn7mIKoFc1oNxu0Xa-aTMC-ziIq0PeOfRG8zGLXyhFcR5o6ZzDFweLCwsRNeEvj-YAZEAbQEmTs8jbkDK83Dq7isvpt8oV8e9J0ibeAy0FkajaS8MbK-hldN-fU/s400/DSC06692.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714791294728890674" /></a><br /><br />So I am about a week late on all the latest developements (must take note of that for when I finally do Aurora's baby book. Gotta get the dates right!) It seems like Aurora has become such a big girl recently! She is starting to understand so much! She can point to her head, nose, ears, hands and toes. She knows how to "clean" when I ask her to and to hold my hand when I ask. She still isn't saying much in the way of words - she makes LOTS of sounds, but still nothing that I am going to count as words. Other than "Mama." LOVE it when she says that. I get b sounds for ball and blue, and d sounds for dog, but those still aren't words... But she is such a good singer - she sings "lalalalalalala."<br /><br />Her dancing has recently consisted of head banging. She is super in to imitating right now, but I'm pretty sure she didn't pick that one up from me. I'm a bad dancer, but not that bad :) She also loves sharing food. That's pretty much OK now since she eats a lot of food that we eat, but she likes to share stuff that's already been in her mouth. I've eaten a lot of soggy pretzels :(<br /><br />Her 5th tooth has emerged! (02-21-2012) Her top, center right one is poking through. So much for the fangs - I will miss those!!!!<br /><br />We have started the weaning process and I've gotta say it's not fun. Aurora really doesn't like whole milk. So far I can only get her to drink it at night before she goes to bed and only if it's 1/2 mixed with breast milk. But we are working on it. It's a slow going process, but it will happen someday. Just gotta be patient...<br /><br />Well, that's it for my little updates :) Here's some more pictures:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1CUZr3M9aKVBZYWDhACLgt4JQNlU3lREgx-nNPRs8WEgGEOtvDe_etVlqP0JFJJbchmVTU-YYqCwjgniKZs3De8BDEcRXstjOrrfA4peYI8CWq5Gm1_IgT5QzJchljZ9jzcjG9P7ACI/s1600/DSC07612.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1CUZr3M9aKVBZYWDhACLgt4JQNlU3lREgx-nNPRs8WEgGEOtvDe_etVlqP0JFJJbchmVTU-YYqCwjgniKZs3De8BDEcRXstjOrrfA4peYI8CWq5Gm1_IgT5QzJchljZ9jzcjG9P7ACI/s400/DSC07612.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714794838770832066" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDIv4LRjvsNHOX6146um4GmpZl676XAX7AIAjUsYWQ0FEw44Rfd0qC6LPUTTtkMVt1qjCko9Nhq33U1bO4gGApEtX0ndIXcXIJTMZ1y2LpLYR_09QaiJVmAOn_-dOqF3Gzrbixt6uLBY/s1600/_A124545-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDIv4LRjvsNHOX6146um4GmpZl676XAX7AIAjUsYWQ0FEw44Rfd0qC6LPUTTtkMVt1qjCko9Nhq33U1bO4gGApEtX0ndIXcXIJTMZ1y2LpLYR_09QaiJVmAOn_-dOqF3Gzrbixt6uLBY/s400/_A124545-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714794272160404050" /></a>brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-51735095822801349472012-02-17T10:09:00.000-08:002012-02-17T10:36:22.325-08:00Hawaii<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqlLxyhQ-bcmtjrj-klcgfCVjb5MBeR_lmn2k_VeWNOlcN8twsOpVTCyYOb5pwQ2YO6Fy0HeN_jSvTWpv_RfRgbtXoxT9XpNGpwCii-Yod_Tp-gIh2Uh2qy5tbukyJLkmWYaWgulSlGc/s1600/DSC06518.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqlLxyhQ-bcmtjrj-klcgfCVjb5MBeR_lmn2k_VeWNOlcN8twsOpVTCyYOb5pwQ2YO6Fy0HeN_jSvTWpv_RfRgbtXoxT9XpNGpwCii-Yod_Tp-gIh2Uh2qy5tbukyJLkmWYaWgulSlGc/s400/DSC06518.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710175218456903010" /></a><br />We are back from Hawaii! We took over 1700 pictures so I am just posting a few. It's going to take a looooooooooooooooooong time to go through and decide which ones to print and if I wait until then to post these it could be years, so I just grabbed a few that caught my eye. <br /><br />We had a blast. Aurora was not the best traveller, but it could have been worse... She loved the beach and chasing birds. We also found a Teddy Bear Museum there and she was in heaven! We got to see A LOT on our trip and we were so lucky to get the chance to go. <br /><br />Here are a few of the highlights...<br /><br />Kailua Beach Park:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYvVzM_myJ8XqjsSYp6dW-joDQGeiceVZ5SuWk5P0grI4_JWK7HRXdcvw7ieeVewi5A9NfpZJUvRtNM4p3NY61Ii-Z9FNxMxczPVIpiPfsleEsSsq7640IDeZLB82aMBWkTbdCtk85vI/s1600/DSC06700.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYvVzM_myJ8XqjsSYp6dW-joDQGeiceVZ5SuWk5P0grI4_JWK7HRXdcvw7ieeVewi5A9NfpZJUvRtNM4p3NY61Ii-Z9FNxMxczPVIpiPfsleEsSsq7640IDeZLB82aMBWkTbdCtk85vI/s400/DSC06700.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710171921605224690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtQR9J2ld-RL_7HiS63fCk7aec4gqu6bXLoUpD75vJiFh6veoB4n5W3jUjclR5ujsuI7UahEtNg4IVNZWKjIRamWYqvbtDKdSfYPMPhInGbXssloaP6XsX-tQi4N9HdFAeLiyg8k7wdo/s1600/DSC06708.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtQR9J2ld-RL_7HiS63fCk7aec4gqu6bXLoUpD75vJiFh6veoB4n5W3jUjclR5ujsuI7UahEtNg4IVNZWKjIRamWYqvbtDKdSfYPMPhInGbXssloaP6XsX-tQi4N9HdFAeLiyg8k7wdo/s400/DSC06708.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710172164938637874" /></a><br /><br />Hiking Diamondhead Crater:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLzAbJTwdZ_h4srxa3rHdEGK3APV1hyphenhyphen88q2p0wQEQ8tDOtpfM1Gqtx4jTWrLEttqN6dhy9ldcJud-1zt8pU9UngbpuItSuS1qBduyN7vF9zgs4xcL8LMyFqo7CtkI-zfrJLW5gyk5Hx4/s1600/DSC06565.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLzAbJTwdZ_h4srxa3rHdEGK3APV1hyphenhyphen88q2p0wQEQ8tDOtpfM1Gqtx4jTWrLEttqN6dhy9ldcJud-1zt8pU9UngbpuItSuS1qBduyN7vF9zgs4xcL8LMyFqo7CtkI-zfrJLW5gyk5Hx4/s400/DSC06565.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710168829756717570" /></a><br /><br />View of Waikiki from Diamondhead Crater:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEe9Ge581NxwiUwkonxd7Nh7rVT4r-E4J0Xw-xlGfoGLCvSq9BNRBsnFIbpFdm0__-0cJm05dyLYa03HA2VRkracjom8KPOWl2G9ma57OFS0y5hraWilDJKUJtZCiBoJoD1vdqJSlH7A/s1600/DSC00210.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEe9Ge581NxwiUwkonxd7Nh7rVT4r-E4J0Xw-xlGfoGLCvSq9BNRBsnFIbpFdm0__-0cJm05dyLYa03HA2VRkracjom8KPOWl2G9ma57OFS0y5hraWilDJKUJtZCiBoJoD1vdqJSlH7A/s400/DSC00210.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710168945202776466" /></a><br /><br />Beach:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioV51Hg8U08XB8urEsXnetOcv4MuDV_Jexd-vO6y8e3dG9vHu2RTgbUcQROroqUAAKUt3sAtzspa5nFAjBDFcOfcJUOKj3GZ0DPPoTPE0UkAGLpcd1-ZMyNp8SWm79e-6eoUfdhjyBSaA/s1600/DSC06650.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioV51Hg8U08XB8urEsXnetOcv4MuDV_Jexd-vO6y8e3dG9vHu2RTgbUcQROroqUAAKUt3sAtzspa5nFAjBDFcOfcJUOKj3GZ0DPPoTPE0UkAGLpcd1-ZMyNp8SWm79e-6eoUfdhjyBSaA/s400/DSC06650.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710168721292074274" /></a><br /><br />Swimming with the sharks (in cages). Nick got in the water - Aurora and I watched from the boat:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJakjFrT38PC8nP5IYt83-XItlQfBK9idk0t0WxiKE-3aUS7ecG6e-1WTcmX_PFIWCC0zAdiI3YTcEp0RB-xj5aA6gFhi8swT6qlycHu731mgzRPwqVmXWWnho2gG0ECy2uKPEizh8T4/s1600/P1010947.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJakjFrT38PC8nP5IYt83-XItlQfBK9idk0t0WxiKE-3aUS7ecG6e-1WTcmX_PFIWCC0zAdiI3YTcEp0RB-xj5aA6gFhi8swT6qlycHu731mgzRPwqVmXWWnho2gG0ECy2uKPEizh8T4/s400/P1010947.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710174855741140082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OruLsj0kyT7GKlWqr6v-Jjbqs6pd0sKudBfZZk_ow09uzVSZYRC4NyfOvVxhuk_FZLQxs6_wvXX9igmjKk9LwlJAHek6PMuoD9pKP0GqVmDlamEbBDFV1Q9Au6k1r-rIAFl7EP8LiZE/s1600/P1010938.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OruLsj0kyT7GKlWqr6v-Jjbqs6pd0sKudBfZZk_ow09uzVSZYRC4NyfOvVxhuk_FZLQxs6_wvXX9igmjKk9LwlJAHek6PMuoD9pKP0GqVmDlamEbBDFV1Q9Au6k1r-rIAFl7EP8LiZE/s400/P1010938.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710174495617936066" /></a><br /><br />Hanauma Bay:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipK8FTokjITJ6Y1sxnkMn85XmluqxiLQHQhQoEbn4k0eIpI1hOWp-8b2UoltSm_0_kt96HMGsQZ6570T7C6-e8PK2EtDyQIHllhS2pMPn2v4q0geKYkLWMxlyFBSTCU-PN8ZsmNE1Mh1s/s1600/DSC07341.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipK8FTokjITJ6Y1sxnkMn85XmluqxiLQHQhQoEbn4k0eIpI1hOWp-8b2UoltSm_0_kt96HMGsQZ6570T7C6-e8PK2EtDyQIHllhS2pMPn2v4q0geKYkLWMxlyFBSTCU-PN8ZsmNE1Mh1s/s400/DSC07341.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710172599502828722" /></a>brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-37318397619266036232012-02-04T19:09:00.000-08:002012-02-04T19:50:31.231-08:001 Year<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsguYtyQ-ZeGcHqWkdgeb5Get6jAQ8Dj45MgtjRH39nUjnimV6TM-ECk1hZuILpeGxee0RG_qXUe6o9B656CdJ5gLppRg88107s0HMcPTL1-mM8ArEojkuIW5SOyJ2A2qsav_EFZp8M0/s400/_R114326-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705485165771451618" /><br /><br />Wow, a year flew by! Aurora's birthday was very special - we had a lot of fun celebrating at her party and then on the actual day, but it was very emotional for me too. I am excited for my little angel to grow up, but it was a little sad to realize that time has passed and she will never be that age again or be in those stages again. Part of me is very happy about that - this year has been exhausting, but there are definitely things that I miss already - like her falling asleep in my arms and on some days I miss her not being mobile :) In a few weeks I am going to start weaning and as much as I am looking forward to having my body back (and eating what I want!) I know that there is a part of me that is going to miss it...<br /><br />But on to happier things. Stupid first paragraph is making me cry already. I am such an emotional wreck when it comes to Aurora. EVERYTHING makes me cry. I need to stop already. Anyway - we had her party the Saturday before her birthday and we were so lucky to have so many wonderful friends and family there to celebrate with us. Aurora was such a good girl and she dove right in to the cupcakes that I made. I don't think she ate much of them but she had a good time making a mess. And I think she prefers vanilla to chocolate. Weirdo, but I guess she takes after her daddy. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigt_PDhjr-OfTxZu-9ATnowlfvNHba7SgNWHnFg1u3L8mBmxMSXKwXQ2YilDpkb_BD1lB4Gv5DEUsx5PHPbsza7hVDpYW8344WmXlbzx1ow8IEdezu1iE4CymDKULRlHdmCeph_vJOZk/s1600/_R114379-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigt_PDhjr-OfTxZu-9ATnowlfvNHba7SgNWHnFg1u3L8mBmxMSXKwXQ2YilDpkb_BD1lB4Gv5DEUsx5PHPbsza7hVDpYW8344WmXlbzx1ow8IEdezu1iE4CymDKULRlHdmCeph_vJOZk/s400/_R114379-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705487462242586258" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CUfKaF7UmuJnkyZxHSm7KTrwSQsr2qX3aVsrIc4jBAB9BpNwU_DbZapVyIm3dFOs628IBcCnjydBX3HW_0l5OmZBlPjdmD9Ze4aL14apbAI7ATVtdX60IWt1zKU7KyyEYepVd2zBkBc/s1600/DSC06275.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CUfKaF7UmuJnkyZxHSm7KTrwSQsr2qX3aVsrIc4jBAB9BpNwU_DbZapVyIm3dFOs628IBcCnjydBX3HW_0l5OmZBlPjdmD9Ze4aL14apbAI7ATVtdX60IWt1zKU7KyyEYepVd2zBkBc/s400/DSC06275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705486449322051602" /></a><br /><br />On her actual birthday on Monday my Mom and I took her to the Tucson Botanical Gardens to see the butterflies. Sooooooo pretty! And there were so many! Aurora seemed pretty interested. She was also very in to the little train model they had there and in to trying to eat the cemented in rocks on the pathway. She managed to throw her stuffed panda into the water in the butterfly exhibit but then still insisted on carrying him around with her afterwards. Gross. She feel asleep in the car right away afterwards and then we woke her up so we could go to the puppy place since she likes dogs so much. But it was closed! Even though it was supposed to be open! I was frustrated that we woke her up for nothing. We had Greek food for lunch (yum!) and then went to the mall afterwards so she could play in the kiddie area. She slept in the car on the way home, but that was the extent of her napping for the day. Nick got home a little early to play with her and she was super grumpy for the rest of the day - overtired :( But she had cake pops so that made her happy for a little bit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIHd-cXRKwa3DyooBtvrzmSozEAJ2U48IZzIsVhojqAPkYOdnQmCAGAJYNH13xSorK3_fVA1H8csFvNCDPKU70sPpelGiz0129YNEGOofRVVrtO6Iszn_Bb-RbXOha5YWbiZkDXmC_fM/s1600/DSC06390.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIHd-cXRKwa3DyooBtvrzmSozEAJ2U48IZzIsVhojqAPkYOdnQmCAGAJYNH13xSorK3_fVA1H8csFvNCDPKU70sPpelGiz0129YNEGOofRVVrtO6Iszn_Bb-RbXOha5YWbiZkDXmC_fM/s400/DSC06390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705488116117109810" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4N5FmVncdIGATyF-hwNO6U_N6ECxHAn3IKvSn02c9tFCKKxsdQQc3oNIIzQI-B9LUoqHzpU6vuudlvMVJ3EzESEbzQnPHav6YIGJseaB3D_8kIGnCJNVbeUaobwRnHqwA_1NPcDEMFI/s1600/DSC06427.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4N5FmVncdIGATyF-hwNO6U_N6ECxHAn3IKvSn02c9tFCKKxsdQQc3oNIIzQI-B9LUoqHzpU6vuudlvMVJ3EzESEbzQnPHav6YIGJseaB3D_8kIGnCJNVbeUaobwRnHqwA_1NPcDEMFI/s400/DSC06427.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705487830670042978" /></a><br /><br />At her 1 year doctor appointment she weighed 21 lbs. which puts her in the 55 percentile and she was 29 1/2 inches and in the 65 percentile. Developmentally the doctor said everything looks good and she is healthy - hooray!!!!! She had to get more shots and it was so sad. She screamed so much and her arm even got bruised this time :( I bought her her first Starbucks afterwards. Kid's chocolate milk (with half the chocolate and with whipped cream. So yummy) She didn't drink much of it, but she liked playing with the straw.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEfYz8uW7fHbqai_kNGyGKP1pQkxqRmE3dI44nROG9ciozP4Ts0rTV6RxcW6XxwnepYYrs4zJFe8DKtJCtRiYSEyQ1r07csysH6YADhDw_rJL5agSRY_q0cwxy6tIfRrHptNda4fBJPc/s1600/DSC06486.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEfYz8uW7fHbqai_kNGyGKP1pQkxqRmE3dI44nROG9ciozP4Ts0rTV6RxcW6XxwnepYYrs4zJFe8DKtJCtRiYSEyQ1r07csysH6YADhDw_rJL5agSRY_q0cwxy6tIfRrHptNda4fBJPc/s400/DSC06486.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705488912752889570" /></a><br /><br />Aurora is walking very well now. I let her walk as much as I can - even in stores which means shopping takes me that much longer because she wants to touch everything. And pull everything off the shelves. And bring everything with her. She spends the days at home just walking across the house with stuff in her hands which means our house is a mess and I can never find anything. She is my little tornado.<br /><br />I feel like in the past week she has really started to catch on to things quickly. She points to her head when we sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" and knows that if she points to her head I will turn the song on for her. She also knows where the CD player is and will walk over to it and point when she wants the music on. She opens and shuts her hands and claps when I sing that song and she claps and does the hooray part for "If You're Happy and You Know it." She does the wheels on the bus motions and when I ask her to sing she says "lalalalala" Hilarious. She doesn't really say any words yet other than Mama and every once in a while she will say dada. She seems to be trying to say dog sometimes but really only gets the da part and will sometimes say ba for ball or something blue. So not much to report in the talking area. But she knows who all of her stuffed animals are and will bring them to me when I ask her to (I have to use their names though - green monkey means nothing - I have to call him Mr. Pickles). And she has started to point to things that she likes in books. And she turns the page when I ask her to.<br /><br />She is becoming a somewhat difficult eater. All she really wants to eat are goldfish. She would eat those all day if I let her. She knows what the package looks like too and she started freaking out the other day because the lady next to us in the store had them in her cart. She doesn't love prunes and fights me every time I try to feed them to her. Unfortunately she really needs to eat them - they are the only thing that keep her regular :) She really likes yogurt though and most fruits and veggies are OK, but she will only eat so much of them... She also does not like carrots. Or bananas. Baby food bananas are OK, but not big girl bananas. And avocado is still one of her favorites. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB816tyDjPTX_X0upm5yyQm_ezeaXUDXqNbTx1JXetwd5lNHjQNF35fYxC-BPVGqTVAc9q7P-CuSkmk7-sOMjJDakGpccn2x-RIorsL6506M_lMdhAMeTn3uk3UsVwiYDgL8WOFE83Ig/s1600/DSC06482.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB816tyDjPTX_X0upm5yyQm_ezeaXUDXqNbTx1JXetwd5lNHjQNF35fYxC-BPVGqTVAc9q7P-CuSkmk7-sOMjJDakGpccn2x-RIorsL6506M_lMdhAMeTn3uk3UsVwiYDgL8WOFE83Ig/s400/DSC06482.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705488313698423362" /></a><br /><br />Well, I am off to go pack now. Aurora is taking her first plane trip on Monday - should be interesting. Nick and I aren't really looking forward to the flight, but we should have fun in HAWAII! I'll post pics when we get back :)brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217888806518749594.post-8101307612617765722012-01-09T09:54:00.000-08:002012-01-09T09:56:27.850-08:00Another Milestone...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Ld9hTSDwmkUNlZ8bkJGzV8iCjVYIlWFGESeeuEZ6tTqoqN1Uo7m8ITgaWYYggpZr_p1QPxqDplKhjLXNW0Me31CslrMbspCn2eTJzJ_RShSfG6BZmoNlXiSHjYrUJz_ObYrNOEm5zw/s1600/DSC05720.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Ld9hTSDwmkUNlZ8bkJGzV8iCjVYIlWFGESeeuEZ6tTqoqN1Uo7m8ITgaWYYggpZr_p1QPxqDplKhjLXNW0Me31CslrMbspCn2eTJzJ_RShSfG6BZmoNlXiSHjYrUJz_ObYrNOEm5zw/s400/DSC05720.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695692496442888690" /></a><br /><br />Aurora is walking! Just wanted to share the news :)brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676290096469357743noreply@blogger.com3