Weekend recap

 We had such a fun weekend! We didnt even do anything exciting :)

Friday night Emma went to Mimi's house and I prepped Giannas room for her first night in there..woohoo sad tears. Bitter sweet moment. She did really well. Friday night, she was up 3 times, but im sure a new mattress, static instead of the tv and less light all played factors. Bc Saturday, she slept like a champ. AND Gianna also had rice cereal for the first time and she liked it! Didnt love it, but also didnt hate it. Emma hated oatmeal and rice altogether.

Gianna is also trying realllly hard to sit because she will do anything to not be laid down.

 And FINALLY James' fathers day gift arrived! I ordered these shirts BEFORE Mothers day and they ended up being on back order and instead of 3-4 weeks it was 6-8 weeks. Thankfully as adults, we understand lol. So we celebrated this Sunday!

And this beauty..I just cant get enough of her.

 We pulled out the car this weekend and Emma had a great time dragging Gianna around the house. I LOVE when Emma wants to entertain her sister; it is one of my top things watch.

 Comfiest nap ever haha

 Since we moved the pack-n-play out the room, my pregnancy pillow came too! (it was wedged between the wall and the p-n-p :)...the kids took over lol. Emma watched a movie like this. I love her outfit choice haha

And we even got Gianna set up to watch a little bit of the movie too.

Gianna is so funny, no matter what room you are in, if she can hear the tv, she will stretch and look until she spots the tv and stare for a solid few minutes and then shell snap out of her trans and go back to shouting.

If every weekend was this lazy. Oooooh I finally attacked my 9 load laundry pile at the top of the stairs! I felt pretty darn accomplished after that hahaha

Fathers Day 2015

 For Fathers Day this year, we spent the day as a family doing what Daddy wanted. Nothing. It was great! We watched movies, went swimming, ate snacks and hung with Daddy all day. Saturday night, we met up with my parents and ate Lucille's for dinner! Yum yum

 We had Cheetos for breakfast and practiced sitting skills (which she immediately face planted 1 second later ha)

 Emma has been begging for a pool for the house. We have a community pool, but it is always packed and not 3-year-old friendly. So a $10 pool will do :). It was great! Felt nowhere near 112 degrees out.

 In between playing in the pool, Emma would get out and tell me she needs to lay out on the beach and put her toes in the sand.

 Emma just loves Gianna so much. She is always smothering her with love. Its so cute. Until G gets mad lol. I love how happy Emma will get when Gianna smiles at her.






Showing Daddy her crown crafts :)

Annnnd then this peach made a giant poop on Daddy's lap and it leaked out on his pants hahaha good girl :)

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Gianna is so much fun! She is such a good baby. (knock on wood)

Emma loves to hold her and pet her head. Always asks if they can sit together on the couch in a blanket. Gianna clearly loves her back :)

Gianna is loving putting things in her mouth, but lifting them there has become her struggle. So Emma will gladly shove the giraffe in her face lol, thank you Emma.

Gianna hates tummy time if you just lay her flat, so we discovered the bigger Boppy makes her happy with tummy time and she makes the best faces while doing it :)

Several times, she pushes so hard with her legs, she faces plants in front of her. Im sure if she tolerated tummy time on the ground, she would roll over...but ill take you immobile for as long as possible! I want you to stay a small baby foreverrrrr. I was telling James that I would be ok if she didnt learn anything and just sat in my lap forever. But that cant happen lol

I always couldn't wait for Emma to move on to the next phase, it was always sooo exciting to watch her learn and grow. And then I blinked and she was 3. Time flew so fast and I was so excited about what was next, I didnt soak up the moments with her as much as I wanted to looking back. Now knowing how fast time goes, im trying to soak up every single little baby ounce Gianna has.

Why do we have to grow up on our parents and our kids do the same...I want my parents to bottle me up as a baby and keep me forever.

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Peaches got a few things in the mail this last week and loves to always wear them the next day and models them for me. Moccs arent new, but we LOVE them.

Bow//Shelbychic shirt//paper patch design co moccs//wild explorers

 Emma so badly wants Gianna to play with her. So she often asks to hold her and sit with her on the couch; watching tv together is sooo precious.

We had a few rain storms last week and Emma is scared of the thunder and it cant see her if she covers her face.

A little ice cream for a hot sunny day :) (she chooses her own clothes on the weekends, she chose to dress for winter; shes nuts)

And lastly...Emma has really been wanting to play in my makeup and paint her own nails...aint nobody got that kind of budget or time for that mess. So I found Just Like Mommy Cosmetics and Emma LOVES to do her makeup and James' make up too hehe. It is great entertainment and so cute to watch her. Nothing transfers or spills, its pretty amazing

Gianna // 4 months

Peaches is 4 months old!!

Every baby is different. But I cant get over HOW different Emma and Gianna were/are as a baby.

I feel daycare plays a big role. Emma stayed home with James till she was 16 months old and Gianna went to daycare at 8 weeks old. Schedule and noise making is dramatically different. 

This month:

weight - 14.45 pounds

height - 23 1/2 inches

*porker eats anywhere from 4-7 ounces every 3 hours during the day

*wears 6 mo clothing and size 2 diapers

*working on 2 bottom teeth

*sleeps 8-5

*only naps 30-45 mins at time (which is fine as long as she sleeps at night lol)

*constant talking and smiling

*discovered yummy hands 

*when she wakes in the morning, its usually her talking to a few mins before I hear her and get her up

*she laughed for the first time on Sunday (James bday) and it was my favorite moment yet. I definitely teared up.

*absolutely loves Emma; Emma will show her all kinds of toys and ask her if she likes them, it is so precious

*she recognizes my voice when I go in to the daycare class to pick her up

*loves to 'stand' and hates to lay down if awake

*her tongue has been stretching more and she is starting to be able to stick it out (tongue tied)

We will be trying out her first night in her crib this weekend! Im going to be sooooo sad for this next stage/chapter; but at this point, Gianna is now keeping me awake at night with her stirs and noises and she ends up causing me to lay in bed awake for an hour.

Happy 4 months my little peanut!! We love you!!

Weekend Recap

 This weekend started fun and quickly went downhill.

First, Emma attended Isaac's 3rd Bday Party at the Zoo! Fun! But it was the hottest day of the year yet and the only had lemonade for the kids to drink and then gave them cake and ice cream at 10 am and then when the party was over the kids were running all over.

 Not a lot of water intake and heat = sickness for Emma.

She threw up everywhere, in the car, the floor by the TV and finally started to let me know when she thought she was gonna hurl and I was able to get her to the toilet fast enough the rest of the day. That night, we pulled the spare mattress in her room and I slept in there in case she needed me. It was kinda fun! I thought I was going to be kicked all night, but slept till Gianna woke at 5 to eat!

 We kept Sunday low key and played and watched Rio 3 times. The girls are becoming more interactive and its so cute. Emma will bring Gianna things and show her and give them to her to play. But it is Emma's choice and she chooses for how long she gets to play with each toy. Were in trouble haha.

 Then I pulled out the chalkboard because G turns 4 months old today (update tomorrow)..I requested James to draw me a giraffe.. Emma said he needed a snack hahaha. and then this pic to the left, she told me she drew a snake. I believe the eye and ear were luck of the marker flow, but I couldnt believe it when it really looked like a snake!

 And poor little G is working on 2 bottom teeth and will only nap 20-30 mins at time (ill take cat naps, if that means you sleep through the night :) )

(left) She is focused so hard on the birds in Rio lol

Later in the afternoon, we celebrated James Birthday!!! Since the girls werent feeling well, we kept it reallllly small. Emma helped make Daddy "Frozen:" brownies; because Daddy wanted a Frozen themed party LOL. He opened cards and gifts and requested to watch Kung fu Panda. We all curled up and finished off our night we movies, snacks, baths and bed :)