tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015074854723297032024-03-13T08:25:18.365-07:00Everyday EliseToddler Parentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000546859469631836noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001507485472329703.post-8456220096755940952014-11-19T07:51:00.000-08:002014-11-19T07:51:39.587-08:00Halloween 10/31/2014Well, this is only a month late, so I am doing pretty well. This Halloween was pretty uneventful. Elise decided she wanted to be a chef. Easy, right?! Yep, although the costume we got for her, she was almost too big for it. The hat kept falling off because her thick hair makes pretty much all hats not fit on her head correctly. She did look pretty cute, and it was pretty original considering all girls her age were going as Elsa or Anna from Frozen.<br />
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She was very excited to wear her costume, and of course she wanted to play with it at home and 'cook' in the kitchen. She got to wear it to school because they have a parade for the Kindergartners to walk around the school.<br />
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As you will notice the boy in front of Elise is wearing a lovely wolf mask. When Maggie saw that and not Elise she totally freaked out. She cried the entire time that we watched the kids walk by. Every time she tried to look someone else was walking by with a mask. So that was super fun to have her screaming and climbing up me. Poor thing...we may never make it to Disney World. Elise had a good time though. :)<br />
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We decided trying to stick Maggie in a costume this year would have been a little nutty. She really doesn't like even getting dressed, and it ended up being pretty cold that night. Luckily Bob doesn't care about the weather too much, so he took Elise around the neighborhood and Maggie and I stayed home to pass out candy. I think we had a total of 6-8 people stop by. So now even a month later we are still eating candy. Also, when she was walking around the neighbors were handing her fist fulls because they too didn't have anyone stop by.<br />
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She had a great time! Even the yucky weather didn't keep her away!</div>
Toddler Parentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000546859469631836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001507485472329703.post-9582674313496577822014-11-07T11:29:00.003-08:002014-11-07T11:29:29.792-08:00Fall Break Part 1This year since Elise has started school we really haven't had a break, other than the weekends. With the balanced calendar we get two weeks off for Fall Break. It started off pretty uneventful because Bob was working, but we managed to do some fun things throughout the break. Elise was very excited for the break, so she really enjoyed the few days of just being at home and getting to do whatever she wanted.<br />
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Our first vacation was for 4 days in Cincinnati. We definitely stayed busy, and had a great time with Bob's parents, Aunt Sis, and Uncle Matt!<br />
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First stop...check out the hotel. Well, after we told them they couldn't run around like crazy people, we thought playing on the tablet for a little while was a better option. At least they weren't arguing about it.<br />
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Then the next day we hit up this place called <a href="http://www.entertrainmentjunction.com/">EnterTRAINment Junction</a>. As you will see, it is all about the trains!! It was very cool, and a lot bigger than what we expected. I think the kids had a really good time. So if anyone is reading this and your child likes trains, this is the place for you.<br />
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She really likes to slide!</div>
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There were also periods of 'night.'</div>
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More attractions! A small train track was set up outside that the kids could ride on. None of the other adults were brave enough to ride the little train. So I got to ride with the girls!</div>
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This was the other fun area, and almost worth the cost of admission! They had an indoor pumpkin patch and trick or treat area. It was a fun little maze that you walked through and you could pick up a piece of candy at each station. Then you ended at this pumpkin patch. The kids got to pick out a pumpkin and decorate it with stickers. The large pumpkin in the back ground actually talked and moved its eyes. At first I thought it was just had a motion sensor on it, but someone had to be close by with a microphone because Elise carried on a conversation with it for a good 3-5 minutes!</div>
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Bob thought this was funny! "O'Malley's Chinese Buffet"</div>
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Here are some of the pictures that Bob took while we walked through some of the fun house. It was divided into different areas. Most of which Elise did NOT like because there were flashing lights and things designed to startle you.<br />
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Wow, where has the time gone?! And the summer for that matter. It went by so quickly and here we are starting school. </div>
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She was very excited and the morning went great! She was somewhat concerned about missing the bus, but we had plenty of time this morning.</div>
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Here we are, waiting for the bus. I was beginning to wonder if I was going to have to take her because the bus seemed to be running a little later than usual. Fortunately we have a neighbor a few houses over that is riding the bus too, and the bus driver is nice enough to come pick up the kids in the cul-de-sac. The 'stop' is supposed to be down at the corner. I allowed plenty of time to walk down there if we didn't see the neighbor out. But he was waiting in his driveway. So we walked over to hang out. </div>
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His mom said that the bus driver was nice and he would pick the kids up in the cul-de-sac, and she had talked to him at open house and said that was still the plan. But we kept waiting and we had already seen a bus come by and an appropriate time. I was really beginning to think I would have to take her! She really wanted to ride the bus and kept saying we could wait more, but I told her that school still starts at a certain time and she needed to be there. Fortunately it finally showed up!</div>
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She gave me a big hug and kiss and got on the bus without any hesitation!</div>
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It is already entirely too quiet. Even with Maggie here I feel a little lost. We are working into a completely different routine. It is going to take some getting used to, but I am sure I will be able to find a few projects to fill my time! ;)</div>
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So about a million years ago (ok, maybe a little exaggeration) we went to the Children's Museum with some friends. We had a lot of fun, and I think this was the first time going where Maggie was walking. So she had tons of fun. First off...WATER!</div>
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Sis really likes to play in the water too!</div>
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This was also a popular spot for Maggie. Let's see...balls and stairs to climb up and down...a small part of heaven for Maggie. :)</div>
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While Elise and her friends were doing a craft in the preschool area, Maggie and I walked around and looked at the art in the area. She really liked the bunnies that are on the wall behind her in the above picture. She would say 'bunny' and 'hop' then proceed to jump around. Man, toddlers are fun.<br />
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The girls were making a bee out of clay. They all did a good job following instructions and she had a good time making it.<br />
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Elise lost her first tooth!! Yay! She was so excited/nervous about it, but when she lost it she did great. I pretty much knew the morning she would loose it. While she was brushing her teeth she must have hit it just right, and it started to bleed, but didn't come out. Then it was SUPER wiggly, so I figured she would loose it that day, I even packed a small plastic baggie in the diaper bag so I would have some where to put it.<br />
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We got to share out excitement with my mom and sister because they came down for a visit to the outlet mall. And her tooth fell out while we were eating lunch. It came out on the first bite she took of her sandwich! It was so cute because she had this panic look on her face when she started to chew. I asked her if she think she lost her took, and she shook her head. So I told her to go ahead and spit out the food so we could find the tooth!<br />
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So here she is...with one less tooth!</div>
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(5/19/2014) Wow, a whole month!</div>
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And of course, it has been long enough since the picture, it is safe to say she has another loose tooth. Let's hope it comes out as smoothly and painlessly as this one.</div>
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She is such a little stinker, but seriously cute when she wants to be. She has much more 'attitude' than her sister did, although we are recalling some more challenging times we had with Elise around this age...also known as the 'terrible twos.' The real difference Elise had more words to use and Maggie just throws a fit.<br />
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This was at one of Elise's soccer games a few days before she was officially 18 months, but who's counting?</div>
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We finally got some decent weather, so we got to play outside. She LOVES to get the chalk out and scribble with it.</div>
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Most of the time she just carries two of the holders in her hands and walks around, but occasionally she'll stop and make her mark. </div>
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She also loves going up and down the front steps. It is a little nerve racking, but she is pretty good at it. And I think it is more of a pain for everyone if you actually try and help her.</div>
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We got this little chair from my Aunt and Uncle when we went down for the second time to get the trees for our front yard. It has been in the family for years, so I am told, but she seems pretty comfortable in it. Elise likes to sit in it too. And guess what? Maggie gets mad and tries to push Elise out when she thinks it is her turn. Ahh, the joys of two kids right?</div>
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Maggie didn't have her check-up until just yesterday and her stats were right around the 50% percentile for height and weight. I didn't catch how tall she was because she was screaming the whole time, but she weighed a little over 25lbs. Seriously lightweight compared to her sister! She cried or covered her face almost the entire time the doctor with in speaking with us. That was until he actually 'checked' her out. Then she was just mad and cried to whole time. It is a little sad to see such different kids when it come to things like this. Elise never had any real fear and was/is pretty social, but not Maggie. If I am there, forget it! She just wants to be held by me and if we are some place new it takes her a long time to warm up. Oh well. She did just fine and seems to be completely healthy and normal.</div>
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bear</div>
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attempts butterfly (sounds like 'sy')</div>
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attempts at Leinie (sounds more like 'inie') And usually after she tries to say Leinie, she tries to say "good boy" and if he is right there she will give him a pat. Apparently we say "good boy" a lot.</div>
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She can point to her head, hair, eyes, nose, mouth, ear, tongue, hand, feet/toes, and belly</div>
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She knows what a cow, sheep, horse, monkey, lion, and duck says.</div>
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She tries to say some of the shows we watch: Manny (Handy Manny), Dan (Daniel Tiger), Cat (could be Peg + Cat or Cat in the Hat).</div>
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A couple of weekends ago we went to visit with family at my Aunt and Uncle's house. There was other family from out of state visiting so we all used it as an opportunity to catch up. Mom and Dad came down for the weekend and we traveled together.The weather for the day was absolutely gorgeous (where is that weather now???) so we got to spend a good portion of the day outside. We had a really great time and Elise got to have some 4-wheel fun!</div>
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She absolutely loved riding on the 4-wheeler!! I think she would have spent all day on it if she could. If no one else was riding she kept asking Uncle Bob to take her out for a ride.</div>
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Maggie really liked walking around. She just wanted to go, go, go. She touched a few of the trees, but didn't care for them. And when she fell down she almost always asked for help because I don't think she liked touching the grass to stand up.<br />
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Since the weather wasn't great, we mostly visited and hung out. But we did take a few minutes to pop across the street to Conner Prairie and have a little fun.<br />
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They tested which blades worked the best. There was a meter attached to the windmill to see how much energy you could get. Of course, Elise liked pushing the button to start the wind.<br />
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Then they worked on creating a ball run. Again, I think Bob had as much or more fun than the kids. This is definitely Dad's sort of thing. (And why he is an engineer and I am not, ha)<br />
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For some reason, Elise decided to hug the food.</div>
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Planting food with sis.</div>
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"Baaa"</div>
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"Don't you just love my big floppy hat?!"</div>
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I think Elise could have spent all day here. Just building with pretzel rods, orange slices, and marshmallows. I actually had to promise her that we could do this at home because we needed to leave for lunch. We did do it at home, but with toothpicks. And I am pretty sure she spent at least thirty minutes just playing around with time. Of course, there was a little bit of snacking involved.</div>
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She is somewhat nervous and excited about the whole thing. She has asked about the Tooth Fairy and all that it entails. She even asked a friend some questions because he had already lost a tooth. So she figured he knew all there was to know. She is such a worry wart, I think we spent 20 minutes one night reassuring her that it wasn't a big deal and that it happens to everyone. Everyday she checks to make sure she knows which one is loose and proceeds with the usual questions. It will be interesting to see how she handles it when it finally does come out, but I know that it will be a bittersweet moment for me.</div>
Toddler Parentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000546859469631836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001507485472329703.post-5061833316398576702014-02-20T19:24:00.001-08:002014-02-20T19:24:12.856-08:0016 months!It's only 3-4 days late, but Maggie is 16 months. I feel she has gone through some tremendous changes the last few weeks. Here are some highlights:<br />
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<li>She is talking a ton. (ie- making sounds, pointing, and trying to communicate.) This is helpful and frustrating all at the same time. She is easily frustrated when she doesn't get what she wants and I don't know what she wants. Though I do believe there are times that she doesn't know what she wants either. But I can tell that she is trying and that is always a step in the right direction.</li>
<li>Speaking of steps! Guess who is FINALLY taking some? That's right! I don't recall a specific day, but we do have a short video of her walking about 10 steps on her own. She walks more each day, but still does a lot of knee walking. And now she wants to get down if I am holding her, usually to go cause trouble. Ha!</li>
<li>She understands A LOT. You can ask her questions and sometimes she will shake her head yes or no in response. She understands the difference between upstairs and downstairs/basement. She does like to play down there. </li>
<li>She know some animal sounds. Cow, sheep and monkey...I have no idea where she picked up the monkey.</li>
<li>She says 'mama', 'mommy', 'dada', 'books', 'bye-bye', she does the sign for 'milk' and even better she will walk/crawl over to the refrigerator and stand there signing or trying to say milk. Sometimes she will do the sign for 'water' when she wants a drink, but definitely knows what water is when you are talking to her. </li>
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Sweetness...does she have you fooled yet??</div>
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Silly Maggie! We both love this smile of hers, squinty eyes and scrunched up nose.</div>
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Sweet...and 2 seconds later.</div>
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"I am DONE."</div>
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She does like the shape sorter, and sometimes she actually gets them in. But she is big on dumping them out and she will actually put most of them back in.</div>
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On the move, and she decided that she wanted to go upstairs.</div>
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Just like sis, she likes to sit in the chair. She can get up in it and sit down all by herself, and (knock on wood) she hasn't fallen yet. She will even get down to get a book.<br />
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Here she is...my not so little baby. 15 months! Wow, where has the time gone. Although, now I am getting to the point where I actually remember when Elise was about this age. I attribute some of that to the fact that I started blogging around that time. It was on another page, but I can still remember doing it. I don't feel like Maggie has changed a lot, but then again...leaps and bounds!</div>
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She is definitely eating more foods, and requests (read whines until satisfied) to eat food off of my plate or more recently if Sis has something she might think she is missing out. Though usually it is my plate and most of the time actually is the same thing on her tray, she just wants it from me. Ha, always the mom willing to share, right?<br />
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She has become interested in using a spoon. I say, good for here, except for the fact that she is SO messy. I'm not sure she didn't do a better job when she used her fingers. Usually I can get away with putting something on the spoon and helping her guide it to her mouth. That way it gets in there!<br />
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Elise decided she wanted to be in a picture. And this is the face I got...then she left!</div>
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About 11:30am this is a typical look. She is not taking a morning nap anymore, but often gets tired in the morning before lunch. She is a thumb sucker and blankie holder. Super cute, right!? (for now, ha)<br />
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Maggie still isn't walking, but has gotten better at walking on her knees. I'm telling you, I am going to buy her some knee pads so she doesn't ruin any more pants. Although, I think I am thankful she is doing it this time of year and not the summer. Her knees would be a wreck! (Hindsight: maybe that is why she is still doing it, hmm) Anyway, she doesn't have a lot of words, but she understands a lot! She knows where her ear, head, nose, feet, teeth, tongue, and hair is located. Sometimes she will point/poke her eye if you ask her, but not consistently. She is making attempts to say words like 'book' and 'cheese'...two of her favorite things. Also, "Peg + Cat" has become 'catcat'. And she always makes the same sound when she is referring to the show. She knows what sound a cow makes, and usually makes that sound when she sees one. She has also started trying to say the word 'up.' Usually she just crawls over, pulls her self up on your legs, and says 'uh.' Close enough, and a good start, right?! Her newest fascination is with light switches, and going up the stairs herself. If she doesn't get a chance to do either one herself (when she sees the opportunity) a small protest ensues. I know that this age gets to be a lot of fun, and it just gets better. We will see what the future holds for this bright little 15 month old.<br />
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We got a couple of new movies to watch! Monster's University...it was pretty good, but there were several scenes that were just too emotionally charged for her. I think she 'watched' all of the movie, but did hide some and asked a TON of questions. (This is her new thing to do during movies. We may never make it to the real theatre, people around us would be so annoyed.) We also go Turbo, which definitely got better reviews (at least from us). And Elise didn't have any real problem with the movie.</div>
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She really wanted some gear to help her take care of her baby. So she got a whole set of stuff. Why do we do this to ourselves? But she loves it...that's why.<br />
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She liked to help Maggie open her gifts.</div>
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Merry Christmas...from Maggie!</div>
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Christmas morning cartoons. "Peg + Cat" of course...If you haven't checked out this PBS show, you really should, it is pretty funny, even from a parent's point of view and quite educational. Pretty sure Elise can now count to (at least) 10 by 2s, maybe higher. Sneaky kids shows, awesome!<br />
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Again...with the mass amounts of gifts. We are truly blessed by our family! (And I think this picture is missing some of Aunt Sis and Uncle Matt's gifts.)</div>
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And the chaos begins!</div>
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Can't be Christmas without a little "Doc."</div>
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"Here Mom!"</div>
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Elise, trying on her cute sweater from Grandma. The best part, Grandma made it and Maggie has a matching one! They really are super cute.</div>
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Maggie's cute new walking cart. Maybe she will actually learn how to walk on her feet instead of her knees. She has walked around the house a few times with it, but still doesn't seem to care to walk on her feet.</div>
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We had a really nice week being with family and celebrating Christmas, but everyone was ready to be home. We got home later in the day on Christmas and had a small Christmas as a family and opened what Santa brought (another post) while we were at Grandma's. I hope that everyone else had an awesome Christmas, and now New Year!</div>
Toddler Parentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000546859469631836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001507485472329703.post-88217131825754626952014-01-02T10:57:00.000-08:002014-01-02T10:57:49.933-08:00Christmas Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year we had a grand total of 3 Christmases, and believe me, I was a little partied out! But the girls did great and we are so blessed by our families and their generosity and love for us and the girls. The first Christmas was at my parents. And as you can see from the first couple of pictures someone went a little overboard! Ha, but Elise loved playing 'Santa' and reading everyone's name. Though it took 'forever' because every other one had her name on it. (Ahem, mom...) Anyway, as with a typical 4.5 year old, it didn't take too long to get through it all, and the carnage was pretty impressive. Unfortunately, I didn't get a final picture. Will have to remember for next year because with a 2 and 5 year old, it will probably be even crazier! (It is a good thing we have a van now.)</div>
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Once we did a few, Maggie started to get the hang of ripping the packaging! </div>
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As you can see, it was a little crazy, but awesome! Both girls got some nice new toys. And some they might even be able to 'share.' (I use that term loosely because Elise thinks she still pretty much has free range with the toys because most of the time Maggie doesn't spend more than a few minutes playing with any one toy.) Though the nice part is that, Elise does recognize that Maggie "doesn't know how" to play with some of the toys and someone HAS to show her how. She is at least trying to be helpful. :)</div>
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Well, we got our snowstorm! I figure it snowed for about 15-20 hours, non-stop. I don't know the official total, but it is at least 7 inches. When Elise got up and saw that it had snowed she couldn't WAIT to get outside. However, we did make her wait until after lunch because we thought it might have actually stopped snowing, but nope! They were out for about 45 minutes, and Elise loved it! The only thing started complaining about was her face getting cold. When I helped her get undressed, her fingers were a little cold, but other than that she was good to go.</div>
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Then it continued to snow late into the evening. Bob actually had to shovel twice, poor guy! </div>
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We don't have a lot of hills in the area, so Bob made a hill/incline in our backyard. Did I mention that he is the best? Elise had a ball.</div>
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Leinie loves the snow! He was running around like a bad man.</div>
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This one she got a little crooked, and did some off-roading. :)</div>
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Beautiful happy girl!</div>
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She pretty much made this face all the way down the backyard. She had a great time and was so happy.</div>
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Now I also have about a dozen photos that look just like this. Ha!</div>
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I didn't get a chance to take pictures on Maggie's 13 month-day. It was kind of a crazy day, tornado warnings included. But I did take come pictures a few days before and a few days after. We went to the Children's Museum a few days before, and fortunately Mom and Aunt Kristina were able to join in the fun. She still isn't walking yet, even at 13 1/2 months, but has decided to 'walk' on her knees.<br />
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Look at that sweet face, but don't be fooled. She is definitely sneaky! </div>
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She really likes the bead maze.</div>
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"I am going to get you"...before you can take the picture! Ha!</div>
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This is dedication, and he finally makes it over. All by herself. She is definitely a little more adventurous than Elise. And more willing to climb and crawl around.</div>
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"Hey, she's in my way!" Sorry sis, get used to it. :)</div>
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Maggie now likes got give babies hugs. It is so cute. Even if you just say "Aww, baby" she will give it a hug. And usually soft, stuffed animals too. </div>
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Well, Maggie has about 2 weeks to learn to walk. She beat Elise in crawling, but I'm not sure she will beat her in walking. I know some people say that when they start walking it gets worse. But honestly I don't think there would be any difference in the stuff she gets into, and she is a super fast crawler. I guess I am just ready to stop carrying her all.the.time. :) </div>
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On Monday, the weather wasn't that great so we decided to do something inside. We went to Kalamazoo where they have a museum called the Air Zoo. It was a really great time! </div>
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It basically feels like a huge hanger with different kinds of airplanes and space vehicles.</div>
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All along the back wall is the world's largest mural. It follows the historical timeline of aviation. </div>
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This was the start of Elise's favorite thing in the whole place. It started with a simple ride in the hot air balloons. She loved it!</div>
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Then we moved on to the BIG hot air balloons. This is like a true carnival ride. I made the 'mistake' to ride this with them, and I am pretty sure it is the fasted ride I have been on in a long time. It spun in fast circles and actually tilted outwards. Elise loved it! I thought we had a picture of it while it was flying, but I guess I didn't download it.<br />
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In another area there were some little ride on machines. Kind of like the ones they put in supermarkets.<br />
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Ride #3 that was a huge hit. It was like a parachute drop. </div>
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Ride #4- True carnival style, the airplanes went up and down, and we had control over it. She had a blast. We pretend we were chasing Aunt Sis.</div>
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This was a mirror to demonstrate infinity. They took 3 mirrors and put them together in a triangle. Maggie and I decided to take a peek. Definitely a lot of fun.</div>
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Another hanger with more planes.</div>
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Overall, we all had a great time. And afterwards we hit Elise's favorite place to eat.</div>
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We finally arrived! (Sunday October 6, 2013) Here is our house for the week, home away from home. Elise kept saying that we moved, and if you looked in the van you might have thought that. Ha! But seriously for all the stuff we did bring, Bob could still see out the back, easily. :)</div>
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This was our walk to the beach! And for those jealous that we 'went to the beach'...we went North, not South. That is Lake Michigan, and it was about 60 with strong winds when we showed up on Sunday. Elise didn't seem to mind.</div>
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Elise couldn't wait to get to the beach. She found this lovely sand mountain that she climbed over and over.<br />
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There are so many more travels and stories for the week. I doubt I can keep up, but it is Wednesday now, and we have had a great time and the weather definitely got better. We are here for the week, and there is still more plans for the week. So many adventures, so little time!</div>
Toddler Parentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000546859469631836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001507485472329703.post-15355116609542052162013-09-18T11:33:00.001-07:002013-09-18T11:33:44.985-07:0011 months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well, here we are again. Another month come and gone. This last month has been pretty busy. There have been several home improvements, some of which were not entirely planned, and schools starting. Elise had already started preschool, but at the end of August MOPS started. Since Elise is going to preschool on Tuesday and Thursday she is still able to come with us on Wednesday to MOPS. Also, this is a first for Maggie. She went right after she was born in the Spring semester, but even when it ended she was only 6 months and she got to have the whole summer to forget about staying away from mom. That being said she has done so much better than I could have expected. I think she only had one day (so far) where she has cried. But none where they have had to call me to come to the rescue! Yay! So with MOPS I get a couple more hours of mommy (or me) time. Heavenly.</div>
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Anyway, on to the 11 month old!</div>
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I have no idea what Maggie is weighing, or how long she is but I have moved her up to 12 month clothes.</div>
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She is saying so many sounds now, no words, but I know that will come soon enough and I will have 2 chatter boxes in the house! She is starting to use the sign for more, because like Elise she loves cheese and always wants more. She is crawling everywhere and pulling up a lot, no walking, but if she wants something bad enough I have seen her inch her way while holding on. She can make a mess in 2.2sec, and will put it in her mouth even faster. Her newest trick, making a fish face. If you make a kissy sound at her she ends up making a fish face to mimic the sound. So cute, and so funny!</div>
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She still definitely needs that morning nap, but I have started running again and the best time is after I drop Elise off at preschool. The first time I tried it, we actually made it home before she was completely out, and I took her up to her room and she took a good nap while I showered, awesome! However, yesterday she didn't make it home and I didn't have the heart to try to move her. So I just took a quick snap shot.<br />
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She loves to get into Elise's books! Or anything she probably shouldn't...</div>
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(Excuse the unmade bed, I was in the middle of changing sheets.)</div>
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So she made her way to another book shelf.</div>
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See how fast I can take all the books off the shelf! (2 minutes tops)</div>
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Whenever she pulls herself up somewhere she always trying to drum/bang on it. She loves making noise/music by hitting or shaking whatever toys she has.</div>
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Some of her smiles just crack me up! She has so many facial expressions, and she is always trying to copy what you are doing too, and it is hilarious.</div>
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Toddler Parentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000546859469631836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001507485472329703.post-90582289671615992932013-08-19T18:09:00.001-07:002013-08-19T18:09:20.105-07:00First day of Pre-KWell, it was the first week of Pre-K for Elise. She was so excited! She even kept telling strangers that she was starting school soon and that she would be in a new classroom (4 year olds) and have new teachers. We went to check things our on Monday and Tuesday was the first day. She is going on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-12:30. I thought she would be going on M/W/F, but we decided we still liked having the freedom to do 3 or 4 day weekends if we wanted. Next year we will be subject to public school schedules, and there aren't too many breaks since we are on a balanced (aka year round) calendar.<br />
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Of course, her two best friends had to make the trip this morning. They didn't go to school, but they usually get to hang out in the car while she is at school. Then she gets them when I pick her up.<br />
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She had a great week! I know she will have a great year and once things really get going she will have a lot of fun with all the new things she'll learn.<br />
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This is from the first day last year. She seems so much taller now. I am pretty sure the bags are all the same size. The bag seemed huge last year, and this year it is perfect. She looks so young! But notice the same friend, ha!</div>
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Well it finally happened, I totally spaced on what day it was and actually missed Maggie's 10 month birthday. I am surprised it hasn't happened yet. Oh well. These pictures are actually the next day, the 18th. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1yBikj1cKf0/UhJlMGf3ArI/AAAAAAAADKM/D7GsKM3KvaI/s1600/P1030003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1yBikj1cKf0/UhJlMGf3ArI/AAAAAAAADKM/D7GsKM3KvaI/s320/P1030003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
Maggie is gaining all kinds of personality and moving all over the place. Having a mobile this time around is completely different. There are so many more toys and she is willing to put anything in her mouth. She responds really well to her name, and sometimes even 'no.' She is increasingly harder to photograph because she is pretty quick, so she tends to be a blur or gets too close too quickly for me to get a decent picture.<br />
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I kept trying to get far enough away from her to take picture, and get some good natural light coming in the front windows. She was very fast down the hallway, but not without a stop at the diaper bags behind the couch. She loves to chew on straps.<br />
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This is her on her knees trying to stand up while holding onto my let. She does a type of tripod stand all the time. Usually I can't sit on the floor because she is constantly crawling and standing on me. She is definitely not close to walking, but she does like standing and getting her sea legs.<br />
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She starting to venture out more and more. Occasionally she gets a hold of Elise's things. Luckily there aren't too many things that will cause problems. She likes the shiny box. And she REALLY likes shoes. She will get along great with Aunt Kristina!<br />
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Since Elise was 1 we have been going to the county fair with Aunt Kathy. We just go one morning and look at the animals and walk around a little bit. The last 2 years we have had lunch out at the fair, but this year we decided to change it up. Elise has because very picky in what she is willing to eat, and the food out there (that is open) was questionable whether or not she would eat it. So this year we decided to go to Musillami's. It is a little seasonal drive-in near the fairgrounds. Last year we went there to get ice cream after lunch, so this year we decided to go get lunch their because they sell burgers, fries, hot dogs, and such. It was very good! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from lunch because they were pretty busy and Maggie was really fussy. I didn't really have an extra hand to take pictures. Hopefully next year!</div>
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Yesterday(or almost two weeks earlier) we went to the Children's Museum! It was the last time we would be able to see "Rapunzel." We got to see it the last time we went, and Elise really liked it. And I have to say they did a great job! It was a shortened/edited version of a full musical. They shortened it to about 45 minutes, with lots of singing and dancing. The museum was a little crazy and there were tons of people, but it still wasn't too bad. I am sure that most people were trying to make one last visit before school starts. (BTW-I can't wait for school to start! Oh, and Elise is excited too, ha!)</div>
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Aunt Kathy got to come with us this time. She just loves playing with Elise. This area is in/under the Chihuly sculpture. There are plastic pieces that kids can put together in these black containers and create their own masterpieces. Elise was carrying them back and forth helping all the other kids put the colors together.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9 months</span><br />
18lb 12oz and 26.5in (~50th percentile on both) Right on track and perfect!<br />
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It looks like we will be lowing the crib mattress sooner rather than later. This is the part I don't like about the whole 'mobile' part of crawling/pulling/standing. It becomes so much harder to put her in the crib when it is closer to the ground.<br />
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