Finally the warm weather is hitting us and boy is it hitting us hard! Yesterday the kids and I walked to a park about a mile away, which started off with just a walk and ended up with a day at the park. Half way there I was pushing all 3 in the stroller~ Yes all 100 lbs!! In 87 degrees smut. It wasn't just hot but the humidity seems to be way too summer like for me.
Once we got to the deserted park, the kids ran around and I tried to ease Annika into sitting in the grass. I love the age where they don't know what grass is and really don't want to either, which I found out was the case last week while at yet another park. Annika shrieked and pulled her legs up and clung to my shirt. I know I am wiered but it was a little comforting, she is my baby and I don't want her down exploring and all independent yet. I do want her to be exposed to all the things the world has to help her learn and grow~ but at the same time, I'm silly about wanting her to stay just where she is too. Yesterday she seemed to be taking great leaps and actually sat in the grass, pulling at what was poking her chubby thighs. She would stop and look up at me with wonder, a whole new world!
Logan came and sat down next to us and was all excited for her, encouraging her to crawl in it~ luckily she dined ;) For the first time this week it seems like Logan is actually interested in sitting down and talking and having a conversation, it seemed strange that I even noticed a difference because he does talk a lot but not just casual, "Hi Mom, how are you?" "What did you do today?" stuff. It's usually a bunch of mumbo jumbo about something he is making up, or asking for something. Yesterday he just plopped down and sat and talked, asking questions about me and Annika and suggesting that park for a camp out with his tent. It may have been he was just tired and didn't have any more energy to move, or maybe it was me actually having time to sit in an empty field with no computer, T.V, laundry, dishes, or time restrictions to disturb me from noticing that my kids are growing faster than I can keep track of. Hopefully the rest of the summer will hold many more of these moments, and I will have the sense to not let them pass by.
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May day, May day, She is on the move!
I had to make a note before the moment slips by that our life is forever changed!
Today we can officially say Annika is on the move, and she is catching up quick! I don't really know how to describe her technique, besides maybe half belly flop method, half army crawl. No matter what you call it, it definitely changes the dynamics of the house. Already we are constantly on a search for her small predators she is furiously searching out. She is like a hound dog, even if it is unseen she sniffs it out and can find any tiny toy just right to suck on and feverishly rub her new teeth against. She is already so much in a hurry it is kind of funny.
I knew this day was coming soon, and some have made me wonder if she was lacking behind. I am sure if it was my first baby that I may have even wondered myself.
I am glad she goes her own pace, and I guess I am lucky that I have had this much time with having a non-mobile baby, but I have a feeling that the easy days are long over with ;)
(Pictures will be even harder to catch but I'll get the first crawling shots uploaded soon, Most of my pictures will now be under Flicker so check the icon, and feel free to comment over there too!)
Today we can officially say Annika is on the move, and she is catching up quick! I don't really know how to describe her technique, besides maybe half belly flop method, half army crawl. No matter what you call it, it definitely changes the dynamics of the house. Already we are constantly on a search for her small predators she is furiously searching out. She is like a hound dog, even if it is unseen she sniffs it out and can find any tiny toy just right to suck on and feverishly rub her new teeth against. She is already so much in a hurry it is kind of funny.
I knew this day was coming soon, and some have made me wonder if she was lacking behind. I am sure if it was my first baby that I may have even wondered myself.
I am glad she goes her own pace, and I guess I am lucky that I have had this much time with having a non-mobile baby, but I have a feeling that the easy days are long over with ;)
(Pictures will be even harder to catch but I'll get the first crawling shots uploaded soon, Most of my pictures will now be under Flicker so check the icon, and feel free to comment over there too!)
Friday, April 22, 2005
All about Abi
I have noticed that most of my posts are about what Annika is doing, and silly things Logan has to say. Any mention of Abi is few and far between unless she is getting in to trouble. When Kris was here I had a feeling that she thought Abi would be more rotten than she really was,do to that is what she always hears about. Yes, we did have a very hard period when all she seemed to do was whine and get into things, which leads to me often griping. The past couple months have gotten much better, now that she can express how she feels. She is really a sweet,loving but very strong willed little girl.
Last night she sat on my lap along with Annika and had her arms around us and said "My friends!" over and over. She can tug at my heart like no other. She loves her Daddy that is for sure, she is more of a Daddy's girl then I would have ever imagined. Today when I was getting Logan ready for school she kept saying "Daddy come get me, too!".
I was thinking about how different her and Annika are, at almost the same age Annika is now Abi was already climbing and crawling on everything. I remember meeting with a play group at the park and Abi couldn't walk yet but would crawl up steps to a baby slide and turn around and go down backwards over and over. There were some little ones twice her age that wouldn't go down yet but Abi had no fear. Not much has changed. I can't think of one thing that she won't try (at least once). I hope she keeps that quality the rest of her life. I am sure it will take her far.
We have been trying the potty training routine for months now. I have realized that it is a control thing with her, if I tell her to go potty it doesn't work I have to tell her we are going potty and try and remind her or make it fun and easy for her. As I am typing this, she just dragged in her potty to sit in front of sesame street and do her thing. The bm thing she is doing great, but the other it may be a while. The other day brother was standing up peeing which he has been good with trying to encourage her to go. So she stood up right by the potty and pinched her belly button together and tried to pee out of it (just like brother, of course!)
She really is Logans shadow and gets sad when he has to go to school or isn't around to play. She calls him her "best friend". I can only hope that they take that with them through life because I have only recently (in the past couple of years) learned how much it adds to your life to have have siblings be friends also. For they are probably going to be around much longer than anyone else in your life.
I love watching Abi become more of a little person and getting out of the baby/toddler stage of life because to be honest with you it wasn't a good time. It is really hard to start off with a baby that does nothing but scream and not sleep, it makes that bonding stage almost obsolete at least for me it did. Maybe it had something to do with the depression and overwhelmed feeling of adapting with 2, But all in all I'm glad it is over with. On to the good years right! (?)
All in all I have to say that although life is busier and sometime tougher than I ever thought. I am glad that I have chosen the life to be a Mom of three, I wouldn't trade it for anything (well most of the time ;)
Now if she would just keep her darn clothes on!
I love you my little pretty girl.
Love Mom
Last night she sat on my lap along with Annika and had her arms around us and said "My friends!" over and over. She can tug at my heart like no other. She loves her Daddy that is for sure, she is more of a Daddy's girl then I would have ever imagined. Today when I was getting Logan ready for school she kept saying "Daddy come get me, too!".
I was thinking about how different her and Annika are, at almost the same age Annika is now Abi was already climbing and crawling on everything. I remember meeting with a play group at the park and Abi couldn't walk yet but would crawl up steps to a baby slide and turn around and go down backwards over and over. There were some little ones twice her age that wouldn't go down yet but Abi had no fear. Not much has changed. I can't think of one thing that she won't try (at least once). I hope she keeps that quality the rest of her life. I am sure it will take her far.
We have been trying the potty training routine for months now. I have realized that it is a control thing with her, if I tell her to go potty it doesn't work I have to tell her we are going potty and try and remind her or make it fun and easy for her. As I am typing this, she just dragged in her potty to sit in front of sesame street and do her thing. The bm thing she is doing great, but the other it may be a while. The other day brother was standing up peeing which he has been good with trying to encourage her to go. So she stood up right by the potty and pinched her belly button together and tried to pee out of it (just like brother, of course!)
She really is Logans shadow and gets sad when he has to go to school or isn't around to play. She calls him her "best friend". I can only hope that they take that with them through life because I have only recently (in the past couple of years) learned how much it adds to your life to have have siblings be friends also. For they are probably going to be around much longer than anyone else in your life.
I love watching Abi become more of a little person and getting out of the baby/toddler stage of life because to be honest with you it wasn't a good time. It is really hard to start off with a baby that does nothing but scream and not sleep, it makes that bonding stage almost obsolete at least for me it did. Maybe it had something to do with the depression and overwhelmed feeling of adapting with 2, But all in all I'm glad it is over with. On to the good years right! (?)
All in all I have to say that although life is busier and sometime tougher than I ever thought. I am glad that I have chosen the life to be a Mom of three, I wouldn't trade it for anything (well most of the time ;)
Now if she would just keep her darn clothes on!
I love you my little pretty girl.
Love Mom
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Just inside Kings Island ~"Come on lets hurry!" ~ you can almost see the skip in there step!
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Kids enjoying the day in Eden Park, the trees were incredible to bad I couldn't get a better shot.
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First time in her back pack carrier/stroller which she loved but is already VERY heavy in ( Just think about carrying a big 20lb bag of dog food on your back!!)
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I think I have a shot of me at almost this same exact age sitting naked on my tricycle on the farm. I love that she has her lunch on the back just incase she gets hungry!
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I have been trying to get a shot of her sucking her thumb for months, Not a great shot because she was on my lap but I got it. Must feel good on those 6 teeth (Yes I said 6!!!)
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Tuesday, April 05, 2005
That is toothey number 4 I'm trying to get a picture of, can you see how drenched the bib is?
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