Videos

Lots of old videos to share..enjoy.

7 months

We are now officially on the downward slope to One...ugh, please stop growing so much. Cate had a big month with lots of firsts, new adventures, and has learned lots of new things.

She started sitting up alone, ate lots of yummy food, went on her first airplane ride, started swim lessons, started using a sippy cup, likes to look at books, imitating some sounds, and dropped her 6 pm nap.

Here are all the foods she tried last month- sweet potatoes, pears with cinnamon, peas, apples with cinnamon, acorn squash, green beans, carrots, butternut squash and blueberries. She LOVED it all. She absolutely loves to eat and was eating 4 cubes of food from the get go. I am going to make her a vegetable eater if it kills me.

This Months Stats:

Height- 26.5 in (approx)

Weight- 16 lb 6 oz

Diaper Size- 3

Clothes Size- 3-6 mo, 9 mo sleepers

She is just barely into 9 mo clothes- shes such a peanut, but with all the food shes eating I can't believe she hasn't blown up. She is still drinking almost the same amount of milk, so I really don't know where all her food goes- probably doesn't hurt that she poops 8 times a day.

She is still the best sleeper and is only up for about 5 hours a day. By 6:30, she is ready to go to bed, but I keep her up until 7. 

Nick and I are so lucky to have such sweet girls- keeping our fingers crossed this continues into the tween years...

My ovaries are about to explode looking back at these.

Easter

We decided to head to NY for Easter and I'm so glad we did. Despite it being 30 degrees and snowing, it was such a great time and Josie had a blast. Both kids were great on the drive and loved seeing all their cousins. Josie was sneaking candy at every chance she got. She'd go to the corner of the room and when we weren't looking start digging in. 

Click HERE to watch the video- a bit long for the blog

quite the hot commodity

Uncle Bill going over the rules

"There always has to be one, Liz!"

A few faves

Here are a few of my most favorite photos of Cate to date. She has the most beautiful eyes and smile. More to come soon...

my new favorite

Video's

I know its been a while, and I still have a lot to catch up on, but with the passing of Bob, a consistently messy home, swim lessons, and a toddler being in constant motion, we have little time for anything else.

That being said, enjoy these videos until I can have a moment to update with pics. My vow is to take more videos of the girls. We have quite a few oldie goldie videos of us as kids- VHS style. Josie is saying the funniest things these days so I'm trying to capture more and make mental notes.

didn't go as planned....

sorry for the side view

6 months

A little late on Cate's 6 month post, but I needed to take her picture!

Big fifth month for this little lady. She is thisclose to sitting up and is rolling over both ways, sleeping like a champ, talking up a storm, smiling all the time, recognizing her name, eating solid foods, and likes to touch mama's face before falling asleep.

I know I say it every month, but how is she 6 months already. Time is going by entirely too fast. I was looking at some pictures when she was first born last week, and its hard to believe how much she has grown. She is still our little peanut, but she is growing like a weed and LOVES to eat food.

This month stats

Height - 25.5 in (34th %)

Weight - 15 lb 3.5 oz (34th %)

Clothes Size- 3-6 mo

Diaper size - 3

I was a little concerned about her weight considering Josie was a full 3 pounds heavier at this point, but Dr. Niland said no need to worry, she has doubled her birth weight and looks perfect. 

Josie is really interacting with Cate now and its so fun to watch. She likes to give her toys to play with, and runs to get a towel when she spits up all over the place. She has also smelled her butt at few times, and let me know she had a "stinky booty".  We'll see if the eagerness to share continues once Cate is mobile. Speaking of mobile, she is definitely wanting to crawl- she picks up her knees when on her tummy and tries to pull herself forward. 

I didn't do any of the rice cereal shit with her. It doesn't have any nutritional value, and while it helps them learn to swallow and not push food out, Cate is a total natural. After the third meal, she started opening her mouth and swallows everything. Sorry for the off center camera action- I was feeding her and taking the video- Nick was taking pictures on the big camera. I started with bananas- yum! 

Stranger danger is starting to creep in, especially with men. Josie hit this phase at about this time and lasted for quite a while. Cate LOVES her Dada though- she is always smiling at him and watches him wherever he goes. Cate sits next to Nick at dinner and she just watches, smiles, laughs, repeats...

my favorite photo

Cate's new custom art piece- love it and perfect for our 

little sweet thang