Month: November 2013

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Zach: Eighteen Month

Ah! We’re closer to TWO than 1 or birth. Time both flies & it’s also hard to imagine life before this silly, sweet lil man joined us.

We’re really working on language with our boy. Zach still loves his pacis at home. But he’ll spit out giraffe or tiger long enough to say ball, bird, owl, duck, Mommy & Daddy, monk (for monkey), eat eat, tickle, shoes, this, that, Lucy & choo choo (for train). He makes this hilarious lil face when he ask what a dog says & he’ll do the smile & quietly say woof, woof.

He’s so sweet & attentive. When L’s having meltdowns he’ll go find her beloved bunny & bring it to her. Melts my heart. He has the coordinating NA Bear Co puppy he loves to hug on too.

Zach can be a little reserved, but if you say ‘dancing feet’, he’ll stop what he was doing & break into this jump/hop/wiggle/ running man kinda dance moves. It’s ridiculously cute. He loves toys that move- cars, big riding ones & little ones he can push, blocks he can stack & balls he can kick & throw.

Books though are still his favorite toys. This dog puppet book he carried everywhere for a couple days. Little Blue Truck is a stand by we don’t go a day without reading am & before bed.

And speaking of bed, Zach’s been our bed buddy for at least the last 6-8 weeks. Long enough that I’ve forgotten when. It started when he was sick then L was & we were tired & so tired of them waking each other up. So it made our life easier, after his last night sippy & falling asleep in our bed to just leave him there. When it wakes to nurse, I’m right there & we have dream-feeding down pat.

We had his 18 mo ped appointment on the 21st. Zach weighed into the 18th percentile at 21.8 pounds. He’s in the 14th percentile for height at 30.5″. Z bud is our little guy but he’s steadily gaining! The doctor was happy with him; Zach was happy til he got his flu shot! 🙂

Happy 18 mo to my favorite little boy!

(Z was not being so photogenic on the 21st. Will share other pics soon.)

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Halloween 2013

What you don’t post Halloween photos 3 weeks later? Haven’t you heard its what all the cool kids do? No, just me?

Well before I move on to 18 month days & almost Thanksgiving, I thought I’d share pics from Z & L’s Halloween week.

We trick or treated through Jason’s work Monday afternoon.
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Thursday was a busy day with sticker treating at daycare in the am, daycare Halloween snack party at 230p, & then we showed off the lil lion & ladybug at my work.
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We rounded out the evening with a free cupcake from Food Lion (thanks Zach!) & eating & meeting the chickfila cow.
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We took them around trick or treating in just our little neighborhood. They were kinda confused but had a great time.
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Halloween was a blast this year for us all. J & I are still enjoying the candy. 🙂

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Zach: Seventeen Months

Oh Zachypoo. Mama’s sorry. On 10/20, I began your 17 mo post with two words & never got beyond that. My first bloggy motherhood fail {ha! If only!}.

So do I skip this month & write you an epic 18 mo post in 10 days? Maybe, as when you were doing what has kinda ran together.

Know I just love you to pieces & am so proud if your sweet, kind spirit & personality.

But here’s cute photos from {day before} your monthday.

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Laughing with Cici, checking out the living room, modeling your bat hat in 18 mo romper, climbing stairs!

Very happy, very belated 17 months buddy!

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Lucy: Seventeen Months

Where do I even begin?! It’s hard to convey Lucy’s wild little personality in words. How she’s hilarious & shy & a pistol all at the same time. Toddlerhood isn’t for the weak. Lucy can go from legs kicking tantrum because she gave me her sock but then wished she didn’t to laughing & smiling 2 seconds later.

Lucy is kicking butt at learning her body parts. This is mostly thanks to daycare, but she knows & often points/touches while saying eye, nose, ear. She points to her feet/toes & loves to show off her tummy & belly button.

She uses the signs ‘all done’ & ‘more’ while saying them too. She’s started calling J & I Daddy & Mommy vs Dada & Mama. She even said ‘bye Daddy’ when J dropped her off at daycare Fri. She says duck & owl {ok, ok I might be brainwashing my Chi O legacy} & we can understand her trying to say puppy & bunny.

Speaking of bunny, all the sudden miss Lulu is obsessed with stuffed animals. Her favorite is her North American Bear Company baby long legs Bunny. The arms, legs & ears are perfect for her little hands to hold & snuggle. If Bunny is mia, her second choice is one of two dolls. She says baby all the time. Not sure if she’s calling her dolls or herself that. But it’s so cute. The stuffed owls I amassed in college have a new use as some of her favorites too.

Books, push & riding toys & shape/stacking blocks are other favorite toys she likes second to the stuffed animals. She likes to play dress up more now too. Wearing my bracelets, putting toys on as bracelets & loves shoes {mine or discovering ones I’ve bought sizes ahead for her}.

Of course, anything Zach has is exactly what she wants. Even if it’s not really something she usually plays with. She loves Zach more than he sometimes likes her too. She’s still learning the concept of soft/gentle touches as we received a few incident reports 2 weeks ago of her biting multiple friends a day! We’re practicing lots of being a ‘sweet girl’ at home & hugging Brother vs tackling him. This is a work in progress.

It’s wild to think just a few months ago I was pondering when she’d walk when now she’s walking & running everywhere. The stairs at my parents’ house this past weekend were a treat as she learned that she could walk up them holding the rail bars & Mommy’s hand.

Lucy’s our big girl. Thankfully we haven’t been to the doctor for a few weeks {2 weeks is a long time for JMA to not see us :-/}. Since we’ve been well {yay!} I don’t know her weight but I’d guess 24-26 lbs. She’s still fitting well in 18 month clothes & we’ve moved out of Gymboree & gap 12-18 into 18-24 mo there. She’s in size 4.5w stride rite shoes now.

I bought our first set of size 4 disposable diapers at Target this weekend. Daycares been sending notes home saying our one size cloth diapers are too small for her. I’ve been letting them out bigger but also sending in a few disposable diapers if they feel like the diapers I dropped off that am don’t fit L.

Lucy loves to eat. Pizza, string cheese, fruit, applesauce from squeeze tubes are some of her favorites.

Happy monthday baby girl!

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Lucy: the serious, silly, inquisitive, bossy, hands-behind-back, awesome.

{Wrote back on Oct. 20. Publishing unedited & unfinished. Sorry, Lucy girl such is life these days keeping up with you & Z.}