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My baby girl is 11 months old today. She has been going through so many changes over the last month. She crawls, cruises and has been signing like crazy. Her sense of humor is too funny as she teases her brother, in a nice way. She has 5 teeth and counting. I am really starting to feel like she a person and not a screaming, eating, pooping machine. Don’t get me wrong, she can scream and cry with the best of them, but she is really starting to show signs of understanding what we are saying and being able to communicate with us. It’s pretty incredible.
I do remember what happened exactly a year ago today with regard to baby girl. I was pregnant and just starting to calm down (as I was a wreck most of the pregnancy) and be ready for labor. I was actually looking forward to delivering my little bundle and find out who this person would be. I felt so close to my son from the moment he was born and was hoping, yet scared to death, for a girl. I had just had an appointment with a midwife in my doctor’s practice and she assured me that the baby was in position. It was the very next day that the event that changed my pregnancy for what I thought was the worst happened.
I was sitting in bed watching a movie. I’m not sure which movie it was because I was so distracted by the unbelievable uncomfortable feeling I was having. It felt nothing like labor, which was good because it was over a month until my due date. I wasn’t sure what was happening, but I wanted to wait it out to see it it would continue or go away. I had an ultrasound shceduled on Monday and being that this was happening on a Saturday evening while Chris was still working in the basement, I was concerned but not panicked. It was the weirdest most bizarre feeling I have ever felt. I thought maybe I ate something that didn’t agree with me. Apparently, I found out that it was something that didn’t agree with Alina.
Alina, my cute and adorable little girl, had decided that she was not really in position. She had decided that head down was not her forte. She had decided that standing was much better than being on her head. My baby had turned breech! When I found this out at the ultrasound on Monday, I was shocked. I mean, the midwife had just told me on Friday that she was in position. One more thing for me to cry about, like I hadn’t been crying almost everyday as it was. This was such a different experience than I had when pregnant with Aiden, but they say that every pregnancy is different. She is definitely different and I am looking forward to seeing how different she is as she grows into a beautiful young woman. Here’s to my baby girl!
June 2nd, 2009
Today we went to Island Beach State Park, our favorite place to spend time at the shore. We gave Aiden a choice of places we could go on our “adventure” and he chose a hike, but we convinced him that we could do a hike tomorrow as today would be a better day to visit the beach (holiday weekend and all). It was warm, but super windy. We set up the cabana and a great time was had by the four of us. Aiden voluntarily put his feet in the water (which was super cold by the way) and we were very proud parents as he was afraid of the water up until now. Alina played in the sand and it was a wonderful family day. Pizza Mike’s supplied dinner accommodations and the waitress recognized us from last season, so that was special too.
On our way home Aiden was complaining that it was taking too long to get to our house. We were actually about 10 minutes away from home, so I told him we were getting closer. His response, “We are still zoomed out and don’t tell me when we are zoomed in, I will tell you.”
May 21st, 2009
My big boy is turning 4 today. I still remember the moment that I was sent to the hospital and the momentous birth of this most spectacular little being. This morning I told him (the abridged version) of how he came to be in this world and how happy we were to have him in our lives. He is trying to be independent and sometimes tests us by using his lovely vocabulary to let us know he is growing up, but all in all I am so very proud of my little man.
Sunday we had a wonderful birthday party at the park with both friends and family. It was chilly at the start, but the kids decorated kites and it wind was perfect for flying them. Yesterday he had his 4-year-old check up and was told he is one healthy kid. Today we went to the farm and met up with some friends. The kids had a great time chasing the geese (which he would never do in the past). It’s nice to be able to watch him grow up.
Happy 4th Birthday Aiden. We love you so very much!
May 19th, 2009
Well, the last two weeks have been quite eventful for our little girl. Alina went from screaming whenever she was on her belly, to crab crawling to full blown crawling super fast. Talk about a fast learner! Alina however cannot be satisfied with that though. She is now pulling herself up to standing and is cruising around table, chairs or anything she can get her hands on! She will now let go once she is upright and balance for close to a minute without falling. I sense that walking is not far in her future!
In addition to all the physical momentum she has going, she just broke though tooth number four this week. She is handling them just like her brother. Every tooth is a mouth full of hurt.
It seemed like overnight that she went from screaming whenever we put her near the tub to splashing with her brother in utter pleasure. Thankfully we don’t have to fight her anymore in the water, but boy is she going from one extreme to another!
I hope this is not an indication of how her personality will develop. I’m not sure I am ready to handle such extremems with someone other than myself!
May 7th, 2009
Aiden has been taking swimming lessons and he has completed half the classes so far. I have to say he is doing very well for someone who spent most of his time in the water attached to one of our necks. He is not afraid of the pool at all, but he never wanted to wear swimmies or anything that would allow him to float on his own. So, needless to say I was skeptical about whether or not he would do well at these classes. Boy, did he show me!
Aiden is doing very well and I suspect that he will be very close to swimming on his own when it is over. I am so excited to see how well he is listening to the instructor and following directions. The instructor has even (without Aiden’s knowledge) let go and let him swim by himself. He doesn’t go far, but it’s because he panics once he realizes she is not holding on anymore. Hopefully the panicking will subside and he will feel confident to swim on his own soon.
Chris has been taking him to the pool at the gym on the weekends so Aiden can practice. It’s nice that he has the opportunity to spend time with Aiden. I think Aiden really likes having daddy to himself too. Aiden is really devoted to swimming too because he will spend over an hour practicing on a kick board in the lap pool. He is a pretty amazing kid.
I can’t wait to see how he does by the end of the lessons. I am realizing that while I provide quite of bit for him, he will learn from others too. Makes me not so neverous about sending him to pre-school next year. Seems as though mommy is learning too!
September 30th, 2008
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