Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Matteo turns the big 0-3!
Ok, I know it's cliche to say this, but my little boy is growing up. He's no longer a baby anymore, he's a little man with a real personality. He's able to not only form real sentences, but put some tone into them. Not always the tone I want to hear, but there's tone none the less. He not only notices things, but he's able to remember them. He knows, for the most part, what' he's allowed to do and not do, although he chooses to not always remember.
We're still fighting the potty training battle, but I feel we're close. He goes on the potty, just not all the time. It's a slow process that was interupted my Miss Lillian's arrival, but I feel we're back on track, so hopefully soon we'll be ditching those diapers for real big boy pants.
He's has fallen into the roll of big brother perfectly. He loves to play with Lily on her playmat, and brings her her pacifier when she cries. He's not too rough with her and will ask to hold her and talk to her when he does.
Matteo is also his own set of challenges. Terrible two's have been replaced with terrible threes. I now understand moms who said they would take the two's over the three's anytime. Somedays he's fine, and other days the tiniest little thing will send him into a meltdown. He's really big on not doing what he doesn't want to do, and good luck talking him into doing it. There have been several a night where mom or matteo or both are in tears because of a "book, no book" fight.
His "slight" spiderman obcession has given way to a Toy Story obsession, which timed out perfectly because Toy Story 3 came out just before his birthday, although we still have to find time to go see it.
Overall, our little Booga is quite the little man! I think we'll keep him!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
First trip to the beach!
Our first trip to Schnipke's is in the bag, thanks to the heat spell we had this week!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Milestones
Milestones... it's a word you never used very often until you became a parent. Then, you live by them. Each time your child surpasses a milestone, you're proud and immediately compare them to other children (Even your own). Some milestones are so major, you remember when and where you were when they happened, like the first step or the first word.
I remember where I was for both with Matteo. Heck, for Matteo's first step, I even remember the date off the top of my head, July 22nd, 2008... don't ask me why. (BTW, I was at work and Sean was at home in the living room when Matteo took his first step. I got a phone call from a very proud papa, and witnessed the feat for myself the very next day).
Little Miss Lily is starting her own set of milestones. It's one of the first ones a baby can do, but it's also one of the most special because it means that your newborn (aka bump on a log) is becoming a real person with a personality... it's the first time they SMILE at you. Lily has been giving smiles that were questionable to both Sean and I for the last couple weeks or so, but now, she's really blossoming. Full out smiles while looking straight at you. It's sooo cute!
I remember where I was when Matteo first started doing that (sitting on the couch while Sean and I were making faces at him... I even got a picture of one of his first ones). And now I won't forget where I was when Lily had her first smile. Yesterday, while I was holding Lily, Sean started talking to her and suddenly she cracked a full on grin, complete with a dimple on her right cheek.
Then, just to prove it wasn't a fluke, this morning, while sitting in her swing she made "friends' with her animals on her mobile and kept smiling at them. Unfortunely, no video because they were so random, but it is documented for postarity in this blog :-)
This is just the first of many milestones Lily will accomplish, but it's one of my favorites. Can't wait to see what she does next!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Welcome Garin!
6 weeks and counting...
I've heard that the first 6 weeks of being a new mom are the hardest. If that's the case then we've all survived. Lily is officially 6 weeks old. She's sleeping about 5 hours at a time at night, and sometimes more (sometimes less too). She is sleeps most of the afternoon away, but is awak for larger stretches of time in the morning and at night. She can really concentrate on faces and objects that aren't too far away. She's starting to like her bouncy seat and will hang out in her swing, at least for a little while. Overall, she's a pretty good baby.
Matteo is being a very good big brother. She loves to kiss her and loves when she's awake. He always gets so excited when he looks to see if she's awake and she is. He's really talking up a storm now and has quite a personality on him. He LOVES to wrestle with dad, although I think Sean might be regretting the fact that he taught him how to do that. He loves looking for worms with grandpa (Hickey) and finding the frogs in their pond. He'll be able to do that a lot more now that Grandpa has officially retired!
Only two more weeks and "real" life officially begins when I go back to work. I'm looking forward to it and not. I love the idea of getting back to something that I am good at and conversing with adults, but will miss being with my kids and knowing what they are doing at all times.
