Little lady - 5 months

You've found your feet and you like to be in happy baby pose ;) You also like to put your feet in your mouth.... Like everything else!

Food! - we started giving you oatmeal and avocados and bananas this month.  You liked all of them.  You literally want to eat what we are eating and you try to grab our cups and silverware and food while we are eating.

You are sitting up with some help.  You often end up leaning forward on your hands in "gorilla stance"

You love to sit in the bumbo chair and play and watch brother play.

You love songs especially the wheels on the bus.

Your sleep is haphazard -- some days great and others not so much.  I'm waiting patiently for the sleep to even out.  This mama's tired!  But I do secretly love our early morning snuggles.

First big kid haircut

Finally!!!! :)

You are now officially a big kid.

It's amazing how a haircut can do that.

Little man - 31 & 32 months

Communication 

There are some words that you say that are just too sweet to correct you - cumbas is one of them, for cucumbers of course! - and then it's gone and you start using the correct words.

I try to savor each funny little Jonny- ism since they seem to come and go so fast!

The phrases that you use and your level of conceptual understanding is amazing.

We have recently been reminiscing about when you were a baby and watching videos of you when you first started talking.  We've brought back "cokem" for "welcome" and sometimes we say "bam" just to be silly.  It's such a funny experience for you to see how much you've changed and be able to laugh about it with you.

Phrases this month-

You shouldn't ...

Sweet boy

I can't believe how sweet and helpful you are with your sister.  You bring me diapers, wipes, pacis and you always check to see if I have a burp towel before I give her milk.

You also tell me what she is saying - if she wants a toy or needs something!

Play

Your level of independent play has skyrocketed.  You build your own vehicles and dinosaurs and trains.  

You use blocks, foam shapes and Legos to "cook" dinner for us.  You put all the pieces into a box lid or pan and you serve us the food. 

Your imagination is so funny and you now pretend that your toys are talking to each other or playing together.

Your new favorite show is Daniel Tiger and you especially love the shows with baby Margaret.  

Our little drummer - I mean musician! You are obsessed with playing your xylophone drums and basically anything in our house has become a drum.  You close your eyes and kind of sway back and forth like Stevie wonder style.  Hilarious.

We took swim lessons at CLU again this month.  You are getting way better at kicking - now we need to work on getting your arms moving!

Little lady - 4 month update

Ahhh sweet girl!  Your smile lights up the room.  You open your mouth suuuuuuper wide when you are happy and when we give you kisses.

You are laughing a bit more - your laugh is like a deep giggle.  Love.  You like to be tickled on your belly and under your arms.

You are getting so big so fast.  I want the time to slow way down.

You rolled over this month - both ways!  It was like all of the sudden you figured it out and flipped over.  You haven't done it much since then, now you've moved on to other skills ;)

We saw fireworks after a concert in the park and they were really close and very loud! I was worried you wouldn't like it but you were totally unphased.

You are doing a lot of cooing and baby talking to your toys and your mobile.  Your voice is quite forceful.  

We had our first Santa Barbara zoo adventure.  You napped through most of it but woke just in time for the train ride.

So far you are definitely mamas girl and you are happiest in my arms or in the pouch - that's definitely your favorite place to be.

Little lady - 3 month update

3 months

14.2 pounds 23.5 inches

You are talking! The baby babble is hilarious :). You are definitely carrying on full conversations - if only we understood.  I would love to know what's happening in that little brain.

You are getting much stronger and can hold your head up at 90 degrees on your belly.

You laughed at me a couple of time when I was singing the Noble Duke of York.  You are such a happy girl and you are full of smiles - especially for your brother.

You are sleeping a nice long stretch at night and you usually wake up just once to eat during the night.  I'm putting you to bed late so that helps!  You take two long naps during the day plus a couple catnaps as well.

You are such an easy going baby.  Your real cry is almost always because something is wrong - we just have to figure out what! But recently you've started crying when you're not getting enough attention ;) you scream so loud and then as soon as we come close and talk to you, you put on your biggest smile and start talking to us. Such a girl already!

Little man - 2.5 year update

You get funnier every day.  You will now repeat anything we say - which we can use for our own entertainment ;)

You constantly repeat what people say and you like to give everyone the updates on what's happening.  Your vocabulary is incredible - and the concepts you understand are at such a high level.  We are amazed by you!  Lately you've been very interested in where people live and how old we are.

You've started to use the correct pronouns when speaking, so you say "come with me" instead of Jon, and you say my and mine and you and yours.

A few funny phrases from this month-

"Oh, you're welcome!"

"Where us going?" - you ask me this every morning when I'm packing up the backpack. It's just too cute to correct you.

"Our whole family" - you say this whenever we are all together doing something.

Play

Your imagination is sky high! You love to pretend you are going to work or going to the store and you come back and give hugs and kisses and show us what you got while you were gone.

You want to do everything yourself and often have a hard time letting us help you - even when you need the help.

You love building with Legos and you could play with your cars all day long.

This month we finally got a water table for the backyard - you could easily spend an hour pouring water into cups and watering things around the yard.  

You love books - I've noticed this month you'll ask us to read the same book over and over almost as if you're trying to memorize it. I wouldn't be surprised, you have many of your books memorized and you read right along with us.

Your fine motor skills are getting better and yours starting to enjoy coloring a bit more. You "write" the letters in your name  - no real letters yet but you draw a scribble for each separate letter while you say J - O- N.

You love to sing and you are starting to get more and more of the correct lyrics when singing your songs.  Sis's favorite song is Wheels on the Bus and you sing it to her all the time - with hand motions of course.  You really like Skinnamarink and Ram Sam Sam too (both from school with Mrs Kandy).

Eating

You are the BEST eater!! I am the happiest mommy every night at dinner when you eat whatever we are having for dinner and you love everything! I've never seen a kid more excited to come and see what's on his plate for dinner! Hilarious.  You love salad - of course you do, you're my child - and you like things that have lots of flavor.  It's so fun to watch you eat - you really enjoy food!  You've had frozen yogurt a couple times this month and while you do like it, it's a bit too cold for you and you make the funniest face while you're eating it!

Sleep

Your naps and nighttime sleep have remained consistent.

Dentist

You went to the dentist for the first time!  You did AMAZING.  They showed you all

Of the tools and checked and counted all of your 20 teeth.  They flossed your teeth and cleaned them too.  Then the dentist checked them.  Quite a process!  You were a champ.

Little lady - 2 months

Wow! You have quickly adapted to our family life and you are such a sweet and easy going baby.

We are so lucky!

Your smile lights up the room. Your favorite thing to smile at is your brother.

You are a amazing sleeper.  You sleep for 5-6 hours and you eat once and then go back to sleep for a few more hours... Well  most of the time!

And you are getting soooo big!

We have your doctor appointment on Friday but I'm guessing you are close to 12 pounds. (Actual weight 11 lb 13 oz)

You are starting to coo and "talk" to us.

You like to be outside and you love going for walks in the stroller. You also seem very content sitting in your bouncy chair in the kitchen watching me cook or clean.  We sing songs and brother is always showing you what he's building so you are plenty entertained!