Alyssa 8 months (almost)

In a few days my baby will be 8 months old!  Oh how I love her!  She has a new "trick" where she will put her head on your shoulder to play or to act shy.  She had her first ear infection this last month along with a few bouts of pink eye! She is rolling like crazy, and inch maybe the tiniest bit, she says Da Da Da all day long. I'm ready for the ma ma ma!  She weighs about 19.5 lbs. This cutie pie had got some thunder thighs.  And it really really looks like she is going to be blue eyed!  WE HOPE!  She is officially weaned :(.  I feel so sad about that one.  My goal is always a year but due to infections and sores which I have the toughest time healing from while I'm still nursing/pumping along with random plug ducts I just couldn't take it anymore!  I'm sorry but I don't think anyone should live in consent pain so I felt okay about my decision and I really tried hard for as long as I could.  She switched over with pretty much no problems it just a little hard on the pocket book!  I was really grateful for pumping extra in the first few months, I had about 80 bags of milk so that came in handy.  I just wish I would have kept pumping once a day and I would have had double that.  Maybe on the next one!

Hailey turns 5

Hailey turned 5 this year!  I'm so excited for her! She had been looking forward to it for a long time!  We registered for Kindergarten recently and she is very excited about that!  We are considering the bilingual program for her although it will be a little intense.  Right off the bat they will start doing a full week in English then a full week in Spanish.  Anyway for her birthday her preschool had a field trip to dion's pizza.  She took little goodies for each of them and they also exchanged Valentines.  Although they called it friendship cards for friendship day.  Hailey did multicolored crayon hearts.  We also told Hailey it was YES DAY!  So we said Yes to everything(Pretty much!)  She wanted McDonalds for dinner where she also got a few presents.  Then on Saturday we went to the Wooden Park and had a bunch of friends and pizza and a pinata!   Hailey is very lively and animated. Sometimes too silly.  She occasionally tests her limits.  She is very helpful especially with her brother and sister and loves to have play dates every chance she gets!  We love you Hailey.  Never Stop Growing!
    I remembered a few cute things that she has said lately that i wanted to remember!  We moved Alyssa's port a crib into Hailey's room and Hailey excitedly said, "We are going to be sisters!!"  Her and Troy were painting with water colors and she said, "Troy is a colorful man when he paints."  Yesterday she came home home from preschool and had changed clothes and i asked, "What happen, did you have an accident?"  She then began to explain, "well Sadie, (I'm thinking how are you going to blame another kid for this?) told me a really funny joke and I laughed so hard i peed my pants!"  The joke was something liked Mr. jugular pants.

My 7 month old Alyssa (As of Jan. 26)

So now my Sweet sweet baby girl is seven months old!  Oh what a joy she is!  She is super easy going, and fun  and social and just happy!  She melts my heart every day!  She loves to be played with and is also very content to hang out!  She has had more noticeable stranger anxiety.  For some reason when we get her up from a nap and go to family things and my brothers are trying to be cute with her she seems to be the most sensitive in those situations!  Love this little cutie pie!  She has started to sit up and loves to play with her feet! I have gotten lots of comments that Alyssa looks Asian, (don't worry if that was you I'm not offended) but I was mentioning that to my mom and she said that I looked like that as a baby!  So I found a couple a sure enough!  I think that is pretty cute!  There is no Asian Heritage that I'm aware of just a unique cute look!  Love ya Sissy!

Melissa at 6 months

Melissa at 9 months

Melissa at 24 months

Troy potty trained!?!...

So I think we can officially say Troy is Potty trained but I can't say it's perfect.  I might also add that Hailey was MUCH MUCH easier!  The first 6 days were super rough, we did potty trained in 3 days, then the next week was great and it's been a roller coaster since.  He's done better and then retracts.  It seems like if he's not getting rewarded then he's not interested.  He's pretty much poops in the potty every single time so that is nice but any way, any suggestions are gladly welcomed!  He is a sweetie and I do love him to pieces!  He also started saying duck, so cute!  It does seem to me that he is more frustrated lately because he can't express very well what he wants.  I recently took him out of target kicking and screaming because well I don't know, I had bought him a treat but the was trying to express something else obviously so I tried but after my failed attempts we left the store with a bang. (All eyes on us)  Another mom offered to push my cart out so that I could try to keep a grip on Troy who was flailing about.  I had to force him into his car seat, sad mommy moment!  I look forward to when he can tell me better what he wants and needs!  I love you Buddy!

Hailey and Ashlynn

This is one of Hailey's best friends, Ashlynn.  They can play for hours and just go from one cute thing to the next, like puzzles, dress up and you get the idea.  We have always known their family but they didn't meet until preschool this year and they became best buddies.  I love hearing girls this age play "Pretend", because I find it a little funny to hear them say I'm the mom and your the daughter and they like to role play.  It is cute!