Hi my beautiful Natalie,
You are 6 months old and growing so fast. I just came back from the doctor and you are on the 96 percentile for height (27.75 inches) and 66 percentile for weight (16 pounds and 9 oz). You are a bubbly baby, happy and talkative, we are so happy to have you in our lives! What a joyful baby you are!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Emily's 4!!!
Our sweet Emily, you are four years old! How time flies. You are this beautiful, inteligent and active little girl and Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!
This year you are into princesses. You love Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ballerinas, so the theme of your birthday party this year is Disney Princesses.
We had a small b-day party on your b-day at home with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma made you this cute little Disney Princess dress, and gave you books, and clothes. Grandpa wrote you a beautiful poem and gave you coloring books. Mommy and Daddy gave you a bumble bee pillow pet and a wooden Cinderella with clothes to change. You loved all your gifts and were so grateful.
We also sent you a happy b-day card via the Sprout Channel, they showed your picture and the card several times on their programming. The card said:
Happy 4th Birthday Sweet Emily
You are our favorite ballerina!
We love you,
Mommy, Daddy and Natty
Here is a recap of your birthdays so far:
First Birthday, this was a big party with over 60 people, we had the "first birthday" theme and catered fancy food. You were too small to remember and in retrospect I wish we had waited until you were older to give you a big party.
Second Birthday, we had a small party at home with Grandma, Grandpa, Vovo and Vovoh. The theme was "Winnie the Pooh", your favorite at the time. You were a little too small to fully understand, but you had fun.
Third Birthday, we had a small party at home with Grandma and Grandpa. The theme was "Dora the Explorer", your favorite on that year. You loved the party, already understanding and having a blast.
Fourth Birthday, in addition to the small b-day party at home, we are having a party at the DuPage Children's Museum. There will be close to 20 children at your party and the theme is "Disney Princesses" your favorite this year. I will update this post after your party!
This year you are into princesses. You love Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ballerinas, so the theme of your birthday party this year is Disney Princesses.
We had a small b-day party on your b-day at home with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma made you this cute little Disney Princess dress, and gave you books, and clothes. Grandpa wrote you a beautiful poem and gave you coloring books. Mommy and Daddy gave you a bumble bee pillow pet and a wooden Cinderella with clothes to change. You loved all your gifts and were so grateful.
We also sent you a happy b-day card via the Sprout Channel, they showed your picture and the card several times on their programming. The card said:
Happy 4th Birthday Sweet Emily
You are our favorite ballerina!
We love you,
Mommy, Daddy and Natty
Here is a recap of your birthdays so far:
First Birthday, this was a big party with over 60 people, we had the "first birthday" theme and catered fancy food. You were too small to remember and in retrospect I wish we had waited until you were older to give you a big party.
Second Birthday, we had a small party at home with Grandma, Grandpa, Vovo and Vovoh. The theme was "Winnie the Pooh", your favorite at the time. You were a little too small to fully understand, but you had fun.
Third Birthday, we had a small party at home with Grandma and Grandpa. The theme was "Dora the Explorer", your favorite on that year. You loved the party, already understanding and having a blast.
Fourth Birthday, in addition to the small b-day party at home, we are having a party at the DuPage Children's Museum. There will be close to 20 children at your party and the theme is "Disney Princesses" your favorite this year. I will update this post after your party!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Early morning with Natalie
My dear Natalie,
You are three months old and already sleeping through the night since you were about two months. Today you woke up around 5:30 in the morning, very hungry, but you do not cry and complain, you just stay there moving around so I know you are awake. When I come by your crib, you give this big grin, so happy, it melts my heart. You drink your milk and we then enjoy a sweet time together, just the two of us. Emily is still sleeping, daddy is at the gym working out and the two of us hang out on my bed, cuddling and talking. You already talk, I know it is baby talk, but you have such an entonation in the sounds you make and expression in your face that I am sure I can understand what you want to say! You express so well when you are content, when you are mad (especially when we are doing tummy time, which is not your favorite activity).
My sweet and beautiful Natalie, mamae loves you so much, you bring so much joy into our lives and complete our family. Thank you for coming into the world and making our lives so much brighter.
You are three months old and already sleeping through the night since you were about two months. Today you woke up around 5:30 in the morning, very hungry, but you do not cry and complain, you just stay there moving around so I know you are awake. When I come by your crib, you give this big grin, so happy, it melts my heart. You drink your milk and we then enjoy a sweet time together, just the two of us. Emily is still sleeping, daddy is at the gym working out and the two of us hang out on my bed, cuddling and talking. You already talk, I know it is baby talk, but you have such an entonation in the sounds you make and expression in your face that I am sure I can understand what you want to say! You express so well when you are content, when you are mad (especially when we are doing tummy time, which is not your favorite activity).
My sweet and beautiful Natalie, mamae loves you so much, you bring so much joy into our lives and complete our family. Thank you for coming into the world and making our lives so much brighter.
Picnic with Emily
My dear Emily,
I wanted to post here this sweet memory I have of both of us having a picnic together. It is the World cup 2010, you are three months shy of 4 years old. Everyone (Vovo and Vovoh are here with us) is watching the Brazilian team play and you are so bored, so I decide to take you on a picnic at the neighborhood park. You are so excited, we pack a little snack, a blanket and off we go. We seat next to each other on the blanket and have our snack and talk and you are so happy to be near me. I am delighted to have such a wonderful moment with you, you are a sweet and special girl and I am so privileged and honored to be your mother. I know that you are growing up so fast and soon enough you may not want to seat with me and talk just the two of us, but I do want to tell you that I will always be there for you to talk and listen and not judge. I love you my sweet, beautiful Emily!
I wanted to post here this sweet memory I have of both of us having a picnic together. It is the World cup 2010, you are three months shy of 4 years old. Everyone (Vovo and Vovoh are here with us) is watching the Brazilian team play and you are so bored, so I decide to take you on a picnic at the neighborhood park. You are so excited, we pack a little snack, a blanket and off we go. We seat next to each other on the blanket and have our snack and talk and you are so happy to be near me. I am delighted to have such a wonderful moment with you, you are a sweet and special girl and I am so privileged and honored to be your mother. I know that you are growing up so fast and soon enough you may not want to seat with me and talk just the two of us, but I do want to tell you that I will always be there for you to talk and listen and not judge. I love you my sweet, beautiful Emily!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Emily and Pedicure
Emily,
You always loved pedicures. You actually started on the eve of Natalie's birth. My Mom was doing a pedicure on me and you wanted one too... You loved it and we took a picture to remember. Later on, you wanted nail polish but as soon as you got it, you wanted it off. So, you asked for the marshmallows (cotton balls) to take it off. It was so cute, marshmallows for cotton balls. You have such a big vocabulary for your age, I am always amazed!
You always loved pedicures. You actually started on the eve of Natalie's birth. My Mom was doing a pedicure on me and you wanted one too... You loved it and we took a picture to remember. Later on, you wanted nail polish but as soon as you got it, you wanted it off. So, you asked for the marshmallows (cotton balls) to take it off. It was so cute, marshmallows for cotton balls. You have such a big vocabulary for your age, I am always amazed!
Baby Natalie
My Dear Natalie,
You are now almost 4 months old. How time flies, I planned on posting more often, but I haven't really been writing much.
You are such a beautiful and smart baby! When you were born on the first day at the hospital I already could tell that you were so alert and looked so much older than a baby just a few hours old. You lifted your head up and looked around like you wanted to see the world you had landed in. You started smiling and laughing early, before your two month mark. How I love your smile when you see me. Although you smile to all of us (Daddy, Emily, Vovo, Vovoh, Grandma and Grandpa). Your first chuckle was to Daddy, you really love hanging out with Daddy and laughing with him.
You already love watching TV, I know I am not supposed to let you watch but Emmy already watches and you love it.
You are now almost 4 months old. How time flies, I planned on posting more often, but I haven't really been writing much.
You are such a beautiful and smart baby! When you were born on the first day at the hospital I already could tell that you were so alert and looked so much older than a baby just a few hours old. You lifted your head up and looked around like you wanted to see the world you had landed in. You started smiling and laughing early, before your two month mark. How I love your smile when you see me. Although you smile to all of us (Daddy, Emily, Vovo, Vovoh, Grandma and Grandpa). Your first chuckle was to Daddy, you really love hanging out with Daddy and laughing with him.
You already love watching TV, I know I am not supposed to let you watch but Emmy already watches and you love it.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Keeping Memories
The purpose of this blog is to keep memories of the early years with you, my beautiful daughters, Emily and Natalie. I have noticed that with the passing of time, I am forgetting so much of those precious years and I want you girls to have it all documented for you to read one day and enjoy these sweet memories. You girls are the most special people in my life and I am so blessed to have you and be able to live all these wonderful moments with the two of you.
For you my sweet Emily, I am starting a little late, you are already 3 1/2 years old, but I will try my best to remember the moments with you as a baby and post here for you.
For you my little Natalie, I am starting when you are just shy of 3 months old and there are already a lot of moments with you that I want to document so you can read about when you grow up.
I love you my angels,
Mommy
For you my sweet Emily, I am starting a little late, you are already 3 1/2 years old, but I will try my best to remember the moments with you as a baby and post here for you.
For you my little Natalie, I am starting when you are just shy of 3 months old and there are already a lot of moments with you that I want to document so you can read about when you grow up.
I love you my angels,
Mommy
Emily and Potty-training
Like any new mother, I was very naive about potty-training. When you, Emily, were about 1 year old, I went out and bought an assortment of potties and thought to myself, this will be a piece of cake, I will boast to all the other moms how easy it was. I will potty-train Emmy in no time.
Well, you loved the potty, you played on the potty, put your toys in it, sat on it, but never went to the bathroom in it. I talked and showed you what it was for but to no avail. We watched countless videos on potty-training. And all the while my friends were potty-training their kids easily enough. I felt like a failure. You were now 3 1/2 years old and nothing was happening. I was looking at preschools but couldn't get you in any of them because you were not potty-trained. I was so distraught, then one day I was talking to your daddy (you were with us) on how potty-training was so hard and how I just wanted you to go on the potty. The next day, you said no more pull-ups, put on your underwear, then said I need to go to the potty and you went. You went number 1 and number 2 and that was it, you were potty-trained. You didn't even need pull-ups at night after that day. You went cold turkey on the whole potty-training thing. You were ready!
I know my baby girl that for some things in life you will be ready the same way you were for potty-training. It does not matter that it may take you a little time to get ready, because when you are ready, you are ready!!
Well, you loved the potty, you played on the potty, put your toys in it, sat on it, but never went to the bathroom in it. I talked and showed you what it was for but to no avail. We watched countless videos on potty-training. And all the while my friends were potty-training their kids easily enough. I felt like a failure. You were now 3 1/2 years old and nothing was happening. I was looking at preschools but couldn't get you in any of them because you were not potty-trained. I was so distraught, then one day I was talking to your daddy (you were with us) on how potty-training was so hard and how I just wanted you to go on the potty. The next day, you said no more pull-ups, put on your underwear, then said I need to go to the potty and you went. You went number 1 and number 2 and that was it, you were potty-trained. You didn't even need pull-ups at night after that day. You went cold turkey on the whole potty-training thing. You were ready!
I know my baby girl that for some things in life you will be ready the same way you were for potty-training. It does not matter that it may take you a little time to get ready, because when you are ready, you are ready!!
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