Trey smiling at me.
Trey smiling at my mom.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Big smiles!
I finally got some smiles from Trey on camera. He gives them mostly in the morning when he is fully fed and awake, but we get a few through out the day, also. Trey's personality is different from Gia's; she was interested mostly in people and could kind of care less about her hanging toys. Trey LOVES to stare at his hanging toys and mobile, and is less interested than she was in looking at people. But when he does make eye contact with us, he gives big smiles. Those smiles are the best part about being a mama :o)
Trey smiling at me.
Trey smiling at my mom.
These are the only smiles I've caught on film so far, but he has also smiled at my dad and a lot at Bobby.
Trey smiling at me.
Trey smiling at my mom.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Funny Things Gia Says
This is going to be an on-going post where I write down funny things
Gia says. I just don't want to forget how hilarious she is at this age.
9/20/16
Gia had a cavity filled last week and Bobby had 3 filled this day:
Daddy: Gia, you know what?! The dentist said he was proud of me because I did as good as you did!
Gia: Of course you did. You're a grown up.
7/2/16
WHile in the kitchen taking cookies out of the oven, Gia says to me:
"I'm in cartwheel class! But, it's just pretend, Mama. It's not real. I'm just pretending it's cartwheel class."
Me: "That's okay, Gia. You don't have to tell me, I know you're pretending. It's fine with me that you pretend."
Gia: "Of course. It's fine for everyone. Except bad guys."
7/2/16
Gia was practicing cartwheels in the living room and we were encouraging her. I did a cartwheel and she told me, "Oh, good try."
3/18/16
"You can't try to fart slowly. Farts just come out the way they're going to." "I like farts, except they're stinky." 12/2/15
After drawing a picture for Bobby and telling me about it:
Me: Oh, Gia, it's beautiful! Daddy is going to love it.
Gia: Of course he is.
10/28/15
Gia is practicing saying the "th" sound rather than the "f" sound in "th" words.
Me: Oh, Gia, you're growing up.
Gia: I'm already grown up. Well, almost.
Me: Oh, okay.
Gia: Well, but I'll always be your daughter.
Me: Thanks Gia!
Gia: And you'll still take me on dates, even if I'm grown up.
Me: That's right.
Gia: I don't want to grow up.
Me: Okay, you can stay little. You can still live with us when you're grown up.
Gia: Yeah. But then I'll get married.
Me: You can still live with us when you get married. Your husband will have to live with us, too, but you can still live with us.
Gia: Yeah. And eat nuts.
6/26/15
While watching Little Einstein's:
Bobby: "Oh no, why did the witch erase the note trail?"
Gia: "That's just the way the show is."
6/4/15
Gia has begun asking questions about different objects, like why toys work a certain way or why a shirt has a hole in it. The conversations go something like this:
Gia: "Mama, why is this toy green?"
Me: "I don't know, that's just it's color."
Gia: "That's just the way God made it?" 12/2/14
To Trey as they were playing in the play kitchen:
"I'll get you some few couple more."
11/20/14
Me, looking at the almost empty bag of gummy bears, I said, "who ate all those gummy bears??"
Gia, with a mouth full of gummy bears said, "Uh, nobody."
6/23/14
As we are ready to leave for the airport to visit family in NC/SC and go to Aunt Kelly's wedding, Gia is sitting on the kitchen counter drinking her milk. I looked at her and smiled, and she looked up at me, stopped drinking her milk, smiled and said:
Gia: Yeah, I did fart.
Me: ::laughing:: Oh, you did?
Gia: Yeah. It was just a little fart, like me.
4/7/14
Me: Gia, what do you want for a snack?
Gia: Um, chicken and grapes and carrots and sour cream.
Me: That's an interesting combo.
3/20/14
We were talking about going to the beach this summer and seeing the fish...
Bobby: We're going to see some fish this summer.
Gia: Yeah! The fish live in the trees.
Me: No Gia, the fish live in the ocean. That's the water at the beach.
Gia: Oooh, cool. The ocean is in the trees!
3/5/14
1. Gia says"scooting" down the stairs as "I'm scoopin'"
2. Blueberries = "blueblerries"
3. Frosted flakes are "banana cereal" because she misheard me when I told her it was Nana's cereal. Even when I tried to explain that it was from Nana, not that it was bananas, she said, "Oh. Nana gave me the banana cereal?"
4. In her doctor kit, the stethoscope is her "telescope."
Tonight during prayer time, Gia prayed for Abbi and Elmo, and for cookies, and for Daddy sharing cookies with her... even though it was really Mama's cookies she was eating!
After Bible time tonight, which was Daniel and the Lions' den, she talked all evening about "Daniel and the baby lions." Maybe it was her way of making it less scary? Or maybe she just likes baby animals :o)
1/7/14
We shared some snicker bites. After I asked Gia to throw away the wrapper in the trash...
Me: Gia, what are you eating?
Gia: Chocolate.
Bobby: Where did you get chocolate?
Gia: From the trashcan!
Bobby and I just looked at each other. Side note, we think she was just still chewing the snickers she already had.
1/4/14
Gia: What are you eating, Mama?
Me: Candy.
Gia: Oh. I don't want any candy.
Me: You don't want candy?
Gia: No, I don't.
Me: Oh, okay.
Gia: I want some candy.
1/3/14:
1. Gia says Ernie and Bert as Ernie and "Burp"
2. When she uses her doctor kit, Gia uses the stethoscope to check her "heart-beep."
12/20/13
Papa Joe: Do we need to change your diaper? Is it okay?
Gia: Yeah. It's not too hot, not too cold. Juuuust right!
12/6/13
Yesterday while decorating cookies:
Bobby: Gia, you're a girl. And Mama's a girl, and Daddy's a boy, and Nana's a girl, and Papa's a boy.
Gia: Nana's a boy?
Bobby: No, Nana's a girl. Papa's a boy.
Gia: Ohhh.
Bobby: What's Mama?
Gia: A Gamecock.
Apparently we watch too much football in this house.
11/8/13
Gia was crying today when she was with Bobby and going to the bathroom, and then she stopped and said to him, "That was a fake cry," and giggled.
9/20/16
Gia had a cavity filled last week and Bobby had 3 filled this day:
Daddy: Gia, you know what?! The dentist said he was proud of me because I did as good as you did!
Gia: Of course you did. You're a grown up.
7/2/16
WHile in the kitchen taking cookies out of the oven, Gia says to me:
"I'm in cartwheel class! But, it's just pretend, Mama. It's not real. I'm just pretending it's cartwheel class."
Me: "That's okay, Gia. You don't have to tell me, I know you're pretending. It's fine with me that you pretend."
Gia: "Of course. It's fine for everyone. Except bad guys."
7/2/16
Gia was practicing cartwheels in the living room and we were encouraging her. I did a cartwheel and she told me, "Oh, good try."
3/18/16
"You can't try to fart slowly. Farts just come out the way they're going to." "I like farts, except they're stinky." 12/2/15
After drawing a picture for Bobby and telling me about it:
Me: Oh, Gia, it's beautiful! Daddy is going to love it.
Gia: Of course he is.
10/28/15
Gia is practicing saying the "th" sound rather than the "f" sound in "th" words.
Me: Oh, Gia, you're growing up.
Gia: I'm already grown up. Well, almost.
Me: Oh, okay.
Gia: Well, but I'll always be your daughter.
Me: Thanks Gia!
Gia: And you'll still take me on dates, even if I'm grown up.
Me: That's right.
Gia: I don't want to grow up.
Me: Okay, you can stay little. You can still live with us when you're grown up.
Gia: Yeah. But then I'll get married.
Me: You can still live with us when you get married. Your husband will have to live with us, too, but you can still live with us.
Gia: Yeah. And eat nuts.
6/26/15
While watching Little Einstein's:
Bobby: "Oh no, why did the witch erase the note trail?"
Gia: "That's just the way the show is."
6/4/15
Gia has begun asking questions about different objects, like why toys work a certain way or why a shirt has a hole in it. The conversations go something like this:
Gia: "Mama, why is this toy green?"
Me: "I don't know, that's just it's color."
Gia: "That's just the way God made it?" 12/2/14
To Trey as they were playing in the play kitchen:
"I'll get you some few couple more."
11/20/14
Me, looking at the almost empty bag of gummy bears, I said, "who ate all those gummy bears??"
Gia, with a mouth full of gummy bears said, "Uh, nobody."
6/23/14
As we are ready to leave for the airport to visit family in NC/SC and go to Aunt Kelly's wedding, Gia is sitting on the kitchen counter drinking her milk. I looked at her and smiled, and she looked up at me, stopped drinking her milk, smiled and said:
Gia: Yeah, I did fart.
Me: ::laughing:: Oh, you did?
Gia: Yeah. It was just a little fart, like me.
4/7/14
Me: Gia, what do you want for a snack?
Gia: Um, chicken and grapes and carrots and sour cream.
Me: That's an interesting combo.
3/20/14
We were talking about going to the beach this summer and seeing the fish...
Bobby: We're going to see some fish this summer.
Gia: Yeah! The fish live in the trees.
Me: No Gia, the fish live in the ocean. That's the water at the beach.
Gia: Oooh, cool. The ocean is in the trees!
3/5/14
1. Gia says"scooting" down the stairs as "I'm scoopin'"
2. Blueberries = "blueblerries"
3. Frosted flakes are "banana cereal" because she misheard me when I told her it was Nana's cereal. Even when I tried to explain that it was from Nana, not that it was bananas, she said, "Oh. Nana gave me the banana cereal?"
4. In her doctor kit, the stethoscope is her "telescope."
Tonight during prayer time, Gia prayed for Abbi and Elmo, and for cookies, and for Daddy sharing cookies with her... even though it was really Mama's cookies she was eating!
After Bible time tonight, which was Daniel and the Lions' den, she talked all evening about "Daniel and the baby lions." Maybe it was her way of making it less scary? Or maybe she just likes baby animals :o)
1/7/14
We shared some snicker bites. After I asked Gia to throw away the wrapper in the trash...
Me: Gia, what are you eating?
Gia: Chocolate.
Bobby: Where did you get chocolate?
Gia: From the trashcan!
Bobby and I just looked at each other. Side note, we think she was just still chewing the snickers she already had.
1/4/14
Gia: What are you eating, Mama?
Me: Candy.
Gia: Oh. I don't want any candy.
Me: You don't want candy?
Gia: No, I don't.
Me: Oh, okay.
Gia: I want some candy.
1/3/14:
1. Gia says Ernie and Bert as Ernie and "Burp"
2. When she uses her doctor kit, Gia uses the stethoscope to check her "heart-beep."
12/20/13
Papa Joe: Do we need to change your diaper? Is it okay?
Gia: Yeah. It's not too hot, not too cold. Juuuust right!
12/6/13
Yesterday while decorating cookies:
Bobby: Gia, you're a girl. And Mama's a girl, and Daddy's a boy, and Nana's a girl, and Papa's a boy.
Gia: Nana's a boy?
Bobby: No, Nana's a girl. Papa's a boy.
Gia: Ohhh.
Bobby: What's Mama?
Gia: A Gamecock.
Apparently we watch too much football in this house.
11/8/13
Gia was crying today when she was with Bobby and going to the bathroom, and then she stopped and said to him, "That was a fake cry," and giggled.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Trey is one month!
WOW, the time has flown by! Life is much busier with two kids, so my posts have pretty much been non-existent, but hopefully when I'm not feeding Trey every 2 1/2 hours, life will calm down a bit and I'll be able to write more.
So, Trey is one month old today! Here are some of his stats:
Height: at the doctor a couple weeks ago, he was in the 50% at 21.5 inches
Weight: on our home scale last night, he weighed 9lbs 10oz!! Oh. My. Goodness. That's a 2 lb gain from birth! At least all his eating isn't in vain. Side note, I don't think Gia was this big until she was 2 months!
Head: 45%... he's proportionate!
He has moved into size 1 diapers (again, Gia didn't do this until about 2 months) and is filling out his newborn clothes. I assume he'll be in 0-3 months soon.
Trey is such a happy, chill baby! What a blessing after having such a difficult time with Gia's infant stage. It's still a lot of work, but he rarely gets upset (only when he's hungry or cold).
We don't have him on a schedule for eating, but he tends to eat 7 times a day. He will eat 3 times in 5 hours (for 40 minutes a feeding), but then sleep 5 hours in the night. Lately I think he might be having a growth spurt because he hasn't been giving me long stretches at night for a couple days. I'm less afraid of supplementing this time around if he needs it. It lets me rest and makes him happy. I nurse like normal and then feed him formula through the syringe and tube. It's needed about once a week.
He has always made good eye contact with Bobby, but he's starting to look at me and Gia more. He will turn towards us when we talk to him.
He loves his kick-time. He is a mover! Having a boy is going to take a different kind of energy, I think... much more active!
Bobby have been getting smiles since 2 1/2 weeks old (seriously), but I got my first about a week ago, and just yesterday the smiles have picked up. I got three this past morning and more after I nursed him tonight! It's awesome.
He loves the lights! He likes to stare at the fan lights and the Christmas tree.
He has dimples! I was so excited when the nurse pointed this out in the hospital!
He is sensitive to onions, just like Gia. Gives him gas.
He pants when he's hungry. So cute!
He doesn't like the bassinet for some reason, so he sleeps in the swing. We don't put it on most of the time, he just finds it more comfortable. And he sleeps in the hallway right outside out room, mostly because the swing doesn't fit in our room, and because our room's windows are awful and it's freezing in there.
Trey has my eyes, my chin, my head shape. He has Bobby's lips & mouth, ears, and the "Wood" nose. I say this because it's not really mine and it's not really Bobby's, but it's the nose that we apparently produce together (Gia's got the same nose).
I've learned that dressing boys is WAY different than dressing girls. I really don't care what he's wearing as long as he's warm and it's easy for me to get into. With Gia, I wanted to put her in 3 different outfits a day. With Trey, he's in the same 3 outfits over and over again because they are warm and easy. Plus no bows... had to get used to that one! Bobby gets nervous when I jokingly put bows up to his head, ha ha :o)
What a little blessing and miracle you are, Trey! I look forward to watching you play with your sister and getting to know your heart & personality. Love you, little man!
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