Well hello there lovelies! I am sitting here in the lull between Halloween and Thanksgiving…well Daddy Kevin's birthday really. I have been meandering away at Pinterest, being an activity I can do while holding, feeding, bouncing a babe. I am inspired to decorate my little house. I had forgotten how happy crafting and art makes me. I really do need to find time to do a few projects here and there. I think a happy mommy will be a good mommy to my babies and well creating beautiful things makes me happy. Of course 3 of those beautiful things are my Aria, my Patrick and my Jameson :)
I can't believe the boy are SIX months old! A half of a year!! Woohooo, by golly we've done it! This means, I've been breastfeeding exclusively (save 1 bottle a night) for 6 months!!! I am proud. My boys are happy and healthy! They are big and strong. I promise I will get their stats down this time, but shhhh for now they sleep.
Speaking of, I am trying a new sleep routine. Bed still at 8pm-9pm, depending on their moods, though honestly most night we barely make it to 8pm, they would love to go down at 7pm, but I just can't risk them being wide awake at 4am. The boys still seem to only need 8-10 hours of sleep, rarely 12. Fairly consistently they sleep 8pm-1am, this is great, a good 5 hour stretch. After this is where in lies my woes. After 1am, they are up every 2 hours, sometimes less. Of course I, mama, don't go to bed until 12ish, mainly due to the sweet Aria's ability to be the two year old college kid, whose fun part of the "day" starts at 10pm :(. I pump before bed, about 8 oz and split it into 2 4oz bottles. When the boys wake at 1-2am I leave them swaddled and prop up the bottle for them, 50/50 they go back to sleep another 2 hours or they are up and need snuggled/changed and put on their bellies. 4-5am is when they naturally want to wake up. They coo and smile and seem to think it's morning time. It takes me about an hour to get them back down. Here I've been trying a new thing of giving them a formula bottle. Too soon to judge yet, but doesn't seem to be making too much of a difference. I think I might be feeding them too much at night, because they seem to be very gassy and need to poop several times. Aria, while a beastly sleeper, never pooped at night; I never even changed her at night. I'm trying to cut out dairy to see if it's an allergy, but it seems just as bad when they get formula, so I don't know.
The boys are becoming more aware of each other everyday. Most recently If I face them on the ground toward each other during tummy time, they are very smily and love to grab at the others hands and clothes. They love Aria too and she is definitely enjoying the fact that they notice her. Just putting them facing each other can stop a meltdown, it's pretty sweet.
I thinking what I should get them for Christmas, maybe some learning toys or teethers. I ordered them their stockings from PBK and got Aria a new one as well, because I have no idea where hers ended up in the move and I don't want to upset anyone trying to find it, possibly in Grammy's attic. Actually Auntie Dobby got it for her because mama ain't got no monies! Tear.
Patch's hemangioma on his toe is fading. A while back I took photos of it and I'm glad I did, because he might want to see what it looked like when he's older.
I'm trying to reposition both boys all the time so their heads round out… here goes nothing.
Miss Aria can count to 10! And she is saying so many more words and what sounds like sentences! Whenever I leave a room she says, "where you going?" and always the little lady, "thank you" and "welcome" every single time she gets or hands something.
Kevin has been trying to sleep in Aria's room with her to get her used to her big girl bed, seems to be working. Several nights she has slept in there by herself and woke up at 8am. Last night Kevin was out late watching the Oregon and Stanford game. The little butt slept in their by himself and I had all the kids in my room! Oh well, he probably would have woken us up anyways, he's a wiggly sleeper.
I'm doing the Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown dvd. I'm feeling stronger already 2 weeks in! I was very excited because I thought I lost 10 pounds, but turns out our scale is faulty it you set in on the carpet. I only lost 7. Oh well, 7 is better than none, but I need to kick butt to feel better about myself.
Well, baby a is awake.
Until next time, xo Rosie
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Our Family has Grown x2!
Well, hello there, I know it has been a long time. And let me tell you this past year had been busy busy.
The most important thing you need to know is that we have just welcomed our two beautiful boys into the world. Yep Aria is a big sister! I found out I was pregnant in September and it's been craziness since then. In October the doctor surprised us with the news that it was twins! Shock of my life, let me tell you. I've always thought it would be cool to have twins, always. But never, in a million years would I have thought it would actually happen. I still can't believe how incredibly lucky we are to be blessed with TWO new babies!
There were many ups and downs during this pregnancy. It started off with a bang with terrible, horrible morning sickness at barely 5 weeks. And it lasted through week 17. Ugh, I forgot how much I loathe the first trimester. Finally in the end of December I started to feel better. But alas being a twin pregnancy, all the later aches and pains of growing a child hit me earlier this time around. I started to feel like my pelvis was splitting apart come March.
Also in March at our 28 week growth scan (we had scans every 4 weeks to ensure that the twins were growing properly), we were told that our "Baby A" had an enlarged left lateral ventricle of his brain. This condition is called vetriculomegaly. Normal ventricles are about 4-6mm and his was measuring at 10mm which was just the cutoff or high end of normal. Of course I had brought my mom to this appointment with me to have fun and see the babies and they spring this news on us. To make a long story short, we did a fetal MRI the next week and they found no other "abnormalities" so the condition was considered isolated and therefore less likely that he would have any serious problems (with a 97% probability that he'd be fine). We found this out the Friday before St. Patrick's Day and I had been saying extra prayers to St. Patrick so felt like he was watching out for my Baby A, who is now known as little Patrick Christopher. That 3% chance of a problem left me nervous the rest of my pregnancy but I just had to trust that things would work out as they should. When the babies were born I was absolutely thrilled that they were both healthy as can be. We will just continue to monitor his head size and whatnot through his pediatrician.
My beautiful precious little boys are now 12 days old and working hard to gain weight. We have been having weight checks everyday until they finally gained weight on Thursday and now don't have to go back until this coming Thursday. The doctors have us feeding they breast milk in bottles for now so they don't burn calories trying to nurse. I miss being able to nurse them but it is nice that Kevin can help with their feedings every 2-3 hours. We have been splitting our nights, where I go to bed around 11pm and then we trade between 4-6am. This has been allowing me and Kevin to get more sleep which is amazing with two newborns.
Quick version birth story: Thursday (May 9th) I went into my appointment after the 24 hour urine collection and had massively high BP and tons of proteins in my urine so doctor said we needed to induce that day. They induced but luckily I had walked in already at 5cm (had been feeling tons of Braxton Hicks that were apparently dialating me!). The induction started at 3ish by breaking my water and it was less than 2 hours before the babies were born and in my arms. With twin births you have to place an epi and give birth in the OR as a precaution. The anesthesiologist was just there to place the epi before the nurse realized it was already time to push (no time to pump it with meds). The boys were born 10 minutes apart and I had no tearing! Unfortunately after their birth I had to be put on magnesium for 24 hours b/c of my BP and had horrible side effects which tainted my otherwise amazingly easy delivery! I'm feeling so in love with my babies ♥
The most important thing you need to know is that we have just welcomed our two beautiful boys into the world. Yep Aria is a big sister! I found out I was pregnant in September and it's been craziness since then. In October the doctor surprised us with the news that it was twins! Shock of my life, let me tell you. I've always thought it would be cool to have twins, always. But never, in a million years would I have thought it would actually happen. I still can't believe how incredibly lucky we are to be blessed with TWO new babies!
Also in March at our 28 week growth scan (we had scans every 4 weeks to ensure that the twins were growing properly), we were told that our "Baby A" had an enlarged left lateral ventricle of his brain. This condition is called vetriculomegaly. Normal ventricles are about 4-6mm and his was measuring at 10mm which was just the cutoff or high end of normal. Of course I had brought my mom to this appointment with me to have fun and see the babies and they spring this news on us. To make a long story short, we did a fetal MRI the next week and they found no other "abnormalities" so the condition was considered isolated and therefore less likely that he would have any serious problems (with a 97% probability that he'd be fine). We found this out the Friday before St. Patrick's Day and I had been saying extra prayers to St. Patrick so felt like he was watching out for my Baby A, who is now known as little Patrick Christopher. That 3% chance of a problem left me nervous the rest of my pregnancy but I just had to trust that things would work out as they should. When the babies were born I was absolutely thrilled that they were both healthy as can be. We will just continue to monitor his head size and whatnot through his pediatrician.
My beautiful precious little boys are now 12 days old and working hard to gain weight. We have been having weight checks everyday until they finally gained weight on Thursday and now don't have to go back until this coming Thursday. The doctors have us feeding they breast milk in bottles for now so they don't burn calories trying to nurse. I miss being able to nurse them but it is nice that Kevin can help with their feedings every 2-3 hours. We have been splitting our nights, where I go to bed around 11pm and then we trade between 4-6am. This has been allowing me and Kevin to get more sleep which is amazing with two newborns.
Quick version birth story: Thursday (May 9th) I went into my appointment after the 24 hour urine collection and had massively high BP and tons of proteins in my urine so doctor said we needed to induce that day. They induced but luckily I had walked in already at 5cm (had been feeling tons of Braxton Hicks that were apparently dialating me!). The induction started at 3ish by breaking my water and it was less than 2 hours before the babies were born and in my arms. With twin births you have to place an epi and give birth in the OR as a precaution. The anesthesiologist was just there to place the epi before the nurse realized it was already time to push (no time to pump it with meds). The boys were born 10 minutes apart and I had no tearing! Unfortunately after their birth I had to be put on magnesium for 24 hours b/c of my BP and had horrible side effects which tainted my otherwise amazingly easy delivery! I'm feeling so in love with my babies ♥
Of course once the boys started to gain weight my poor big baby Aria came down with a horrible virus. She had a fever of 104 and has been so so sick. I had to send her to my parents house to try and minimize exposure to the boys. I felt so sad when my mom came to get her, like I was abandoning my child in her time of need. But I know she got the best possible care with my mom and Auntie Dobby. She finally came home yesterday and I never knew I could miss a little person so very much. She is still running a low fever but it much much better.
Well, there are a million and 1 more things that I should update on and I will attempt to keep a weekly update just as I did for Aria's first year. Wish me luck and I WILL be back soon!
xoxo Until Next Time, Rosie
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Week 54
We are 2 weeks into a year and so far so good. Aria has completely amazed me in the last 2 weeks with her walking and now running. She doesn't crawl at all now, only walks!
The cutest new thing she learned to do last week is blow kisses! She does it when prompted and even on her own! She puts her hand to her mouth and makes a kinds of spitty blowing sound. She just loves kisses. She gives mommy linger long kisses on the lips, sometimes with mouth open, hehe.
Aria loves to walk up and down steps. In our little room the first thing she wants to do when on the floor is go into the little bathroom, which required stepping up. Then she just sits there on the floor and looks out. She is a funny girl. When she's outside she always makes a bee-line for the steps down to the pool. It's really just the action of stepping up and down that she likes, whether it's the fireplace mantel step or standing on top of a toy. I'm just waiting for this new found entertainment to end in tears and injury…hopefully it won't, but most likely.
Aris has started waking up earlier and going to bed earlier. She was always a late sleeper, like 10 or 11 (even 12 sometimes). Now she likes to sleep at 9 and get up at 8. This is a pretty good schedule for us, I just don't want her to stat waking up even earlier. Yesterday she was horrid and was wide awake at 5am, initially happy, then very sad that I wouldn't get up with her. I'm sorry I draw the line at 5, that's the middle of the night, we will not play or receive kisses at that time (she was trying to plant them on me while I slept)!
Aria no longer fits in her 12 month clothes. It's time to do a clean sweep and get rid of anything smaller than a year. She is 100% in 18 month clothes, my tall girl.
Two days ago I took Aria to Rancho San Antonio for the first time since September! I can't believe I went so many times, when she was a little baby in the front pack! I used the stroller that Sonia and Holy gave to me, 13 years old, but it worked great and I didn't mind getting it dirty. Carrey (my friend form BC) came with me. I felt so incredibly ghetto as I loaded the stroller into the back seat, stabbing her in the head on the passenger side with with rusty rabies metal, lol (I know tetanus is more likely, but rabies sounds scarier). I've been wanting to get a City Mini three wheeler for running/hiking, but alas, I is poor, so rabies stroller it is. Rancho is beautiful, I went again with Gabby yesterday and little stink enjoyed herself immensely, kicking her legs and generally making happy noises.
Aria loves to be read to. She now brings books over to me, or whoever she deems most capable of some quality reading time, and gestures to be picked up. She sits on my lap like a little angel and helps turn the pages. She even likes it when Billy reads her his Talk Like a Wookie book, lol.
Speaking of Uncles, Aria loves it when Billy gets home from work. She literally screams with delight and a huge smile when she sees him. It's so crazy how she loves everyone in my family. It really it like she has 7 parents who play with her and adore her everyday. What is she going to do when we leave?!
Kevin and I are looking into renting again. We are no way in he** going to have enough money to buy something nice when my parents' house goes away in a few months. Time will tell you where we'll be, time and time alone. We'll just stick together while we wait.
Until next time, xo Rosie
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Happy 1st Birthday Aria Rose!!!!
We made it! Aria is ONE! What a beautiful, amazing day it was yesterday. Aria was the little Apple of everyone's eye!
We started off the morning with singing Happy Birthday to Aria in her crib. She LOVED it! She probably doesn't know it's her birthday, but she knows something pretty cool was happening. She just kept looking back and forth from her to Kevin with a huge grin on her face.
We came in the house and Yaya and Pops and Auntie Baggy were waiting for the princess. Every time someone saw her and said Happy Birthday her face would light up! She had some yogurt and puffs for breakfast and watched Auntie Gabby finish her 5 birthday cakes (necessary for our 50 guests).
Her big party started at 2pm. Luckily she was all bathed and beautiful from the night before so all we needed was to put her red ladybug dress on and her polkadotty headband. Uncle Steven and Auntie Kira and Grandma Carol came over early to help create our shish-ka-bob feast while the Jensen family ran around doing last minute party preparations.
David was the first guest to arrive at 2:05pm. Aria showed off to him how she can walk. At about 230 the flood gates opened and one after another the guests poured in. Jeff, Robert, Jenna, Lindsay, Marianne, Tom…everyone came to celebrate my babes big day.
Aria was a little excited, probably because it's her birthday after all, so she did not take her nap at 12 or 1. She started to get a little grumpy at about 3pm so I took her out and got her to lay down. Thank goodness she fell asleep and in the middle of "the word's biggest 1st birthday" she took a solid 1.5 hour nap. It was nice to give mommy a little break. I was able to sit and chat with Jeff and Kira for a bit during this hiatus.
When the sweet baby angel woke up we were eating lunch/dinner. Uncle Billy BBQ fantastic shish-ka-bobs for hours. There was a huge potato salad (Yaya's recipe that Mommy made). Aunt Sue brought a large green salad and Cousin Kathryn brought a delicious fruit salad. We had chips and spinach dip made by Daddy. Aunt Aggie's toffee and MarMar brought her yummy blondie brownies. So much food for such a little girl :)
After feasting we set Aria up in her highchair, decorated and fit for a queen. We brought out her little ONE smash cake and everyone belted out Happy Birthday to her. She looked so so adorable sitting there taking it all in. Kevin and I blew out her candle for her at the end of the song. Aria didn't dig into the smash cake, there was no smashing, just delicate poking. I took her hand and gave it a little shove into the frosting which she didn't seem to mind. She had some tastes of the cake but in all was quite a lady about it.
After cake we opened tons of presents. She got lots of clothes and some cool toys including a red wagon from Uncle Steven!
The day ended perfect just as it began. She love our little one year old girl to pieces and can't wait for this next year.
Pictures and more to come ;)
Until next time, xo Rosie
We started off the morning with singing Happy Birthday to Aria in her crib. She LOVED it! She probably doesn't know it's her birthday, but she knows something pretty cool was happening. She just kept looking back and forth from her to Kevin with a huge grin on her face.
We came in the house and Yaya and Pops and Auntie Baggy were waiting for the princess. Every time someone saw her and said Happy Birthday her face would light up! She had some yogurt and puffs for breakfast and watched Auntie Gabby finish her 5 birthday cakes (necessary for our 50 guests).
Her big party started at 2pm. Luckily she was all bathed and beautiful from the night before so all we needed was to put her red ladybug dress on and her polkadotty headband. Uncle Steven and Auntie Kira and Grandma Carol came over early to help create our shish-ka-bob feast while the Jensen family ran around doing last minute party preparations.
David was the first guest to arrive at 2:05pm. Aria showed off to him how she can walk. At about 230 the flood gates opened and one after another the guests poured in. Jeff, Robert, Jenna, Lindsay, Marianne, Tom…everyone came to celebrate my babes big day.
Aria was a little excited, probably because it's her birthday after all, so she did not take her nap at 12 or 1. She started to get a little grumpy at about 3pm so I took her out and got her to lay down. Thank goodness she fell asleep and in the middle of "the word's biggest 1st birthday" she took a solid 1.5 hour nap. It was nice to give mommy a little break. I was able to sit and chat with Jeff and Kira for a bit during this hiatus.
When the sweet baby angel woke up we were eating lunch/dinner. Uncle Billy BBQ fantastic shish-ka-bobs for hours. There was a huge potato salad (Yaya's recipe that Mommy made). Aunt Sue brought a large green salad and Cousin Kathryn brought a delicious fruit salad. We had chips and spinach dip made by Daddy. Aunt Aggie's toffee and MarMar brought her yummy blondie brownies. So much food for such a little girl :)
After feasting we set Aria up in her highchair, decorated and fit for a queen. We brought out her little ONE smash cake and everyone belted out Happy Birthday to her. She looked so so adorable sitting there taking it all in. Kevin and I blew out her candle for her at the end of the song. Aria didn't dig into the smash cake, there was no smashing, just delicate poking. I took her hand and gave it a little shove into the frosting which she didn't seem to mind. She had some tastes of the cake but in all was quite a lady about it.
After cake we opened tons of presents. She got lots of clothes and some cool toys including a red wagon from Uncle Steven!
The day ended perfect just as it began. She love our little one year old girl to pieces and can't wait for this next year.
Pictures and more to come ;)
Until next time, xo Rosie
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Week 46-49
Well hello there. I can't believe we are almost to week 50! Only 3 weeks til my little love turn the big O-N-E!!! I am so proud of her and our little family. We have gone through so much in the last year and I wouldn't change a second of it. I love my little princess more and more each day.
Sunday was Mother's Day! My very first with my little one out of my belly (she was very close to popping out last year). I had a wonderful day with my awesome hubby bubby and family. Kevin picked out some beautiful white roses with purple flowers mixed in for me. He also gave me some adorable lady bug earrings. He said they are to wear at Aria's party. He really went all out this year, he even got a new Vera Bradley purse and matching wallet. Aria gave me a sweet little card written from her own mouth (I think her daddy might have helped). In the morning we hung out with my mama (Yaya). We all had scurried around to try and make it a nice day in the week leading up to the event. I had the idea of getting mom a ne gardenia tree, because the one she had before and loved so much seems to have passed away (though we will keep watering it just in case). Gabby and Raph did the ground work and found a perfect tree and picked it up. We had been hiding it on the side on my little house for the past 3 days because we really wanted it to be a surprise. Gabby set it up with a huge red bow in the kitchen and mom saw it and fell in love in the morning when she woke up. At 1pm Kevin, Aria and I went over to Kevin's mom's apartment for a family lunch with Steven and Kira. Carol set up her place beautifully and made us all a delicious breakfast-y lunch. Kevin made his famous pancakes and we all sat together, just us, for the first time in years enjoying each others company. Steven and Kira gave me a little charm to put on my necklace that had an A on it for my baby girl. We gave Kevin's mom a beautiful pair of earrings that I got from Bliss Beauty at the Rancho Center. At about 5pm we came back to my parents' place and went for a picnic in the park. We ordered Erik's Deli sandwiches and brought them to-go. It was so nice just relaxing and playing frisbee with my family. Gabby gave me some adorable scrabble piece earrings with an R on one side and a bird on the other and my mom gave me little owl earring and a little round box with a bird on it, so cute. We also gave my mom an awesome necklace that had 4 pearl peas in a pod from The Vintage Pearl. It went with her very own saying that her children are "the peas of my pod" hehe. After dinner Aria got to swing in the swings and play in the slide. She loved it and that's really all I need to be happy. It was a very nice first Mother's Day overall.
In the past few weeks Aria has become more and more mobile. She can take steps with me holding her hands. Sometimes they are gigantic and we call then "bear steps". She walks around the coffee tables and can nearly free stand in the middle of the floor with no help to get up. She plays with toys on the table while standing and holding something in each hand for long periods of time. The other day it was so funny. She loves to speed crawl and she realized that though she also loves to crawl with toys in her hands, she can crawl like the speed demon that she is if her hands are free. Sooo, she's taken to putting her little toys in her mouth, clamped tightly in her teeth, so she can maximize her crawling potential. It's so cute to watch; she's a baby genius I tell you ;P
Aria now loves her one sippy cup. It's pink with a soft spout, almost like a bottle, and has green handles on the sides. She mainly drinks almond milk, I think she likes the hint of sweetness that's in it. I've tried to get her to use her other sippy cups, but alas this is the one and only for now. I just keep washing it and re-using it. I guess I could buy some more of the same style, but oh well, it's not like I'm incapable of cleaning it out a few times a day.
Aria's interest in real food grows daily. She loves almost anything that I eat. I've taken to just giving her little bits of my food as she prefers it to baby food. She does like the Plum brand baby foods in the squeeze packets. Sometime I just squeeze them right into her mouth. She like the corn/sweet potato/apples, the peas/apples/purple squash and the pumpkin/apples the best. I tried plum oatmeal and she hated it. She wouldn't even open her mouth for me. I don't know why, she's normally likes new foods. I think she is slowing breastfeeding less and less. Hopefully she will self wean without too hard a transition. I'm going to let her go at her own pace.
She's been a really good sleeper the last few weeks as well. It might be related to eating more solids, or maybe she is just growing out of the horrendous sleeping habits that she had. She usually wakes just once at 4 or 5 and a few times, not at all. I'm so happy to have some sleep again :)
Aria loves to do everything in twos. A kiss for mommy and a kiss for daddy, a high five for Yaya and a high five for Auntie Gabby. Offering to share the sippy cup with Uncle Billy and offering to share it with Uncle Raphy (not really sharing, once you accept she takes it back and laughs an evil little sound that it beyond her years…year). Anything she does it comes with a twin. She's a silly babe.
Her kisses have progressed. While she still does the open mouth, tongue out kiss, she also throws in the guppy suck kisses now. I'm pretty sure that's what she thinks we are doing when we kiss each other. She is very generous with her kissing, she even kisses Bailey. Her and Bailey are pals now. Bailey is a little saint doggy and lets Aria crawl all over her whenever she wants to. She let's Aria steal tennis balls directly from her mouth and even poke her grubby little finger into Bailey's stumpy tail (sometimes a little too close to the back door for comfort). It's nice that she is so good natured otherwise Aria might have been traumatized by the "mean, black doggie" we all treat affectionately and call Mr. Burbs (I've given up on his child rearing skills).
The last 2 weeks I've kicked in to full on birthday planning mode. I designed Aria's birthday invitations and even did a little photoshoot all by myself for the card. Her theme is lady bugs, so basically anything red, black or polkadotty will be a go. Gabby and I are going to make some crafty wine bottle flower holders. I'll post a pic when they are complete. I was torn between having a small intimate get-together and just inviting everyone. And well, yeah, birthday bash 2012 here we come!
You're invited!
Sunday was Mother's Day! My very first with my little one out of my belly (she was very close to popping out last year). I had a wonderful day with my awesome hubby bubby and family. Kevin picked out some beautiful white roses with purple flowers mixed in for me. He also gave me some adorable lady bug earrings. He said they are to wear at Aria's party. He really went all out this year, he even got a new Vera Bradley purse and matching wallet. Aria gave me a sweet little card written from her own mouth (I think her daddy might have helped). In the morning we hung out with my mama (Yaya). We all had scurried around to try and make it a nice day in the week leading up to the event. I had the idea of getting mom a ne gardenia tree, because the one she had before and loved so much seems to have passed away (though we will keep watering it just in case). Gabby and Raph did the ground work and found a perfect tree and picked it up. We had been hiding it on the side on my little house for the past 3 days because we really wanted it to be a surprise. Gabby set it up with a huge red bow in the kitchen and mom saw it and fell in love in the morning when she woke up. At 1pm Kevin, Aria and I went over to Kevin's mom's apartment for a family lunch with Steven and Kira. Carol set up her place beautifully and made us all a delicious breakfast-y lunch. Kevin made his famous pancakes and we all sat together, just us, for the first time in years enjoying each others company. Steven and Kira gave me a little charm to put on my necklace that had an A on it for my baby girl. We gave Kevin's mom a beautiful pair of earrings that I got from Bliss Beauty at the Rancho Center. At about 5pm we came back to my parents' place and went for a picnic in the park. We ordered Erik's Deli sandwiches and brought them to-go. It was so nice just relaxing and playing frisbee with my family. Gabby gave me some adorable scrabble piece earrings with an R on one side and a bird on the other and my mom gave me little owl earring and a little round box with a bird on it, so cute. We also gave my mom an awesome necklace that had 4 pearl peas in a pod from The Vintage Pearl. It went with her very own saying that her children are "the peas of my pod" hehe. After dinner Aria got to swing in the swings and play in the slide. She loved it and that's really all I need to be happy. It was a very nice first Mother's Day overall.
In the past few weeks Aria has become more and more mobile. She can take steps with me holding her hands. Sometimes they are gigantic and we call then "bear steps". She walks around the coffee tables and can nearly free stand in the middle of the floor with no help to get up. She plays with toys on the table while standing and holding something in each hand for long periods of time. The other day it was so funny. She loves to speed crawl and she realized that though she also loves to crawl with toys in her hands, she can crawl like the speed demon that she is if her hands are free. Sooo, she's taken to putting her little toys in her mouth, clamped tightly in her teeth, so she can maximize her crawling potential. It's so cute to watch; she's a baby genius I tell you ;P
Aria now loves her one sippy cup. It's pink with a soft spout, almost like a bottle, and has green handles on the sides. She mainly drinks almond milk, I think she likes the hint of sweetness that's in it. I've tried to get her to use her other sippy cups, but alas this is the one and only for now. I just keep washing it and re-using it. I guess I could buy some more of the same style, but oh well, it's not like I'm incapable of cleaning it out a few times a day.
Aria's interest in real food grows daily. She loves almost anything that I eat. I've taken to just giving her little bits of my food as she prefers it to baby food. She does like the Plum brand baby foods in the squeeze packets. Sometime I just squeeze them right into her mouth. She like the corn/sweet potato/apples, the peas/apples/purple squash and the pumpkin/apples the best. I tried plum oatmeal and she hated it. She wouldn't even open her mouth for me. I don't know why, she's normally likes new foods. I think she is slowing breastfeeding less and less. Hopefully she will self wean without too hard a transition. I'm going to let her go at her own pace.
She's been a really good sleeper the last few weeks as well. It might be related to eating more solids, or maybe she is just growing out of the horrendous sleeping habits that she had. She usually wakes just once at 4 or 5 and a few times, not at all. I'm so happy to have some sleep again :)
Aria loves to do everything in twos. A kiss for mommy and a kiss for daddy, a high five for Yaya and a high five for Auntie Gabby. Offering to share the sippy cup with Uncle Billy and offering to share it with Uncle Raphy (not really sharing, once you accept she takes it back and laughs an evil little sound that it beyond her years…year). Anything she does it comes with a twin. She's a silly babe.
Her kisses have progressed. While she still does the open mouth, tongue out kiss, she also throws in the guppy suck kisses now. I'm pretty sure that's what she thinks we are doing when we kiss each other. She is very generous with her kissing, she even kisses Bailey. Her and Bailey are pals now. Bailey is a little saint doggy and lets Aria crawl all over her whenever she wants to. She let's Aria steal tennis balls directly from her mouth and even poke her grubby little finger into Bailey's stumpy tail (sometimes a little too close to the back door for comfort). It's nice that she is so good natured otherwise Aria might have been traumatized by the "mean, black doggie" we all treat affectionately and call Mr. Burbs (I've given up on his child rearing skills).
The last 2 weeks I've kicked in to full on birthday planning mode. I designed Aria's birthday invitations and even did a little photoshoot all by myself for the card. Her theme is lady bugs, so basically anything red, black or polkadotty will be a go. Gabby and I are going to make some crafty wine bottle flower holders. I'll post a pic when they are complete. I was torn between having a small intimate get-together and just inviting everyone. And well, yeah, birthday bash 2012 here we come!
You're invited!
With a little color correction and touching up of that scratch on her chin, I think these could be fabulous!
I want this bib for her!
Until next time, xo Rosie
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