Last night Dane and I were in the living room with Drake and Kera. We stood Kera up, and she took a mini step to Daddy and then fell down. She is so close to walking it is unreal! I need to charge my video camera, because I don't think it will be much longer before she is taking a couple of steps in a row. Drake will stand up and walk if I give him my fingers. Or he will crawl (he is not army crawling anymore) to the couch, get himself to a standing position, and walks along the couch. He reaches for things... he stands on his tippy toes and reaches and stretches until he gets what he is after.
Yesterday morning, I woke Kera up to feed her, she was STILL sleeping at 10:30am! Anyways, she cried when I woke her up, so I held her for a few minutes. Then I set her down to change her diaper, and she said "Da Da". I said " No Kera Da da is at work, I am Mama". She didn't say Mama :(. That is until today :D I changed her diaper this morning, and she said "Da Da" I said "No I am Ma Ma" and I kept repeating myself, and she said "Na Na". I said "Mmmma Mmma" She closed her lips and said "mmMMMmmm" and I said "MMMMaaa MmmmAaaa" she said "MMMmma MMma" :)!!! I clapped my hands and said "Yes, I am ma ma, you are Kera, and (pointing to Drake) this is Drake". So she finally said Ma Ma. I was so happy. She LOVES to clap her hands. Any time I try to teach Drake and I say "Clap your hands"... he will Pat his leg ;) and she will clap her hands.
They are just too precious! My babies are growing up way too fast.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Busy Bees!
We've been super busy since Wednesday. Wednesday as you know by my last blog we went to the rodeo. Thursday, we took the babies on a picnic, and tried to get birthday invite pictures. As you probably saw by the pictures, Kera was having none of that. As soon as I put her tutu on and set her in the grass by her brother, she cried. All the way home! Non-stop! I thought she had got stung by a bee or something, I've NEVER heard her so upset. Turns out she was just really thirsty for her formula. She gulped down like 10oz after we came home. It wasn't even time for her next bottle yet, but the sun must have got to her. Friday, we weren't so busy.... we were just very LAZY :). Today we went with Paw to Ken and Debbies house. We had their amazing hamburgers... YUM, and delicious chocolate cake... EXTRA YUM! The babies had a great time watching Penny and Harley. We got some photographs there, hopefully some to use for their invitations. I've got to send them out really soon. My babies are turning one in just a month and almost a week :(.
Anyways, back on track... where was I? Oh yes, so Dane and I tried some samples of paint that Ken had gave us to try, because we are going to paint the exterior of our house. GOLEE that is such a hard decision. The paint looks totally different in each spot you put it. Anyways, so when we got back inside, we thought it would be a great idea to take the wall paper out of our bathroom for a project!!! (Why don't they have smiley faces on the blog? If they did I would enter a shock face here). TONS of work ;). Dane is still scrubbing the glue off of the walls... and he's just on one wall... one spot! :) We have several more spots to go. We started about 3-4 hours ago! I'll be sure to post before and after pictures.
Tomorrow, we are going to meet my mom for Cracker Barrel! I can't wait, I love Cracker Barrel!
Anyways, back on track... where was I? Oh yes, so Dane and I tried some samples of paint that Ken had gave us to try, because we are going to paint the exterior of our house. GOLEE that is such a hard decision. The paint looks totally different in each spot you put it. Anyways, so when we got back inside, we thought it would be a great idea to take the wall paper out of our bathroom for a project!!! (Why don't they have smiley faces on the blog? If they did I would enter a shock face here). TONS of work ;). Dane is still scrubbing the glue off of the walls... and he's just on one wall... one spot! :) We have several more spots to go. We started about 3-4 hours ago! I'll be sure to post before and after pictures.
Tomorrow, we are going to meet my mom for Cracker Barrel! I can't wait, I love Cracker Barrel!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Rodeo time!
So today was value day at the rodeo. We got in for 10 dollars (for all four of us). Of course we spent more on all the delicious food. Of all things I got a baked potato, crazy me! Dane had sausage on a stick, something else, and we both shared chocolate covered cheese cake on a stick YUM!
The babies LOVED the rodeo. They loved seeing all the people. They LOVE animals, it is so sad that Dane and I are not that great with animals, because Drake and Kera just LOVE them soooo much. We woke Kera up from a nap when we got to the petting zoo, and she didn't even whine. She laughed when she pet the deer. It was so sweet! Drake smiled so big, when he pet all the animals.
We bought the babies their first cowboy and cowgirl hat also. As soon as we put it on their heads, Drake had one hand on his hat trying to take it off, and the other hand on his sisters hat trying to take it off. We got a few pictures, so be sure to check them out a little later tonight.
The babies LOVED the rodeo. They loved seeing all the people. They LOVE animals, it is so sad that Dane and I are not that great with animals, because Drake and Kera just LOVE them soooo much. We woke Kera up from a nap when we got to the petting zoo, and she didn't even whine. She laughed when she pet the deer. It was so sweet! Drake smiled so big, when he pet all the animals.
We bought the babies their first cowboy and cowgirl hat also. As soon as we put it on their heads, Drake had one hand on his hat trying to take it off, and the other hand on his sisters hat trying to take it off. We got a few pictures, so be sure to check them out a little later tonight.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Quick update...
So yesterday, Kera learned how to clap her hands the right way. She loves clapping her hands now! She will stand up, I will say "yay Kera good job!" and then she claps. :) It's sweet!!
Today we finally got to make it to the baby story time at the library. It was pretty fun. They have a story time, songs, and games for Newborn- 5 year olds at 6:30 PM on Mondays that we are going to go to. That way Dane can help me out since it's very interactive, I couldn't leave them in their stroller. I think it will be a fun thing to do as a family. They seemed to enjoy it today, and Drake especially loved the bubbles. Kera loved looking at the boy next to her walk around.
Today we finally got to make it to the baby story time at the library. It was pretty fun. They have a story time, songs, and games for Newborn- 5 year olds at 6:30 PM on Mondays that we are going to go to. That way Dane can help me out since it's very interactive, I couldn't leave them in their stroller. I think it will be a fun thing to do as a family. They seemed to enjoy it today, and Drake especially loved the bubbles. Kera loved looking at the boy next to her walk around.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Slacking...
So I have been slacking on updating pictures and our blog. So I decided I would do it right now ;).
I don't remember if I told you all that we turned their exersaucers into walkers, but they are using those now. They are walking with the walkers of course. They have a lot of practice a head of them, but they are doing very well.
Today Drake put all the rings on the ring stacker. Of course we had to give them the right rings in order, but he put them on the stacker. He doesn't give up very easily. It's really cute. We were trying to teach Kera how to put the shapes in the shape sorter, but Drake crawled right over to try. They don't get that yet, but soon enough :).
Kera today learned how to clap her hands. She doesn't clap them together, but she will clap the top of her other hand. That's how she claps her hands as of now. She's very sweet. I went in to their room tonight to feed her because she was still crying. After I fed her I rubbed her hair, and the bridge of her nose, and her cheeks. She just let out these small "ahhh woooo ahhh".... SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL. I just love them both so very much.
In a couple of weeks we will be starting to transition to whole milk. CRAZY. They love their sippy cups of water, so I am not sure if it will be hard for them to transition from bottles to sippy cups or not. Granted the only thing they have in their sippys is water, so I am not sure if once we put whole milk in there if they will be thrown off, and have nothing to do with it. We'll see I guess.
Check out our new pictures :). We took both of those outfits back (the white dress w/ sunhat, and the green plaid shorts, shirt, and hat). We bought Kera 2 or 3 outfits at Kohls for the same price as that dress. And we got the blue set of the same outfit Drake has on. Daddy didn't care for that football shirt. I liked it ;).
I don't remember if I told you all that we turned their exersaucers into walkers, but they are using those now. They are walking with the walkers of course. They have a lot of practice a head of them, but they are doing very well.
Today Drake put all the rings on the ring stacker. Of course we had to give them the right rings in order, but he put them on the stacker. He doesn't give up very easily. It's really cute. We were trying to teach Kera how to put the shapes in the shape sorter, but Drake crawled right over to try. They don't get that yet, but soon enough :).
Kera today learned how to clap her hands. She doesn't clap them together, but she will clap the top of her other hand. That's how she claps her hands as of now. She's very sweet. I went in to their room tonight to feed her because she was still crying. After I fed her I rubbed her hair, and the bridge of her nose, and her cheeks. She just let out these small "ahhh woooo ahhh".... SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL. I just love them both so very much.
In a couple of weeks we will be starting to transition to whole milk. CRAZY. They love their sippy cups of water, so I am not sure if it will be hard for them to transition from bottles to sippy cups or not. Granted the only thing they have in their sippys is water, so I am not sure if once we put whole milk in there if they will be thrown off, and have nothing to do with it. We'll see I guess.
Check out our new pictures :). We took both of those outfits back (the white dress w/ sunhat, and the green plaid shorts, shirt, and hat). We bought Kera 2 or 3 outfits at Kohls for the same price as that dress. And we got the blue set of the same outfit Drake has on. Daddy didn't care for that football shirt. I liked it ;).
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Happy 10 month birthday ;)
Today Drake and Kera are ten months old! Where does the time go? I know I've been saying this for the past like six months, but my babies are about to turn one!!! REALLY, only two more months until I have TODDLERS instead of babies on my hands! Of course they will always be my babies!
So today Dane and I practiced walking with our loves today. Kera stands for so long now, and if I just give her my fingers she will take steps! Drake is starting to let go of things while standing. He gets so excited, and he bounces and huffs, kind of hard to explain. He just gets so excited by standing. He too will take steps if you give him your finger. I let go sometimes, and she tries to take steps, but falls. I don't think it will be very long at all before they are able to walk!
For the past couple of nights Drake has been fighting his sleep. It's like he needs mommy to rock him. Last night, I rocked him to sleep, and I was singing to him, and he just looked at me and started to talk (jibber jabber) in the tone that I was singing to him! It was the sweetest thing. Then a few seconds later he passed out. Tonight, he drank another 4 oz of formula, and I rocked him and he fell asleep on my shoulder. As soon as I put him down in his bed, he woke right up and looked at me and started to cry. I rubbed his face and the bridge of his nose, and he fell back to sleep. As soon as I stopped he woke up, looked at me with those big tired eyes, and started to cry. So I rubbed his face again, and the bridge of his nose, and his hair. He fell asleep, I stoped he woke back up. This literally happened fifteen times! It was the sweetest thing. He loves me so much ;).
Drake and Kera took another nap with Daddy and I this afternoon. I am not sure if we'll make this a tradition or not, because they usually sleep for 2 hours in their cribs, but if they sleep with us, it's only for 30 mins to one hour. I really would like to make it a little family tradition though, because Dane and I both like to spend the extra time with them, and watch them sleep.
What else is new? Oh yes, this past week we have been experimenting with table foods for Drake and Kera. This week they have had Spaghetti, garlic bread (garlic powder not garlic salt on their slice), corn and meatballs. We put this in the food processor to mush it up a little... they LOVED IT. They had burrito stuff , which included unseasoned meat for them, itty bitty pieces of tomatoes, a tiny bit of refried beans, and shredded cheese. They LOVED that too. They also got pancakes Saturday, and waffles today! They tasted a tiny bit of chicken and dumplings Friday night. They are getting a lot better with their chewing. We just need to practice a lot.
I am really nervous about next month. We are going to start transitioning them to whole milk. Their ped said that we can start when they are 11 months, and do an oz of milk for a couple of days. So instead of their 8oz formula bottle, it would be one oz of milk, and seven oz of formula. Do that for a couple of days, and up the oz of milk per formula. Once we get all milk, one weekend we are going to be brave and take away the bottles and start them on sippys. I mean they drink water out of sippys now, but it's just going to be sippys and no more bottles. This will HAVE to be a weekend, because I know it will be a hard couple of days. I am so scared.... I hope they transition to the couple of changes that are heading their way in just a month and a half :(.
Not too far away, I'll be potty training... aHHH, I'll just worry about the sippy cups and whole milk for now.
So today Dane and I practiced walking with our loves today. Kera stands for so long now, and if I just give her my fingers she will take steps! Drake is starting to let go of things while standing. He gets so excited, and he bounces and huffs, kind of hard to explain. He just gets so excited by standing. He too will take steps if you give him your finger. I let go sometimes, and she tries to take steps, but falls. I don't think it will be very long at all before they are able to walk!
For the past couple of nights Drake has been fighting his sleep. It's like he needs mommy to rock him. Last night, I rocked him to sleep, and I was singing to him, and he just looked at me and started to talk (jibber jabber) in the tone that I was singing to him! It was the sweetest thing. Then a few seconds later he passed out. Tonight, he drank another 4 oz of formula, and I rocked him and he fell asleep on my shoulder. As soon as I put him down in his bed, he woke right up and looked at me and started to cry. I rubbed his face and the bridge of his nose, and he fell back to sleep. As soon as I stopped he woke up, looked at me with those big tired eyes, and started to cry. So I rubbed his face again, and the bridge of his nose, and his hair. He fell asleep, I stoped he woke back up. This literally happened fifteen times! It was the sweetest thing. He loves me so much ;).
Drake and Kera took another nap with Daddy and I this afternoon. I am not sure if we'll make this a tradition or not, because they usually sleep for 2 hours in their cribs, but if they sleep with us, it's only for 30 mins to one hour. I really would like to make it a little family tradition though, because Dane and I both like to spend the extra time with them, and watch them sleep.
What else is new? Oh yes, this past week we have been experimenting with table foods for Drake and Kera. This week they have had Spaghetti, garlic bread (garlic powder not garlic salt on their slice), corn and meatballs. We put this in the food processor to mush it up a little... they LOVED IT. They had burrito stuff , which included unseasoned meat for them, itty bitty pieces of tomatoes, a tiny bit of refried beans, and shredded cheese. They LOVED that too. They also got pancakes Saturday, and waffles today! They tasted a tiny bit of chicken and dumplings Friday night. They are getting a lot better with their chewing. We just need to practice a lot.
I am really nervous about next month. We are going to start transitioning them to whole milk. Their ped said that we can start when they are 11 months, and do an oz of milk for a couple of days. So instead of their 8oz formula bottle, it would be one oz of milk, and seven oz of formula. Do that for a couple of days, and up the oz of milk per formula. Once we get all milk, one weekend we are going to be brave and take away the bottles and start them on sippys. I mean they drink water out of sippys now, but it's just going to be sippys and no more bottles. This will HAVE to be a weekend, because I know it will be a hard couple of days. I am so scared.... I hope they transition to the couple of changes that are heading their way in just a month and a half :(.
Not too far away, I'll be potty training... aHHH, I'll just worry about the sippy cups and whole milk for now.
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