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Friday, November 11, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Courtney Sue: 3 Years
Courtney turned 3 about 10 days ago and she has definitely been challenging me lately, but she is more silly and fun than ever.
She still loves music. She always makes up songs. She has a similar tune she uses and some words make sense and others don't. Several people have said that she has a good voice and stays in tune. Obviously she doesn't get that trait from mommy. She also loves to dance. As soon as music is on she is moving. She has no shame dance on her chair in a restaurant, in the middle of a store or at home on our coffee table. She has recently been into "Princess songs". She has cute versions to "Part of your world", and "A Whole New World".
She also loves to play with strollers and grocery carts. If she can push it around you've got her sold. She puts Romo in her stroller and pushes him everywhere. Romo is one of her favorite toys. She just loves him and doesn't like to do much without him. Her other favorite toys are her little plastic princesses, stuffed animals, doctor kit and our iPhones.
She is so good on the iPhone. She knows how to take pictures, play games, put on music and scroll thru YouTube. She is so smart! Her memory amazes me. She has numerous songs memorized, she remembers places and people from so long ago. We are practices the ABCs and numbers during our "school" time. She loves school time and asks me all the time if we can do it. We sit at the kitchen table for about 30 min and do some learning.
Courtney has so many friends, I couldn't even begin to mention them all. She has her own little "fan club" at church, as some have called it. The older girls around ages 7-10, just love her. She follows them around and plays with them, holds their hands and does whatever the older girls want. She has a few other friends at church that are closer to her age; Naomi, Ciera Newman, Marin. Her best friend is Haley Marshall. She still plays with her at least once a week. Her mom and I chat and the girls play. They love it. They have a sweet little bond, but have started to fight more a bit. But they still love each other. Her other friends are in my Mom's group: Rebecca, Abby Reen, Abby Noon.
One of Courtney's favorite places to go is Disneyland. We have season passes, so we go a lot. She asks to go often. Her favorite rides/activities are: Small World, Carousel, parade, meeting the characters, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Dumbo, and the tea cups. She also loves going to church and cries when we leave each Sunday. She loves the park as well. Every morning when she wakes up, the first thing she asks me, "Are we going bye bye?". The girl hates to stay home.
Courtney still gets so much attention when we are out in public. Whether its saying "Hi" to everyone she sees, singing and dancing in public, opening doors for people or just being Coco. When people ask her what her name is she says, "Coco Sue Inkinsey!".
Courtney is not much of an eater these days. She eats pretty well for breakfast with toast being her all time favorite food. She loves snacks and would just snack all day if I let her. She rarely eats dinner. I don't know if she's not hungry or if she just doesn't like to eat. She went 4 meals in a row without eating and wasn't sick. Her other favorite foods are: chips, chocolate milk, crackers, cookies, chicken.
Courtney is still a great sleeper. She wakes about 7:30 and takes a 3 hr nap from 1:45-4:45 and goes to bed at 8:20. She is great about staying in her bed at night and naptime and is greatly affected when she doesn't get enough sleep.
She still loves music. She always makes up songs. She has a similar tune she uses and some words make sense and others don't. Several people have said that she has a good voice and stays in tune. Obviously she doesn't get that trait from mommy. She also loves to dance. As soon as music is on she is moving. She has no shame dance on her chair in a restaurant, in the middle of a store or at home on our coffee table. She has recently been into "Princess songs". She has cute versions to "Part of your world", and "A Whole New World".
She also loves to play with strollers and grocery carts. If she can push it around you've got her sold. She puts Romo in her stroller and pushes him everywhere. Romo is one of her favorite toys. She just loves him and doesn't like to do much without him. Her other favorite toys are her little plastic princesses, stuffed animals, doctor kit and our iPhones.
She is so good on the iPhone. She knows how to take pictures, play games, put on music and scroll thru YouTube. She is so smart! Her memory amazes me. She has numerous songs memorized, she remembers places and people from so long ago. We are practices the ABCs and numbers during our "school" time. She loves school time and asks me all the time if we can do it. We sit at the kitchen table for about 30 min and do some learning.
Courtney has so many friends, I couldn't even begin to mention them all. She has her own little "fan club" at church, as some have called it. The older girls around ages 7-10, just love her. She follows them around and plays with them, holds their hands and does whatever the older girls want. She has a few other friends at church that are closer to her age; Naomi, Ciera Newman, Marin. Her best friend is Haley Marshall. She still plays with her at least once a week. Her mom and I chat and the girls play. They love it. They have a sweet little bond, but have started to fight more a bit. But they still love each other. Her other friends are in my Mom's group: Rebecca, Abby Reen, Abby Noon.
One of Courtney's favorite places to go is Disneyland. We have season passes, so we go a lot. She asks to go often. Her favorite rides/activities are: Small World, Carousel, parade, meeting the characters, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Dumbo, and the tea cups. She also loves going to church and cries when we leave each Sunday. She loves the park as well. Every morning when she wakes up, the first thing she asks me, "Are we going bye bye?". The girl hates to stay home.
Courtney still gets so much attention when we are out in public. Whether its saying "Hi" to everyone she sees, singing and dancing in public, opening doors for people or just being Coco. When people ask her what her name is she says, "Coco Sue Inkinsey!".
Courtney is not much of an eater these days. She eats pretty well for breakfast with toast being her all time favorite food. She loves snacks and would just snack all day if I let her. She rarely eats dinner. I don't know if she's not hungry or if she just doesn't like to eat. She went 4 meals in a row without eating and wasn't sick. Her other favorite foods are: chips, chocolate milk, crackers, cookies, chicken.
Courtney is still a great sleeper. She wakes about 7:30 and takes a 3 hr nap from 1:45-4:45 and goes to bed at 8:20. She is great about staying in her bed at night and naptime and is greatly affected when she doesn't get enough sleep.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Caylee Love 13 Months
Caylee is 13 months now. She is a busy little one. We need to always check the toilet before we flush because you never know what Caylee has put in there. She has put lots of toys, binkies, clothing tags, diapers, clothes, etc. It is a daily battle.
Caylee is a good eater, she is not a fan of veggies unless they are pured. She loves most fruit especially if it is pured. Her favorite food is cherrios. The smile on her face when I bring out the box is priceless. She also likes gold fish and loves ice cream. You can't spooon it in fast enough.
I just love her goofy smile. She has 8 teeth now, including the 2 on top that are coming in now. She does this goofy smile where she scrunches up her nose and shows off her teeth. I love it. She gets very jealous if Courtney gets other food or extra attention. If Im holding Courtney in the "purple chair", she comes right up and starts torturing Courtney. She hits her, pulls her hair and shows us her goofy smile. She just wants to be a part of everything. Also, if Im holding another baby she cries and wants me to hold her. She loves her daddy. When daddy gets home from work, she gets a big smile and says "Dada, Dada!". She wants him to kiss her when he gets home and when he leaves. Her favorite game with Daddy is when he chases her.
I have started to separate her at naptime sometimes. She is a little instigator with Courtney. Courtney will be sleeping either in the morning or at nap and Caylee wakes up and tries her hardest to wake Coco so that she can play. She is usually successful. So I put her in the pack n play, at her afternoon nap, in our closet (thank goodness for walk in closets) and she sleeps great.
Caylee is still not walking, but she is standing on her own. Each day she is braver and stands longer. Today she was clapping for Courtney and standing on her own. She walks great holding onto a hand and barely has to hold onto me to walk. One of my favorite things she does is she crawls up to me, uses my pants to stand up and covers her face to try and get me to play peek a boo. She loves that independent attention. When Courtney goes down for her nap in the afternoon, I get 1 1/2 hours of just Caylee. She loves it, I try to spend time with her and we play and read books. She does play pen time and independent play time.
I took her to her 12 month appointment and she is on track (well except for walking) and ahead in her verbal. She talks a lot. I think she hears Courtney all day and trys to keep up. Her favorite word is definitely "snack". She asks for snacks all the time and if someone has food and isn't sharing, she lets them know that it is not acceptable. She can say; Mama, Dada, more (signs it too), all done (signs it too), ball, nana (banana and Nana), mine, Romo, Bop Bop, Minnie, and I know there is more, I just can't think of them. She also loves Romo. She puts her face into him and hugs him, she says "Mine, Mine" when he is around. She also loves all kinds of dogs. When we see them on walks, she wants to see them and pet them as well. When she hears a dog bark, she tries to immitate it.
She is sleeping great. Her naps are at 9:30-11 and at 3-5. She goes to bed at 7 and sleeps til 7. She is a great sleeper and sleeps thru the night. Since the girls share a room, she does great staying a sleep when we put Courtney to bed at night.
Caylee loves music just like Courtney does. As soon as she hears it she starts clapping for dancing. She especially likes Barney, she hears that theme song and immediately starts moving. She likes to watch TV, a lot more than Courtney at this age, probably because we have kid stuff on a lot. She also tries to steal my IPhone all the time. She already knows how to use part of it. She like to hold and look at the pictures and scroll on the screen.
She hates to be changed. It is the time of day that you will hear Caylee scream when she gets a diaper change or an outfit change. I don't know why but she doesn't want to lay down and she fights and screams. As soon as she is done she is happy and acts as though it never happened.
That's my Caylee Love. I just love to snuggle with her and hug her. I miss breast feeding her. That was our special time and I feel like we don't get that as much.
Caylee is a good eater, she is not a fan of veggies unless they are pured. She loves most fruit especially if it is pured. Her favorite food is cherrios. The smile on her face when I bring out the box is priceless. She also likes gold fish and loves ice cream. You can't spooon it in fast enough.
I just love her goofy smile. She has 8 teeth now, including the 2 on top that are coming in now. She does this goofy smile where she scrunches up her nose and shows off her teeth. I love it. She gets very jealous if Courtney gets other food or extra attention. If Im holding Courtney in the "purple chair", she comes right up and starts torturing Courtney. She hits her, pulls her hair and shows us her goofy smile. She just wants to be a part of everything. Also, if Im holding another baby she cries and wants me to hold her. She loves her daddy. When daddy gets home from work, she gets a big smile and says "Dada, Dada!". She wants him to kiss her when he gets home and when he leaves. Her favorite game with Daddy is when he chases her.
I have started to separate her at naptime sometimes. She is a little instigator with Courtney. Courtney will be sleeping either in the morning or at nap and Caylee wakes up and tries her hardest to wake Coco so that she can play. She is usually successful. So I put her in the pack n play, at her afternoon nap, in our closet (thank goodness for walk in closets) and she sleeps great.
Caylee is still not walking, but she is standing on her own. Each day she is braver and stands longer. Today she was clapping for Courtney and standing on her own. She walks great holding onto a hand and barely has to hold onto me to walk. One of my favorite things she does is she crawls up to me, uses my pants to stand up and covers her face to try and get me to play peek a boo. She loves that independent attention. When Courtney goes down for her nap in the afternoon, I get 1 1/2 hours of just Caylee. She loves it, I try to spend time with her and we play and read books. She does play pen time and independent play time.
I took her to her 12 month appointment and she is on track (well except for walking) and ahead in her verbal. She talks a lot. I think she hears Courtney all day and trys to keep up. Her favorite word is definitely "snack". She asks for snacks all the time and if someone has food and isn't sharing, she lets them know that it is not acceptable. She can say; Mama, Dada, more (signs it too), all done (signs it too), ball, nana (banana and Nana), mine, Romo, Bop Bop, Minnie, and I know there is more, I just can't think of them. She also loves Romo. She puts her face into him and hugs him, she says "Mine, Mine" when he is around. She also loves all kinds of dogs. When we see them on walks, she wants to see them and pet them as well. When she hears a dog bark, she tries to immitate it.
She is sleeping great. Her naps are at 9:30-11 and at 3-5. She goes to bed at 7 and sleeps til 7. She is a great sleeper and sleeps thru the night. Since the girls share a room, she does great staying a sleep when we put Courtney to bed at night.
Caylee loves music just like Courtney does. As soon as she hears it she starts clapping for dancing. She especially likes Barney, she hears that theme song and immediately starts moving. She likes to watch TV, a lot more than Courtney at this age, probably because we have kid stuff on a lot. She also tries to steal my IPhone all the time. She already knows how to use part of it. She like to hold and look at the pictures and scroll on the screen.
She hates to be changed. It is the time of day that you will hear Caylee scream when she gets a diaper change or an outfit change. I don't know why but she doesn't want to lay down and she fights and screams. As soon as she is done she is happy and acts as though it never happened.
That's my Caylee Love. I just love to snuggle with her and hug her. I miss breast feeding her. That was our special time and I feel like we don't get that as much.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The Girl's Princess Birthday Party
We did a combo birthday party for both the girls. Today is actually Courtney's birthday, but to make it easier on family far away we combined the girls' celebration together. We invited lots of family and friends and we even invited Princess Belle. We hired a princess to come and she did the whole party. It was perfect! The girls were all so entertained and enthralled.
We started the day by singing to Coco as she woke up. Then we brought her down stairs and she got to open all her presents from Mommy and Daddy and Nana and BopBop. She was definitely overwhelmed by all the presents. Soon Grandma came with "Uncle" Paul, and she and Caylee opened more presents. We all hung out and I made Coco a special birthday breakfast. Meanwhile she wanted to sit in her high chair and eat Cocoa Crispies. Since its her birthday I let it slide. After a while GakGak and Mimi came over. Courtney was so excited to have so many people over all for her. She played with her new toys all morning long.
Daddy invited everyone to go down the street to Chili's for lunch so I could get the girls down for naps, get ready and clean up the house.
Our friend's the Mier family offered to host the party, because we had too many people and not enough room. So we headed over and dressed Courtney and Caylee in their princess dresses. They were so cute! I worked on setting things up and guests started arriving. Courtney just loved all the attention. Caylee was a little more shy about all the chaos.
Daddy hired a "Princess Belle" to come to the party. She was so great. She did the whole party, magic show, face painting, balloon animals, dancing, singing, pictures. So when she walked in Courtney and her friend Haley screamed in excitement! Courtney kept looking at her and saying, "Belle!". She couldn't believe she was actually there. At one point during the party, my friend told me she overheard her say to Belle, "I'm so glad your here!".
It was so much fun to watch the girls with her. They all had a blast. Courtne was nervous about getting her face painted, so she got tatoos like Daddy. Then all the kids wanted tatoos. Auntie Laura made Courtney a pretty Princess cake. Leaing up to the party if you asked Courntey what she wanted for her birthday, she'd say, "Cake". Then she gave Laura more details; Chocolate and pink. That's what Laura made for her, a pink chocolate cake.
We had a great turnout of family and friends, about 50 people filled the house. It was so fun for the girls to have everyone they love around them. Everyone stayed late after the party and the "after party" began.
We ended the weekend with Daddy leading worship at church. A fun fun day for the girls and definite memories were made.
We started the day by singing to Coco as she woke up. Then we brought her down stairs and she got to open all her presents from Mommy and Daddy and Nana and BopBop. She was definitely overwhelmed by all the presents. Soon Grandma came with "Uncle" Paul, and she and Caylee opened more presents. We all hung out and I made Coco a special birthday breakfast. Meanwhile she wanted to sit in her high chair and eat Cocoa Crispies. Since its her birthday I let it slide. After a while GakGak and Mimi came over. Courtney was so excited to have so many people over all for her. She played with her new toys all morning long.
Daddy invited everyone to go down the street to Chili's for lunch so I could get the girls down for naps, get ready and clean up the house.
Our friend's the Mier family offered to host the party, because we had too many people and not enough room. So we headed over and dressed Courtney and Caylee in their princess dresses. They were so cute! I worked on setting things up and guests started arriving. Courtney just loved all the attention. Caylee was a little more shy about all the chaos.
Daddy hired a "Princess Belle" to come to the party. She was so great. She did the whole party, magic show, face painting, balloon animals, dancing, singing, pictures. So when she walked in Courtney and her friend Haley screamed in excitement! Courtney kept looking at her and saying, "Belle!". She couldn't believe she was actually there. At one point during the party, my friend told me she overheard her say to Belle, "I'm so glad your here!".
It was so much fun to watch the girls with her. They all had a blast. Courtne was nervous about getting her face painted, so she got tatoos like Daddy. Then all the kids wanted tatoos. Auntie Laura made Courtney a pretty Princess cake. Leaing up to the party if you asked Courntey what she wanted for her birthday, she'd say, "Cake". Then she gave Laura more details; Chocolate and pink. That's what Laura made for her, a pink chocolate cake.
We had a great turnout of family and friends, about 50 people filled the house. It was so fun for the girls to have everyone they love around them. Everyone stayed late after the party and the "after party" began.
We ended the weekend with Daddy leading worship at church. A fun fun day for the girls and definite memories were made.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Finally an ordinary day!
We have had a series of events (not fun ones) that have kept us out of the house all day then we had the weekend mixed in there which is never normal. So the today was the first in a while that we have had at home. We also, last week started school back up again. Courtney was so excited. She kept asking to do it again. So today we were able to do school again and she begged me all morning to start. We are going thru all the letters. When she focuses she can recognize alot of them. Just the uppercase ones. I'm doing zoo phonics with her, she likes that because it is motions and letter sounds too and it almost is like a song.
Once Caylee woke up, I worked on putting stuff in away in the girl's room while the girls played. It's so hard getting anything done in there.They make a mess as Im trying to clean up. Then I have to clean up their mess afterwards. I hate that their room is messy, but it always seems like Im transitioning clothes in and out.
We did lunch and Caylee did really well eating table foods. She has not done well with fruits and veggies in the past and today has done so well. It's like she changed over night. She also started saying "wa wa" for water.
We did storytime for Coco before naptime and Caylee was crazy. She kept torturing Romo and attacking Coco and I. It was funny, but I was trying to calm the mood down for Coco's nap. Caylee is now on a new nap schedule so she is up for almost 2 hours while Coco naps. This make doing errands difficult. Our window between naps is pretty narrow. Oh and now I have 2 hours of just Caylee and I, which makes getting housework done a little difficult while she is awake. I think I'm going to have her do playpen time in the afternoon also. She can get around the house really fast now which means she is into everything. Oh and Coco taught her about the Tupperware cabinet today. Huge mess!
After naps, i had to do some vacuuming and so Coco got out her vacuume and she vacuumed right along side me. Then I made dinner while
the Caylee ate and Coco played. We have been invaded by ants lately so I wasn't able to play with the girls like usual. I cleaned up dinner and then I gave the girls baths.
A pretty typical day.
Once Caylee woke up, I worked on putting stuff in away in the girl's room while the girls played. It's so hard getting anything done in there.They make a mess as Im trying to clean up. Then I have to clean up their mess afterwards. I hate that their room is messy, but it always seems like Im transitioning clothes in and out.
We did lunch and Caylee did really well eating table foods. She has not done well with fruits and veggies in the past and today has done so well. It's like she changed over night. She also started saying "wa wa" for water.
We did storytime for Coco before naptime and Caylee was crazy. She kept torturing Romo and attacking Coco and I. It was funny, but I was trying to calm the mood down for Coco's nap. Caylee is now on a new nap schedule so she is up for almost 2 hours while Coco naps. This make doing errands difficult. Our window between naps is pretty narrow. Oh and now I have 2 hours of just Caylee and I, which makes getting housework done a little difficult while she is awake. I think I'm going to have her do playpen time in the afternoon also. She can get around the house really fast now which means she is into everything. Oh and Coco taught her about the Tupperware cabinet today. Huge mess!
After naps, i had to do some vacuuming and so Coco got out her vacuume and she vacuumed right along side me. Then I made dinner while
the Caylee ate and Coco played. We have been invaded by ants lately so I wasn't able to play with the girls like usual. I cleaned up dinner and then I gave the girls baths.
A pretty typical day.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Caylee is 1!
I can't believe it has already been a year since that stressful night followed by a joyous morning. What a fun year we have had raising our Caylee thru the baby months. She is such a sweet baby, just like Courtney was. She has the best smiles and loves waving at people. She gets a lot of attention when we are out in public. I think it's her big blue eyes and her smile that attracts them. I think we are in trouble when she is 12. Caylee started crawling about 3 weeks ago and is all over the place. She is no longer my easy baby. She is into everything, exploring, pulling stuff out, opening drawers and I caught her sticking her little fingers in the electrical outlet. Ugh!! I can no longer just leave her down. This is the part I was dreading. I was enjoying it too much letting her just sit in a blanket with a few toys and being content. She is also becoming more opionioned about what she eats, she was eating everything and now Ll of a sudden she is saying "No" to almost everything.
Daddy's dad "Gak Gak" came to visit Uncle Chris for a few days and so we threw a last minute birthday celebration together and I made dinner and Courtney and I made cupcakes. We invited Uncle Chris, Auntie Beth, Gak Gak and the Mier Family over for some celebrating. Daddy worked late but he got here just in time for her birthday cupcake. She loved it and ate on it for about 45 min. She had cake and frosting everywhere. It was fun to watch her enjoy it. We are doing a joint birthday party with her and Courtney in a few week so, that's when the real party will be.
On Saturday, the day of her birthday, we took her to dinner at Outback and then out for ice cream. This girl loves her sweets! All in all she had a good birthday.
But I'm a little worried about the next few months. I remember all too well how it was with Courtney and I think I'm in for some major baby proofing and some discipline.
Daddy's dad "Gak Gak" came to visit Uncle Chris for a few days and so we threw a last minute birthday celebration together and I made dinner and Courtney and I made cupcakes. We invited Uncle Chris, Auntie Beth, Gak Gak and the Mier Family over for some celebrating. Daddy worked late but he got here just in time for her birthday cupcake. She loved it and ate on it for about 45 min. She had cake and frosting everywhere. It was fun to watch her enjoy it. We are doing a joint birthday party with her and Courtney in a few week so, that's when the real party will be.
On Saturday, the day of her birthday, we took her to dinner at Outback and then out for ice cream. This girl loves her sweets! All in all she had a good birthday.
But I'm a little worried about the next few months. I remember all too well how it was with Courtney and I think I'm in for some major baby proofing and some discipline.
Cowboys Game
Daddy is teaching his girls young to not only like watching sports but to like the Cowboys. So last night we had some friend's over for the game, we all wore our jerseys and I made everyone dinner. The girls both look so cute in their pink "Romo" jerseys.The girls both had a blast entertaining everyone between plays and Courtney ended the night by dancing on our coffee table to daddy's music. Caylee knocked our wine rack over and got a big goose egg on her head. That girl is everywhere with her crawling. I can't keep up with her.
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