I can’t remember which great-grandma made this beautiful little outfit and matching blanket for Anna. We never got a good picture of Anna in it, and Maggie is pretty much grown out if it too! But we finally have a few pictures to remember them wearing it. Too bad we didn’t take pictures when she was a tiny, but it is still pretty adorable!
Beautiful, wiggly girl:
I keep trying to escape my bonnet!
And I like to pull my booties off.
Remember this blog post? It’s the one about the caterpillar turned chrysalid that we found last September. That’s right, it’s from BEFORE Maggie was born.
Last night when I was just starting to do the dishes, I glanced at the jar where it’s been for the last bajillion years and THERE WAS A BUTTERFLY IN IT! It was gorgeous! We enjoyed it, took pictures and deposited it on our rhododendron bush. 🙂
Everybody mopping! Maggie was using her tummy as a mop.
Easter dresses were on sale! I got these for the girls for next year! (Size 4T and size 18 months!) Thank you Neal and Hollye for the beautiful dress for Anna for her birthday! We are going to use it for a Christmas dress. I recognized it from my shopping, so we went and bought a matching dress for Maggie! (No picture of that one yet)
Here is Anna working on her “school.” It’s a book that you write in with a dry erase marker. She is tracing letters and doing a really good job! I didn’t realize that her fine motor skills were ready for this. It’s fun to watch her. 🙂
“B”
“N”
I’m a sitting girl!
First ever “real” ponytail. Don’t you love the expression on her face?
I got some Lincoln Logs off of craigslist! They are pretty fun. We’re still figuring out how to use them. There seem to be way more tiny logs than necessary. 🙂
“Hi Mom! I wiggled myself over here. Aren’t I something!”
Peekaboo!
Maggie saying what she loves to say:
On a more expensive note, the laptop is giving us lots of trouble. We will probably have to buy a new primary computer soon. Right after replacing the washer and dryer. It’s easier to save money when you aren’t spending it.
Anna and Maggie had their first co-doctor’s appointment today! Maggie had her 6 1/2 month well visit and Anna had her 3-year-old visit. Anna’s been looking really tall lately, so I was really curious how she would measure. The results are as follows:
The doctor’s comment was, ‘We might have a petite one here.’
Anna did really well and was brave. 🙂 She does not like to be forced to open up and allow people to touch her or tell her what to do until she is ready. So she was very quiet and reserved, but did as she was requested (except she barely opened her mouth when the doctor wanted to look in). 🙂
Maggie grinned and flapped her arms and tore up the paper on the table as she sat there next to Anna. They were pretty adorable. One in her panties, on in her diaper. Sisters. Anna helped me take bits of paper from Maggie before they got into her mouth. We were a team. 🙂
Update on Maggie Rae at 6 1/2 months old. She can sit up straight and strong… but tips over after a little bit. She can get up on her hands and knees and “rock”. She can pivot in circles while laying on her tummy. She can ALMOST sit herself all the way up from laying on her tummy. Sometimes she talks with “yeah-yeah’s” or “ba-ba’s” but she still mostly grunts. She is very easy to make smile or laugh.
First time sitting in the bath (we laid her down after just a few minutes – hitting her head on the side of the tub would not be fun!)
Anna shoes, Papa shoes:
At the zoo! Here is Anna (3) and Addie (2 1/2). I just missed four playmates pushed up against the glass. See how Anna is tall for her age? She and Maggie have well visits with the Dr. next week… so we’ll see just HOW tall she is for her age then. I’m curious!
Face to face with the sea lion… one of the coolest exhibits I think!
And uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup it goes!
Everybody piled up to the window to see the orangutan:
The sleep saga of Maggie. When she was 2-4 months old, she slept 3-5 hours at a stretch at night. Then she slept 3-4 hours at a stretch. Then 2-4 hours. Then 1-3 hours. Then 1-2 hours. At five months, we let her cry at night and fed her just once at night. She caught a cold one week in and by 2 weeks in (about) we gave up. It wasn’t worth the suffering.
After that, she slept about 3 hours at a stretch and I was ok with that. I needed a break with crying and 3 hour sleep chunks is very manageable. Well the 3 hour chunks started getting shorter again after a couple weeks. By this week, she was waking up every 2 hours about and I was getting tired. You know it’s time to try something when you get that grouchy feeling when they wake you up to feed them. The one where their little baby cries sound like a hideous demanding monster instead of a cute little baby.
Anyway, two nights ago we decided to feed her once between 12-1 and once around 4-5 in the morning. Night one I fed her at 11:30pm and at 3:30am. Last night I fed her at 11:30 and 4am. Yay! Night one she cried for a TOTAL of one hour. Hard crying for 40 minutes where she hated her pacifier and then finally went to sleep when she tried actually sucking at it. Then she fussed/cried for 20 minutes later in the morning. Last night she cried for 10 minutes the first time and then dozed/fussed for 40 minutes in the morning. Hooray! We have her in a pack-n-play in our bedroom so it’s nice to just roll out of bed every couple minutes to give her a pacifier. I think I’ll move her back to her crib tonight but bring a chair to her room so I don’t have to stand up.
This is “Rolley”. Anna named her. We got it out the other day in case we needed to sleep in the living room while Maggie cried. She keeps taking her to the dentist and hiding toys in “her.” The imagination of a 3-year-old. Having children brings life “to life” again!
