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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Months 6, 7 and 8
Feb. 16, 2012
Sweet-Love,
I promise I had the best of intentions in writing you a letter each month. I have really got to work on my follow through. When you grow up you need to be a better person than I am, okay? Promise?
These past few months have been full of firsts!
We started feeding you solid foods. Your first few bites involved a funny face and a shudder after every bite. When it comes to baby food, your favorite dinner is ham, pineapple and rice. You won't eat green vegetables. You are okay with fruit but you can't eat a lot of it at one time. You really like to eat whatever everyone else is eating. You've had a taste of pretty much meal we've eaten. In the morning I try to feed you a breakfast baby food - like rice cereal and mango - but you prefer to eat what your sister is having. Your favorites are pancakes and waffles.
For snacks you like puffs, yogurt melts and applesauce out of the "to-go" package because you can suck the tastiness right out of it.
As of a week or so ago, when you sit in your high chair you like to prop your left foot up on the tray. You are so weird.
In December I tried taking some herbal supplements to increase my milk supply. It worked, but not for long. As of a couple of weeks ago, you only nurse in the morning and even then, not for very long. You try to nurse in the silliest positions which tells me that you're bored. Let's be honest, it is pretty painful trying to nurse and squirming baby. I am sad and frustrated that I didn't nurse you as long as I wanted to.
On December 12, your first tooth started to pop through your gums. We thought it was just one tooth but SURPRISE! both of your bottom teeth came through at the same time. You are a teething terror! You cry and whine and don't sleep well at all. Right now you have a top side tooth coming in. You are handling this one tooth better than the other two. You're not nearly as whiny.
You have started doing this high-pitched scream that sounds like you are being mortally wounded. You do it whenever you want attention or to tell us that you are upset about something. It freaks me out, so I always come running. You're not even a year old and you already know how toget exactly what you want from me (and everyone else for that matter).
Around six months you started sleeping through the night. GLORY HALLELUJAH! If you do wake up at night, your daddy rushes in and puts the bink back in your mouth and you go back to sleep.
By the way, you are a professional bink-chucker. In the car, you throw it on the floor. In your bed, you throw it wherever. It is always an adventure trying to find it, especially in the dark.
You can clap! We say, "Yay!" and you smile so big and clap. When you first started doing it, you were so proud of yourself; you would smile and watch your hands. I am so proud of you too!
You love shoes...you love to eat them. It grosses me out. Yuck!
Also around six months you started soldier crawling. You would use your arms to drag and your toes to push yourself around on the floor.
You progressed to a weird sort of spazzy crawl.
As of a couple of weeks ago you are a perfected crawling fool! You are getting so fast. You don't crawl on your hands and knees; you crawl on your hands and feet like a bear.
Your favorite place to crawl to is the kitchen. In your room, you love to crawl up on to the bottom shelf of your changing table and play there.
You've started pulling yourself up on anything stationary. You especially like to pull yourself up on people. If someone is sitting on the floor, you are using them as a personal jungle gym. Soon you'll be walking! WATCH OUT WORLD!
You have become quite the snuggler, and you snuggle almost everyone. You nestle your head on the person's shoulder and just rest there. It is so wonderful!
Changing your diapers and getting you dressed, however, is not so wonderful. Actually, these things are my least favorite thing to do every day because you are such a pill-face! You wiggle around like crazy, roll over and try to crawl away. GAH!
Every day I thank Heavenly Father for sending you to our little family. You and your sister bring your daddy and I so much joy!
I love you, baby!
Mom
Sweet-Love,
I promise I had the best of intentions in writing you a letter each month. I have really got to work on my follow through. When you grow up you need to be a better person than I am, okay? Promise?
*5 1/2 months. You love to grab the camera!*
These past few months have been full of firsts!
We started feeding you solid foods. Your first few bites involved a funny face and a shudder after every bite. When it comes to baby food, your favorite dinner is ham, pineapple and rice. You won't eat green vegetables. You are okay with fruit but you can't eat a lot of it at one time. You really like to eat whatever everyone else is eating. You've had a taste of pretty much meal we've eaten. In the morning I try to feed you a breakfast baby food - like rice cereal and mango - but you prefer to eat what your sister is having. Your favorites are pancakes and waffles.
*6 months*
For snacks you like puffs, yogurt melts and applesauce out of the "to-go" package because you can suck the tastiness right out of it.
As of a week or so ago, when you sit in your high chair you like to prop your left foot up on the tray. You are so weird.
*See?*
In December I tried taking some herbal supplements to increase my milk supply. It worked, but not for long. As of a couple of weeks ago, you only nurse in the morning and even then, not for very long. You try to nurse in the silliest positions which tells me that you're bored. Let's be honest, it is pretty painful trying to nurse and squirming baby. I am sad and frustrated that I didn't nurse you as long as I wanted to.
On December 12, your first tooth started to pop through your gums. We thought it was just one tooth but SURPRISE! both of your bottom teeth came through at the same time. You are a teething terror! You cry and whine and don't sleep well at all. Right now you have a top side tooth coming in. You are handling this one tooth better than the other two. You're not nearly as whiny.
You have started doing this high-pitched scream that sounds like you are being mortally wounded. You do it whenever you want attention or to tell us that you are upset about something. It freaks me out, so I always come running. You're not even a year old and you already know how toget exactly what you want from me (and everyone else for that matter).
Around six months you started sleeping through the night. GLORY HALLELUJAH! If you do wake up at night, your daddy rushes in and puts the bink back in your mouth and you go back to sleep.
By the way, you are a professional bink-chucker. In the car, you throw it on the floor. In your bed, you throw it wherever. It is always an adventure trying to find it, especially in the dark.
You can clap! We say, "Yay!" and you smile so big and clap. When you first started doing it, you were so proud of yourself; you would smile and watch your hands. I am so proud of you too!
You love shoes...you love to eat them. It grosses me out. Yuck!
Also around six months you started soldier crawling. You would use your arms to drag and your toes to push yourself around on the floor.
You progressed to a weird sort of spazzy crawl.
*6 months*
As of a couple of weeks ago you are a perfected crawling fool! You are getting so fast. You don't crawl on your hands and knees; you crawl on your hands and feet like a bear.
Your favorite place to crawl to is the kitchen. In your room, you love to crawl up on to the bottom shelf of your changing table and play there.
You've started pulling yourself up on anything stationary. You especially like to pull yourself up on people. If someone is sitting on the floor, you are using them as a personal jungle gym. Soon you'll be walking! WATCH OUT WORLD!
You have become quite the snuggler, and you snuggle almost everyone. You nestle your head on the person's shoulder and just rest there. It is so wonderful!
Changing your diapers and getting you dressed, however, is not so wonderful. Actually, these things are my least favorite thing to do every day because you are such a pill-face! You wiggle around like crazy, roll over and try to crawl away. GAH!
Every day I thank Heavenly Father for sending you to our little family. You and your sister bring your daddy and I so much joy!
*8 months.*
I love you, baby!
Mom
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Holiday Recap
I know, I know. This post is very late. I have been slacking on blogging lately. I'll work on it.
Get ready for a lot of pictures!
THANKSGIVING 2011
We spent Thanksgiving in Oregon with my family.
We went to the cabin for the first couple of days. Aslynn and Luke were so excited to get out and play in the snow. We decked both of them out in a in winter gear and let 'em loose!
CHRISTMAS 2011
Christmas is a time full of Mecham Family traditions!
A couple of weeks before Christmas we decorate graham cracker houses. This is one of my favorite traditions because I love being able to pick the candy off and eat it whenever I go to my in-laws house. The secret to decorating a graham cracker house is to put a lot of your favorite candy on it; don't waste precious square inches of your house by filling it with candy that you could live without.
Every year we decorate t-shirts to wear Christmas eve and morning. Using puff paints, we illustrate and/or write what has happened that year.
Potato dumplings are the most important Christmas tradition the Mecham/Andreasen family has. This year, with Grandma Andreasen's help, I was able to re-learn how to make them.
On Christmas morning we opened stockings and a couple of presents at our house before we headed over to Luke's parents' house.
We were able to visit with one of my best friends when we were in Oregon. Her twin girls are about two weeks older than Eleanor. These ladies are going to be best friends forever!
Get ready for a lot of pictures!
THANKSGIVING 2011
*On the way to the airport, Aslynn had to go to the bathroom. This is where we pulled over so she could pee. I thought we were so funny/punny!*
We spent Thanksgiving in Oregon with my family.
We went to the cabin for the first couple of days. Aslynn and Luke were so excited to get out and play in the snow. We decked both of them out in a in winter gear and let 'em loose!
*Duces!*
*Teaching Aslynn to make snow angels.*
*The girls enjoyed snuggling with Papa and Jake.*
*The day after Thanksgiving Aslynn went with Grandma and picked out a real, live Christmas tree. Z was excited to decorate it!*
CHRISTMAS 2011
Christmas is a time full of Mecham Family traditions!
A couple of weeks before Christmas we decorate graham cracker houses. This is one of my favorite traditions because I love being able to pick the candy off and eat it whenever I go to my in-laws house. The secret to decorating a graham cracker house is to put a lot of your favorite candy on it; don't waste precious square inches of your house by filling it with candy that you could live without.
*Eleanor was a little irked that she couldn't eat anything.*
*My houseboat. The blue frosting is water...obviously. Don't ask me what the red swirls are because I don't know; I just wanted to be able to eat them later.*
*Aunt Chelle helped Z decorate a house.*
*Luke just ended up pouring as much candy as he can onto the plate as he can. When it comes to candy, the man is all about quantity, not quality. *
*Christmas village with all the houses.*
Every year we decorate t-shirts to wear Christmas eve and morning. Using puff paints, we illustrate and/or write what has happened that year.
Potato dumplings are the most important Christmas tradition the Mecham/Andreasen family has. This year, with Grandma Andreasen's help, I was able to re-learn how to make them.
On Christmas morning we opened stockings and a couple of presents at our house before we headed over to Luke's parents' house.
*Our Christmas tree. The top third of the tree is mine - I picked out the blue ribbon because it was Luke and I's wedding color. The middle third was supposed to be decorated with Luke's childhood ornaments, but he decided that he liked the tree without them. The bottom third was Aslynn's - she picked out little pink ornament-balls to decorate her part of the tree. When we were shopping for tree decorations, Z and I couldn't agree on a star so we went home and made one out of yellow construction paper, tin foil and a toilet paper roll. It was the prettiest star ever!*
*Coming out into the living room.*
*"Eleanor! Look at our new toothbrushes!"*
At the Grandparents' house.
Before Church.
*Eleanor was fascinated with Paka's little robot larva. It would most around and she would try and catch it.*
*Love!*
*Luke's reaction when he unwrapped his tool chest.*
After Church.
*Sweet potato face.*
The day after Christmas the entire Mecham family packed up and went to Oregon to visit family.
*On the way to the airport we drive by the "salt flats." The water pools are so blue!*
*Opening presents at Grandma and Papa's house.*
We were able to visit with one of my best friends when we were in Oregon. Her twin girls are about two weeks older than Eleanor. These ladies are going to be best friends forever!
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