Finally I've gotten her hair in the pig tails! Take note that it only lasted about 30 min..then they came out. Gotta love it!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Hair
Finally I've gotten her hair in the pig tails! Take note that it only lasted about 30 min..then they came out. Gotta love it!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Waving the Wheat
This is for Grammy Pammy and GDaddy! Thanks for my Jayhawk chearleader outfit! We sure do love you all!
The one w/ her back to the camera is her mid bounce to the music playing. Enjoy!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Growing
Forgot to mention that teeth #7 & 8 are here! Wow! Four on top and four on the bottom! Also, we weighed her the other day and we think she is 20 lbs!!! Again...she's just huge! He He He!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Things I love
Things I love about today:
1. hearing Caroline babble in the monitor experimenting w/ new sounds
2. going in to get her in the morning
3. watching her hug her stuffed animals
4. going walking w/ her and watching her lounge in her stroller
5. watching her inhale avocado
6. hearing her suck her two middle fingers
7. her crazy hair
8. the way she licks the air
9. her laugh
10. the way she climbs the stairs
Those are just a few reasons being I love being w/ Caroline!
Oh yeah...I think she said "duck" and "dolly" two days ago...she hasn't said them again...but she did say them on Saturday! Way to go Caroline.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Caroline the Cheerleader
Last night was a big night at the Hodges House. Carolina vs. the hated team 9 miles away. They won but Caroline won the award for best dressed fan. Enjoy the pictures!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Teeth
Just a quick update to say she has #5 & #6 teeth! I totally thought the next two were coming in on top...then I looked at her on Saturday and realized the next two teeth had just poked through on the bottom! Wow!
Caroline is GREAT! She is so much fun right now! She has discovered that the couch is a fun thing to play on. She loves "rough housing" w/ mom and dad on the floor. She crawls up and down the stairs w/ no problem...every once in awhile I have to remind her to concentrate b/c she'll get excited about the dogs going up and down.
I have finally begun to read the next book in the Baby wise series (5 mo-15 mo, pretoddler) and it suggests "structured alone playtime"...so we began doing that last week 2x a day for a bout 15-20 min. Learning to concentrate on just a few toys, playing by herself, having self-control etc.
Also, learning that I am training the HEART of a child not their actions. The actions will follow if the heart is discipled. I love this book. The first one worked so great for us up til now. Honestly, I knew years ago that this was the parenting material I wanted to use as a resource. The gal that mentored me, Janet Peterson, back home, has 5 kiddos and has used this philosophy with them. I remember hearing a conversation w/ her then 6 year old Mary Kate (who is know 13 I think) and she asked Mary Kate if she had a heart of repentance ( I think MK had been disobedient). MK thought about it and said "Yes mommy I do." Janet then asked her what she needed to do and MK said "Mommy will you forgive me?" I love the thought that MK totally knew what Janet was talking about and responded is such an honest way. So...I am off to train the heart of a child...what an awesome responsibility.
Caroline is GREAT! She is so much fun right now! She has discovered that the couch is a fun thing to play on. She loves "rough housing" w/ mom and dad on the floor. She crawls up and down the stairs w/ no problem...every once in awhile I have to remind her to concentrate b/c she'll get excited about the dogs going up and down.
I have finally begun to read the next book in the Baby wise series (5 mo-15 mo, pretoddler) and it suggests "structured alone playtime"...so we began doing that last week 2x a day for a bout 15-20 min. Learning to concentrate on just a few toys, playing by herself, having self-control etc.
Also, learning that I am training the HEART of a child not their actions. The actions will follow if the heart is discipled. I love this book. The first one worked so great for us up til now. Honestly, I knew years ago that this was the parenting material I wanted to use as a resource. The gal that mentored me, Janet Peterson, back home, has 5 kiddos and has used this philosophy with them. I remember hearing a conversation w/ her then 6 year old Mary Kate (who is know 13 I think) and she asked Mary Kate if she had a heart of repentance ( I think MK had been disobedient). MK thought about it and said "Yes mommy I do." Janet then asked her what she needed to do and MK said "Mommy will you forgive me?" I love the thought that MK totally knew what Janet was talking about and responded is such an honest way. So...I am off to train the heart of a child...what an awesome responsibility.
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