Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Blue-eyed beauty...
She's got BIG blue eyes, just like her brother!! :) And while she's still a tiny little thing, she's getting QUITE roly-poly as well! :)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
BIG update, LOTS of pics!
Okay...so here it goes (as promised before the end of the weekend)...this is going to be LONG, since it's been awhile since I last updated. ;)
Let's see...where to start...well, Naomi is doing MUCH better. We have been praying so much for her healing, and after this past week's appointments with the physical and occupational therapists, we are AMAZED that she seems to be completely better! The therapists didn't know what to say. She is falling well within a normal range of motion and tonality. She isn't really stiff anymore!! PRAISE GOD!!!
She is also a MUCH happier baby now. As with any baby at this stage, she LOVES her mommy. ;) On one hand, it makes me feel like a million dollars knowing I am this little sweetie's favorite person in the whole wide world. On the other hand, it gets quite tiring, since she prefers me to anyone else! :) She has started laughing and will coo and smile at just about anyone. She's QUITE social...and still tiny. She has also started rolling over from her back to belly and LOVES practicing this move.
Just for comparison, at this same age, Isaac was 16lbs, 14oz...just about 17 lbs!! Naomi is JUST over 12lbs right now. :) She is still wearing 0-3 month clothes and I'm guessing she will for another month or so. Isaac was wearing 9-month clothing at this age!! I'm glad that my little girl is not as big as her older brother was! Hehe.
So things are going remarkably well with Naomi. Isaac has also been doing well. He has his moments of toddler-ness (testing us with lots of "NO!" and whining). He is either hot or cold. He's either laughing hysterically (which everyone still says he has the best belly laugh) and super giddy, or he's quite moody. I think he's having fun exploring his little emotions these days. His best friend is still Mona...and even though he can be rough with her from time to time, she still loves him to pieces as well.
Isaac continues to blow us away with his ability to remember things and repeat what he hears. He knows almost all of his shapes (yes, he can even identify and say, "octagon"), most animals and animal noises, all of his body parts, and some of his colors. When one of the therapists was out at our house last week, she actually thought he was 2-3 years old, based on how well he was communicating with her!! She was shocked that he was JUST a year and a half! :)
We have been having fun with him lately by getting him to say funny words that most toddlers wouldn't say, like "margarita" (pronounced "mah-gah-wee-ta" by Isaac). Nana and Papa have also taught him to say "I'm the KING!" when he stands up on a chair. He says it with such gusto, while clenching his fists out in front of him. Makes us laugh every time...his favorite thing. The kid LOVES to make people laugh...and I must say, he's usually quite successful at it. :)
Isaac is still putting EVERYthing into his mouth. I am constantly pulling sand, dirt, bugs, leaves, crayons, etc. from his mouth. I don't know what is so alluring about gross things, but he likes to put them in his mouth. I am looking forward to when he doesn't do this anymore so I can start doing more arts and crafts with him. He is just not ready for them yet. :)
Isaac and Naomi are BOTH great sleepers...and for that I am SO thankful. Isaac especially will usually sleep in until at least 9 or 9:30 in the morning. He went through a stretch for a couple of weeks of sleeping in until between 10 and 11am!! WOW! He takes one long (2-3 hour) nap each day. Naomi is still quite unpredictable, but she seems to be like Isaac with sleep. YAY!! :)
Anyway...I told you this was going to be a LONG one!! :) Thanks for reading through if you've made it this far! The photos that you've seen throughout this post were taken by another photographer (Amy Foltz of Clinton, IN). We did a little photography swap so we could get photos of our own families. I think we got some great shots of us and the kids. :) I'll leave you with one that I got of Isaac from that day too...
Let's see...where to start...well, Naomi is doing MUCH better. We have been praying so much for her healing, and after this past week's appointments with the physical and occupational therapists, we are AMAZED that she seems to be completely better! The therapists didn't know what to say. She is falling well within a normal range of motion and tonality. She isn't really stiff anymore!! PRAISE GOD!!!
She is also a MUCH happier baby now. As with any baby at this stage, she LOVES her mommy. ;) On one hand, it makes me feel like a million dollars knowing I am this little sweetie's favorite person in the whole wide world. On the other hand, it gets quite tiring, since she prefers me to anyone else! :) She has started laughing and will coo and smile at just about anyone. She's QUITE social...and still tiny. She has also started rolling over from her back to belly and LOVES practicing this move.
Just for comparison, at this same age, Isaac was 16lbs, 14oz...just about 17 lbs!! Naomi is JUST over 12lbs right now. :) She is still wearing 0-3 month clothes and I'm guessing she will for another month or so. Isaac was wearing 9-month clothing at this age!! I'm glad that my little girl is not as big as her older brother was! Hehe.
So things are going remarkably well with Naomi. Isaac has also been doing well. He has his moments of toddler-ness (testing us with lots of "NO!" and whining). He is either hot or cold. He's either laughing hysterically (which everyone still says he has the best belly laugh) and super giddy, or he's quite moody. I think he's having fun exploring his little emotions these days. His best friend is still Mona...and even though he can be rough with her from time to time, she still loves him to pieces as well.
Isaac continues to blow us away with his ability to remember things and repeat what he hears. He knows almost all of his shapes (yes, he can even identify and say, "octagon"), most animals and animal noises, all of his body parts, and some of his colors. When one of the therapists was out at our house last week, she actually thought he was 2-3 years old, based on how well he was communicating with her!! She was shocked that he was JUST a year and a half! :)
We have been having fun with him lately by getting him to say funny words that most toddlers wouldn't say, like "margarita" (pronounced "mah-gah-wee-ta" by Isaac). Nana and Papa have also taught him to say "I'm the KING!" when he stands up on a chair. He says it with such gusto, while clenching his fists out in front of him. Makes us laugh every time...his favorite thing. The kid LOVES to make people laugh...and I must say, he's usually quite successful at it. :)
Isaac is still putting EVERYthing into his mouth. I am constantly pulling sand, dirt, bugs, leaves, crayons, etc. from his mouth. I don't know what is so alluring about gross things, but he likes to put them in his mouth. I am looking forward to when he doesn't do this anymore so I can start doing more arts and crafts with him. He is just not ready for them yet. :)
Isaac and Naomi are BOTH great sleepers...and for that I am SO thankful. Isaac especially will usually sleep in until at least 9 or 9:30 in the morning. He went through a stretch for a couple of weeks of sleeping in until between 10 and 11am!! WOW! He takes one long (2-3 hour) nap each day. Naomi is still quite unpredictable, but she seems to be like Isaac with sleep. YAY!! :)
Anyway...I told you this was going to be a LONG one!! :) Thanks for reading through if you've made it this far! The photos that you've seen throughout this post were taken by another photographer (Amy Foltz of Clinton, IN). We did a little photography swap so we could get photos of our own families. I think we got some great shots of us and the kids. :) I'll leave you with one that I got of Isaac from that day too...
Friday, September 25, 2009
Sorry for the lack of blogs...
I've been meaning to update this blog. It's been on my to-do list for two weeks now! UGH. My goal is to have a new blog up here with a good update by the end of this weekend! Things are going well. Like ridiculously good. Just haven't had time to write about it!! :)
Saturday, September 5, 2009
LOVING my new camera...
Here are just a few snaps I took yesterday...nothing too fancy, but I am definitely having fun with this new "toy" of mine!! :) Oh...and yes, my son occasionally goes the entire day without ever getting out of his pajamas. He had a fun time yesterday mowing with daddy. And yes...my sliding glass door really is THAT dirty! :)
This is what he does when he asks, "Where'd go?"
(This is may be my newest favorite of Isaac!)
This is what he does when he asks, "Where'd go?"
(This is may be my newest favorite of Isaac!)Thursday, September 3, 2009
3 months old!
So today is Naomi's 3-month birthday! :) She is getting so big! Just in the last week or so, she has started laughing when I tickle her and smiles all the time. She's a very social little thing. And still stiff most of the time. She did qualify for First Steps therapy and that will begin in two weeks. She will be seen by a physical therapist once a week and an occupational therapist twice a month. We hope this early intervention will help her to hit her developmental milestones on time!! :)
Here are a few pics from her little 3-month photoshoot this morning...taken with my NEW camera!! :)
And just for comparison, click here to go back to Isaac's 3-month pics (which led me to pursue a career in photography, as I decided to never pay for "professional" photos like that again!) And here's a side-by-side (or I guess a top-to-bottom) of the two of them. They really do look a lot alike!
Here are a few pics from her little 3-month photoshoot this morning...taken with my NEW camera!! :)
And just for comparison, click here to go back to Isaac's 3-month pics (which led me to pursue a career in photography, as I decided to never pay for "professional" photos like that again!) And here's a side-by-side (or I guess a top-to-bottom) of the two of them. They really do look a lot alike!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)