I guess my kiddos do favor each other a bit. :-) I've been hearing that a lot lately. Since my Precious was the TCBITW, I'm quite pleased to get a "do over" as my Auntie called it.
Last summer Andrew would get beside himself if I tried to put a hat on him, but he seems to have outgrown it. Hallelujah! His eyes are super sensitive to the sun and we do get some pretty intense UV rays here in Georgia, so this will make us all happier during park time. And he looks so old and adorable I could just swoon. Can this really be my baby boy?
And don't even get me started on the fact that my Nib turns ONE in just a few weeks. Look at those sweet little teeth coming in.
It seems to me she's changed so much in just the last month or so. She's crawling with great purpose, most often determined to get at whatever Andrew is playing with. I can have veritable sea of enthralling baby toys surrounding her, but if she catches a glimpse of Andrew doing something exciting (like coloring or putting on his shoes) she will light the turbo jets to get to him. Now all day long I hear, "NO Elsbeth, this is MY _______!!" Heaven help me. I thought I was going to get a few more months in before that started.
She's eating really well these days, but still only purees. The couple times I tried to give her little pieces of food, she gagged and turned bright red and scared me to death. She may just get a spoon full of whipped cream on her birthday. She was really excited about playing with the food processor last night (after watching Andrew with it, naturally ... my kids do love a kitchen appliance) - maybe I'll teach her to make her own purees.
She's sleeping really well, for the most part (she's playing on the floor right now after refusing to take her afternoon nap, but this is unusual). Most days she sleeps all night (about 12 hours straight) and takes two 1.5 - 2 hour naps a day. Ahhh, what a sweet spot! I shall enjoy it while it lasts. She's also saying "Da Da" much to Phil's delight, clapping when she's done with something (that was Andrew's "all done" sign as well), and waving!
I'm ready to be done with all this House On The Market stuff, but it's really going fine. No offers, occasional showings, just found out we're on somebody's short list of homes they're considering, still hoping for our dream house.
Listing our house has made me keenly aware of something, though. My dog is ridiculously spoiled. He lives inside a nice warm home, but is the soft carpet good enough for him? Oh no, never! The stinker isn't even happy with laying on the couch or bed! He absolutely must dig in my pillows and blankets to be satisfied. It's killing me! Right now I'm making the bed every single day (ahhhhhh! Only freaks do that, right?) thinking as I leave the room, "Now that's one nice looking bed. Who wouldn't buy a house with a bed in it as nicely made as this one?" I walk back in moments later to see this:
Listing our house has made me keenly aware of something, though. My dog is ridiculously spoiled. He lives inside a nice warm home, but is the soft carpet good enough for him? Oh no, never! The stinker isn't even happy with laying on the couch or bed! He absolutely must dig in my pillows and blankets to be satisfied. It's killing me! Right now I'm making the bed every single day (ahhhhhh! Only freaks do that, right?) thinking as I leave the room, "Now that's one nice looking bed. Who wouldn't buy a house with a bed in it as nicely made as this one?" I walk back in moments later to see this:
"Oh, excuse me Shiloh. I hope I didn't disturb you. Your massage is scheduled for 3:00. Can I fix you a sandwich?"
Silly creature. I clearly haven't properly prepared him to be a contributing member of society. I'm considering hooking him up to a little cart and sending him out to sell bananas around the neighborhood
13 comments:
I heart the first picture.
We always find Bean sleeping under all of our covers at the bottom of our bed. I guess animals are smarter than they look. :)
In case I haven't done so recently, I want to thank you for giving me the cutest grandchildren in the world. I can't comment properly on the cap picture.
And now the joys of learning to share begin! Both your babies are adorable, and come to think of it, they do look a lot alike.
i'm laughing picturing elsbeth heading off to college w/ her blender so she can puree all of her cafeteria food ;-)
Oh my... kids really DO grow up too quickly. I can't believe Elsbeth is crawling around, let alone turning ONE! And Andrew really does look like such the little boy. I love the hat!
shut-up...on someone's short list? let it be true!!!!! my girls are dying to have A and E across the street.
I can't believe how you are shamelessly using your precious baby to promote Hefty One Zip bags!
I love all of it! The first picture is heart melting. And Andrew in a hat- watch out preschooler ladies!
The first picture is just sweet. Makes me remember why I'm a mom :)
I love love love these pictures--they are just absolutely perfectly adorable! I can't believe how big they are getting. The "NO, that's mine!" never, ever ends. I'm a big fan of "Play with it together or nobody plays with it." Usually it works. Usually.
In the last few days, our dogs have taken to sleeping on Melkamu's bed. Usually one is on his bed and one is on the floor next to his bed (they take turns). It's truly adorable but reminds me how spoiled they are also. And if Shiloh comes around with bananas, we can always use some :-)
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Oh my goodness! If there were no pictures attached, I would beleive you were blogging about my own children. I just love reading your blogs! Caleb has just gotten into caps himself. There's a great book called 'Caps for Sale' that we read together. I even found Caleb waking up one morning wearing a cap - too hilarious.
Differences: Maddy has less teeth than Els (top side teeth just breaking through) and is eating WAY more solids! She out eats Caleb all the time. She finally had her birthday cake this weekend and when I tried to take it away, she squaked like crazy. She was shoveling it in faster than I could take pictures.
Oh and the sibling stuff...just gets increasingly worse. Caleb actually said "I don't love her" the other night. WHAT?!?!?!! How can you not love something so absolutely adorable?? She only wants his toys and see what he's doing.
I can't help but love the last pic of Shiloh. Can't wait to see his little cart of bananas...Good luck with that one!
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