my Miah

Miah's such a riot! Yesterday I told him to go call his daddy and he says, "Baaaabe!" Jenner & I looked at eachother and I said, "Did he just say babe?" and Miah looks at us, smiles, and says it again only louder! Then, today Emma was w/ me in the kitchen standing by the microwave and Miah comes over and says, "Hi Emma! (babbles something i couldn't understand while patting her back) okay?" then gives her a kiss on her head, says ba-bye and runs off to play w/ his trains. He cracks me up!

walking in the near future!

So I guess Em did have a new trick for today! She stood by herself for 2 seconds! LOL. I guess we better have the camera ready to document her first steps cause it's coming soon!

Jeremiah & Emma's new "tricks"

Today I found out that Jeremiah knows his letters! I know a couple of kids his age that know the alphabet already and I tried to start teaching him earlier but didn't really push it until he showed more of an interest. I thought he only knew a few letters, but was surprised to learn he knew much more than I thought. He has that leap frog gadget that sticks onto the refrigerator & teaches you how to say each letter & what it sounds like. There's also a button that plays the whole alphabet (which he used to press all the time w/out it finishing the whole alphabet!) He actually has 2 here at home & 1 at grandma marie's house, so he plays with it often. I also bought Thomas the Train letter flashcards which he also loves. Anyway, I guess I'm so surprised he knows his letters because everytime I play with him & try to teach him the letters he gets bored w/ it and goes to play with his trains. Anyway, he recognized the "m" the other day & said "m" and today after dinner he was playing w/ the letters and I thought I'd quiz him. Low & behold he knew practically all of them! He got maybe 2 or 3 wrong, but we still praised him for trying. He still pronounces some of them wrong, but I'm sure w/ practice and at the rate he's learning, he'll get it in no time. I'm so proud of him & you could tell he was proud of himself because everytime we exclaimed "yay" he smiled & laughed.

Jeremiah is also starting to tell me "I love you" more often!!! He used to say it very rarely...usually after I'd tickle it out of him, but now he says it everytime I say it to him! What a joy that is & my heart skips a beat every time he tells me "I love you."

His little sister Emma has some new tricks up her sleeve too! She already mastered giving 5 and I recently introduced giving kisses. It didn't really take more than a day or two cause everytime I gave her a kiss I'd say "kiss" first. Now when I say kiss she plops a wet one on my face and then smiles and laughs. I love it! I've been working on clapping but have noticed her belly gets in the way. LOL. She's also starting to lift herself up more to cruise around the couches. It seems as though she likes standing better than sitting...which might help the belly situation! haha. As much as I make fun of her belly, I absolutely love her chubbiness right now..so squeazably soft! LOL

Can't wait for what new "trick" tomorrow brings!!!

Emma's dr appt

My little buddha baby had her checkup last week. I was really excited to find out how much she weighed because she filled out pretty quickly since her last dr appt. plus she's been eating the pureed fruits & veggies like the dr suggested. sooo, drum roll...Emma weighs a whopping 17lbs (which is only 9 lbs lighter than Jeremiah who's 2 yrs older) and she's 25 1/2" long! The dr said that she was overweight! hahah. So different from Miah who was always underweight just until his last appt. Luckily Emma didn't get any shots this time. She did however have to get blood drawn, but she didn't even cry one bit! What a strong girl...just like mommy. LOL. Anyway, now she gets to start eating pureed meats. So far she likes it. The only thing I've found she doesn't like is peas...again, just like mommy :P

Happy Father's Day Jenner!

Jenner couldn't decide on whether to stay home or go out for father's day. I was hoping he wanted go out because family time outside the house is rare with our busy schedules. Luckily he had the idea of going to the beach! Jeremiah loves to play in the sand and it was a great time to try out his new beach toys. Once we got his toys out he was in a world of his own! haha. This was also Emma's first time at the beach. Her belly barely fit in her bathing suit, but she looked so cute! :D It was a great way to spend Father's Day!

it's a laughing matter...apparently

With Jenner being at work a lot , there's a lot of times when I need Jeremiah to entertain his sister for a few seconds. Sometimes she starts crying when I'm not in her view and Jeremiah pats her and says in a very gentle voice, " It's ok Emma, don't cry." But most of the time she's laughing like she can't control it! This was how I found out that what really gets Emma laughing is her brother! Apparently she finds it hilarious when Jeremiah yells, screams, growls, etc. at her. It's really funny to watch.

& she's off!

Just 2 weeks ago Emma started trying to crawl and after a week she got the crawling thing down! Now she's starting to pull herself up! She's just been growing so fast I don't wanna blink so I don't miss a thing! I think with Jeremiah I was focusing on milestones that were coming up because he was all by himself, but now there's so much going on with just having to look after both kids, Jenner having two jobs & me being back at school. It's like Emma knows what milestones are coming up on her own. I can already tell she's gonna be a handful. Yesterday I went to pick up the kids at Grandma Marie's and she kept trying to grab some travel books on the coffee table. Everytime I pulled her away she would look at me and give me the mad cry & crawl back to the books. She's so fast, just like her brother. Maybe they'll grow up to run in the Olympics! :D