Oh, Rory. The other night she saw freckles on my shoulder and got so excited: "Mama!! You have POLKA DOTS, Mama?!?! You have POLKA DOTS?!"
I found that to be so cute that I mentioned it to my inlaws the next night. My mother in law then turned to Rory and asked, "Does Mama have polka dots?"
Rory replied, "Nooo! Mama has boobs."
Hmm. The logic of a two year old.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Boys and Such
Last week we learned that our third cute little babypie is another boy! While I was hoping for a girl (hairbows, you know), I'm thrilled that Bashy won't be surrounded by girls and that he'll have a baby brother to be buddies with! His first name is a secret (until Rory spills the beans, anyway), but his middle name is Victor, after my grampie and uncle.
Blake: His semester started last week and he has 17 credits and a big 'ol non credit course too.
Britt: I'm tweaking the toy rotation system, doing the ladies' Bible study at my church for the first time, trying to put a little more effort in my appearance, working on other organizationy things, and having fun with cooking. Rory "helps" me all the time in the kitchen, which is trying; I know it's good for me to include her though, so I take deep breaths and grin (hard to do when she's stirring over enthusiastically and eating random handfuls of ingredients). She helped me make whole wheat corn muffins with little hot dog pieces in them, which were a huge hit with both babies and Blake! During nap time the same day I made whole wheat breakfast calzones for the freezer so Blake can take something with him when he works early. I'm back to my old diet of only whole grains and no refined sugar, though I'm allowing myself frozen yogurt along with dark chocolate (I am pregnant, after all!). The occasional piece of pizza or burger is okay too! I'm sure my resolve will weaken as I get closer to delivery day. I'm going to start a new cloth diapering method with this little boy: prefolds and Thirsties covers; I'm excited! I've also tried to be good about coming up with crafts and other fun out of the ordinary activities for the kids; early childhood is far from my specialty, and it's so hard for me to think of and implement things! But this week we fingerpainted, colored and mailed greeting cards (fun to teach Rory about stamps and such!), and I made Bash a game out of drinking straws and an empty oatmeal container!
Rory: We experimented with Rory bringing her preferred baby doll and purse in her little shopping cart to the grocery store. It went really well! She pushed Tina in her cart right next to my cart, and she was so earnest and cute! She got lots of smiles and comments from people. I'm hoping we can keep that up so Bash can sit in my cart. Rory talks so much, and says so many funny things. Example: we were driving in the car and Rory told me, "Papa has a beard. Papa's handsome. Papa's a cute boy!" She explained in detail to Blake how the wood stove works while he was building a fire: "It has a side, and a top, and another side, and a hole in it..." So many things she says are original thoughts and observations, and she picks up random expressions and laces her conversations with them; so fun! We've started looking at preschools for next year; we want her to go for just a few hours a week. She'll love it and hopefully pick up on some social things before we start homeschooling for kindergarten.
Sebastian: Not too much here; he'd been teething and thus hasn't had any major accomplishments. He is such a dreadful teether, but he's popped out a bunch of molars over the last couple weeks. He's so snuggly and cute and kissable and adventuresome!
Blake: His semester started last week and he has 17 credits and a big 'ol non credit course too.
Britt: I'm tweaking the toy rotation system, doing the ladies' Bible study at my church for the first time, trying to put a little more effort in my appearance, working on other organizationy things, and having fun with cooking. Rory "helps" me all the time in the kitchen, which is trying; I know it's good for me to include her though, so I take deep breaths and grin (hard to do when she's stirring over enthusiastically and eating random handfuls of ingredients). She helped me make whole wheat corn muffins with little hot dog pieces in them, which were a huge hit with both babies and Blake! During nap time the same day I made whole wheat breakfast calzones for the freezer so Blake can take something with him when he works early. I'm back to my old diet of only whole grains and no refined sugar, though I'm allowing myself frozen yogurt along with dark chocolate (I am pregnant, after all!). The occasional piece of pizza or burger is okay too! I'm sure my resolve will weaken as I get closer to delivery day. I'm going to start a new cloth diapering method with this little boy: prefolds and Thirsties covers; I'm excited! I've also tried to be good about coming up with crafts and other fun out of the ordinary activities for the kids; early childhood is far from my specialty, and it's so hard for me to think of and implement things! But this week we fingerpainted, colored and mailed greeting cards (fun to teach Rory about stamps and such!), and I made Bash a game out of drinking straws and an empty oatmeal container!
Rory: We experimented with Rory bringing her preferred baby doll and purse in her little shopping cart to the grocery store. It went really well! She pushed Tina in her cart right next to my cart, and she was so earnest and cute! She got lots of smiles and comments from people. I'm hoping we can keep that up so Bash can sit in my cart. Rory talks so much, and says so many funny things. Example: we were driving in the car and Rory told me, "Papa has a beard. Papa's handsome. Papa's a cute boy!" She explained in detail to Blake how the wood stove works while he was building a fire: "It has a side, and a top, and another side, and a hole in it..." So many things she says are original thoughts and observations, and she picks up random expressions and laces her conversations with them; so fun! We've started looking at preschools for next year; we want her to go for just a few hours a week. She'll love it and hopefully pick up on some social things before we start homeschooling for kindergarten.
Sebastian: Not too much here; he'd been teething and thus hasn't had any major accomplishments. He is such a dreadful teether, but he's popped out a bunch of molars over the last couple weeks. He's so snuggly and cute and kissable and adventuresome!
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| Sweetened condensed milk and food coloring makes great fingerpaint! It is edible (and apparently tasty) and dries shiny, which is fun! |
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| Rory loves making hand prints and having her hands traced. |
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| Static electricity in the tent! |
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| Playing with mama's homemade straw game! |
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| Funny how Rory never cared for balls and cars but Bashy just instinctively loves them! I can't believe we're going to have two little boys in a few months! |
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Old and New
We got home from a visit to Seattle late Tuesday night. We had a wonderful trip, but it was good to get back to "normal", whatever that means! We didn't do a whole lot of visiting or sightseeing; we focused on hanging out with family, which was great. All of us were together, including my brother and sister in law from Alaska, and my sister and brother in law and nieces who live in the area. My niece, Gloria, was born Christmas day and was discharged from the NICU after just nine days! We got to visit her there and also celebrate her homecoming, which was awesome! Other trip highlights included a whirlwind trip with Joe and Andrea to far northeastern WA to see our grandparents (it's so hard to see them getting so old) who are not in very good health, Blake went snowshoeing with my dad, my mom took my sister in I to see Les Mis, which was outstanding, and Blake and I had a date-day to the Museum of Flight and a local seafood establishment. We also visited a good friend who dates back to That Summer when Blake and I met (I was hired to fill in while she was on maternity leave!) and my dear friend and mentor who recently relocated to a lovely West Seattle home. Rory was astounded at the rain and Bash progressed in his walking abilities. Both kiddos went on special ice cream outings with their Grampa and enjoyed special treats and attention from Gramma!
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| Modeling his new hat! |
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| Sillies |
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| Gloria in the NICU |
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| Me and Grammie |
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| Our travel companions |
| Pickin' da toes is a new favorite pastime. Weirdo! |
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| Taking Glo home! |
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| Rory was so excited to hold her! |
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| Rory wore her new tutu to a wedding! |
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| At the Museum of Flight, in front of a BA plane (we met while working for British Airways in Seattle!) |
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| Blake was so excited about the space shuttle trainer- it's the actual one that was used for astronauts! |
| The Blackbird is my favorite plane! |
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| Grandma Ducky knows what babies love! |
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| Sweet Gloria got some clothes that fit! Here she is at 2 weeks old! |
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