Vanessa and Lilly had so much fun playing in the dirt and getting as messy as they possilby could. After, they had a nice bubble bath and then reward me and Cami with nice long naps :) Thanks for coming to play Lilly!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Play Date
Vanessa and Lilly had so much fun playing in the dirt and getting as messy as they possilby could. After, they had a nice bubble bath and then reward me and Cami with nice long naps :) 
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Miss Mischief and Mr Innocent
Vanessa has started the age of mischief. And she's really good at it already. At first, I didn't get pictures and I miss a few here and there but here are some classics over the last three months.
Just helping out with some cooking
This isn't just an emptied sippy cup. This is drinking a sippy cup (of milk, no less) and spitting it all over the couch.
Apparently she wanted a cracker. The stool is now housed elsewhere, since she is sitting right next to the stove here!"I was coloring, and then I got hungry."
This one happened in a matter of 10 seconds. I sat down to color her nails and the next thing I knew, there was pink nail polish all over her. It's on her legs too.
"My turn!"---he didn't even seem to care.
And this is Mr Innocent. He has that look that says
"SHE DID WHAT?!"
Awesome Hair Day and Animals
Vanessa woke up with this awesome hair (actually clear back in December, but I'm behind okay!)
It makes me laugh that it gets so ratty in the back. I have to use conditioner to keep it somewhat manageable.
She likes to line them up on the bookcases because they don't stand on the carpet.Thursday, February 24, 2011
Always Good For A Laugh
Vanessa has started saying the funniest things lately. The other day, I went running with some friends at the park. On the way to the car, I was holding both Vanessa and Benson which was giving me a good draft of myself. I commented to Vanessa "whoa, Mommy's stinky." Vanessa parroted, "Mommy stinky. A poo poo!"
Which brings me to another point. Am I the only person that talks in third person to their children? It drives me nuts that I do this, because I don't want Vanessa learning to talk in third person, but I can't seem to help myself.
Another random, I've really been trying hard not to teach Vanessa to fear things, specifically animals. She wants to catch EVERYTHING. And, usually I tell her to go catch, knowing that she can't. Well, she proved me wrong the other day when she brought Jon a LIVE spider. Guess she can catch things. Well, Jon picked it up with a tissue and threw it away. I'm sure he explained some sort of yucky explanation while doing this. Vanessa now enjoys picking anything black and yucky looking off the floor with a tissue and throwing it away. Recent items: a pile of black thread on the carpet and an old raisin at the park.
Which brings me to another point. Am I the only person that talks in third person to their children? It drives me nuts that I do this, because I don't want Vanessa learning to talk in third person, but I can't seem to help myself.
Benson is growing like crazy. I've been trying out the rice cereal a little more and realized the other day his obsession with watching us eat is not about the food. It's all about the utensils and putting things in his mouth. He still hasn't figured out the tongue movements for using a spoon. But he sure can drool over sucking on the spoon. His drool is crazy. There are rivers of it. He loves, wait, make that a need, needs to have something in his mouth almost 24/7. He attacks things. At the beach with some friends the other day, he was attacking me. Trying to eat my shoulder, my dress, anything. I'm pretty sure everyone thought I must be starving the poor kid, but he had just eaten. He just didn't have anything in his mouth at the moment. Benson did learn this little trick from his aunt, he satisfies his sucking needs this way occassionally.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Couldn't Resist
We're cleaning out the computer and I found this video. I just couldn't resist. It was taken clear back on September 2. Can you believe how much she's grown!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Benson
Benson is now 4 1/2 months. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. He is so big. It's so funny having one so small and one so big. I am sure Benson will outgrow Vanessa soon.
Benson is chewing and sucking things like crazy. Anything that crosses his face he tries to catch and stick in his mouth. He loves to grab onto my face and then try to pull it into his mouth. With all this sucking comes intense drooling. I don't think he is teething, but man, he just doesn't seem to be able to swallow it all or something.
He is also becoming very observant of us eating. He watches food go into our mouth and sometimes yells at you, like he knows you aren't sharing. I did try some rice cereal on him but he couldn't quite get the spoon idea down. We'll try again in a week or so.
He has also recently learned to yell and scream. Not in a form of crying (though he mostly does this when he is mad)it really is just yelling and screaming. He also squeals like crazy and has a really cute laugh.
And amazingly, two nights ago he slept for 8 hours! I was beginning to think that I didn't make babies that slept for more than a few hours without needing something. Maybe there is hope after all....
And here is the cutie himself. I do have to say I absolutely LOVE that both my kids have Jon's eyes.
Benson is chewing and sucking things like crazy. Anything that crosses his face he tries to catch and stick in his mouth. He loves to grab onto my face and then try to pull it into his mouth. With all this sucking comes intense drooling. I don't think he is teething, but man, he just doesn't seem to be able to swallow it all or something.
He is also becoming very observant of us eating. He watches food go into our mouth and sometimes yells at you, like he knows you aren't sharing. I did try some rice cereal on him but he couldn't quite get the spoon idea down. We'll try again in a week or so.
He has also recently learned to yell and scream. Not in a form of crying (though he mostly does this when he is mad)it really is just yelling and screaming. He also squeals like crazy and has a really cute laugh.
And amazingly, two nights ago he slept for 8 hours! I was beginning to think that I didn't make babies that slept for more than a few hours without needing something. Maybe there is hope after all....
And here is the cutie himself. I do have to say I absolutely LOVE that both my kids have Jon's eyes.
Friday, January 21, 2011
The Stats
So this is Vanessa back in May, when we first moved here. Notice the shirt she is wearing. It's size 9 month.
This is Vanessa today. And, after a trip to the doc this morning, here are her stats. She is 21.7 lbs and 30.75 in. Both are around 25th percentile.
This is Benson rockin the bumbo. I've only put him in it for super short periods (like two minutes)up until today. He lasted quite a while and I think he enjoyed it. His stats are a different sort of story. He is 15.8 lbs and 24.75 in. Both are around the 75th percentile. I'm not quite sure how we got two so different but I'm just glad he's the big one and she's the small one. 
And this beauty was our sunset tonight. Life's pretty darn good.
This is Vanessa today. And, after a trip to the doc this morning, here are her stats. She is 21.7 lbs and 30.75 in. Both are around 25th percentile.
This is Benson rockin the bumbo. I've only put him in it for super short periods (like two minutes)up until today. He lasted quite a while and I think he enjoyed it. His stats are a different sort of story. He is 15.8 lbs and 24.75 in. Both are around the 75th percentile. I'm not quite sure how we got two so different but I'm just glad he's the big one and she's the small one. 
And this beauty was our sunset tonight. Life's pretty darn good.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
It's Been Forever
I already regret what a horrible journal keeper I am. I started a word document before Benson was born, documenting Vanessa's development and cute things she did. Then, our laptop stopped working and I thought I lost the document. I was pretty bummed. Lucky for us, it was a $15 fix, a new power cord; so I got it back. But, I have still been horrible at documenting our lives. Besides, there is always that very real possibility that the computer does crash for real and all that work is lost. So I guess there is a good argument that journaling on a computer is best left somewhere in the cyber world, or on external storage. So, for the sake of convenience; I guess it will go here.
Benson is four months old tomorrow. Where did the time go? Benson is huge. He's around 15 lbs. He still hasn't been in to the doc for a check up. I took them in one day and they were sick so it turned into a sick visit. Then I couldn't get anything scheduled for a while la de da. Anyway, we're going next Friday.
Vanessa is doing pretty good with Benson. She likes him and never tries to hurt him. I say that because I have caught her laying on him a couple times trying to give him hugs. And she's fallen on his head a time or two. Luckily, it's always been on a soft surface so it hasn't really hurt either one of them. Vanessa has been super clingy lately. I think it's a combo of jealousy and lots of changes going to Utah and all. We're starting to get back into a routine and I'm hoping that will help.
Vanessa used to eat up all the attention she gets from strangers down here. Now, whenever someone she doesn't know is even walking towards us, she runs over and grabs my leg. The other day, a man at the grocery store took our cart, trying to help and she went completely ballistic. Partly because her ball was in the cart and partly because he tried to tie her shoe. Guess I don't have to worry about her talking to strangers.
Just a picture or two to reminisce
Vanessa is talking so much. We love it. Her new favorite phrase is "wusdat?" Yes, it's all one word to her. She asks what everything is, whether she knows what it is or not. Sometimes she'll ask and answer herself. She loves to play with all her animals. She has littlest pet shop and just fake plastic animals. She plays with those the most of all her toys. She also really enjoys coloring, on everything. Though she is getting better at keeping it on the paper. We are working on teaching her colors, I am not really sure if she knows any yet. She knows what the colors are because if you ask her what color something is she will always tell you a color. They are just only right sometimes. I guess it's just a lucky guess? Vanessa has also become aware of crying and being sad. The other day she was crying in her car seat. When I got in the back to sit by her, she said "I crying." It was the cutest thing, with her little tears rolling down her cheeks.
Benson is getting bigger every day. Turns out he is a super happy baby. Once we figured out his collic and got my diet right, he started doing a thousands times better. Yesterday, I had a bowl of cereal with real milk without evern thinking about it until I was finishing up and realized the milk actually tasted good. It only took about four hours and poor Benson was in knots. I felt awful. For about 20 minutes he just screamed as I did everything I could think of to get the gas out. It finally did pass and we both survived.
Benson charms us with his huge smile and a look that makes you feel like you are the most important person in his life. He is in the stage of sucking on absolutely everything he can get his little chubby fingers wrapped around. And he drools like crazy. He isn't rolling yet, but he is dang close. He's lifting up on his elbows like a champ.
As for Jon and I, we are still learning how to keep two kids happy at the same time. Jon just started his third semester. He is really excited this semester to get going on clinicals. He'll start here soon and go about once or twice a week. In April or May, we'll get his schedule for when he does clinicals full time. That will start in September. The clinicals sites are all around the country and last 6-8 weeks. It could be a crazy time for us. We'll see what happens. I for one, am dying to get our schedule so we can figure out what we are going to do.
Other news for me, I'm still a stay at home mom. I love every second of being with my kiddos. Don't really love cleaning and having fun trying out new recipes. Jon says I'm not that bad of a cook, but I definitely botch my fair share.
We have loved being in Florida going to the beach as often as we can. We've decided if we stay here, a boat will be a must and we'll take up traveling to the Bahamas for the weekend. Not a bad life. We are also working hard on our photography. We both enjoy it so much and hope to be able to have a studio in our home one day. We are learning to love where we are and love each day, but I can't say we aren't looking forward to the future, and a HOUSE! Oh wow, that will be the day. Guess I better get back to being mommy.
Benson is four months old tomorrow. Where did the time go? Benson is huge. He's around 15 lbs. He still hasn't been in to the doc for a check up. I took them in one day and they were sick so it turned into a sick visit. Then I couldn't get anything scheduled for a while la de da. Anyway, we're going next Friday.
Vanessa is doing pretty good with Benson. She likes him and never tries to hurt him. I say that because I have caught her laying on him a couple times trying to give him hugs. And she's fallen on his head a time or two. Luckily, it's always been on a soft surface so it hasn't really hurt either one of them. Vanessa has been super clingy lately. I think it's a combo of jealousy and lots of changes going to Utah and all. We're starting to get back into a routine and I'm hoping that will help.
Vanessa used to eat up all the attention she gets from strangers down here. Now, whenever someone she doesn't know is even walking towards us, she runs over and grabs my leg. The other day, a man at the grocery store took our cart, trying to help and she went completely ballistic. Partly because her ball was in the cart and partly because he tried to tie her shoe. Guess I don't have to worry about her talking to strangers.
Just a picture or two to reminisce
Vanessa is talking so much. We love it. Her new favorite phrase is "wusdat?" Yes, it's all one word to her. She asks what everything is, whether she knows what it is or not. Sometimes she'll ask and answer herself. She loves to play with all her animals. She has littlest pet shop and just fake plastic animals. She plays with those the most of all her toys. She also really enjoys coloring, on everything. Though she is getting better at keeping it on the paper. We are working on teaching her colors, I am not really sure if she knows any yet. She knows what the colors are because if you ask her what color something is she will always tell you a color. They are just only right sometimes. I guess it's just a lucky guess? Vanessa has also become aware of crying and being sad. The other day she was crying in her car seat. When I got in the back to sit by her, she said "I crying." It was the cutest thing, with her little tears rolling down her cheeks.Benson is getting bigger every day. Turns out he is a super happy baby. Once we figured out his collic and got my diet right, he started doing a thousands times better. Yesterday, I had a bowl of cereal with real milk without evern thinking about it until I was finishing up and realized the milk actually tasted good. It only took about four hours and poor Benson was in knots. I felt awful. For about 20 minutes he just screamed as I did everything I could think of to get the gas out. It finally did pass and we both survived.
Benson charms us with his huge smile and a look that makes you feel like you are the most important person in his life. He is in the stage of sucking on absolutely everything he can get his little chubby fingers wrapped around. And he drools like crazy. He isn't rolling yet, but he is dang close. He's lifting up on his elbows like a champ.
As for Jon and I, we are still learning how to keep two kids happy at the same time. Jon just started his third semester. He is really excited this semester to get going on clinicals. He'll start here soon and go about once or twice a week. In April or May, we'll get his schedule for when he does clinicals full time. That will start in September. The clinicals sites are all around the country and last 6-8 weeks. It could be a crazy time for us. We'll see what happens. I for one, am dying to get our schedule so we can figure out what we are going to do.
Other news for me, I'm still a stay at home mom. I love every second of being with my kiddos. Don't really love cleaning and having fun trying out new recipes. Jon says I'm not that bad of a cook, but I definitely botch my fair share.
We have loved being in Florida going to the beach as often as we can. We've decided if we stay here, a boat will be a must and we'll take up traveling to the Bahamas for the weekend. Not a bad life. We are also working hard on our photography. We both enjoy it so much and hope to be able to have a studio in our home one day. We are learning to love where we are and love each day, but I can't say we aren't looking forward to the future, and a HOUSE! Oh wow, that will be the day. Guess I better get back to being mommy.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Christmas 2010
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