The last two weeks have been eventful, fun, and highly emotional for me. I don't know how to handle one kid starting a second year of preschool and another having a birthday without shedding a few tears.
Gemma is back in preschool, back in dance class, and loving every second of it. She thrives on being active and seeing her friends as much as possible. After her first day of school, she went out to the play ground, and at the top of her lungs yelled, "This is the best school ever!". She's still not much of a morning person, so getting her up and ready in the morning is definitely not the highlight of our day, but she's always happy once she's there.
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| First day of school! She didn't want her picture taken so she's "dodging" the camera. |
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| Being a tiger. |
Makael turned 3 this last week...and I cried. I guess technically he's still considered a "toddler", but sometime this year he'll make the leap from toddler to boy, and lose the sweet "littleness". He's not a fan of being the center of attention so we kept things small and simple. We had cake and presents with grandparents, and took a trip to the zoo. Makael is all things animal right now and the zoo is nothing short of magical for him. Our first trip to the zoo earlier this summer was fun, but he had never been there so there was no excitement leading up to it. This time he knew what was coming, and his excitement was very evident. He was in heaven the second we walked in.
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| Being shy at his "bird-day potty" |
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| He loved blowing out the candles on his shark cake. |
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| Gemma hadn't gotten into the party spirit yet. |
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| Magical! |
Esmé also had a "birthday" this week. She's 4 months old now and I can't seem to wrap my head around that. Time is just flying. She loves playing on her belly, tries really hard to scoot, gives juicy open mouth kisses, and has the cutest belly laugh. She now weighs 11 lbs 15 oz, is 23 inches long (10th percentile in both) and healthy as can be.
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| Has started putting everything in her mouth. |
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| Growing so pretty :) |
Speaking of healthy...Makael passed his weight check with FLYING colors!!! Remember back in February when he was hanging out in the 4th percentile for weight and diagnosed with "failure to thrive"? Well...drum roll please...He weighs 30 lbs. now, landing him in the 32 percentile!!!!! That Pediasure is doing it's job, and worth every penny! We still have a lot of work to do as far as getting him to eat, but there's a huge sense of relief now that we know he's gaining weight.
