Back at it... hopfully

I'm just going to throw out anything I can think of since I haven't written anything in about a year and a half.... :)  

Gianna is officially 22 months old and is a very happy, independent, and energetic toddler!  She loves to dance.  She says the word really well too!  I read somewhere that toddlers her age generally have around 50 or so words they can speak clearly, but Gianna has FAR more than 50 words (proud mama).  

Her favorite books right now are: 

:: Green Eggs and Ham (she calls it "hat")

:: Curious George ABC's (she can now identify B, C, D (and can recite them in order), E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, S, and T - and she knows a word that goes with each letter!)

::Her Toddler Bible (she likes to read Noah, "Storm Stop" - Jesus calms the storm, and David and Goliath)

Her favorite activities are: 

:: Swinging - she'd do it all day and all night if she could....

:: Climbing on anything, especially her high chair and her car seat

:: Snapping together her locks on her high chair and her car seat

:: Putting anything she can get her hands on in her mouth

::Putting those same things in and out of cups

:: Eating/playing with ice

:: Being in the water - any kind of water... she'll stick her hands in my drinks, she'll stomp around in puddles, she'll stay in the bathtub for hours, she'll ask over and over again if she can put her hands in the running water from the faucet....

:: Dancing and singing

Her favorite songs are: 

:: Wheel's on the Bus

:: Itsy Bitsy Spider

:: ABC's

:: Anything I sing

We just got back from Ohio for the 4th of July weekend and had a great time being able to see both sides of our family.  Gianna is still really excited to see family, but still takes a while to warm up to the grandpa's... hopefully that'll change soon.  I am happy, though, that she is guarded around people she doesn't know instead of just throwing herself at strangers willy nilly... It makes it tough on Sunday mornings though.  She's not a fan of going to Sunday School at church AT ALL.  Our number was called last week and Chris had to go get her - she was hysterical... he ended up taking the kids home shortly after that.  We're going to try something new next week and keep her in the service the entire time, without going to the cry room.  We shall see how that plays out... 

She's absolutely beautiful.  And she's such a wonderful big sister.  She loves to give kisses, and loves to receive them (on her forehead, usually) and is very liberal with giving them to Jeremiah.  She is great at helping to take care of him, and helping mommy in general with stuff around the house.  She's lovely. :)

Sometimes she's not lovely though... daddy and I are still figuring out how to deal with these new tantrums she's throwing.  She has learned that the word for throwing herself on the floor and screaming is called a "fit" and they are not allowed.... it's fun to watch her understand and communicate those things back to me. 

Jeremiah is 5.5 months old now - I weighed him on the wii today and it said he's 17.5lb... I can't wait to see what his stats are when we go to his 6 month appointment in a couple of weeks.  He's massive.  Wearing 9 months size clothes.  Massive.

He's ridiculously happy.  Seriously, the boy smiles at EVERYTHING all the time... He gets really happy to see daddy when he gets home from work and loves to play peek-a-boo.  He, also, puts everything in his mouth.  Loves to play with his feet and eat his toes.  He's also a once every other day pooper for the most part, which still isn't the case with Gianna, so that's a new fun surprise for mommy!  

Jeremiah does this really cute thing where when he's nursing he'll suddenly stop and look up at me and start cooing and chatting with me.  Then he'll just give me the biggest most amazing smile while he stares at me with those gigantic beautiful blue eyes (everyone makes comments about his eyes...).  It's such a wonderful experience that I'm so happy God allows me to share with him.  

There's these colorful teething keys that he really likes to play with.  It's amazing to see a baby as young as he is already showing preference to a certain toy.  I can't wait until I can toss him around and chase him around the house with G. :)
He hates tummy time, so we don't get a lot of that.  Been sleeping through the night since his 3 month old birthday!  April 21st he slept around 9 or 10 hours straight through and has been doing it pretty much ever since!  He and Gianna go to bed around 7pm and wake up around 6am, every day.  It's the biggest blessing.... Chris and I get to stay up and have time together after the kids go to bed - it's really so nice :)

I can't get enough of these two little kiddos!  I'm so in love with them both... and it just keeps growing every day - even on the hard days (and there are many) they'll do something to make my heart melt...