6 months

Exactly 6 months ago today, we welcomed our 2nd daughter into this world. I remember it as if it were yesterday. We were a scheduled C-section, I had to wait about 2 hours from the time I go to the hospital to the time I walked into the OR and I hated the wait. Up till that morning I hadn't given any thought to having a baby. Sounds cruel, I know. BUT my firstborn and I had never been sepratated and I dreaded leaving her. My heart was breaking. Once we dropped her off with a friend that morning and headed to the hospital, I began getting excited. I wanted to meet my newest princess and all the waiting was killing me.

Once in the OR, I just got more and more excited. I kept asking the doctor if she was out yet. lol When she was finally out he said "wow she's big, where were you hiding her?" lol They brought her to me and I was so excited. She had a full head of black hair and was just perfect.

Daddy left w/ her and I went into the recovery room where it seemed like I waited forever! So they finally brought her to me and my poor hubby hadn't even held her yet. Her temps were really low so they were trying to warm her up the entire time, then decided to let me nurse her before warming her up. She was so sweet and I hated giving her back.

She has been such an amazing baby and I just love her to pieces. She has such a sweet personality, is mellow and cuddly. She is such a mama's girl and I love it!
At 6 months, baby sister:
-wears 6-9 month clothes
-wears size 3 diapers
-wears size 1 shoes
-started eating baby food. Right now we've had bananas, pears, sweet potatoes

We had our 6 month photoshoot, but I haven't had a chance to up load them yet.

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If you don't know, my mom is 2KuteKreations. She is a "hooker" aka she crochets. Whenever we visit her, big sister loves to play with her yarns and hooks. lol

School time A-B

My 3 year old has known her alphabet since she was 18 months old, she can count to 20, she knows her colors, shapes and so much more that I can't remember. I've started "school" with her like 3 times. lol Because we'll be homeschooling, I want to start training her at a young age that we will have a daily school time. 3 weeks ago I started doing "school".. We are very laid back with it, but she LOVES it. I am doing 1 letter a week, teaching her things that start w/ each letter, and trying to teach her to write them, though she is not a fan of writing yet. lol She has some pre k books that my mom gave her that she loves to work on. Every day, no lie, she comes to me with her books and says "mom will you teach me something". I love it, and just can't say no to that. lol

I do not have any pictures from A week. But we just colored some pages, ate animal crackers and that was about it. It was my first week and I couldn't come up with anything.

B week, we did some coloring, gluing activity (she LOVES to glue), read some books and more.

We also do a Bible verse a week, starting with our letter.
Thankfully I have a friend who is inspiring me and helping me. She's 2-3 weeks ahead of me, so it's been fun to pick her brain. :)

Making a Bee with the letter B

It's a B :)

We had a grab bag with "b" things... I will do this weekly for each letter.

Butterfly with buttons. Again, she loves working with glue and different mediums. :)

Displaying our A and B sheets.


This week we are on C. We're having a blast w/ it! :)

Up late...

twas 11 pm on Sunday
and all thru my house
not a creature was stirring
not even a mouse...

Just then I decided
I would go to bed
so I put on my jammies
and laid down my sleepy head

I turned off the light
ready for sleep
I closed my eyes tight
but then heard a tiny peep

Tonight was not the night
I thought that just maybe
I'd get to sleep before midnight
But different plans had my baby

Tis now 1 in the morning
a new day is beginning
this tired mama is still waiting
for her sweet baby to start dreaming...

-written by this tired mama :)

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sweetness

baby sister figured out how to flip to her belly a few weeks ago.. Then she recently figured out she can sleep that way and she's sleeping SO much better.. Is there anything sweeter than a sleeping baby?!

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