Weekly Wrap-Up

We had a lot to celebrate this week!!

Rose is wearing BIG GIRL panties, most of the time when at home or grandma's :) We haven't been daring enough to wear them in the car or at stores yet. She has only had one accident in them since Thursday, so I think we're getting closer to being fully potty trained!

This is Rose in a 18-24 month sleeper that she doesn't wear anymore because her bum was too big, but it fits again when she doesn't have a diaper on :) She is also fully dressed under those PJ's!

Oh, and this made me all nostalgic, this is a newborn onsie that Rose wore. 

Can you remember when she was that small?

The other celebration this weekend was (soon to be aunt) Jenni's Bridal Shower on Saturday. Initially I wasn't going to take Rose because it was right at her nap time, but when she woke up the party was still going, so daddy dropped her off.

Rose arrived when presents were being opened. She started out by sitting with grandma...

But then decided to help out :)

This is Rose and the other flower girl. Jaylan is 3, so hopefully between her walking with Rose and daddy waiting at the end of the aisle, Rose will decide to walk down nicely.

Other things we were up to this week/weekend:

Rose is definitely her daddy's daughter, she is still obsessed with playing in and around the vehicles

Daddy also took a break from working on mommy's house to install a doorbell on Rose's house :)

Nana joined us on our Saturday morning outings to the farmer's marker and then music class.

Rose is also a mommy's girl and helped me roll out tortilla shells for Sunday dinner :) 

Weekly Wrap-Up

It happened, honestly I can’t believe we made it this long, but Rose got her first ear infection. She has been congested and coughing over the last few weeks on and off, but between allergies and teething, I wasn’t too worried. Since Monday, though, everything was much worse, especially her cough! Last Monday she had her 2 year well check and her ears were fine then, so I think we caught this very early, since the doctor said her ears were just a bit red. I am really happy to report that as soon as she started her antibiotics she started feeling much better and now seems all better!

That doesn't mean she hasn't been a bit moody...I think she is getting her other eye tooth and so we have definitely had moments this week when nothing made her happy :( 

But we also had lots of fun moments too :)

I have decided to embrace all the weeds in the grass, so whatever those white weeds are, I call them 'fairy flowers' and Rose and I blow the fairy's away to their homes :)

Rose also makes sure we keep her bird feeder FULL, so all the birdies have enough to eat!

And we enjoyed two nights of sink baths, but I don't know how much longer she will fit in there...

I *missed* so many cute photo’s during the week…Rose watering her plants, Rose sitting in her chair with her doll, Rose giving kisses, Rose holding hands with a little girl at music class….but I got a couple of us making some funny faces:

And I found this one and thought it was pretty cute too :)

Finally, Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies :) Rose gave me a card and kiss this morning in bed, which I loved. BUT the best gift she has given me is calling me 'mama'! (I was really sick of being referred to as 'daddy'). 

Rose and I also made cards for grandma and nana:

Here is the best pic of Rose, Nana, and me (Rose was not happy about having her picture taken)

But when I asked her to 'smell the flowers', she magically cooperated!

Weekly Wrap-Up

I am so HAPPY to report that this week was very not crazy J The last two weekends with Rose and Justin’s birthdays were a bit busy around here, but this week we were pretty much back to our normal routines. 

We have been enjoying the beautiful weather and hope it keeps up. Rose hardly ever comes in the house until bed time unless I can coax her to sit on the potty. Rose is getting more and more consistent with going on the potty. At grandma’s she has some days with no wet diapers; here at home we are a little less successful, but we are getting there J

Rose also enjoys the local park, she is fearless on the playground equipment! She goes down the big slide all by herself and even hangs off the bars.

First Rose warms up on the small slide...

It's a long climb up to the top of the big slide:

Then it's fun all the way down!

This week has also been a terrific week because Rose is using some new words very consistently!! About two weeks ago Rose starting babbling the ‘ba’ sound so we have been working on words with the ‘ba’ sound. Rose is now saying ‘baby’ and ‘bye bye’!!!! On Saturday she also broke out a ‘lalala’ in music class during two different songs. When we went to leave class, I took Rose up to Christine (our class leader) and had Rose say ‘bye bye’, Christine and I both started crying! Tears of pure happiness J Rose still has a lot of words to go, but I can’t tell you how happy I have been with these new words!

Saturday was also an awesome day because Becky and Anna met us for lunch. Becky drove all the way from Bloomsburg with 2 children to spend the afternoon with Rose and I (Brahm got dropped off at his grandparents). I don’t think I would have tried that long of a car ride with Rose all by myself, so hats off to Becky. We had a wonderful lunch at Betty’s in Kutztown and then came back home to play.

I sneaked in some time with Anna while Rose took a nap :)

After Becky and Anna headed out, I made Rose some more sidewalk paint (a mixture of corn starch, water, and food coloring). It works pretty well and seems not to stain clothing J

Rose also enjoyed putting on mommy’s sunglasses, isn't she a cutie?

Sunday was also a very ‘talkative’ day for Rose. At her speech session she said 14 different word/word approximations! That is an all time record for a session and I think she is somewhere around 20-25 words that I would give her credit for, we are getting there J

Justin has also been very productive working around the house. It is lawn mowing season again, I really think grass just wastes our time, but I don’t really have a good alternative, so I guess we’ll keep it. Justin is working on electrical in the back bedroom. The next step is insulation, drywall, floors, and ceiling. Then it will really start to feel like a room!

Rose is 2!

Here is a look back on Rose over the past year:

We reached SO many milestones while Rose was 1, here is a look at 24 memorable moments and favorite things from Rose being 1!

1. Rose FINALLY got teeth :)
2. Rose said her first word 'go'
3. Rose learned to climb up and down stairs without assistance (although we hover close by)
4. Rose went down to just one nap a day
5. Rose helped mommy bake some yummy cookies
6. Rose got to stick her toes in the Atlantic Ocean
7. Rose went on the potty!
8. Rose and Papa love to play a game of 'hide the flower'
9. Rose and Grandma start going to library time and love it!
10. Anytime Rose giggles :)
11. Rose developed her love for birds
12. Rose learned to draw circles, lines, and dots
13. Rose and mommy started Music Together class
14. Rose hit the 20 lbs mark
15. Family outings to the farmers market
16. Rose got to be a flower girl
17. Rose grew enough hair for a pony tail
18. Rose learned to use a spoon and fork
19. Rose loves play dough and baby dolls
20. Rose got her first pair of sandals
21. Rose got to go in the pool for the first time
22. Rose loves all things sensory: bean bin, sand, and water
23. Rose learned to match colors and shapes
24. Rose had her first taste of coffee

I took off on Wednesday to celebrate all day with Rose. We had a wonderful day playing, lunch with daddy, nana, and papa, and playtime at the park.

This week Rose also developed a love for ice cream.

Helped me make daddy's birthday breakfast on Saturday

And went for the first family ride in Justin's Bug.

I can't wait to see all she does as a 2 year old!