Pincher & Cute Hair Flip

Hi Doodle Doo!

Driving

Mommy told you about driving the van. It was pretty funny. We took you out of your seat. You were so active. You were squirming all over the place. You blew the horn a couple times. I put the window down and you were trying to climb out off my lap. You were hanging on to the steering wheel and jumping up and down like crazy.

Feeding

It was funny tonight. I was putting corn twists in my mouth and you were taking them from me and eating them. You giggled a "haha" every time you did it. You sure love to eat. You have both hands going. Oh yeah, in the wall behind you in the picture that mommy posted is pretty messy looking. That's because we're patching walls to get ready to paint, hopefully before your birthday party.

Pinching

When we're holding you, you gently pinch the skin on our neck. It doesn't hurt most of the time, but sometime's it hurts a little. Its usually your left hand that you pinch with. Your right hand is usually holding on to our shoulder or you're sucking your thumb on that hand.

Driving Your Car & Hair Curl Over Left Ear

You are getting better at driving your car. You have lots of fun on it. You push on the horn and turn the wheel. You push around with feet. You only really push it slowly backwards and turn it a bit, but you are just starting to move around on it. Very soon, you'll be driving around everywhere. I'm posting a cute picture of you on your car. In the picture, you can also so the cute hair curl that you have over your left ear. Your hair is actully a bit messy too because you just got out of the bath tub. The next cute picture shows your cute flip better.

When I put you to bed tonight, you rolled over to your back. I covered you up and left the room. You cried a bit and kept crying, so I went back in. I tried to cover you up, but you sat up and cried so sadly. I picked you up and you snuggled in, layed your head on my shoulder and sucked your thumb. I sang some of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to you (just like mommy does) and layed you back down. You immediately sat up crying, so I picked you up. You layed your head on my shoulder again, so I took you out. I rubbed your back and rocked you around. You let out a quiet sobbing "mama". Sometimes you just wanna snuggle with your mommy. When she finished what she was doing, she took you and the three of us snuggled on the couch. You layed your head on her shoulder and sucked you thumb. After a little time with mommy, you were ready for bed :)


We love you giant bunches sweet baby girl!
Daddy

Squeaky Clean....and stuff.

Hey boppy booper,

I have lots of neat things to tell you about!

Arms in your jacket:

The other day, when Daddy and I picked you up at the babysitters, Daddy was holding you while I was putting your jacket on.  I was saying, "Put your arm in..." which I always say, but this time you actually took your arm and put it in your sleeve all by yourself.  You are such a smart girl!!!  You do it everytime we put your shirt or jacket on now!

Driving the van:

Friday night, we were watching Cameron's football game from the van because it was very cold and rainy.  You were tired of sitting in your seat, so Daddy and I took you into the front seat with us.  You LOVE standing up at the steering wheel!!!  Daddy and I took some pictures of you playing with the steering wheel - you were so happy!

Feeding Daddy....NOT:

I think Daddy has told you before about how you started feeding him your supper...  Well, tonight, after you finished eating your supper, I gave you some corn twists to eat.  You really, really LOVE to eat corn twists!  Instead of feeding Daddy corn twists, you were taking them out of his mouth and eating them yourself!  And you would giggle as you did it!  It was really funny:)

Bathtime:

Tonight when it was bathtime, Daddy washed you and played with you while Mommy was folding laundry.  When I was all done with the laundry, I came in to wash your hair.  But, by the time I got there, you really wanted to get out of the tub.  You weren't very happy when I wet your hair...and when I turned on the spray to rinse your hair, you screamed and screamed and screamed.  You've liked the sprayer in the past, but tonight you wanted nothing to do with it!  Of course, your hair was all soapy and I needed to rinse it out...so rather than drag it out, I just very quickly sprayed your hair off.  The water was going in your face and eyes and you were super duper mad!!  But, I got it done fast and we pulled you out!  We got your jammer jams on and then you were all better!

Pearly Whites:

After bathtime and jammer jams, we showed Daddy how you know how to brush your teeth.  Daddy hasn't seen you brush them before because you and me have always brushed your teeth while Daddy was at work!  You sure love to brush your teeth and you do a really terrific job!  Daddy took some pictures of you brushing your teeth!

You are such a wonderful creature and Daddy and I love you big giant heaps and bunches!

Muah!!

Love Mama!!

Feeding Daddy & Big Girl Taking Medicine

Hi Cute Funny Baby Girl!

Yesterday at supper, you were eating pancakes in your highchair and were sitting between Mommy and me. I was playing around and talking to you. You kept reaching out towards my face as you always do. You had a piece of pancake in your hand, so I ate it out of your hand. You kept picking up pieces and reaching out towards me. I ate a few more from your hand. You were pretty happy and impressed by it. You looked over at Mommy a few times with a big grin on your face. You smiled at me lots too.

You finished taking your antibiotic medicine a couple days ago. I haven't told you that you've been such a big girl. When you first started taking it, you screamed and cried when we gave you your medicine, but you got much better at taking it. We still had to hold your hands and feet, and you turned your head back and forth to get away from it, but you didn't scream and cry. You'd purse your lips together tightly to keep the medicine out of your mouth. But you seemed to have fun with it... you'd kinda grin at us.

I love you cutie pie!
Daddy

Drank Through a Straw

Hi Cute Baby!

You drank from a five-alive juice box through a straw today. At first I was putting the straw in your mouth, then squeezing the box, but you soon learned how to close your lips and drink from it yourself. You drank from a straw several weeks ago.

At a restaurant on the weekend, you were screaming for us to feed you water with a straw. We dipped the straw in a glass of water, put our finger over the top of it to keep it full of water, put it in your mouth and let the water pour out in your mouth. You squealed at us to keep feeding you. You didn't want to try to drink from the straw yourself... you wanted us to keep feeding you.

Tonight at supper, you screamed at me when I was drinking a glass of water... you wanted some. I held it to your lips and you drank some...and spilled lots too. You pushed your face forward so hard the glass left a red ring on your face. I switched you to a plastic cup, then a sippy cup.

A short while ago tonight, you were on the couch with us. You climbed up us to get to the back of the couch. When you got near the top, you stood up on us, bounced up and down and yelled happily.

You were pretty awake. When I tried to put you to bed, you kicked your feet, and instead of laying down, you landed on your feet and then sat on your bum. I took you back out... then mommy put you to bed.... and you went to sleep for her.

You're such a cute baby!
Daddy

Happy Thanksgiving, Doodle Doo!!!

Hi sweet baby!

Today is your very first Thanksgiving!  When you are bigger you will learn that Thanksgiving is a day where we think about all the things we have to be thankful for!  We sure do have lots and lots reasons to be thankful!

I am so thankful for you and your brothers and sister.  I am thankful for your wonderful Daddy.  I am thankful for our families and that we are all healthy.  We have so much and I feel like the luckiest lucky.  I hope someday you feel really lucky too!

Today, Daddy and I took you and Cameron and Brenna to visit Nana and Grumpy and then to your Aunt Christa's for Thanksgiving dinner.  Devon didn't come with us today but I know he feels really lucky to have you for his baby sister.

You sat in your highchair at Aunt Christa's and gobbled up everything we gave you:  turkey, potatoes, carrots, turnip and rolls!  I think you were very thankful for the wonderful meal Christa made for us!

You got to play with your cousins Jenna, Ben and Noah.  After dinner, Daddy and I took you to visit Grammie and Old Nanny.  You sure smiled lots and had fun.

Here are some pictures of our day:

This is you gobbling up your Thanksgiving dinner.  Yum, yum!

This is you, Daddy and me posing for the camera while Brenna takes our picture.

This is you playing with your cousin, Jenna.  She was giving you lots of kisses!

Here you are with Grammie at Old Nanny's house.

This is you and me at Old Nanny's house.

And, finally, this is you and Old Nanny.

We sure did have a great Thanksgiving!!

I love you big, giant, bunches!!  You are such a wonderful baby!  Muah.  xoxoxo

Love,  Mama

Screeches & Kisses

Hi Doodle Bug!

Today, I met you and Mommy for lunch. We had Subway. We gave you roast beef, tomatoes, bread and chocolate chip cookies. You sure do love all food.

Mommy sang paddy cake to you again. You watched her and smiled... and clapped your hands. We didn't even show you how to clap your hands... you just knew. You're such a smart baby.

You fell asleep in your car seat. Its so heart-warming to watch you. Your eyelashes look so pretty. Your nose and lips are so cute. Your face is so soft and perfect. You look like a little angel. You are such a wonderful baby... we love you very much!

I played with you for a while this evening in your bedroom while Mommy was making us supper. She gets to play with you all day long... I love when I get to play with you in the evenings when I get home from work. I was stacking your rubber blocks in front of you while you sat on the floor. You kept knocking the tower over and screeeeeched loudly over and over. I took a few videos of it, but the videos couldn't capture the extent of your piercing screech. You silly little monster.

I took a few photos of us playing together... here's one...

Near bedtime, you gave Mommy and I lots of kisses. Its pretty cute and funny. When we're holding you, we ask for kisses. You turn to us, open your mouth and stick your tongue out slightly as if you are going to lick something. Its funny.... that's how you kiss us.... well, thats how you kiss us on the rare occasion that you don't turn your head away from us when we go to kiss you. You gave us each a bunch of kisses :)

You are so wonderful! You make us very happy! We love you so much!

I love you!

Daddy

First Update In a While

Poor Sick Baby - Finally Slept Through The Night

You slept all night last night from around 10 PM until after 7 AM. We gave you a bottle, and you went back to sleep with us in our bed until about 10 AM. Whew, we all needed the sleep. You've been sick with a cold and were up pretty much all night the past few nights crying. Your nose is stuffy and you find it hard to breath. You, Mommy and I didn't get much sleep over the past few nights. We took you to the hospital yesterday to get checked out. You have an ear infection. We got some medicine, so we hope you get better soon. The medicine doesn't taste very good, and you scream and fight when we try to give it to you. It's sad, but it will make you better. I think the medicine is helping you already. Oddly, you were waking up a few times through the night for about a week. Maybe your ear infection was coming on for a little while.


You Weigh 21 lbs

Oh yeah, they weighed you at the hospital. You are just over 21 lbs, but you had pants, a t-shirt and diaper on.


Funny Feeding Yourself

You are soooo funny. Mommy and I fed you supper tonight. We gave you a bit of baby food, then gave you some little blocks of cheddar cheese for the first time. Of course you loved it. We finished it off with some peach yogurt. Early into eating the baby food, you took the spoon away from Mommy and started chewing on it. You screamed when she took it back from you, so she gave it back and got another spoon to feed you with. I helped you put some food on your own spoon and let you try to put it in your mouth yourself. Each time you did it, you did your silly squinty smile... you were so proud of yourself. We laughed at you a whole whack... it just made you make more silly smiles.


Brat! Dropping Stuff For Daddy To Pick Up

When you were done eating, you dropped your spoon on the floor, and then leaned over your high chair to look at it. I picked it up and gave it back to you. Then you dropped it again. This time, I left it on the floor. You looked at it, then at me, then looked at the spoon again and wailed a loud scream. You're such a brat :) You kept dropping it. You would squeal each time I didn't pick it up, or if I picked it up and didn't give it to you. You'd also squeal at me if I put my hand under to catch it before you dropped it... and then you wouldn't drop it until I moved my hand.
This morning when you were in your high chair after breakfast I have your colourful plastic chain toy. You played with it for a while, then threw it on the floor. I picked it up and gave it to you. You squealed a few times when I didn't get them for you. I started giving it back to you and I held onto one end. When you dropped it, I was still holding it. This made you mad. After a few times, you yanked it away from me and dropped it off the other side of the chair.


You Clapped Along To Paddy Cake

Today, Mommy had you clapping. She was singing paddy cake and you clapped along. You're such a smart baby.


We Had A Fun Two Days Home Together

Mommy was with Nana at the hospital on thursday and friday because Nana hurt her ankle. You and i spent all day thursday and friday together. You weren't feeling too well and didn't want to sleep. I was tired too so I took you in to our bed. I layed down and put you beside me. You were laying there so contently sucking your thumb and looking at me. You smiled at me, had a small giggle then went back to sucking your thumb. We had a good nap.

On our two days home, we played a lot on the floor. I learned that you like to grab and snuggle soft blankets and things and then suck your thumb. We were playing on the floor in our bedroom. You crawled over to mommy's pink fluffy house coat, grabbed it with your hand, layed your head on it and sucked your thumb. You also do it with the small light fluffy blanket that Grammie gave you when you were born. You cuddled with the fluffy Whinnie the Pooh that we got for you before you were born. You like cuddling with your Pooh bear. You give him kisses on the nose. Its pretty cute.

Here's a picture of us playing on the floor :)

You Might Be Able To Blow Out Your Birthday Candle

On friday, Devon taught you to blow air like you were blowing out a candle. He did it first, then you did it. Later I tried it and you did it too. Maybe you will be able to blow out your birthday candle.


You Said Moooo

You have a couple cow toys. tonight, mommy taught you to say mooo.... she said mooo, and you repeated it.

You sure have lots of fun playing with all your toys. We just keep buying more for you. You'll be so spoiled. You have fun playing with your rubber blocks. The larger ones are Whinnie the Pooh and the smaller ones are Sesame Street.


You Even Like Typing

While I was typing this, you crawled over onto my lap from Mommy's lap. You were screaming and trying to get to the laptop. You always want what you're not supposed to have. You scratched at the keyboard .... see what you wrote below. Somehow you managed to save the file, and close it, and close our internet windows too. Silly girl.

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Kissing Devon Through The Glass

Devon was outside on the step today waiting for his friend to pick him up to play for the afternoon. Mommy was holding you at the door. You were kissing him through the glass. Your mouth was open and you were licking the glass.


Happy Sounds

You make lots of sounds now. Some of them even sound like words. Sometimes it sounds like you say "yeah" at appropriate times. You make happy sounds sometimes, like when you are watching TV. I was holding you in my arms tonight and you were watching the "Toopy and Binoo" show coming on. You made some cute happy sounds like "huuuuu" and "wuuuuuu".
Tonight when the kid show "Big & Small" was on, you were watching intently. You kept crawling over to the TV, pulling yourself up, grabbing the stereo speaker and trying to touch the TV screen.

You are a cute little monster. We love you big bunches!

Love,
Daddy