Tuesday, November 23, 2010

CeCe turns 2


Today our little girl turned 2! With all of the horror stories I've heard about two year olds... the tantrums, the fits, the NOs, the MINEs, I WANTS, and the need for POWER and INDEPENDENCE, we thought "Oh yeah, no problem. We can handle that." Well we weren't exactly right but we weren't exactly wrong either. We have definitely seen well enough of all of that from our sweet, adorable, precious, CeCe girl. But as much as that is VERY trying at times, it makes me so proud of her. She's growing up into strong, independent, confident, and beautiful little girl.





She loves school. There have been several times when we've gone to pick her up in the afternoon and she didn't want to leave. She is learning so much through play, activities, computer games, sensory tables, and interacting with her friends and teachers.

Her vocabulary and conversation skills have grown exponentially. She is now speaking 5 word sentences. She learns at least one new word each day. She surprises us every day with a new phrase. Most of the time, it is something we said, which is so funny.





CeCe can work an iphone almost as well as I can. She knows how to unlock it, move through the screens, open albums and look at pictures ("play pictures momma"), open up her folder of games and play them. I always thought that I wasn't going to be one of those moms that gets their child a cell phone in elementary school, but it seems I have paved the way already.

For months upon months, Josh read to her just about every night and put her to bed. A few weeks ago, this all of sudden changed. Although it can be annoying at times, it is also very sweet and funny. Every night, it is now "momma readin'." If we say "no, daddy's gonna read," she says "nooo, momma readin'."







On that note, she still loves to read. She has piles and piles of books and gets them out on a daily basis. She likes to play with legos and still loves her Nana's jewelry. And she still has a shoe obsession. Her favorite character is Buzz Lightyear. We own all of the Toy Story movies and rotate them out weekly. She says "To finity be-ond!" (To Infinity and Beyond).

CeCe has pretty good eating habits. She will pretty much eat everything we eat. She doesn't get as many vegetables as she should but we're working on that.

Despite the "typical" 2 year old behavior, I really love this age and stage she is in. She is smart, funny, observant, gentle, and such a joy. I am really liking being able to communicate with her and her actually understand what I'm saying. She is such a big helper with Vivi and I look forward to seeing their friendship and relationship grow stronger.

I can't believe my girl is already 2!!!

CeCe's birthday crept up on us since we were so busy adapting to Vivi being here. But I think she had a wonderful time at her parties! They were Minnie (and Mickey) Mouse themed!


We ordered this Sing-a-Long with Mickey, Minnie & Goofy CD. It is personalized so they include her name in the songs!


This is CeCe listening to it for the first time!







Birthday Party #1
















Minnie helping us out with the Birthday Song :)













Birthday Party #2 with Uncle Eddie and Aunt Bonnie












And here are her stats:


Weight: 26 lbs, 8oz (50%)



Height: 35 in (80%)



Head: 49.5 cm (90%)



This is what kept her occupied at the doctor!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Vivienne ~ 2 months





After 2 months, we are sort of getting the swing of things. Vivi is starting to respond and interact a little more with smiling and cooing. This seems like something so small but it means so much, not only with her development, but with our bonding. So far I have pretty much felt like this whole bonding thing has been slow going. With the busyness of having 2 instead of 1, not spending as much time together as I'd like to because of work, and feeling like I've just been giving and giving without getting anything in return, it just feels impossible. At this age, they aren't able to give you kisses and hugs, call your name, say I love you, and all of the things I got used to getting from CeCe. They just eat, sleep, poop and cry. Now that she can focus and recognize faces, and smile, it has made a big difference. I never expected that I'd have these feelings so this is all a bit of surprise to me.

So far, I can't determine what her personality will be. She is pretty laid back and goes with the flow (most of the time), which is nice. She can be a little dramatic and impatient, but that could just be my perception because not all of my focus is on just her. She is gassy...a lot. She is not a great sleeper. There have been several nights where we've only had about 3 hours of sleep. Which, this is different from CeCe. From the very beginning, she slept consistently about 6 hours at a time. Because this is all we knew, that's what we expected from Vivi. So when you go to bed expecting to get 6 hours of sleep and only get 3 (interrupted) hours, it doesn't make for very happy times. So we've slowly prepared ourselves mentally for having less sleep, which really makes a huge difference. I'm hoping, PRAYING, that the 3 month mark will have an impact on this!




Sweet sisters!




Ready for shopping!

Inspired by a blogger friend of mine, (thanks Marla!), I decided to do monthly growth pictures of Vivienne. The first ones aren't very consistent, but I'm working on that. So here she is at 2 weeks, 1 month, and 2 months.




And here are her stats:




Weight: 11 lbs, 5 oz



Height: 22 3/4 in



Head: 39 cm



State XC 2010

After claiming Regional Championships for both boys and girls, it was time for State! Josh rode down to Round Rock with the team, while Dwayne, the girls, and I drove down Friday night. We stayed in Temple and then drove the rest of the way Saturday morning. The girls did great on the road, which was such a relief. We got to the park and met up with Josh just before the races started.

CeCe with Paw Paw on the shuttle bus.


High five Paw Paw!


So sweet!


Seeing daddy for the first time. What a pair :)

Such a trooper!


Found some rocks to keep her occupied between races!


The girls raced pretty flawless and it was clear when it was over that they had won. The boys was a little more tense and we knew it was going to be close. We waited at the announcement board for the official word and was so extremely excited to see LOVEJOY in FIRST for BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS! Such a wonderful experience. I'm so proud of my wonderful husband, the other coaches and, of course, the team for bringing double championships home! Such an amazing accomplishment! Doesn't get any better than this!

Here he is with the gold!


This is us before the XC Banquet!


It was a fun 2010 XC season! A couple of weeks off, then on to track. Let's keep up the momentum team :)

Friday, November 12, 2010

Materna-Tea

About 6 weeks or so after delivery, the Birth Center invites all of the moms and new babies back to the center for a Materna-Tea. We gather for tea and delicious treats, and share birth stories. At the end, we take a picture of the babies.


Where's Vivi??

It's funny watching all of the different personalities come to light. You have your screamers, your sleepers, your what-the-heck-are-they-doing-to-mes, your smilers, and your whatevers.



There she is!




She stayed calm the entire time while a screamer was next to her. That's my girl! It is neat listening to all of the birth stories. They are all so similar, yet so unique at the same time. I love being a part of what seems to be such a small community and I love my birth center family!

Monday, November 8, 2010

Halloween Festivities

Yes, I am behind but this me saying that I will put in my best effort to catch up and stay caught up. Although it may not be such a big deal to my one reader, it is important for me to document as much as possible. Especially now since we have Vivi, we keep trying to remember what life was like with a newborn, and it helps to go back and read all about it.

So for Halloween, we didn't really have much going on outside of school. CeCe had a party at school. The morning of, they got to go to the 'big school' (elementary school), in their costumes, to walk the halls and get candy from the staff. We decided not to do trick-or-treating because it was late and we didn't need more candy.


CeCe was a bunny rabbit...a really cute one too!

outfit #1


outfit #2


This is her class just before walking the halls. So cute!




Her teacher, Ms. Kim.

outfit #3









My little pumpkin girl, Vivi :)

My precious girls!

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