New steps for Naomi

Naomi started walking more than 3 steps on August 10th, 2018.
Still not saying words. Mumbles kitty but thats about it so far.
Likes to bob her head and move her body to music, even if someone is humming a quick tune.
Naomi puckers her lips when you say kisses.
She finally loves strawberries, raspberries and watermelon. Still not a fan of bananas.
She busts up when her sisters smack something really hard or pretend to fall while yelling...
She naps an average of 2-2.5 hours once a day and has been sleeping in a playpen at night.
Naomi get really excited to take a bath and if she hears the water running she runs to it.

The little things...

There are some little personality details that are so cute and are sometimes hard to capture on video but I hope to remember.

Like Evalette likes to fiddle with the edge of her blanket and still sucks the side of her bottom lip when she is falling asleep.
Pria likes to shrug her shoulders, tilt her head to the side, scrunch her eyebrows and put her hands up saying, "I don't know why" and it makes me laugh every time.

Naomi has a lot of little things right now. She likes to lick my bare shoulder if its available. She crawls as fast as she can if she hears the back sliding door open. She likes to point with her pointer and touch someone else pointer and laughs. Naomi loves seeing cats and dogs but gets scared if dogs touch her too much. She likes to rub the last bit of her food all over her head when she is done...She also likes to slowly push out food with her tongue so that it drips down her face to be playful.
Since she hasn't tried walking yet she crawls like a bear because she doesn't like being on her knees long. She randomly does the "downward dog pose" a lot and likes it when you peek under her bum and say 'I see you' or 'peekaboo'.

Naomi is on the move

Naomi is finally crawling. She started pushing herself more around 9.5 months and is now pretty good at it at 10 months. She just doesn't choose to crawl as she is content staying in one place haha.

She got her first two bottom teeth the beginning of this year. I remember feeling the beginning of them the 1st of January.

She eats an average of 6 baby food pouches or baby food jars a day. It is for sure getting expensive feeding three kids and ourselves. Since I started working out in November I am hungry more so I am adding to it too.

Naomi has a little bit more hair but still not very much. It is still so weird to see how much blonde her hair is compared to the other two who had dark hair and a lot of it until they were 1.

A couple weeks ago I dropped a few nursings during the day and it took some long nap times and nights but Naomi is now only nursing once a day. Nights are definitely better for me now and it is easier to leave her with Dustin longer too. I am hoping to wean her off this spring.

5 years, 2 years and 8 months old girls...

I feel awful for not having written anything since Naomi's birth. With each kid I get more and more distracted and less is recorded about each girls growth and things they are interested in or doing. I will try to summarize...

Pria:
Pria is still amazing at art and it is her favorite thing to do at school. She is an excellent listener and very obedient most of the time. Her favorite things right now are unicorns, dragons, dinosaurs, and and all things bright and colorful. She is really wanting to figure out how to read and loves books. I wish I had extra time to help her in that area but sometimes the other two demand attention making it tricky. I also wish her preschool was teaching her reading but don't seem to do too much educational stuff, mostly play and art...
She is a VERY good big sister and is very helpful and finding a balance between being like mommy and being a big sister... Both girls adore Naomi and always want to hug and kiss her but Pria always asks if she can hold her, or hang out with her when she is playing with her toys, gets excited when I ask her to watch Naomi or hang out with her while I do something.
Pria really likes and needs routine. If we change up a routine she gets a little upset. She needs a little pep talk and a good explanation of why we are doing something different before she calms down.
Sometimes it takes a bit for her to do something new. But once she does it is such a weight off her shoulders and she is excited and proud of her achievement. For example last weekend we went bowling for the first time with our family. We had the bumpers up and a dinosaur "slide" for the girls to push the ball down the lane. Pria was hesitant to even push the ball and was too nervous. I took her hand and helped her push the ball forward and she pulled back not wanting to do it at the same time. But once she saw it was no big deal she wanted to try again right after.

Evalette:
Hilarious, friendly, independent, quick learner, loves to copy her sister and play with her. She is also fiesty, which has its pros and cons... She will be extremely happy and adorable one second and then can scream her lungs out and throw a big tantrum the next, and then will immediately want a hug after and can bounce right back again.
She will wave shyly at random strangers and then if they respond back in a friendly manner she gets excited and wants to show them her things or make silly faces or be silly for their entertainment.
She still takes her blanket everywhere and has to sleep with it. It is getting a tiny bit easier to communicate with her and she is understanding reasoning more.
Evalette is so tiny. Itty bitty legs, but she is tough and is not afraid of trying new things or jumping off big heights.
We have gone to my dads cabin this fall twice. Both time being Evalatte's first time there. She had a blast on the 4 wheeler and never wanted to stop. She also loved all the guns and watching us blow stuff up. "Again again! Wow boom!" Both girls loved rides in the army truck and being pushed on the swing.

Naomi:
Naomi is the happiest sweetest girl ever. She loooooves her mommy and giggles at her sisters silly faces and laughing. She is 8 months this week and has not started crawling yet. She can roll over from back to tummy or tummy to back but does not scoot. Just rolls around. She is very close to being able to stay sitting up without me holding her up.
She only barely got into eating food a month ago. Wasn't in a hurry to eat but now she loves it and I feed her twice a day. I am finally getting her to eat banana and avocado which she wanted no part of in the beginning.
Also still no teeth or sign of them yet. This girl takes "baby steps" and is not in a hurry like Evalette was at this point. I think if she developed the same as Evalette did I would be dealing with more on my plate already and I need Naomi's baby steps right now.
Naomi also has like no hair! So opposite of the older two. They had dark hair and a lot of it in the beginning. Naomi has blonde hair and hardly any. Her head is so soft though. I find myself rubbing her head and holding her little chubby face in my hands.

Naomi's Birth Story

Naomi was born 2 weeks after her due date. It was a very long frustrating 2 weeks especially during the 2nd week. I was having braxton hicks and subtle contractions throughout the week that were little teasers. In fact the Tuesday before she was born I had some somewhat strong contractions in the middle of the night for a couple hours and I even texted my midwives thinking I was starting labor. But then the contractions all of a sudden stopped. Sike! Not ready yet I guess. I was pretty bummed.Every day someone or everyone would text or when they saw me was like, "No baby yet?" Feel like it will happen soon?" "How are you feeling?"
I wanted to say go away! When it happens it will happen and you will know. There are other things we can talk about if you want me to like you right now....
I was getting angry, then, frustrated, then sad, then nervous and then silent a lot.
The birth center soon told me that we had to get things moving by two weeks or they had to transfer care to a hospital. All the time money and effort into making this happen at home was not going to waste. So I told them to do what they needed to do.
At around 7pm they came and they 'stripped/swept' my membranes and soon after contractions were starting up again. They had left right after and said they figured they would be back that night but to tell me when I was ready for them. At about 10pm I was thinking things were speeding up and asked them to come over because we didn't know when to start filling the birth pool.
They had me take black and blue cohosh every hour to keep things moving. I was timing my contractions. They were there but I was still curious. They were very inconsistent contractions.
My last two births were not forced and when contractions started on their own they only progressed slow and subtle to harder and closer together and longer.
But this time they would be subtle, then rough, then long, then they would stop. Then like 2 minutes later would start either hard or subtle over and and over for hours. I never knew if I was getting closer to a certain point or progressing or getting anywhere! After a few hours in the night I was getting frustrated and confused. My midwife Jasmine and her assistant Rachel were at our home all night and all day. They slept a little on our couch while they waited for me to rest sometimes in my room when things slowed down and I was tired. I felt bad but Dustin kept reminding me to not worry about them and relax. I was hoping things would happen at night before the girls woke up to make life easier and so we didn't have to have to worry about them being needy and we had to make Prias preschool snack before school that we were in charge of that day and that way they would have the whole day to be a part of things. But 5am rolled around and the girls woke up and came in curious. Sooooo I texted my mom to come help with the girls. For a couple hours after in the morning I kept wondering how the girls were being or doing or eating or who was making the snack together or what the girls were thinking of my noises in the other room. I was in my bed room all night and into most the morning. Jasmine tried suggesting positions, suggested I sit in the hot shower to relax, and asked if I wanted to go for a walk. The idea of walking was not interesting to me at all so I said no to that. I tried moving around my room, squatting, leaning over the bed, sitting against Dustin etc. This whole time I was still taking the black and blue cohosh and this other stuff I don't remember what it was but it tastes like dirt or a rubber tire. I did not like taking it. They kept bringing me water, apple juice, spoons of honey, I ate an apple for energy though it didn't seem to work. I broke down at one point because I was so frustrated things weren't progressing and I was confused and everyone was just sitting around waiting for me to do my thing and I was getting more and more exhausted. Jasmine could tell my mind may have been delaying things worrying about this or that and so she recommended my mom take the girls to her house so I could at least relax about one thing. Then asked if I wanted to move things into the living room into the birth pool. I was scared it would slow things down yet again like the last two births but I really wanted a water birth so they reheated the water and I slowly climbed into the pool. I really like the hot water and felt the need to push but Jasmine kept telling me to not push yet because they said I was not at a full 10 centimeters yet, that I was at a 7 or 8. Um what! Seriously I am not even that far? Another irritation. I started blocking everyone out and did my own thing. I moved back and forth sitting up and then leaning back, leaning over the tub and then sitting back because they of course were monitoring the babies heart beat and my temperature every like 30 minutes which was of course irritating but I knew it was needed and procedure. A third midwife, Lara, came in the morning to help because after a certain time Rachel was needing to leave. She basically just brought me liquids, cold wash cloths and kept suggesting interesting things I was not really interested in so I was blocking her out too. I set my worries aside and I allowed my body to do its job.
I still felt the need to push and was like theres no way. I am tired of waiting, this baby needs to come out now on my terms and so I started pushing as hard as I could. I did a few hard pushes before anything felt like it was happening. Every birth at some point you feel like you cannot do it, and that is when your baby is coming. And I felt like I knew that then.
I was a motivated. I was done. I kept repeating, "Ok Naomi, time to come into the world, time to come out, you can't stay inside anymore."
After a couple good pushes Naomi's head was out. One more push and I would be done.
And done. She was finally out. I was done. I never have to do that again.
April 21st, at 12:37pm
She was 9.6oz and 21.5in
I was so happy to have had her under water, healthy, no complications and at home.
 It always seems impossible until it is done.
After Evalette woke up from her nap at my moms house, my mom brought the girls back over to the house to meet Naomi. They were very excited and curious. Pria was very aware she was sick and didn't want to get Naomi sick so she held back a little bit but wanted to hug and hold her and touch her little hands. The girls were great and were so cute with her.
We were a family of 5. Reality didn't really hit until Dustin went back to work a week later, leaving me at home with 3 by myself during the week. I handled it fine until I get Pria's pneumonia a week later. It was rough for two weeks, especially since during one of them Dustin went to Las Vegas for a week for work... But I survive. I was sad sometimes not being able to give my full attention to all the kids and had to put on more movies than I had liked so I could take care of Naomi's immediate demands. I felt a little like the older two were being slightly neglected and not being able to do all the fun things we did before. But I had to keep reminding myself that this stage wouldn't last forever and that soon enough I would be able to do those things with them again once Naomi was a bit bigger and there is less nursing to happen as frequently. It wouldn't be easy with 3 for a long time but it would get better.
I had a quote in my head to keep myself in check which was, your kids don't need you to be perfect, they just want you to be happy and love them. So that is what I gotta do and ignore the mess or the crazy hair days or the random meals we had to do to get by sometimes.
It was the beginning to another chapter in our lives...

2017 so far-ish

Hopefully I remember to write something about the third child on here when the time comes. I am getting worse and worse about writing things down and I know I will regret it later. Kids are distracting and make me lose my mind/memory....

Pria started preschool in January. She was really excited to start but it did take her a couple weeks to get used to the new transition. Not to mention at the same time we started her in Saturday gymnastics classes that are more structured.
It was a rough first month because Pria also had to get vaccinations for school and since I hadn't started until then she had to get multiple at the same time and I think it stressed her body out too much. She got a fever and really sick from a couple of her friends the same week she started school, AND it was pouring rain the whole time keeping us inside so there was a lot draining us all.
Pria has made a couple favorite friends in her class, Abby, Sophie and Analucia. There are about 12 kids in her class and she says they are really loud. Her main teacher is Megan and assistant teacher is Debby who is her favorite. She doesn't talk much in school but I expected that. I can tell a difference at home though that she is learning and loving the activities they do even without speaking. I am fine with that as long as she is comfortable and having fun. She especially loves theme days or holidays at school where they get to dress up. Megan says they give them a choice of which "station/; they want to start at and she chooses art a lot of the time. I already have a bin of all her artwork and it is piling up! So I am taking pictures of each one so I can document them all without feeling bad about eventually throwing some of it away when there is too much...

I feel like this month in March everyone has finally relaxed and gotten the hang of things. Maybe not quite Evalette since she doesn't want to stay in her own bed all night still and is heavily teething. So hopefully it won't be too rough during nights once the baby comes. Evalette sure does whine a lot and is very dramatic. Pria didn't have big tantrums really until she was about 2. Evalette on the other hand started hers really early along with screaming and throwing herself on the ground when she can't get her point across or what she wants. She is our sweet and sour child. She is either one or the other. Nothing in between. But she is very smart and catches on to things really fast. Having an older sister helps of course with her language and learning new things. She is speaking her words really well and I am sure will say more than we want to soon enough haha.

Evalette has developed an obsession with her flower blanket and has to take it everywhere and always needs it on her when she is sleeping. We call her "Linus" because of her favorite lovey blanket. She pronounces it as her "Bae."

I am 37 weeks today and the day we bring our 3rd girl into the world is coming up quickly. I am very tired of being pregnant already and am very sure I won't be doing this again for many reasons. I am done.
We are planning on having a home birth which I am kind of excited about. It will be good for the girls and will be less stressful for everyone being in our own environment. If things happen at night we won't have to worry about waking up both girls and leaving. Lets just hope I don't have to be transferred and everything goes well. Crossing fingers for the last one!!!

The Girls Personalities

Pria:
Observant, emotional, loving, creative, dreamer, excellent long term memory, perfectionist, cautious, outdoorsy, snuggler, kind, helpful, shy.
Slightly OCD or perfectionist (Has to have all the sections on a sectioned plate filled) (likes to color inside the lines not scribble) (Things need to be/stay perfectly lined up)
Takes her "Remi & Jayda" puppies everywhere
Doesn't like men she isn't familiar with
Animal lover of all kinds
Doesn't like when we get split up and don't do everything together

Evalette:
Friendly, strong willed, lots of personality, feisty, trusting, social, chatty, smiley "Hot mess"
Her lovie is her flower print blanket I made for her before she was born. Has to fall asleep with it. Loves to learn new things and read
Catches on really quick
Likes ducks
Likes to take clothes off and try to put them on by herself.

Preschool Thoughts

Pria going to preschool for the first time has been bittersweet for me. One day I will be like, " It will be to have one less kid for a couple hours a couple times a week. " And then the next day I will be like, "how can I let her go with these strange people I don't really know? How will the other kids treat her? Will they know how to be respectful but encouraging with her shyness? Will she be/feel safe without me? Am I doing this at the right time?" I almost want to back out. But Pria has been so excited for school and has been asking when she will go just like her friends. So I don't want to tell her she won't be going after telling her she was starting soon. I know she has to start and earlier since she needs it socially and since I am not a very good consistent teacher for her at home. Maybe I could if I didn't have a smaller one to look after as well, limiting Pria's learning activities. It makes me very sad. I always want my kids close to me so this is a huge step for both of us. Hard for me to let go. She's my baby. My big baby. I want the best for her. But I also want her to feel safe. And I just don't know sometimes what to expect. I don't like the unknowing. I don't like being forced to do big life changes or chapters and not on my schedule. Pria is similar in that sense. Which is why I waited until now when she finally said she wants to go and knows I won't be with her and is ok with another 'teacher' taking care of her for the most part. I don't want to be the reason she isn't progressing in her learning. I just want the assurance that this is all the right thing, the right timing, the right place... The assurance that I can do it too.

3.

Well. Looks like we will be having three girls. We found out the beginning of November I think that the third will be another girl. I am happy and Pria is excited. Dustin was bummed it wasn't a boy but he didn't dwell on it. We don't have to buy a bunch of new stuff too! Yay!
#3 Didn't move as much as the other two did earlier on but now she is moving quite a bit at 22ish weeks. Same pregnancy as the other two. Very easy, no symptoms other than getting rounder... I am happy this will be the last time. I am very ready to be done with three. I just feel I can't do more than 3. I love my babies but I am worn out being tied down to the house so much. It is wearing me down too much. I'm losing my mind ha.

Evalette is getting her first molars right now and she is, not, happy. Constantly crying, whining and clinging to me. It is driving me nuts but I know it doesn't last forever.

Both girls are doing a gymnastics class that they love and thrive in. I feel like Evalette was born to climb or something because she is very coordinated and confident doing physical tasks.
Pria is very good as well. Very cautious at first, unlike her sister... but once she figures something out she doesn't want to stop.

We are going to attempt putting Pria in preschool for the first time in January. She seems very excited but who knows what she is expecting out of school. She needs it and I hope she loves it and does well socially. It will cost an arm and a leg too but we know we can't wait until public school/kindergarten. She has to have something before to prepare her or she will be farther behind than she already might be.

The girls and we moved!

With every child I get worse and worse with this. It sucks. 

Evalette started walking at 10 months. She figured that out fast and was climbing on things shortly after. 

She has been a very smiley baby. Demanding of me. But very smiley to everyone. 

At 14 months she has 8 teeth

I can't remember exactly when she figured out sign language but she definitely knows the basic signs we also taught Pria. 

I stopped nursing her around her birthday. I just was not feeling it. I nursed Pria until she was 2. She must have nursed differently or something. After Evalette got a couple teeth she was a biter for a while and I started to dislike doing it. I faded her out slowly. Eventually she only nursed at night. Once I got her to stop night nursing I slept much better. I feel bad a little bit because she won't get as much benefits from nursing as much as Pria did but I had to do what was best for me this time. 

We bought a bunk bed last month for the girls. Pria loves being on the top bunk and is excited for when Evalette will start sleeping in there. I just started Evalettes 2 daytime naps in the bottom bunk. I haven't yet tried putting her to sleep at night in there. I don't know if it is because I don't want to have to go in there every night if she wakes up and cries possibly waking up Pria or if it is because I am not ready to take her out of our bed at night.... Either way I know I should start trying soon so she can get used to it. 

Pria is so big now. I feel like she grew a ton since Evalette was born. So crazy. 

She still for some reason has this thing where she needs us to walk her to the bathroom if she has to pee. But if she needs to poop she gladly does it by herself and wants to be alone. 🤔

Pria is FINALLY enjoying Primary and is excited to go. She never wanted to when we were at the Peterson Ln church building. Not sure what changed. I think when we moved into a new ward after moving into a new house she just liked the teachers, being in a class with older kids and was a different feel. Either way I am happy about it. 

Evalette and I have been chilling in nursery even though she is not 18 months yet. Because Michelle (Ampuero) is in there and their class is small. Evalette enjoys it until a big kid takes her toys of course. 

So yeah we moved the end of August into a cute house in Southeast Santa Rosa and I am so happy about it. Clean, newer, dishwasher, enclosed backyard, maintained by a landscape company, close to the freeway and shopping, bigger, garage and most of all it has a heater. Hallelujah!

We are now in the Bennet Valley ward which is very small and has a teeny tiny primary but it works for us! We are comfortable with this one so far. 

Only sad part is we had to part with the chickens and cats. We have the chickens to my friend Joy who already had chickens. Her daughter is a friend of Prias so she felt good about leaving them there. We kept FooFoo because she doesn't take up much room and we felt bad getting rid of all a Prias animals...

Stuck.

So this morning as I was doing the dishes I was also watching Evalette run around and get frustrated at this or that. At one point she climbed under the table and got stuck in between the bars of the chairs. She would fuss but eventually get out. Funny thing is she kept going back under the table and trying a new way inside and would get stuck. Fuss. Cry for mommy. And then would eventually figure it out. I was watching her. If she ever got too stuck I would go over and help her if needed. This whole process just made me think. Evalette's whole process made me compare it to my current situation of trying to find a new place to live. Renting or buying IN Sonoma County. Renting or buying OUTside of Sonoma County which I was determined to do since there are better/cheaper options farther... This last week I just gave up trying so hard and just stopped, feeling hopeless for many reasons. I've prayed about it but it's never an obvious answer for me. God likes me to figure things out on my own so I learn. Drives me crazy and I don't like it because it is hard and stressful!! Lol. But I have learned a lot through this whole annoying process. Priorities and what is safe or the right thing for us to do. We still have not found a place to live, but at least I know we will figure it out sooner or later and that our HF is watching us learn and if we choose a bad way he will help us out if we go too far.

More Evalette stuff

Evalette is very confidant in her crawling, sits up very well, pulls herself up and scales furniture standing up, and climbs a lot too. She is always moving. Even while she sleeps too...

She likes to have happy screaming/squeeling competitions with Pria. She likes it when Pria runs fast up to her while laughing or pops up from somewhere and shouts boo!

She has 3 short naps a day. I can't wait for it to be 2 naps. I was just reading back to Pria's baby updates that I blogged and I didn't want less naps or for Pria to start walking. With this one I am excited for that stuff! I LOVE the baby stage for things like how small they are and how they for sure won't go very far if you have to go into another room or something. But I think I like it even more when they can play on their own for longer periods of time, their personalities shine more, they are closer to communicating what they want and it means the sooner Evalette can play with Pria...

Evalettes hair is not as full as Prias was at this point but it also is staying darker than Pria's at this point. Wondering if she will be blonde like Pria or like a light brown because it HAS gotten much lighter since she was born.

I have been trying to remember Pria and the differences with Evalette. Evalette has seemed to want to eat sooner, crawl/sit up/stand sooner, and get her teeth in sooner.

She has said, "mama" quite a few times and we KNOW she is referring to me because its when she is crying and searching the room for me. Its pretty cute.

We have started some sign language but it hasn't clicked yet. Probably because I don't remember to use it as often. Definitely harder to remember everything having two.. I am sure she will pick it up quick. Evalette is very, "ok lets do this, I am ready." Not as cautious as Pria was/is. She just keeps trying and really only gets frustrated when she is tired/hungry and trying to figure out a task at the same time. Don't we all?...

I'm tired.  Thats all I can do for now. Time for bed. Zzzz....

Evalette update

Evalette is crawling now. She started crawling on March 5th and is now cruising everywhere, rocking, almost sitting up on her own and has started to try and pull herself up on furniture to stand against. All before 7 months old! She won't stay on a changing table or her little rocker or her cosleeper by our bed anymore because she is always moving and trying to get free. I gotta say it is nice though because she entertains herself for longer periods of time.

She has two bottom teeth she got at 6 months and I can tell her top two will be coming in next. She eats a lot. 3 times a day right now. I started her at 5 months because she was totally ready earlier than Pria was. This girl looooves food. She has had banana, avocado, pear, sweet potatoes, peas, eggs, applesauce and some baby squeeze blends that also include peaches, spinach, kale, carrots, and squash. Her favorites are sweet potatoes, pear and eggs even though the eggs make a huge mess. I give her snacks she can hold and gnaw on like raw carrots, raw celery, raw jicama and little teething "biscuits" that dissolve as she sucks on them.

She isn't as chunky as Pria was and her hair isn't lightening up as quickly as Pria's did so we will see but I am still pretty sure she will be blonde like Pria.

So far the sleeping routine isn't much different than Pria was unfortunately but I will say it is MUCH easier getting her to sleep than Pria. Pria required a lot of bouncing and moving while standing up. Evalette is content with me sitting at the edge of the bed/couch slowly rocking her or lightly bouncing my leg making some movement. Trying to get her to know she can't nurse to sleep. But it happens though out of convenience sometimes...

Pria: Our little threenager

I don't know why people say twos are "the terrible twos." Pria was an angel while she was two.
Then she turned 3...

Just kidding. She is a great kid compared to some. But she did become more difficult at 3 than she was at 2. Maybe it was because it was around the time that Evalette was born or maybe it was just her figuring things out. Either way Pria developed how to throw some pretty good tantrums...
I thought about it a lot, why it was happening so much. I thought about if it was because there was a new baby, if she was just frustrated learning how to communicate her feelings, lack of a perfectly balanced diet, or if it was because she wasn't getting the proper amount of sleep along with me waking up in the middle of the night.

She also started to sneak into our bed in the middle of the night, every single night. For the first few months she would wake up screaming and demanded we come lay with her. We didn't want her to feel like Evalette joined the family and took over her spot in our bed so Dustin or I would go lay with her until she fell asleep again. Dustin usually stayed in there, because he could. But I needed to go back to Evalette so I would have to stay awake waiting for Pria and then go back to baby who would be then be waking up and wanting to nurse. Not a whole lot of sleep happening. It eventually got better with Pria just coming into our room quietly and laying down under the covers and would fall right back to sleep. But it is still crowded and its hard for me to share my pillow... I am working on bringing her back to her room when she comes in but sometimes I am just too dead tired to move.

I have struggled to teach her new things, read as much or give her an outdoor physical activity every day like we used to. Once Evaluate came into the family I didn't find the energy or motivation to do much all the time, but I do try.
She does however know a lot of primary songs. That is one thing that is pretty easy to do with Evaluate. Singing.
This month I have started to have a letter of the day where it is emphasized and we talk about that individual letter a lot. Like for A we read the "A" part of a couple alphabet books and what it stood for. I pointed to things that started with an A in the house like 'apple'. I have her practice writing a big A and little a in her book and then we make an A with some objects, etc.

Now that Evalette can handle laying down, scooching, playing by herself more I will get back to helping Pria with more teaching and learning activities.

Pria's language gets better and better every week, naturally. But it is fun to watch and listen. I have started a little notebook to write down funny or interesting sentences she says.
She doesn't pronounce her Ls very well yet. But its cute.

Christmas Pics 2015