Monday, September 2, 2013

Quinn's First Food

After a few weeks of Quinn waking up quite early we decided to give food a whirl to see if that would help lengthen her sleeping time. At first it appeared it did but alas she's still waking up. However she LOVES food. She also knew exactly what to do as soon as we put the first spoonful in her mouth. She likes to be fed and you have to pay attention because she will yell at you if you don't feed her fast enough and she will definitely yell when she's done. 

We've tried oatmeal, avocado, sweet potato, peaches, & we're currently on applesauce. The only thing she hasn't loved is avocado and I think that was more of a texture thing then taste.



August Cell Pics

 Ms. Roly Poly now has to be strapped into everything. First kid we've had to do that with!

 4:45am every morning. 



 Reagan's first slumber party!

 First food. Think she looks ready?

 She likes to nibble her toes.


 Time to start making baby food. 

 Game Time!

 Quinn's first Astros game. 



 Noticed the abundance of curls Quinn has while at the bus stop.

Spirit Day.

PreK 4

Abby had to wait for 3 long days to pass after Reagan started school for her to start. She's very excited to be a Busy Bee this year and especially to see all of her friends that she has missed so much this summer. Dad was nice enough to grab a couple of pics since I was at work.



First Grade!

Summer finally came to an end and Reagan was thrilled to be starting First Grade!



Abby's Gymnastics Show Off

The preschool side had a show off day so that the parents could get up close and personal. It's always fun to get out on the mats with the kids so you can see a lot of what they are learning. Abby is quite the natural and does well to be pushed. Shortly after this class she was moved up to the Blue level which is currently the highest level on the preschool side.

 Dive Rolls off the Vault


 Abs of Steel

 Coach Mike told me she barely needs a finger to get herself over. 


 Abby's gymnastics friend Bridget. 
She misses her in her new class as they had been together for the past year.

 Backward Rolls

Cartwheel

Swim Lessons - Take 2

We decided to sign the girls up for another round of swim lessons. They went for another 2 weeks of classes in their new level of classes. They did a fantastic job and loved going to lessons.

Reagan is now able to freestyle & slightly back stroke. She's able to go down the slide and swim to her teacher and then to the side. They also touched on diving a bit.

Abby can now be thrown away from her teacher and will flip herself over on to her back and float til she hits a wall so she can grab on. I'm most excited about that! She's also starting to learn to freestyle. She's learning to dive for rings and isn't scared to go down the slide into the water.

With as much progress as they have made we decided to move forward with a special that they were having for maintenance lessons in the fall. They will go to lessons once a week for the rest of the year.











Sunday, August 11, 2013

Quinn - 5 months

5 months old. Crazy!

- Only Reagan & Abby can make her really laugh still. She's also a fan of physical comedy it appears.
- She's putting anything and everything in her mouth. She also will try to pull anything she can off a table.
- We're moving into size 2 diapers and 3-6 month clothes.
- We've moved her finally out of our room and to her crib.
- Her sleeping still sucks. Currently she is waking up at 4:45am each morning. It's taking a toll to say the least.
- Her hair is growing quite a bit. I'm actually pulling it back in the front now more to keep it out of her eyes then to be cute.
- She apparently just had a milk tooth as it's gone. 
- She's taking 5 oz in a bottle which seems crazy to me.
- She rolls around like it's her job. She doesn't like to be still. I fear what this means in the future.

 I have no idea what her hair color is going to be. 

 Her eyes appear as they will not be changing. 

She "talks" to us often which often includes a good deal of spitting. 




 You have to act fast with her because she's on the go. 


 She'll be sitting before we know it.