Crazy Girl!

 

Crazy girl!

[Image]Seanna's personality is coming out in full force now.  She is LOVING her new preschool classroom and I'm pretty sure the teachers on on their heels with her because she is giving them a run for their money daily.  She is OBSESSED with reading books and does it for hours--at night she sings and reads herself to sleep. Her newest thing is telling us that there are 7 days in the week.  She can count to 20, knows her ABCs and several, several songs and recites tons of fairy tale poems by heart.  She has an extremely strong personality and will test you to the limits if she knows she can take an inch --she will take 10 more.

[Image]She is a really good, good girl and loves her new sister.  She helps with baths in the evening and if she spits up or is crying she is the first one to tell us about it.

This weekend we went to a party where the Lizard Wizard was the main attraction and Seanna held several snakes and also brushed a pet turtle.  I'm not even sure her dad wanted to hold the snakes :)

She LOVES the bear that you gave her and we really appreciated it.

[Image]Love to all...

Growing up soooo fast!

The last few weeks have been an absolute blur with Seanna's progress.  We had a number of visitors to our house (Wes' parents for one week, followed the next day with a visit from my dad--aka Grandpa Nick).  Immediately following my dad's visit,  Seanna and Nola both got sick--Seanna with a double ear infection and Nola with a bad cold.  Seanna decided that week that she was going to start sleeping in her "blue room" which is her big girl bedroom and hasn't looked back since.  She loves everything about it and actually asks to go to sleep now!  We have transitioned Nola into the crib!  This past week, Seanna decided that she was going to start going poop on the potty (a few weeks ago I pulled her diapers and she has been wearing big girl underwear since then).  She is completely potty trained except for #2 which over the past few days we have had some success with!!  She is also been attending actual Pre-School this past week as she has outgrown her other classroom and is soooo excited to go into this new one.  She is growing up soo fast it's almost scary.  We unfortunately also learned some very sad news this past week as Wes' dad passed away suddenly after his visit to our house.  We are all suffering a great loss for a super wonderful man.  He will be greatly missed by all of us.  :(  We know he is in a better place now watching out for us all...

Survived the Holidays!

We now have a new addition to the family and she is already 8 weeks old.  She was born right before Thanksgiving so needless to say we ended up having a take-out turkey dinner this year.  Seanna had her homemade applesauce and a few other wonderful items that she loved (although her very favorite was the pumpkin pie which with her gluten allergy she should not really have but it was the holidays and she needed some extra attention)!  She also had her very first Holiday show with school where she performed "We wish you a Merry Xmas" in front of a very large audience.  Although she knew the song well and sang in the car almost daily she decided to "sit this one out"when it came to the actual performance --but she did sit with her class during it and looked super cute up there on that big stage!

We also enjoyed a lovely Xmas this year too as we stayed home on the actual day but celebrated Xmas Eve with friends and an Italian Meatball Dinner.  The kids all made Santa Cookies for when he came to their homes later that evening and we all stayed out way too late.  Christmas day was lovely too as we made a big beautiful ham dinner with lots of trimmings and opened presents slowing for most of the day (in between bottle feedings, naps and diaper changes).  :)  New Years was also very quite and Seanna, Wes and I celebrated New York New Year and she thought it was the greatest thing ever that there was a party on TV!  New Years Day we had friends over to watch football and eat rueben pizza and other traditional dishes.  The house was a mess afterwards but we sure had a great day!  Seanna woke up and went to her play room the next day and said "someone needs to clean this up!"  Yes, our little one likes things in their places and do not mess up her areas :!

Seanna is getting used to having a new sister although I think she realized the other day that she is here to stay and was not so excited about it.  When I changed the photos in the hallway to reflect the new Holiday photos she told me "I don't like them!"  Oh boy, here we goooo!  She is an absolute doll though and her personality is as sweet as they come.  Her teachers all love her and she seems to be a class favorite.  Her vocabulary is such that the teachers are now telling me that they want to move her up to preschool already at 2.5!  So we will be working on potty training over the next few weeks.  We have some additional family members coming into town so I will be asking them for some assistance as well.  She has not moved into her big girl room yet, but that is right around the corner as well.  

Hope everyone is doing well and we love and miss all of you!

Happy Thanksgiving and Several Celebrations

I'm so sorry it's taken so long to update the blog.  I feel like I apologize in each posting, but we think of all of you often and it's getting more and more difficult to have time to do sit and write.  Seanna had a wonderful time "trick or treating" this year at some friends homes a few minutes away.  She was a bumble bee that evening and could not believe that you could go door to door and get candy!  She was hillarious--I actually tried to make sure she was saying thank you at one home, but when I asked her what does she say, she answered "more candy at the next house"!  :0  She is doing amazing well in school and has learned to count 1-20 and knows her ABCs!  She is singing songs on a regular basis and has regressed in her eating and only likes a few items now that she is well into her two year old stage.

She also is having a wonderful Thanksgiving and learning all about being a new big sister!  Her new sister arrived last Thursday and is keeping all of us very, very busy.   Seanna is an amazing sister and we did prepare her very well for her sister's arrival.  She likes getting the big sister presents and likes sharing her TV programs (yo gabba, gabba) etc with her sister.

She is napping now but earlier we all went to the park and will be having Thanksgiving dinner when she wakes from her nap.  We wish all of you a wonderful Turkey Day and hope you are celebrating with family, friends and football!

Love to all,

H

First Day of School (again)

We just returned from Ohio yesterday afternoon (Seanna and I) and went to visit my side of the family.  It was a crazy trip as always trying to see everyone in a short period of time and still attempt to keep Seanna on some type of schedule.  It was a wonderful visit and Seanna enjoyed every minute of the trip (including the plane rides as she thinks that is one of the best parts of traveling).  We were both exhausted yesterday and even though she woke up at 330am we decided to still try her first day of school today.  Taking a step back, we did enroll her in a different school a few weeks back and after a few visits I decided that it was not the right place for her.  Today, I absolutely, 100% felt that we made the right choice in changing schools.  She was sooo tired by the start of the school day I wasn't sure how she was going to do--she stopped crying and when I picked her up at 11am she FLEW into my arms and said "MOMMY I HAD FUN!!"  That might be my second proudest mommy moment with her!!  So needless to say she is doing great.  She will be going 3 days a week, part time and I think she is going to LOVE it.  She is already counting to 10 by herself, knows colors and her talking is beyond advanced for her age.  Her memory is amazing as I told her that I was going to the grocery store while she was at school today and when I picked her up she asked "All done grocery store?"  :)  Thank goodness I actually went as she asked to see the groceries when we arrived home.

Her eczema has really made some progress as she was diagnosed with a gluten allergy by the alternative medicine doctor and she is doing AMAZING!  We still have flair ups but we treat them quickly and we've pulled out most (she still sneaks cookies here and there) out of her diet.

She is growing like a weed and wearing close to size 4 clothes, she is almost in a size 6 shoe and growing by the day.

Hope all of you are well and enjoy some of these photos!  PS  I have located the button that allows readers to make comments and enabled it so I'm sure that Seanna would love to hear from her family and friends!!

xoxo

Summer Fun

Seanna has been swimming at least once a day and sometimes twice.  She ABSOLUTELY LOVES swimming.  It's amazing to see her amazing progress and as a matter of fact tonight she actually dove head first into the pool and swam to Wes.  We have been working on also clearing up her eczema issues that have been absolutely horrible. She had such severe breakouts that she looked as though she had chicken pox from her head to her toes.  We finally decided to take her to an Eastern Medicine doctor who was performing accupressure on her as well as some accupuncture.  He diagnosed her with a gluten allergy and we have pulled all of that from her diet as well.  She is doing FABULOUSLY and seems to have even MORE energy than she normally does.  Her talking has exploded and she is stringing words together and we have full conversations all the time.  She asks to read books nightly and is actually going to be starting her first day of Pre-Preschool tomorrow.  She is also able to sing Twinkle Twinkle on her own, Birthday Songs etc.  She is learning her colors and learning to count as well.  Today we went on the Watermelon Tour at Tanaka Farms even though it was extremely hot she had a blast!  This is a photo of her taking a dance class that my friend teaches down the street from our home (not sure dancing class is her thing but she enjoyed trying it).

Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!

Happy Birthday #2!

Soo many things have been happening since our last post.  Seanna has almost graduated from her swimming classes (she is an AMAZING swimmer now and begs us to swim almost daily).  We unfortunately had to take her for her 1st trip to the ER (swimming caused her to exert so much energy and water that she needed an enema to clear her out).  She is talking a million miles a minute and using so many phrases that Wes and I can barely keep up.  Her eczema has been giving us fits as it appears and comes on horribly strong.  We are back on some strong medication to clear it up right now.  She had an attack while we were on family vacation with all of my family so she was able to spend her birthday with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins etc.  We also celebrated Wes' 40th birthday and spent.  We finally returned and will spend this weekend with Wes' family celebrating the life of his grandmother that passed back in January.  Next week, she will take her test to possibly pass the swimming classes that she has been taking so that she will be considered "water safe" for her age.  She really is doing wonderfully and still loves harassing Axel every night.  Those two are best friends!  She throws the ball for him for hours and he loves every minute of it.

Hope all is well with all of you and you're enjoying your summer!

XOXO