Jane gets set to watch Signing Time:
September 30, 2008
September 29, 2008
September 26, 2008
A visit from Aunt Julie
Aunt Julie stopped by to surprise Jane with a new fancy dress. She loved it of course. But when we sat her on Julie's lap for a photo shoot Jane turned into a total emo kid.
September 23, 2008
Jane's big milestone
A couple weeks ago Matt was getting Jane ready for her bath when she announced that she needed to go pee-pee. He put her on her potty seat and she went for the very first time! After that it's been a breeze! She's been in panties for over a week now and has only had one (half of one, really) accident! HOWEVER, she only goes #1 on the potty. For #2 she sneaks it in before or after naptime or before or after bedtime when she already has a diaper on. So my question to you experienced mothers is this: How can I get her to go #2 on the potty?
Here's a really cute sequence of pictures. Jane was playing outside when she realized she needed to go pee-pee. Here's her rushing inside.
Here's a really cute sequence of pictures. Jane was playing outside when she realized she needed to go pee-pee. Here's her rushing inside.
September 20, 2008
WARNING: Lots of pictures ahead
Here are a bunch of pictures we (Matt) snapped of Jane one day.
This is how Jane deals with the barking dogs. If she looks at them through one hand they aren't as scary.
And here's Jane going through the steps of watering the garden.
And for the sake of catching up here are some pictures that don't really belong anywhere. And let me end the suspense: They're of Jane!
Oh, wait! Someone besides Jane! Aunt Sharon (and Jane).
This is how Jane deals with the barking dogs. If she looks at them through one hand they aren't as scary.
And here's Jane going through the steps of watering the garden.
And for the sake of catching up here are some pictures that don't really belong anywhere. And let me end the suspense: They're of Jane!
Oh, wait! Someone besides Jane! Aunt Sharon (and Jane).
September 19, 2008
Signing Scared
Are you familiar with the ASL sign for scared? Jane learned it-- only she does it completely over the top. The pictures don't quite capture it, but she holds her breath and shakes violently with fear.
September 18, 2008
Catching Up
Sometimes cute things happen that we take pictures of but I feel like I can't post them because I'm not "caught up". So in order to start posting in real time I am going to be shoving a bunch of pictures on here in the next few days. Enjoy.
Here's some pictures from a day Paris spent with Jane.
Here's some pictures from a day Paris spent with Jane.
September 11, 2008
23 Months Old!
With less than one month until Jane turns two I keep staring at her thinking, "Where did my baby go?" It seems like overnight she has turned into a mischievous toddler. My little clean girl is suddenly starting to get into everything. Dumping things out, drawing on everything, and playing in the toilet. Other highlights from the month:
*One day I was crying over something (don't ask me why, I can't even remember) and I actually had tears. Jane was very concerned saying, "Mommy sad." She came over and gave me a "big hug" and then she took her little finger, wiped off one of my tears and said, "better." Obviously that could only make me feel better!
*Jane has become obsessed with bandaids. She requests them anytime something feels uncomfortable. In the mornings she has always been dramatic about her eyes bothering her when we turn on her bedroom light. Lately she has been yelling, "Bandaid! Eye!"
*Everyday when Matt comes home from work Jane requests the following sequence "Up." Daddy picks her up. "Shoulders." Daddy puts her on his shoulders. "Outside." Daddy takes her outside. "Horses." Daddy takes her for a walk to see horses.
*Among Jane's new vocabulary words is the word, "now." Which has the effect of turning every single sentence into an annoying toddler demand.
*One day Jane climbed up on her potty seat, reached into my bathroom drawer and took out three of my make up brushes (face, blush and eye). I decided to let her play with them for a minute. The next minute they were gone and I still haven't recovered them after 3 weeks. I have looked in all of her usual places and by now she probably doesn't even remember herself.
Mischievous loot:
(watching Signing Time through a floss container--very advanced wouldn't you say?)
*Even with her new mischievous tendencies Jane is still my little clean girl. One day before church I told her to get her white shoes. She got her white shoes, got a baby wipe, and wiped down her shoes until they were clean.
*Jane loves my mommy friends. She is just starting to take interest in other kids but for a while now she has been obsessed with other moms. She has been known to follow Christina around at the park asking to be held. And every time she sees a car similar to the one Candis drives she dances around excitedly saying , "Candis, Candis, Candis." And when I show her pictures on the blog she will most likely only remember the mom's names: Megan, Kate, and Laura. And of course she still likes to talk about Monique being on the phone. At least now she has a face with the name.
*It is sad to see some of Jane's baby language slipping away. Up used to always be "bo." Again=na, Strawberrry=Wadada, and Lotion=Wanana. She's starting to stop saying those although they do still pop up. I was also sad to watch her one day when we were saying a prayer. Matt and I had our arms folded and Jane had hers in the usual position--hands back to back under her chin smashing her wrists together. I watched her look at Matt's arms, my arms, and then her arms. Then she fixed her arms accordingly. I was so sad. Never even a picture to document it.
Jane with wadadas:
*Jane's vocabulary has been bursting out of control. I have had to stop being surprised and just accept that she likely knows the word for everything whether or not I think she has ever even heard it. The other day we were in the kitchen and she kept saying Ziffer. I kept saying, What's a ziffer? Finally I looked down and realized I was using the Swiffer Wet Jet to mop the floor.
We can even have heart to hearts!
*One day I was crying over something (don't ask me why, I can't even remember) and I actually had tears. Jane was very concerned saying, "Mommy sad." She came over and gave me a "big hug" and then she took her little finger, wiped off one of my tears and said, "better." Obviously that could only make me feel better!
*Jane has become obsessed with bandaids. She requests them anytime something feels uncomfortable. In the mornings she has always been dramatic about her eyes bothering her when we turn on her bedroom light. Lately she has been yelling, "Bandaid! Eye!"
*Everyday when Matt comes home from work Jane requests the following sequence "Up." Daddy picks her up. "Shoulders." Daddy puts her on his shoulders. "Outside." Daddy takes her outside. "Horses." Daddy takes her for a walk to see horses.
*Among Jane's new vocabulary words is the word, "now." Which has the effect of turning every single sentence into an annoying toddler demand.
*One day Jane climbed up on her potty seat, reached into my bathroom drawer and took out three of my make up brushes (face, blush and eye). I decided to let her play with them for a minute. The next minute they were gone and I still haven't recovered them after 3 weeks. I have looked in all of her usual places and by now she probably doesn't even remember herself.
Mischievous loot:
(watching Signing Time through a floss container--very advanced wouldn't you say?)
*Even with her new mischievous tendencies Jane is still my little clean girl. One day before church I told her to get her white shoes. She got her white shoes, got a baby wipe, and wiped down her shoes until they were clean.
*Jane loves my mommy friends. She is just starting to take interest in other kids but for a while now she has been obsessed with other moms. She has been known to follow Christina around at the park asking to be held. And every time she sees a car similar to the one Candis drives she dances around excitedly saying , "Candis, Candis, Candis." And when I show her pictures on the blog she will most likely only remember the mom's names: Megan, Kate, and Laura. And of course she still likes to talk about Monique being on the phone. At least now she has a face with the name.
*It is sad to see some of Jane's baby language slipping away. Up used to always be "bo." Again=na, Strawberrry=Wadada, and Lotion=Wanana. She's starting to stop saying those although they do still pop up. I was also sad to watch her one day when we were saying a prayer. Matt and I had our arms folded and Jane had hers in the usual position--hands back to back under her chin smashing her wrists together. I watched her look at Matt's arms, my arms, and then her arms. Then she fixed her arms accordingly. I was so sad. Never even a picture to document it.
Jane with wadadas:
*Jane's vocabulary has been bursting out of control. I have had to stop being surprised and just accept that she likely knows the word for everything whether or not I think she has ever even heard it. The other day we were in the kitchen and she kept saying Ziffer. I kept saying, What's a ziffer? Finally I looked down and realized I was using the Swiffer Wet Jet to mop the floor.
We can even have heart to hearts!
September 9, 2008
A Confession
Several comments have been made about what beautiful pictures "I" take. I must confess. I never take pictures! Matt is my official blogtographer. He takes all the pictures for our family. I don't even know how to work our latest camera. I claim I want to be able to enjoy life without being stuck behind a camera, but really I'm just lazy. For all those reasons I only came back from North Carolina with 6 pictures on our old digital.
It was great to see my friend of 15 years again. We hadn't spent a significant amount of time together for 8 years but it was as if we hadn't skipped a beat. The main excuse for going was because Monique had a baby girl 8 weeks ago. Annabel Grace. She's adorable and darling and a disgustingly good sleeper. It was great to see her little family although most time was spent staring off into space during all the hours of nursing it takes to feed a newborn. (Just kidding Monique). Actually what I really did was play much more Dr. Mario than I care to admit. I was involved in an on-going Dr. Mario tournament when I was a sophomore in college and I was surprised with how easily it came back to me. I must say, Dr. Mario is one of my strongest talents in life. I tutored Monique extensively in order to get the games a little more exciting. By the end I had built quite a competitor.
Jane and Jackson (3) had fun playing together except for the fact that they fought like an old married couple the entire time. Jackson would ask Jane something trivial like, "Do you want to put your shoe's on, Jane?" Jane would rudely answer no to his many questions 90% of the time, to which Jackson would respond in a whiny frustrated voice, "Yeah!" Then he would repeat the question, and the cycle would continue. That went on for 9 days straight. Jane did become interested in babies for the first time. It was so cute to see her take interest in Annabel. She even wanted to hold her a few times.
Without further ado, here are the only pictures I took:
I don't know what it is about making your child kiss another child that is so cute but I hope to outgrow that within the next 10 years.
(Jane wipes off the kiss, but Jackson looks pleased)
more kissing.....
and more kissing....
After about a week in North Carolina I was getting Jane out of her crib in the morning and she announced, "I wanna go home." It was cool to see how aware she was of "home." She talked about going home to see Daddy, Uncle Nate, Paris, Candis, and Christina. And she also mentioned "doggies barking" during one of her conversations about home.
It was great to see my friend of 15 years again. We hadn't spent a significant amount of time together for 8 years but it was as if we hadn't skipped a beat. The main excuse for going was because Monique had a baby girl 8 weeks ago. Annabel Grace. She's adorable and darling and a disgustingly good sleeper. It was great to see her little family although most time was spent staring off into space during all the hours of nursing it takes to feed a newborn. (Just kidding Monique). Actually what I really did was play much more Dr. Mario than I care to admit. I was involved in an on-going Dr. Mario tournament when I was a sophomore in college and I was surprised with how easily it came back to me. I must say, Dr. Mario is one of my strongest talents in life. I tutored Monique extensively in order to get the games a little more exciting. By the end I had built quite a competitor.
Jane and Jackson (3) had fun playing together except for the fact that they fought like an old married couple the entire time. Jackson would ask Jane something trivial like, "Do you want to put your shoe's on, Jane?" Jane would rudely answer no to his many questions 90% of the time, to which Jackson would respond in a whiny frustrated voice, "Yeah!" Then he would repeat the question, and the cycle would continue. That went on for 9 days straight. Jane did become interested in babies for the first time. It was so cute to see her take interest in Annabel. She even wanted to hold her a few times.
Without further ado, here are the only pictures I took:
I don't know what it is about making your child kiss another child that is so cute but I hope to outgrow that within the next 10 years.
(Jane wipes off the kiss, but Jackson looks pleased)
more kissing.....
and more kissing....
After about a week in North Carolina I was getting Jane out of her crib in the morning and she announced, "I wanna go home." It was cool to see how aware she was of "home." She talked about going home to see Daddy, Uncle Nate, Paris, Candis, and Christina. And she also mentioned "doggies barking" during one of her conversations about home.
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