Sorry for such an absence as of late. Life just is spinning and spinning! Some not so good but lots of very good. I am hoping that soon the merry-go-round will slow down a bit so I can get my bearings again.
Just a few hits...The house situation worked itself out and we now are just about fully moved in to our lovely new home. There were some funny stories from the move, but over all, it went well. Carter loves his new house and his big backyard. He has already collected a pile of sticks and has explored the creek a little bit without our knowledge! I feel comfortable enough to let him play out there by himself for a while. There are enough windows in the kitchen to keep an eye on him but I like giving him a bit more independence now. Until he takes a tumble into the creek, I suppose! But hopefully soon we'll have the fence up and he won't be able to get down there. Pfeiffer is loving having room to run. She hasn't caught any squirrels yet, but has come a bit close to getting a rabbit. We haven't seen any other wildlife just yet though.
Alison is just doing what she does best. She's still tiny, but is getting longer. She's just now getting out of her three month clothes, but mostly because they are too short on her. She may be a bit smaller than Carter was at her age. They both have check-ups at the end of October. Ali is trying to sit up on her own. She HATES being on her belly and when she's put there just arches that back and screams. She prefers to just sit back and watch everything pass by. Carter was the same way and never really crawled much. So, we'll see if Ali warms to being on her belly. She is laughing and cooing all the time now. She has the sweetest smile that just melts your heart. She is finding her voice so there are times of the day that she just sits there Ahhhahhhahhing. The drooling has started already so I won't be surprised if she's an early teether as well. She doesn't take the pacifer as much as Carter did, but rather sucks on her thumb and fingers. This makes part of me melt because I was a thumbsucker big time. This morning, we walked into her room to get her up and she had come out of her Miracle Blanket and was half-asleep, sucking away on her thumb. I love it! I know that it is harder to break kids from thumbsucking, but it's just so darn cute at this age.
She has moved up to about six ounces of formula at each feeding. I held off on changing her to the faster flow nipples but finally broke down this past weekend since her others were wearing out. Now, she sucks those bottles down and cries for more! We've changed her to the Sensitive formula because she was spitting up a little bit.
That's about all that's going on here. Carter is turning four in a few weeks. It's hard to believe in some ways. But he's so much fun, learning new stuff everyday. He's been singing songs from daycare a lot more lately. I don't know what we are going to get him for his birthday. He isn't really into much lately. Besides baseball and football, that is. He loves anything to do with Orioles and Ravens, but toy-wise, he doesn't play with much. Oh well, we'll figure it out.
Well, my friends http://herdofsheps.blogspot.com/ and Cate have all started this 101 things to do in 1001 days list. I think I may have to think about doing it too. Sounds like a nice thing to work on. But I have to spend some time coming up with the actual list.
Just a few hits...The house situation worked itself out and we now are just about fully moved in to our lovely new home. There were some funny stories from the move, but over all, it went well. Carter loves his new house and his big backyard. He has already collected a pile of sticks and has explored the creek a little bit without our knowledge! I feel comfortable enough to let him play out there by himself for a while. There are enough windows in the kitchen to keep an eye on him but I like giving him a bit more independence now. Until he takes a tumble into the creek, I suppose! But hopefully soon we'll have the fence up and he won't be able to get down there. Pfeiffer is loving having room to run. She hasn't caught any squirrels yet, but has come a bit close to getting a rabbit. We haven't seen any other wildlife just yet though.
Alison is just doing what she does best. She's still tiny, but is getting longer. She's just now getting out of her three month clothes, but mostly because they are too short on her. She may be a bit smaller than Carter was at her age. They both have check-ups at the end of October. Ali is trying to sit up on her own. She HATES being on her belly and when she's put there just arches that back and screams. She prefers to just sit back and watch everything pass by. Carter was the same way and never really crawled much. So, we'll see if Ali warms to being on her belly. She is laughing and cooing all the time now. She has the sweetest smile that just melts your heart. She is finding her voice so there are times of the day that she just sits there Ahhhahhhahhing. The drooling has started already so I won't be surprised if she's an early teether as well. She doesn't take the pacifer as much as Carter did, but rather sucks on her thumb and fingers. This makes part of me melt because I was a thumbsucker big time. This morning, we walked into her room to get her up and she had come out of her Miracle Blanket and was half-asleep, sucking away on her thumb. I love it! I know that it is harder to break kids from thumbsucking, but it's just so darn cute at this age.
She has moved up to about six ounces of formula at each feeding. I held off on changing her to the faster flow nipples but finally broke down this past weekend since her others were wearing out. Now, she sucks those bottles down and cries for more! We've changed her to the Sensitive formula because she was spitting up a little bit.
That's about all that's going on here. Carter is turning four in a few weeks. It's hard to believe in some ways. But he's so much fun, learning new stuff everyday. He's been singing songs from daycare a lot more lately. I don't know what we are going to get him for his birthday. He isn't really into much lately. Besides baseball and football, that is. He loves anything to do with Orioles and Ravens, but toy-wise, he doesn't play with much. Oh well, we'll figure it out.
Well, my friends http://herdofsheps.blogspot.com/ and Cate have all started this 101 things to do in 1001 days list. I think I may have to think about doing it too. Sounds like a nice thing to work on. But I have to spend some time coming up with the actual list.
