Rinn-isms

Rinn, "I wasn't yelling for you.  I was yelling beep!"

Me: "Why were you yelling beep?"

Rinn: "Because when I press my belly-button I go Beep-BEEP!"

Rolley Polley!

Tempie rolled over from her back to her tummy from her right side for the first time on Friday!  She just started rolling to her side on Tuesday.  Almost automatically she has started to roll to her left!  We are very excited for her!  It is so much fun to watch her get to her toys by herself; she is so proud of herself!

A Milestone

Tempie rolled from her tummy to her back twice.  She isn't doing it consistently yet, but we are not giving her tummy time consistently either.  Yay for a growing girl!

Veggie Tales

Lately we have been watching a lot of Veggie Tales movies.  Rinn really enjoys it and this morning she spent a long time talking about Larry the "Cute"cumber.  

Honey

So you'd think that honey is a pretty simple thing and that there wouldn't be a way to get junk in it.  I thought that.  I was wrong.

Check out about it here .

Tempie Update

Tempie is a beautiful, sweet baby.  She always has a smile when you want one (except in the middle of the night when she is crying).  She and I have lengthy conversations that consist of coos and smiles.  She enjoys watching us, especially her sister.  We are able to put her in her bouncy seat where she will sit contently for half an hour gazing at everything around her!  She really enjoyed laying next to the Christmas tree and studying all of the details.

Last week she began stroking my arm while I feed her.  It is something I remember Rinn doing and it is very endearing.  She really likes to hold my finger while she eats.  This past weekend she began swatting at things.  We bought her a fun teething toy, Sophie, and she is fascinated with it.  Apparently, it's eyes are entrancing! :)

It is really exciting to watch her discover the world.  It is also wonderful to watch it with a second baby because we know what to expect and in many ways it makes the process even more exciting.  I understand the steps a bit better and am excited with each one; I am not impatient for the next like I was with Rinn.

She is having some slight trouble with green poop.  For several weeks it was consistently very green - no yellow (the normal color) at all.  I think might be a milk allergy, but her doctor is not concerned.  It just concerns me since it really shouldn't be green.  Any prayers would be appreciated.

Rinn Update

Rinn is a little girl now.  There is no baby left.  She talks, almost non-stop, about everything.  From flowers, to pictures, to what cuss-word someone just said - everything is subject for discussion.

Currently, we are learning the days of the week and the alphabet.  I printed off the days with pictures corresponding to the days of creation.  This way there is a concrete thing that makes each day different.  We also have a handy arrow that points to the current day.  When Nana and Papa came yesterday she had to run to the Days to the Week chart to make sure it was the right day that they came.  She was so excited!

We just bought a cute table for her to work at.  It is a wonderful addition to our home!  We have been drawing and playing play dough everyday since we put it together.  It is so nice to have a dedicated area for her arts and crafts.  Just above her table are the Days of the Week and Alphabet chart.  We also bought her a clock of her very own.  We put it down at her height so that we can teach her the time.  She was so excited to get the clock - she carried it throughout the whole store!

She is now potty trained with the exception of pull-ups at night.  The nighttime pull-ups are mostly to save us from having to get up at night one more time.  She is a trooper when we go out and is really good about using any potty.

Several months ago we discovered that PBS is finally appropriate for her age!  So now we enjoy Clifford and Caillou almost every morning.  She has recently begun to enjoy Super Why as well.  This gives me a couple minutes to do the dishes or nurse Tempie.  I don't like her watching too much TV, but I have to realize that this will not last forever, but is a great tool right now while I sometimes need the extra time.

Last month, we began reading aloud to her before she goes to bed as part of the bedtime routine.  We are purposely choosing books that are slightly above her and have almost no pictures.  We started with a character she was very familiar with, Winnie the Pooh, and are now expanding it into other books.  I think she is learning to listen more carefully.  Since we started reading aloud, she is making more observations during Morning Prayer and asking more complicated questions.  Such fun!!  We began with The House at Pooh Corner, then read Winnie-the-Pooh followed by  Haffertee's First Christmas (a British book I read as a child).  We are having to go and discover books that we did not read as children like Mary Poppins and others of similar levels.  Any suggestions would be wonderful!!!

Beautiful Baptism

This past weekend, Epiphany, we baptized Tempie.  It was absolutely beautiful.  It was a joy to be with all of our friends to enjoy such a special time.

Tempie was a wonderful baby.  She did not cry except when I was drying her off post "pumpkin dunking" (as her God-Mama would say).  

We are so happy to have this new little Christian in our home!