Thursday, February 13, 2014
Determination at an early age
Clair is getting around a lot everyday. She wants to get her hands on everything, especially the stuff that isn't for her. This evening I gave in and let her play with the magna tiles for about ten minutes. She sat there seriously trying to work out how to separate a pile stuck together. After about a minute of them not behaving as she hoped, she was frustrated and there them down. But, she picked up another set and tried again. The concentration on her face was amazing, especially for being nine months old!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Parting is such sweet sorrow
A few months ago David helped Ellie trace and color herself. This was a very prideful art project. It has lived on the bathroom door for a long time. Today Clair decided it had been there long enough and pulled it down. Before moving it to the trash bin, I took a photo of her and her tracing of herself. Coloring this was a lot of work!
First teeth
Clair's first tooth came in on her nine month birthday. I'm finally starring to get a daily glimpse now two weeks later. She has both her front teeth making their way in and she's an eater!
I love this photo I got during bath time tonight.
Friday, February 7, 2014
A quiet night with just Clair
Tonight the big kids went to a school dance with daddy and granny. I stayed home with Clair. We had macaroni cheese and tomato for dinner. We then played a bit. Clair had a nice bath and I put her to bed for an early sleep because she was exhausted from the day.
So many things to do with my extra quiet time. It is rare for me to get to put my focus into chest clear without guilt taking away from the time with the other children. Tonight I had no guilt, and it was so relaxing. Instead of rushing her into her crib so I could spend the last few waking moment with Max and Ellie, I held her for a good 40 minutes after she fell asleep. I love the extra guilt free cuddles.
The hardest thing about being the mother of three is feeling like I am gypping one child when I spend extra time with the other. I hope I find a way to get over that, because one-on-one time is fantastic with the children!!!!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Artist
Ellie is quite good at art, and she knows it. It comes naturally and she really enjoys it! She loves to be called an artist. Her and Grannie have a lot of fun encouraging art and discussing it while she's in town. Today Grannie revealed a box of tempera paints that has 12 different colors. This is like heaven to Ellie! As a result, she has spent time creating two life sized paintings - one of herself and the second of me, her Mommy. I may be biased, but I think they are really good!
She tells us she's going to make one of Daddy, Max and Clair too!
I have no place to put all this art, but I love that she has fun with it!
She tells us she's going to make one of Daddy, Max and Clair too!
I have no place to put all this art, but I love that she has fun with it!
Maximilian is sneaky, especially at bedtime
The past couple mornings I have noticed an extra animal in bed with Max. He likes his cuddly toys, but the Doctor suggested he shouldn't really have them around his be or in it to help stop the cold and cough he's had for a while. It worked too! So I have asked him to limit to the 3 (that is a limit for Max.)
So, each morning he tells me something along the lines of, "Someone put Elephant in my bed Mommy." I brushed it off the first and second time. By the third I told him he better stop doing that.
Two nights ago David and I ran up to a crying Max around 10:30 pm to see what was wrong. David tried to settle him and help him get into bed. I came in because he was crying for a while and I wanted to help too. As I get up into his bed to snuggle him back to sleep, I run into a pile of stuffed animals, a HUGE pile of them. I handed the pile, or so I thought, to David and mumbles something to Max about not getting out of bed and bring his animals into it. I proceeded to try to get closer to him, only to be stopped in my tracks by another handful and knee full of stuffed animals. I stop and look closely around his bed and notice that there must be at least 25 extra stuffed toys of all shapes and sizes shoved all around him in his bed. I was not happy. I was also quite humored by it all.
So, in between holding back my laughs and handing David a good 4 or 5 armfuls of animals, I told Max I wasn't pleased with him and it better never happen again. He looked at me sheepishly. He knew he was caught, and caught big time at that. There was no denying 25 animals like there was one lonely little Elephant.
I still laugh about this finding. David and I can picture Max quietly sneaking up and down the ladder into his loft bed with one animal after the next until his little legs were so exhausted he couldn't retrieve another. He did all this while Ellie slept 10 feet away. All the while he knew he would be in trouble when he was caught, but he just couldn't help himself! Hilarious! Naughty! That's my boy!
So, each morning he tells me something along the lines of, "Someone put Elephant in my bed Mommy." I brushed it off the first and second time. By the third I told him he better stop doing that.
Two nights ago David and I ran up to a crying Max around 10:30 pm to see what was wrong. David tried to settle him and help him get into bed. I came in because he was crying for a while and I wanted to help too. As I get up into his bed to snuggle him back to sleep, I run into a pile of stuffed animals, a HUGE pile of them. I handed the pile, or so I thought, to David and mumbles something to Max about not getting out of bed and bring his animals into it. I proceeded to try to get closer to him, only to be stopped in my tracks by another handful and knee full of stuffed animals. I stop and look closely around his bed and notice that there must be at least 25 extra stuffed toys of all shapes and sizes shoved all around him in his bed. I was not happy. I was also quite humored by it all.
So, in between holding back my laughs and handing David a good 4 or 5 armfuls of animals, I told Max I wasn't pleased with him and it better never happen again. He looked at me sheepishly. He knew he was caught, and caught big time at that. There was no denying 25 animals like there was one lonely little Elephant.
I still laugh about this finding. David and I can picture Max quietly sneaking up and down the ladder into his loft bed with one animal after the next until his little legs were so exhausted he couldn't retrieve another. He did all this while Ellie slept 10 feet away. All the while he knew he would be in trouble when he was caught, but he just couldn't help himself! Hilarious! Naughty! That's my boy!
Nine Months
Clair turned 9 months old on Jan 23rd. My has a lot changed in one month. This is one busy girl who's always on the go, unless she's fast asleep. She has a mean army crawl and is already pulling herself up on things. She has developed a habit of clearing the second story book shelf, and then playing in a big pile of books!
My girl started saying Mama, Maaammmaah, Mama just before her 9 month birthday. It is music to my ears! David says she can finally put to words what she's been thinking and wanting since she was born! My girl still dives into my arms from almost any situation with a big smile on her face. She is a Mommy's girl and that is just fine by me. Let's see how long we can keep it that way!
She's also learning to play peek a boo! She will hold something over her head and then move it down after I say, "peek a boo, where's Clair." She thinks she's so funny; and so do I!
She's a big eater. She eats a lot of finger food. She will pretty much try anything. But she still loves when we spoon feed her and shovel it in!
Clair got her first tooth last week - right on her 9 month's birthday. She has her second little one also on the bottom this week. Teething isn't quite as easy for her as the others. She has had a little pain and bother from it, but nothing too bad.
Tonight she road around Frederick in her stroller looking out at the world instead of back at Mommy. It's another big girl move. She is ready!
She has nearly out grown her infant car seat. It's pretty hard squishing her in there, but I do because it's been so freezing cold this year. As soon as it warms up it's off to the big girl car seat for her!
She loves her brother and sister move then ever. She will play with them, laugh with them, smile with them and follow them anywhere. They really love her too! She's just perfect that little Clair bear!
My girl started saying Mama, Maaammmaah, Mama just before her 9 month birthday. It is music to my ears! David says she can finally put to words what she's been thinking and wanting since she was born! My girl still dives into my arms from almost any situation with a big smile on her face. She is a Mommy's girl and that is just fine by me. Let's see how long we can keep it that way!
She's also learning to play peek a boo! She will hold something over her head and then move it down after I say, "peek a boo, where's Clair." She thinks she's so funny; and so do I!
She's a big eater. She eats a lot of finger food. She will pretty much try anything. But she still loves when we spoon feed her and shovel it in!
Clair got her first tooth last week - right on her 9 month's birthday. She has her second little one also on the bottom this week. Teething isn't quite as easy for her as the others. She has had a little pain and bother from it, but nothing too bad.
Tonight she road around Frederick in her stroller looking out at the world instead of back at Mommy. It's another big girl move. She is ready!
She has nearly out grown her infant car seat. It's pretty hard squishing her in there, but I do because it's been so freezing cold this year. As soon as it warms up it's off to the big girl car seat for her!
She loves her brother and sister move then ever. She will play with them, laugh with them, smile with them and follow them anywhere. They really love her too! She's just perfect that little Clair bear!
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