After many weeks of coming close, Anna has rolled over from her back to her belly, completing the 360 degree journey from belly to belly. She is still struggling with a pesky arm that originally was obstructing the final phase of the rollover and is now becoming trapped underneath her when she completes the rotation. […]
milestones
the rollover
the anna baby completed another task on the list of things that babies do that moms record in a baby book. the first was being born. then smiling. and last night… the rollover. while derek was trying to get her to go to sleep *sigh*, she rolled from her belly (shhhh… yes we let her […]
first bath
anna had her first bath, yesterday, while new gramma was here to help out. after the initial shock of being immersed in water for the first time, she rather enjoyed herself… naked and ready: getting scrubbed down: pondering: drying off:
three year checkup.
isaac had his big three year checkup this morning. all morning long, he kept telling me that he didn’t want to get an “ouchie on his hand”. apparently, all he remembers from all the doctor visits in the past is the dreaded finger prick. could be worse. the good news was, this was a finger […]
Potty Update
Things on the potty training frontier are going super swell. On Friday, we drove from NC to NY. We opted for a diaper, since it didn’t seem like he was really 100% getting it. On Saturday, we were back at it. Isaac only had one accident all day (and it was a #2, so that […]
Potty Training
Earlier this year, we dabbled a bit in introducing the potty, only to discover that Isaac wasn’t really interested. Well, he was interested. Just not quite “getting it”. He wanted to wear undies. He was willing to sit on the potty. He didn’t have accidents. Sort of. He would hold it and hold it and […]
potty training
isaac:1. likes to wear undies.2. tells me when he’s “going” and demands for me to “change that diaper” after he goes.3. likes to sit on the potty.4. can hold it for 4-5 hours. and 5. WILL NOT go in the potty.
first nerds
isaac had his first nerds today. he painstakingly ate about 20 of them and then deposited the nearly full box of nerds into the fountain at kernelkustard/brewnerds. which reminds me that i never blogged about the other day when isaac put my “purse” into the pool. luckily, my phone was not in it. the reason […]