Mia rocked a 6 month romper tonight and put away a 0-3 month one which was too small in the feet and too short in the body/legs!
Will update with a picture tomorrow!
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Random notes about Mia's pregnancy
I fell off the blogging wagon for quite a while. Since last summer. We had a very busy but fun summer last year...we traveled the majority of the weekends. Originally, I had hoped to catch up on posts, I really can't promise that that will happen now. One thing I use as an excuse is pregnancy. I was extremely exhausted!
Before I forget, I wanted to write a bit about my pregnancy with Mia. (If I think of anything else after I post, I'll be sure to update this post!)
I am a very lucky lady and have easy pregnancies compared to many people. Like I mentioned above, I was very tired, especially during the first trimester with Mia. Fortunately, I didn't have any morning sickness. Sure there were days were I felt off, but it wasn't much to complain about. The biggest thing for me during this pregnancy was that Mia sat SO much lower than Emma did which caused me a fair amount of discomfort and pain during the 3-5 month range. I also had a lot of back pain especially towards the end of the pregnancy. Although I had some issues sleeping when I was pregnant with Emma, I spent a lot more time awake during the night, not quite insomnia but close, with Mia. It was hard for me to catch up on sleep and rest during this pregnancy, although Kurt tried to entertain Emma whenever she would let him so that I could relax and lay down. All that complaining aside, I had a good pregnancy.
Notes:
I failed the first glucose test and had to go for the long test which followed three painful days of a special diet that I had to stuff myself with complex carbs to ensure they were correctly being broken down. Luckily, I did not end up having gestational diabetes!
Kurt accompanied me to most of the appointments. He skipped a few because, I was in and out in 5 minutes for most of them. He was there for the 'important' ones. The initial ones confirming the pregnancy and the 20 week ultrasound where we found out that Mia was a girl.
With Emma we knew that her name would be Emma right away. We had decided on a boy and girl name before we were even married. With Mia, it took a bit longer. Several of the names we liked previously, we decided we didn't like anymore due to recent pop culture. Kurt liked Mia the whole time; it took me a couple more days to decide I liked it. We decided that Katherine sounded pretty with it. I didn't mind if it was spelled with a C or a K; Kurt was partial to K. :)
All in all:
With Emma, I loved being pregnant and although I was ready to meet her, I didn't mind that she was 2 days late. With Mia, I would say that I liked being pregnant and that I was ready for her to come out at least 2 weeks before her due date!
Before I forget, I wanted to write a bit about my pregnancy with Mia. (If I think of anything else after I post, I'll be sure to update this post!)
I am a very lucky lady and have easy pregnancies compared to many people. Like I mentioned above, I was very tired, especially during the first trimester with Mia. Fortunately, I didn't have any morning sickness. Sure there were days were I felt off, but it wasn't much to complain about. The biggest thing for me during this pregnancy was that Mia sat SO much lower than Emma did which caused me a fair amount of discomfort and pain during the 3-5 month range. I also had a lot of back pain especially towards the end of the pregnancy. Although I had some issues sleeping when I was pregnant with Emma, I spent a lot more time awake during the night, not quite insomnia but close, with Mia. It was hard for me to catch up on sleep and rest during this pregnancy, although Kurt tried to entertain Emma whenever she would let him so that I could relax and lay down. All that complaining aside, I had a good pregnancy.
Notes:
I failed the first glucose test and had to go for the long test which followed three painful days of a special diet that I had to stuff myself with complex carbs to ensure they were correctly being broken down. Luckily, I did not end up having gestational diabetes!
Kurt accompanied me to most of the appointments. He skipped a few because, I was in and out in 5 minutes for most of them. He was there for the 'important' ones. The initial ones confirming the pregnancy and the 20 week ultrasound where we found out that Mia was a girl.
With Emma we knew that her name would be Emma right away. We had decided on a boy and girl name before we were even married. With Mia, it took a bit longer. Several of the names we liked previously, we decided we didn't like anymore due to recent pop culture. Kurt liked Mia the whole time; it took me a couple more days to decide I liked it. We decided that Katherine sounded pretty with it. I didn't mind if it was spelled with a C or a K; Kurt was partial to K. :)
All in all:
With Emma, I loved being pregnant and although I was ready to meet her, I didn't mind that she was 2 days late. With Mia, I would say that I liked being pregnant and that I was ready for her to come out at least 2 weeks before her due date!
Parent Teacher Conference
On 21 May, I had a parent teacher conference with Emma's primary teacher, Ms. Brianna. She started the meeting by saying, "Emma pretty much has been three for about 6 months." She gave me the Milestone Moments paper with check marks in the Learned category for all the criteria/indicators. The comments included:
-Emma is a very compassionate child. She loves to help her friends and if they are feeling down she likes to figure out the problem and solve it. (This makes my heart sing!)
-When Emma is working on something she concentrates and is very persistent with making sure a puzzle piece fits or a button is fastened, etc.
-Emma has learned more through language by conversation. I noticed her parents ask her questions instead of give her demands. that gives her room fro response and word expansion.
Some other things we talked about:
-Emma likes to climb and jump. Yep, keen observations skills there. :) Brianna said that Emma keeps up with or sometimes leads the boys!
-Emma has a very developed imagination for her age. Apparently, many kids don't develop imagination for a little while longer and with all the technology, some kids' imagination is even more stunted.
-Emma is a helper. Brianna said that she is amazed that Emma can zip up her own coat and is working on buttoning. Emma actually helps the other kids get dressed and undressed to go outside/come inside!
-Emma loves books, she will sit for 30 minutes and listen to story time.
-Emma has a rivalry with a boy, Payton, they always want to be the first to answer questions.
-Emma loves balancing and twirling around in a pirouette.
-Emma can string together many many large beads. The first time they were shown this, Emma did about 15 in one sitting.
-Emma is a very compassionate child. She loves to help her friends and if they are feeling down she likes to figure out the problem and solve it. (This makes my heart sing!)
-When Emma is working on something she concentrates and is very persistent with making sure a puzzle piece fits or a button is fastened, etc.
-Emma has learned more through language by conversation. I noticed her parents ask her questions instead of give her demands. that gives her room fro response and word expansion.
Some other things we talked about:
-Emma likes to climb and jump. Yep, keen observations skills there. :) Brianna said that Emma keeps up with or sometimes leads the boys!
-Emma has a very developed imagination for her age. Apparently, many kids don't develop imagination for a little while longer and with all the technology, some kids' imagination is even more stunted.
-Emma is a helper. Brianna said that she is amazed that Emma can zip up her own coat and is working on buttoning. Emma actually helps the other kids get dressed and undressed to go outside/come inside!
-Emma loves books, she will sit for 30 minutes and listen to story time.
-Emma has a rivalry with a boy, Payton, they always want to be the first to answer questions.
-Emma loves balancing and twirling around in a pirouette.
-Emma can string together many many large beads. The first time they were shown this, Emma did about 15 in one sitting.
Baby Stretches
I LOVE baby stretches! ...almost as much as I love baby snuggles!
Whenever I take Mia out of her car seat or she finishes a feeding, she arches her back, stretches her arms, and puts her head back to stretch. It is adorable!
I had forgotten that Emma used to do the same thing. I don't want to forget again how sweet they are, so I'm writing it down! :)
Whenever I take Mia out of her car seat or she finishes a feeding, she arches her back, stretches her arms, and puts her head back to stretch. It is adorable!
I had forgotten that Emma used to do the same thing. I don't want to forget again how sweet they are, so I'm writing it down! :)
Memorial Day Weekend
This past weekend, we traveled to Kurt's parents. The ~2 hour car trip was Mia's first road trip! She did great and slept the whole way! When we first started out, she fussed a little, but Emma reassured her: "Mia it's all right. We'll be there soon." :) Mia got to meet most of her extended family on Kurt's side. She is young enough that she didn't mind being cuddled and passed around from one person to the next.
As always, Emma had a fantabulous time playing with her Grandma and Papa as well as Aunt Rachel and Uncle Johnny! Within 5 minutes of entering the house, Emma was seated at the kitchen table with the snack she apparently had been dreaming of on the trip up: cheerios with chocolate milk! She loved picking strawberries with Grandma in the garden and took Grandpa to see where the campfires are held. It was a hot weekend and Emma had fun playing in her kiddie pool and running under her new flower sprinkler! She ran around non-stop all weekend! If only we could channel her energy! Also, she was excited to sleep in the princess bed that Grandma made up for her!
While we were there, we celebrated her 3rd birthday with many family members including Carrie's parents who drove down for the day. Emma had a great time helping Grandma make her cake but was impatient that the decorating process took some time. She had a great time seeing everyone and running around all afternoon. She received many fun gifts, including a Strawberry Shortcake Bubble Tea set from Uncle Johnny, 2 swimsuits, pajamas, shorts, t-shirts, a dress, books, and gift cards for to pick dates with an adult of her choice, just to name a few!
Here are a couple pictures from the weekend:
As always, Emma had a fantabulous time playing with her Grandma and Papa as well as Aunt Rachel and Uncle Johnny! Within 5 minutes of entering the house, Emma was seated at the kitchen table with the snack she apparently had been dreaming of on the trip up: cheerios with chocolate milk! She loved picking strawberries with Grandma in the garden and took Grandpa to see where the campfires are held. It was a hot weekend and Emma had fun playing in her kiddie pool and running under her new flower sprinkler! She ran around non-stop all weekend! If only we could channel her energy! Also, she was excited to sleep in the princess bed that Grandma made up for her!
While we were there, we celebrated her 3rd birthday with many family members including Carrie's parents who drove down for the day. Emma had a great time helping Grandma make her cake but was impatient that the decorating process took some time. She had a great time seeing everyone and running around all afternoon. She received many fun gifts, including a Strawberry Shortcake Bubble Tea set from Uncle Johnny, 2 swimsuits, pajamas, shorts, t-shirts, a dress, books, and gift cards for to pick dates with an adult of her choice, just to name a few!
Here are a couple pictures from the weekend:
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| Running through the sprinkler |
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| Helping make her cake |
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| The final product! |
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| Sleepy girl! |
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| Emma and Grammy having some swinging time! |
Dear Emma
Dear Emma,
Today is your Third Birthday! I can't believe you are 3!!! You are getting so big!
You
slept in today after a long but fun weekend of playing hard at Grandma
and Papa's. You were a very happy, well rested girl. You had
apple cinnamon cheerios for breakfast and let me pick out one of your
new outfits (from Grandma) for you to wear. Daddy took you and
your cupcakes to school.
Today was a Tuesday so you had dance class and Miss Nicole gave you a rose for your birthday. We sent in chocolate cupcakes with pink icing and sprinkles (which you helped me put on this morning) for you and your class. Daddy picked you up today as well. You had some good and bad moments tonight but it was because you were tired. We had pizza for dinner and you asked for sparkling water. Afterwards you got to eat candy out of a Dora egg that your teachers gave you today.
You got lots of presents! Our neighbor Barb, gave you a doggy bubble machine. Gigi gave you a Gecko sprinkler and a fairy doll that you get to color. Calvin, Adam, & Melanie sent you a stamp set, stickers, and Hi Ho Cherry. Mommy and Daddy gave you a watch, Dora umbrella (you were very excited for both of these!), princess underwear, hair ties, dice, and a sticker book that Mommy made for you with princess stickers.
Grammy and Grandpa called, but you didn't really want to
talk to them. We did get you to tell them about your watch and umbrella.
Uncle David called and you really didn't want to talk to him
either...you did tell him you would save him a cupcake though. Grandma
and Papa Campbell skyped with you and you talked to them a little bit.
We started asking you your Birthday questions. We haven't finished them yet, but I'll post them when we do.
At three years old: you are very independent and usually want to do everything yourself. (Unless you are tired, then you get whiny and claim you can't do anything yourself.)
You love your sister (who is 2 months old) very much and want to hug and kiss her all the time.
You try testing your bounds all the time and seem to enjoy talking back to us, especially Mommy.
You know your ABC's and can count to 16. We're working on getting to 20, but you make mistakes sometimes. You recognize numbers and letters and like pointing them out when we are driving.
You like reading us stories from your fairy tale book, the Grover book, and your new book from Aunt Rachel where YOU are the princess!
You are compassionate and help your friends at school when they are sad or hurt.
You love going to school and can't wait to go on Mondays.
Today was your first full day in the three-year old room.
You love being silly and getting tickled.
You like calling me, Mommy-boink. You picked this up from daycare a couple weeks ago.
You love having tea parties.
You are generally patient when it comes to Mia, but you have your moments.
I know there is a lot more. But that's what I can think of right now. :)
I love you so much! You make me so happy; even when you frustrate me! I hope you always know that. I love watching you grow. You are at a very fun age right now (we've said that at all your developmental stages, you just keep getting better and better!) and I know this upcoming year will be a lot of fun! I love watching you learn and figure things out. You are so inquisitive and it is fun to watch you be excited to learn new things and apply them.
Love,
Mommy
Today is your Third Birthday! I can't believe you are 3!!! You are getting so big!
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| All ready for school on her 3rd Birthday! |
Today was a Tuesday so you had dance class and Miss Nicole gave you a rose for your birthday. We sent in chocolate cupcakes with pink icing and sprinkles (which you helped me put on this morning) for you and your class. Daddy picked you up today as well. You had some good and bad moments tonight but it was because you were tired. We had pizza for dinner and you asked for sparkling water. Afterwards you got to eat candy out of a Dora egg that your teachers gave you today.
You got lots of presents! Our neighbor Barb, gave you a doggy bubble machine. Gigi gave you a Gecko sprinkler and a fairy doll that you get to color. Calvin, Adam, & Melanie sent you a stamp set, stickers, and Hi Ho Cherry. Mommy and Daddy gave you a watch, Dora umbrella (you were very excited for both of these!), princess underwear, hair ties, dice, and a sticker book that Mommy made for you with princess stickers.
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| Opening presents after dinner! |
We started asking you your Birthday questions. We haven't finished them yet, but I'll post them when we do.
At three years old: you are very independent and usually want to do everything yourself. (Unless you are tired, then you get whiny and claim you can't do anything yourself.)
You love your sister (who is 2 months old) very much and want to hug and kiss her all the time.
You try testing your bounds all the time and seem to enjoy talking back to us, especially Mommy.
You know your ABC's and can count to 16. We're working on getting to 20, but you make mistakes sometimes. You recognize numbers and letters and like pointing them out when we are driving.
You like reading us stories from your fairy tale book, the Grover book, and your new book from Aunt Rachel where YOU are the princess!
You are compassionate and help your friends at school when they are sad or hurt.
You love going to school and can't wait to go on Mondays.
Today was your first full day in the three-year old room.
You love being silly and getting tickled.
You like calling me, Mommy-boink. You picked this up from daycare a couple weeks ago.
You love having tea parties.
You are generally patient when it comes to Mia, but you have your moments.
I know there is a lot more. But that's what I can think of right now. :)
I love you so much! You make me so happy; even when you frustrate me! I hope you always know that. I love watching you grow. You are at a very fun age right now (we've said that at all your developmental stages, you just keep getting better and better!) and I know this upcoming year will be a lot of fun! I love watching you learn and figure things out. You are so inquisitive and it is fun to watch you be excited to learn new things and apply them.
Love,
Mommy
Mia's 2 Month Stats
Mia had her 2 month checkup today. She did great during the checkup and for her vaccinations.
She is 12 pounds 9.5 ounces (95th percentile) and 23 inches long (75th percentile). Her head circumference is 38.5 cm (50th percentile). Although foot size was not measured at the doctor, she must have big feet because they are outgrowing her 3 month rompers!
She received 3 vaccines, one in each leg and an oral one for rota virus. She sucked down the oral vaccine like it was candy -- likely it did have some sugar in it for kids to drink it. Her left leg is very sore, we can feel the muscle knotted up in it --poor baby! (I remember Emma having the same reaction.) She slept most of the afternoon, but we've had some rough patches this evening. She did have some happy time smiling and talking to Daddy during a diaper change though.
Other developments from the last week, on Wednesday, 23 May, her diaper rash that she had had for well over a month was finally healed!
Here she is before her appointment:
She is 12 pounds 9.5 ounces (95th percentile) and 23 inches long (75th percentile). Her head circumference is 38.5 cm (50th percentile). Although foot size was not measured at the doctor, she must have big feet because they are outgrowing her 3 month rompers!
She received 3 vaccines, one in each leg and an oral one for rota virus. She sucked down the oral vaccine like it was candy -- likely it did have some sugar in it for kids to drink it. Her left leg is very sore, we can feel the muscle knotted up in it --poor baby! (I remember Emma having the same reaction.) She slept most of the afternoon, but we've had some rough patches this evening. She did have some happy time smiling and talking to Daddy during a diaper change though.
Other developments from the last week, on Wednesday, 23 May, her diaper rash that she had had for well over a month was finally healed!
Here she is before her appointment:
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