Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Pictures...I know!
Ok, for real this time...pictures will come. Chris is in charge of downloading the pictures so I promise that I will get him to do it tonight. Where does the time go??
Monday, November 2, 2009
It's Been SOOOO Long!!
We are so sorry to all of you that follow our blog. I would like to say that we have a good excuse for not updating in 4 months, but we really don't. Life is just busy.
Where to start...well, I guess we'll start with the kids, seeing as how they are the purpose for this blog! Estella had her 4 month appointment a week and a half ago, and our little peanut is 14 lbs. 3 oz.and 24.5 inches tall. She definitely is smaller than Sari ever was, but I think that her height is around the same as what Sari was. I have no idea where either of my girls are getting their height from! It will be interesting to see if it stays!! Estella is getting better in the sense that she doesn't cry as much as she used to, but her sleeping hasn't really improved a whole lot. However, I guess we just have to accept the fact that we don't have another Sari, who seemed to take to sleeping very early. We have good weeks and bad weeks with Estella, she sometimes sleeps great, and other times is up every 3 hours. Oh well, that phase will too pass. She is smiling like crazy now, loves her sister to death, and has fallen in love with her jolly jumper! She gets some real air with that thing!! Sari is really the only person that can make Estella laugh so hard that she gets the hiccups. It is very cute. I am so glad that my girls have each other. Estella is not rolling over yet, but I am convinced it is because she insists on constantly being upright. I swear she is going to stand long before she even learns how to sit! Estella is also the little ham in her own right. However, she is more subtle than Sari ever is or was. She is constantly communicating with us and once we smile, which is usually right away, she'll sort of shift her eyes to see if anyone else is watching her and carrying on doing whatever it is she's doing, but just a little louder so that we can all hear. She is going to be our sarcastic and subtle comedian!
Sari is doing great as well. Her talking has come so far. There is very few words and sentences that I don't understand anymore. Some of her favorite sayings are: "Oh my goodness", (full of drama I might add!) "I'm so proud of you", "Good job", "Perfect"...I'm sure there are others that I just can't think of right now. She is full of animation, drama and humor. Once she has realized that what she says makes people laugh, well, that is just her invitation to keep going with whatever she is saying or doing! She is also extremely polite. Always saying please and thank you and very much enjoys burping just so she can smile and say excuse me afterwards. In fact, at each house she went to trick-or-treating, she said "trick-or-treaty" and always "thank you" after they gave her candy. I never had to remind her! It made me very proud!! She really does love her sister. She tries quite hard to play with Estella, but just doesn't quite understand that Estella isn't capable of playing with her back quite yet. We have Sari enrolled in Gymkyds and swimming lessons. She LOVES both and constantly asks to go to both. She is quite obsessed with Tinkerbell and Princesses right now, which suits me just fine, being a girly-girl myself. It is going to make Christmas very easy to shop for. Sari is definitely a breath of fresh air and having her around just makes our day full of so many smiles and so much fun! I am very much looking forward to watching her and Estella play together in the coming months and years.
Halloween was very fun this year. We went back to Brandon again, which I think we have decided to make an annual event. We got together with friends of ours and all took the kids out together trick-or-treating. Sari and her friend Macy had a great time strolling behind everyone and looking very cute in their chicken and puppy costumes. Sari was the chicken and would only be referred to as Chicken Little. After going out with the kids we got everyone bathed and into bed and then headed out with our friends to a Halloween social. It was great to get out without the kids for a night. Sunday was a busy day with Macy's birthday party and then I got some girlfriend time with my two wonderful friends Nicole and Christin for Christin's birthday celebration. All in all it was a wonderful weekend. I apologize to whoevers house we weren't able to get to with Sari in her costume. After trick-or-treating and going to visit a few family members, Sari was in definite meltdown mode and needed her bed.
Chris and I are doing the same. Chris is working like crazy and I am busy with the kids at home. I have purchased a gym membership to help with getting back into shape and am loving it and loving getting out of the house a few times a week. We haven't done a whole lot of renovations to our house in the past 6 months, but aren't to concerned about it. I think we'll start after Christmas again. We are enjoying taking time off from renovating homes. 14th street in Brandon almost killed us and are enjoying taking our time with this one.
I think that is it. I can't think of a whole lot else that has been going on. We have just been wrapped up with the kids. We are really looking forward to Christmas now that we have 2 kids to spoil and watch enjoy the season. It is late so I am going to wrap this up. Pictures will follow tomorrow...I promise!!
Where to start...well, I guess we'll start with the kids, seeing as how they are the purpose for this blog! Estella had her 4 month appointment a week and a half ago, and our little peanut is 14 lbs. 3 oz.and 24.5 inches tall. She definitely is smaller than Sari ever was, but I think that her height is around the same as what Sari was. I have no idea where either of my girls are getting their height from! It will be interesting to see if it stays!! Estella is getting better in the sense that she doesn't cry as much as she used to, but her sleeping hasn't really improved a whole lot. However, I guess we just have to accept the fact that we don't have another Sari, who seemed to take to sleeping very early. We have good weeks and bad weeks with Estella, she sometimes sleeps great, and other times is up every 3 hours. Oh well, that phase will too pass. She is smiling like crazy now, loves her sister to death, and has fallen in love with her jolly jumper! She gets some real air with that thing!! Sari is really the only person that can make Estella laugh so hard that she gets the hiccups. It is very cute. I am so glad that my girls have each other. Estella is not rolling over yet, but I am convinced it is because she insists on constantly being upright. I swear she is going to stand long before she even learns how to sit! Estella is also the little ham in her own right. However, she is more subtle than Sari ever is or was. She is constantly communicating with us and once we smile, which is usually right away, she'll sort of shift her eyes to see if anyone else is watching her and carrying on doing whatever it is she's doing, but just a little louder so that we can all hear. She is going to be our sarcastic and subtle comedian!
Sari is doing great as well. Her talking has come so far. There is very few words and sentences that I don't understand anymore. Some of her favorite sayings are: "Oh my goodness", (full of drama I might add!) "I'm so proud of you", "Good job", "Perfect"...I'm sure there are others that I just can't think of right now. She is full of animation, drama and humor. Once she has realized that what she says makes people laugh, well, that is just her invitation to keep going with whatever she is saying or doing! She is also extremely polite. Always saying please and thank you and very much enjoys burping just so she can smile and say excuse me afterwards. In fact, at each house she went to trick-or-treating, she said "trick-or-treaty" and always "thank you" after they gave her candy. I never had to remind her! It made me very proud!! She really does love her sister. She tries quite hard to play with Estella, but just doesn't quite understand that Estella isn't capable of playing with her back quite yet. We have Sari enrolled in Gymkyds and swimming lessons. She LOVES both and constantly asks to go to both. She is quite obsessed with Tinkerbell and Princesses right now, which suits me just fine, being a girly-girl myself. It is going to make Christmas very easy to shop for. Sari is definitely a breath of fresh air and having her around just makes our day full of so many smiles and so much fun! I am very much looking forward to watching her and Estella play together in the coming months and years.
Halloween was very fun this year. We went back to Brandon again, which I think we have decided to make an annual event. We got together with friends of ours and all took the kids out together trick-or-treating. Sari and her friend Macy had a great time strolling behind everyone and looking very cute in their chicken and puppy costumes. Sari was the chicken and would only be referred to as Chicken Little. After going out with the kids we got everyone bathed and into bed and then headed out with our friends to a Halloween social. It was great to get out without the kids for a night. Sunday was a busy day with Macy's birthday party and then I got some girlfriend time with my two wonderful friends Nicole and Christin for Christin's birthday celebration. All in all it was a wonderful weekend. I apologize to whoevers house we weren't able to get to with Sari in her costume. After trick-or-treating and going to visit a few family members, Sari was in definite meltdown mode and needed her bed.
Chris and I are doing the same. Chris is working like crazy and I am busy with the kids at home. I have purchased a gym membership to help with getting back into shape and am loving it and loving getting out of the house a few times a week. We haven't done a whole lot of renovations to our house in the past 6 months, but aren't to concerned about it. I think we'll start after Christmas again. We are enjoying taking time off from renovating homes. 14th street in Brandon almost killed us and are enjoying taking our time with this one.
I think that is it. I can't think of a whole lot else that has been going on. We have just been wrapped up with the kids. We are really looking forward to Christmas now that we have 2 kids to spoil and watch enjoy the season. It is late so I am going to wrap this up. Pictures will follow tomorrow...I promise!!
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