Dear Laurel,
Every morning when you wake up with a
happy baby face and give us that big gum smile we forget about any tough times you have ever given us the past 6 months and thru my
pregnancy!
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| fell asleep in daddy's arms |
We love walking into your room together and singing your
good morning song. The cutest moment is when your butt moves up and down in excitement for us. We then pick you up and you greet your owls and birds good morning with so much joy!
You are the biggest joy of our lives!
We are so not ready for you, and that's not your fault. But we are so thrilled to have you guide us thru the next steps that I know we will enjoy it none the less.
You are still working on those 2 lower teeth and some days it bothers you some. But so far it really hasn't become a show stopper.
You seem to have one cold onto the next from your day care buddies. I hope you give them some back too!
Sleep is (and I hope I don't jinx myself on this one! Asi que safa chivo!) established at nights. You go to sleep by 8:30-9:15 pm and up at 6-6:45 am. I was able to change your 5 am wake up time in just a few mornings in mid November. Thank you for being so easy!
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| the whole family went on a nice stroll |
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....to get her to nap |
Now we are working on your naps. As you are a terrible cat-napper. But at day care you have done a few 2-3 hour mid day naps recently.
You are starting to pay attention to our food. But specially my water bottle. Looks like you see it as a next step to your bottle.
I was waiting for you to be able to sit on your own so that you could focus on the act of learning to eat something other than a bottle. And its not like you can do it alone, but when propped you stay for a good while and even show off some tricks!
Our thanksgiving holiday treat for you was your first taste of rice cereal! I don't think you like it much. The face you gave me had very clear message: "what are you doing to me now?"
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| say ahhhhhh |
We spent thanksgiving at our
good friends Joanna and Bianca, along with Leigh and Corin and a few of their friends and Bianca's parents. Bianca cooked an amazing meal and everyone added to it. It was a great gathering of friends with delicious food and fun conversations. Sorry we couldn't share it with your Kleeger family. Hopefully things will work out next time around.
You have moved up from the play mat to your "office" and its so cute to see how busy you get trying to push all the buttons an pull on things.
You are ever more engaging and talking. Your jabber is becoming quite a joy to talk to and we love how you like to make raspberries with your lips, even if it means your face ends up totally wet from saliva!
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| yeee-ah! |
You love it when your dad plays "ninja" with you and you guys sneak up a kick to an unexpected friend near by.
Your grandparents have all become more computer savvy all because of you! Its amazing to hear how much more they are all doing in order to stay informed of your cute doings. And they can't get enough of your daily pictures. I'm in serious trouble for spoiling not just you but them too!
