My Precious Darling,
What a ball of fun and energy you are! You are growing leaps and bounds and I am so proud of you and excited for you.
The other day I was thinking about how just a few months ago you had to reach up to open the bathroom drawer and then stand on your very tippy toes to put your hand up, way over your head, to root around in the contents. You had no idea what was in that drawer but you would feel around until you found something of use. This week I teared up because I watched you open the bathroom drawer, then you stood up on your tippy toes to peer down into it and select an item that you wanted to play with. You are getting SO tall! Never mind the fact that you chose my expensive makeup brushes and then proceded to use them to "paint" on the toilet and the dogs while I wasn't looking:)
We went to TN to visit Lori, Tony, AJ and Ryan. It was 14 hours there and Lori sent some wrapped little gifts for you to open and play with along the way when being in the car seat got tough. You were so tolerant and well behaved even though the drive was long. You sang songs with us, watched "The Doodlebops" on DVD (until you broke the DVD player) and then read books and colored. You did a wonderful job on a long car trip that would have driven any 2 year old crazy.
In TN you made fast friends with Ryan, who lavished attention on you non-stop. You two romped and wrestled and played and had a blast. Everyone there was so head over heels for you because you are such a smart and sweet little girl. Lori couldn't believe how polite you were (you ARE really good with please and thank you and I am really proud of you for that) and she spoiled you rotten! :) You took the changes in your schedule with a grain of salt and really bonded to Lori as sort of a "stand in Nana" ...to the degree that you fell asleep in her arms almost each night. I loved watching you bond with her because she is special to me as well~ what a great thing for me to watch.
In the last week or so you have completely surprised us with your verbal skills. Both Nana and Meema and Boppa, as well as dad and I have mentioned how much better you seem to be speaking. You are offering complete sentences now and you are able to articulate your thoughts so easily and fully-it's truely awesome to see! You have all of the sudden moved beyond the 3 word sentences of other 2 year olds and moved into complete thoughts. No more "Lulu need cheese" because now you would say "Mama, I need cheese please". My heart flutters with love because I am now able to hear your thoughts so clearly and it allows me to see your heart. Your personality is so beautiful and I love hearing you speak.
You are quite the little mommy to the dogs, to the extent that you give them orders and try to hand feel them and direct them where to go. It's quite funny though I do at times, have to tell you to be nice or to leave them alone since you can be a tad bossy~it's the age:)
You are so good about letting me do your hair now, and it is getting so long! You even bring me bows to put in your hair. You can be quite helpful, bringing me diapers or wipes and even putting things in the garbage for me to help out. You and I have been baking together often in the last few weeks as well...you are a wonderful little helper. You love to pour the ingredients into bowls and hold the mixer or stir with a spoon...you are a wonderful pal to keep me company when Wilder is napping. I like being your friend and I love being your mom.
Lulu, I wish you could see how often dad and I look at eachothe and exclaim "how does she know that?!? She is SO smart!" You constantly amaze us. We are SO proud of you. Daddy and I are deep in love with you. You are love. Simple as that. You ARE love.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
My Adorable Wilder; July 28 2009
My Most Adorable Wilder,
What an amazing few weeks we have had together! You started eating Cheereos 2 weeks ago and you LOVE to use your hands to pick up food and feed yourself. The look of pride on your face is unmistakeable and it lifts my heart to the heavens above. I offer them each day now and it helps me because I can put you in your high chair to snack and it keeps you happy and busy for enough time to allow me to accomplish tasks. Win-win!
We also went to Tennessee to visit my aunt Lori and Tony and the kids AJ and Ryan. AJ was absolutely taken with you. It was hard to get you away from him, Lori was always teasing him about how he never shared you:) You fell asleep on Ryan's chest one night at it was so sweet, he was so enamoured with you! Lori was all over you too..she spoiled you senseless and I hve sweet pictures of her kissing and hugging on you. Family is so wonderful! We drove 14 hours each way to get there and you were incredibly tolerant of being in the car seat for most of the day during our trips there and back. You were so sweet and smiley on the way there, nary a fuss. The way back had a few bumps, but those were more our fault. We left at 8pm hoping to get started before the sun set so you could fall asleep in the light, but we misjudged and ended up pulling out of their driveway about 10 minutes before sundown and you hate to be in your car seat in the dark so you cried for about an hour while we tried to sing and soothe you. We even pulled over to a gas station hoping to buy a flashlight to help you but they didn't sell them. Finally we just accepted that we were on your schedule and not our own so we stopped at a fast food place, parked you right under the parking lot light and waited for you to fall asleep:) Success!
We have been home from TN for almost a week now and you have suddenly noticed that you have a voice! You scream with Lulu and giggle, both with the understanding that you are streetching for fun. You lay on the couch yelling in short bursts to avoid nap time:) You are SO funny. Babbling with more known sounds like "ba-ba-ba-ba". I was rocking you to sleep the other night humming to you and all the sudden you started humming along with me in this sweet high pitched voice. I wanted to cry it was such a beautiful sound, though I didn't because I didn't want to distract you from your song.
You are also seeminly teething some more, though we cannot find the culprit tooth. You are clearly miserable on some days. I use Oragel and it seems to help, but you still pull on your ear and whine a lot, you tend to want to be held almost all day every day. We'll get through it darling...it is no fun to have sore gums but it will all be worthwhile when you finally have enough teeth to try new foods;)
The best part of the last few weeks?!?!? YOU ARE MOBILE! You started doing this commando style crawling a week or two ago, you pull yourself around on your belly and can move very quickly! You have been trying to pull yourself up into a standing position onto things and you can now pull up into a sitting position from laying on your belly. And for the grand finale of this letter to you...the most exciting thing yet...last night you took your first steps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daddy and I were on the rug in you and Lulu's room and you walked (or tried to walk) back and forth between us for over 30 minutes! You were SO determined. You were sweating and so proud of yourself as you either hobbled 4-6 steps across or tried to and ended up diving head first toward the parent you were walking to...it was SO amazing to see your determination and will. I am so proud of you. No matter how tired we thought you were, you continued to try, through a few successes and even more falls you persisted and dad and I were overwhelmed with love for you. You will be walking soon enough my darling, you desire it so. I am proud to have a son that puts his mind to a task and won't stop until he accomplishes it. Just remember my precious dear...sometimes it is okay to stop and rest in mommy's arms. I will always be a step behind you to catch you when you fall, and once I do, I will hug you and tell you how proud of you I am (no matter what the outcome) because you gave it your all and that is all I will ever ask of you.
I love you SO much kid. SO MUCH. There simply are no words to explain how much I love you...
What an amazing few weeks we have had together! You started eating Cheereos 2 weeks ago and you LOVE to use your hands to pick up food and feed yourself. The look of pride on your face is unmistakeable and it lifts my heart to the heavens above. I offer them each day now and it helps me because I can put you in your high chair to snack and it keeps you happy and busy for enough time to allow me to accomplish tasks. Win-win!
We also went to Tennessee to visit my aunt Lori and Tony and the kids AJ and Ryan. AJ was absolutely taken with you. It was hard to get you away from him, Lori was always teasing him about how he never shared you:) You fell asleep on Ryan's chest one night at it was so sweet, he was so enamoured with you! Lori was all over you too..she spoiled you senseless and I hve sweet pictures of her kissing and hugging on you. Family is so wonderful! We drove 14 hours each way to get there and you were incredibly tolerant of being in the car seat for most of the day during our trips there and back. You were so sweet and smiley on the way there, nary a fuss. The way back had a few bumps, but those were more our fault. We left at 8pm hoping to get started before the sun set so you could fall asleep in the light, but we misjudged and ended up pulling out of their driveway about 10 minutes before sundown and you hate to be in your car seat in the dark so you cried for about an hour while we tried to sing and soothe you. We even pulled over to a gas station hoping to buy a flashlight to help you but they didn't sell them. Finally we just accepted that we were on your schedule and not our own so we stopped at a fast food place, parked you right under the parking lot light and waited for you to fall asleep:) Success!
We have been home from TN for almost a week now and you have suddenly noticed that you have a voice! You scream with Lulu and giggle, both with the understanding that you are streetching for fun. You lay on the couch yelling in short bursts to avoid nap time:) You are SO funny. Babbling with more known sounds like "ba-ba-ba-ba". I was rocking you to sleep the other night humming to you and all the sudden you started humming along with me in this sweet high pitched voice. I wanted to cry it was such a beautiful sound, though I didn't because I didn't want to distract you from your song.
You are also seeminly teething some more, though we cannot find the culprit tooth. You are clearly miserable on some days. I use Oragel and it seems to help, but you still pull on your ear and whine a lot, you tend to want to be held almost all day every day. We'll get through it darling...it is no fun to have sore gums but it will all be worthwhile when you finally have enough teeth to try new foods;)
The best part of the last few weeks?!?!? YOU ARE MOBILE! You started doing this commando style crawling a week or two ago, you pull yourself around on your belly and can move very quickly! You have been trying to pull yourself up into a standing position onto things and you can now pull up into a sitting position from laying on your belly. And for the grand finale of this letter to you...the most exciting thing yet...last night you took your first steps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daddy and I were on the rug in you and Lulu's room and you walked (or tried to walk) back and forth between us for over 30 minutes! You were SO determined. You were sweating and so proud of yourself as you either hobbled 4-6 steps across or tried to and ended up diving head first toward the parent you were walking to...it was SO amazing to see your determination and will. I am so proud of you. No matter how tired we thought you were, you continued to try, through a few successes and even more falls you persisted and dad and I were overwhelmed with love for you. You will be walking soon enough my darling, you desire it so. I am proud to have a son that puts his mind to a task and won't stop until he accomplishes it. Just remember my precious dear...sometimes it is okay to stop and rest in mommy's arms. I will always be a step behind you to catch you when you fall, and once I do, I will hug you and tell you how proud of you I am (no matter what the outcome) because you gave it your all and that is all I will ever ask of you.
I love you SO much kid. SO MUCH. There simply are no words to explain how much I love you...
Thursday, July 2, 2009
My Adorable Wilder; July 2nd 2009
My Simply ADORABLE Wilder,
Guess what?! After weeks of having you stare excitedly at our food when we eat, and after weeks of feeling bad that we were eating meals in front of you, given your extreme interest in real food...your first tooth finally popped! On June 27, daddy was putting Lulu to bed and I was playing with you and you started to bite on my hands "Ouch!" I felt it! I called to daddy and we rushed you into the bathroom (the light was brighter since it was night) and we did our best to get pictures. You smiled cheerily but our camera didn't get a good picture, there is one shot where we can "sort of" see it. Your first tooth was the bottom left middle. Soon you will have more teeth and will be able to try solid foods...just a little more patience is required on your part.
I love you! You are growing so fast. I am happy to see you grow into a precious little boy but I will forever miss the smiley, joyful baby that you have been! Your smile is the most gorgeous sight I could even imagine!
I love you!
HHST (Happy, Healthy, Safe & Together)
Mom
Guess what?! After weeks of having you stare excitedly at our food when we eat, and after weeks of feeling bad that we were eating meals in front of you, given your extreme interest in real food...your first tooth finally popped! On June 27, daddy was putting Lulu to bed and I was playing with you and you started to bite on my hands "Ouch!" I felt it! I called to daddy and we rushed you into the bathroom (the light was brighter since it was night) and we did our best to get pictures. You smiled cheerily but our camera didn't get a good picture, there is one shot where we can "sort of" see it. Your first tooth was the bottom left middle. Soon you will have more teeth and will be able to try solid foods...just a little more patience is required on your part.
I love you! You are growing so fast. I am happy to see you grow into a precious little boy but I will forever miss the smiley, joyful baby that you have been! Your smile is the most gorgeous sight I could even imagine!
I love you!
HHST (Happy, Healthy, Safe & Together)
Mom
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