Friday, December 17, 2010
December 17, 2010
Lauren took her first solo steps just now! I have been thinking she could do it but hasn’t realized it. So she was “cruising” along the kitchen cabinets and when she got to the end I stood a step or two away and held my hands out to her, “Come on, Lauren.” She bounced a little … reached … bounced some more … then … a quick right, left and I scooped her up for a big hug!
Friday, December 3, 2010
12.03.10
Yesterday I said that Lauren would only stand on her own if we put her that way. Many times today she's stood by herself without holding onto anything. Not getting up from sitting, but if she can pull herself up on something she'll let go and balance to stand up. The first time was on the step in the master bathroom. It is about 6" high - she got her hands up on it, then stood up the rest of the way on her own multiple times. Hooray for Lauren!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
12.02.10
December 2, 2010: Lauren can stand on her own now, but only if you let go of her. If she’s on her own, she’ll hold something or lean on something with her belly. She loves to push around her little cart. She goes back and forth in the playroom; when she gets to one end Dylan will turn her cart around for her and she heads back to the other side. She grins the whole time, she’s so proud of herself. She can even stand in one place and push the cart back and forth; her balance is quite good. Hesitantly, she’ll walk along holding just one hand. She stills gets “bouncy legs” when she’s excited, which can be dangerous when she’s only holding one hand.
Dylan & Peyton are very excited about Christmas and often tell me new things to put on their “list” – we spend time at Target in the toy aisles deciding what should be on their lists. It’s been very convenient to just say, “We’ll add it to your list” when they see a new toy they want - far fewer breakdowns than just saying no. Peyton still can’t decide on the ONE thing he wants from Santa. He told the mall Santa that he wanted a Monster Tractor Bull Rock n Roll-er. I mentioned that Santa’s elves might not know how to make that and his response was, “Oh. You just squish up some cactus …” I was laughing too hard to follow the rest. When he was done he said, “Well actually I don’t want that.” So we’re back to square one.
The week after next we’re headed to Anaheim to visit Mickey Mouse and Tinkerbell for a couple of days. We’re all excited, but I think I’m the only one that’s scared.
Dylan & Peyton are very excited about Christmas and often tell me new things to put on their “list” – we spend time at Target in the toy aisles deciding what should be on their lists. It’s been very convenient to just say, “We’ll add it to your list” when they see a new toy they want - far fewer breakdowns than just saying no. Peyton still can’t decide on the ONE thing he wants from Santa. He told the mall Santa that he wanted a Monster Tractor Bull Rock n Roll-er. I mentioned that Santa’s elves might not know how to make that and his response was, “Oh. You just squish up some cactus …” I was laughing too hard to follow the rest. When he was done he said, “Well actually I don’t want that.” So we’re back to square one.
The week after next we’re headed to Anaheim to visit Mickey Mouse and Tinkerbell for a couple of days. We’re all excited, but I think I’m the only one that’s scared.
11.18.10
November 18, 2010: Life around the Kowalski house has been very busy these days. The “bigs” are in school Tuesday and Friday mornings while I do drafting at home for an interior design group. I’ve also started making things for my friend Autumn’s shop that she’s opening on 4th Avenue. I make baby sling/pouches, crochet baby mobiles, and started a line of rocker-style baby/toddler clothes (hearts/wings, flames, skulls, etc.) with satin capes too, and also some “simply fancy” clothes for girls (embroidered flowers/butterflies with a little bit of jewel action – not a lot). Yesterday was her grand opening so Peyton & I went down to help out for a few hours while Aunt Dawn played with the girls. He wore a rocker-style polo I made – so cute! In the past few weeks I’ve also had a couple of design jobs on my own. One is a photography studio that has proven to be very fun. The mom’s group is turning out to be a lot of fun. I’m meeting new people and spending more time with people I already liked, but didn’t ever find time to.
Todd’s football officiating season is coming to an end, and he started playing basketball again. We’re all excited to have him home more often!
Peyton is doing great at school. His teacher says he a good listener, “for a boy,” and he’s a good helper. His favorite part is “playing on the playground” and “playing with the hele-tocker” (helicopter). Both Dylan and Peyton do show-and-tell once a week with the letters of the alphabet. They bring in 3 items in a bag and stand up in front of class to give them clues about what the items are. Both of their teachers were very excited when they brought boxes of Kleenex for the letter “K”. Todd didn’t think it was funny for me to put Lysol wipes in their bags the following week though. They’re learning to sound out words – really just the consonant sounds, but they’re doing great. Dylan can write all of her letters and loves to sign all of her artwork now.
Lauren is amazing. She is learning to walk now. She “cruises” along furniture/walls/cabinets, and just started transferring from one thing to another. She can stand for a few seconds on her own, but goes down to crawl if you’re not reaching out to hold her hand. She just started walking behind her little wooden stroller/cart thing. She does really short, fast steps with straight legs. It’s funny to watch. We’ve been pretty lax about doing sign language with her, but I’m pretty sure she does “all done” when she’s done eating. And she waves hello and goodbye now – officially this morning. If the curtain is pulled away, she can see our bed from her crib. This morning she stood up and looked over at us (jumping and smiling – a great way to wake up!), so we waved at her like we do every morning and she waved right back. It was definitely an “awe” moment. She’s a good eater – not that she eats everything, but that she eats it by herself without choking on things. She eats whole blueberries, raspberries, peas, etc. She’d much rather feed herself pieces of things than be fed mushy stuff on a spoon. She’s been that way from the beginning. September 25th Lauren turned 9 months old and went in for a check-up. She was 28 ½” long (75-90th percentile), weighed 19lbs 4oz (50-75th percentile), and was the hit of the office. Having 3 kids age 4 and under, we are regulars at the doctor’s office and the staff all knows us. One of the nurses picked up Lauren and paraded her around the office while we waited for the doctor. Lauren is such a ham! She smiles and “talks” to everybody. And who can resist those big, blue eyes?
Todd’s football officiating season is coming to an end, and he started playing basketball again. We’re all excited to have him home more often!
Peyton is doing great at school. His teacher says he a good listener, “for a boy,” and he’s a good helper. His favorite part is “playing on the playground” and “playing with the hele-tocker” (helicopter). Both Dylan and Peyton do show-and-tell once a week with the letters of the alphabet. They bring in 3 items in a bag and stand up in front of class to give them clues about what the items are. Both of their teachers were very excited when they brought boxes of Kleenex for the letter “K”. Todd didn’t think it was funny for me to put Lysol wipes in their bags the following week though. They’re learning to sound out words – really just the consonant sounds, but they’re doing great. Dylan can write all of her letters and loves to sign all of her artwork now.
Lauren is amazing. She is learning to walk now. She “cruises” along furniture/walls/cabinets, and just started transferring from one thing to another. She can stand for a few seconds on her own, but goes down to crawl if you’re not reaching out to hold her hand. She just started walking behind her little wooden stroller/cart thing. She does really short, fast steps with straight legs. It’s funny to watch. We’ve been pretty lax about doing sign language with her, but I’m pretty sure she does “all done” when she’s done eating. And she waves hello and goodbye now – officially this morning. If the curtain is pulled away, she can see our bed from her crib. This morning she stood up and looked over at us (jumping and smiling – a great way to wake up!), so we waved at her like we do every morning and she waved right back. It was definitely an “awe” moment. She’s a good eater – not that she eats everything, but that she eats it by herself without choking on things. She eats whole blueberries, raspberries, peas, etc. She’d much rather feed herself pieces of things than be fed mushy stuff on a spoon. She’s been that way from the beginning. September 25th Lauren turned 9 months old and went in for a check-up. She was 28 ½” long (75-90th percentile), weighed 19lbs 4oz (50-75th percentile), and was the hit of the office. Having 3 kids age 4 and under, we are regulars at the doctor’s office and the staff all knows us. One of the nurses picked up Lauren and paraded her around the office while we waited for the doctor. Lauren is such a ham! She smiles and “talks” to everybody. And who can resist those big, blue eyes?
11.14.10
November 14: Lauren grew another tooth last night. Bottom left. She’s got four on top and three on the bottom.
11.01.10
November 1, 2010: We all got dressed up and went Trick-or-Treating last night. Lauren was a little horse (same costume as Dylan Rae and Peyton wore their first Halloweens), Peyton was a bat (super cool costume that Grandma Dawne & I made – gossamer wings with patent leather pants & shirt), and Dylan Rae was a very fancy gypsy with lots of jingly coins on her outfit. She wanted to dress up like a princess, but she does that kind of dress up almost every day. At the Greek Festival she saw this jingly wrap/skirt and that was the inspiration for her costume. Again, thanks to Grandma for working in the sweatshop to sew the costume.
10.19.10
October 19, 2010: Peyton started preschool today. He and Dylan are in different classes, but play together on the playground. He is very excited about being a big boy who goes to school!
10.18.10
October 18, 2010: me: "Peyton, what's that in your hair?" Peyton: "umm, soap and shampoo and other stuff." me: "what OTHER stuff?" Peyton: "ummm, I don't remember. It’s the same as what’s in Dylan's hair." me: "There’s stuff in Dylan's hair, too??"
And he's "brushing" his hair with a whisk this whole time ... maybe they needed a little more supervision just then. Ya think?
And he's "brushing" his hair with a whisk this whole time ... maybe they needed a little more supervision just then. Ya think?
10.16.10
October 16, 2010: Lauren has two more teeth! She now has 4 teeth up top and two on the bottom.
10.14.10
October 14, 2010: Dylan: "Why does he get the blue cup?" me: “You get the pink cup. Isn’t pink your favorite color?” Dylan: “Yes, but why does he get to be first?” me: “Nobody is first, I’m still putting food on the plates.” Dylan: “Why does he have more peas?” me: “actually, Dylan, your plate has more peas.”.... deep breath ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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