These are the three cutest three month old's that I have ever seen!!!
Monday, December 1, 2014
2.5 and 4.5 years old
Ann Parker turned 2.5 on October 20 and Caroline turned 4.5 on November 23. These girls have been growing up and turning into amazing little girls and I want to remember so many things about this stage.
Ann Parker:
Biggest thing to happen lately...she is POTTY TRAINED!!!!! Since they didn't have school the week of Thanksgiving I decided to do potty training boot camp, since it worked so well with Caroline. After hours and hours of accidents I felt like a big failure and assumed she would be in diapers until 5th grade...but all of the sudden she got it! We started last Monday and once she finally made it in the potty, she has only had three accidents in the entire week since. I am one proud mommy!!!
She adores Caroline! When Caroline is getting in trouble (usually for not listening), AP will with stand in between me and Caroline and point her finger at me and say "That's MY sister!!! Leave her alone!" It's annoying and adorable all at the same time. She copies most of what C does and always wants to match her in clothes and pj's.
She is still a mama's girl but has been having a lot of daddy days too. Her favorite thing to do is watch football with Adam. He went to the Iron Bowl last weekend and she cried when she couldn't go - so she watched the whole game with me but kept saying that she wanted daddy.
Her favorite foods are cheese, butter noodles, macaroni, broccoli, rice, fruit snacks, strawberries, apples, hot dogs, pizza, chicken, and pretzels. She prefers salty snacks to sweet snacks. She usually wants to crunch on ice or eat popcorn at night - which is identical to Adam. Sweet Caroline likes sweet things like me.
She is doing great in school and has made lots of new friends. The kids she talks about most are Ben, Boone, Owen, and Anna Glenn. She loves her teachers too.
She says all sorts of funny things that make us laugh. Some are:
Take it away Caroline - when singing
Well...what do you know?
Hold me harder!
She sometimes calls me "moppity" instead of mommy.
Caroline:
Caroline has turned into such a smart, sweet, kind little girl. God sure blessed me when he gave me Caroline. She still has a ton of energy so we have to keep her busy. At home we have to work on listening and we have implemented a behavior chart, although at school she is apparently a great listener...go figure.
She is pretty much a daddy's girl through and through. When she wakes up in the morning, she wants to lay with me but otherwise she wants daddy. They have very similar personalities so it makes sense. She likes to be the center of attention and she likes to know everything. We were recently talking to her about strangers after she kept going up to people and asking to get in their cars so she could go play with them (super awkward). Adam explained what a stranger was and that she should not ever go with someone who is a stranger. Her reply was, "Well I will just introduce myself and then they won't be a stranger." Touche little girl.
She is excelling in school and I am so proud. She can write her name, knows all the letters and their sounds, knows all the days of the week and months of the year, and so much more but it would take all night to write. She is very smart and she gets frustrated when she doesn't know something.
Her favorite foods are blackberries, pizza, hot dogs, chicken, cheese, butter noodles, cookies, ice cream, brownies, really anything that is dessert like, popcorn, plain bread, fried shrimp, and pancakes. She is sometimes a really good eater...and sometimes horrible. She is growing though, so I am not worried.
She has a vivid imagination. She is playing pretend all day long. She also loves dancing, singing, and preforming. She just finished soccer and has a few more classes of gymnastics to go in this session. She is also still in ballet and choir. We are busy, but she loves it.
I love these two little girls!! Here are some pictures from our recent mini session with the fantastically talented Brandon Gresham of Simple Color Photography.
Ann Parker:
Biggest thing to happen lately...she is POTTY TRAINED!!!!! Since they didn't have school the week of Thanksgiving I decided to do potty training boot camp, since it worked so well with Caroline. After hours and hours of accidents I felt like a big failure and assumed she would be in diapers until 5th grade...but all of the sudden she got it! We started last Monday and once she finally made it in the potty, she has only had three accidents in the entire week since. I am one proud mommy!!!
She adores Caroline! When Caroline is getting in trouble (usually for not listening), AP will with stand in between me and Caroline and point her finger at me and say "That's MY sister!!! Leave her alone!" It's annoying and adorable all at the same time. She copies most of what C does and always wants to match her in clothes and pj's.
She is still a mama's girl but has been having a lot of daddy days too. Her favorite thing to do is watch football with Adam. He went to the Iron Bowl last weekend and she cried when she couldn't go - so she watched the whole game with me but kept saying that she wanted daddy.
Her favorite foods are cheese, butter noodles, macaroni, broccoli, rice, fruit snacks, strawberries, apples, hot dogs, pizza, chicken, and pretzels. She prefers salty snacks to sweet snacks. She usually wants to crunch on ice or eat popcorn at night - which is identical to Adam. Sweet Caroline likes sweet things like me.
She is doing great in school and has made lots of new friends. The kids she talks about most are Ben, Boone, Owen, and Anna Glenn. She loves her teachers too.
She says all sorts of funny things that make us laugh. Some are:
Take it away Caroline - when singing
Well...what do you know?
Hold me harder!
She sometimes calls me "moppity" instead of mommy.
Caroline:
Caroline has turned into such a smart, sweet, kind little girl. God sure blessed me when he gave me Caroline. She still has a ton of energy so we have to keep her busy. At home we have to work on listening and we have implemented a behavior chart, although at school she is apparently a great listener...go figure.
She is pretty much a daddy's girl through and through. When she wakes up in the morning, she wants to lay with me but otherwise she wants daddy. They have very similar personalities so it makes sense. She likes to be the center of attention and she likes to know everything. We were recently talking to her about strangers after she kept going up to people and asking to get in their cars so she could go play with them (super awkward). Adam explained what a stranger was and that she should not ever go with someone who is a stranger. Her reply was, "Well I will just introduce myself and then they won't be a stranger." Touche little girl.
She is excelling in school and I am so proud. She can write her name, knows all the letters and their sounds, knows all the days of the week and months of the year, and so much more but it would take all night to write. She is very smart and she gets frustrated when she doesn't know something.
Her favorite foods are blackberries, pizza, hot dogs, chicken, cheese, butter noodles, cookies, ice cream, brownies, really anything that is dessert like, popcorn, plain bread, fried shrimp, and pancakes. She is sometimes a really good eater...and sometimes horrible. She is growing though, so I am not worried.
She has a vivid imagination. She is playing pretend all day long. She also loves dancing, singing, and preforming. She just finished soccer and has a few more classes of gymnastics to go in this session. She is also still in ballet and choir. We are busy, but she loves it.
I love these two little girls!! Here are some pictures from our recent mini session with the fantastically talented Brandon Gresham of Simple Color Photography.
Three Months Old!!!
Three Months Old - November 26, 2014
My precious Harrison turned three months old last Wednesday. I haven't had a chance to blog since we left town for Thanksgiving that day and have had a busy rest of the week/weekend. But alas...my baby is growing up and as hard as I have tried, I have been unsuccessful in slowing down time.
He is such a great baby and we are FINALLY past the colic. We are so glad because it was starting to wear on us. He isn't on a totally predictable schedule yet, but he does like to take a morning nap, an afternoon nap, and quick evening nap, and then he goes down for the night around 9:30 and will sleep until 6:00 the next morning - occasionally waking around 3 or 4 for a few oz. but that is not every night thankfully. He loves to be swaddled and will not sleep any other way. Once he starts screaming around 9/9:15, we quickly swaddle him, give him a paci, and turn the vibrations on on his rock and play and he falls asleep within minutes. He is a great sleeper and can sleep in the car, through the noise of his sisters, when I vacumn, or in complete silence. It was wonderful. I guess that is what happens when you are a third child :)
He is a good eater and eats about 4 oz. at each feeding. I am still exclusively pumping and it's somehow working out well so I am going to stick with it for now. We will see what I say next month... He can roll over from tummy to back when he wants to. He has pretty good head control and will try to put weight on his legs if you hold him up.
He loves bath time, his sisters, mommy and daddy, his swing, looking in mirrors, Christmas lights, and tummy time. He loves to be held, which we love to do. He smiles easily, which we love to see. Can you see a trend here...we just LOVE this little guy! Caroline and Ann Parker dote on him. I cannot wait to see his relationship with them develop over the years.
He is still sleeping in the rock and play sleeper in our room. He still uses the vibrations so I don't want to rock the boat just yet by moving him into his crib. He has never slept in the bassinet except for the first (and only) night we were home before heading back to the hospital. He is wearing mostly 3 month clothing (or 3-6 month) with a few 6 month things in there. He is still in a size one diaper.
These past three months have been so wonderful. I just love this little baby and he fits into our family perfectly. It's only been a short time, but I cannot imagine our lives without him now!
Happy three months sweet boy! I love you more than any mommy could ever love their baby. You and your sisters are my favorite things. I am so thankful that God chose me to be your mom. What an amazing gift.
He was so not into taking pictures...
My precious Harrison turned three months old last Wednesday. I haven't had a chance to blog since we left town for Thanksgiving that day and have had a busy rest of the week/weekend. But alas...my baby is growing up and as hard as I have tried, I have been unsuccessful in slowing down time.
He is such a great baby and we are FINALLY past the colic. We are so glad because it was starting to wear on us. He isn't on a totally predictable schedule yet, but he does like to take a morning nap, an afternoon nap, and quick evening nap, and then he goes down for the night around 9:30 and will sleep until 6:00 the next morning - occasionally waking around 3 or 4 for a few oz. but that is not every night thankfully. He loves to be swaddled and will not sleep any other way. Once he starts screaming around 9/9:15, we quickly swaddle him, give him a paci, and turn the vibrations on on his rock and play and he falls asleep within minutes. He is a great sleeper and can sleep in the car, through the noise of his sisters, when I vacumn, or in complete silence. It was wonderful. I guess that is what happens when you are a third child :)
He is a good eater and eats about 4 oz. at each feeding. I am still exclusively pumping and it's somehow working out well so I am going to stick with it for now. We will see what I say next month... He can roll over from tummy to back when he wants to. He has pretty good head control and will try to put weight on his legs if you hold him up.
He loves bath time, his sisters, mommy and daddy, his swing, looking in mirrors, Christmas lights, and tummy time. He loves to be held, which we love to do. He smiles easily, which we love to see. Can you see a trend here...we just LOVE this little guy! Caroline and Ann Parker dote on him. I cannot wait to see his relationship with them develop over the years.
He is still sleeping in the rock and play sleeper in our room. He still uses the vibrations so I don't want to rock the boat just yet by moving him into his crib. He has never slept in the bassinet except for the first (and only) night we were home before heading back to the hospital. He is wearing mostly 3 month clothing (or 3-6 month) with a few 6 month things in there. He is still in a size one diaper.
These past three months have been so wonderful. I just love this little baby and he fits into our family perfectly. It's only been a short time, but I cannot imagine our lives without him now!
Happy three months sweet boy! I love you more than any mommy could ever love their baby. You and your sisters are my favorite things. I am so thankful that God chose me to be your mom. What an amazing gift.
He was so not into taking pictures...
Thanksgiving 2014
The Israel Family had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! It is certainly one that we will remember. The past two years we have spent Thanksgiving with my family, since we usually do Christmas Eve/Christmas morning with Adam's family. This year was our year to do Thanksgiving with the Israel family - and it was extra special because it was Mama Lou's 90th birthday! All four of her children, all 8 of her grandchildren, and 15 out of 16 great grandchildren were there (plus some spouses). Adam and I have spent 11 Thanksgiving's together and this was the first time that all 8 of his cousins were in the same place at the same time. One of them missed our wedding, one missed Christmas one year, etc. but this time EVERYONE got to be there. It was so special!
Asher and Ann Parker getting ready to eat!
A few of the tables...there were five adult tables and two kid tables. It was a full house!
Someone had a lot of turkey and needed a nap...
Mama Lou holding her youngest great grandbaby
Great Aunt Phyllis holding Shani and Harrison. He was VERY spoiled this week!
Mama Lou and her four kids and their spouses.
Mama Lou and her eight grand kids.
Mama Lou with her grandkids and two of the spouses.
15 out of 16 great grands...ranging from 16 to 3 months
And the WHOLE group...there is a lot of us!
It was a great Thanksgiving with lots to be thankful for!
Asher and Ann Parker getting ready to eat!
A few of the tables...there were five adult tables and two kid tables. It was a full house!
Someone had a lot of turkey and needed a nap...
Mama Lou holding her youngest great grandbaby
Great Aunt Phyllis holding Shani and Harrison. He was VERY spoiled this week!
Mama Lou and her four kids and their spouses.
Mama Lou and her eight grand kids.
15 out of 16 great grands...ranging from 16 to 3 months
And the WHOLE group...there is a lot of us!
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Halloween at Balch
As I mentioned in the previous Halloween post, we went to Adam's office to trick or treat. Here are some pics of our fun time there!
Monday, November 3, 2014
Pics that never made it onto the blog
Random...but I wanted to include these pictures in the blog and they didn't get on there last year!! Christmas 2013...Christmas Eve and Christmas morning
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