E is 18 months old!

It's been a whole year and a half since my life was changed for the best! I became a mommy to this beautiful girl! 

Age: 18 months 

Stats: Still the same as last month as far as I know! 

Clothes: Still 18 months size and 6 in shoes 

Favorite Foods: Sour cream, ranch, chicken, steak, Mac & cheese, animal crackers, pretzels, cheese, beans, cereal, corn, green beans, broccoli

Favorite words: "Ok", "No", "Momma", "thank you", "I you", "owwie". I also think it's the sweetest thing when I sneeze and she says "bless you". 

Favorite activities: going to the park, reading, climbing on furniture, playing with Elmo, doing her make-up when momma is doing hers, coloring. Helping burp sissy, playing on her iPad, dancing! Being outside! 

Least favorite activities: She doesn't complain about much these days. We are lucky. But she we realized she would rather be at home playing or running around outside than anything else. 

Momma's Proud Moment: That she has been sleeping in her bed part of the nights every night! This is a big accomplishment for us. I don't believe in crying it out so we put her in her bed after she falls asleep cuddling one of us and we bring her to our bed when she wakes up crying. I'm also do proud because she is becoming the best big sister. She loves to kiss, pat and help burp her sissy. 

Fun things we've done over the month: Visited the Denver Zoo, painted pottery at the mall, and saw the Easter Bunny. We haven't got a picture taken with the bunny yet, but we plan to this weekend. Last weekend when we were painting pottery she saw him and she kept saying "Bunny, Bunny, Hi Bunny!"  She kept waving then she have him a big ol hug. She got so upset when we had to leave. We are also going to go to an Easter egg hunt this weekend! 

Pet Peeves from a Mom of a Newborn!

We all have things that drive us absolutely crazy. The crazy mom in me definitely comes out more than ever when I have a newborn. 

First and foremost, I don't play pass the baby and quite frankly I could careless if your feelings are hurt or not. It is not sanitary and it over-stimulates the baby!! Another pet peeve along these lines is... In no way, shape or form is it okay to demand to hold my baby. Don't go "give me, give me, give me" me, because you'll just piss me off and you definitely won't get to hold baby then. 

Another pet peeve is when people come around sick. My toddler caught a cold when S was just two weeks old and the only way she could've got it was by someone who decided to share their germs with her... And in turn shared them with my infant. Totally not cool. Also, don't complain about being asked to wash your hands before even toughing my infant. They can't fight off colds like us. The smallest cold to us could be severely damaging to them. 

Finally, DON'T NOT. I repeat. DO NOT KISS MY CHILDREN!!! Not on the cheek, not on the head, and certainly not on the lips!!! No one needs to kiss my children except their mom and dad! If one person does it the entire world thinks they need to. This is how germs, and colds get spread. I'm already losing sleep due to the fact that I have a 3 week old. Last thing I need is a sick toddler who doesn't sleep through the night due to being sick and then gets me and baby sick. Even when I don't have an infant... Please no kissing. 

I know I cannot be the only mom who has these pet peeves or others. Feel free to share them so I can add to my list! 

A lot of people don't like my rules, and I'm okay with that. You don't have to follow them... But if you don't, don't think you'll be around us :) it's the cold, harsh truth over here. 

Happy St. Patricks Day

Holliday's are so much better when your a mom! I wish I had some shamrock cookie cutters to cut E's PB&J into one. Next year, for sure! 

Share your favorite holiday traditions! I love to find and make new ones, specially now that I have little ones! 

Today is S's first holiday! 

E is 17 months old!

E is 17 months old and a Big Sister! 

Age: 17 months 

Stats: We are still at 31" tall and 21lbs. Finally in 18 month clothes! She has 16 teeth! All 4 of her canines are finally in. 

Clothes: 18 month, everything! Size 6 shoe! 

Favorite foods: cheese, oatmeal, sweet rice, chips, gold fish, carrots, bacon. Also she loves her milk. She has to have it when she wakes up in the morning at nap time and about an hour before bed. If you don't give it to her she will definitely ask for it... Repeatedly until you hand it to her! 

Favorite words: She says anything and everything you do now! She is also starting to form sentences. Some things she says now are "I love you" (but comes out "I you"), "pound it", "dude", "read", "sissy" and many other things. The thing we probably hear most though is "Again", over and over! I'm so impressed with her vocabulary. She will repeat anything you say, so you have to watch out, that's for sure! 

Favorite activities: She has a new found love for playing outside now that its been nicer out. She loves going to the park or even a walk down the street. She has a little play set at home that she loves as well. She still loves reading. She would read all day if she could. She will sit there and just blab with a book in her hand. You can even catch a few words from the book that she remembers. Some of her favorites right now are "The Wheels on the Bud", "Go Dog, Go", "I love you so...", and "Hand, hand, fingers, thumb".

 

Least favorite activities: Getting her diaper changed is a major challenge these days. She almost always throws a fit. 

Momma's Proud Moment: I have a few. E can now distinguish letters from one another. She knows her alphabet to at least the letter D. Which is great! Another proud moment is how everyday she becomes a better big sister. At first it was a challenge for her. She was not happy about having a little sister but its definitely growing on her. I even caught her telling her sister that she loves her. It melted my heart!