Louise Newsletter: Month 16

Lou - you are a bull in a china shop.  Your daddy and I feel that is the best description for you right now.  You are into everything, everywhere, all.of.the.time.  And you have no fear about anything.  You are tenacious and stubborn and adorable of course, so that helps =)

The Christmas season was so fun with you.  You watched everyone and imitated immediately.  i.e. you figured out how to open presents very quickly.  Several favorite toys right now include your kitchen, baby stroller and Minnie Mouse train. 

Though these last few weeks in addition to your boldness you have been quite crabby as you have been cutting some serious teeth.  Lots of whinyness and wanting to be held and snuggled, can't say that I blame you.  It finally feels like you have turned a corner and are feeling better this week.

New words include; uh-oh, bubba (baby), and you can shake your head no. 

It is amazing to watch you understand so many things even though you aren't able to say much yet.  There isn't a lot you don't get.  You even know to head to the bathroom and open the toliet seat when someone in the house says they need to go potty.  Could this be an early sign that you will be much easier to pottytrain than your brother was?  Your mama is hopeful...

Love you baby girl,

Mama

Elliot Newsletter: December 2012

Elliot - the Christmas season has come and gone and you were all in this year.  So fun!  When we put our tree up, you jumped and got so excited with every.single.ornament.  A plan was developed by you about which ornaments to put where and why so that Louise wouldn't break any of the special ones.  GK got you a Christmas countdown ornament and daily you check it to see how many days until Christmas. 

We baked a lot of Christmas cookies and you were a huge help, measuring the flouring and turning on the mixer.  And a new tradition began this Christmas with Elf on the Shelf appearing.  She arrived on December 1 and it took you a few days to get it.  She is magical after you adopt and name her.  You decided to name her Bean =)  You wanted her name to start with the letter "B" and that is what you came up with.  She cannot be touched or her magic will disappear.  She reported back to Santa at the North Pole each night.  Every morning you woke up to find her in a different place.  Bean added some special moments to Christmas this year.

You loved looking at Christmas lights and asked why we don't decorate the outside of our house.  (Thanks we get the hint).

There were a lot of questions about Santa that we didn't expect already.  You pointed out that we don't have a chimney or a fireplace.  And prior to visiting Santa, you informed me that he wasn't the real Santa...
At school during recess, do you have Santa 101 discussions or what?

On Christmas Eve, you were so excited to select special cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. 
On Christmas morning your eyes almost burst when you saw what Santa brought.  And you couldn't believe Santa knew what kind of candy was your favorite.  It was so cute!

You just drank everything in and were in awe of all the magical.  Honestly, your daddy and I cannot remember a more magical Christmas, it was so special.  And now you can't understand why it is over.  Yesterday you asked to turn the radio onto Christmas music =)  When I told you it was over, you said, "well, why?"

Looking forward to creating more memories and traditions with you buddy.

Love,



Mommy