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Such a Silly Girl. This girl… this girl is full of it. Last night Lucia had a feeling before going to bed that she needed to check on Chelsea. It was a good thing she did because Chelsea had already taken off her jammies and was curled up in a little ball in her crib in just her diaper (not a good idea because our low temp was 22°F last night and the air flow from the heater into the girls’ rooms isn’t always predictable – can be too hot or too cold ). Hopefully the jammies stayed on most of the night because by the time Lucia got her out of her crib in the morning, Chelsea was again jammie-less but also diaper-less. CP was sitting on her newly washed favorite pillow and had tinkled on it (the week before she had a poopy diaper that leaked on it so it had just been washed). When Lucia told Chelsea that she can’t take her diaper off and now her pillow is dirty again, Chelsea exclaimed/demanded, “WAAAAA-sssssssssch!” (like, there’s a simple solution for this problem, mom!). We got lucky two nights ago when Lucia found Chelsea jammie-less and diaper-less in the morning in her crib still asleep, with her head on her pillow and bare bottom in the air and no mess in the crib. Tonight we are trying the putting-the-jammies-on-backwards technique to see if that helps deter our undresser.
She is just so funny to us right now. Here are some other things that Chelsea is doing… (they probably don’t seem funny to anyone else or typed out, but it’s all of the little things that she does and how she does them that make us laugh and appreciate our almost two year old):
- This girl will tell you, “riiigh HEERh!” when you give her a cup (showing you exactly where you should put it).
- She HAS to buckle the chest strap for her carseat, so give yourself time to stand and wait for her to finish. And don’t try to rush her.
- She’s a tough girl. Yesterday she tumbled head over heals down our carpeted stairs (probably a dozen steps – poor girl!) and even though it thoroughly shook her up and scared her, her biggest concern was that the fall made the band-aid on her foot come off. Once we got a new band-aid for her, she was all good (for the most part).
- She holds up our very old iPod (music only, black and white text screen) and says, “CHEE!” thinking that she’s taking a picture with it (like Mallory does with Lucia’s iPhone but that really does take pictures and show images on the screen). And she can kind of use Lucia’s iPhone. She can scroll through pictures and start applications.
- She likes to mimic just about anything you say (usually only one or two words at a time; no phrases for her yet).
- She can chime into some of the songs that we sing like, ABCs, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jingle Bells, Hush Little Baby, Row Your Bow, plus a couple others.
- She tries to count and sometimes can get past three if you help her with every other number.
- She wants to have all of the blankets available to her placed on her one at a time when she gets tucked into her crib before going to sleep. Current blanket count is 6. And don’t try to skip putting one on her, she’ll notice.
- When saying the word “water,” she does this odd thing where she sticks her tongue out mid-pronounciation to make the T sound. We have to video this before she learns to say water the right way.
- When asked what is in Mommy’s belly, she’ll usually say, “baby.”
- If you ask her if she is a silly girl, she’ll say, “YEEEEEEhhhhsssssss.”
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Spreading Christmas Cheer. Lucia looks forward to designing, putting together and now photographing our Christmas cards each year (Lucia set up our family shot and had her dad take the picture). The turn around time for getting the cards press printed is crazy fast (the card files were uploaded Sunday evening to a company in Kansas and then the cards were in our hands on Tuesday at 2 pm). This year we sent out about 115 cards and this stack of envelopes includes just about all them – there are just a few more addresses we need to get.
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By the Chimney with Care. The girls have special stockings, handmade by Grandma (Jonathan’s mom). We finally got around to putting up a few more Christmas decorations today and that included hanging the stockings (we’ve been reluctant because the girls are overly interested in everything Christmas and surprisingly (ha!) would rather play with the decorations instead of appreciate and look at them). Next year we’ll have one more to hang and eventually Lucia will make two more for Jonathan and her.
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BIG Upgrade!!! After taking (almost) a photo-a-day for almost a year, Lucia felt like she was outgrowing her current DSLR camera, the Rebel XTi. So, after pulling together some funds, which included the garage sale money, LULU BLOOM sales money, Christmas present money, future birthday present money, cashing in coins, and using the money that Lucia’s parents were going to spend to buy us a HD video camera, Lucia was able to order the new Canon 7D camera body. It is a big upgrade and the camera is for “serious photographers or semi-professionals” and captures full HD video. Lucia is a little intimidated by the camera now that it is here and she sees how much there is to learn about it. She’ll figure out how to use it by thoroughly reading that manual and maybe getting an additional user guide (the latter of which she hasn’t felt she’s needed before) and doing a lot of research online. And quickly, before number three arrives!!
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Ho Ho Ho! While Gran and Gramps were here, we went to the mall and noticed that there was no line to see Santa. The girls were dressed in cute clothes, so we decided to let them sit with Santa. As you can see, Mallory liked the idea of meeting Santa. Chelsea was anything but happy to see him and sit with him. As soon as she got to tell him bye-bye, she was fine again. Afterward, when we showed Chelsea the picture of Santa and asked her if she got to see him, she was all smiles and nodded her head. When we asked her if she wanted to see him again, she quickly said no and shook her head with a serious look on her face.
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This pic-of-a-pic is terrible! I may just try to scan the pic instead. We don’t have a good scanner but Jonathan has one at work that maybe I can use.
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Routine. After the girls get up from their naps*, they want some (soy) milk and like to watch one of their shows as they slowly wake up. The couch was extra comfy today with some clean laundry laid along the back.
*Mal’s naps have gotten shorter lately, down to about 1.5 hours. Chelsea’s naps can last close to 4 hours but are usually around 3 hours as long as her sister doesn’t wake her up or Lucia doesn’t have to wake her up to pick Mal up from school.
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Stars. Jonathan was able to get four tickets to the Dallas Stars NHL hockey game through work and the whole family went today. Chelsea was scared of the noise and commotion at first but figured out it was ok and liked cheering by the end. Mallory liked the big balloons that flew overhead during the intermissions best. After being up 2-0, the Stars lost in an overtime shoot out.
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Stinker. Chelsea has learned how to reach things on the higher shelves in the pantry. She just moves her step stool in there and starts climbing. She’s looking for gummies here and she found them. Lucia thought she had put them out of reach.
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Brush-a Brush-a. The girls get to brush their teeth by themselves before bed, but then Daddy helps Mallory make sure every tooth gets clean and Mommy helps Chelsea with her teeth.
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Snow! We awoke this morning to big snowflakes and a short-lived snow fall. It stuck to the rooftops and grass but not the street. Lucia got the girls bundled up so they could go make tracks in the snow. Mallory wanted to make a snowman and snow angels and was sad to learn there just wasn’t enough snow for that (we’re forecasted for more snow in two days, so maybe she’ll get a chance then). Chelsea really wanted no part of the snow/cold and mostly watched from inside.
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Soup for You! Gran made turkey soup with our Thanksgiving leftovers. Chelsea LOVES this soup and asks for more after her first bowl. She’ll eat three bowls of it at a time. Oh and note… she still seems to be a lefty.
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23 months. It really is hard for us to believe that Chelsea is almost two years old. Even harder to comprehend is that she’s currently two months older than Mallory was when she became a big sister. Somehow Mallory seemed older at the time. Chelsea still seems like our baby.
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I have finally made the switch and am shooting in RAW instead of JPG format. I’m not sure why I waited so long. I can immediately see a difference when processing my pictures and it makes it so much easier to work with them.
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Early Present. Gran and Gramps got Chelsea a scooter trike for her second birthday and decided to go ahead and give it to her before they left since they wouldn’t see her again until the baby’s arrival. Gramps said it was one of the hardest things he’s ever put together. We’ll keep the scooter inside while the weather is cold but it will eventually be an outside toy.
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Picture Day. We woke up extra early today to go to the Fort Worth Stockyards to take some family pictures for our Christmas card. Chelsea did really well until it got too cold for her and Mallory was full of silly smiles. After we were done taking pictures, we walked around a little bit and spotted some livestock, including this huge Texas Longhorn. It was bigger than a horse and so interesting to look it with its 6 foot horn span.
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Thankful. When Gramps is here, he likes projects so we put him to work. We are thankful that he likes to help us. On this visit, he helped us trim our too tall bushes out front, change the bulbs and clean our light fixtures out front, put up our outside Christmas decorations, fix our built-in laundry hamper in the master bathroom, plus several other things that were on our list.
We had a nice Thanksgiving meal today too, and the girls could eat every single bit of — thanks to Gran who was careful to use soy butter and no dairy. We had a turkey breast, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry salsa, and brocolli. We are thankful for all of Gran’s help too!
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Wrestlin’. Mallory and Gramps did a bit of wrestling and for the most part Chelsea just watched. She wasn’t so sure about the “big bear” that was getting Mallory. She eventually decided that she’d try to get that big bear and she caught his nose.
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Twins, kinda! The girls are ready for bed in their matching footed jammies that Gran got for them.
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A Warm Welcome. Gran and Gramps flew in from Tampa today to spend a week with us for the Thanksgiving holiday. We all went to the airport to greet them. Mallory ran up and gave Gran a great big hug and a kiss when they came past the security check-point. Chelsea, who is eager to do what her sister does, did the same thing shortly thereafter even though she normally takes a little while to warm up to people. Mallory then helped Gran and Gramps get their luggage to our car.
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V-room. We are the proud owners of a much needed brand new upright vacuum. It replaced an old hand-me-down cannister vacuum that used to be Lucia’s parents. We were so excited about our new purchase that everyone was involved in breaking it in.
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What’s in a name? Not surprisingly, we are having a hard time coming up with a name for our baby girl on the way. To help us through the process, we post our ideas on our fridge. So far it hasn’t helped us narrow down our list.
Names have been distorted in the pic at least until we get our list down to 2 or 3. We figure it will be easier to make a decision without a lot of input from others.
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For Sale. Now that Lucia’s driving the QX56, Jonathan decided that he’d drive Lucia’s old car, the 2005 Chevy Trailblazer. So, that means we need to sell our other vehicle, the 2001 Nissan Maxima (it had 116k miles but still ran pretty well). After taking some pictures and putting an ad up online on Craigslist, it didn’t take long to receive inquiries. The first person to look at it, bought it for just a couple hundred dollars less than our asking price.
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Family Portrait. Mallory turned her Potato Heads and Spuds into a version of our family. According to Mallory, the little one with the pointy hat is her. The other little one is Chelsea. The big one with glasses is Mommy and the other big one with the high heals and purse is Daddy. Poor Daddy.
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Green Squash. Mallory was a green squash for her preschool’s Thanksgiving program — There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Pie. And then later in the day, the girls spent some time collecting leaves and acorns from our front yard.
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26 weeks. Lucia had an OB appointment today. The baby looks good – for some reason her OB does an ultrasound with each visit and this time we saw that the baby had the hiccups. Lucia has gained 9 pounds so far and if she’s lucky she will gain only another 15 pounds or less. She got the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine. Her current pregnancy *complaints* are rapid heart beat she experiences from *exerting* herself doing normal things, like walking from the kitchen to the bedroom. The rapid heart beat makes her feel faint and woozy and she usually has to sit or lay down to feel better. The other issue is sciatic nerve pain.
Lucia had both girls with her for the appointment and for the most part, they were pretty good. During the visit, Mallory told Lucia, “your bottom is too big to tinkle in a cup. I tinkle in ‘da potty.” There isn’t a lot that you can hide from Mallory; she notices everything.
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Lovely. Lucia went to the dentist today for her semi-annual cleaning and exam and discovered that not only did one of her fillings come out (the dark spot in her tooth), but that tooth is also cracked. The dentist said she’s lucky she’s not in pain. So, now she’ll have to go back in and get a new filling and a partial crown (a porcelain cap?). Apparently she’s hard on her teeth (from clenching?) because this isn’t her first cracked tooth. Dental problems during/around pregnancy are nothing new for Lucia. When she was pregnant with Mallory, she had to get a root canal and crown. Right after she had Chelsea, she had another root canal and crown. Sadly, this is par for the course.
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It never gets old. Jumping and playing on the bed that is. Mallory looks like she’s levitating from the way she got her legs into the criss-cross position in mid-air. And not to worry, Mallory did not land on Chelsea, despite how the picture looks.
Very low-light, fast movement… my camera and lens didn’t have a chance to get a decent shot. This one will have to do for the pic of the day.
And this one too, because I thought it was cute:
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1, 2, 3… fall! The girls were falling/jumping/playing on the master bedroom bed. Mallory was counting to three before they would fall into the pillow. Chelsea was trying to count too so Mallory tried to teach her how to hold up her fingers to count. Oh, and Chelsea’s one-sleeved look? All her own doing.
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‘Tis the season. Christmas candy has hit the store shelves and these candy cane Hershey’s Kisses are Lucia’s favorite. A bag doesn’t last long in this household.
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Candygram. Lucia put together a little birthday package of gumballs and Target gift “coins” for one of her nephews to wish him a happy birthday.
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Idea from here.
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Tiny Dancer. Chelsea girl loves to move to the music.
Bad shot, but it’s what I got for the day…
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