precious girl in yellow.
she just never stops smiling.
sweet girl and her ever-present "purple babies"
my girls. juliet loves her jumperoo.
she's "striking a pose"
sucking her thumb!
teaching juliet how to use the iPad.
silly faces. she is very expressive!
kisses from chloe.
princess laila. she LOVES dressing up.
snuggly sisters.
painting with water colors.
being a goofball.
Juliet is 5.5 months and Laila is 26 months. Laila keeps us entertained daily with pretty much everything that comes out of her mouth. She amazes us with her vocabulary and understanding of words. She is now often asking what certain words or phrases mean (especially when we are reading books to her), has finally (for the most part) figured out how to use pronouns correctly, will correct us if we say something incorrect, and just doesn't miss a beat. You really can't get anything past her. For example, the other day she wanted to wear black socks and I wanted her to wear white ones. I told her the white ones were her special Disneyland socks and they said "Laila's Disneyland Socks" on them. She looked at them, looked at me, and said, "Mama, there's no words on these socks." Conversations like this happen on a daily, if not hourly, basis. I really wish I could walk around with a tape recorder and just take down everything she says.
Some favorites just from today:
-I suggested she go play in her playroom on her own for a while and she responded, "OK, that sounds like a great idea Mama!" and went running off to her playroom.
-Collin took her for a date for ice cream and while they were eating she said, "I'm just at ice cream place with Dada, it's a good day."
She often says, "I GOTTA have..." or "I REALLY want/need..." We are working on learning the difference between needing and wanting things, and the reality of not always getting what you want.
We are working on learning what it means to have good vs bad manners. I will praise her for doing something good and tell her that was showing good manners, and she will say, "Mama, talk more about things that are good manners." So we start listing other things that are good vs bad things to do.
She can basically sing any song through that she knows. It only takes her a day or two and repeating a song a few times for her to learn it. She continues to LOVE to sing and seems to have a good sense of pitch and singing on key. She can "read" a number of books as well now (meaning: she has memorized them).
She goes to a play group on Wednesdays while I am at bible study, and every time before play group she recites the rules I have set for her: "no pushing, no hitting, no pinching, share toys and HAVE FUN!" When I ask her on Tuesday nights what we are doing tomorrow, she says, "going to play group while Mommy learns about Jesus!"
She is becoming very independent and wants to do most things on her own now. She can climb into her own car seat and can get in her buckles, she climbs in and out of her stroller herself, can get in her booster seat, uses a big girl cup a lot of the time, has an opinion about what she eats and drinks, gets undressed and takes off her diaper before her bath by herself, and basically just tells me what she wants/needs when she wants/needs it.
Juliet is STILL not giggling but lights up our world with her smile. She is basically always smiling and it's just contagious. She rolls all over the place to get where she wants to go, has started on solids (still very inconsistently), enjoys being on her tummy and pushing herself up and has recently starting sitting up (not sturdily at this point but getting better every day!) She has not been super consistent with sleep at night or naps, but on average is only up once a night between 3-5 and then back down until 7 or 8. Napping has been very inconsistent at this point. I keep blaming it on teething but it's been weeks and still no teeth (which I am in no way upset about!).
She still loves her mama and is usually found in her favorite place - on my hip.
Some favorites just from today:
-I suggested she go play in her playroom on her own for a while and she responded, "OK, that sounds like a great idea Mama!" and went running off to her playroom.
-Collin took her for a date for ice cream and while they were eating she said, "I'm just at ice cream place with Dada, it's a good day."
She often says, "I GOTTA have..." or "I REALLY want/need..." We are working on learning the difference between needing and wanting things, and the reality of not always getting what you want.
We are working on learning what it means to have good vs bad manners. I will praise her for doing something good and tell her that was showing good manners, and she will say, "Mama, talk more about things that are good manners." So we start listing other things that are good vs bad things to do.
She can basically sing any song through that she knows. It only takes her a day or two and repeating a song a few times for her to learn it. She continues to LOVE to sing and seems to have a good sense of pitch and singing on key. She can "read" a number of books as well now (meaning: she has memorized them).
She goes to a play group on Wednesdays while I am at bible study, and every time before play group she recites the rules I have set for her: "no pushing, no hitting, no pinching, share toys and HAVE FUN!" When I ask her on Tuesday nights what we are doing tomorrow, she says, "going to play group while Mommy learns about Jesus!"
She is becoming very independent and wants to do most things on her own now. She can climb into her own car seat and can get in her buckles, she climbs in and out of her stroller herself, can get in her booster seat, uses a big girl cup a lot of the time, has an opinion about what she eats and drinks, gets undressed and takes off her diaper before her bath by herself, and basically just tells me what she wants/needs when she wants/needs it.
Juliet is STILL not giggling but lights up our world with her smile. She is basically always smiling and it's just contagious. She rolls all over the place to get where she wants to go, has started on solids (still very inconsistently), enjoys being on her tummy and pushing herself up and has recently starting sitting up (not sturdily at this point but getting better every day!) She has not been super consistent with sleep at night or naps, but on average is only up once a night between 3-5 and then back down until 7 or 8. Napping has been very inconsistent at this point. I keep blaming it on teething but it's been weeks and still no teeth (which I am in no way upset about!).
She still loves her mama and is usually found in her favorite place - on my hip.
1 comment:
Juliet looks a lot like you in the top yellow picture! Love those girls!
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