That's Anna asleep in the wagon on the way home....
Annnnnnd here's the dirty look Lizzy got when they arrived and she woke up:
Friday, August 13, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Long time no post
I can't believe I haven't posted here in almost a month. Shame on me!!
There's been so much going on in the Reeves household. Anna started walking about two days after she turned 11 months. Granted, it's not like she's sprinting around the room just yet, but she will take 10 or 12 wobbly steps then either do a face plant or plop down on her bottom. Carrie was all "MOMMY! Anna's walking like a big girl!" Yes, yes she is Carrie - and you have ZERO clue about how this is going to totally turn your world upside down once she does get the hang of this walking thing.
We are busy preparing for Anna's first birthday. I just cannot believe it's been almost a year. Sniff. She's growing up too fast people.
Anna has also started drinking whole milk. This is met with mixed emotions for me. I am so very glad that she's drinking it like a champ, especially since I'm heading away this weekend for my girls' weekend. However, on the other hand it makes me sad to think that our nursing relationship is quickly going out the door. I know this is probably my last child (notice I just cannot bring myself to say that Anna's definitely my last child), so I know this will be my last nursing experience. I have to say that I never in a million years thought I would be so committed to this. Before Carrie was born I just kept saying "Lord please let me at least make it to three months!" Being able to make it a year with both girls has truly been a blessing, both emotionally and financially. I do have to admit that never having to buy a single can of formula has been good on the wallet! More than that though I feel like I've been able to provide my girls with a great start, one which will hopefully keep them from getting Crohn's. I know that there's no guarantee that they won't get it just because I breastfed them, but reading several medical journal articles that cited the relationship between nursing and incidence rates of Crohn's was enough for me to commit to it for as long as I could go. It will be oh so nice to get my body back, though, and not have to get up at 5am to pump!!
Carrie just started her new three year old class yesterday and loved it. This transition went WAY better than the transition to the two year old class last year. I think a lot of that had to do with Jerry being gone, me about to give birth to Anna, and just chaos in general. There was so much going on in Carrie's life at that time; it was a lot of change for one little girl. She is truly a little girl now - no more baby. She continues to have meltdowns on pretty much a daily/every other day basis, but we still love her for it ;)
That's about it for us these days. I am heading out of town this Thursday for my girls' weekend. I am looking forward to some bonding time, some drinking time.....and some uninterrupted, sleep as late as you want time!
There's been so much going on in the Reeves household. Anna started walking about two days after she turned 11 months. Granted, it's not like she's sprinting around the room just yet, but she will take 10 or 12 wobbly steps then either do a face plant or plop down on her bottom. Carrie was all "MOMMY! Anna's walking like a big girl!" Yes, yes she is Carrie - and you have ZERO clue about how this is going to totally turn your world upside down once she does get the hang of this walking thing.
We are busy preparing for Anna's first birthday. I just cannot believe it's been almost a year. Sniff. She's growing up too fast people.
Anna has also started drinking whole milk. This is met with mixed emotions for me. I am so very glad that she's drinking it like a champ, especially since I'm heading away this weekend for my girls' weekend. However, on the other hand it makes me sad to think that our nursing relationship is quickly going out the door. I know this is probably my last child (notice I just cannot bring myself to say that Anna's definitely my last child), so I know this will be my last nursing experience. I have to say that I never in a million years thought I would be so committed to this. Before Carrie was born I just kept saying "Lord please let me at least make it to three months!" Being able to make it a year with both girls has truly been a blessing, both emotionally and financially. I do have to admit that never having to buy a single can of formula has been good on the wallet! More than that though I feel like I've been able to provide my girls with a great start, one which will hopefully keep them from getting Crohn's. I know that there's no guarantee that they won't get it just because I breastfed them, but reading several medical journal articles that cited the relationship between nursing and incidence rates of Crohn's was enough for me to commit to it for as long as I could go. It will be oh so nice to get my body back, though, and not have to get up at 5am to pump!!
Carrie just started her new three year old class yesterday and loved it. This transition went WAY better than the transition to the two year old class last year. I think a lot of that had to do with Jerry being gone, me about to give birth to Anna, and just chaos in general. There was so much going on in Carrie's life at that time; it was a lot of change for one little girl. She is truly a little girl now - no more baby. She continues to have meltdowns on pretty much a daily/every other day basis, but we still love her for it ;)
That's about it for us these days. I am heading out of town this Thursday for my girls' weekend. I am looking forward to some bonding time, some drinking time.....and some uninterrupted, sleep as late as you want time!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Holy Meltdown, Batman
Lizzy had the pleasure of witnessing one of Carrie's best meltdowns to date yesterday afternoon. I was simultaneously amazed at the sheer anger that was coming out of the child and also somewhat embarassed because Lizzy wasn't the only one witnessing the meltdown - I think the entire neighborhood was out at that time and just kept staring at the little girl in the driveway who's mommy must be ripping her toenails out with a plier because really, that's the only thing that could cause such an uprising, right?
Nope. Apparently me picking up Anna can do that as well. Who knew?
I had just been thinking the other day how it seemed that Carrie's jealousy seemed pretty tame. Apparently I spoke too soon. When I got home yesterday she came running to me and I picked her up and said hi, gave her a big kiss, asked her how her day was, etc. She then wriggled out of my arms, moving on to the next thing on her agenda. When she did this I went over and said hi to Lizzy and grabbed up Anna who, by now, was about to blow her top because she had seen me and if I'm not immediately sitting down to feed her the instant I get home she flips her lid. That was the wrong thing to do I guess because Carrie came flying back over to me screaming at the top of her lungs "I WANT TO HOLD YOU MOMMY!!!! I DON'T WANT ANNA!!!!" After that no amount of talking, holding, cajoling was gonna work and she was in full scale meltdown mode for the next 15 minutes. No joke. Poor Lizzy was sort of speechless, but did ask me if there was anything she could do, to which I replied "I don't think there's anything anyone can do at this point - gotta just let this one run its course." She was eventually fine but made it very clear that she didn't like the idea of me paying any attention to Anna when I first get home.
While it's sort of funny to think about the tantrum now, it really does rip my heart out when she says stuff like that. It gives me a severe case of mommy guilt. I would love nothing more than to have loads of dedicated time for each girl but it just doesn't happen that way. And do I usually go right to Anna when I get home? Yes. That's probably because she does start freaking out when she sees me, and I'm sure Carrie's picked up on that and has thought "You think you can freak out and get Mom's attention little girl? Watch this." I try to make a conscious effort to do things just me & Carrie because I know it's hard for her to understand why a lot of Mommy's time is taken up with Anna now. It's just hard to balance everything, you know?
So go the trials of parenting two kids I guess....
Nope. Apparently me picking up Anna can do that as well. Who knew?
I had just been thinking the other day how it seemed that Carrie's jealousy seemed pretty tame. Apparently I spoke too soon. When I got home yesterday she came running to me and I picked her up and said hi, gave her a big kiss, asked her how her day was, etc. She then wriggled out of my arms, moving on to the next thing on her agenda. When she did this I went over and said hi to Lizzy and grabbed up Anna who, by now, was about to blow her top because she had seen me and if I'm not immediately sitting down to feed her the instant I get home she flips her lid. That was the wrong thing to do I guess because Carrie came flying back over to me screaming at the top of her lungs "I WANT TO HOLD YOU MOMMY!!!! I DON'T WANT ANNA!!!!" After that no amount of talking, holding, cajoling was gonna work and she was in full scale meltdown mode for the next 15 minutes. No joke. Poor Lizzy was sort of speechless, but did ask me if there was anything she could do, to which I replied "I don't think there's anything anyone can do at this point - gotta just let this one run its course." She was eventually fine but made it very clear that she didn't like the idea of me paying any attention to Anna when I first get home.
While it's sort of funny to think about the tantrum now, it really does rip my heart out when she says stuff like that. It gives me a severe case of mommy guilt. I would love nothing more than to have loads of dedicated time for each girl but it just doesn't happen that way. And do I usually go right to Anna when I get home? Yes. That's probably because she does start freaking out when she sees me, and I'm sure Carrie's picked up on that and has thought "You think you can freak out and get Mom's attention little girl? Watch this." I try to make a conscious effort to do things just me & Carrie because I know it's hard for her to understand why a lot of Mommy's time is taken up with Anna now. It's just hard to balance everything, you know?
So go the trials of parenting two kids I guess....
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
10 Month Pics
My mom noticed this before I did....I called to let her know I updated the pictures on our Picasa site last night to include the beach photos, but it also included Anna's 10 month picture. She sent me an email today telling me to look at the two girls' 10 month pictures because they practically have the exact same facial expression. Take a look for yourself:
Um, yikes?
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Hilton Head!!
So I am FINALLY getting around to writing about our very first family vacation.....a whopping thirty minutes away from the house :) Seriously, I think that was probably a good starter vacation for us. I have zero clue how our friends Anne & Ryan did it with two children in tow, one being brand new. They came all the way from TN!!
At any rate, we started off on Monday morning attempting to get 4 adults, 4 children and 1 dog out the door. I think we started doing this around 7am when our two munchkins got up....and I think we were all 8 successfully at the beach house around 2pm. Sad, I know. It's utterly ridiculous just how much STUFF you "need" for a week at the beach.
Once we were finally there, though, we had a great time! It was nice that Carrie and Cora had each other to play with...until they both thought it would be great fun to bolt from the tent to the water without any warning. Good times. Seriously though, those two girls had so much fun in the water. Later in the week Jerry got a boogie board for Carrie and she was riding waves by the end of the week! She was such the little surfer girl, carrying around her boogie board with the leash attached to her wrist.
Anna loved the beach and the water too. She'd just crawl all around, eat a fistful of sand, and keep going. She loved playing right at the edge of the waves and wasn't shy about letting you know how she felt about you picking her up out of the water.
Lizzy came with us to the beach - thank goodness!! That meant that we actually got to sneak in a few minutes here and there of actually being able to enjoy the beach. And she babysat for Carrie, Cora & Anna one night so the adults and Greta went out to eat. It was so nice to get some adult time with our friends without having to explain for the 5,000th time why someone couldn't go in the water alone :)
All in all I think it was a great first attempt at a family vacation. Perhaps next year we'll be a little more adventurous and go somewhere that takes a bit more planning....and perhaps not!! I will post pictures to Picasa soon!
At any rate, we started off on Monday morning attempting to get 4 adults, 4 children and 1 dog out the door. I think we started doing this around 7am when our two munchkins got up....and I think we were all 8 successfully at the beach house around 2pm. Sad, I know. It's utterly ridiculous just how much STUFF you "need" for a week at the beach.
Once we were finally there, though, we had a great time! It was nice that Carrie and Cora had each other to play with...until they both thought it would be great fun to bolt from the tent to the water without any warning. Good times. Seriously though, those two girls had so much fun in the water. Later in the week Jerry got a boogie board for Carrie and she was riding waves by the end of the week! She was such the little surfer girl, carrying around her boogie board with the leash attached to her wrist.
Anna loved the beach and the water too. She'd just crawl all around, eat a fistful of sand, and keep going. She loved playing right at the edge of the waves and wasn't shy about letting you know how she felt about you picking her up out of the water.
Lizzy came with us to the beach - thank goodness!! That meant that we actually got to sneak in a few minutes here and there of actually being able to enjoy the beach. And she babysat for Carrie, Cora & Anna one night so the adults and Greta went out to eat. It was so nice to get some adult time with our friends without having to explain for the 5,000th time why someone couldn't go in the water alone :)
All in all I think it was a great first attempt at a family vacation. Perhaps next year we'll be a little more adventurous and go somewhere that takes a bit more planning....and perhaps not!! I will post pictures to Picasa soon!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Family Photos!
I will soon blog about the adventure that was the Reeves Family Vacation 2010 to Hilton Head, but I had to go ahead and link over to Kate Carmack's website. Her family lives near Jerry's parents and during the summer between her junior and senior year she babysat for us on a number of occasions for Carrie. Unbeknownst to me, she took pictures of Carrie to practice what she loved - photography. AMAZING pictures of Carrie. When I saw them I immediately had her take some 2 year old pics of Carrie last year, and now she's taken more. So far only Anna's pictures are up, but they are just so good....if I can say that about pictures of my own daughter. I can't rave enough about Kate; she has clearly chosen a field that she loves and is great at.
So take a peek and enjoy!!
So take a peek and enjoy!!
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