Grace's favorite part was the butterfly house. The butterflies liked her too!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Spring Has Finally Sprung!
Even here in South Texas, this El Nino weather pattern has made us wanting spring to hurry up and get here. This past weekend, it finally did. We enjoyed the fantastic weather with a trip to the botanical gardens. The sunshine, a picnic, and a walk were a perfect way to spend the day.
Grace's favorite part was the butterfly house. The butterflies liked her too!
Grace's favorite part was the butterfly house. The butterflies liked her too!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Blog Hiatus
I managed to take an unintentional blog hiatus the past month. Life with 2 girls has gotten the best of me. We've been a busy family with trips to Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas. Here are some of the highlights...
Claire had a great 4 month check up. She weighed 16 pounds! Grace didn't even weigh 16 pounds at 6 months! Her growth chart percentiles were all 75%+. A big girl!
She started eating cereal too. She is still getting the hang of food on a spoon and soon I'll introduce apples.
I've started weaning Claire a bit early. My goal was 6 months of nursing, but I've added in formula hoping it'll help her sleep better at night. She still likes to nurse every 3 hours ...hence the 16 pounds. I'm hoping the heavier formula plus cereal will help a little. I know with Grace I let her learn to soothe herself back to sleep. This would involve quite a bit of crying during the night. I haven't had the nerve to let Claire do this since I don't want her waking up Grace.
We spent the weekend in Austin a few weeks ago visiting some friends. We all had such a good time. Grace played wonderfully with Gabriella (almost 2 yrs older) and Mia (3 months older).
We went to the Austin Children's Museum where Grace served up some food and learned about air.
Lots of laughs, great food and great company rounded out the weekend.
San Antonio was the next stop where we took Grace to the zoo for the first time. Well, second if you consider the Corpus Christi Zoo (what Steve calls Petco). The big animals were her favorite - the elephant, giraffe, and monkeys.
And she had cotton candy for the first time.
Dallas was our girls week. I did that long, 8 hour drive with the girls by myself. It was worth it in the end. Grace had a blast and it was good to spend so much time with the family.
She rode the carousel at the mall over and over again.
She went to the Wiggly Play Center.
And unexpectedly, got to play in her first snow. I didn't know it was going to be so cold. All she had was a sweater. Nana found her one of my old hats. And we put socks on her hands. She preferred to stay warm and dry inside. Good thing we live in South Texas.
Claire had a great 4 month check up. She weighed 16 pounds! Grace didn't even weigh 16 pounds at 6 months! Her growth chart percentiles were all 75%+. A big girl!
She started eating cereal too. She is still getting the hang of food on a spoon and soon I'll introduce apples.
I've started weaning Claire a bit early. My goal was 6 months of nursing, but I've added in formula hoping it'll help her sleep better at night. She still likes to nurse every 3 hours ...hence the 16 pounds. I'm hoping the heavier formula plus cereal will help a little. I know with Grace I let her learn to soothe herself back to sleep. This would involve quite a bit of crying during the night. I haven't had the nerve to let Claire do this since I don't want her waking up Grace.
We spent the weekend in Austin a few weeks ago visiting some friends. We all had such a good time. Grace played wonderfully with Gabriella (almost 2 yrs older) and Mia (3 months older).
We went to the Austin Children's Museum where Grace served up some food and learned about air.
Lots of laughs, great food and great company rounded out the weekend.
San Antonio was the next stop where we took Grace to the zoo for the first time. Well, second if you consider the Corpus Christi Zoo (what Steve calls Petco). The big animals were her favorite - the elephant, giraffe, and monkeys.
And she had cotton candy for the first time.
Dallas was our girls week. I did that long, 8 hour drive with the girls by myself. It was worth it in the end. Grace had a blast and it was good to spend so much time with the family.
She rode the carousel at the mall over and over again.
She went to the Wiggly Play Center.
And unexpectedly, got to play in her first snow. I didn't know it was going to be so cold. All she had was a sweater. Nana found her one of my old hats. And we put socks on her hands. She preferred to stay warm and dry inside. Good thing we live in South Texas.
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