at twenty two months you:
-only want me to push the cart and get very mad at Daddy or Auntie Ann when they are pushing it ("Mommy push cart.")
-also get mad when Daddy is holding my hand or Gracie is trying to cuddle with me in the morning. You are a very possessive little girl.
-love to go down the slide, be pushed in the baby swing by our neighbors (you like to be pushed by Uncle Nick in the big girl swing at Mimis), and run through the sprinkler.
-sing along to songs, answer questions on television shows, finish phrases, and ask questions all the time
-say "i did it," whenever you are proud of something you've done. You also like to day "tada" and raise your arms.
-your hair is getting so long. everywhere we go people comment on how beautiful your white blond hair is.
-only want to wear your "PURPLE. Purple jellies!"
-when you get a boo boo you ask me to kiss it and then say, "better now."
-when you cry and get upset i tell you it's okay and you stop crying to say, "okay" in the most pitiful voice.
-love your Mommy,Mimi, Uncle Nick, "sister," Sissy, Jack (the chihuahua) next door, Papa, and Daddy.
-ask for gummy worms every time we go to Menards. You also love Bottle Caps, suckers, and Ms.
-would eat a hard boiled egg for lunch everyday. You also love deviled eggs, sweet pickles, any type of dip, sherbet, and raspberries (which you eat after sticking them on your fingers).
-Speak in short two to three word sentences most of the time. My favorite (and longest) sentence of yours is when you accidentally hurt me: "I'm sorry Mommy, I didn't mean to, (it was an) accident."
-can count to fourteen. You can also recognize the colors pink, blue, yellow, and sometimes purple.
-are a naughty little minx, but we sure love you. You know when you are being naughty and think it's hysterical. You smile so your little dimple just shows and laugh at me. Oh Ruby D D, what are we going to do with you?
-Nicknames: Ruby D, Ruby D D, Ruby Dooby, Sister
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Ruby D at Twenty One Months
At twenty one months you:
-have started to learn your colors. you are pretty good at yellow, pink, and sometimes blue. we are working on green, red, and orange.
-can count from 1-11 when you want to.
-if Sister is playing with something you want you tell her, "My turn."
-take one nap a day for 2-3 hours (usually around 1). you sometimes take a pacy, sometimes not.
-go to sleep anywhere from 9 (on a good night) to 10:30. i never really know how well you will sleep for the night. you don't wake up as often now that i don't let you breastfeed during the night, but you are a very bad sleeper if you have a cold, are too hot/cold, aren't in the mood, etc.
-breastfeed after story time each night (you actually would rather skip story time-you start screaming "booby" as soon as you get out of the bath).
-are still a very good eater. recent favorites: cheese, soup, salsa, jelly beans, and yogurt. you are also very good at using a spoon.
-love to try to help me clean. you use a towel to wipe the floor/walls, help pick up toys at night, and point out messes.
-are such a sweetheart. you tell me all the time, "i love you (too)." when i say "oh ruby" you respond "oh mommy." you love hugs and kisses and "cuddles."
-are a big fan of Doc McStuffins,"Janamals" (Pajamanimals), and Yo Gabba Gabba.
-love to color.
-love to go outside and swing in the big girl swing, go down the slide, and take walks. you refuse to hold my hand most of the time. you also love seeing doggies.
-occasionally go to the bathroom for pee. mommy plans on starting to train you in the next month or two.
-wear size 18 month clothes and size 4 or 5 shoes. you can't keep flip flops on at all.
-can do a forward flip all by yourself! you also try to jump and can climb anything.
-have started to point at Gracie when we are at stores and tell people, "Ruby's sister."
-when i ask you what you want to eat, "Pizza Hut."
-love to watch birdies out the window.
-call McDonald's "Donalds" and say that the Ronald McDonald statue is your "husband." If you wake up and Daddy is home you tell him, "Donalds."
-are such a good girl.
-have started to learn your colors. you are pretty good at yellow, pink, and sometimes blue. we are working on green, red, and orange.
-can count from 1-11 when you want to.
-if Sister is playing with something you want you tell her, "My turn."
-take one nap a day for 2-3 hours (usually around 1). you sometimes take a pacy, sometimes not.
-go to sleep anywhere from 9 (on a good night) to 10:30. i never really know how well you will sleep for the night. you don't wake up as often now that i don't let you breastfeed during the night, but you are a very bad sleeper if you have a cold, are too hot/cold, aren't in the mood, etc.
-breastfeed after story time each night (you actually would rather skip story time-you start screaming "booby" as soon as you get out of the bath).
-are still a very good eater. recent favorites: cheese, soup, salsa, jelly beans, and yogurt. you are also very good at using a spoon.
-love to try to help me clean. you use a towel to wipe the floor/walls, help pick up toys at night, and point out messes.
-are such a sweetheart. you tell me all the time, "i love you (too)." when i say "oh ruby" you respond "oh mommy." you love hugs and kisses and "cuddles."
-are a big fan of Doc McStuffins,"Janamals" (Pajamanimals), and Yo Gabba Gabba.
-love to color.
-love to go outside and swing in the big girl swing, go down the slide, and take walks. you refuse to hold my hand most of the time. you also love seeing doggies.
-occasionally go to the bathroom for pee. mommy plans on starting to train you in the next month or two.
-wear size 18 month clothes and size 4 or 5 shoes. you can't keep flip flops on at all.
-can do a forward flip all by yourself! you also try to jump and can climb anything.
-have started to point at Gracie when we are at stores and tell people, "Ruby's sister."
-when i ask you what you want to eat, "Pizza Hut."
-love to watch birdies out the window.
-call McDonald's "Donalds" and say that the Ronald McDonald statue is your "husband." If you wake up and Daddy is home you tell him, "Donalds."
-are such a good girl.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Ruby D at Twenty Months
at twenty months you:
-can say anything and everything. you are definitely a talker. you finish phrases, name objects/people, talk/sing with the tv, and jabber to your stuffed animals.
-are a night owl. you go to nap every day with no problems whatsoever for around 2 hours, but come bedtime you refuse to sleep. you can be rubbing your eyes tired or have been outside for hours and as soon as you start to go to sleep you literally jerk yourself awake and start kicking your legs. if you are asleep by 10 i consider that good.
-wear size 18 month (you still fit all your 12 month stuff, but the shirts are starting to get small) and size 4 or 5 shoes
-when i ask you what you want to eat you say, "pizza hut." you call oreos "ohs." you love suckers, cucumbers, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream.
-you have a lisp.
-are such a cuddle bug. you love to hug and kiss and will pat my back or hold my face. such a sweetheart.
-smile and say hi to everyone we meet then say "mommy" and grab me.
-love doggies and kitties and are so gentle as you pet them.
- have a new tooth (bottom left) and finally got your fourth tooth on the bottom middle. you are a very slow teether.
-take 1/2 a synthroid each day and chew it right up. you call it "yummy medicine."
-adore "sister!" you want to do everything she does.
-love to color, look at books, slide, swing, play with your baby, dance, and watch yo gabba gabba.
-only will take a pacy at naptime willingly. you take when for bed, buy not willingly. you would rather continue to breastfeed. you are down to pretty much one feeding before bed and sometimes once at night (one side). you do get really mad depending on the night, but usually i can calm you with patting.
-hate sleeping with covers on your feet.
-call yourself ruby dee dee or baby dee dee (that one is all gracie)
-can say anything and everything. you are definitely a talker. you finish phrases, name objects/people, talk/sing with the tv, and jabber to your stuffed animals.
-are a night owl. you go to nap every day with no problems whatsoever for around 2 hours, but come bedtime you refuse to sleep. you can be rubbing your eyes tired or have been outside for hours and as soon as you start to go to sleep you literally jerk yourself awake and start kicking your legs. if you are asleep by 10 i consider that good.
-wear size 18 month (you still fit all your 12 month stuff, but the shirts are starting to get small) and size 4 or 5 shoes
-when i ask you what you want to eat you say, "pizza hut." you call oreos "ohs." you love suckers, cucumbers, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream.
-you have a lisp.
-are such a cuddle bug. you love to hug and kiss and will pat my back or hold my face. such a sweetheart.
-smile and say hi to everyone we meet then say "mommy" and grab me.
-love doggies and kitties and are so gentle as you pet them.
- have a new tooth (bottom left) and finally got your fourth tooth on the bottom middle. you are a very slow teether.
-take 1/2 a synthroid each day and chew it right up. you call it "yummy medicine."
-adore "sister!" you want to do everything she does.
-love to color, look at books, slide, swing, play with your baby, dance, and watch yo gabba gabba.
-only will take a pacy at naptime willingly. you take when for bed, buy not willingly. you would rather continue to breastfeed. you are down to pretty much one feeding before bed and sometimes once at night (one side). you do get really mad depending on the night, but usually i can calm you with patting.
-hate sleeping with covers on your feet.
-call yourself ruby dee dee or baby dee dee (that one is all gracie)
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Ruby D at Nineteen Months
at nineteen months you:
-weigh 20 pound 14.6 ounces (5%) and are 30 1/2 inches tall (25%). all of your tests from riley came back normal, so you are just turning out to be a tiny little girl. i am supposed to push as much fat, butter, etc. as possible when feeding you.
-are still a mama's girl through and through. you don't care as often when i leave you now, but you are very aware that i am gone and want to know where i am. this doesn't extend to nighttime where you still freak if you wake up and i'm not there or if your daddy tries to hold you while you are going to sleep. you will be with daddy when he comes home late if he has food.
-do not like to go to sleep at night. it doesn't seem to matter how short or long a nap you've had or if you've been acting tired and cranky-you fight sleep almost every night. lately you are asleep around ten. sigh. you still wake up around two times a night-i am trying to break you of the habit of breastfeeding to go back to sleep. you refuse to take your pacy and although you will go back to sleep after i pat your back and comfort you, it is never a really deep sleep.
-still have a huge vocabulary and understand everything we say and ask you to do. you are such a smart little girl.
-love animals, especially sissy and looking at birds out the window.
-fight with sister over the gabbas, markers, and milk cups. you love her to pieces though (it is so cute how you call each other "sister") and ask where she is first thing in the morning if she isn't in bed with us. you also like to kiss and hug her all the time.
-are a very good eater for the most part. you love: eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, pasta, strawberries, and any type of dessert.
-love to play with your minnies, your block train, markers (when gracie leaves them out-i have to get them from you as soon i see them or you/the walls are a mess), babies, and the tea seat.
-get mad when i put diapers on you after you go the restroom. you want to wear "underwear," but you are not ready for that yet. i plan on training you (for pee-you trained yourself for poop) when it starts to get warmer outside.
-love to go outside and swing and swing. you also love to go to mimi and papa's house, wal-mart, and pizza hut.
-really really hate when i put a band-aid on you, wearing socks/shoes in the car, when your tv shows go to commercial, only getting half a cookie (you will not it period unless you get a whole one).
-weigh 20 pound 14.6 ounces (5%) and are 30 1/2 inches tall (25%). all of your tests from riley came back normal, so you are just turning out to be a tiny little girl. i am supposed to push as much fat, butter, etc. as possible when feeding you.
-are still a mama's girl through and through. you don't care as often when i leave you now, but you are very aware that i am gone and want to know where i am. this doesn't extend to nighttime where you still freak if you wake up and i'm not there or if your daddy tries to hold you while you are going to sleep. you will be with daddy when he comes home late if he has food.
-do not like to go to sleep at night. it doesn't seem to matter how short or long a nap you've had or if you've been acting tired and cranky-you fight sleep almost every night. lately you are asleep around ten. sigh. you still wake up around two times a night-i am trying to break you of the habit of breastfeeding to go back to sleep. you refuse to take your pacy and although you will go back to sleep after i pat your back and comfort you, it is never a really deep sleep.
-still have a huge vocabulary and understand everything we say and ask you to do. you are such a smart little girl.
-love animals, especially sissy and looking at birds out the window.
-fight with sister over the gabbas, markers, and milk cups. you love her to pieces though (it is so cute how you call each other "sister") and ask where she is first thing in the morning if she isn't in bed with us. you also like to kiss and hug her all the time.
-are a very good eater for the most part. you love: eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, pasta, strawberries, and any type of dessert.
-love to play with your minnies, your block train, markers (when gracie leaves them out-i have to get them from you as soon i see them or you/the walls are a mess), babies, and the tea seat.
-get mad when i put diapers on you after you go the restroom. you want to wear "underwear," but you are not ready for that yet. i plan on training you (for pee-you trained yourself for poop) when it starts to get warmer outside.
-love to go outside and swing and swing. you also love to go to mimi and papa's house, wal-mart, and pizza hut.
-really really hate when i put a band-aid on you, wearing socks/shoes in the car, when your tv shows go to commercial, only getting half a cookie (you will not it period unless you get a whole one).
Monday, January 30, 2012
Ruby D at Eighteen months
At eighteen months you:
-are such a cuddle bug. you ask for "hug" and "kiss" numerous times a day from me, your sister, and your daddy. you lean right in and wrap your arms around our necks. so precious. you also kiss sissy, your minnie mouses, and pictures of babies/animals in books.
-can help count from 1-10 if you are in the right mood. you know 3, 5, 7, 8 and 10 and sometimes pipe in with 6. you also think you can read and point at books saying "t-h-e, the" (just like sister). you also randomly say letters when looking at books. if we ask you what color something is you say orange every time.
-at your checkup at riley (every six months) you weighed 21 pounds. although you are completely proportional and clearly very healthy your doctors were still worried about you and ordered a lot of tests. you had an x-ray of your left hand to find out your bone age and a full blood panel taken. the only exciting part about any of this is that they were actually able to get blood from a vein in your arm instead of your forehead this time. yeah! they put numbing cream on before hand, and you didn't cry at all. my big girl!
-can say pretty much anything and are extremely verbal. you also are extremely opinionated. we hear NO a lot from you. other common words/phrases: hug, no way, i need up, please, here you go (which you say as one word-so cute), sister, minnie, oh (you say this when you think something is cute, when you are hugging gracie, etc.-it is completely adorable), wow-which you say with a pursed open mouth.
-are very good at using a spoon. you are doing a little better at drinking more milk throughout the day. you are still a very good eater. some of your favorites: cheese, noodles, yogurt, strawberries, hot dogs, and ice cream.
-when you see something you like at the store you say: "cute. i want." oh my ruby d!
-love playing with your minnies, books, blocks, and babies.
-start running to the bathroom at full speed when i say bath.
-still take off your socks every day. you are getting better at taking off your pants/diapers. you are barely in your car seat before you start throwing your shoes and socks off. this drives me crazy by the way.
-are still very shy with other people but will smile and flirt from afar.
-tell me you love me, mimi, mimi's house, papa, gracie, daddy, uncle nick, and taking a shower with auntie ann.
-love music. you start shaking your whole body when a song come on that you like.
-have such fair skin that you bruise so easily. you always have some kind of mark on your forehead. sigh.
-are getting such long/thick hair. everywhere we go people comment on how blond you are and how cute your sticky out pig tails are. you won't keep a barrette in at home so your bangs are always hanging in your eyes.
-you and gracie do not share the same favorite tv shows (you play during hers and look up every once in awhile). you are more a fan of sesame street and cat in the hat where as gracie loves sid the science kid and the octounauts.
-are a very good helper and will take things to the trash for me (especially your diaper) and help pick up your toys at night. you are horrible at trashing the bookcase every day though.
-still tell me/take yourself to the bathroom for every poop you have and usually will pee in the potty too. i am considering starting to pee train you but will probably wait until late spring/summer.
-still breastfeed right before bed (you start flipping out for "boob" as soon as we leave gracie's room after prayers) and occasionally during the night. you are such a stubborn determined girl i haven't quite figured out how/when i will start the final weaning process with you. during the night will probably happen once we get you out of our bed and into either the crib or a toddler bed. hopefully you will start sleeping through the night at that point too (ha ha).
-are such a cuddle bug. you ask for "hug" and "kiss" numerous times a day from me, your sister, and your daddy. you lean right in and wrap your arms around our necks. so precious. you also kiss sissy, your minnie mouses, and pictures of babies/animals in books.
-can help count from 1-10 if you are in the right mood. you know 3, 5, 7, 8 and 10 and sometimes pipe in with 6. you also think you can read and point at books saying "t-h-e, the" (just like sister). you also randomly say letters when looking at books. if we ask you what color something is you say orange every time.
-at your checkup at riley (every six months) you weighed 21 pounds. although you are completely proportional and clearly very healthy your doctors were still worried about you and ordered a lot of tests. you had an x-ray of your left hand to find out your bone age and a full blood panel taken. the only exciting part about any of this is that they were actually able to get blood from a vein in your arm instead of your forehead this time. yeah! they put numbing cream on before hand, and you didn't cry at all. my big girl!
-can say pretty much anything and are extremely verbal. you also are extremely opinionated. we hear NO a lot from you. other common words/phrases: hug, no way, i need up, please, here you go (which you say as one word-so cute), sister, minnie, oh (you say this when you think something is cute, when you are hugging gracie, etc.-it is completely adorable), wow-which you say with a pursed open mouth.
-are very good at using a spoon. you are doing a little better at drinking more milk throughout the day. you are still a very good eater. some of your favorites: cheese, noodles, yogurt, strawberries, hot dogs, and ice cream.
-when you see something you like at the store you say: "cute. i want." oh my ruby d!
-love playing with your minnies, books, blocks, and babies.
-start running to the bathroom at full speed when i say bath.
-still take off your socks every day. you are getting better at taking off your pants/diapers. you are barely in your car seat before you start throwing your shoes and socks off. this drives me crazy by the way.
-are still very shy with other people but will smile and flirt from afar.
-tell me you love me, mimi, mimi's house, papa, gracie, daddy, uncle nick, and taking a shower with auntie ann.
-love music. you start shaking your whole body when a song come on that you like.
-have such fair skin that you bruise so easily. you always have some kind of mark on your forehead. sigh.
-are getting such long/thick hair. everywhere we go people comment on how blond you are and how cute your sticky out pig tails are. you won't keep a barrette in at home so your bangs are always hanging in your eyes.
-you and gracie do not share the same favorite tv shows (you play during hers and look up every once in awhile). you are more a fan of sesame street and cat in the hat where as gracie loves sid the science kid and the octounauts.
-are a very good helper and will take things to the trash for me (especially your diaper) and help pick up your toys at night. you are horrible at trashing the bookcase every day though.
-still tell me/take yourself to the bathroom for every poop you have and usually will pee in the potty too. i am considering starting to pee train you but will probably wait until late spring/summer.
-still breastfeed right before bed (you start flipping out for "boob" as soon as we leave gracie's room after prayers) and occasionally during the night. you are such a stubborn determined girl i haven't quite figured out how/when i will start the final weaning process with you. during the night will probably happen once we get you out of our bed and into either the crib or a toddler bed. hopefully you will start sleeping through the night at that point too (ha ha).
oh ruby d d you are just a riot. you make me laugh even when you are frustrating me. you have such a strong personality and are so sure of yourself. we all love you so so much and can't get enough of your hugs and kisses. even when you are screaming no at me i can't wait to hear your cute little voice or hear your big belly
laugh. i love you my ruby girl.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday Faves
- pinterest.com (my username is sharingiscaring).
- birds eating from our window feeder. i love our little window feeder in the living room. it took a long time for the birds to warm up to it, but now they use it all the time. the girls get so excited watching them. i have a bird feeder in the yard also, and i plan on getting a bird bath this summer.
- harry potter specials on the biography channel (i am rereading the harry potter series for the umpteenth time. i am currently on three.)
- ruby d's sticky out white blond pigtails.
- gracie going through all of her books looking for words she knows (usually she can find the, and, and she).
- teacher susie on sid the science kid.
- peonies, tulips, and pink or white roses (i do not like red roses).
- my new shoe cabinet from ikea. the drawers fold out and have double rows for shoes. (LOVE!!):
- the pottery barn kids catalog, because let's be serious, i can't actually afford anything from them, but i love to look.
- rainy nights in january.
- recent favorites from etsy.com:
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Itsy Bitsy
The weather this winter is crazy. Very little snow, very few freezing cold days, and so many mild, rainy days. It feels like it should be spring soon instead of the middle of January. Spring clothing in all of the stores doesn't help. You know what kills me every single year? Little girl swimsuits. There is literally nothing cuter than baby bikinis. I seriously have a problem. Ruby D has I don't know how many hand me downs so I am trying not to look for her (although I know she will end up with at least one suit). Gracie has grown out of almost all of hers so yeah! No, we don't have a pool. No, we don't belong to a gym with a pool. We do go outside to run through the sprinkle every few days during the summer though, and I take them swimming whenever we stay at a hotel. We also will have a pool at our hotel when we go to Disney in October. Unfortunately my very favorite suit will not be coming home with me, because I just can not justify spending that much money on a swim suit for a four year old. But really, how freaking cute is this?
It's so vintage inspired! (janieandjack.com if anyone else has $42 to throw around).
Most of our swimsuits come from Gymboree (clearance and outlet) and Old Navy. Target also has really cute suits-especially the polka dots. I hope my love of swimsuits doesn't pass on to Gracie as she gets older; I'll probably be thinking that $42 would be a good deal!
It's so vintage inspired! (janieandjack.com if anyone else has $42 to throw around).
Most of our swimsuits come from Gymboree (clearance and outlet) and Old Navy. Target also has really cute suits-especially the polka dots. I hope my love of swimsuits doesn't pass on to Gracie as she gets older; I'll probably be thinking that $42 would be a good deal!
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