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Playtime
I have a new video of the girls. Most of the time Alyssa does her own thing and just plays “around” Megan. But Megan is captivated by her big sister. Most mornings they share breakfast together. Alyssa in her chair at the table and Megan in her bouncy seat watching her sister. It is good for me, keeps them both entertained. I think they will have alot of fun together when Megan is old enough to play. For now, this is what playtime looks like. See video
Smiles, hands and drool
What is more fun than the constant drip of drool? Megan has found that she can blow bubbles recently, and that is her favorite thing to show you when she is happy. Her hands have been in her mouth most of her waking hours for the last week or so, but they are not blocking the drool. Alyssa’s first tooth came in at 4 months, so maybe Megan will be like her sister. Let’s hope all this drool is for a reason.
We will go for Megan’s 4 month appointment next week. And just in time, our doctor dropped our insurance. So I guess we will be seeing a new doctor, but she is in the same practice. I am interested to see if she has a different take on Megan’s “reflux”.
My cutie
As most of you know and have seen, Ethan has takes great pictures when he wants. I have many good photos of Alyssa in her last few years that I cherish. I have been nagging him to take some of Megan. It took him 5 minutes and now we have captured Megan at 3 months. She is doing a good job holding up her head, and pops her legs straight when I pull her up. She has the cutest smile that she shows off quite often when we play. We have struggled with acid-reflux in the last 2 months, but I think doping her up on Prevacid each morning is helping. I am still enjoying every moment of time with her and cannot wait to watch her grow up.
Christmas Time
What day of the week is it? I have been off since Christmas Eve. I think Ethan finally goes back to work tomorrow, and we should be back into our normal routine. Not to say that we have not enjoyed having Daddy around. But our world gets confusing when we have too many Saturdays in a row.
We enjoyed Christmas this year, and I finally put some of the photos up. The Whaleys celebrated around actual Christmas time and the Ellers celebrated Kwanza this year. Alyssa loved playing with both sets of cousins for the last few weeks, and I think she is going to find her mother very boring this week.
To move or not to move
Sometimes my clients like to wait until the last possible moment for me to help them. A client emailed me today as I am walking out the door to Hobby Lobby. (Sometimes, I just need a break and relieve some stress at Hobbly Lobby.) Basically the client needs to approve a project and get it to printer by end of day. Bear in mind, the project is only half way done, because I was waiting on him. Needless to say, Hobby Lobby had to wait, Alyssa had to be entertained by computer games, and poor Megan was just ignored on the floor. A little bit later, Alyssa in her room while I am waiting on a response from the client, I see Megan asleep on the floor. “Oh, how cute,” I think. Then I begin to wonder. She has 1.5 hours before time to eat again, can she sleep that long on the floor? She needs her nap, should I move her to her bed?
Well, now half an hour later and she is crying in her bed. Clearly, I made the wrong choice.
Merry Christmas
We missed you.
Every year, at least the last 3, we have met my parents and Steve’s family for the Missouri City Holiday Parade. I just named it that, I am not sure what it is really called. It is not the best parade, but it is a tradition that I enjoy. We missed you guys this year. However, Alyssa did get all the candy, but only one Chilis coupon. We bundled up and sat on the curb of Cartwright to enjoy this experience. It was Alyssa’s first year to really enjoy it. She waved her “magic” wand to the kids in the parade and even accepted candy from the clowns. Her favorite was the kids in blue that did the stomping routine. Her least favorite was the bass drums banging as they walked passed us.
So we have the tree up, the house lights out and are getting ready for another Christmas. We had the girls from our First Family come over and decorate cookies this week. They had a good time, but no one seems to really enjoy this tradition but my brothers and I. I am struggling with the Santa concept. I have been thinking about not emphasizing Santa this year. I guess this is the first time she is asking all the questions and I feel like I am just making stuff up. Who am I kidding? I am making it up. We all did the Santa thing as kids too, but I want the emphasis of Christmas to be about Jesus. She has learned that we are celebrating his birthday, and I would like her to look forward to this time of year for that reason. Not because some make-believe, fat guy comes down the chimney to leave her presents. Plus the idea of this “guy” scares her anyway. I don’t want to tell her he is not real, but just not emphasize him. I don’t know…any thoughts?
Into the 2nd month
Megan, that is. We went for her check-up today and everything is good. She weighed 9 lbs 15.5 oz. So far her doctor has said how cute she is at every visit. Either she really means it, or she just tells everyone that. You can judge for yourself. She smiles a lot and if you know how to coo at her, she will coo back. It makes us smile. Especially when Alyssa gets in front of her and talks to her like I do. “Meeegan… hiiiii ” Most of the time Megan sits in her chair or on the floor while we go about the day. But don’t get me wrong, her grandmothers hold her plenty when they visit. She watches Baby Mozart and just likes to stare at her hands or toys. However, I am still surprised at how her changing table can make her smile. Even when she is fussy, if I lay her down to change her, she immediately looks up, towards the wall, and begins smiling. You want my take? I have decided that that is where she sees her brother. It was his room after all. I think that is where she connects with Noah, and that is why she smiles. Good thought anyway, right?
With Thanksgiving over, we are preparing for Christmas. All of the Eller family was in town this weekend and it was nice to be together again. Ethan hung the lights outside and now he says it is my turn to do the inside. Well, he could probably care less, but when I asked him to help with the tree, he said, I did the outside you do the inside. Fair, I guess. So as soon as I get some time, I will unpack the 7 boxes sitting in my foyer.
November Update
Noah’s Garden
It is November already. Let’s see, what’s going on? Megan is doing a great job sleeping at night. That is a good thing since her sleep and my sanity are somehow connected. She looks around the room more and likes it when her big sister gets right in her face. Her favorite place is her changing table. Go figure? There is something on the wall that she looks at everytime. Alyssa has 1 soccer game left. She talkes about playing all week long, but “changes her mind” when she gets to the field. However, Ethan is doing a great job coaching the other kids. I keep hoping she will play and then I will post that video. If not, I will post the video of her not playing, it is funny too. We planted winter flowers in the front bed and in Noah’s. Not sure why you have to switch the flowers out since we don’t really have winter, but the others were dying. And Ethan has started his own garden to attract butterflies and birds. It is coming along good.
And here is new video of Megan though. Check out the video page.