Well, since the last time I blogged, quite a few things have changed. I decided that it was past time for me to start blogging again. Mostly, I know that I don't have the time or the desire to devote tons of time to scrapbooking my children's every move. There are lots of moments that I would love to remember, love to be able to share with them later in life and would enjoy sharing with friends and family. A lot of these moments have long been forgotten since I didn't have a good and easy way of recording them. I don't want to miss anymore moments. I have a friend who blogs regularly for her children and I always love to see what she has to say. I know that one day, her children will be able to look back on it and will love the stories of them growing up. I want that for my children too. Even though it is not New Year's and I don't actually do the whole resolution thing, I am making it my goal to blog frequently. I don't want to put an amount on that because in reality, any bit that I blog is more than I have done in the past! So, enough of that....
If you are reading, you likely already know that I now have two wonderful children. We are getting ready for Thomas' 4th birthday this week and have a week full of birthday festivities to get through. With Thomas' birthday this week, I have been given a reminder at just how quick they are growing up! As I write this, Emelia is cuddled on my lap and I can't keep but thinking that she is huge already. Then, I look across the playroom and see how big Thomas is and I have a hard time believing that Emelia is huge. He is the huge one!
We had lunch with my parents' yesterday after church, so the kids took naps over there. I was the one that got Thomas up and he wanted me to carry him down the stairs. I was happy to do that since he was so snuggly and loving. When we got downstairs, he climbed into Ghee Ghee's arms. He nuzzled down into her shoulder. She asked him if he was still taking a nap. His response was, "Yes, but I'm almost finished." Talk about melting our hearts... I know that in the near future, he will be giving up naps, he will be too big to carry, he won't want to be held and I will be missing the days that he wanted to be cuddled by me. With that in mind, I soaked up every second I could of cuddle time.
Tomorrow, I get to take a treat in to Thomas' preschool for him to share with his friends for his birthday. I also get to ready a story to his classmates. Thomas has chosen for me to read "Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site." My Aunt Donna and Uncle Kirk gave Thomas this book for Christmas 2011 and it very quickly became a favorite. Wednesday is his actual birthday, so we will do something special during the day. His 'party' will be on Saturday.
Emelia is a smart, loving, independent 14 month old. She is keeping us busy, for sure! She is really starting to talk a whole lot more. One of her favorite words is 'ball' and will walk around saying that over and over while carrying her ball. This morning, while eating, I was able to get her say 'strawberries.' I am glad that I was on the phone with my mom so that I had proof that she said it because I haven't been able to get her to say it again! She says 'Dada' frequently and usually runs (as much as she can at this point) to the door to greet Tom when he gets home from work. He then gets a 'Dada' with outstretched arms, ready to be held by him. I have heard the occasional Ghee Ghee, Grandpa, Mama, up, and book. She is proficient with the word 'more.' We hear lots of 'Mo, mo' during dinner, along with her signing more. Her way of signing more is to stick her index finger into the palm of her other hand. Her absolute favorite word is 'quack'. We have some ducks in our neighborhood pond that we go to visit frequently. We have been doing this since the week she came home from the hospital. She loves to go see them and quacks as soon as we start walking towards the pond. There doesn't have to be a duck in sight for her to quack. She spent most of the sermon quacking one Sunday night.
Emelia wants to do everything that her brother does and follows him around all the time. I'm guessing she could do without a few of his hugs. He is always ready to give her hugs and kisses, which really turn into her being tackled and sometimes chocked from his 'love.' I know that he doesn't want to be rough with her and is just trying to show her some love. This is another of those moments that I am afraid will slip away, so I try to enjoy while it lasts. I hope that they will always be good friends, because right now, they like it best when the other one is around.
So, time to get back in the saddle and keep this up!
No comments:
Post a Comment