Remember those seeds Abigail planted? Well, I'm glad we planted as many as we did. Long story short-out of dozens of seeds planted, five little troopers have sprouted!
Ok, now for the long story.I was feeding Sarah about a week ago and Abigail was watching Curious George. George was learning about gardening. Abigail was inspired. She made her way to the dining room saying "wattter" over and over again. My "look at this Abigail" efforts were fruitless, I could not keep Abigail out of trouble with words alone. Next thing I know, she's walking into the living room with egg carton and sippy cup in hand.
She placed the carton on the coffee table and watered the plants. It was cute, really. But then things got scary when she moved the egg carton to her doll stroller and back. At this point I was able to take Sarah to her room and put her down for a nap.
I thought about taking the egg carton on the way to the girls' room, but wanted to avoid a screaming protest from Abigail. Well, I should have taken it. Abigail made her way back to the dining room with the carton. Only this time she used one hand, so the carton was perpendicular to the floor and there was a trail of dirt where Abigail had been.
Thankfully, though, the pots remained untouched and a few seeds have sprouted. We're looking forward to watching them continue to grow and bloom!
Sarah is now half a year old! I'm not going to say it. Okay, I will. She is growing up so fast!
Sarah is rolling around like a pro. Abigail would often roll onto her belly and then use her arms to move in a circle (like the arms of a clock). Sarah, on the other hand, just keeps on rolling until she finds something interesting. She keeps me on my toes and helps me make sure I keep things tidied up.
She loves going after Abigail's toys, but really loves to grab a hold of the baby wipes. She'll pretty much go for anything within her reach. A funny thing happened the other day during Abigail's nap time. She was playing with one of her toys when I handed her one of Abigail's (her Elmo phone). I tried taking the phone away and giving her other toy back, but she wasn't happy about that. This is the first time I've seen her prefer one toy over another.
Sarah is still falling asleep on her own at night. Initially she would sleep for a long stretch, eat, and sleep for another few hours. Lately she's been waking up twice a night. I'm thinking she's going through a growth spurt. Our mornings are fairly predictable schedule-wise. Our afternoons are a different story, but that's fine.
Before I know it she'll be crawling all over the place and I'll go crazy keeping her out of things. Maybe Abigail will help me ;-)
My parents watched Abigail for a bit last night while Jonathan and I ran an errand with Sarah. Abigail had a great time, but her night took a turn for the worse on the way home.
Right before we left, I grabbed a chocolate chip cookie to munch on and gave Abigail a tiny piece. No biggie-until our ride home. Abigail got fussy. She started grabbing her ears and rubbing her nose and eyes. Her nose started running and her eyes were watery. By the time we got home we saw that her face was blotchy and her face looked swollen.
Long story short, we talked with a nurse, administered Benadryl, and she fell asleep. Her symptoms started to improve.
Those chocolate chip cookies had walnuts in them, so I suspect a nut allergy. After running things over in my mind while trying to sleep last night I realized Abigail had a pinch of another cookie with walnuts in it last Thursday. She tugged at her ears a whole bunch and fussed, but that was it.
We took Abigail in for follow-up this morning. She had blood work done. We left with an EpiPen and a referral to an Allergist. What have I learned so far from last night: it's a good idea for mommies and daddies of toddlers to have Benadryl on hand. Also, God took care of our Abigail when we weren't sure what was going on. I'm sure things could have been a lot worse if this really was an allergic reaction to nuts.
We'll find out more hopefully once the test results are in and once we are able to see an Allergist.
Man, it is not easy being a mom!
I wasn't really a big coffee drinker, that is, until I had a "real" job and even more so when I became a mom. Jonathan was definitely not a coffee drinker until after we got married. Now, coffee is a part of just about every morning. We don't go overboard, just one or two cups a day. Just enough to help us out in the early morning ;-)
My mom got me a new mug for Easter, it has a funny saying:
Whoever made up the phrase "Sleep like a baby" could NOT possibly have had a baby.
Thankfully, though, I can say with confidence and joy that Sarah has been sleeping like a baby! For the past five nights she has (1) fallen asleep on her own and (2) slept for stretches lasting 7-8 hours and (3) going back down for another 1-3 hours!!!
We're still working on a consistent nap schedule. She's usually down a little over two hours after she's up for the day, but after that anything can happen. So everyone is getting a full nights' sleep!
We hope everyone had a Happy Easter. We had a great day spent with our family and church family.
We started the day bright and early when Abigail gave us our wake-up call. We went to church early for breakfast, followed by a GENESIS Kids Easter Egg Hunt. This was Abigail's first hunt. She didn't quite get the gist of it. As soon as she spotted an egg, she would immediately open it to see what was inside. She had fun anyway.
After church we headed over to have Easter dinner with family. Here Abigail had her very own Easter egg hunt. Though, I'm sure Sarah would have wanted to join her if she was able. This time she knew just what to do. As soon as she spotted an egg she kept repeating "egg, egg, egg", then she'd grab it and place it in her basket.
After the egg hunt we feasted on ham, potatoes, you name it. Abigail wasn't a huge fan, but she did try a few things out. She was a fan of dessert though, she at quite a few strawberries from a fruit tart.
We couldn't have asked for better weather today. We're looking forward to more spring weather and the chance to go out and enjoy it!
Abigail was like a kid in a candy store, or a kid in a children's museum. It was hard to get Abigail to slow down. She wanted to go off and try out everything. While I went off to feed Sarah, Abigail went with Daddy to check out the Peep and The Big Wide World exhibit. What I didn't know at the time was that this exhibit featured a ton of water and sand activities. Abigail was a little wet after this experience.
The last exhibit we visited was a room full of one of Abigail's favorite things: bubbles. The first thing I noticed was that the floor was covered with soap! Abigail wanted to get right into things. I was hesitant to let her try and make bubbles on her own, but she actually did really well.
Abigail wasn't too excited about leaving. Once she was OK with leaving, she said "bye bye George" about half a dozen times as we left the building.
We had such a blast and look forward to checking it out again!
