I knew this day was coming because Adam has been really cutting back on his breast feeding. A couple days ago, he went form his normal twice a day to only once a day. And today, not at all! Just like big sister, 5 days before his first birthday he decided he was done. (She quit 5 days before her birthday too!)
Today Adam also used two new words! Meow-ah for kitty, and di-yah for diaper when he was dirty and needed to be changed. He came and told me even. He also has become a climbing machine. Climbing on top of the train table today, and working on figuring out how to climb the ladder to his sister bed! He's getting to be such a big boy! I'm so glad to see him grown, but it's also a little bittersweet to see my baby growing up so fast. ::Sniff::
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Little Mover and Shaker
The past couple days Adam has developed some cool new skills. He has started using objects for their intended purpose... brushing his hair is a favorite! He also has been pretending to be a dog. He will make his dog noise and then tell us he is a doggy. It's super cute! He also recently decided that he was going to redecorate my kitchen... tearing down the towels I had out and replacing them with ones that he like better from the drawer. He hung it up and everything! Yesterday I enlisted his help in cleaning his room up.. moving furniture and vacuuming underneath, and moving things around a little bit. It seems like there's more play space now, and he also seems quite happy with it. Always a good thing! He also tried to climb the ladder up to Reagan's bed yesterday. He couldn't do it, but he sure had the right idea! I see a toddler bed in our future. lol Not for a couple months yet though!
Reagan walked holding Adam's hand yesterday and walked him all the way to the car. She was so proud of taking care of him. It was so sweet! Recently she is very excited about the prospect of going to preschool. We have found one that we really like. We still have to go look at it in person and such. But hopefully it's something that we can work out for her!
Reagan walked holding Adam's hand yesterday and walked him all the way to the car. She was so proud of taking care of him. It was so sweet! Recently she is very excited about the prospect of going to preschool. We have found one that we really like. We still have to go look at it in person and such. But hopefully it's something that we can work out for her!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Walking Backwards!!!
This morning Adam took a few steps backwards all on his own! It seems like such a small thing if you're used to being able to go that directions. But when you stop and think about that this person has only been able to go forwards until now... it seems like such a bigger milestone! Hooray for learning new skills!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Rearranging
On Tuesday we cleaned the living room. Exciting, I know! We cleaned up all the toys, moved around some furniture, vacuumed under furniture etc. It was great to get it so clean, and moving a couple small things around made a really big difference. It's so refreshing to switch things up every so often. You can take the things you already have, move them around, and feel like it's a whole new room! Sometimes that's just what you need.
1 So Soon!?!?
My baby is going to be a year old in just a few short weeks! Where does the time go? He's been leaning and doing so many new things recently! He love to put things into containers. Which unfortunately means into the trash and toilet. Of course he also is putting toys back into the containers where they are supposed to e stored, so it's not all ad. lol His favorite game is peek-a-boo, and he loves to see how little he can cover his face and still manage for you to not see him! Yesterday he also showed a new skill; using a hair brush to brush his hair. It's an awesome milestone when they start using objects for their intended purpose. Adam's also been comparing objects, and will match things that are the same or similar in some way. Reagan has also been loving all of his new skills as they are able to play together more and more!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Trimming the Pumpkin Head
Tonight was the night for our baby's first hair cut (Reagan calls him pumpkin head- you can see why in the pics!) This is the first hair cut, or trim for either of our kids. Reagan did a great job bringing Adam toys to keep him busy, and daddy made a great barber's chair. lol It was more of a trim than a cut, as we just cut up a little over his ears, where the hair was looking long and starting to bother him. Mommy did an okay job with the cutting... but Adam was getting a little wiggly by the end.
The Before:
And the After:
The Before:
And the After:
Halloween!!
Sorry I haven't blogged about all that we've been doing to celebrate Halloween... but we've been so busy celebrating, and with all the other things life has brought our way, that I am only now getting around to it!
We had quite the busy day yesterday! Reagan helped me decorate the front porch, we carved pumpkins, and went trick or treating! We decided to do our trick-or-treating at the mall this year where there's plenty of light and it would be safer for the kids to walk or run around. lol Reagan had a good time, and chose to enter a costume contest. She didn't win, but had a lot of fun doing it, and when we talked about it later she told me "enjoy the game," which is from a Super Why episode. Today she insisted on watching that episode. lol Last weekend when we went to the Prescott fall festival she was in a costume contest as well, and had a blast. She won 1st place for her age category for Funniest Costume dressed in a home-made costume as Cleo the dog from Clifford the Big Red Dog. She won a huge prize package, and thought it was the best thing ever! I was minorly disappointed that she didn't win best home-made costume... but I really thought the other 2 entries were better anyway. lol
The only descent picture I got of Adam in his costume, was of the kids together when they were competing for best family costume in the contest: Clifford and Cleo.
We were so rushed, we ended up forgetting Adams costume at home when we went to the mall.. luckily he was wearing his jack o'lantern shirt, so he still looked kinda dressed up. Other notable things from the evening.. when we ran out of candy, and 2 more trick-or-treaters came to our house, Rob and I were about to send them away and Reagan said wait! and gave each a piece of candy out of her own bucket. We were so proud of her!!! We also shared some yummy worm cups! (Reagan made them for daddy to take to work to share with his friends, but we just had to keep a couple for some spooktacular snacking.) Last week at the festival Reagan won a cake in the coffin cake walk that we ended up sending most of to work too. She did an awesome job picking the lucky tombstone! And the same night we went to Oktoberfest at the Pub and she won a beer girl costume contest for her dirndl.. winning a $20 gift certificate, and a t-shirt for mommy! Sorry the picture of that is so bad.. I will make sure to get a better dirndl picture next time she wears it! Also last week at the festival Adam chose his own pumpkin! And also while we were there, Reagan went on her first pony ride! Now to the pictures!!!!!
Trick-or-treating at the mall.
Pub contest.. Reagan decided she was shy, and our friend Ashley had to hold her.
Adam picking his pumpkin... he doesn't look so happy in the picture... but he LOVES this pumpkin.
Reagan's first pony ride!!
Here are our beautiful pumpkins! Reagan designed the light right one herself! She told me what colors for which parts, and what shapes things should be, and I hammered them in. Then we did Adam's pumpkin with a Cinderella design... not that it looks like that.. but I tried! Anyway, Adam loves calling Cinderella on his sister's princess cell phone, so Reagan decided that would be a good idea for his pumpkin. lol
Speaking of pumpkins... We carved our pumpkins just before trick or treating, and refrigerated them right after so that we could bake them and remove all the yummy pumpkin insides to eat! We're trying to make our pumpkins go the distance this year- jack o'lanterns, toasted seeds, and what to do with all the rest!? One of the recipes we're anxious to try is Pumpkin Soup! I'll post a comment if and when we make it to let everyone know how it's turned out.. but it sure sounds yummy!
Pumpkin Soup
2T butter
1/2c chopped onion
4c chicken stock
1/4t ground ginger
1/4t ground nutmeg
3c cooked pumpkin pulp (canned works too!)
corn chips
In a soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat on the stove. Saute the onion in it for 5 minutes. Add the stock, ginger, nutmeg, and pumpkin. Brig the mixture to a boil. Turn the heat down to low, and simmer the soup for 10 minutes until it is thick. Stir it every so often so that it doesn't stick to the pan and burn. Serve with corn chips.
We had quite the busy day yesterday! Reagan helped me decorate the front porch, we carved pumpkins, and went trick or treating! We decided to do our trick-or-treating at the mall this year where there's plenty of light and it would be safer for the kids to walk or run around. lol Reagan had a good time, and chose to enter a costume contest. She didn't win, but had a lot of fun doing it, and when we talked about it later she told me "enjoy the game," which is from a Super Why episode. Today she insisted on watching that episode. lol Last weekend when we went to the Prescott fall festival she was in a costume contest as well, and had a blast. She won 1st place for her age category for Funniest Costume dressed in a home-made costume as Cleo the dog from Clifford the Big Red Dog. She won a huge prize package, and thought it was the best thing ever! I was minorly disappointed that she didn't win best home-made costume... but I really thought the other 2 entries were better anyway. lol
The only descent picture I got of Adam in his costume, was of the kids together when they were competing for best family costume in the contest: Clifford and Cleo.
We were so rushed, we ended up forgetting Adams costume at home when we went to the mall.. luckily he was wearing his jack o'lantern shirt, so he still looked kinda dressed up. Other notable things from the evening.. when we ran out of candy, and 2 more trick-or-treaters came to our house, Rob and I were about to send them away and Reagan said wait! and gave each a piece of candy out of her own bucket. We were so proud of her!!! We also shared some yummy worm cups! (Reagan made them for daddy to take to work to share with his friends, but we just had to keep a couple for some spooktacular snacking.) Last week at the festival Reagan won a cake in the coffin cake walk that we ended up sending most of to work too. She did an awesome job picking the lucky tombstone! And the same night we went to Oktoberfest at the Pub and she won a beer girl costume contest for her dirndl.. winning a $20 gift certificate, and a t-shirt for mommy! Sorry the picture of that is so bad.. I will make sure to get a better dirndl picture next time she wears it! Also last week at the festival Adam chose his own pumpkin! And also while we were there, Reagan went on her first pony ride! Now to the pictures!!!!!
Trick-or-treating at the mall.
Pub contest.. Reagan decided she was shy, and our friend Ashley had to hold her.
Adam picking his pumpkin... he doesn't look so happy in the picture... but he LOVES this pumpkin.
Reagan's first pony ride!!
Here are our beautiful pumpkins! Reagan designed the light right one herself! She told me what colors for which parts, and what shapes things should be, and I hammered them in. Then we did Adam's pumpkin with a Cinderella design... not that it looks like that.. but I tried! Anyway, Adam loves calling Cinderella on his sister's princess cell phone, so Reagan decided that would be a good idea for his pumpkin. lol
Speaking of pumpkins... We carved our pumpkins just before trick or treating, and refrigerated them right after so that we could bake them and remove all the yummy pumpkin insides to eat! We're trying to make our pumpkins go the distance this year- jack o'lanterns, toasted seeds, and what to do with all the rest!? One of the recipes we're anxious to try is Pumpkin Soup! I'll post a comment if and when we make it to let everyone know how it's turned out.. but it sure sounds yummy!
Pumpkin Soup
2T butter
1/2c chopped onion
4c chicken stock
1/4t ground ginger
1/4t ground nutmeg
3c cooked pumpkin pulp (canned works too!)
corn chips
In a soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat on the stove. Saute the onion in it for 5 minutes. Add the stock, ginger, nutmeg, and pumpkin. Brig the mixture to a boil. Turn the heat down to low, and simmer the soup for 10 minutes until it is thick. Stir it every so often so that it doesn't stick to the pan and burn. Serve with corn chips.
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