My little Cara-boo how I love you! In the last month she has really found her personality and that laugh is such music to our ears. Her giggle rings through the house when something makes her happy and by something I mostly mean her big sister. Or when she knows that she is doing something that makes you laugh and she continues to do it repeatedly, while looking out of the side of her eyes just to see you happy in a way that just absolutely melts a mother's heart. She still just has just the 4 teeth but is working SUPER hard on some more, she does really well with letting us brush them too, I think it feels good on her gums. Dr. Wiley recommended that we use a spin brush with her to try and keep the iron in her formula from building up on her teeth and it seems to be working pretty well. She is the most photogenic child I have ever known and she knows it, always smiles or poses when the camera comes out!
She still has eating issues and I am sure now that they probably won't be going away like we had hoped, but we shall see what Dr. Wiley says next month. OH-MY-GOODNESS NEXT MONTH!!!! I can't believe that we will have ourselves a one year old NEXT MONTH! She eats puffs, crunchies and yogurt bites like they are going out of style, but most anything else solid doesn't stay down long...Now don't get me wrong, she will and can eat solid foods and we have fed solids to her on many occasions, but most of the time that easy gag reflex gets the best of us. We were told at some point that she should grow out of this, and just within the last week she has done pretty good not gagging on any solids that she has eaten( peas, nutri-grain bar, banana, cheese[shredded], macaroni, bread, and red velvet cake, vienna sausages) so we are praying that this is the light at the end of the tunnel. She drinks pretty well out of a straw, she didn't have any problems whatsoever learning how either, good to know that she isn't too far behind. Her reflux seems to be at the wayside now, thank you Lord, we haven't raised her dosage since she was 6 months and she hasn't had any problems with that, so hopefully at her 1yr well visit they will just go ahead and take that out of the equation especially since she out weighted her dosage months ago.
Did I mention, she walks? Oh yeah and 11 days before her sister did at her age! She is fearless, yet she is the most easily hurt. Addie fell out of a chair on her face the other day in Target, jumped up and said "I'm okay!", Cara, yeah if she is standing and just falls back to sitting, she screams. But there is NO FEAR when it comes to climbing, crawling/walking on uneven surfaces(meaning the floor and the step that goes in between our den and dinning room) did I mention climbing, attempting to run(forgetting that she doesn't know how to do that yet) or even trying out new places to sit. She has no trouble bending over and standing back up, she even stands-squats-stands with no problems, she is working on standing from floor up and almost did a couple times over the last few days. Her walking gets better everyday, and she just amazes me at how she "just knows" how to do things that took Addie months of working on to get like climbing up steps, or when standing in front of a step to lift her leg to "step up". Who needs a boy when we have a Cara, and we LOVE having this Cara! With Addie I could sit her in the floor and trust she wouldn't go anywhere, Cara is gone before I can turn around, yeah we will definitely be using cabinet locks with this one!
Daddy(Dada) is still a dominant word in her vocabulary, I was starting to get worried that she wasn't going to be a talker (like her sister, I know I shouldn't compare) but then Monday night her and I were in the den and Booskers walked in(Remember this was one of Addie's firsts also) she got very excited, and started pointing at him, I said "kitty" and she started chasing after him pointing and saying "ii-ee, ii-ee". Now every time he walks into the room she exclaims "ii-ee!" This morning her and I were sitting in the bed playing and she tried to get something off of the nightstand, I told her no and moved her, she immediately snapped back saying "deh" and sharply nodding her head, as to say "yes". Then tonight when Grandma was leaving I said "say bye-bye" and she without any hesitation says "bye-bye" (as clear as day) then turns and waves to her! All in one day, whew! So I would say we have about 4 good words in the vocabulary, not too shabby for my little 11 month old. She knows where the baby, the light, and Santa are and she knows how to bounce. She is gaining knowledge so fast and is getting smarter every day, I can't wait to see what Dr. Wiley says about her development next month!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Holiday Catch-up
Well we have been rather busy since my last post (which seems to have been ages ago). So where to begin...
Cara had her 9 month well visit and she measured right with where Addie was at 9 months just about. 27 3/4in tall and Addie was 28in, 19lbs 3.7oz and Addie was 17lbs 12oz, and 44 1/4cm head circumference and Addie was 44 1/2cm. Dr. Wiley said that Addie has a contender for being the only perfect child now.
She is cruising everywhere these days and I think that I had mentioned in my last post that there were a few times where she would stand without holding on to anything for a short period of time, well this new found talent of her has definitely gotten stronger. Even just over Christmas weekend (honestly I really had a feeling that she would start walking on Christmas day) she has been pulling up to standing and standing alone, balancing really well on her own. She has taken a step a few times, but falls right after so she isn't quite there yet, but I think that this too should be right on track with her sister's development. We will know for sure in about 3 weeks, but when I went home for lunch the other day she did take 3 steps towards me! However since then, we can't get her to take more than 1 step by herself without holding one to something. She has really learned her voice, she will shriek and scream like no other just for fun, then just stands there and laughs about it. She says Dada constantly, yay or yay yay is right up there. She has said Mama, bye, and ba ba(ball), and light on occasion, but those were just flukes I believe. She loves dancing and clapping, and seems to have become a speed crawler these days playing games like runaway and stuff. She has mastered crawling with items in her hand or stuck under her belly, lol. What a ham!
She waves bye when she hears you say bye bye, she will grab Pearl or Hootie and start loving on them when you say "kissyhootie" or "kissypearl", it is really the cutest, also when i make the sound "blub, blub,blub" she will take her fingers and do what Chris refers to as"blurbles" and just last night she started popping her lips. I think only a video would better clarify her super cuteness, I will try and get one of those posted soon, *TRY*
Changing her diaper is definitely an Olympic sport, she will twist and turn those chubby little legs all over the place! The other day when I went to go pick her up from church Mrs. Kristen was telling me about how everything had gone and she goes "we changed her diaper.....God bless you." LOL!!!! You have NO idea!!! But one of the cutest things I have ever seems is when I can get her to lay still she will pull both legs up to her face and put both feet, flat footed on her cheeks and she will wiggle her toes, kinda like she is tickling her face with her own feet. It is so funny those little fat cheeks just jiggling to the rhythm of her toes. Last night she was laying in the floor playing and she pulled her leg up to her head and it looked as if she was scratching her head with her toes, this child cracks me up!
She has acquired right many nick names over these past 10 1/2 months, Chris has always called her Cara-beaner and I have always called her Cara-boo which both always end up being shortened, so for most of the time Chris willl refer to her as Beaner. Well Addie has picked up on this and taken it as her own, walking around talking about Beaner doing this and Beaner doing that.
Addie is simply amazing. There is just so much that she knows and can do that make me think that she is advanced for her age. See, I get these weekly milestone updates on both girls and on the ones that I get for Addie she is so far a head of them. Lately she has really been into playing Mommy and Princess and yes sometimes those two go together. Last week my mom sent me a picture of Addie in her Cinderella dress, feeding her baby before she went to the Ball. She speaks better and more complete than that of any 2 year old I know as a matter of fact she told Grandma the other day that she "would appreciate it if she could call her Grandpa to come over and color with her." Really. And that isn't the half of what comes out of her mouth. I know that I have mentioned before how attentive she is with what she says, but this child amazes me when she says something wrong she will immediately correct herself and then apologize for speaking incorrectly. It really blows me away sometimes how quickly she picks up on things. She is polite beyond compare and is getting to where she no longer has to be prompted every time to say ma'am and sir when referring to us. On Christmas while we were opening our gifts she stopped what she was doing (organizing her newly acquired things) walked up in the middle of the room and said "Thank you, Mommy and Daddy for my presents; I love them!"
Speaking of Christmas I have to tell, she has always had a thing for robots, but Wall-E in particular as been her personal favorite for a while now. Well, Cara got her the Blu-ray for Christmas and when she opened that and say what it was she literally "jumped for joy" and bunny hopped around the room for a bit, needless to say we have watched Wall-E just about every night since. But we don't mind because it is so heart warming to hear her giggle with glee every time he or Eve or M-O come on the screen. She even gets excited when the little Pixar desk lamp (Luxo) shows up on screen, I'm telling you, anything robots!
It is so neat to watch her develop her own likes and dislikes and to be able to express them. It's not often that she doesn't like something, because she melds so well to things (she is just like her Daddy) but you do know when she doesn't like something and she is adamant about that (just like her Mommy). :)
Cara had her 9 month well visit and she measured right with where Addie was at 9 months just about. 27 3/4in tall and Addie was 28in, 19lbs 3.7oz and Addie was 17lbs 12oz, and 44 1/4cm head circumference and Addie was 44 1/2cm. Dr. Wiley said that Addie has a contender for being the only perfect child now.
She is cruising everywhere these days and I think that I had mentioned in my last post that there were a few times where she would stand without holding on to anything for a short period of time, well this new found talent of her has definitely gotten stronger. Even just over Christmas weekend (honestly I really had a feeling that she would start walking on Christmas day) she has been pulling up to standing and standing alone, balancing really well on her own. She has taken a step a few times, but falls right after so she isn't quite there yet, but I think that this too should be right on track with her sister's development. We will know for sure in about 3 weeks, but when I went home for lunch the other day she did take 3 steps towards me! However since then, we can't get her to take more than 1 step by herself without holding one to something. She has really learned her voice, she will shriek and scream like no other just for fun, then just stands there and laughs about it. She says Dada constantly, yay or yay yay is right up there. She has said Mama, bye, and ba ba(ball), and light on occasion, but those were just flukes I believe. She loves dancing and clapping, and seems to have become a speed crawler these days playing games like runaway and stuff. She has mastered crawling with items in her hand or stuck under her belly, lol. What a ham!
She waves bye when she hears you say bye bye, she will grab Pearl or Hootie and start loving on them when you say "kissyhootie" or "kissypearl", it is really the cutest, also when i make the sound "blub, blub,blub" she will take her fingers and do what Chris refers to as"blurbles" and just last night she started popping her lips. I think only a video would better clarify her super cuteness, I will try and get one of those posted soon, *TRY*
Changing her diaper is definitely an Olympic sport, she will twist and turn those chubby little legs all over the place! The other day when I went to go pick her up from church Mrs. Kristen was telling me about how everything had gone and she goes "we changed her diaper.....God bless you." LOL!!!! You have NO idea!!! But one of the cutest things I have ever seems is when I can get her to lay still she will pull both legs up to her face and put both feet, flat footed on her cheeks and she will wiggle her toes, kinda like she is tickling her face with her own feet. It is so funny those little fat cheeks just jiggling to the rhythm of her toes. Last night she was laying in the floor playing and she pulled her leg up to her head and it looked as if she was scratching her head with her toes, this child cracks me up!
She has acquired right many nick names over these past 10 1/2 months, Chris has always called her Cara-beaner and I have always called her Cara-boo which both always end up being shortened, so for most of the time Chris willl refer to her as Beaner. Well Addie has picked up on this and taken it as her own, walking around talking about Beaner doing this and Beaner doing that.
Addie is simply amazing. There is just so much that she knows and can do that make me think that she is advanced for her age. See, I get these weekly milestone updates on both girls and on the ones that I get for Addie she is so far a head of them. Lately she has really been into playing Mommy and Princess and yes sometimes those two go together. Last week my mom sent me a picture of Addie in her Cinderella dress, feeding her baby before she went to the Ball. She speaks better and more complete than that of any 2 year old I know as a matter of fact she told Grandma the other day that she "would appreciate it if she could call her Grandpa to come over and color with her." Really. And that isn't the half of what comes out of her mouth. I know that I have mentioned before how attentive she is with what she says, but this child amazes me when she says something wrong she will immediately correct herself and then apologize for speaking incorrectly. It really blows me away sometimes how quickly she picks up on things. She is polite beyond compare and is getting to where she no longer has to be prompted every time to say ma'am and sir when referring to us. On Christmas while we were opening our gifts she stopped what she was doing (organizing her newly acquired things) walked up in the middle of the room and said "Thank you, Mommy and Daddy for my presents; I love them!"
Speaking of Christmas I have to tell, she has always had a thing for robots, but Wall-E in particular as been her personal favorite for a while now. Well, Cara got her the Blu-ray for Christmas and when she opened that and say what it was she literally "jumped for joy" and bunny hopped around the room for a bit, needless to say we have watched Wall-E just about every night since. But we don't mind because it is so heart warming to hear her giggle with glee every time he or Eve or M-O come on the screen. She even gets excited when the little Pixar desk lamp (Luxo) shows up on screen, I'm telling you, anything robots!
It is so neat to watch her develop her own likes and dislikes and to be able to express them. It's not often that she doesn't like something, because she melds so well to things (she is just like her Daddy) but you do know when she doesn't like something and she is adamant about that (just like her Mommy). :)
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Christmas in Richmond
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| Special time with Grams |
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| All the Hughes Great-Grands |
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| Fun at the Park |
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| Great Grandma Hughes' |
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| Great Granny and Grandaddy's |
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