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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Twick or Tweat!



My costume! I'm a butterfly!! :)




Waiting for trick or treaters... it was raining.












Friday, October 30, 2009

Alaina's Halloween Parade and Party


This was part of the party-- they came in from the parade and all the kids put their hands in the orange jello....the ate it. As you can see, Alaina is the last one at the bowl...she likes orange jello...



Lining up for her parade!




Alyssa is dressed up to support her sister! :)




Sunday, October 25, 2009

Alaina's Day


UCKIES...she was playing in the mulch...ew!

Playing in the nice pile of leaves Mommy raked... her exact words "woweeeeeeeeeeeeee!"



Yup- Alaina carved this all by herself!

Pictures of Alyssa were taken today, and we tried to include her. However, she said she didn't feel photogenic today and had a diva of hissy fit. :) So, she spent a lot of time with Daddy watching football today.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Alyssa enjoying the bouncy seat, and being a Phillies Phan!







Do I see a smile?? She loves her bouncy seat-- although, it's not a sure "shusher!" When she's in the mood she stares at the elephants and the lion, and I swear she is reaching for them at almost 7 weeks old. ha ha :) Also, she is enjoying being a Philly Phanatic at this time...she thoroughly enjoyed Rollins' walk off last night, and slept well until 3am. After that- forget about it! :)



Alaina and Spaghetti-o's! and cake!



We had chicken and roasted potatoes tonight, but Alaina kept shaking her head "no" and saying "uh uh." She was pretty persistent, so I ended up making her spaghetti-o's...which she devoured!!! For dessert she enjoyed a piece of cake... the icing landed on the tray and she didn't taste it. I tried to feed it to her and she refused... "uh uh!" But then, she ran her finger through it, looked at it for a few minutes-- slowly put it on her tongue... a second later I thought she might swallow her finger! She loved it..hmmm, who knew? :) So much for "uh uh!"






Monday, October 12, 2009

Let's Go Phillies!!






Getting a good picture with both the girls is a lot harder than I anticipated. Alyssa was not in the mood, and Alaina was ignoring me. Daddy complied- but he was only trying to get this over with so he could watch the game! :)

My sweet little girls!

Monday, October 5, 2009



~Alaina~
Princess Alaina is now 16 mos old (well, on 10/9) and is such a big girl! She is starting to tell us when she goes poop- so potty training may begin in the next few months. If you give her the wash cloth she will wipe her face, then wipe her high chair tray. When prompted she will also pick up her toys. Her favorite thing to do is throw her bath toys from the bucket into the water, and then help pick them up at the end of her bath.
She just learned the word "no," and no longer says "nih." This morning when Jamie went to get her up for the day, she was sitting in her crib saying "nooooo! no! nnnnnnnnno!" So cute! Additionally, she says duck, bat, dog, cat, baby (often), hi and bye, ride, school, etc... she points to things she wants, and knows 2 signs ("more" and "eat").
We've become quite the picky eater and it is hard for Mommy to make her meals. She did just start eating peanut butter and LOVES peanut butter crackers!! She also still loves all her vegetables and fruits-- it's just the meals that are getting harder to make for her. Tomorrow for luch she will be getting a nutella and fluff sandwich. She wolfed it down last week, but I bet $20 that she comes home with it tomorrow!!!
Alaina enjoys being Mommy's helper, and is getting cuter by the minute!!





Alaina no longer uses the nebulizer-- that's for babies!! She has an inhaler and helps Daddy push the button.


~Alyssa~
On 10/3/09 Alyssa turned 1 month old. She has gained over 3 lbs since her birth, 2 of those pounds were gained in the past 2 weeks. Her weight today was 9 lbs 1 oz, and she is 20 3/4 "

This is up a half an inch in the past 2 weeks and 1 1/4" since birth.

Miss Alyssa is still not quite the sleeper...and her prime awake times start at midnight... last night she did sleep 3 full hours between 2 meals, and hopefully in the next few days she'll sleep better (we switched formula and got new meds for reflux).




Alaina and Alyssa are starting to act a little more like sisters. Alaina loves to be helpful and insists on throwing away dirty diapers, or to help carry stuff (burp clothes, blankets, etc..) if we go anywhere. You can see above that she is helping Alyssa drink her bottle, and is teaching her where her nose is. :)

The other day we were riding in the car and Alyssa had a blanket on her. Every time I turned around to check the girls, Alyssa was blanketless- and Alaina was covered. Fortunately, I had 2 blankets and gave Alyssa the spare. Alaina must have been very cold because she kept stealing the spare blanket and covering herself with that one as well!