Since I'm not writing letters to Jessa anymore but I still think it's important to document at least a few things about her life growing up, I've decided to celebrate her at 15 months old, I would list the 15 things I love most about her... in no particular order!
15. Her two huge circular cowlicks on her forehead.
14. Her extremely ticklishness
13. Her super sloppy open mouth kisses complete with the sound effect
12. Our morning cuddle time... the only cuddle time I get during the day.
11. Her ability to surprise me with how smart she is. (Today she twisted a lid onto a cup!)And her ability at 15 months to understand directions!!
10. Her love to clean, wipe, dust, sweep, mop, vacuum. She thinks anything that has to do with cleaning is great. Which leads me to a story***
9. How she knows when she has down something wrong.
8. Her strong yet very sweet personality.
7. The way she plays with a very simple toy for hours... a buckle can entertain her for days!
6. Her love for books, she has started "reading" them to herself. That makes my inside smile!
5. The way she NEVER cries for us to come get her after a nap or in the morning.
4. Her fascination for large crowds as long as we are near her. (If we leave her, say at the gym... it's a different story.)
3. Her sleeping habits have been ultra amazing since 2 months old. I hope they always stay this way.
2. How she LOVES using a fork at meal times and is so proud of herself when she eats.
1. Her smile. How can you not totally love all of her different smiles. She has a sweet smile, an ornery smile, a loving smile, a mysterious smile... I just love them all!
I've been so nervous about the new baby coming into the picture but as time goes on, I'm only getting more and more excited. I think she's going to have a huge adjustment at first but I think it will be the best thing that ever happened! I think she will enjoying being able to help me, and she has already learned how to fed all of her stuffed animals. She's going to be the best big sister ever! I get so excited thinking about it!!
***The other day we were in Target running errands and being pregnant obviously I have to pee alot. Normally we aren't out for that long and it not a problem but this day I just had to go. I rounded Jessa up inside the Family Restroom thinking it would easier for her NOT to touch anything since we would be in a bigger space than the handicap stall. Well I set her down and quickly thought of something I could do to occupy her for the 5 sec. I needed to pee. She used to love tearing up toilet paper so I ripped off a long strand and handed it to her. As she is standing there with a blank look on her face I quickly sit down only to notice she is crumbling up her paper... she then proceeds to wipe down every surface possible she can get to in the bathroom. The sink the back of the toilet and then... THE FLOOR! BARF!!! So, no matter where we go Jessa always find a place to clean, and I find it super funny!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
14 months and 14 weeks!!!!
HOLY SMOKES, I'M PREGNANT AGAIN! ;)
Ahhh, that feels good to get it out. Even though this blog isn't listed on facebook, I once upon a time had it listed on there and to this day have no idea who stalks me. Therefore I waited and waited to finally make the big announcement!
I have stopped writing letters to Jessa. I made the cutest book with the 12+ letters I wrote to her every month of her 1st year. It turned out so great, and can not wait to give it to when she gets older. Anyway, I've decided it might be kind of fun periodicly to check in and just write a few random things down about Jessa and the new baby.
Jessa is 14 months old!
*We have pretty much discovered she is indeed asthmatic, and does really well with Alberterol when needed.
*She had her 1st dose of Antibiotics for a sinus infection and did really well with it.
*I'm extremely tired of feeling like I have a sick kid all the time. The guessing game of what to do and what not to do is getting really old... but isn't that what parenting is all about?
*She is still on formula, but has "upgraded" to Toddler Gentlease.
*I'm thinking about getting her allergy tested here in a few weeks.
*Enough about her being sick, SHE IS AN AWESOME KID!
*Her personality is coming out more and more, and while she is still showing major signs of being a lot of Nick, unfortunately more and more of my personality is starting to show with her. IE- she is SUPER strong willed and will most likely see a butt beating here and there in the future.
*I would like to say I think I'm a really good mom... just throwing that out there! We are trying really hard to use positive reinforcement, example- telling her she made a really good choice by not touching the t.v or by placing something down gently after she has thrown it down before. I feel like even though she has no idea what we are saying, it's really important that she hears the tone in our voice and we praise her when she does good things, and not just yell at her when she does bad... which does happen alot too ;)
*We recently bought a potty chair for her, and I was super excited to introduce her to it, until she shows me that she LOVES to play IN IT! Now we are waiting until the newness of the new "toy" goes away so she is not sicking her knee in the "potty hole" trying to climb on it... that's sick! haha
*She now knows how to: Wave HI, Wave bye along with saying "bye bye", give hi-5's, give kisses WITH sound :), play peek-a-boo by covering her own eyes and yelling "BA!" she is super fun!
*We are continuing to work on puzzles and just tonight she would study the piece I gave her and match it to the where it goes on the board, but still can't quite turn it to make it fit most of the time.
* Her hair is getting so long, and is finally starting to darken up. She refuses to keep anything in her hair, so I have to make sure she has at least SOME pink on her when we leave the house! :)
*She is fully walking, which started around her birthday, at thanksgiving she was walking "to" things, and by Christmas she was walking all over but still with her hands in the air. Now she is walking, walking on different levels, getting excited and attempting to run, moving from different surfaces with out falling, and realizing when there is a step to take. This whole walking deal has been by far my favorite thing to watch. I had no idea there were so many different "levels" to walking!
*I recently bought her a pillow, and while she hasn't quite grasp the concept of how to use it, I caught her on the video monitor last night waking up and crawling towards it! :)
*We have decided around May we are going to transfer her to her "big girl room" which holds a "big girl bed." We put the railing up the other day on our twin size bed. The bed looks HUGE, I can't imagine putting my little girl to sleep in such a huge bed!
*As cheesy as it sounds, my love for this kid grows daily. She is unexceptionably special to me!!
Baby 2.0 is 14 weeks in the making!
I was shocked to find out I was pregnant with Jessa, mainly because she was a crazy surprise! Even though we knew there was GREAT CHANCE we could become pregnant in Cancun, I also knew in the back of my mind I had JUST gone off birth control AND who gets pregnant on their first try anyway! BUT SURPRISE AGAIN!
*We found out on Jessa's 1st Birthday of baby 2.0 in the making! What a fun birthday gift to a child that has no idea what's going on!
*I never in a million years thought we would have babies 21 months apart! My brother and I are 3 years and Nick and his siblings are 4 and 7 years!
*My pregnancy is going awesome, all except for the actual being pregnant part that limits you from doing things like taking ALOT of medications when you have been sick for a month and just want to get better!
*This pregnancy is like night and day compared with Jessa. All except for the cereal part!!!
*I've only been sick MAYBE once a day if that. Compared to ALL DAY EVERY DAY for 18 weeks!
*I've had crazy vivid dreams, to the point where I'm not sleeping good at all!
*I've been craving olives and pickles, definitely more salty than sweet this go around.
*Certain foods really gross me out to the point I need to leave the room... specifically turkey meatballs which is ironic because that was my FAVORITE meal before baby 2.0 came along!
*I don't have to pee every 5 mins, and in fact I've made it almost the entire 1st tri without even waking up in the middle of the night to go! WHOA!
*I haven't gained a pound, however I"m showing like crazY!
*The first few weeks after I found out I was pregnant, I was feeling really weird things going on in my belly. It was almost as if pressed a button to turn on pregnancy mode and everything just started shifting around.
*This baby's heart rate is SKY HIGH! Dr. says "sounds like a girl." We'll see if she's right!
*I of course am hoping for a boy, just to balance things out. With that said, I wouldn't be disappointed to play dress up again with another girl! :)
*I'm excited for this pregnancy, scared out of my mind, and WOW it's going REALLY FAST!
Ahhh, that feels good to get it out. Even though this blog isn't listed on facebook, I once upon a time had it listed on there and to this day have no idea who stalks me. Therefore I waited and waited to finally make the big announcement!
I have stopped writing letters to Jessa. I made the cutest book with the 12+ letters I wrote to her every month of her 1st year. It turned out so great, and can not wait to give it to when she gets older. Anyway, I've decided it might be kind of fun periodicly to check in and just write a few random things down about Jessa and the new baby.
Jessa is 14 months old!
*We have pretty much discovered she is indeed asthmatic, and does really well with Alberterol when needed.
*She had her 1st dose of Antibiotics for a sinus infection and did really well with it.
*I'm extremely tired of feeling like I have a sick kid all the time. The guessing game of what to do and what not to do is getting really old... but isn't that what parenting is all about?
*She is still on formula, but has "upgraded" to Toddler Gentlease.
*I'm thinking about getting her allergy tested here in a few weeks.
*Enough about her being sick, SHE IS AN AWESOME KID!
*Her personality is coming out more and more, and while she is still showing major signs of being a lot of Nick, unfortunately more and more of my personality is starting to show with her. IE- she is SUPER strong willed and will most likely see a butt beating here and there in the future.
*I would like to say I think I'm a really good mom... just throwing that out there! We are trying really hard to use positive reinforcement, example- telling her she made a really good choice by not touching the t.v or by placing something down gently after she has thrown it down before. I feel like even though she has no idea what we are saying, it's really important that she hears the tone in our voice and we praise her when she does good things, and not just yell at her when she does bad... which does happen alot too ;)
*We recently bought a potty chair for her, and I was super excited to introduce her to it, until she shows me that she LOVES to play IN IT! Now we are waiting until the newness of the new "toy" goes away so she is not sicking her knee in the "potty hole" trying to climb on it... that's sick! haha
*She now knows how to: Wave HI, Wave bye along with saying "bye bye", give hi-5's, give kisses WITH sound :), play peek-a-boo by covering her own eyes and yelling "BA!" she is super fun!
*We are continuing to work on puzzles and just tonight she would study the piece I gave her and match it to the where it goes on the board, but still can't quite turn it to make it fit most of the time.
* Her hair is getting so long, and is finally starting to darken up. She refuses to keep anything in her hair, so I have to make sure she has at least SOME pink on her when we leave the house! :)
*She is fully walking, which started around her birthday, at thanksgiving she was walking "to" things, and by Christmas she was walking all over but still with her hands in the air. Now she is walking, walking on different levels, getting excited and attempting to run, moving from different surfaces with out falling, and realizing when there is a step to take. This whole walking deal has been by far my favorite thing to watch. I had no idea there were so many different "levels" to walking!
*I recently bought her a pillow, and while she hasn't quite grasp the concept of how to use it, I caught her on the video monitor last night waking up and crawling towards it! :)
*We have decided around May we are going to transfer her to her "big girl room" which holds a "big girl bed." We put the railing up the other day on our twin size bed. The bed looks HUGE, I can't imagine putting my little girl to sleep in such a huge bed!
*As cheesy as it sounds, my love for this kid grows daily. She is unexceptionably special to me!!
Baby 2.0 is 14 weeks in the making!
I was shocked to find out I was pregnant with Jessa, mainly because she was a crazy surprise! Even though we knew there was GREAT CHANCE we could become pregnant in Cancun, I also knew in the back of my mind I had JUST gone off birth control AND who gets pregnant on their first try anyway! BUT SURPRISE AGAIN!
*We found out on Jessa's 1st Birthday of baby 2.0 in the making! What a fun birthday gift to a child that has no idea what's going on!
*I never in a million years thought we would have babies 21 months apart! My brother and I are 3 years and Nick and his siblings are 4 and 7 years!
*My pregnancy is going awesome, all except for the actual being pregnant part that limits you from doing things like taking ALOT of medications when you have been sick for a month and just want to get better!
*This pregnancy is like night and day compared with Jessa. All except for the cereal part!!!
*I've only been sick MAYBE once a day if that. Compared to ALL DAY EVERY DAY for 18 weeks!
*I've had crazy vivid dreams, to the point where I'm not sleeping good at all!
*I've been craving olives and pickles, definitely more salty than sweet this go around.
*Certain foods really gross me out to the point I need to leave the room... specifically turkey meatballs which is ironic because that was my FAVORITE meal before baby 2.0 came along!
*I don't have to pee every 5 mins, and in fact I've made it almost the entire 1st tri without even waking up in the middle of the night to go! WHOA!
*I haven't gained a pound, however I"m showing like crazY!
*The first few weeks after I found out I was pregnant, I was feeling really weird things going on in my belly. It was almost as if pressed a button to turn on pregnancy mode and everything just started shifting around.
*This baby's heart rate is SKY HIGH! Dr. says "sounds like a girl." We'll see if she's right!
*I of course am hoping for a boy, just to balance things out. With that said, I wouldn't be disappointed to play dress up again with another girl! :)
*I'm excited for this pregnancy, scared out of my mind, and WOW it's going REALLY FAST!
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