Breaking Belly

Tonight Annabelle and I were talking about Gabrielle. She started by saying, "Gabby's getting big Mommy." I said, "Ya, she'll get a bit bigger and one day she'll want out!" I say this because it is from a book I read to her called, God Gave Us You. It is an excellent book to give to someone who is expecting!

She said, "Mommy, will she break your belly?" It was such an innocent question and I really had to hold back from laughing. I then explained to her that she too was in my belly and she didn't break it. I told her about how I will go to the hospital and that the doctor will help to get Gabby out. I then showed her my belly to show her that it hadn't been broken, and she liked that!

Oh I love the child's mind!

Girly Gymnist

Like most 3 year old, Annabelle, has a TON of energy. My mom often tells me she is just like I was as a child, going from the moment she gets up and doesn't stop until her head hits the pillow! We wanted to get her into an activity to allow her an outlet to get her energy out and gymnastics seemed like a good fit.

The first session was hilarious! Josh and I sat in the chairs watching and laughing to ourselves. She was all over the place. The gym over stimulated her and she had a hard time focusing. She didn't quite get follow the leader and would run out of line to come tell us things like how the other little girl also had a purple leotard. Our favorite moment of the night was when she yelled across the room to us saying, "I just picked a rose!"  Those of you who know us well will get that one!

She has had 2 more sessions since and is getting the routine and how to follow the leader and the teacher. We are so proud of her and it is really cool to see how quickly she is learning things! The best part is she really loves it too and she gets so excited to go!

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Puzzling Preschooler

Annabelle's new thing lately has been puzzles. She received some for Christmas and her birthday and she's been doing them over and over again. She has been getting so good that Josh and I started buying her some new ones. Here is a cute video of what happened after I bought her one this Saturday.

Snow Day

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Annabelle has an amazing abilty to memorize things fairly quickly. We read this book to her only a couple of time and she was able to recite it back to us. Also in this video she is saying the pledge of allegiance. She learned this at preschool.

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Stars for Sleeping

Since I've gone back to work, Annabelle has had a difficult time sleeping on her own and all through the night. We have tried many different tactics. One new thing that we started that seems to be working is a sticker chart. We started it last Sunday night and she completed her first chart this morning. She filled in 12 of the 21 spaces. As you can see she doesn't like to stick the stickers where they are suppose to go but on Dora and Boots. You can customize your own Chore/Incentive Chart for your child at DLTK's website. The one I created this week looks a little bit different than the one displayed in the picture. I like that each week you can change the things on it. We added No Time Outs this week.

By the way, her incentive when we began was for 5 stars she got to go to Indoor Play Zone. She earned those within the first 3 days. Since then we haven't had to give an incentive. However tonight she wanted a video from the church Library so I told her if she earns 5 stars again we'll come over to the church and pick out a movie.

Tonight was the first night in a week that she went to bed without any crying, complaining or moaning! I think this is really working for us!

Baby Girl

We found out on January 8th that we are expecting another Baby girl!

At the Ultrasound we found out that Gabrielle is a little small, she is measuring around the 50th percentile. Annabelle always measured small and was small when she was born, so I think Gabrielle will be the same way. At first she did not want to cooperate and give us a good shot to see if she was a boy or a girl. The Ultrasound technician said, "This one is going to give me a run for my money!"  I am not sure if that is any indicator of Gabby's personality or not!

(She learned about the Three Little Kittens at Preschool and was one of the Kittens)

 

We were so excited to tell Annabelle. We picked her up at Preschool after the Ultrasound and took her out to Red Lobster, one of her favorite places to eat.

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