First time in a swing

Here she is for the first time in her swing. She was so cute first when I put her in there, turning her head this way and that trying to figure the whole thing out. After she woke up I put a blanket next to her for her to lean her head on, and then of course, I took more pics. LOL

Big Girl Funny

Big Girl is so funny these days. She came down the stairs the other day and asked me, "Mommy, in order for you to have a baby you have to have a seed in there right?"

Deciding it was too late to continue the same explanation I have been trying to get her to understand since I got pregnant with her sister, I took the easy way out. "Yes, that's right."

She nodded her head knowingly, "Okay, then I am never going to swallow a seed because I don't want to have a baby."She stated. "They're too much work. She flung over her shoulder as she went back into her room."

Which reminds me, she has this habit of continuing to talk away as she walks back into her room. Most of the time we have no idea what she is saying, if she wants us to know, or if she is even talking to us.

Another cute thing is that she is convinced that the baby monitor is a two way radio. When she notices that the baby monitor is on and that the baby is upstairs, she will lean over, put her mouth up to the speaker and talk to her sister. She says things like, "Hi baby, I love you baby." and all sorts of things like that. She really is very sweet.

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We are doing well over at our neck of the woods. Big Girl is doing amazingly well in First Grade so far. She looks so sweet walking up to the bus stop in her cute little outfits and her backpack. I am proud of her.

Baby girl is incredible sweet. She has a little fussy time each evening and she keeps me busy but she is a doll and I find myself overwhelmed with love for her when we cuddle in the evenings. She is just so pleasant and sweet and cuddly. I don't know how I got so lucky as to have two such great girls.

Funny Girl

Big girl has taken to a new habit that makes me laugh. I try to be firm, but inside I think she is just funny. Every night, I send her to bed with her jammies or her nightie on and tuck her into bed. She is appropriately dressed and comfy. When she comes down later inevitable to ask for a snack, drink, story, hug, or whatever other thing she can dream up of to get out of the room, I am surprised. I look at her and say, "Oh no! We have theives!" She looks at me confused, "We do? Why?" And I look at her putting a look of concern over my internal grin. "I hate to tell you this but they stole your clothes (or your pants depending on how much clothing she has left). Then she looks at me and grins, "No mommy! I got hot, I took them off."

Of course you did. Don't all kids get undressed the second their door is closed? No? You mean it is just mine? Oh well, crazy mommy gets crazy kids, I should have known.

On a side note, Baby girl apparently is in the 78% for height and 28% for weight. So just like her big sister she is tall and slender. Go figure. How did a short, chubby mommy get two tall, slender kids? I have no idea, but they are mine, I swear! I have the scar to prove it! LOL

First Day of School

Big Girl started her first day of Grade One yesterday. She did well. She was under the impression that there would be toys though. When she found out there wouldn't be, she said, "Well . . . it is okay that there isn't a lot of toys as long as we don't have to sit still and do our work allll the time." . . . . I think she handled the news that there was more work in Grade one very well.

She was was at the bus stop today and then came all the way home from the bus stop to tell me good-bye again. I said good-bye and then asked her if she needed a hug. She said yes. So I hugged her and sent her off to school. Silly girl.

Big Girl is in love with helping with her sister. So much so that she over does it sometimes, "helping" when the baby is sleeping and such. But she is so good-hearted and loving that I just explain that she has to wait until the baby is awake to help.

Click the pic below to view see more pics of her first day of school in our Family Foto Album

First Bath in the tub

Baby Girl had her first bath the other day. (she had been having sponge baths as I was waiting for the thing you put in baths for newborns.) I decided to put a towel in the tub and fold it up to make a basis for her to lie in the tub. It worked really well. She didn't cry at all. Not even a little bit! I was impressed.

I also took Baby Girl in to get checked out and to get a shot yesterday. She measured in the 73rd percentile for height and 28th percentile for weight. She has gained 2 lbs 2 oz in the last few weeks. She is doing so well. I am loving it. She hardly cried when she got her needle. She weighs 10bls 5 oz now and she was 6 weeks yesterday.

I found it funny that they said she was in the 28th percentile for weight. She seems so big compared to Big Girl. It is effected by her being very tall for her age but she just seems so cute and pudgy to me. I guess that is what comes from having a 4 lb 12 oz baby first.

Click the pic below to view see more pics of her first bath in our Family Foto Album

Big Girl Funny

We were on the bus going to visit relatives and Big Girl was looking out the window. We passed by the local CBC building with their big Satellite in the front of their building. She looked at Daddy and said, "Daddy, I know what that is used for." Daddy smiled and asked, "Oh yeah? What is that for?" She looked at him triumphantly and answered. "It is for listening for aliens in outer space. Can we go in there?" Daddy trying hard not to laugh out loud answered, "No, we can't go in there, the doors are locked to keep the aliens out." Big Girl nodded her head knowingly and agreed that probably was a good idea.