Wednesday, May 10, 2017

"Good job my Clara!" / Week 5

This week it'll be mostly pictures! Clara had a blast at Gymboree and wouldn't let go of her purple monkey puppet!






While playing with her new favorite activity (see below), I was watching her quietly when said these phrases to herself:

"Good job my Clara!"
"Keep going my love!"
"Who is that? Is that beluga talking? Ooohhh!"

So basically, she was mimicking phrases I say to her often... awww.... and then a phrase Dory says in Finding Dory. :D.


She's playing with food color dyed vinegar and using a dropper to drop it on baking soda!

Sweet sleepy girl!

And return of the nappy hat! Clara wore this hat for 5 months during her carrier naps... :P.

We had a small celebration for Audrey's one month! Here are Tai Nai Nai and Tai Yeh Yeh!



And Auntie Christina!

And Clara and Nate!

And Uncle Ben!







We took Clara to a store where she promptly found a Finding Dory backpack and proudly wore it around the store.


Mommy braved an outing by herself with both girls to Ikea! Here is Clara enjoying fruit snacks on a couch in Ikea!

And sleepy Audrey!

5 weeks old!! You are a sweet little presence in our lives! Thanks for sleeping like a champion again :D!

Friday, May 5, 2017

Audrey is one month old!

Sweet Audrey is one month old today!

Look at this sweet tired girl!


Love squishy sleeping baby faces!


Those lips!


Look at that smile!!!
Audrey is 9.4 pounds according to our bathroom scale. Loves to have her head gently pet and receives at least 10 kisses from Clara a day. She loves to be held and there is no shortage of people who love to hold her!

(It's because she was pooping :P.)

Happy one month, my sweet girl! Thanks for sleeping again :).

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

That's terrific! / Week 4

Newborn sleepiness has given way to new baby unsleepiness. So we're a tired household right now. But we got a preview of baby Audrey's newborn photos!

Meanwhile, daddy is enjoying his girls!

And Clara's language has developed rapidly and continues to astonish and delight us! This week she has pulled out the phrase "That's terrific." from who knows where! She always asks "What's next?" when we listen to toddler tunes. She wants to know the title of the next song and many times she already knows it and will shout it out! Jealousy has begun to rear its head in the form of increased whininess and tantrums. But a little extra mommy time has seemed to help a lot!


Her shirt says "milk enthusiast" :). 


She's unsure about this camera thing. It'll grow on you!

After a sweet bath time!

More cuddles with daddy!

Sweet beautiful jie jie baby!

In an old outfit from Gemma!

More sleeping :)

Playing with rice!

It was messy!

Look! It's the same cheesy smile we fell in love with at 9 months!

Side by side!

A squishy sleepy face. My favorite!

A gift from auntie Natalie!

More unicorns!

It holds a paci!

Sleeping peacefully the morning after not sleeping at night. Oi. 

But that face!

Love you so!


One last Clara story: I was sitting in Audrey's room with Audrey and Clara came bounding in. I needed something though and called for shane. And Clara immediately echoed me and ran to the living room calling "shane! Shane? Shaaneee!?" Needless to say, it was hilarious! Thanks for the laughs Clara baby!

Happy 4 weeks little one! I really hope you sleep tonight <3.