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.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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...
Saturday, August 13, 2016
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.
Friday, April 1, 2016
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....
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....
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
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...
Monday, February 1, 2016
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.
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.
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