Sunday, July 31, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Happy Boy
Declan is developing his own little personality and I love it. I call him happy boy - he is really turning out to be quite a content baby 95% of the time. When he is well rested and fed he is SO happy, fully of smiles and coos and kicks and recently even laughs. His smile is infectious. I just want to eat him up he is so sweet. This is the time period when I really start loving babies (of course I love them before I even meet them, but the first three months are HARD, let's face it!). This is when it really starts getting fun! Knowing what he needs, having a routine, and being rewarded with happiness and snuggles and smiles make the hard months and the hard days all worth it!!! I love you, little Bub!
Summer Fun
We beat the heat this weekend by taking Teagan to the splash park in town. We met Teagan's friend Joshua and his family there in hopes that Teagan would actually GO in the water if she had a buddy. They were reluctant at first, but Teagan got nice and wet and we finally had to leave because she was cold. Declan chilled in the shade with Mama, but enjoyed watching the kids play and feeling the breeze.
Friday, July 22, 2011
T Funnies
It's Friday (ahhhh, deep sigh of relief). Declan did well with bottles today (ahhh, deep sigh of relief).
I thought I would catch up to date on the list of "Teagan funnies" I have been jotting down on my phone. She is a funny one, that Teagan. I'll also leave you with some updated snaps of the kids from my phone.
Recent Teagan funnies:
1) Matt found a cherry pie in the back of the freezer. It had been there 2 years. He decided to make it. After it cooled, Teagan wanted to try a piece. A minute after it was set in front of her, Matt and I heard a very concerned "ooohhh nooo...there's CHERRIES in here". Matt said "Teagan, it's cherry pie, what did you expect??"
2) Sometimes it is necessary for kids to refer to certain body parts. I am a big believer in using the right names, rather than cutesie names. But Teagan still often referred to anywhere her underwear covered as her butt. One day, she pointed and said "it's not my butt it's my ja-jina". Correct. And also very hilarious!
3) A gem like 2 above is hard to top. However, I kid you not, the next words out of her mouth were "But you can't eat your butt, that would be yucky". Yes, yes it would be.
4) Driving through the walmart parking lot
T: "loook Mommy, EAGLES!"
Me: "no TT, those are SEAGULLS"
5) T: "I wanna ring the bing bell" (doorbell)
6) Declan has been such a happy boy, and is doing a lot of cooing. Teagan and I talked about him cooing and how it was his way of talking. A day or two later I was in the kitchen and D was kicking on the floor in the family room. Teagan was playing him, and I hear "Mommy, Declan's pooing". I said "Teagan, I dont think he's poo....ohhh, do you mean COOing?" T: "yeah, he's cooing". Oops!
7) She used to say Wegmans properly. Now she calls it Megwins. Love it.
8) Bamilla ice cream. 'nuff said.
9) She was running in the grass and said to Matt and cousin Alysa "come seek and hide with me!!!"
10) This morning I said "Teagan, I love you SO much". She looked at me and matter of factly replied "I don't love you so much, just a little bit". Given my fragile emotional state this week that could have upset me, but I actually just laughed. I think the excitement she showed when she saw me this morning and then 8 hugs and kisses she gave when I dropped her off were proof that she does in fact love me SO much!
I thought I would catch up to date on the list of "Teagan funnies" I have been jotting down on my phone. She is a funny one, that Teagan. I'll also leave you with some updated snaps of the kids from my phone.
Recent Teagan funnies:
1) Matt found a cherry pie in the back of the freezer. It had been there 2 years. He decided to make it. After it cooled, Teagan wanted to try a piece. A minute after it was set in front of her, Matt and I heard a very concerned "ooohhh nooo...there's CHERRIES in here". Matt said "Teagan, it's cherry pie, what did you expect??"
2) Sometimes it is necessary for kids to refer to certain body parts. I am a big believer in using the right names, rather than cutesie names. But Teagan still often referred to anywhere her underwear covered as her butt. One day, she pointed and said "it's not my butt it's my ja-jina". Correct. And also very hilarious!
3) A gem like 2 above is hard to top. However, I kid you not, the next words out of her mouth were "But you can't eat your butt, that would be yucky". Yes, yes it would be.
4) Driving through the walmart parking lot
T: "loook Mommy, EAGLES!"
Me: "no TT, those are SEAGULLS"
5) T: "I wanna ring the bing bell" (doorbell)
6) Declan has been such a happy boy, and is doing a lot of cooing. Teagan and I talked about him cooing and how it was his way of talking. A day or two later I was in the kitchen and D was kicking on the floor in the family room. Teagan was playing him, and I hear "Mommy, Declan's pooing". I said "Teagan, I dont think he's poo....ohhh, do you mean COOing?" T: "yeah, he's cooing". Oops!
7) She used to say Wegmans properly. Now she calls it Megwins. Love it.
8) Bamilla ice cream. 'nuff said.
9) She was running in the grass and said to Matt and cousin Alysa "come seek and hide with me!!!"
10) This morning I said "Teagan, I love you SO much". She looked at me and matter of factly replied "I don't love you so much, just a little bit". Given my fragile emotional state this week that could have upset me, but I actually just laughed. I think the excitement she showed when she saw me this morning and then 8 hugs and kisses she gave when I dropped her off were proof that she does in fact love me SO much!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Quick update!
It's hot. I'm busy. Trying to juggle. Stress. Little boy who doesn't like bottles. Tired. Sooo tired. Hence the very brief update. No time for full sentences :)
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Three and change
(meaning, three months and change). Just here to post some kiddo pics. Cutie Mr. D is getting so social. Smiling, even letting out a laugh every now and then. I can't wait until he gets to full on belly laughs, I love those! He is finally, dare I say, adjusted to daycare. We are starting to get into a routine and I think he is becoming more easy going by the day as a result of daycare. Love it, I can't get enough of him!
Dog days of summer....
Visit to Alysa's in Painted Post...
Blue Angels
It was too hot to actually attend the Rochester Air Show this weekend, especially with two young kids in tow, but we headed over near the airport today to watch the Blue Angels show. We got there just in time to see them do their stunts and had a great viewing location in the shade. Teagan liked watching the planes and Matt took some awesome shots of the show! Hopefully next time the Blue Angels come to town the kids will be old enough to take in all of the festivities at the Air Show!
Sunday, July 10, 2011
My growing boy...
Consistency in these pictures is turning out to be a challenge! Between lighting changes and replicating angles and wrangling a squirmy baby - this is the best I can get! I can fix some of it in editing but it's tough. Maybe at the very end I will need to tweak some of them to get the desired final result.
Three Months!
Ok, so technically he isn't three months until tomorrow! But given that it's the weekend, I wanted to grab some official three month photos of Mr. Declan today. I also weighed him today at 13 lb 13 oz, which is just shy of a pound gain since his 2 month appointment.
and 8 days old for reference:
Fourth of July Weekend
As promised, here are more photos from our 4th weekend adventures:
picnic at Robert Treman State Park
Playing in the stream
he has the longest most awesome lashes!!!
June Update
I am finally getting the time to upload some misc. photos from the month of June. It was a busy and fun month.
Cool polar bear shot from our family trip to the zoo
Tour de Cure bike race - aka Daddy & Teagan's Day of Fun:
Teagan & Mommy's Day of Fun at the Zoo:
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