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Monday, April 15, 2013

Marissa is 5 months!

Marissa has moved past constantly grunting and blowing raspberries.  She is no onto high pitched squeals.  She loves her exerciser and doorway jumper.  She is really figuring out how to put weight on her feet.  We have officially given away the play mat.  She kept rolling off it.  She is really good at flirting at strangers.  She giggles and smiles at them at the store or doctors office.

The doctor said to start trying to only feed her one time at night.  This is not going well.  We are on week two and she is still waking up every few hours.  We are trying some reflux medicine to see if it helps her tummy.  She weight 13.9 pounds at her last doctors appointment.

Marissa is still not taking a bottle.  The doctor suggested having Kay give her the bottle.  She thought Marissa might think it was fun and four year olds usually don't give up easily.  Kay did not give up, but Marissa still is not taking it.  We have since switched to attempting a sippy cup and she is not fighting it nearly as much.  I can still only get her to take about an ounce, but that is progress.

Marissa is wearing 6-12 month clothes.  I am trying to use Kay's summer clothes so they are a bit big on her.  She is sleeping on her side now and has discovered her thumb- oh no, another one!

Marissa is really good at rolling from back to belly.  She is pretty good at belly to back.  When I leave a room she has often rolled several feet and is off her play mat or blanket.  She has found her feet and think they are great fun.

She really likes to be part of the action.  If we leave the room she gets upset until we bring her with us.   I think she has already figured out that she doesn't want to miss out on anything!

Scheduling has been a little tough.  She always falls asleep to/from Kay's school for naps.  It is making it hard to get her on a schedule.  I have tried to transfer her several times and it seems to be working ok.

My friend brought over her two month old baby.  I can't believe how much babies change in a few months.  It already seems like Marissa is getting so big.  I want to bottle up the baby phase and save it forever!

Kay helped with the five month photo shoot again.  As you can see, her sticker is upside down.  The girls are really having fun playing together now that Marissa can interact a little.



















Sunday, April 14, 2013

Technology today...

I am trying to use this blog as a way for my girls to some day be able to look back and see what life was like when they were little.  I thought I would post about a group I started up. When we moved to Hong Kong there was a Facebook group called "Hong Kong Moms"  this was a forum for Moms in Hong Kong to help each other with advice, where to find things,  favorite doctors etc. I really don't know how I would have survived without it. When we were getting ready to move back I was really disappointed nothing like this existed for our area. I decided to step out of my comfort zone and create a group. The little group I created about three months ago now has over 200 members and it is all women in the community supporting each other. Two lost dogs have been found,  doctors recommended, and child/baby advice given.  I am excited to see what happens with the group in the days to come....

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Best Friends in the making...

My childhood best friend brought her little girl over to play. We hope our girls will be best friends too...

Lazy mornings...

Kay and Marissa snuggled in bed this morning.  It was wonderful...

Stealing snuggles...

Craig cracked the code on how to get a busy three year old to sit and snuggle for more than 10 seconds. Have the Easter Bunny bring nerds. Kay ate the whole box...one...nerd...at...a...time...

Before nerds, Kay was giving us tickets to "ride on the train" (kitchen table) to Admiralty station.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

She found it...

Marissa has officially found her thumb. She has found it and sucked on it several times. Here we go again....

Sister fun

Kay showed Marissa how to play in the exercauser.