March 2012

Annalisa is completely done nursing. I'm a little sad, but it is nice to be able to wear more clothes, and not worry about her being fed when I'm not there. She is 10 months old. 3-4-12

Sometimes I think we speak a different language at our house. Some examples:

What do you want for breakfast? 
Circles--> Honey Nut Cheerios
Squares--> Frosted Mini Wheat Squares 
Snowflakes---> Frosted Flakes

Lello-Yellow (Katie and Elayna both say this wrong)
Mushmellos-  Marshmallows
Alonely- Being alone and lonely

Annalisa will say "Hi Da!" when she sees someone she likes.

Elayna was crying, so I asked her what was wrong, and she said, through sobs, "When Katie grows up, she won't live in this house with us!!"
Then I tried to explain that they would both be older. Katie asked, "Elayna will be, like 10, when I leave the house?" 3-4-12

I was driving Katie to school, and she sang me this song. "Oh Mom, your eyes are a beautiful blue. When we go out and see people, the people all say..., your Mom,  your eyes are a beautiful blue."  What a sweetie.

Annalisa folds her arms for prayer. I hadn't even gotten to the point where I was holding her arms in place, she just noticed that is what we do, so she started doing it also. She will also fold her arms if it is quiet and she sees someone with their arms folded. Even if they are just sitting on the couch, talking, and there is a lull in the conversation. She's so observant.

Elayna sings while playing, eating, talking, walking. Her life is like an opera- there is always a soundtrack playing for her. 3-8-12

I went to check on Elayna in the night. She woke up enough to say- "I want to marry Grandpa Jerry, but Grandma Irma already did. I really want to!" 3-18-12

I told Elayna that Grandma Paula would cry if Elayna didn't give her a hug. She looked at us both, laughed, and said, "No! Grandma doesn't cry!". 3-18-12

Annalisa will balance on her toes and her fingertips, trying to stand up. She has let go and actually stood by herself a couple of times this week. Only for 1 or 2 seconds, but you can tell she is doing it on purpose.
She loves being outside and following her sisters. She has started to point at what she wants, ... or wants to look at, ... or go to. She does it a lot. Annalisa loves baths. She hears the water running while I'm changing her clothes, and she starts wriggling and smiling and laughing so much I can barely get the clothes off her. Then as soon as she is in the water, she stretches out her arms as wide as she can, and pulls them back to her tummy very quickly. That's an action she does when she is excited. It splashes lots in the water, and she loves it.  3-21-12

This morning, I was doing Katie's hair for school. Annalisa was playing in the bathroom with us. Ryan called for her, so I started saying, "Where's Daddy? Go find Daddy." After I said that 3 or 4 times, she crawled to me, pulled herself up to her knees on the stool, and impatiently said, "Da!" (I'm right here!) I laughed and said, "No, I'm Mom. Go find Dad." She left and went straight to Ryan. She's picking things up so quickly!  3-22-12

When I was outside with Annalisa, she pushed herself to a bent position: feet on the ground, hands on my knee, and pushed up to a standing position. She stood there for 3-5 seconds. She looked so happy and proud of herself. 3-27-12

Elayna can spell her name by herself now. She can also write all the letters in her name, in capital letters.

Katie was just standing outside my bathroom door today. Usually I know when she is there, but this time she really startled me!    We signed her up for Teeball, which will start in May. She'll drop gymnastics when it starts. Then she is counting on joining a dance class after her birthday.

Annalisa is getting to the point that she is sure she should be eating my food. Not the same food. My food, off my plate.  She's eating about everything now. Not peanut butter or eggs yet, but she likes yogurt and pretzels and fries, etc. 3-29-12

We left Annalisa's pacifier at my parent's house, accidentally, so we decided she was done with it. She hasn't been using it much anyways, so we figured it is a good time to stop. Of course, we forgot to tell anyone, so when Irma gave Annalisa a pacifier, I guess she was really happy.  3-30-12