41 weeks (Sept 10-Sept 16)

Hanging with Daddy!

 

Sisterly love!

 

 Izzy loves her babies. She always names her babies Addelyn. When she talks about Addie she doesn't call her, her sister, but her baby.

Skinned her nose at the neighbors'. I showed up to get her and this is what I saw.

 

Goooo Biiig Red!

 

 

 Having lunch on the deck.

 

 

 

 Addie getting all fours but no movement.

 

 

Our Sunday short order cook.

 

Nothing is new with Addie. She is still saying DaDa, MaMa, Uh oh (limited) and lots of jibber. We have started eating a little bit more solid foods. I am cutting up bananas and avacados and she loves them both. Addie is still just pulling up to a standing position with my assistance and only perching on all fours, but not moving forward. Hopefully she gets there soon. One thing Addie can do is push herself up to a sitting position after lying flat on her tummy. I think that is a pretty good accomplishment for that little peanut.  Another thing this week is that she started kicking in the tub like Izzy did. She sits in the water and kicks like a motor boat. She loves her baths.

This Wednesday, I had a half day so Izzy and I spent the afternoon together. She has been behaving much better. It’s like night and day. I went to the dentist and then went and got her. We then went to Izzy’s dentist appointment. She had a good report except that she had trauma to her front tooth. I always thought the tooth looked a little discolored, but I just thought it was from juice or something. I have no idea what she could have done to that tooth. So we just have to watch it closely and make sure it doesn’t get infected.

After the dentist we went to Old Navy and then to Orange Leaf. She picked out her yogurt and all her toppings and only ate like three bites. I was shocked that she didn’t eat it all up. I guess it’s not her thing. I should have just given her chocolate and it would have been gone in a heartbeat. After all that we went and got Addie and then got ready for dance. While we were getting ready for dance Izzy was telling me how she is a big girl. “No more paci, big girl panties, and being a nice girl, so I’m big now. Are you sad?” I tell her that when she grows up I will be sad she’s not my baby anymore so she constantly stands up tall and asks if I’m sad. Well, this time  I must of said I was sad without pouting my lip and she called me out on it. “Mommy, if you are sad you need to pout your lip.” I love this girl.

Later this week we were visiting at the neighbors’ and Izzy wanted to play with Finn. The first thing she said to Finn when he came out was, “My mommy said we can’t kiss anymore.” I just started to laugh. My girl is learning.

TTFN,

Ariann

40 weeks (Sept 3-Sept 9)

My big girl. She has grown so fast.

 

Bath time!

 

 



So pretty!

Monday was Labor Day and we all went to the Safari. The girls actually did pretty well on the car ride although half way through Izzy was very uninterested. It was just a great way to kill a couple of hours.

Addie has a cold again. That poor girl is always snotty. She needs a break. But through all of is she is happy. She is still trying to crawl. We haven’t gotten much further. She is still on all four, but her foot gets caught and she sits back down. She still loves standing, but is not actively pulling herself up on anything but when I help her.

Izzy had another busy week with swim lessons on Tuesday, dance on Wednesday, and then we went to a Matilda Jane party on Thursday. We have started dance at a new studio this year called Dancer’s Edge. She loves it because her friends Ella Mulligan and Avery Snodgrass are in it. She is also in tap class this year. That is something new for her and I’m not sure she is a big fan. She said it was too loud and she only wanted to do ballet.

Saturday we had a block party with families just on our street. It was great. I met a lot of new people and they all seem wonderful to hang out with and there were lots of little kids for Izzy and even Addie to play with. Then we went to a birthday party and watched Nebraska lose to UCLA.

Hopefully a better game next week Huskers.

Ariann

39 weeks (Aug 27-Sept 2)

Hope they love each other like this in a few years.

 



I think I caught Izzy off gaurd.

 

Silly Izzy!

 

Love!

 

A daddy and his girls.

Here I am again weeks behind. I don’t know where the time goes. I have taken to writing events that happened in my calendar and coming back to putting it on the blog. This week was so busy I even forgot to take pictures until the last day.  So here we go.

Addie is rolling all over the place. If she wants something she rolls to it. No more arms getting stuck. She has it down pat. She is starting to pull up a little if I have my hands out but she is not pulling up on anything else. She loves to just stand there. I think it’s because it makes her taller.

She is getting close to crawling. She leans forward from a sitting position and gets on all fours, but her leg is stuck. She can’t go anywhere and she sits back down. I give her three more weeks. Izzy started crawling her 42^nd week. We’ll see!

Izzy is a whole other story. She has been so naughty this past week. Mark took her to swim lessons so I could get something done. When they got home she was just crying hysterically because Mark wouldn’t let her stay and watch Mr. Dan dive. She cried the rest of the night. During this fit she saw her friend Maia outside and she wanted to go play. I told her she wasn’t being nice and she couldn’t go play. This set her off in a whole other direction. She even uttered the words, “You are ruining my life.” How does she even know to say this stuff? Isn’t that phrase supposed to come in the teen years?

On the other hand she can be so sweet and go on and on about how she loves her family. Oh, and speaking of love, I was pulled aside at the girls’ school and informed that my daughter is kissing a little boy behind the easel. When I asked her why she was kissing boys she said, “Because I like to kiss boys. “ Since then she has also been caught kissing our little neighbor too. Oh Lord I hope this is only a phase. I think Mark is going to self-combust.

On Wednesday I joined two of my girlfriends for dinner before book club. We never made it to book club and it was a really nice get away for me. I just don’t know what to do with Izzy. I hope this phase of horrible tantrums, not listening, and kissing boys all goes away and goes away soon.

TTFN,

Ariann

38 weeks

Showing off her own weekly sign.

 

Izzy serenading Addie.

 

Checking out the fork from her picnic set.

 

 This is our pouty Izzy. We see this face often.

 

 

Swim lessons for Izzy are going great. She loves the water and is starting to pull herself up on the side of the pool well.

Addie is getting such a little personality. Between her chubby cheeks and large spaced teeth she is just adorable. Maybe I’m a bit biased. She has started repeating me. I was trying to get her to say “uh-oh” and she finally did it. So dang cute! She has also started giving high fives. If you hold your hand up and say, “High five” she will put her hand up to yours. She is also rocking to the point where she is almost up on all fours. She will be crawling soon. She is the last one in her class to crawl. Cheer her on! Izzy was 42 weeks. That is my goal. I’m going to work with her a lot over Labor Day weekend.

On Saturday we went to Mark’s cousin’s wedding. Izzy was so infatuated with the “princess” that I had to literally pry her away from Dessa. She was so excited when she paid her dollar to the purple princess to dance with the white princess. She hung out all night with her cousin Ladelle. Izzy calls her Dell. Ladelle is 9 years old and is soooo good with Iz. Izzy just idolizes her. We had to rush back after the wedding because Mark had a case the next morning at 7. He worked all day and didn’t get home until 8:30 that night.

Sunday Izzy started having a terrible temper tantrum and we couldn’t control her crying. Holy cow, I thought Mark was going to jump out our bedroom window. My Aunt Cindy and Uncle George were staying at our house because they were flying out to Rome the next morning. So, my Uncle George slept in Izzy’s bed and you would have thought the world was coming to an end. She wanted to sleep in her bed. Which I thought was weird because she never does. She would rather sleep on the couch. Then she kept saying that George in her bed made it “just weird.” Where this child gets this stuff is beyond me. Finally Mark put up the Pack n Play since she didn’t want to sleep in our bed.  She got in the Pack n Play fine but I had to hold her hand.  As my arm is falling asleep from hanging it over the side she finally falls asleep. I don’t know if I can do the three year old thing. She is getting tough. I’ll keep you updated on this fun adventure.

 

TTFN,

Ariann

 

37 weeks (Aug 13th-20th)







I didn't get a weekly picture. I feel like life flashes before my eyes and before I know it another week is gone.

 

  I loved this innocent picture of Izzy's profile. I wish she would stay little forever.

 

 

Addie loving the Jeep. This was a great second go around toy.

 

 My little peanut.

Addie is doing well. She has a little cold this week and is really stuffed up. But she is still my happier baby. She still needs lots of attention. Every time I set her down to do something she gets upset and starts to cry. Needless to say my house is a mess and my laundry is piled so high I can hide behind it.

Saturday we took Addie to the allergist to see if that is why she is coughing. She was tested for dog, dust, wheat, oats, milk and soy. Everything came up negative. That is excited we don’t have to worry about the dog or her diet, but it still doesn’t solve our problems. The doctor thought it was reflux, but that she should be getting over soon since she is going to be more upright in the next few months. She did give us an inhaler to try and control the inflammation. Well, it’s not going so well. She hits the chamber away from her face all the time. I’ve been trying to do it when she falls asleep at night, but there are often times that back fires because I wait for her to get into a deep sleep and then I forget to give it to her. I promise I will get better.

Izzy is her usual sweet and sassy self. Not much new with her.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Ari

36 weeks

Our little princess is growing up. Darn I wish these pictures were a little clearer. 

This one perfectly dislplays the wide gapped teeth. We love them more and more! 

 

 

 Bath time!

 Izzy at DiVentures, trying to feel it out.

 



 

Izzy started swim lessons this week. We are taking her to Diventures swim school. She cried for the first 10 minutes because she wanted me to be in the pool with her. But with the help of the staff she quickly got over it and loved it. She is so excited to go back the next week.

On Wednesday we went to Laura’s memorial dinner. It was very nice. She didn’t have a funeral because she just wanted a celebration of her life. She was such a beautiful person. I wish it would have worked out differently for her. 

The rest of the week is a blur and I can’t tell you much else. The girls are doing great. Addie is still trying to master the art of rolling but it is getting better. She just keeps getting her arm stuck. Oh well, it will come.

Talk later,

Ari