Daddy's little Girl

Sarah was six months old last week. She enjoys playing with her play gym and talks to entertain herself. She is definitely a social butterfly. She loves to be around people. Sarah has rolled over a few times, but it is rare. I will have to have her stats in a few weeks because I was late in getting her appointment made. Such is life around here.



Sarah is definitely a daddy's little girl. She lights up when he comes in the room. He can get her to smile when no one else can. She is growing up so quickly. Here are a couple of cute videos of Sarah and us.

Potty Training... Oh, Boy!?!?!

Well, I guess that we are potty training in some fashion around here. It all started about a week ago and we just pulled out a kid potty and put it in our downstairs bathroom. We told Alex that it was a little potty for him. I put some of his books in the bathroom and asked him if he wanted to sit on the potty. He did and now he takes off his diaper and sits on the potty after he has gone to the bathroom. I guess we have all the steps, but they are just in the wrong order. This is all very new territory for us. Any ideas??? I don't think that he is fully ready yet, but he is moving in that direction.
Today I put him upstairs in his room for a nap and I knew that he wasn't sleeping, so I went to check on him and I found him diaper-less with a present for me. Wow are we going to be going through lots of wipes in the future.

Brotherly Love

Alex is at a great age where he is so affectionate to everyone. He will just randomly come up to you and give you leg hugs and then go back to playing. He will also lean his face in and want to get a kiss from you. He doesn't make any puckering with his mouth, but instead it is just a half open mouth kiss. It is too cute anyway. I will take his love anytime. I fear one day he will not be as affectionate as he is now and I will sadly miss it.
He will go up to the cats and say, " Hi, Dadow (Shadow)", "Hi, Angel" and then lean down to try and give them a hug. Well, really it is more like an armless hug and just leaning his head on their backs. Sometimes, if you are quiet, you can hear him say, "Mmmm" as he is giving them or you loves. I love it and can't get enough of it.
At first I was a little nervous about Alex being around Sarah when she was such a newborn, but Alex is such an affectionate little boy that it has been so much fun to see him try and make her happy. I wish that I could get their interactions on video. He is always trying to help take care of her and does a great job at it too.

There have been many times when she has been crying and he will run and get a bottle for her, or grab her rice cereal, baby food and a spoon to try and feed her. Sarah can't get enough of her big brother. She will smile and get quiet when he will affectionately rub her head and say "Hi Eesa (Sarah)". That is his name for her and I love it. It is sticking in our family and that tends to be my favorite nickname for her. Here are the first of many pictures that I hope to have of my two little angels. What a lucky and blessed mom I am to have such beautiful affectionate children.

The Napping House... or is it?

It has been over a month since I have posted and entry. It is a quiet Sunday afternoon. Some kids are sleeping and others are making quite a bit of noise in their rooms when they should be sleeping. I'll give you one guess who that could be....
This is what a typical nap time would look like in our house.
Even though Alex doesn't always nap, I am doing a mandatory quiet time (with or without sleep) for mom's sanity.