Somehow we are only (less than) 2 months away from ONE YEAR! What??
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| HEY CUTIE! |
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| since Allie never, ever has had one of these..... she was due! |
Weight: no idea! Based on my scientific scale technique, I think maybe she's in the 23 or 23.5 range. (Or... just really super heavy.)
Height: No idea! We don't go back to the doctor till 8/14 so we won't know for sure until then!
Wearing: size 4 diapers, mostly 12 month clothes or 12-18 months. Some of the Carter's stuff is 18 months, but my god does it just all look so SMALL!
Likes: the bath. & water in general. going on walks, hanging with Mommy in the Ergo carrier, making raspberries, constantly talking, standing up and "walking" while we hold onto her, loves all foods [peas and avocado are still suspect]. Can't wait for her first day at the beach. Should be fun with a tent and an umbrella and 500 toys and food and blankets and and and and and... This baby just loves life and we all love her so much.
Dislikes: when Mommy walks away. Still. Pretty much everything else is just A-OK with her.
This has been a fun month. The weather has finally been mostly summer-like. Allie, Anna and I have been all over playing at different parks and with friends. We splash in the baby pool in the backyard and run through the sprinkler. Both kids love the swings and Anna has been having so much fun making friends at every park we go to. Allie is constantly chatting (mostly ba ba ba and da da da and ra ra ra and ga ga ga) and this month has learned how to blow kisses and raise her arm in the air to cheer "YEAHHHH!" (she says that too) It's the cutest new trick we like to make her perform.
She is regular with her sleep routine and I don't talk about it, so that's that.
She is a good and patient baby sister who loves Anna so much. Anna, in turn, loves her VERY much - so much sometimes that she crushes her with love. I say it is the reason Allie has always been chubby - to help defend these love attacks.
We had Allie's christening this month as well and she was a perfect angel all day. It was a HOT and humid day and the church and restaurant were both severely lacking in AC so we all pretty much sweat for hours before we could head home to our nice overly cool house. Even being hot and outside her normal "routine" she of course went with the flow, was happily passed around to all the guests at lunch and I don't think she ever made a peep - other than laughing or babbling. Thank God for Allie.... the happiness that baby gives out is like no other!
During the past month we visited many parks, Anna had her first visit to the ER (an allergic reaction to antibiotics for ear infections), we had a sleepover at Sonja & Baby John's for Memorial Day, we played with lots of friends, we tried fishing at Holmdel Park and got skunked, we went to Mike & Christin's "shore house" (about an hour south) and had a sleepover there too!, we celebrated Baba's birthday and went to "Fair Haven Day" which is a celebration our town puts on with music, food and drinks plus bouncy houses for the little kids. A busy month!
Can't wait to see what the rest of the summer holds... PLUS turning ONE!
Our favorites -- the outtakes:
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| raspberries! |
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| oh hey sissy! |
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| it's okay sissy, here's Woofie! Don't cry! |
