Zach is now able to stand up without any support. He can move from hands/feet right up to standing. Still doesn't go anywhere but he's mighty proud of himself and will clap his hands once he's standing. He still has his feet very wide apart but I'm sure that will change this week as he gets more practice. On occasion he'll take a few steps just holding onto my pinky but then he gets distracted and sits back down. He's eating more and more different foods. He now really like crackers - like ritz - and wears the crumbs well. I see lots of baths in our future. He's also waving to say "bye-bye" which is so cute because he usually has a huge grin on his face too.
Avi is now writing her whole name - she needs some help with her Y and N but overall she has come a long way in the last 2 weeks. She gets homework from school too - last week she had to write her A, B, a, b, and 1 and 2. Her 1's are fabulous! She's really enjoying her new class. Tomorrow they are taking a hike to explore nature and see the colors change in the foothills. I'm sure they'll have a blast! She wants to make a "manners box" to have here at home like they do at school. Any time she uses her manners (please, thank you, or lends a helping hand) her name goes in the box - so far that's all she wants is for her name to be in the box. We'll see how long until she asks for something for being so good.
We had a great time last night - our friends Suzie/Bruce, Scott/Kelly and Tom/Jessica came over for a surf/turf party. It was a nice night so we were able to eat outside. Started off with chowder that Brandon had made which was so delicious as well as clams and salad and crab stuffed mushrooms, then we had steak and tuna from the grill and side dishes of asparagus with feta cheese and capicola as well as portabello mushrooms. Everything was so delicious!!! Dessert was a fruit custard pie. Everyone was stuffed at the end of the night and it was great to have everyone over. Tom/Jessica's daughter Emma came over too and she and Avi played all night together and had so much fun too. Avi slept in until 7:30 this morning!
Zach's asleep and then we're heading out to run errands and meet up with Laura for lunch. I'm also meeting someone while we're down there to sell my nursing clothes. I sold all of my maternity clothes over the weekend. I still have a lot of baby stuff but will probably keep it until next spring when I can sell it all!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Summer is over...
Time goes by so fast...haven't written since just after Avi's birthday over a month ago.
We had a great block party. Lots of the neighbors came this year and it went all day. We rented a dunk tank too which kept the kids busy. There was lots of food and Paul had his funnel cake maker going which was oooooh soooo yummy! Topped off the day with a movie in the driveway - Bedtime Stories.
We unfortunately were sick for Labor Day weekend. Brandon and I took turns over the weekend and Avi was sick on Tuesday. Zach stayed pretty healthy the whole time but had some diarrhea.
Avi started soccer earlier this month. Her team is 4-6 year olds. She is the youngest and there is a girl on the team who will be 7 in November. Brandon is coaching and the kids get a kick out of his energy and they stay focused on the drills really well. The practices are outside and the games are inside on turf. Avi seems to do really well outside but I think gets tired after a while. For the games she definitely gets tired and I think a bit overwhelmed by the bigger kids. She did much better this week for the second game than during the first. The games are set up in 4 10-minute periods. Avi played the majority of 2 periods this week. She likes to run up/down the field but isn't quite getting into the action yet. She'll kick the ball if it comes to her and she does a great throw in. We'll see how she does this week. It's a 4 game season so 2 more games to go.
She is doing great in the Tiger room. She is working on writing her whole name not just Avi. She can write Avi very easily now so we've moved on to all 6 letters. We're heading to the library today to get some early reader books which have mostly sight words in them that her teachers recommended. I can't believe she's nearly reading already.
Zach is 9 months old. He's doing a great job crawling around - he does the crab crawl method mostly on his hands/feet. He's cruising along everything now too. He'll even stand for a few moments without holding on. I give him until Halloween and he'll be walking. He was almost 2 inches longer than Avi at 9 months at his appointment Friday. I had been wondering when he would pass her being that he's a boy but I didn't think it would be this early. Maybe he's just in a growth spurt - he's sure eating a lot. He has really come a long way feeding himself in the past few weeks. He loves fruit and cheese! He's using a sippy cup mostly for water but we'll start formula in there too soon. A lot of his food still ends up in his bib but he's gotten a lot better and hasn't really figured out how to feed Cabo yet so that's good.
Brandon and I took a day off together last week. He surprised me with a morning together at the spa - a nice hot bubble bath, massages and facials. It was fantastic as usual! I've been to this spa before and this was the best massage I had had. We then went fly fishing for the afternoon. We didn't catch anything but it was so nice spending time together kid-free.
Zach is sleeping right now and then we'll head out to run errands - our favorite Monday past-time. Back to schoo/work tomorrow...
We had a great block party. Lots of the neighbors came this year and it went all day. We rented a dunk tank too which kept the kids busy. There was lots of food and Paul had his funnel cake maker going which was oooooh soooo yummy! Topped off the day with a movie in the driveway - Bedtime Stories.
We unfortunately were sick for Labor Day weekend. Brandon and I took turns over the weekend and Avi was sick on Tuesday. Zach stayed pretty healthy the whole time but had some diarrhea.
Avi started soccer earlier this month. Her team is 4-6 year olds. She is the youngest and there is a girl on the team who will be 7 in November. Brandon is coaching and the kids get a kick out of his energy and they stay focused on the drills really well. The practices are outside and the games are inside on turf. Avi seems to do really well outside but I think gets tired after a while. For the games she definitely gets tired and I think a bit overwhelmed by the bigger kids. She did much better this week for the second game than during the first. The games are set up in 4 10-minute periods. Avi played the majority of 2 periods this week. She likes to run up/down the field but isn't quite getting into the action yet. She'll kick the ball if it comes to her and she does a great throw in. We'll see how she does this week. It's a 4 game season so 2 more games to go.
She is doing great in the Tiger room. She is working on writing her whole name not just Avi. She can write Avi very easily now so we've moved on to all 6 letters. We're heading to the library today to get some early reader books which have mostly sight words in them that her teachers recommended. I can't believe she's nearly reading already.
Zach is 9 months old. He's doing a great job crawling around - he does the crab crawl method mostly on his hands/feet. He's cruising along everything now too. He'll even stand for a few moments without holding on. I give him until Halloween and he'll be walking. He was almost 2 inches longer than Avi at 9 months at his appointment Friday. I had been wondering when he would pass her being that he's a boy but I didn't think it would be this early. Maybe he's just in a growth spurt - he's sure eating a lot. He has really come a long way feeding himself in the past few weeks. He loves fruit and cheese! He's using a sippy cup mostly for water but we'll start formula in there too soon. A lot of his food still ends up in his bib but he's gotten a lot better and hasn't really figured out how to feed Cabo yet so that's good.
Brandon and I took a day off together last week. He surprised me with a morning together at the spa - a nice hot bubble bath, massages and facials. It was fantastic as usual! I've been to this spa before and this was the best massage I had had. We then went fly fishing for the afternoon. We didn't catch anything but it was so nice spending time together kid-free.
Zach is sleeping right now and then we'll head out to run errands - our favorite Monday past-time. Back to schoo/work tomorrow...
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