The kids are napping and I just finished writing thank you's for Lydia's birthday party! I am now sitting on my bed watching the fall premier of "Parenthood" while Scott is hanging out with his brother this afternoon. I'm so glad Scott is finally able to go have some fun! He has been doing so much around here - cleaning, taking care of the kiddos, calling and making appointments to meet with people about joining our support team, and so much more without ever complaining! I have such an awesome hubby! It's also nice to be able to have some alone time to just get some random things done and rest some while the kiddos nap! I just drank a vanilla chai, and I have to say that I am SO excited for fall! I'm excited for the cooler days, getting darker sooner in the evenings (something that is a little weird because I usually hate that, but I'm excited to have more evening time with Scott maybe sitting in front of our gas fireplace with some chai?!), watching the leaves change colors, going to the park and playing in the fallen leaves with Daniel and Lydia, taking pictures of my favorite season, and so much more!
We have been doing great! Support raising has been going great and it has still been such an encouragement meeting with people and families who share our excitement with the college ministry! It's hard at times reading and hearing about all the students and staff on the Auraria Campus knowing that we are still here, but it's also exciting because I'm getting SO, VERY excited to be on campus next year reaching out to all of those students and others and sharing God's love with them!
The whole house selling thing hasn't been going the greatest so far, but I know that God has a plan and the perfect people will make an offer when it's God's will! We have only had three showings so far, so a week or so ago we lowered the price a little bit... It's been crazy keeping the house so clean all the time, and making sure it's in showing condition just in case whenever we leave the house, but at the same time I think it's been good to get into this habit because maybe it'll help us in the cleaning/organizing our future homes down the road! I have to say having a clean home is amazing, that's for sure! :o)
The kids are awesome! I know I just wrote has Lydia her long 1-year letter which updated a lot about her, so I will take some time letting you know all about how Daniel is doing! He is almost 2 1/2 years (in about a month), which is crazy! He has been so, very attached to Scott lately which is hard at times, but then super cute at other times! Whenever Scott leaves for an appointment or just to go somewhere during the day, Daniel will usually give him at least two or three big hugs goodbye, hugging his leg while saying "Goodbye Daddy, Goodbye Daddy!" It is so cute! He still LOVES reading and will read his books and have others read to him much of the day! One of the cutest things he's been doing lately has been "reading" some of his books to us lately, at least parts of them! You can definitely tell which books we read to him the most, because he has memorized much of them! I need to take a video of him and Scott reading "Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom" because that is by far the cutest! I can't believe how well he memorizes parts of the book, even the way we read the words!
He has also memorized many of the songs we sing to him, so it's cute hearing him sing them to his teddies or to Lydia... It is getting more and more easier to understand what he says when he's talking, but we still have those times when he loves to slur his words together as little toddlers do!
The other day I went into his room after his nap and watched as he was lining up all four of his teddies with their backs against the edge of the crib... He then sat in front of them and proceeded to tell them it was story time. It was so cute! :o) I gave him a book and he "read" it to them, taking them one at a time and having them sit in his lap while he read to them and let them touch the pages. It was adorable! He is such a teacher and when he shows his caring, sweet side like that it just makes me so happy and I'm SO excited to see what kind of a boy he is going to turn into! He has also been so nice with Lydia lately... He helps clean up her toys, shares much more easily than before, and tells her "Good job, Sis" whenever she is doing a good job with something. It is so cute!
There is so much more I could say about our boy, Daniel, but it'll have to wait for another time! Thanks for reading my little random update on life!
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Daniel's Birthday Party and Summer Plans
We had Daniel's birthday party on Sunday and it turned out so cute and was a ton of fun! Poor little Daniel was not feeling well almost the entire weekend (still isn't quite back to normal) so that was sad because he wasn't able to enjoy all the activities, opening gifts, and playing with all his friends as much as he would have. :o( We had lots of our friends and family there, and at least all the other kids had a great time swinging, sliding, playing in the sand"boxes" with trucks, coloring, and decorating their hard hats. It was fun just watching everyone play and all the adults just hung out and talked and ate snacks. I had so much fun making all the construction signs using my super cool Cricut machine and planning all the other decorations and snacks. I made a chocolate cake and Scott helped me decorate the cake with oreos and construction vehicles... It turned out really cute and was SO much easier than the normal cakes I have done (his tiger and monkey cakes last year) and the ladybug cake just recently because I didn't have to use all the cake decorating stuff. :o) Some of the awesome things he got for his birthday were a T-ball set, a basketball hoop and ball, a tricycle, a golfing set, puzzles, a swimming pool and toys, trucks, cars, books, clothes, and a bowling set. He has had so much fun since his party playing with all his new toys! (He was just outside playing with all his outside things and now he is working on a puzzle...) Thanks so much to everyone who came! It was such a beautiful day!
Well, I should probably wrap this up. Thanks for reading!
We have been so busy lately it's crazy! I seriously just want to slow down a bit but I'm not sure why I think things are going to slow down since summers are crazy around here! We are planning out various weekends / weeks away throughout the summer already which I'm excited for! I'm so happy to go camping and on other trips with my family! We are discussing perhaps going camping Memorial Weekend in Lake City which would be SO awesome especially since that's where Scott and I had our honeymoon and May 30th is our 3 year anniversary! It would be fun to take both of the kids there (we've just taken Daniel there once when he was 5 weeks old).
Another thing I'm trying to focus on this month is working out and eating right (weight watchers) again! I KNOW, I KNOW... That's what I said back in Jan. when I started doing good with all that. That lasted until the beginning of March and then I stopped working out and paying close attention to my eating after losing 14 lbs! The good thing is I only gained two pounds back and I am ready to focus in on it all again especially before the busy summer starts full force! A group of friends and I are helping each other stay accountable on facebook which is so nice, so I am excited to do a full month of Jillian Michaels' 30-Day Shred and eat well and see if I can get much more fit! It's still hard to try to schedule everything out and get everything done, but I think I'll figure out something to work soon hopefully!
I'm also focusing this month on getting in good quiet times each day which is something that oftentimes gets put on the back burner for me. :o( My days go so much better when I have that time so I am putting it on my priority list instead of the "if I have time" list... I have been going through a study on Judges that one of my friends has been doing on her blog. It has been AMAZING especially since Judges is one of those books that I find hard to get through... You should definitely check out the study! I love it because she only covers a few verses at a time and then has some good things to think about and questions to ask yourself which is always good to go deeper. Here is the link to her blog: http://www.beholdingglorycom/.
So I can't believe tomorrow will be two months already since my nephew, Makaio, went to be with Jesus! I miss him so much sometimes it's crazy! It's amazing how much a little baby who never took a breath on this earth could touch so many lives! I think I had written on here, but I can't remember, about us girls getting together to do scrapbooks of his short life. I'm so glad we were able to have the chance to do that because I love being able to look through his book whenever I go through days of really missing him. I can't even imagine what my sister and Wayne are going through, but I know it's hard to go through some days especially when we are all together as a family because I think of what it would have been like if he was with us... I so wish Lydia still had her little cousin who she was going to be such good buddies with, especially since they were so close together in age! Lelia has been such an encouragement to me watching her go through all this, though! She has had some really hard days but she still tries to be there for all of us and for Wayne! Prayers for Lelia and Wayne over Mother's Day weekend ahead would be greatly appreciated! We all know that it will be really tough for them to get through that day but she is also so thankful that she is a mom so she doesn't want people to just think that it's better to not mention anything but to instead recognize that she is still a mother. I think she and Wayne are going to try to spend the day together... hopefully they can go do something fun just the two of them somewhere!
Well, I should probably wrap this up. Thanks for reading!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Happy 2nd Birthday, Daniel!
Happy happy 2nd birthday to an amazing son! Your birthday was two days ago and we had a big day filled with fun and going, going, going! :o) We were at a Master Plan college retreat in Durango speaking Saturday night so you spent your birthday with about 50 college students who pretty much all love you so it made for a great day! We all sung "Happy Birthday" to you that morning before breakfast and you tried blowing out your candles that were placed in a piece of yummy chocolate sheet cake... You "blew/spit" on the cake a few times before your friend, Shelby, finally had to help you blow the candles out! Then you enjoyed your chocolate cake for breakfast... hopefully you won't get used to that at all. Once a year is fine with me! :o) You played outside with Daddy that morning, throwing sticks to the Kostreva's dog, Jenny... Then you went on a walk with Daddy and swung on the big porch swing outside the lodge, where we were. While all the students were in on a talk, Daddy, Mommy, Lydia and you played outside in the beautiful weather which was so much fun! You had a few bites of chimichanga for lunch and then on our drive back to Grand Junction we stopped in Ouray at a coffee/ice cream shop where you had half of a yummy cookie. :o) (Yes, you had WAY too much sweets, my dear little boy!) Once we got back we headed over to your Aunt Amanda's where you played outside a bit before your Uncle Bryan took you and Daddy to Murdoch's to look at the little chicks, duckies, and baby turkeys I think... I heard you really enjoyed that, especially seeing some kind of blue turkey or duck or something! Lol. ;o) After all that we headed over to the bowling alley where your Uncle Wayne works and you played your first two games ever of bowling! We met all of our family and lots of your friends there for a fundraiser for the March of Dimes team we are putting together to walk on Saturday in memory of your cousin, Makaio. You really enjoyed bowling and did awesome pushing the ball down the ramp! You got quite a few strikes - much better than Mommy, that's for sure! :o) We had pizza for dinner there, although you ate more of Jessica and your friend Connor's French fries than your pizza! Such a silly boy! That was your birthday... a long day full of fun and you slept REALLY REALLY well that night which was very nice for Mommy and you! I can't believe you are already 2 years old, Daniel! I was thinking back to last year and I can't believe all the things that have changed since then! Not only do you look so much older and taller and skinnier, but you also talk so much more (and I can actually understand you much of the time now!) and you have learned SO many new things like how to walk, run, go down a slide by yourself, swing by yourself (even in a big swing), do puzzles, say and recognize almost half of the letters in the alphabet, say all the main colors, recognize and say the name of most shapes, dance (you've always been a dancer, though... even before you could walk you would move to the beat of a song), and be an amazing big brother to your little sis! Those are just some of the things you've learned since you were a year old!
You are around 29 or 30 pounds now... goes up and down depending on what you eat before we weigh you. ;o) You LOVE to eat and now that you are down to only two milks a day, you have been eating much more each day! Snack time is definitely your favorite time of the day when it comes to eating, so I have been having to get very creative with what I feed you for snacks so you get more healthy foods somehow! Your favorite snacks are crackers, pretzels, or fruit, but little by little you seem to be eating more veggies as snacks which is great!
You moved into a booster seat for meals a few weeks ago... We bought you a sweet "Cars" booster seat and you love climbing in and out of it and sitting up with us "big people" while Lydia sits in your old highchair.
Some of your favorite things to do during the day are playing outside (you are getting much more independent at play time out there which is nice for me to get some things done or be able to read while you play), reading lots of books or being read to (you could be read to for hours - you LOVE books!), playing with sister (lately you have loved playing with your Thomas the trains and your barn and animals... she sits beside you and plays with whatever you share with her), matching colors or shapes with all of our activities (you are doing SO great at saying your colors and love stacking pictures together by color or shape), helping me wash dishes (now that is a fun and messy, or should I say wet, time!), helping cook (you drag your chair all over the kitchen helping me with every step of cooking), coloring, playing with your play dough, watching your new favorite show - "Leapfrog Letter Factory", and so many other things! You definitely stay super busy all the time, that's for sure!
We love you SO much, Daniel! I'm excited to see what all you will learn and how you will grow this next year! You are such a joy in our lives and such a wonderful big brother and son!
Love,
Mommy
P.S. Here are pics from your first week of life, first birthday, and second birthday! :o)
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| Daniel Mason Slade - April 22, 2010 |
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| First week... |
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| 1 Year Old |
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| On your birthday - April 22, 2011 |
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| 2nd birthday - April 22, 2012 |
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| Enjoying your chocolate birthday cake for breakfast! |
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Daniel update! :o)
Just with how busy everything has been and caring for two kids and all that fun stuff, I haven't been writing the monthly updates on Daniel... :o( That doesn't mean he hasn't been learning new things or growing, though, that's for sure! Here are a few recent pics that I took of him (he was laughing because he didn't want me to take pics of him at first but I kept sticking the camera wherever he would hide and that made him die laughing - lol)... Daniel is now 20 1/2 months old and has been growing and growing; he is such a big boy now! He is an amazing big brother and still takes care of Lydia all the time and I know he is going to have so much fun when she starts playing more and eating in a few months! :o) His biggest achievement the past three weeks or so has been his talking! He has said words from time to time quite a bit beforehand, but now it is almost constant! He LOVES repeating whatever we say and has several words he uses all the time when he points to the things or wants something, etc. His favorite words right now are "mine" (imagine that!), "box" (we have a big box with lights for him to play in), "draw", "truck" (everything that drives by outside that makes a big noise is a truck), "hi", "bye", "book", "wash", "ball", and so many other words that I couldn't even put here! It's so nice finally seeing that he really does know what things are and what they are called! I LOVE it! :o)
Other than talking he has been super busy playing with all his new toys from Christmas and loves to help Scott in the garage anytime he's able! :o) He has a few pliers inside that he will take around and "fix" everything by making a drilling noise (I know... he gets the tools mixed up sometimes) and pushing the pliers on one certain spot and then it's fixed! Lol. He has also been doing so good taking his one nap a day, and has recently started going in, picking out two books which he throws into his crib, throwing all of his stuffed animals and blankets in, and then coming to get me when he's ready for quiet time and nap time. :o) Then he will "read" to himself, or to his teddy bears, for a little while before falling asleep for a good 2 hours usually! It's so nice and I'm glad that he is getting so good at doing things by himself! :o)
Okay, I should probably post the pics and go for now. We have an appt. in a little while and I need to get Daniel up from his nap (he just woke up) and feed him some late lunch before getting Lydia up...
Monday, October 24, 2011
Daniel - 18 Months Old!
Dear Daniel,
Hello to the most amazing year and a half old little boy I know! First of all, Mommy can hardly believe that you are already at this milestone in your little life! Why, it seems like just yesterday when we were celebrating your 1st birthday! How can that have already been 6 months ago, and you are already 6 months away from your 2nd birthday?! You are at such a big point of your little toddler life right now... every day you seem to be learning something new and growing, growing, growing! :o) You amaze me every day by how much you now know and how sweet you are and how much your personality is shining forth! Some days when I think back on when I was pregnant with you and how nervous I was when I thought about you being a boy - because I wasn't even sure where to begin to think about raising a son - I think about today and can't imagine not having you as our son to raise every day! You have made our lives so rich and full and Daddy and I seriously couldn't imagine our lives without you in it!
This month has been such a big month of exciting times! First of all, just in the past week or two I have been noticing more and more how far along your vocabulary has grown! It is still hard to understand everything you say, but we are picking out more words every day... For example, today you said "nice" as you held your friend Jaxon's hand for a few seconds after lunch, and earlier this week you said "sweet" when you were with your little sister and you are also finally saying "thank you" almost all the time when we give you something even without us having to tell you to, and you are saying "please" for often, too! There have been many other words, also, but I'm not remembering them all now! The main excitement for me, though, is that I can finally pick up different words you say when you are talking on and on about something, so I actually sort of know what you are talking about! That is SO exciting to me and makes me even more excited for when you will be able to really share what you are thinking and we can talk about things! :o)
The main thing that you and I have been doing this month has been many, many activities together! Mommy has been trying to focus on having a lot of one-on-one time with you doing various activities to help you with learning! Just a few of the activities we've done together has been puzzles (which you are amazing at after just the first time - you match SO well), painting (oh, you LOVE art time!), coloring, gluing pasta to pages, putting spaghetti pasta into the holes of a spice container (you were awesome at that from the beginning!), putting coins into a piggy bank, playing with magnets, etc. It has been so much fun doing things with you and seeing as you start figuring out how to do them! You are such a smart little guy and we are so proud of all you have been learning!
One of your new favorites to do is all the actions in an ABC Animal Action book that we have! We have been reading it to you for a few weeks now fairly consistently, and just a week or two ago I started doing the actions with you as we read each letter and action and looked at the animals doing the actions in the book! The other night I mentioned some of the letters and actions while we were at your Aunt Lelia's and Uncle Wayne's house and you totally did almost all the actions for us as I said each one without the book in front of you at all! It was amazing and you had so much fun! Some of the actions are A for Arch, B for Balance (up on one foot), C for Charge (you LOVE this one), F for Flap (you fly like a bird), M for March (like the penguins), P for Peek (you have always loved peek-a-boo), R for Ride (on Mommy or Daddy's back), S for Stretch (you stretch like crazy), and Y for Yawn! So much fun!
We went as a family to the pumpkin patch in town last week and you had such a great time running all over the place and picking out your pumpkin! You kept running to various pumpkins and trying to pick them up until you finally found the perfect one and we got that for you! You LOVE the country and having lots of acreage to run around on... one day we would LOVE to be able to live in the country to give you a big place to run and play!
Yesterday your friends, Connor and Jaxon, with their moms came over to hang out and play with you! You are so enjoying times with your friends lately! You played and played and played the entire time they were here and actually didn't go down for your first and only nap of the day until almost 3 pm! It was crazy but you just weren't tired! :o) That's another thing Mommy has been very thankful for... you are finally down to a consistent one nap a day, which has been SO nice for me to have more of a schedule again! You usually go down between 11 and 1 and nap anywhere between 2 and 3 hours, which is awesome!
We love you lots and lots, little man! Excited to see what new things you learn and do this next month!
Love,
Mommy
Hello to the most amazing year and a half old little boy I know! First of all, Mommy can hardly believe that you are already at this milestone in your little life! Why, it seems like just yesterday when we were celebrating your 1st birthday! How can that have already been 6 months ago, and you are already 6 months away from your 2nd birthday?! You are at such a big point of your little toddler life right now... every day you seem to be learning something new and growing, growing, growing! :o) You amaze me every day by how much you now know and how sweet you are and how much your personality is shining forth! Some days when I think back on when I was pregnant with you and how nervous I was when I thought about you being a boy - because I wasn't even sure where to begin to think about raising a son - I think about today and can't imagine not having you as our son to raise every day! You have made our lives so rich and full and Daddy and I seriously couldn't imagine our lives without you in it!
This month has been such a big month of exciting times! First of all, just in the past week or two I have been noticing more and more how far along your vocabulary has grown! It is still hard to understand everything you say, but we are picking out more words every day... For example, today you said "nice" as you held your friend Jaxon's hand for a few seconds after lunch, and earlier this week you said "sweet" when you were with your little sister and you are also finally saying "thank you" almost all the time when we give you something even without us having to tell you to, and you are saying "please" for often, too! There have been many other words, also, but I'm not remembering them all now! The main excitement for me, though, is that I can finally pick up different words you say when you are talking on and on about something, so I actually sort of know what you are talking about! That is SO exciting to me and makes me even more excited for when you will be able to really share what you are thinking and we can talk about things! :o)
The main thing that you and I have been doing this month has been many, many activities together! Mommy has been trying to focus on having a lot of one-on-one time with you doing various activities to help you with learning! Just a few of the activities we've done together has been puzzles (which you are amazing at after just the first time - you match SO well), painting (oh, you LOVE art time!), coloring, gluing pasta to pages, putting spaghetti pasta into the holes of a spice container (you were awesome at that from the beginning!), putting coins into a piggy bank, playing with magnets, etc. It has been so much fun doing things with you and seeing as you start figuring out how to do them! You are such a smart little guy and we are so proud of all you have been learning!
One of your new favorites to do is all the actions in an ABC Animal Action book that we have! We have been reading it to you for a few weeks now fairly consistently, and just a week or two ago I started doing the actions with you as we read each letter and action and looked at the animals doing the actions in the book! The other night I mentioned some of the letters and actions while we were at your Aunt Lelia's and Uncle Wayne's house and you totally did almost all the actions for us as I said each one without the book in front of you at all! It was amazing and you had so much fun! Some of the actions are A for Arch, B for Balance (up on one foot), C for Charge (you LOVE this one), F for Flap (you fly like a bird), M for March (like the penguins), P for Peek (you have always loved peek-a-boo), R for Ride (on Mommy or Daddy's back), S for Stretch (you stretch like crazy), and Y for Yawn! So much fun!
We went as a family to the pumpkin patch in town last week and you had such a great time running all over the place and picking out your pumpkin! You kept running to various pumpkins and trying to pick them up until you finally found the perfect one and we got that for you! You LOVE the country and having lots of acreage to run around on... one day we would LOVE to be able to live in the country to give you a big place to run and play!
Yesterday your friends, Connor and Jaxon, with their moms came over to hang out and play with you! You are so enjoying times with your friends lately! You played and played and played the entire time they were here and actually didn't go down for your first and only nap of the day until almost 3 pm! It was crazy but you just weren't tired! :o) That's another thing Mommy has been very thankful for... you are finally down to a consistent one nap a day, which has been SO nice for me to have more of a schedule again! You usually go down between 11 and 1 and nap anywhere between 2 and 3 hours, which is awesome!
We love you lots and lots, little man! Excited to see what new things you learn and do this next month!
Love,
Mommy
Friday, September 23, 2011
17 Months Old!
My big boy is 17 months and 1 week old today! This has been such a big month for him. Not only has our little Daniel become a big brother to his sweet little sister, but he has also learned so many new words, animal noises, and he knows how to sing the ABC song from A to F or even up to H at times - and, very understandably by those who hear him! Just a few of his favorite new words are "moon" or "MOOOOOOOOOn", "sis", "baby sista", and he has said a lot of words just a few times such as "vitamin", "lion", and "strawberry." He still loves to 'talk' up a storm to anyone and although most of the time I can't fully understand what he is saying, sometimes I will understand a word or two which is very exciting! :o)
Daniel still LOVES his books, and since he always seems to go from a certain type of book for weeks before changing to another, the big genre this month has been animal books! Although my mom and I might be pretty tired of reading the same books over and over to him and thinking up animal noises to teach him, he does not mind the same books at all! He loves making certain animal noises and doing animal motions - hissing like a snake, waddling like a penguin, roaring like a lion, charging like a jaguar, beating/rubbing his chest like a monkey, and lots of others I can't think of right now. He has also started reaching up to his top shelf on his bookshelf and getting down all his paper-paged books instead of the board books. He LOVES the 'big boy books' although I've only let him read and play with certain ones so that hopefully they won't get all torn up. :o)
Over the last many months we have been singing Daniel the ABC song in his room, pointing to his ABC cross-stitched blanket from Scott's mom. Just in the last month and a half or so he started singing it with and to us! It is so cute because he has the 'tune' down and actually says the letters in order usually up to E or F but sometimes even further! Now he sings it all the time! Almost anytime he sees any letters on books, signs, TV, or other places he busts out singing "A, B, C, D, E, F..." He also sings it in the cat, especially if Lydia starts crying. We have been working on adding some new songs to his list so he does not completely wear out that one. :o)
Overall he has done so great adjusting to baby sister! He definitely loves her so much and has already turned into protective older brother! He has to know where she is at all times and thinks it is the saddest thing ever whenever she cries... He runs over to her to make sure she is okay and usually wipes her face with a burp cloth or a blanket (he has been watching us wipe off her face when she spits up just a few too many times). :o) It's so cute! I love having a boy and a girl! I'm so excited to see them grow older and pray they will be the best of buddies!
Okay, it's bath time for Daniel! :o) But first here are some random pictures of him from the month!
Daniel still LOVES his books, and since he always seems to go from a certain type of book for weeks before changing to another, the big genre this month has been animal books! Although my mom and I might be pretty tired of reading the same books over and over to him and thinking up animal noises to teach him, he does not mind the same books at all! He loves making certain animal noises and doing animal motions - hissing like a snake, waddling like a penguin, roaring like a lion, charging like a jaguar, beating/rubbing his chest like a monkey, and lots of others I can't think of right now. He has also started reaching up to his top shelf on his bookshelf and getting down all his paper-paged books instead of the board books. He LOVES the 'big boy books' although I've only let him read and play with certain ones so that hopefully they won't get all torn up. :o)
Over the last many months we have been singing Daniel the ABC song in his room, pointing to his ABC cross-stitched blanket from Scott's mom. Just in the last month and a half or so he started singing it with and to us! It is so cute because he has the 'tune' down and actually says the letters in order usually up to E or F but sometimes even further! Now he sings it all the time! Almost anytime he sees any letters on books, signs, TV, or other places he busts out singing "A, B, C, D, E, F..." He also sings it in the cat, especially if Lydia starts crying. We have been working on adding some new songs to his list so he does not completely wear out that one. :o)
Overall he has done so great adjusting to baby sister! He definitely loves her so much and has already turned into protective older brother! He has to know where she is at all times and thinks it is the saddest thing ever whenever she cries... He runs over to her to make sure she is okay and usually wipes her face with a burp cloth or a blanket (he has been watching us wipe off her face when she spits up just a few too many times). :o) It's so cute! I love having a boy and a girl! I'm so excited to see them grow older and pray they will be the best of buddies!
Okay, it's bath time for Daniel! :o) But first here are some random pictures of him from the month!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
16 Months Already?!
Dear Daniel,
Hi little boy! How is it that you are already 16 months old?! Goodness! Each day is filled with activity with you around... it makes the days and weeks pass so fast! But, I love every moment and I'm SO, SO thankful that I'm able to stay here at home with you! I couldn't even imagine missing all your new discoveries and the excitement you show in life! :o) You are growing and growing in personality, knowledge, and physically! You have been super cute lately because you are definitely realizing that something soon will be changing... as you watch us move more and more things into baby sister's room and as you see Mommy's tummy getting bigger and bigger, you are finally looking at things and saying "sis" like you know that there is someone else around here somewhere. You also started giving my tummy hugs and kisses yesterday for 'sis'. It's so cute! You have to pull my shirt up a little so you can see my tummy and then you just rest your head against it like you are listening to baby sister. I'm getting SO excited for you to see her and be able to give her a real hug in no time at all! Could be anytime in the next three weeks! SO exciting!
Right now you are watching "Little Einsteins" on TV and conducting the music with a wooden spoon and whisk in each hand. Lol. You crack me up! You are waving each one around as you bend your knees and dance to the music! You have also been doing a lot of stacking blocks lately, which you are getting very good at! Yesterday you were able to stack four on top of each other over and over, but when you tried the fifth one the tower always fell over... and you get pretty frustrated when that happens. You have also REALLY been into reading and having us read you books lately, especially word books with lots of pictures! You just handed me a big word book, actually, and are pointing out all the different shapes to me. You are learning more and more what the main parts of your face are... ears, eyes, nose, and mouth... although you have to be in the mood to point them out, I've noticed. :o)
You still love playing outside, which is a little hard on mommy being so pregnant and it being so hot outside, still, but I'm excited for baby sister to get here and for us to be able to spend a lot of time in our back yard and on walks this fall once it starts getting cooler! Right now you mainly go outside and hang out when Daddy or I water our garden, so when you are at your grandparents or other people's houses, you usually always grab an available hose and pretend to water their 'garden' or flowers, too!
You are still walking like a pro and working on a partial run, also. I still love watching you walk all over the place, especially when you try to rush away when someone, like Daddy, chases you! It's too cute! :o) You love entertaining all our friends with your goofy laughs and silly ways, especially when we hang out with our friends from college - David and Jessica, Nate, Drew and Andrea, Anna and TJ, and Christine. You make us all laugh almost all the time! We love you so much!
Love,
Mommy
Hi little boy! How is it that you are already 16 months old?! Goodness! Each day is filled with activity with you around... it makes the days and weeks pass so fast! But, I love every moment and I'm SO, SO thankful that I'm able to stay here at home with you! I couldn't even imagine missing all your new discoveries and the excitement you show in life! :o) You are growing and growing in personality, knowledge, and physically! You have been super cute lately because you are definitely realizing that something soon will be changing... as you watch us move more and more things into baby sister's room and as you see Mommy's tummy getting bigger and bigger, you are finally looking at things and saying "sis" like you know that there is someone else around here somewhere. You also started giving my tummy hugs and kisses yesterday for 'sis'. It's so cute! You have to pull my shirt up a little so you can see my tummy and then you just rest your head against it like you are listening to baby sister. I'm getting SO excited for you to see her and be able to give her a real hug in no time at all! Could be anytime in the next three weeks! SO exciting!
Right now you are watching "Little Einsteins" on TV and conducting the music with a wooden spoon and whisk in each hand. Lol. You crack me up! You are waving each one around as you bend your knees and dance to the music! You have also been doing a lot of stacking blocks lately, which you are getting very good at! Yesterday you were able to stack four on top of each other over and over, but when you tried the fifth one the tower always fell over... and you get pretty frustrated when that happens. You have also REALLY been into reading and having us read you books lately, especially word books with lots of pictures! You just handed me a big word book, actually, and are pointing out all the different shapes to me. You are learning more and more what the main parts of your face are... ears, eyes, nose, and mouth... although you have to be in the mood to point them out, I've noticed. :o)
You still love playing outside, which is a little hard on mommy being so pregnant and it being so hot outside, still, but I'm excited for baby sister to get here and for us to be able to spend a lot of time in our back yard and on walks this fall once it starts getting cooler! Right now you mainly go outside and hang out when Daddy or I water our garden, so when you are at your grandparents or other people's houses, you usually always grab an available hose and pretend to water their 'garden' or flowers, too!
You are still walking like a pro and working on a partial run, also. I still love watching you walk all over the place, especially when you try to rush away when someone, like Daddy, chases you! It's too cute! :o) You love entertaining all our friends with your goofy laughs and silly ways, especially when we hang out with our friends from college - David and Jessica, Nate, Drew and Andrea, Anna and TJ, and Christine. You make us all laugh almost all the time! We love you so much!
Love,
Mommy
Thursday, July 28, 2011
15 Month Old Daniel
Hello to my amazing boy!
So today you are 15 months and 6 days old, and it's been another big month of new things for you! The number one main thing has been that you are finally walking EVERYWHERE! And, you LOVE it! Even though you had taken a few steps now and then since the end of May, you officially walked your first four or five steps without assistance on June 30th when Maw-Maw was actually up here spending some time with us! She was able to see you take those steps, and within a week you all of a sudden started going everywhere! It was so funny when you realized one day that you COULD do it and you WERE going to do it, because I was just sitting in my chair doing something when all of a sudden you stood up by yourself in the middle of our living room and with a big smile on your face, you began walking around in circles moving to the music that was playing! It was SO cute! Anyway, you are definitely really good at it now and it has made most of my life much easier, especially around the house, because you keep yourself quite entertained now, although you do still get into some things that are a 'no-no'. Hanging out outside like at Daddy's softball games, though, is a whole different story because you wear Mommy out as I follow you all over the place! Thank goodness for Maw-Maw and your cousin, Vienna, because they help a lot during the games so Mommy doesn't have to run after you all over! :o)
You are still learning more and more words, also, which is fun to see! You have "shoes" down really well, and almost every time you see or pick up your shoes you will say the word! You also love going after almost anything we ask you to get! It's amazing how you know almost everything we tell you now! You also say "read" a whole lot more now, which is fun! Especially when you get into your car seat and say "read" because you want your book to look at!
Oh! yes! You are also working on your catching abilities when is fun! You can catch your soft soccer ball pretty well for the most part, and we are still working on some of your other balls, too. You love playing with Daddy as he throws the ball to you and you throw it back, again and again!
We went swimming this month again with some of your little friends, and now that you are walking you love swimming even more because you can walk all over the shallow area of the pool, although it scares Mommy to death! I think it's about life jacket time for you! And maybe swim lessons at least next summer so I don't have to be as scared for you!
We bought you a swing for the backyard a few weeks ago, which you love a lot!! You would be happy to stay in there for forever, but between the hot days and all the bugs at night outside, you haven't been able to swing too much yet. :o( Once fall hits, though, and after baby sister comes, we'll definitely have to spend some quality Mommy / Son time outside for you to swing!
I love you so much, Daniel, and I'm very, very proud of everything you've learned this month! I'm also thankful that you really enjoy giving Mommy hugs! :o)
Love,
Mommy
So today you are 15 months and 6 days old, and it's been another big month of new things for you! The number one main thing has been that you are finally walking EVERYWHERE! And, you LOVE it! Even though you had taken a few steps now and then since the end of May, you officially walked your first four or five steps without assistance on June 30th when Maw-Maw was actually up here spending some time with us! She was able to see you take those steps, and within a week you all of a sudden started going everywhere! It was so funny when you realized one day that you COULD do it and you WERE going to do it, because I was just sitting in my chair doing something when all of a sudden you stood up by yourself in the middle of our living room and with a big smile on your face, you began walking around in circles moving to the music that was playing! It was SO cute! Anyway, you are definitely really good at it now and it has made most of my life much easier, especially around the house, because you keep yourself quite entertained now, although you do still get into some things that are a 'no-no'. Hanging out outside like at Daddy's softball games, though, is a whole different story because you wear Mommy out as I follow you all over the place! Thank goodness for Maw-Maw and your cousin, Vienna, because they help a lot during the games so Mommy doesn't have to run after you all over! :o)
You are still learning more and more words, also, which is fun to see! You have "shoes" down really well, and almost every time you see or pick up your shoes you will say the word! You also love going after almost anything we ask you to get! It's amazing how you know almost everything we tell you now! You also say "read" a whole lot more now, which is fun! Especially when you get into your car seat and say "read" because you want your book to look at!
Oh! yes! You are also working on your catching abilities when is fun! You can catch your soft soccer ball pretty well for the most part, and we are still working on some of your other balls, too. You love playing with Daddy as he throws the ball to you and you throw it back, again and again!
We went swimming this month again with some of your little friends, and now that you are walking you love swimming even more because you can walk all over the shallow area of the pool, although it scares Mommy to death! I think it's about life jacket time for you! And maybe swim lessons at least next summer so I don't have to be as scared for you!
We bought you a swing for the backyard a few weeks ago, which you love a lot!! You would be happy to stay in there for forever, but between the hot days and all the bugs at night outside, you haven't been able to swing too much yet. :o( Once fall hits, though, and after baby sister comes, we'll definitely have to spend some quality Mommy / Son time outside for you to swing!
I love you so much, Daniel, and I'm very, very proud of everything you've learned this month! I'm also thankful that you really enjoy giving Mommy hugs! :o)
Love,
Mommy
Sunday, July 10, 2011
My Boy is a Toddler!
Daniel has graduated to toddlerhood! I can't believe how fast he is growing, and how many things we are already seeing of his personality! Our little boy is a strong willed toddler, that's for sure, but at the same time he is very sweet and caring and LOVES to share his food, toys, and almost everything else he has with us and other kids, especially! We were hanging out with some friends of ours and their little girls (3 and 6 weeks) the other day, and Daniel was so cute because not only was he sharing things with the older girl, he was also trying to give the baby food, and spent awhile softly 'petting' the baby's head. Although I am still a little nervous about having baby Lydia in just a month a half with him being so young still, I am getting more and more excited at the same time! I know that God had a plan in mind when we got pregnant with Lydia and I know that our two little kids will be amazing friends and I'm so excited to be able to train and raise Daniel to be a good big brother to his little sister, starting right away. :o) I love that he is understanding already what it means to 'help' Mommy and Daddy so that hopefully he will want to continue helping with baby, too! My main thing will be to make sure he still gets Mommy time, because he is a very needy kid when it comes to having cuddle time and time to just hang with us. But, I am realizing more and more that God does not give us more than we can handle, and so since he has blessed us with two kids 16 1/2 months apart, he must know that we can handle them both and still do all that we can to train and grow them to hopefully be children of His one day! It is exciting!! :o)
Anyway, toddlerhood has been SO much fun! It's amazing how although we knew he could take some steps on his own since the end of May (almost 2 months ago), and even though he's been walking more and more since a week ago last Thursday (July 30th), it was this past Wednesday that he decided to really show us that he knew what he was doing! :o) I was sitting in my chair doing something when all of a sudden I realized he had stood up in the middle of the living room and was walking around and around the room in circles nodding / dancing his head to the music I had playing! It was SO cute! He did it for awhile and I ran to get the video camera and was able to video tape some of it which was great! Ever since then he has been walking almost non-stop! He LOVES it! I love how much more independent it has made him and how he is good going wherever now even if we are not with him. He will bring me books / toys from his room, one at a time, toddling back and forth. He is figuring out the whole drinking while walking thing, too, after falling quite frequently those first few days. :o) He already has two big bumps / bruises on his forehead from falling, but I am telling myself that is not over with yet! We do have a boy, and we fully understand that boys like to be adventurous! :o)
I love Daniel SO much! And watching him toddle is one of my favorite things to do right now! :o) He is adorable!!! Especially as he holds his hands up in the air while toddling or holds his hands on his hips or together behind his back as he walks. Lol. He cracks me up! :o)
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