tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18356553083681931742024-02-06T20:18:30.701-06:00Always & ForeverAmanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.comBlogger611125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-11613668410234432672015-01-22T21:58:00.002-06:002015-01-24T00:04:16.971-06:00Carter at Two and a HalfIt's been awhile since I've posted a Carter update (or posted at all) so here's everything I can think of off the top of my head about our firstborn:<br />
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<li>sleeps 8pm-7am after a 2.5 year battle with sleep. He went through a rough patch this fall where he was waking up e a r l y but typically sleeps until 7:00 or a little after. </li>
<li>naps 2:00-4:00pm...finally! </li>
<li>might be the pickiest eater on the planet. He has severe texture and temperature issues so there's A LOT he won't eat and doesn't even like to touch his plate. </li>
<li>goes to preschool Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00am - 2:30pm. He LOVES his teachers this year and asks every morning when he wakes up if he is going to school today. </li>
<li>lives for tractors, trucks, construction vehicles, etc. Anything that he can drive or that has wheels is automatically his favorite. Bonus points if it's John Deere. </li>
<li>typically watches a DVD while we are in the car, but when he is not he navigates our trips "up the hill, go, stop, there's the tractor, go to Dada school, etc"</li>
<li>tells us "1/3/5 minutes" for everything, and it's always a negotiation. "Mama, I have <b>one</b> cookie" "Mama, <b>three</b> more minutes." </li>
<li>can count to twenty and says "five-teen" instead of fifteen and I hope he never corrects himself</li>
<li>calls himself "Car-ker"</li>
<li>loves to run laps around the house "Mama run with me!"</li>
<li>before bed we play "hide" and he always tells us how many "hides" we are going to do. Carter and I get on one side of the dresser and Matt gets on the other and we pop out at each other. We always get the very best laughs at this time of night during this game. </li>
<li>loves Paw Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Mickey Mouse, Despicable Me, Cars and Daniel Tiger</li>
<li>loves, loves, loves his babies. He looks for them first thing in the morning, makes sure they always have toys to play with, kisses them when he leaves the room, and watches them on the monitor during their morning nap. </li>
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<li>One time at church I left the girls inside with some other moms while I ran to the car with Carter in the rain. Carter didn't understand that I was pulling the car around and FLIPPED OUT thinking we were leaving the babies at church.</li>
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<li>gets iPad time at night after his bath while I am nursing the girls down for the night. He has a couple apps he plays with but his favorite is to watch tractors on YouTube. He has figured out how to "subscribe" to tractor channels and can navigate his way through YouTube pretty well. Most of the numbers, letters, colors, shapes, etc he knows he learned from watching tractor videos on YouTube. </li>
<li>loves Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" song and dances in his carseat whenever it comes on in the car</li>
<li>receives OT and ECI once a week with Tina and Rosie and really enjoys the time he spends with them. I give them and his preschool teachers 100% credit for the change we have seen in him the past two months</li>
<li>potty trained himself! He came home from school on December 2, the day after he turned 2.5, and used the potty the rest of the day by himself. We didn't prompt him, we didn't talk to him about the potty, he just did it 100% on his own. We've had several accidents since then but I would say he is about 85% potty-trained. Sooooo much easier than I thought this would be! </li>
<li>is still my snuggle bug and enjoys being held, rocked, carried, or anywhere close to me. If I've been holding a baby too long he is sure to tell me "Mama, put Molly down and hold me!"</li>
<li>finally started stringing words together around October and has been talking up a storm ever since then. He can tell us about his day, remembers things we did weeks ago, and can explain to me what he wants which makes our lives so much easier. </li>
<li>enjoys being a coach's kid running around the field house and football field like he owns the place. Thankfully he thinks visiting Dada at work is the best.day.ever. and loves to ride the gator, watch video in the film room and eat Coach Joseph's peanuts. </li>
<li>his favorite place is PawPaw and Nana's house and all the tractors/mowers/4-wheelers that come along with it</li>
<li>calls Mason "MeeMee"</li>
<li>gets in trouble regularly at school for tackling, to which Matt replies "atta boy!"</li>
<li>knows all the signs for "Jesus Loves Me" </li>
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<b>Madeline and Molly,</b></div>
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You are <b>ELEVEN MONTHS</b> old today! Before I wax nostalgic about MY BABIES GROWING UP I just want to say thank you for joining our family and being the sweetest babies on the planet. Thank you for loving each other and your brother the way that you do. Thank you for sleeping, eating, and playing so sweetly and making life with three under three not as bad as it could be. We love y'all so much and love watching y'all grow up into the little girls you are today. Now stop growing (but stay super sweet!) Okay, thanks. </div>
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Our days our becoming a little bit more relaxed and we are opening up larger chunks of awake time for y'all, which makes getting out of the house a <i>tad</i> easier. We dropped your morning bottle and I started pumping at night instead of in the morning so that freed up a good 45 minutes to an hour of our morning routine. Y'all still wake up between 7:00 - 7:30, nurse, eat breakfast, and are back down for a nap around 9:00-9:30. Your morning nap will end anywhere from 10:30-11:30 and after y'all nurse again it's our best time to get out of the house and get any errands done that we need to do that day. Thankfully y'all enjoy being in the car/in your carseats so running errands is always pretty fun, especially since we always get stopped so y'all can be stared at and gawked over. Y'all eat lunch around 12:30 and go back down for your afternoon nap about 1:30. This nap overlaps with Carter's nap so it's usually the first time during the day that I can sit and slow down. Molly wakes up around 4:00 and Madeline around 4:30, y'all nurse, and then it's playtime until dinner. The weather has been usually pleasant for January so we've been spending this afternoon time outside going to the park, walking in the stroller, or in the backyard. Dinner is served around 5:45 followed by baths (typically every other night, but sometimes every night if we've had an especially messy dinner) and a couple minutes of playtime with Daddy. By 6:45 Molly is usually melting down so I nurse her to sleep, followed by Madeline and y'all are usually in dreamland by 7:15. In the morning y'all tandem nurse, at night I nurse you separately, and the rest of the day is either or.</div>
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Mealtime seems to be a favorite around here and nothing seems to be off limits. Seafood and honey appear to be the only foods y'all have not been exposed to, and off the top of my head I cannot think of anything y'all turn down or dislike to eat. Fruit and yogurt are favorites, as well as macaroni and cheese and pastas. Y'all are drinking out of sippy cups at church and anytime we are out running around but are not interested in drinking anything during meals. Our other big news this month is y'all are pulling up to standing! It happened on a Sunday at nap time and now every household object has turned into something you could potentially pull up onto. Truthfully we are doing a lot of falling and it's pretty stressful trying to keep y'all safe. I feel like y'all are always on opposite sides of the room so if I'm saving one of you from falling down the other is taking a hard fall, and vice versa. I don't remember this stage with Carter being this hard, although I could focus all of my attention on him alone so it probably wasn't. Daddy and I are just praying that y'all get steadier quickly so we can stop faulting ourselves for not being able to keep you safe.<br />
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<b>Madeline Kate,</b><br />
Maddy Kate, Maddy Girl, Magellan, Sister Bear...hello to you, too! You are still all about exploring and seeing what you can get into. When you are in our arms you are touching our faces and playing with our hair. When you are next to Molly you are putting your hands in her mouth (still haven't learned that lesson) and taking away her toys. When you are in your high chair you shovel food into your mouth as fast as possible, earning you the nickname "garbage disposal." When you are on the floor you speed off from room to room and we routinely are searching around the house to see where you are. Likely hiding spots are in your carseat, underneath kitchen chairs, or in Carter's room. You don't play with any toy for too long.<br />
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You are finally crawling on your hands and knees, but resort to your army crawl when you want to get somewhere really fast. You pull up but only on occasion any anytime you want to look out the backdoor. Your favorite place in the house is in the living room on the floor in front of Carter's PB Anywhere Chair. You pull up into the seat, spin around to sitting on the floor, and back again. You do this for long stretches of time and think it's hilarious.<br />
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You love to clap your hands, chew on tags, your blanket, have screaming contests with Carter at the dinner table, splash in the bathtub, eat blueberries, and "experience" your meals by rubbing everything all over your face. You are still so sweet and happy all of the time and have really enjoyed being outside more. I can't wait for it to warm up a little bit more and for y'all to start walking (did I really just say that?) so all three of you can really play together.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Eating:</b> nursing 3-5 times a day and 3 meals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> sleeping, Daddy, Carter, Molly, riding in the Ergo, eating blankets, chewing on cords, all food, being outside, being "thrown" up and down, exploring, Carter's Anywhere Chair</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Development:</b> crawling on hands and knees, pulling up to standing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Words:</b> dada, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/22- said "dada"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/25- first Christmas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/27- first trip to Louisiana</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/28- sippy cup</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/5- clapping</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/12- strep throat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/18- pulled up to standing and lowered crib</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Molly Girl, Molls Balls, Sister Bear...what a month we have had! Since we drove home from Lake Charles on the 27th you have been a needy, clingy, crying baby girl. In your defense most of the month you did not feel well, but you have also decided your favorite place is on Mama's hip and can let everyone know in a flash if you are ever put down from my hip. Girl! I love you but this has been a hard month. Between strep throat, clinginess, and teeth I've almost thrown in the towel a couple of times, and there have been some desperate texts sent to your Daddy several afternoons. Thankfully you are still sleeping well and happy as a clam when you are being held or worn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We've also nicknames you "Princess" because you are prissy and dislike to be dirty. You would much rather be fed with a spoon or fork than pick up anything with your hands. You love to have your hands wiped but hate your face to be wiped with a passion, and don't even think of putting you down on the grass. About the only time you are still is when you are outside on a blanket in the grass, completely in fear of touching that green stuff. Whereas your sister is all over the yard or park putting ALL the grass and mulch in her mouth. It's funny the differences that comes out of two babies born together and raised the exact same way. I can't wait to see the differences and similarities of your personalities show more and more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/25- first Christmas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/27- first trip to Louisiana</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/28- sippy cup</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/31- upper right central incisor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/4- upper left central incisor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/6- clapping</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/10- said "baba"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/12- strep throat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/16- lower right lateral incisor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/17- said "dada"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/18- pulled up to standing and lowered crib</span><br />
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<b>Madeline and Molly,</b><br />
You are <b>TEN MONTHS</b> old today! Double digits! What FUN we are having these days as y'all are all smiles, laughs, hugs and kisses. Everyone who meets you comments about how happy y'all are and asks what my secret is. No secret, y'all just are the sweetest babies on the planet and I'm the luckiest mama in the world. <br />
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We are following the same <a href="http://matthewlovesamanda.blogspot.com/2014/11/madeline-and-molly-nine-months.html" target="_blank">4-hour schedule from last month</a> with the big difference being that I am no longer tandem nursing you. Y'all got so big and busy that it just turned into pulling each others hair, fingers in each others faces, and me acting as referee. At first I was annoyed that it would take longer (and thus be longer to keep Carter entertained) but it has turned into the very best decision. Molly is so very busy and hates to stay still long enough to nurse, so me being able to give her all my attention helps keep her nursing longer. And sweet Madeline just closes her eyes and rubs my back the entire time. I love getting to hold each of you in my arms, versus laying you on a pillow I had to awkwardly hunch down over. And it gives me one-on-one time with each of you that I wasn't getting while y'all were tandem nursing. Whoever wakes up first from their nap gets nursed first and whoever is more tired at night goes to bed first. <br />
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Y'all are still great eaters and sleepers, thank goodness. We have yet to find anything y'all flat out refuse to eat. Bananas still are not a favorite, surprisingly. We are going through blueberries and grapes by the truckload and sweet potatoes still remain the food to end all other foods. Y'all take two 2-hour+ naps everyday and finally kicked that last cat nap right before bedtime (unless we are in the car and y'all still sneak naps in like champs.) </div>
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<b>Madeline Kate,</b></div>
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Maddy Kate, Maddy Girl, Mads Pads, Magellan, Sister Girl, Sister Bear...you are still our sweet sister. You love to cuddle and be tickled and are the most interested in anything Molly has. You wait like a cat stalking prey for her to pick out a toy she likes and then you pounce, taking it all for yourself. Even some toys that we have two of you will take from Molly to keep for yourself. This trait makes you sound anything BUT sweet, but I like to think that you are just watching out for sister and want to do whatever she is doing. At least that's what I will tell myself. :) You are happy to sit back and watch what is going on around you and spend a lot of your awake time doing your own thing. </div>
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You've earned yourself a new nickname this month...Magellan. You are so good at (army) crawling that we literally have to search the house for you sometimes. You explore all day long, which is probably how you have managed to stay so skinny. When you are not stealing toys from Molly you are traveling around the house. And when you crawl you stretch your left arm out and use your hand to pull while bending your right arm and using your forearm to propel yourself forward. I need to get a good video of you doing this to capture how FAST you zoom across a room. I can see where you are thinking about starting to pull up on some items, so that will be our next big milestone. <br /></div>
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Speaking of milestones, you are finally sitting up! With the help of our OT, Tina, you are now sitting like a champ. Not well enough for a shopping cart, but enough that you sit up in your (infant) bathtub and long enough that I don't have to sit next to you while you are playing on the floor. Now we are just working on you transitioning in and out of the sitting position, to both the right and left sides. You are also eating much better off of a spoon, which was something else we have been working with Tina on. Along with eating more from a spoon you also are actually consuming more of the food from your high chair tray, versus shoveling it at your face and letting most of it fall into your chair. I'm actually going to be a little sad when you stop spilling food at all because you get SO HAPPY when we take your high chair tray off and you get "second dinner" from the food that has fallen into your bib. You literally let out a squeal and sit for a few minutes eating what's in your bib. So cute! </div>
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Like I predicted, your "tongue sucking" is starting to fade away, although not gone completely. You L O V E your blanket you get at naps and night and close your eyes and roll over as soon as we hand it to you. And that weight check we were stressing over so much a few weeks ago? You totally dominated it. I'm thinking that first weight they took where it looked like you may have lost weight was wrong, otherwise you gained 12 ounces in 3 weeks, which is pretty impressive. Basically, you are perfect in every way.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12/17- sitting up unassisted </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Molly Girl, Molls Balls, Molly Mae, Sister Girl, Sister Bear...you are rotten. You have us completely at your beck and call, and know exactly how to work us in which you get your way. You know what you want when you want it. And you are N O S E Y and know where Madeline and Carter are at all times; I can see in the future you always being the one to tell mw what the others are up to. You want to always be in the middle of everything and get upset when we walk out of the room without you in our arms. God forbid you crawl and follow us! You can crawl, you just don't do it as much as Magellan. You prefer to be carried. And spoon-fed. And have your diaper changed immediately after it is dirty. I guess I'm calling you a princess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px;">You and Madeline have really started to "play" together for short periods of time and it is just my favorite thing to watch. You are very interested in her and touch her whenever she is within arms reach. You love to lay in the bed next to her or Carter and laugh at everything they do. You have not mastered the "gentle" face touch, so I don't think they are as interested in you are you are in them. You always finish your bottle before Madeline in the morning and Carter has taken to talking to you while you lay on your boppy waiting for Maddy to finish. Carter always says "I talk to Molly" and then leans over your face and blabbers gibberish until you laugh at him. I can see the two of you getting into a lot of trouble together in the years to come. </span></div>
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I'm beginning to think that you would prefer to be done nursing altogether. You bite me constantly, you would rather do ANYTHING else than lay still in my arms, and would drink both yours and Madeline's bottles if I let you. The only time I feel like you nurse really well is at night when we are alone in the dark room and you nurse until you fall asleep. So that makes me think you are interested in nursing the rest of the time, just maybe too distracted. If you were a singleton I would probably just stop nursing and use my freezer(s) stash to bottle-feed you until your birthday. But since Madeline acts like she wants to nurse until college, selfishly, I'm going to continue to nurse you out of convenience for myself. I don't think I can keep up with a sippy for Carter, a sippy for you, pumping for both of you, and nursing Madeline. It makes me crazy just to think about it all. We are almost done so I'm going to push forward and see where the next two months take us.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Eating:</b> nursing 3 times a day with one breastmilk bottle in the morning. Typically 11am, 4pm, 7pm, and 7am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Awake</b>: 7:00am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Naps: </b>9:00-11:00am, 1:30-4:00pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> sleeping, Carter, your paci, jumping in the jumper or exersaucer, riding in the car, being paid any amount of attention, food being fed to you, bath time </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Development:</b> crawling, holding her own bottle </span></div>
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You are <b>NINE MONTHS</b> old today! The time is going by so quickly but we are having so much fun watching y'all grow up. Everyday just keeps getting better as y'all are doing more developmentally and as your personalities really start to shine. Life with three kids is so enjoyable and the very best part is watching the relationship form between y'all and Carter. </div>
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We are officially following a 4-hour schedule now that includes 3 meals and 2-3 naps each day. Typically y'all wake up at 7:00 and drink an 8-ounce bottle while I pump, followed by breakfast at 8:00. With the exception of days when we take Carter to preschool y'all will go down for a nap around 8:45-9:00 and nap until 10:30-11:00. Then the schedule repeats with y'all nursing at 11:00, lunch at noon, and another nap from about 1:30-4:00. Nurse again at 4:00, followed by dinner at 5:30 and sometimes a cat nap around 6:15. Y'all nurse for the last time around 7:00 before going to sleep for the night. <br />
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My life officially feels like we revolve around mealtime; I'm always preparing a meal, serving a meal or cleaning up a meal. Y'all are now eating three full meals a day, y'all love to eat and have great appetites! We have yet to find a food that y'all don't like, although you still haven't mastered eating bananas. This month we tried and liked yogurt, carrots, waffles, toast, mangos, broccoli, mac-n-cheese, zucchini, butternut squash, apples, red bell peppers, raspberries, eggs, clementines, potatoes, chicken, blueberries, green beans, corn, cherry tomatoes, oatmeal, cheerios, squash, scones, strawberries, blackberries, pepperoni, and grapes. I think y'all might like your veggies a like more than your fruits. Favorites are definitely sweet potatoes and roasted apples. We also give y'all a little bit of water everyday and will probably start using a sippy cup soon. <br />
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<b>Madeline Kate,</b><br />
Maddy Kate, Maddy Girl, Mads Pads, Sister Bear, Sister, Girl...you are one sweet, sweet baby. You are still our more laid-back, "go with the flow" sister and love to people watch (your favorite people being sister bear and brother bear.) You have yet to meet a stranger and give huge smiles to anyone who will pay you any attention. You are very interested in what Molly is doing, where she is going and what toy she is playing with. You have your eye out and let me know if I walk by you without picking you up or reminding me not to leave you on the floor if I pick sister bear up. You do NOT want to be left out of anything! You are sensitive and can get your feelings hurt easily if we ignore you too long, but are pleased as punch as long as we hug and kiss you every few minutes. Your laughs are probably the best thing I've ever heard, and now that you are laughing at everything sister and brother do I stay one happy mama. <br />
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Baby girl you are crawling! Well, you are army crawling and scooting anywhere and everywhere. I can't leave you down for a second without you finding a cord plugged into a wall across the room and you are OFF! Zoom! I was actually a little shocked that you started crawling so soon since you are still not sitting up unassisted; I kept thinking that milestone would come first. And now that you are crawling everywhere you have no time or patience to be still and practice sitting. For the love! I need you to learn how to sit so we can do a normal bath, sit in a high chair, and sit in the grocery cart. The day I can take all three of you to the grocery store and only use one shopping cart (instead of pushing one and pulling one behind me) I will be a very happy mama!<br />
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We started OT this month with your therapist, Tina, who sees you and Carter. You have some weird things you do with your tongue/mouth so we are working on those as well as sitting up and fine motor movements with your hands. One of my favorite things you do is to self-soothe by sucking on your tongue. It sounds weird to say but that's the best way Daddy and I can describe it. I'm worried that all the OT work we are doing with your mouth will "cure" your tongue sucking, but that's probably the point. You don't take a paci anymore but have started sleeping with a small blanket, so maybe that will help you continue to self-soothe. <br />
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You have lost a few ounces since our last appointment, probably from all of that crawling, so we are sure to fill your belly all day and will be back for a weight check in a few weeks. If you had told me nine months ago that my big "Baby A" would one day be my smaller twin I probably wouldn't have believed you. But you are almost an entire pound less than your sister, exact same in length, and a much larger head. A long string bean!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> sleeping, Daddy, Carter, Molly, riding in the Ergo, your bouncer, eating blankets, Sophie the Giraffe, chewing on cords, all food, being outside, being "thrown" up and down, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px;">Molly Girl, Molls Balls, Sister Bear, Sister Girl...you are the life of the party! Always showing off for your siblings, and always doing something for them to pay attention to. Baby girl, I think you might have a career in acting in your future. You have mastered the art of the fake cry and use it anytime you want something. Come get me out of my highchair! Give me that toy! Pick me up! Give me words of affirmation! And on, and on, and on. I'm confident in saying that you know what you want when you want it and how to get it. Your poor husband, he is never going to be able to ever tell you "no."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px;">You are our little princess, not wanting to get your hands or face dirty. You love to eat but want us to hand feed you your food and let us know if we ever get a drop on your face. You hate to have your hands and face wiped and God forbid we wipe your nose. You are so good with your paci now and I watch you on the monitor or in the car just take it out of your mouth and put it back in at your own will. That is so nice! You hold your own bottle like a champ and can down 8 ounces in less than 10 minutes. Piggy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px;">You are crawling just like Sister Bear. You have no interest in going anywhere quickly, but will fly as soon as you see a shoe or one of Carter's toys. Your favorite thing to do is this cute little side-sit, like a model pose. You crawl for a bit and then side-sit. Play with a toy and then side-sit. Roll over and then land on your side. I need to get a good picture of you like that to save in case you model in your future. The best part of your day is when Carter comes to "talk" to you, especially in the morning when you are drinking your bottle. You love, love, LOVE Carter and follow him everywhere. The three of you are going to be the very best of friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.3333330154419px; line-height: 18px;">We finally got your eczema under control with some </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">hydrocortisone</span><span style="font-size: 15.3333330154419px; line-height: 18px;"> cream. Your lower two teeth finally popped through and you are USING them! I thought at the beginning of the month you would have to stop nursing because you couldn't nurse without biting, but thankfully it was a phase and we are back in our nursing routine. Your hair on the top of your head is coming in quickly, but the rest seems to be in a stagnant state so you may be rocking a </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">mohawk</span><span style="font-size: 15.3333330154419px; line-height: 18px;"> soon. You hold your own bottle now which is a <b>game changer.</b> You have the sweetest little laugh and go on and on and on when we tickle you at night. We love you! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> sleeping, Carter, your paci, jumping in the jumper or exersaucer, riding in the car, being paid any amount of attention, food being fed to you, bath time </span></div>
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You are <b>EIGHT MONTHS</b> old today! Holy cow! Sweet sweet sweet and sweet are the four best words I can think of to describe y'all and our time we have spent together this month. Y'all are just the sweetest little babies and everyone we encounter comes to the same conclusion mere moments after meeting y'all. Y'all are easy, and happy, and sweet as cherry pie. </div>
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We are still following the same 3-hour schedule we were on <a href="http://matthewlovesamanda.blogspot.com/2014/09/madeline-and-molly-seven-months.html" target="_blank">last month</a>, with the addition of dinner around 5:30. Y'all continue to be great sleepers/nappers which I thank God for every day. I just looked back at brothers 8-month post and he still wasn't sleeping through the night at this point. Yay for great sleepers! Y'all also go down easily (compared to the hours I spent rocking your brother to sleep) and continue to nap in long stretches. Y'all are getting to where you don't nap as well in the car or in the stroller, but I think we are inching closer to a 4-hour schedule (hopefully!)</div>
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We started giving you rice cereal at dinnertime a month ago and, well, it didn't go so well. I gave that a few days and then tried bananas and carrots, only to stress myself out more. Spoon feeding two babies while also trying to feed a picky toddler is not fun! So we took a few days off while I talked to some other twin mamas and regrouped to attempt Baby-Led Weaning. Basically we are tossing the spoons and purees in the trash and just giving you real food, in easy to grasp portions that you can feed yourselves. So far we have tried bananas, carrots, cucumbers, avocado, sweet potatoes (mashed and roasted), peaches, pears, shredded cheeses, yogurt, waffles, and toast. Your favorites seem to be cucumbers, sweet potatoes and waffles. It awesome to watch y'all go from not being able to reach and pick up food, to devouring whole trays of food! Especially food that your brother would never think of touching! </div>
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Besides food y'all's absolute favorite thing this month has been Carter. It doesn't matter if he is laying on top of you, picking you up, or bouncing with you in the jumper, y'all cannot get enough of him! You laugh all day long at his crazy antics and are always trying to get closer to him. Speaking of getting closer to him, y'all are trying your darndest to crawl! Molly, you can actually get up on all fours and rock back and forth. Madeline, you are beginning to do an army crawl to get where you want to go. Either way, if I put you down on the floor anywhere and give you a few minutes it's guaranteed that y'all will NOT be in the same place a few minutes later. I'm holding onto these last few weeks of immobility because I know once y'all start moving my life will forever change.</div>
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<b>Madeline Kate,</b></div>
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Maddy Girl, Maddy Kate, Sister Bear...you continue to be our sensitive, gentle girl. You are almost always happy, unless something hurts your feelings and then we get big, crocodile tears and pouty lips. Oh, it's absolutely heart breaking! Thankfully you are rarely upset and easily settled if we can get you close to Molly or Carter. </div>
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My favorite part of the day is waking you up in the morning and from your naps. It's always Molly who wakes up first, so when I get to your room you are typically still asleep. You sleep on your tummy with your nose in the sheet, face-down. And you sleep like a rock so when I go to wake you up it takes you a minute to realize what's happening and really wake up. You stretch your arms, rub your eyes, roll over and eventually open your eyes with a big smile on your face. Oh, it's just the very best! Then you get even happier when I bring Sister Bear over to your bed and y'all play together for a minute. I need to record this one day because I never want to forget how sweet it is to watch you wake up. </div>
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Your hair has finally started to come in more, but it's so very blonde it's almost hard to see how much hair you really have. Your eyes are still various shades of blue and you have the most beautiful skin. The hemangioma on your back is starting to shrink and we are hoping it is small enough at twelve months that we won't have to go through laser removal treatments. I'm guessing you are still a few ounces smaller than your sister, but I'm not sure. You love to nurse and nurse for longer stretches than Molly, even though you weigh a little less. And you got TWO TEETH this month! Your lower central incisors cut through on the 6th and 11th. You are paying more attention to what's going on around you and will cry if I walk out of the room or pick up Molly instead of you. </div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Madeline 8 month Stats</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Weight:</b> 15 pounds 6 ounces (7%ile)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Eating:</b> nursing 4 times a day with one breastmilk bottle in the morning. Typically 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, and 7am.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bedtime:</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> around 7:30pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Awake</b>: 7:00am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Naps: </b>8:00-10:00am, 1:00-4:00pm, and two cat naps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Diapers: </b>size 2 Huggies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> sleeping, Daddy, Carter, Madeline, riding in the Ergo, your bouncer, eating blankets, Sophie the Giraffe </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Development:</b> reaches for things, self feeds, passes toys/food from one hand to the other, cries when I walk out of room, scares easily </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10/6- lower left central incisor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10/11- lower right central incisor</span></div>
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<b>Molly Ann,</b></div>
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Molly Girl, Molls Balls, Sister Bear...you are sweet and in charge. It continues to be your world and we just live in it following your lead and schedule all day. You pop up out of bed in the morning and are ready to go (I'm not sure where you get that from except maybe Carter; Daddy and I do not "pop" up ever.) You are very aware of your surroundings and we can see the thoughts buzzing around in your brain all day. I think I might be afraid of the day you start talking for fear of all the opinions and questions we will hear all day long. You want to be in the middle of all the action and have no problem to attempt to leap out of our arms to reach what you want. Neither you or Sister Bear are sitting up yet but you are so close to crawling. You can actually get up on your hands and knees and rock back and forth. Slow down! </div>
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You are our cuddle bug and love to be held, rocked and just hanging out in our arms. The only place you would rather not be is carried in the Ergo, probably because you cannot face out and watch the world go by. Sadface. You still love your swing and take two cat naps in there each day. You still take your paci but don't seem as attached to it as Carter was. You are happy to suck your paci at night and during naptime but never fuss if you don't have one in your mouth. You can now pull my hair and it hurts! You have such strength for such a little girl. You love to reach up at my face or over at Maddy while you are nursing and spend a lot of your time holding Maddy's hand. It's so sweet to see y'all love on each other and I hope that continues always. </div>
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Our biggest stress for you this month has been your eczema on your face and legs. We have tried every lotion and home remedy under the sun to no avail. We've tracked your eating, the weather, and my eating to see if we can pinpoint anything that makes it better/worse and cannot piece together this puzzle. On good days it's just a little rough, but on bad days is red, cracked, and bleeding. Poor baby girl. It doesn't seem to bother you and we never see you scratching at your face, thankfully. But it absolutely just breaks my heart to see bloody sheets in your bed and cracked, peeling skin on your face. I pray you grow out of this quickly! </div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Molly 8 month Stats</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Weight:</b> 15 pounds 11 ounces (10%ile...double digits!)</span></div>
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<b>Madeline and Molly,</b><br />
You are <b>SEVEN MONTHS</b> old today! I simply don't have the words to express how easy-going and happy y'all are, not to mention how incredibly fast this past month went by! When I was pregnant with Carter people warned me how fast time would go by after he was born. What I was <i>not</i> expecting was how much <i>faster</i> time would go with subsequent children. Geez, Louise! I've even started bugging Daddy about having another baby (not going to happen) just so we would always have a baby in the house. I love the age and stage y'all are in and don't want it to pass by any faster than it already is.<br />
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We are settled into our routine and daily schedule which we have been following for the past few months. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays I wake y'all up at 7:00 since we have to be at preschool or church at 9:00 on those days. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays I let y'all sleep in a little and Molly usually wakes up by 7:30 or so. I pump and y'all get breastmilk bottles and go back down for a nap around 8:00. On preschool days y'all will sleep in the car and transition back into your cribs when we get home. Y'all wake around 10:00 to eat again and typically we hit the road for errands at this time. Most days y'all catch a cat nap in the car/stroller/shopping cart depending on what we are doing. Then y'all nurse again around 1:00 and nap until 4:00 or 4:30. Nurse again when y'all wake from your nap and then it's playtime or baths, depending on the day. Y'all catch another cat nap in your swings while we are eating dinner around 6:00. Then you nurse again for the last time at 7:00 and go right down to sleep for the night. Y'all are great sleepers and we rarely hear a peep throughout the night unless it's from Molly needing her paci put back in. <br />
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This was definitely our month of laughs! Y'all wake up smiling, laugh all day long, and go to bed happy. You will laugh at each other, laugh at brother, and freely give us those big, gummy smiles whenever we so much as look in your direction. Everything is funny to y'all! Y'all still love to be held, although we don't get to do it often enough. I try to wear one of you each day during errands so we at least get some good snuggles in regularly. Your favorite part of the day is easily when Carter interacts with you, although the fun is over as soon as he picks you up. I'm thankful that y'all still seem pleased to go with the flow, have happy demeanors, and make my job as a twin mama a little easier. <br />
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<b>Madeline Kate, </b><br />
Maddy Girl, Maddy Kate, Mads Pads...our sweet, gentle soul. I just know one day you will be loyal, dependable friend every girl wants to have in her corner. You are a little more reserved and happy to take time to observe your surroundings, but constantly happy. You can be upset over something and calm down as soon as sister bear is placed next to you. You have overcome your fear of the bath, but still only tolerate bathing. I'm not sure it will ever be your favorite activity. And, for the first time in your entire life, I can say that you are my smallest baby. By an ounce! Your piglet little sister finally passed you in the weight department. You still win the length and head size categories, and probably always will. Your hair is still light blonde, eyes are still blue, and cheeks still rosy red. You are absolutely beautiful. <br />
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This month you have started to scare/startle easily and are hard to calm down once you get going crying. Most of the time its a loud noise that sets you off, but sometimes it's something passive like Carter getting too close (which you usually love) that will scare you. When you get mad it's all hands on deck to bring you back down and assure everything is okay. You are not a baby who will ever be able to "cry it out"; you just get more mad the longer you cry. Thankfully this doesn't happen often. <br />
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Another favorite for you this month has been blowing bubbles and making noises with your mouth. You even do it when you are nursing, pulling off for a moment so you can blow a bubble. You have officially ditched the paci (noooo!) and instead sooth yourself by sucking on your tongue. It's hard to describe but it basically looks like you are sucking on a paci without anything actually in your mouth, if that makes sense. Whatever works, my dear!<br />
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<b>Molly Ann,</b><br />
Molly Girl, Molls Bolls, Millie Molly Moo...our leader of the pack. It's your world and we are just living in it. You run our schedule and let us know if we are late to wake up/ eat/ nap/ go to bed/ etc. You will be our more outgoing and independent daughter, with a million opinions about a million topics. I wouldn't be surprised if you were on the debate team or in theatre when you get older (please don't grow up!) And you have finally decided to ditch the "unimpressed" act and now smile all the time, mostly without any prompting whatsoever. <br />
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Piggy piggy piggy, all you want to do it eat! Yay! All I want it big, fat babies with rolls all over so keep it up, sister! Now I realize y'all will never be chunky, heavy babies, but I am proud of all the weight you have put on this month. You are such a great eater and we actually have to monitor how much you eat because you still don't self-regulate well and will overeat if we aren't careful. <br />
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You are a doll, inside and out. It's the first thing everyone tells us when they look at you, and the first thing I think of when you smile that sweet smile at me everyday. Your hair is really coming in (and sticking straight up!) and seems to be dark brown. Your eyes are still blue but more grey than your sisters. We still fight your eczema daily, but otherwise you have beautiful skin. And both you and your sister are going to cut your first tooth any day now, I'm sure of it!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Awake</b>: either 7:00am or 7:30am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> sleeping, Daddy, Carter, riding in the Ergo, your bouncer, eating blankets </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Awake</b>: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px;">either 7:00am or 7:30am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8/24- tried rice cereal</span></div>
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<b>Our sweet babies at seven months</b></div>
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<b>Madeline and Molly,</b></div>
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You are <b>SIX MONTHS</b> old today! How has an entire half of a year passed by?!? Another six months and we will be celebrating your first birthday! Before we know it y'all will be leaving for college, getting married, and having your own babies. Okay, okay. Maybe I shouldn't be so dramatic but I'm truly shocked at how fast this milestone has crept up on us. Maybe it's because y'all are twins, or maybe it's because we have been so busy these last six months, but it really did fly by at warp speed. Knowing y'all are my last babies it really makes me sad how fast all of this is going by and I'm trying to slow down and soak every bit of your baby stage up. I just love y'all so very much!</div>
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I brag on y'all every chance I get to every person I see about how y'all are truly the BEST babies that there ever was. Y'all are so happy all of the time, and love to smile and laugh. We do get some tears but most of the time it's because you are hungry or because Carter is laying on top of you (or banging your heads together, or pinching your toes.) Otherwise you are happy to play on the floor, hang out in your swings, go somewhere in the car, or just stare at each other. Yes, y'all have finally discovered each other! If you can reach y'all are always holding hands and will roll onto your sides so you can look each other in the eye. You haven't started talking to each other yet, but I know it's coming soon. </div>
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Y'all continue to be great eaters and sleepers...a mothers dream! We moved y'all into your room sometime in July and typically sleep through the night from 7:30pm until 7:30am, give or take an hour. If you wake up before 7:00 I will feed you and put your right back to sleep when you will wake again around 9:30am. If you sleep until 7:30am we will just stay awake and start our day. We are somewhere between and 3-4 hour feeding schedule, but thankfully y'all are perfectly happy to be fed earlier or later, depending on our schedule for the day. No matter what I always feed you at 1:00pm so you can go down for your long nap from 1:30-4:30pm. At some point in the coming weeks we will likely start some solids so our schedule is bound to change some, but I'm confident that y'all will adjust with ease, just as you have to everything else so far. </div>
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<b>Madeline Kate,</b></div>
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Our sweet Maddy Kate, you are just the sweetest and happiest of all the babies. You honestly never stop smiling and get so thrilled when anyone talks to you, especially Carter. You carry a deep love for your Daddy but are pleased as punch to be in anyones arms. As long as they don't try to bathe you, then all bets are off. You remain our "bigger" baby by 9 ounces, although that is truly astonishing since you don't nurse for that long and consistently refuse the last ounce of your bottle. Your sister majorly out-eats you but you remain our "chunker." I say that with love since y'all are both still teeny tiny! </div>
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I feel confident saying that your hair will be blonde and your eyes will be blue. I'm still surprised that your Daddy and I were able to make two blonde children with our dark brown hair, brown and green eyes. You have the smoothest baby skin and rosy red cheeks. Your eyebrows and eyelashes are almost invisible they are so blonde. You love to smile and when you do you smile with your entire face and create little wrinkles in the top of your nose. Daddy and Carter love to spend their time trying to make you smile and laugh, which you do all the time. You are so very happy! </div>
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You are becoming more spoiled by the month, and you now know that if you fuss your sad little fuss we will pick you up and rock you. You are just so sad and pitiful sounding when you cry (compared to Molly's shrill shriek of a cry) that we cannot ignore you. And you love to be right where all the action is so you typically eat dinner sitting on my lap and keep your eyes open at night until you just can't make it anymore and fall asleep while I'm rocking you. You will fight your sleep like a champ until someone picks you up and then you are out like a light. You sleep pretty soundly; not much will wake you up, including Molly's cries. Your absolute favorite place to be is in the Ergo pressed up against one of us. We literally have to peel you off of us and wake you up when we are done wearing you. I love to watch you sleep since your big, chunky cheeks rest sweetly on your swaddle. You always look so peaceful. We love you, baby girl! </div>
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<b>Molly Ann,</b></div>
Our precious Molly Ann, you are so calm and content I can't believe we got so lucky. You are shy with your smiles but never seem the slightest bit upset, unless you're hungry and then you get "hangry." I'm in awe of your sweet, calm demeanor and cherish the handful of times where you actually let me rock you. You are so satisfied to rock in your swing or bounce in your bouncer that you would rather not be held. You are still our "bitty" baby but you would never guess it by watching you eat. You eat and eat and eat and we have to cut you off less you throw it all back up on us. We cap you at 6 ounces on a bottle which you suck down in less than 10 minutes. You love your bath, love to ride in the car and stroller, and love your paci. It is such a sweet pleasure to be your mama. <br />
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You definitely got mine and your daddy's dark hair, but still are sporting dark blue eyes. You are stunning with your blue eyes and dark hair, eyebrows and eyelashes and everyone tells us how pretty you (and your sister) are. And when you smile you almost have a smirk about you, winking your eyes and pulling down your little chin. It fills me with joy to see you happy and watch you laugh at your brother, who works the hardest to make you smile. Your favorite spot is sitting on our hip and being paraded around the house. </div>
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You will be our independent child. You know when your hungry or tired and know how to get both problems solved in a timely manner. You fuss when you are hungry and fall asleep wherever you are when you are tired, simple as that. You sleep in your swing, in the car, in the stroller, laying on the floor, in your bouncer, basically anywhere you are. You love to be swaddled still, but can always break your right arm out when mama swaddles you. You have a harder time breaking out of daddy's swaddles, but I know your swaddling days are numbered since you have mastered rolling onto your stomach. We will soon move you out of your rock-n-play and swaddle and into your crib. *cue tears from mama* I'm confident that you will be a stomach sleeper when the time comes as you love to lay on your stomach and look around. And you still love your paci! We love you, baby girl!</div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Madeline 6 month Stats</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> being held, your Daddy, smiling, sitting up and "talking" to us, being worn in the Ergo, Carter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7/27- moved out of Mama and Daddy's room into nursery</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Molly 6 month Stats</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Weight:</b> 12 pounds 13 ounces (4%ile)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7/27- moved out of Mama and Daddy's room into nursery</span></div>
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<b>Our sweet babies at six months</b></div>
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<b>July 22, 2013</b> the top picture of our follicles was taken. We were told they were too small/poor quality to turn into embryos, but we proceeded with our IUI anyway. The hardest part of the entire process was enduring all the medication and injections and so we just prayed for God to prepare our hearts for His will. <br />
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I spent that afternoon on the couch watching TV and waiting for the announcement of the royal baby's birth. Matt and I joked that, if we got pregnant, we should name our baby whatever William and Kate named the royal baby. So once we found out we were pregnant we called our baby "George" jokingly for a few weeks. Later, once we found out it was twins, I joked we should name them William and Kate (obviously before we knew it was two girls.) "Williams" is Nana's maiden name and "Kathryne" in the middle name of all the women on my side of the family. Perfect, right!? <br />
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<b>July 22, 2014</b> the beautiful girls on the bottom of the picture are five months old. Madeline "Kate" and Molly Ann are the babies we were told we would never have. And proof that science is never as big and our Lord. <br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/184/E738C36A3F772543CB4A0871CC47AA55.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Amanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-8977949130183654992014-07-21T12:15:00.000-05:002014-07-22T12:15:51.397-05:00Madeline and Molly: Five Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Madeline and Molly, </b><br />
You are <b>FIVE MONTHS</b> old today! What?!? Adjusted for prematurity this makes y'all about three months old, but to think that y'all have been here for five months just makes my heart skip a beat. It's gone by so quickly! And I know these next few months will be filled with exciting milestones so I'm holding onto all the newborn baby y'all have left in you. We love y'all!<br />
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The most common question/comment we receive is "How do you do it?" or "You really have your hands full!" Our answer is always the same, "Yes we are blessed but they are truly the best babies. They are taking it easy on us!" and that's the truth. Your brother is ten times more work than the two of you are put together! And y'all are always so happy and content; I'm almost waiting for the ball to drop and for y'all to figure out that you could makes things a little more difficult for us. I thank God everyday that y'all are so calm, happy, and easily pleased.<br />
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Our days still look pretty similar to <a href="http://matthewlovesamanda.blogspot.com/2014/06/madeline-and-molly-four-months.html" target="_blank">last month</a>, although it's now usually Madeline that wakes up at night and y'all are almost sleeping completely through the night. Not much longer now and we will be able to drop that early morning bottle! <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 15.333333015441895px; line-height: 24px;">Our day pretty much looks like this: Madeline wakes up somewhere between 4:00am - 6:00am and we bottle feed you and put you right back to bed. I wake y'all up around 9:00ish and I tandem nurse you and y'all hang out in your swings for awhile. If you don't fall asleep we will do some tummy time and lay around on your activity mat. You eat again around 12:00ish, hang out in your bouncers, more tummy time, and down for your long nap around 1:00pm. This time y'all will sleep as long as I let you, and I typically wake you up around 4:30pm. By then Daddy is home and I either go run errands with y'all or Carter Man. We try to keep y'all awake but you usually sneak in a cat nap while we are eating dinner. I nurse y'all for the last time at 7:00 and put you to bed around 7:30pm. </span><br />
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<b>Madeline Kate,</b><br />
You are still holding the title as the more "picky" daughter, as you have started letting your opinions be known. You want to be in our arms as much as possible (rotten) and always want to be rocked to sleep. You take more work to put down for a nap and almost always are the first to wake up. You "talk" non-stop throughout the day while you are awake and are free with your smiles and songs. <br />
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You have decided that you dislike bottles and give your Daddy the hardest time at night when he is trying to feed you. You do great nursing, but we will stick with that nightly bottle a little while longer. You also started rolling over this month! You can roll over both shoulders, from back to belly and back again. You have always hated tummy time so I knew this was coming soon for you. Now I can't keep you on your tummy for even a minute! You just roll right back over to your back! You do fine at naps and night while you are swaddled and sleeping in your rock-n-play, so hopefully we can get a few more weeks use out of that before we move you to your crib. <br />
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You are still our "bigger" baby, although we only recently moved y'all out of newborn clothes. You absolutely HATE bath time and scream louder than I've ever heard a baby scream when we bathe you. Your hair has thinned out and the new hair that is coming in is light like Carter's. I think we might have another blonde baby! Your eyes have stayed a dark blue color and you have the smoothest skin and squishiest cheeks of any baby ever. You are beautiful!<br />
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We love you sister bear, Maddy Kate, Mads Pads. To the moon and back. <br />
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<b>Molly Ann,</b><br />
You make us look like rockstar parents! You so rarely cry and are always so happy that people always comment with how good we've done. The truth is that you have done it all! We've loved you with everything we have, but you just seem to be so calm and happy everyday naturally. You are happy in the car, in your swing, on your tummy, and new this month, watching your brother run around like a crazy man. He loves to lean over and talk to you and you just eat it up! I love watching y'all interact with each other. <br />
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You are such a great eater, which makes us wonder how you are so much smaller than your sister. You will take as big of a bottle as we will give you, and nurse as long as I let you. You do still spit up when we put you on your tummy, but it's very minimal. You have rolled over one time, from your back to your tummy, but only once. You love being on your belly so I think as soon as you master that skill you will be a stomach sleeper, just like your brother. You have be a rock star in the sleep department this month, taking stellar naps and sleeping in longer stretches at night. You are no longer the one who wakes up at night and now we are following your sisters schedule. <br />
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We always said that you looked just like your daddy, but now I'm starting to see more of me in you. Your hair has come back in very dark and your eyes have stayed a blue/grey color. I'm anxious to find a baby picture of me to compare to and see if I'm right. We've been battling the eczema on your face and legs, although I'm inclined to say it's getting better. We just can't believe how cool and collected you always seem. You still have a very shrill cry, but reserve it for times when you are really mad. Otherwise you let you sister do all the fussing while you just sleep and smile. :)<br />
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We love you sister bear, Molly Ann, Molls Balls. To the moon and back. <br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Madeline 5 month Stats</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Weight:</b> 12ish pounds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Length:</b> 24ish inches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Eating:</b> nursing 4 times a day with one breastmilk bottle overnight. Typically 9am, 12pm, 4pm, 7pm, and 5am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Awake</b>: around 9:00am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Naps: </b>10:00am, 1:00pm and a catnap around 5:30pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Clothes:</b> 0-3 months</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> being held, your Daddy, smiling, sitting up and "talking" to us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Development:</b> holds head up when pulled from back to sitting position, puts hands, paci and clothes in mouth, plays with toys in front of you and pushes with legs to reach toys, possibly teething, rolling over</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6/23- first nap in crib</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6/29- first time in church nursery</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7/8- rolled over from tummy to back</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7/13- rolled over from back to tummy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Weight:</b> 11ish pounds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> baths, being on your belly, your paci, watching Carter</span></div>
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6/25- first solo outing with Mama</div>
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6/29- first time in church nursery</div>
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7/13- rolled over from back to belly<br />
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We started off the month of June with Carter's 2nd birthday! We did all of his favorite things: donuts, park, presents, bubbles, balloons, ice cream and tractors. </div>
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Carter learned how to take a selfie</div>
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The girls were perfect little twins</div>
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They also each had their first sickness (Maddy a cold and Molly a UTI) with antibiotics and fevers</div>
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Madeline and Molly were baptized and we celebrated Father's Day</div>
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Most mornings Carter and I played outside with his water table</div>
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Maddy Kate rocked it out on the bumbo</div>
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Molly had an abdominal ultrasound after the UTI which came back perfect. It was also the first time I had just one of the girls with me without the other. </div>
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And we rounded out the month with the girls turning 4 months old</div>
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Tomorrow we are flying to Florida with all 3 kids. Wish us luck! </div>
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/184/E738C36A3F772543CB4A0871CC47AA55.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Amanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-65045251717962717602014-07-03T22:55:00.001-05:002014-07-03T22:55:09.951-05:00A Day in the Life: 25 Months and 4 MonthsSo the l<a href="http://matthewlovesamanda.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-day-in-life-22-months-and-2-months.html" target="_blank">ast time I did one of these</a> the girls were two months old and we still had our moms here to help. A lot has changed in the last two months so I wanted to document another day to have a comparison. This is a normal day at home for us, without preschool, any appointments or errands to run, and while Matt is at work. <br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, July 3rd, 2014</u><br />
<b>5:45-</b> Molly starts to stir and I head to the kitchen to heat two 4-ounce bottles. This is the perfect time for them to wake up as Matt and I can just stay awake when we are done with their feeds. Anytime earlier and it's hard to wake up after going back to sleep for only an hour. And anything later Matt will already be at work so I have to bottle feed them on my own. We still put their medicine in their bottles so this is the only breast milk bottle they get a day. We each take a girl, Matt takes Molly and I take Madeline. Usually it is reversed (because Maddy loves her Daddy) but Matt has to leave by 6:15 and Molly will eat faster than Madeline. While we feed them I pump and play on the iPad.<br />
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{Madeline}</div>
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<b>6:15-</b> girls are burped, changed, swaddled and back in bed. Matt stores my milk and leaves for work and I hop in the shower. It's so much easier for me to get up early and get ready while the kids are asleep than to try and shower while they are awake. </div>
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<b>7:00-</b> most days Carter wakes up around 7:00 but today he was still asleep so I had time to enjoy my coffee in peace while listening to the news and drinking my coffee. I also try and get ALL THE THINGS done at this time: laundry, dishes, mail, bills, anything on the computer, set out breakfast, make Carter's lunch and making tonights bottles. </div>
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<b>7:30-</b> Carter is UP and knocking at his door for me to come rescue him. We watch and episode of Mickey Mouse together while I rock him and he plays with his tractors. <br />
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<b>8:00-</b> breakfast of champions, tractors welcome.<br />
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<b>8:30-</b> we usually go outside to play before it gets too hot and before I change Carter's clothes. Today he went outside and came right back in so he played with his train table while I cleaned up and switched the laundry over. <br />
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<b>9:00-</b> brother wakes up sisters with a kiss and gets iPad time while girls tandem nurse. He is loving Mother Goose Club and Blippi channels on YouTube, PBS Kids app, and anything tractors.<br />
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Full bellies! {Madeline, Molly}</div>
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<b>9:30-</b> Carter and I brush our teeth, something he LOVES to do. He has always loved to play with a toothbrush so I'm thankful this is not a battle for him/us. Girls have tummy time, which Carter always likes to supervise. <br />
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<b>10:00-</b> we are hosting a play date at our house today (easier than trying to go some place else) so chaos ensues for awhile. The girls nap in their swings almost the entire play date. Our play group went from two toddlers and a baby a year ago, to three toddlers and three babies today!<br />
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Tess is one month younger than the girls but about the size of the two of them put together! {Madeline, Molly}</div>
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<b>4:30-</b> I head out to run some errands while Matt stays home with the kids. Typically I leave and either take Carter or the girls with me, but today they all stay at home with Matt. On the agenda for errands is a diet coke and dry cleaning. On my way home it looks like the bottom is about to fall out of the sky. </div>
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<b>5:00-</b> Carter and Matt head outside to watch the rain, hang out with Aunt Sara and Uncle Randy (we share a backyard), and get super started on the grill. I work on packing our bags for Florida while the girls do some more tummy time and sit in their bouncers. <br />
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<b>11:00-</b> we head to bed and fall asleep almost as soon as we lay down. It's not unusual for Matt to fall asleep with a video on his tablet still on. I'm in the middle of book 3 of Game of Thrones so I only allow myself two chapters a night so I'm not up until the wee hours of the morning reading. By this time of night it's a battle to stay awake so two chapters is really all I can conquer anyway. <br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/184/E738C36A3F772543CB4A0871CC47AA55.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Amanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-41314549259502870122014-06-21T21:52:00.000-05:002014-07-22T22:38:24.423-05:00Madeline and Molly: Four Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You are <b>FOUR MONTHS</b> old today! Just like that one-third of your first year of life is in the books. Wow! Now that we are out of the "fourth trimester" things really are getting easier, we are settling into a routine, and we are enjoying life as a family of five. Y'all are really smiling and laughing a lot, and interacting with Carter, and it could not be a more fun time than to be your parents right now. We love y'all! </div>
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So we are finally starting to feel like we've "got this" when it comes to parenting twins and a toddler. I'll admit, some days are a HOT MESS with lots of tears from everyone. But for the most part we feel like whatever we are doing is working and we have three pretty happy kids (and two happy parents.) Y'all are eating, playing and sleeping like champs. It is truly remarkable how different this newborn stage has been when compared to the first four months with your brother. Even though there is two of you, it's still easier than he is or ever was. Please keep it up!<br />
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Our day pretty much looks like this: Molly wakes up somewhere between 4:00am - 6:00am and we bottle feed you and put you right back to bed. Molly wakes up again around 9:00ish and I tandem nurse you and y'all hang out in your swings for awhile. If you don't fall asleep we will do some tummy time and lay around on your activity mat. You eat again around 12:00ish, hang out in your bouncers, more tummy time, and down for your long nap around 1:00pm. This time y'all will sleep as long as I let you, and I typically wake you up around 4:00pm. By then Daddy is home and I either go run errands with y'all or Carter Man. We try to keep y'all awake but you usually sneak in a cat nap while we are eating dinner. I nurse y'all for the last time at 7:00 and put you to bed around 7:30pm. </div>
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You and Molly have changed places and you are now our temperamental baby. You want to be rocked to sleep, you want to take your time eating, and God forbid we make you lay on your stomach. You fuss if we aren't holding you, if you are too tired, if you are not tired, and for no reason at all. You cry is still more like a whimper, and you almost always make the most pitiful face and stick that bottom lip out when you cry. It's heartbreaking to watch! You cry like we hurt your feelings and so we usually rush in and try to calm you down so you will be happy again.</div>
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Speaking of being happy, you are generous with your smiles. You smile at ANYONE for ANYTHING! You are not as talkative, but when you are happy you completely light up the room. You definitely favor your Daddy and when he's home you are all about being in his arms. He makes you smile the biggest and laugh the loudest. I just love watching the two of you together. </div>
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And although we ragged on you this month for being so temperamental, you still show a great deal of contentment (when you are being held.) And even though you want to be rocked to sleep, you will sleep forever. You are never the one to wake up from your nap or at night early. We are 100% on Molly's schedule and you are just along for the ride. If it weren't for Molly you would probably still be sleeping all day and all night! </div>
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We love you sister bear, Maddy Kate, Mads Pads. To the moon and back. </div>
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What a difference a month can make! You have been cool as a cucumber this month, just content as can be. You are rarely upset, but when you are, watch out! Unlike your sister you can make a racket when you cry. It's so easy to tell your cries apart because you just sound mad the entire time. Thankfully we don't hear your cries all that often! You are happy to just sit and observe, and don't ask too much of us except for food and clean clothes and diapers. Poor thing, between your brother and your sister you were rarely held this month! I promise to make up for it soon.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">You are </span><i style="text-align: left;">thisclose</i><span style="text-align: left;"> to rolling over to your stomach. And once you master that I'm afraid you will never roll back. You love to be on your belly and will be a stomach sleeper just as soon as we put you in your crib. I'm thinking you will probably sleep just like your brother, on your stomach with your hiney in the air. You still love your paci, love to eat and can fall asleep instantly no matter where you are. You take a little bit more work to lure your smiles out, but talk all day long. Sometimes you even sing for us! I love listening to your little voice and can't wait until you and your sister blabber back and forth to each other. </span></div>
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We love you sister bear, Molly Ann, Molls Balls. To the moon and back. </div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Madeline 4 month Stats</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Development:</b> bearing weight on legs, swatting at toys above you, can sometimes grasp a toy, constantly playing with your tongue, can hold your body up with your arms when on belly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5/28- first trip to Mama Jo's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5/29- first 7-hour stretch of sleep at night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6/3- first fever</span></div>
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Carter had such a great <a href="http://matthewlovesamanda.blogspot.com/2013/06/carters-sock-monkey-first-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">birthday and party last year</a>, and we had so much fun planning and executing everything at our house. I knew with the girls being bitty babies that a party at our home this year was just not in the cards. Our kitchen was covered in bottle and pump parts, our living room is full of swings and bouncers, and I didn't want all the germs brought into our house. So we booked a party at the Little Gym knowing Carter (and friends) would have a blast running out all of their energy playing and jumping all day. <br />
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We had a 3:30 party time and got there about 3:00 to get decorations and favors set out. TLG staff did everything for me, I just brought the banner, "two" poster, cupcakes, favors and table decor. It took them all of 10 minutes to get everything set up! So easy!<br />
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I love these pictures of Carter watching his guests arrive. We didn't tell him about the party beforehand, so he was in Heaven seeing all of his favorite people all in the same room together. Madeline and Molly spent the entire party being held and loved on by everyone. <br />
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TLG staff spent about an hour and 15 minutes playing with the kids doing all sorts of fun activities. Carters favorite things at gym is balls and bubbles and the same held true at his party. He also loved the parachute and blow-up mat. We tried for a group picture but it was pretty much a fail!<br />
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Towards the end we moved to the party room for pizza and cupcakes. Carter was pretty stunned when we sang happy birthday to him; I don't think he knew what to think! When we were done and he had blown out his candle and asked for "more" so I'm guessing he liked it! And, of course, he loved his cupcake!<br />
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We opened presents at home with just the grandparents, which ended up working out great since Carter was pretty spent after the party. We actually saved some of the presents for the next day, his actual birthday, since he showed such little interest in sitting still and opening everything up. All he wanted was to take a bath and go to bed! But he loved having all of his grandparents at his house all to himself.<br />
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<b>Happy birthday, sweet boy! We love you to the moon and back! </b><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/184/E738C36A3F772543CB4A0871CC47AA55.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Amanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-17427937109117195092014-06-01T22:04:00.000-05:002014-06-29T22:04:29.418-05:00Carter: 24 Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You are <b>TWENTY-FOUR</b> months old! TWO YEARS! <i>How</i> have you been here for two years already?!? It's so hard to believe that we've already been parents for two entire years. It's true what they say about your whole world changing when you have a baby, and you have changed our world in the best possible way. I thought I loved your Daddy before we came along, and now I love him in a completely new way. And you, my dear, have shown us an entirely new type of love. Having a child is the best kind of love.</div>
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You are at such a fun, but challenging age right now. You are on top of the world most of the day. Everything is SO FUN and SO NEW and SO EXCITING, except when it's not and then we hit rock bottom. I don't know where you get all this energy from (that's a lie, you get it from your Daddy) but you are on the GO all day. We still rarely get a moment where you will sit and focus on an activity for awhile, but that's okay with us. Throughout my entire pregnancy with you I prayed that you would be just like your daddy, and that's exactly what we got. If you are a crazy man now and end up like him later than you will lead a great life. And will be lots of fun in the meantime. :)</div>
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Your favorite things at age 2 include: tractors, Mickey Mouse, playing outside, riding in the car, milk, playing at Nana & PawPaws, visiting daddy at work, playing on the iPad, stacking blocks, throwing balls, and anything with wheels. If you could talk and I asked you what you wanted to be when you grow up your answer would be a tractor driver or a lawn mower. When we are out running errands you point out every.single.tractor. you see along the way. Some days when we need to get out of the house I will load us all up in the car and park somewhere where you can sit and watch the tractors work. Daddy has also started taking you to work with him so you can watch the tractors at the school parking lot. You always have a tractor in at least one of your hands at a time. At breakfast you load your cheerios into the bucket of a front-loader and eat from there. You have certain tractors you like to take with you in the car and certain ones for the bathtub. You are tractor obsessed! </div>
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You love to sit in your red chair and watch TV, but only for short periods of time. Your favorites are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Super Why, and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. We've also let you start using the iPad and you love watching tractor videos on YouTube and shows on the PBS Kids app. The only time we ever see you sit still is when you are watching TV or playing on the iPad. </div>
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Daddy and I got really brave one day and took your paci away cold turkey. At your end of the year preschool conference in April we decided you were likely picking up most of your sicknesses from school, mainly because you don't keep your paci in your mouth and drop it on the floor constantly. We decided we wouldn't send a paci to school with you anymore to see how you did and your teachers reported back that you were just fine. So in early May we rounded up all the pacis we could find at home and hid them from you. You barely noticed and never asked for one either. Molly takes the same kind of paci you did and you don't even put her paci in your mouth. It's really amazing how easy of a transition that was, something we were not expecting to be easy at all. I'm so glad we went cold turnkey and you adjusted so well. </div>
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You still hate to eat and hate to nap. You are truly the pickiest eater on the planet, making even me look like an adventurous eater. You would be happy to live on cheerios and yogurt for the rest of your life. You have stopped eating any sort of fruit or vegetable, and still refuse all meat. I can barely get a grilled cheese or nutella sandwich in you these days. I think right now you are just being stubborn and trying to control what you get by refusing almost everything, but I'm just hoping that you aren't starving most of the day. I can't believe how little you eat and how much you weigh. And your napping is almost as bad as your eating, although you will surprise us with a few "good" naps each week. You really fight us going down for your naps most days, and usually sleep 1-2 hours. After you wake up you are almost always a crank pot for the next two hours. One of these days you will realize how nice naps really are!</div>
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Your communication has really taken off, so much so that you do not qualify for speech therapy anymore. I'm both happy and sad about this as it was hard to fit in all of your ECI appointments during the week. But also you've come a long way with your talking so I'm sad to see Mrs. Michelle go. You were really close to qualifying for services again. So close, in fact, that the only reason you didn't qualify was because you can say "John Deere"...a two-word phrase that doesn't repeat. Thus, no more speech therapy. We love all of your new words and can't wait until you start stringing some phrases together. </div>
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You still really enjoy having little sisters and spend a lot of your day concerned about where they are and what they are doing. Your favorite thing is to watch them sleep on the monitor, and when you hear them crying you always put your hand to your ear so we know that you can hear them. You continue to love on them TOO much; we still need daily (or every minute) reminders to love on them more gently. You always point out their eyes, nose, ears and mouth and kiss them all over. A few times you have crawled into their swing, bouncer and cribs with them and we have had to rush to their rescue. Daddy and I try to always run and errand with just you everyday so you are still getting one-on-one time with us. </div>
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We've established a really fun nighttime routine with just the three of us, and it's still my favorite time of day. You never really fight us to go to bed (thankfully!) and are always happy to have me and Daddy in your room before you go to sleep. We always read 3 books (Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site, B is for Bulldozer, and one of your choosing) and then you and Daddy do some wrestling and hide-and-go-seek. Then it's lot of kisses for Daddy as he leaves to go rock sisters while I do prayers and songs while you slow down. Lately you have been asking for Itsy Bitsy Spider and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star before I leave the room. You could sing those two songs all day long, and often sing them in the car while you are searching for tractors. </div>
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<b>We love you, Carter Man! It's been a wonderful two years and we are so excited about the years in front of us. To the moon and back. </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><u>24-Month Stats:</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Weight:</b> 30.2 pounds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Length:</b> 33 inches</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Eating:</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> milk and water, cereal or oatmeal, PB&J or nutella sandwich, yogurt, fruit, smoothies, and a hodge podge of food at dinner </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Bedtime:</b> around 7:30pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Awake</b>: around 7:00am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Nap: </b>around 1:00 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Diapers: </b>size 5 Huggies, size 6 overnights</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> playing outside, anything with wheels, books, watching TV, bubbles, window watching, playing in the car or garage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Dislikes: </b>meat, people leaving the room, being in the stroller, diaper changes, not being able to hold/touch/hug/kiss the girls when they are sleeping</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Development: </b>communicating verbally more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">baby, ball, bed, block, blue, box, bubble, bucket, bug, button, bye, cheese, cooper, cracker, cup, dada, deer, diaper, dip, dirt, dog, door, duck, dump, goggle, go go, hello, hey, hi, John Deere, knock knock, mama, mail, march, mickey, more, move, movie, mow, nana, nemo, night night, no, outside, paci, pawpaw, pete, please, spoon, star, stuck, thank you, that, tractor, truck, uh oh, up, water, yes, zip </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/184/E738C36A3F772543CB4A0871CC47AA55.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Amanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-58918909056197053602014-05-31T09:53:00.000-05:002014-06-30T09:53:24.992-05:00May Recap<div style="text-align: center;">
Another month gone just like that! Maybe it's because I'm not pregnant anymore but these months are flying by!</div>
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April was spent adjusting to our girls being home and we spent most of the month having our moms stay with us to help. May was very different. Not only did we send the moms back home, but Matt also started spring football so he was gone Monday through Saturday. I did a lot of solo parenting!</div>
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We started the month with Carter turning 23 months (hold me) and the dreaded Hand Foot Mouth disease</div>
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This picture. Carter's favorite new game is to point to everyone as we name them. I may be partial but I think he's the cutest one ;)</div>
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Matt perfected the art of bottle feeding while sleeping</div>
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Carter dominated at being a big brother</div>
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Lots of snuggles with the girls (and boy)</div>
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Celebrated Mother's Day at Willie's and with an hour to myself to get a pedicure<br />
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Date night! We made it a double with Stephanie and Robby and ate at Taste of Texas to celebrate me, Steph and Matty all turning 30!<br />
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Lots of time at the park before it gets too hot<br />
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And we ended the month with Carter's 2nd birthday party at the Little Gym<br />
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Preschool has been <b>so good</b> for Carter this year! He is very attached to me so it gave him a chance to do things without me. He made some friends, which surprised me because I figured at this age they would all play equally with each other. And he had his first girlfriend, Amy. "Amy" is the only name of a non-family member Carter can say and I hear it all day long. Carter looooooves Amy. <br />
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I had grand plans to take a picture of Carter everyday of school, but morning sickness and forgetfulness got the better of me and I missed several days throughout the year. These are the pictures from the fall semester.<br />
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Carter enjoyed seeing the fire trucks, playing in the pumpkin patch, learning how to walk on a rope, fall festival, perfecting eating at a table in a real chair, numerous arts and crafts, music class, a Christmas party and program, and playing with friends. <br />
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I have fewer pictures for the spring semester since he spent a good portion of time with Nana taking him to and from school and we were at the NICU for 5 weeks. These pictures were all taken on preschool days, just not on the way out the door.<br />
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In the spring Carter enjoyed water games, instruments, K9 unit visits, more arts and crafts, actually napping during nap time, showing off his baby sisters, and a stellar spring parent conference. I'm excited for your class next year since the teachers are familiar with the students and many of his classmates will be in his class again. I'm also excited to be able to spend some quality time with Madeline and Molly while Carter is at school. <br />
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<i>Ms. Flo, Ms. Kelly, Carter and me on the last day of school</i></div>
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Here is a comparison picture for first and last days of school. I love this boy! So adorable!<br />
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Nana and I loaded up the kids and headed to the stadium early so we could hopefully see Matt for a little while before things got started. We were able to sit in the press box in the air conditioning, which was exactly what we needed with Madeline and Molly. We were able to spread the blanket out on the floor and they napped and nursed as needed. And Carter was contained! Lol!<br />
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I ran Carter down to the field once the JV game was over and we had lots of time with Matt. Carter was SO excited to be on the field with Daddy he never stopped smiling. Coordinators didn't have to coach in the game so Matt was really relaxed and just let Carter run all over the place and play with the players. He loved just following Matt around and helping Matt coach the kids. I wish all football games were like this!<br />
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<b>Madeline and Molly,</b><br />
You are <b>THREE MONTHS</b> old today! I can't even begin to believe that you are already a quarter of a year old. I think because you spent your first five weeks at the hospital you seem like you should be a little younger to me. Regardless, you are doing what I begged you not to do and you are growing up! I'm already a little sad that y'all aren't teeny tiny little babies any more. Even though you are growing up when I would rather you not, y'all are still such good babies and you are really taking it easy on me. If all kids were this easy I would have more! I've even asked your dad if we could have another and he quickly shot me down. Yes, we have our hands full but we are also so blessed with three wonderful children. <br />
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We've spent the last month settling into our new normal, establishing somewhat of a routine, and saying goodbye to the help we had for the first several weeks. We've weaned you off fortified breast milk to now only nursing during the day and bottles of breast milk at night. I've regulated my supply to where now I'm only producing what y'all are demanding. All of these changes have made this month so much easier than the previous two, and it has made life with three kids so much more enjoyable! </div>
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I'm going to make this next statement and pray it doesn't come back to bite me in the rear, but y'all are g-r-e-a-t sleepers. We put you down at night around 7:30, wake you up around 11:00 to give you a bottle, and then Molly will wake up between 4:00 and 6:00 ready for another bottle. Y'all always go right back to sleep after your bottles and then I usually wake y'all back up around 8:00 or 8:30am again. Y'all are great about napping in your swings, in the car, in our arms, or wherever we may be. And y'all almost always give me a good long nap in the afternoon from about 1:00 to 4:00pm. This is so different than how Carter ever was as a baby I'm not sure what to think about it, but I still hope you don't punish me for saying how great y'all are! Keep it up, girlies! </div>
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Just like <a href="http://matthewlovesamanda.blogspot.com/2014/04/madeline-and-molly-two-months.html" target="_blank">last month</a> you continue to be our happy and content baby. Often times we find you just sitting in your car seat/swing/rock-and-play and just staring at something completely content. You still love your daddy something fierce and always smile when he holds you. In other peoples arms you prefer to be held sideways across their body but with Daddy you always curl your legs up like a little frog and snuggle into his chest. You still look so much like your brother; it's uncanny. At night or at naps you are NEVER the one to wake up hungry to eat, it's always your sister. If it weren't for her waking us up I'm sure you would be sleeping in really long stretches. It takes you awhile to wind down to go to bed, but once you are asleep you are OUT and it's really hard to wake you up. You get that from your Daddy. You will take your nightly bottles alright but you definitely prefer to nurse and we sometimes have a hard time getting you to burp. We're still trying to figure out your reflux issues, but fortunately they aren't too bad and something you should grow out of soon. </div>
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You are still our bitty baby girl, but you love to eat. Even though your hair is falling out something fierce you still look so much like your Daddy. You have really started to smile and talk to us and it's easily the highlight of our day. We will stand in front of you talking to you like fools forever just to get a few peeps out of you. You are trying so hard to roll over, both from your belly to back and back to belly. I still think you will be the louder and more opinionated sister of the bunch, which you probably get from me. We've caught you paying attention to what brother is doing during the day and I'm thinking the two of you will be conspiring against me in no time at all. And just like Carter Man you LOVE your paci. </div>
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<b>To our beautiful baby girls,</b></div>
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We thought having twins would be twice the work, which it is, but we completely underestimated how much fun it would be. We LOVE having both of you in our family and it is so much FUN being a family of five. We often catch ourselves daydreaming about the future and wondering what life will be like once all of you are toddlers, school-aged, teenagers, and beyond. We have so much FUN ahead of us! We love you to the moon and back. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> being held, your Daddy, rocking in your swing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4/25- first trip to bible study</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4/27- first time to church</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5/10- first smiles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Development:</b> holds head up pretty steadily, grasps objects with hands, cooing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4/25- first trip to bible study</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4/27- first time to church</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5/5- first smile</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5/11- first Mothers Day</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/184/E738C36A3F772543CB4A0871CC47AA55.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Amanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-34689952719320108202014-05-19T22:58:00.000-05:002014-07-26T22:59:07.608-05:0030th BirthdaySSo this is the big year for me and Matt...we both turn <b>THIRTY!</b> Whoo hoo!<br />
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Soon after I got pregnant with the twins I told everyone we would need to reschedule my birthday since I would be 8 months pregnant (I'm not sure if that's allowed, but I did it anyway.) Who wants to celebrate with swollen ankles and heartburn?! Not this girl. Since Matt and Stephanie's birthdays are only two days apart in May (16th and 18th) I went ahead and declared my birthday to be May 17th. <br />
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Instead of being pregnant for my birthday I ended up being able to snuggle my girls! They were still in the NICU and Jeff was in town so we headed up there in the morning and gave them their morning bottles. Matt was on spring break so we spent the rest of the day at home playing with Carter Man. After he went to bed I headed back to the NICU and got a great birthday present...the girls' beds were open and they were regulating their own body temps!<br />
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Once May rolled around it worked out that May 17th fell on a Saturday! We all lined up babysitters (thanks Laura, Chris and Brooks!) and headed to Taste of Texas with Robby and Stephanie. We had the BEST time and definitely need to make more time to hang out away from the kids. I love that my best friend married my brother-in-law! </div>
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<b>Happy 30th! I'm tempted to permanently move my birthday to May 17th! </b><br />
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It should be noted that this was our first restaurant outing with all 3 kids and Matt's first time to be solo with all the kids. It was naptime so I went easy on him. :) I did get an SOS phone call at the end of my pedicure about a potty mess Carter made in his room when he was supposed to be napping. I quickly called "Mothers Day" on that one and laughed to myself at the situation. <br />
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I'm not sure I will ever get through another Mother's Day without feeling a twinge of sadness for all of the women trying to conceive a baby. The heartache of infertility changed me, and made me a more compassionate person. I'm so thankful to honor my mama and mother-in-law on this day, and to have my own children honor me, but I will always spend my day praying for all of those waiting to be called "mama." <br />
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beautiful, beautiful, </div>
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beautiful boy.</div>
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darling,</div>
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darling, </div>
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<i>*lyrics courtesy of John Lennon "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)"</i><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/184/E738C36A3F772543CB4A0871CC47AA55.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Amanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-18644488844769172002014-05-12T21:07:00.000-05:002014-07-26T21:07:47.329-05:00Madeline and Molly's Birth Announcement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Photography</b>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MannionsMemories" target="_blank">Mannion's Memories</a> (back) and <a href="http://www.aanewbornphotography.com/index2.php#/home/" target="_blank">A&A Newborn Photography</a> (front)<br /><b>Design</b>: <a href="http://www.littlebearsdesigns.com/main/" target="_blank">Little Bears Designs</a></div>
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We finally were able to take pictures on April 3 when the girls were almost 6 weeks old at PawPaw and Nana's house. Of course Madeline decided THAT would be the day she would be awake and fussy all day. And a big thanks for Nana for chasing crazy Carter Man around all day. Five hours later (seriously!) I think we got some pretty cute pictures of our baby girls!<br />
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A few weeks later we had some more portraits taken since Madeline was so fussy on the first try. This time we aimed for just a headshot of the two girls together and used A&A Newborn Photography. You won't believe me but we got these shots in 30 minutes! They got the girls right to sleep and posed within minutes....I was floored! And tempted to hire them to come put the girls to sleep everyday :)<br />
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Carter Man,<br />
You are <b>TWENTY-THREE MONTHS</b> old today! Oh my goodness, we are going to blink and you will be TWO! I need to take some deep breaths because this is just almost too much for me to believe. Where has the time gone? How are you almost two? Is there anything I can do to convince you to stay a baby (can I even call you my baby anymore?) for just a little while longer?<br />
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The big news this month is your verbal communication. Everyone has been telling me now for months that you "are on the verge of a verbal explosion" and they were right! We can barely keep up with our list of words you now can say. Now, this is still not to say that you are using words regularly. No sir, you still would rather gesture and grunt that say anything, but you CAN say a whole lot. Now we are working on getting you to CHOOSE to say those words regularly. Your favorite word is "BUB-BLE!" We hear "bubble" at least 5 times a day, usually accompanied by an excited face, pointing and running to the back door. My favorite is hearing you say "mama" when I pick you up from school, followed closely by "da-dee."<br />
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You still love your little sisters, running to find them first thing in the morning like it's your job. You enjoy hugging and kissing them, although you do it regardless of if they are awake or sleeping, so we need to work on leaving the girls alone when they are sleeping. We have taken to closing our bedroom door while they nap and you DO NOT like that and will stand at our door and knock until you are allowed in. You still love to point out and name all of their body parts "eyes, nose, and ears" being your favorites. You also try to hold their hands a lot, especially in the car. You steal their pacis faster than we can keep up with and will pop their bows on their heads if they are wearing one. You like to love on them with all that you have, so we still need to practice loving on them more <i>gently</i>. <br />
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This last week you came down with hand, foot and mouth disease and it has easily been my least favorite week of the month. Maybe of the year. You have generally handled it like a champ and still eat and walk even though you have blisters covering your mouth and feet. You have been pretty fussy and I can tell you are relying on your Motrin to relieve the pain, but still overall in good spirits. I'm so thankful this hasn't been worse than it has been.<br />
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My favorite time of the day is still bedtime while Daddy is in offseason. I love that time where it's just the three of us in your room and you are so HAPPY. We definitely need to spend more time with you just the three of us, but I'm sure that will come easier once the girls get a little older. You love having our undivided attention and are just precious while we hang out with you. You love to play hide-and-seek with Daddy around the dresser, sit in my lap to read "B is for Bulldozer" and help Daddy put your books away. We have a pretty sweet little system/routine going and I look forward to it everyday. The sweetest part is after Daddy has turned off the light and left the room while we are saying your prayers. Each night you always wait until we are finished praying and you reach for me in the dark, hug my neck for a long time and then kiss me on my cheek before laying back down. It melts me every night and I hope you never get too old to love on your mama before falling asleep.<br />
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You still love to be outside and mainly want to play bubbles and push your cars around. I've never seen such pure, unadulterated, sheer happiness as I do when I turn on the bubble machine. You go crazy over the bubbles and it is hilarious to sit and watch you play in them. You just run back and forth through them and then try to eat them. You love to run over to Auntie Sara's and play with Sophie through the window and try to open her door with the key. You are obsessed with keys and doors this month. Along with that you have learned how to lock the doors inside of our house and have locked yourself in various rooms several times. You also spend a good portion of your day standing at the window in our dining room and looking out the window. You wave at everyone that walks by, point out everything you see, and knock on the window when anyone leaves so that you can wave bye to them. <br />
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I do believe you are the pickiest eater on the planet. You used to be so good at eating your fruit and now I have to hide it in a smoothie for you to eat any. Your meat selection used to just to chicken nuggets from CFA but even that you won't touch anymore. What is Dr K going to say at your 2-year checkup next month?!? You love milk, cheese, crackers and oatmeal. Other than that we never really know what you will or will not eat. You won't even touch cake or ice cream!<br />
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Telling you "no" is becoming more of an occurrence, and something you really hate to hear. We never really know what is going to set you off into full meltdown mode, but taking something away from you (usually something you shouldn't have) or telling you "no" is a surefire way to start a tantrum. Boy, are you strong willed! I know your persistence, strong will and stubbornness will serve you well later in life, but right now it makes you a little monster. Our biggest battle with you everyday is being consistent with your discipline, which is hard to manage with two infants who demand so much of my attention. I know a lot of this will taper off as you get older and more communicative, but right now you make me want to pull my hair out. Thankfully you don't tell us "no" even though you can say the word. You will, however, tell Sophie "no no no" and shake your finger at her. It's too cute to watch you do that!<br />
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Carter Man, we have so much fun with you these days. You could play and laugh and be outside all day if we would let you, never slowing down to eat or nap. You are so full of energy and life and I hope that never changes. We love watching your relationship with your sisters develop and seeing you become a big brother has been heartwarming. We love you to the moon and back.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Weight:</b> 29.4 pounds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Length:</b> 32ish inches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Awake</b>: around 7:00am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Diapers: </b>size 5 Huggies, size 6 overnights</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Favorites:</b> playing outside, anything with wheels, your paci, books, watching TV, bubbles, window watching, playing in the car or garage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Dislikes: </b>meat, people leaving the room, being in the stroller, diaper changes, not being able to hold/touch/hug/kiss the girls when they are sleeping</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Development: </b>communicating verbally more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">baby, ball, blue, bubble, bucket, bug, button, bye, cheese, cooper, cup, dada, deer, diaper, dirt, dog, duck, dump, hello, hey, hi, John Deere, mama, more, move, movie, nana, nemo, night night, no, outside, paci, spoon, star, stuck, that, tractor, truck, uh oh, up, yes, zip </span></span></div>
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/184/E738C36A3F772543CB4A0871CC47AA55.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Amanda McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603665903504827634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835655308368193174.post-14331737723523569522014-05-01T14:22:00.001-05:002014-05-01T14:38:27.841-05:00What a Week!Whew! We've had nothing going on but a million things going on all at once. Does that even make sense? My calendar is pretty open right now but I feel like I've been running a marathon the past few days.<br />
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Carter came home from preschool on Monday with a fever, a blister on his tongue and bites on his hands. At first I thought it could be hand foot and mouth, but then Matt reminded me that he fell while holding Carter on Sunday and Carter bit his tongue. He also got into some ants with PawPaw so we went to bed Monday night praying for no fever and a series of unfortunate events. Tuesdays doctor appointment confirmed hand foot and mouth disease. Ugh! Thankfully his fever never came back but his poor mouth, bottom and feet are covered in blisters. We've been vigilant about keeping him away from the girls and pain-free with Tylenol and Motrin. I've also been using our essential oils in the kitchen diffuser, his bedroom diffuser and on his blisters. Hoping this is all gone by the weekend!<br />
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Also on Tuesday I had some more newborn pictures taken of the girls. I can't wait to share...they turned out so cute!!<br />
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Carter is 23-months old today! Considering I never got around to taking his 22-month pictures I am a woman on a mission to get his 23-month pictures/post done ASAP. I can't believe we are already planning his <b>SECOND</b> birthday party! Crazy town! I got the proof for the invitations today and am super excited. We are hosting the party at Little Gym which I think Carter Man will love. <br />
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Matt started spring football on Monday, so for the next 3 weeks he is out of commission Monday through Saturday. I hate this, but it is also forcing me to dive head-first into taking care of our three under two by myself. Thankfully the girls are still so sweet so my main job is wrangling Carter. HFM has definitely put a wrench in our first week without Daddy, but I figure if I can handle this then I can handle anything. Oh and the white chocolate bundt cake I made is definitely helping. <br />
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Project "reduce Amanda's milk supply" is almost complete. It sounds crazy but I was pumping over a gallon of breast milk a day in addition to nursing. I'm down to just pumping 3 times a day but all of my freezer space (2 at our house, one at Nana's, one at Missy's) is completely full. I found a group called Human Milk 4 Human Babies where you can donate to mama's in need. So I'm going to donate several hundred ounces of milk! I'm so glad I can help another breast feeding mama out!<br />
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I finally sold our guest bed, so project nursery is starting. We are waiting for a buyer to come pick up the bed, then we will be able to set up the cribs we bought in February. I'm anxious to see if we can fit everything in that small bedroom. I'm also crossing my fingers that we can fit our glider in there as well. I can't wait to get in there and finally finish working on the nursery. Eeeek!<br />
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This preschool picture?!? I melted into a puddle on the floor when I saw this. Carter's favorite new game is to stand at the refrigerator and name all of the people in the picture. He's surprisingly good! We also had his end of the year conference with his teachers yesterday. He got perfect marks in everything but verbal communication. And they said he is a school favorite and the 2-year classes are fighting over who gets his next year. That makes my mama heart happy.<br />
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I chopped my hair on Monday! It was past time for a haircut and as good a time as any for a new style. I love the short length and am actually thinking about going shorter! Thoughts?<br />
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