A Wholesome Family Outing

On Sunday, July 12th, we went to see the Phillies sweep the Pirates (we hate all Pittsburgh teams) with DeeDee and PopPop. It was Hannah's first game (Fiona's second). It was a lot of fun and, as expected, the girls had a great time and were very well behaved. Hannah loved to clap along with everyone else and Fiona loved looking around at everything going on (nosy like her mother). Of course DeeDee spoiled them with souvenirs and caricatures. Fiona even got a really big foam finger that she now likes to use to poke Tom when he is sleeping.

Getting ready to go!

My Dad and me with Hannah

The view from our seats

Fiona at her first game last year (July 2008)

A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words

We went to Sesame Place on Thursday (July 9th). It was a great time. I took both girls and met DeeDee there with 3 of my cousins (Brett-5, Claire-3 and Lainey-2). Fiona got to meet lots of characters and was beyond excited! Here is our day in pictures.....

Not cut from the same mold

It is funny how two babies can be so different. We all have said (or heard) the phrase "everyone's kid is different" and well, it is true.

Hannah and Fiona are so different, it is almost like I have to figure things out all over again! While I love her to death, Hannah is more difficult than Fiona.

A highlight of their differences....

Sleep

Fiona slept through the night starting at 5 weeks. By sleeping through the night I mean 9 PM ish until 7 or 8 AM. She took 2-3 naps at the same time every day. She went down awake and put herself to sleep with no problem. To this day, she is a great sleeper.

Hannah has yet to sleep through the night. Our longest stretch has been 8 PM until 4 AM (not that bad!!). For the first 3 months of her life, she slept in her vibrating bouncer seat. She loves to sleep in bed with us and prefers to be rocked to sleep and usually demands it. Her naps are sporadic, maybe 2 a day for about an hour each. However , tonight I put her to bed awake and she went to sleep on her own.

Eating

Fiona was (and still is) a good eater. She ate a lot and anything you put in front of her.

Hannah turns her nose up at baby food. She wants the real thing! She barely nurses or takes a bottle all day. She has been known to drink 4 oz. in a 9 hour period... and not complain at all.

Cuddling

Fiona was not a cuddler. She was content to be on her own and would sit and cuddle here and there but I definitely did not consider her a cuddly baby

Hannah is as cuddly as they come. She loves to be held, talked to, to hug, and snuggle into you. Love it.

Poop

Fiona=clockwork

Hannah.. well 2 medications and we are still figuring it out.....

I love both of my girls so much and in no way think that one is better than the other, just different. I was a little naive to think that the second baby would be just like Fiona and to think that it would be a breeze since I was an "expert". HA. Hannah had other plans for me!

While they are so different, they are also similar in some ways. They are both very laid back and neither are cranky. They are happy little girls who are (generally) easy to please and love to smile!

Fiona at the dentist

Today Fiona went for her 6 month check up at her Dentist (Dr. Pyke in Pottstown). We talked about the dentist the two days prior to her visit. I told her what they would do and how they would clean all the "yuckies" off and make her teeth "sparkly like a Princess". She was so excited to go.

We got there and she was anxious to go in and told everyone in the waiting room that she was going to get her teeth cleaned. When her name was called, she went right with the hygeniest with no hesitation.

Fiona sat in the seat all by herself, let the hygeniest clean her teeth and even let them use "Mr. Thirsty" (the sucky thing). The dentist said that she should be very proud of how well she did and that she has no cavities! She got a bag full of toothbrushing supplies, a button for her Crocs (she picked a soccer ball), a certificate for a Happy Meal and her name in the newspaper!

The dentist said that I should not rush taking her pacifier away and gave me some tips to get her to give it up. We shall see....

YAY FIONA!!!

8 Months Old!

Hannah is 8 months old today! Time really does fly, the past 8 months have been a whirlwind. My baby is getting so big! She can crawl, do a "London Bridge", pull herself up, stand holding onto something, crawl and get herself back into a sitting position, and has started to eye up the stairs!

She loves her baby food and has started eating more table foods, including carrots, peas, bread, animal crackers, Gerber puffs, Cheerioes, blueberries and pizza crust!

Her sleeping is a work in progress, but with the the help of The No-Cry Sleep Solution (thank you Lora!), her nighttime sleep is greatly improved.

She has the bluest eyes, the best personality and the cutest smile. Her big sister Fiona is her idol. They play so well together and the one person who can always cheer her up and make her giggle is Fiona. Fiona is a fantastic big sister and really loves her "Baby Ra-ra".

Father's Day... a day late

Yesterday was Father's Day. While it is a lame holiday, it is still fun to do something nice and to hear Fiona to say "Happy Dada Day" 400 times. On Friday, I took her to AC Moore to pick something out to make for her Dada. I was thinking a picture frame or a box...but no.. she wanted a giant clothes pin! Seriously. I tried to talk her out of it but she is 2 and was very adamant about her gift! So we got the big clothes pin.

Fiona painted it on Saturday morning and glued some decorative wooden things on it for fun.

After giving it to Tom.. he said to me "I don't get it". There was nothing to get.. it was a gift that a 2 year old girl chose for the best dad ever.

Funny?

I think I am a funny person, in real life. But as I read my blog... it bores me. Oh well. I guess my writing needs work and I need to figure out how to get the "real me" to come across in my writing. I guess we cannot be good at EVERYTHING, and this must be my weakness, since (as we all know), I pretty much rock at everything else.

Now I am babbling.

Here is a picture. Ok, two....