Some of you know this, some of you don't. I haven't told many people, and I have not mentioned it at all to my family. And no, I do not plan on telling family any time soon. I want it to be a surprise, and some family members tend to nag and ruin things for people.
If you missed the title of this post, I am pregnant again. According to my last menstrual period, I'm due July 14, 2009. I went to the doctor December 3 for a dated ultrasound--due date was set to July 21, 2009. I have another appointment coming up in a few weeks; we'll see what it says then.
We were *hoping* to wait a couple of years before having a child, but the Gods had other plans. I somehow miscalculated my cycle (again) and well, the rest is history. :) I'm happy though. Even if I do feel like utter shit 90% of the time. Doesn't help that the entire family has been sick with something nasty for the past two and a half weeks.
Anyway, I think it's another girl. We're naming her Rose Amelie. (That is NOT pronounced Emily) I won't find out for another month though. I'm only about 3 months along... (12 weeks) I'll be keeping updates here under locked posts until I finally tell everyone, which probably won't be until it's to hard to hide it. ;)
I hope everyone has a rockin' new year's eve, and a kick-ass 2009.
Mary, Mary,
Quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
06: Pictures
I know it's been almost a year since I last posted pictures of the girls, but Lily's has been updated. :) (and Iris's as well...there is a link at the site.)
http://lilypix.blogspot.com/
http://lilypix.blogspot.com/
Thursday, November 27, 2008
05:
Lily and Iris's abuelo (my dad) came to visit for a few days last Friday. He left yesterday morning and Lily has been asking for him ever since.
"Where Welo go?"
"He went home, Lily."
"But we ARE home. This is home."
"This is our home, sweetie, not Abuelo's."
He took us to the Omaha Children's Museum on Tuesday and the girls had a BLAST! Absolutely loved it. Word to the wise: bring extra clothing. LOL. Lily was soaked from "putting out a house fire" in the "Fire Department." We saw the dinosaurs, which weren't as great as they made them sound, but Lily didn't care. And then dug in the sand for excavation. Doodled, played instruments... There was so much to do and we didn't even get to do it all. The only downside is that you have to pay 7$ for anyone 2 and older.
There was going to be more to this post but my mind just shut off....
"Where Welo go?"
"He went home, Lily."
"But we ARE home. This is home."
"This is our home, sweetie, not Abuelo's."
He took us to the Omaha Children's Museum on Tuesday and the girls had a BLAST! Absolutely loved it. Word to the wise: bring extra clothing. LOL. Lily was soaked from "putting out a house fire" in the "Fire Department." We saw the dinosaurs, which weren't as great as they made them sound, but Lily didn't care. And then dug in the sand for excavation. Doodled, played instruments... There was so much to do and we didn't even get to do it all. The only downside is that you have to pay 7$ for anyone 2 and older.
There was going to be more to this post but my mind just shut off....
Friday, October 10, 2008
04: Conversations with Lily
Sitting on the floor playing with the girls.
LILY: Mami! You're chocolate milk!
ME: confused Um, ok.
LILY: grabs my arm and proceeds to "drink" me from shoulder with slurping sounds. Mmm, ah!
Iris, Lily and I sitting in front of the opened front door, enjoying the cool breeze, the lovely day, and a bag of popcorn.
ME: taking bits of popcorn that were not burnt or too crunchy and setting them aside for Iris. Take a peice and place in my palm. I'm going to save this for Iris.
LILY: Takes a peice and places in her own palm. I'm going to save this for Lily. stares at it, proceeds to eat it.
LILY: on her potty after urinating I'm done, Mami!! I'm done! I'm done!! I'mdoneI'mdoneI'mdone!!!!
ME: also on potty Okay, Lily you'll have to wait until I'm done. You're such a dork.
LILY: No I'm not, I'm a girl!
ME: Yes, Lily. That's correct. I know you're a girl.
LILY: after a short pause of concentration. What would you do if I was a boy?
ME: confused I don't...know.
This kid amuses the hell out of me. ;)
LILY: Mami! You're chocolate milk!
ME: confused Um, ok.
LILY: grabs my arm and proceeds to "drink" me from shoulder with slurping sounds. Mmm, ah!
Iris, Lily and I sitting in front of the opened front door, enjoying the cool breeze, the lovely day, and a bag of popcorn.
ME: taking bits of popcorn that were not burnt or too crunchy and setting them aside for Iris. Take a peice and place in my palm. I'm going to save this for Iris.
LILY: Takes a peice and places in her own palm. I'm going to save this for Lily. stares at it, proceeds to eat it.
LILY: on her potty after urinating I'm done, Mami!! I'm done! I'm done!! I'mdoneI'mdoneI'mdone!!!!
ME: also on potty Okay, Lily you'll have to wait until I'm done. You're such a dork.
LILY: No I'm not, I'm a girl!
ME: Yes, Lily. That's correct. I know you're a girl.
LILY: after a short pause of concentration. What would you do if I was a boy?
ME: confused I don't...know.
This kid amuses the hell out of me. ;)
Monday, September 8, 2008
03: A MUCH needed update
Grabbed the girls this morning and went to Head Start today.
Lily was a little hyper at first, but after a fe minutes she calmed down a bit and interacted with the other kids as well as the teachers. She fit it nicely and after a half hour of being there did not want to leave! She introduced herself, was very well-mannered with her please, thank-you, no thanks, and you're welcomes, and impressed everyone with how smart she is.
I let the teacher know where she stood developmentally. She's not much of a talker, though she tries, but she can identify numbers from 0 to 15 and her entire alphabet in both cases. She knows both her primary and secondary colors, and all her shapes. She still has some difficulty with diamond and octagon, but not much. To top it off she can spell and write her name and we've been practicing writing all the other letters of the alphabet and the numbers (which I have already mentioned in previous entries.)
The head teacher (all of their names evade me) said that she was very advanced for her age and that I've done a really good job with her. I'm very proud. I'm the only one working with the girls during the day so I can't help but feel very proud of my girls' development when they are right on track or better. J helps out, but during the work week he only gets an average of three hours to spend with the girls, and one hour of that is spent eating and making dinner. I know he wishes he could spend more time with the girls. I know both the girls and I do. :( At least they get plenty of play time with Daddy on the weekend. ;)
That's about it. Did numbers 1-6 worksheets today at the library, came home, had lunch, and a nap. We're going back on Thursday to fill out an application. We'll be put on a waiting list and then contacted when she turns three to see when she starts the program. I'm super excited. She had so much fun there.
Did I mention how proud I am of how smart my baby girl is? I can't believe in just a little over three months she will be 3. She's already fully potty-trained and her speech has developed so much over the past few months. I try and work with her as much as I can with her speech by adding new words to her vocabulary. We got outside every day, or almost every day, and we grab things from the outside, observe them, and then put a name to them. I'm teaching her the different plants and leaves we see. And different forms of moving our feet. (march, run, walk, etc)
Carla, her Learning for Life teacher, is also very impressed at how smart she is. She comes by once a month to check on her development and to show me what I should be teaching her. I love this program, both my girls are in it. Anyway, I think that's about it.
Physically, Lily's the size of the average four-year-old. Kid is absolutely enormous. LOL. She is currently getting over a little bug she aquired from her father, but all that's left now is some mood swings and a runny nose. She's a terror at home but she's such a social butterfly and loves being around people. I'm amazed at how fast she's growing. She's not my little baby for much longer. She helps out a lot with her baby sister. Absolutely adores being with her and playing with her. She's still learning not to be so rough with the baby but those two are completely enamored of each other. She helps when feeding Iris, and with diaper changes, and on walks. (Currently, she's singing Twinkle, Twinkle to her "baby sistuh") She's such a big girl now.
Why can't the little ones stay little forever? Oh well, at least I get to watch her grow. <3
OMG!!!
I can't believe I've forgotten to update this thing for the baby like I had planned. Shame on me! Seriously. Can you believe it's been almost a year? The last thing I wrote about Iris was when she came into this world.
Well, she's 10 and a half months now and so tiny in comparison to her sister. At this point, Lily was enormous (and still is) but Iris is as big as Lily was at 7 months. She's a little over 20 pounds and around 27 inches. At her 9 month check up she was 19 lbs 5 oz and 27 inches tall. She's such a cutie though.
She loves to play with her big sister. She's always crawling behind her and observing what she is doing. She's very observant. Doesn't talk much with others are around, but when left to her own devices she's always laughing or "singing" to herself. She'll just randomly space out and then start to dance and sing to herself when she's bored. She now waves, too, and says hi when doing so. Just the basics in speech, though. Hi/Bye, Mama, Dada, and "Yeah". Loves to point and couch cruise, too. She absolutely hates being in her playpen or crib; has to constantly keep moving.
I still nurse a lot, but that's only because I, personally, just don't want to stop yet. She's so spoiled. And she LOVES to eat. She's eating everything we eat now, even though she still doesn't have any teeth.
I still can't believe how fast she's grown. In a month and a half she'll be one and she won't be my little infant anymore. :( Why do they grow so fast?!
Lily was a little hyper at first, but after a fe minutes she calmed down a bit and interacted with the other kids as well as the teachers. She fit it nicely and after a half hour of being there did not want to leave! She introduced herself, was very well-mannered with her please, thank-you, no thanks, and you're welcomes, and impressed everyone with how smart she is.
I let the teacher know where she stood developmentally. She's not much of a talker, though she tries, but she can identify numbers from 0 to 15 and her entire alphabet in both cases. She knows both her primary and secondary colors, and all her shapes. She still has some difficulty with diamond and octagon, but not much. To top it off she can spell and write her name and we've been practicing writing all the other letters of the alphabet and the numbers (which I have already mentioned in previous entries.)
The head teacher (all of their names evade me) said that she was very advanced for her age and that I've done a really good job with her. I'm very proud. I'm the only one working with the girls during the day so I can't help but feel very proud of my girls' development when they are right on track or better. J helps out, but during the work week he only gets an average of three hours to spend with the girls, and one hour of that is spent eating and making dinner. I know he wishes he could spend more time with the girls. I know both the girls and I do. :( At least they get plenty of play time with Daddy on the weekend. ;)
That's about it. Did numbers 1-6 worksheets today at the library, came home, had lunch, and a nap. We're going back on Thursday to fill out an application. We'll be put on a waiting list and then contacted when she turns three to see when she starts the program. I'm super excited. She had so much fun there.
Did I mention how proud I am of how smart my baby girl is? I can't believe in just a little over three months she will be 3. She's already fully potty-trained and her speech has developed so much over the past few months. I try and work with her as much as I can with her speech by adding new words to her vocabulary. We got outside every day, or almost every day, and we grab things from the outside, observe them, and then put a name to them. I'm teaching her the different plants and leaves we see. And different forms of moving our feet. (march, run, walk, etc)
Carla, her Learning for Life teacher, is also very impressed at how smart she is. She comes by once a month to check on her development and to show me what I should be teaching her. I love this program, both my girls are in it. Anyway, I think that's about it.
Physically, Lily's the size of the average four-year-old. Kid is absolutely enormous. LOL. She is currently getting over a little bug she aquired from her father, but all that's left now is some mood swings and a runny nose. She's a terror at home but she's such a social butterfly and loves being around people. I'm amazed at how fast she's growing. She's not my little baby for much longer. She helps out a lot with her baby sister. Absolutely adores being with her and playing with her. She's still learning not to be so rough with the baby but those two are completely enamored of each other. She helps when feeding Iris, and with diaper changes, and on walks. (Currently, she's singing Twinkle, Twinkle to her "baby sistuh") She's such a big girl now.
Why can't the little ones stay little forever? Oh well, at least I get to watch her grow. <3
OMG!!!
I can't believe I've forgotten to update this thing for the baby like I had planned. Shame on me! Seriously. Can you believe it's been almost a year? The last thing I wrote about Iris was when she came into this world.
Well, she's 10 and a half months now and so tiny in comparison to her sister. At this point, Lily was enormous (and still is) but Iris is as big as Lily was at 7 months. She's a little over 20 pounds and around 27 inches. At her 9 month check up she was 19 lbs 5 oz and 27 inches tall. She's such a cutie though.
She loves to play with her big sister. She's always crawling behind her and observing what she is doing. She's very observant. Doesn't talk much with others are around, but when left to her own devices she's always laughing or "singing" to herself. She'll just randomly space out and then start to dance and sing to herself when she's bored. She now waves, too, and says hi when doing so. Just the basics in speech, though. Hi/Bye, Mama, Dada, and "Yeah". Loves to point and couch cruise, too. She absolutely hates being in her playpen or crib; has to constantly keep moving.
I still nurse a lot, but that's only because I, personally, just don't want to stop yet. She's so spoiled. And she LOVES to eat. She's eating everything we eat now, even though she still doesn't have any teeth.
I still can't believe how fast she's grown. In a month and a half she'll be one and she won't be my little infant anymore. :( Why do they grow so fast?!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
01:
Pictures have been updated as well as videos.
Go to:
http://lilypix.blogspot.com
http://pixofiris.blogspot.com
http://youtube.com/taintdluv2k4
Go to:
http://lilypix.blogspot.com
http://pixofiris.blogspot.com
http://youtube.com/taintdluv2k4
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