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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
So Much to Learn
Ayda has really taken off in school this year. Even before we moved. Her teacher said in NC she could tell Ayda was on the edge of mastering several concepts. Boy was she right! I'm so thankful the move didn't set her back. She's reading sight word books, knows and loves the 7 continents, and is writing more each week. She handed this picture to me of the world the other day and I was so impressed with her writing Asia and Africa! She acted like it was no big deal but I was a proud momma. I absolutely love and fully believe in the Montessori philosophy. I know she's not just memorizing stuff, she's understanding things from foundation up. I know I'm biased but she's a smart little 4 year old!!
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Easter
I've been looking forward to Easter at home so much this year. So often we travel and it was nice to be home, just the 4 of us. Also the last 3 years we haven't had a church "home" to celebrate in. We went back to Trinity in ATL last year but it just wasn't the same. I prayed we'd find a church for our family to attend when we moved. Not only did we, but it was the first one we visited! It's so nice to be in church again!
Saturday our church had an Easter egg hunt. The girls had practiced a few days before at my moms church in ATL so they were ready! After the Egg hunt there was a story of Easter told and a craft. The girls enjoyed all of it.
Growing up my mom was BIG on tradition. And I loved it! So I decided it was time to start those traditions with the kids. So we died Easter eggs and they got Easter baskets.
Easter is such an important holiday for us. Praise God Jesus rose and is alive. He redeemed this world!! My faith journey has changed a lot the past few years but I'm in such a wonderful place and truly praised my Savior on Easter!
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Saturday our church had an Easter egg hunt. The girls had practiced a few days before at my moms church in ATL so they were ready! After the Egg hunt there was a story of Easter told and a craft. The girls enjoyed all of it.
Growing up my mom was BIG on tradition. And I loved it! So I decided it was time to start those traditions with the kids. So we died Easter eggs and they got Easter baskets.
Easter is such an important holiday for us. Praise God Jesus rose and is alive. He redeemed this world!! My faith journey has changed a lot the past few years but I'm in such a wonderful place and truly praised my Savior on Easter!
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Hadley is TWO!!
It's been awhile since I blogged. And I decided to set the blog to private (again). So if you're reading great! I want somewhere to store memories more privately and my thoughts. A true journal! Now onto my post!
Hadley,
You are TWO! How is that possible?!? I still look at you as such a baby. When Ayda turned two I was already 5 months pregnant with you. It's different having you turn two and you're truly still my baby. Watching you grow is more fun everyday. You are saying sentences and some just crack me up! And you are so expressive. If I don't know what you are saying I can easily tell by your face, tone and body language if its something happy, sad, frustrating, etc.
You weighed in at 25.6 lbs fully dressed and you are 32 inches tall. You wear 24 month tops and 18 month pants/shorts. You are a size 5.5 shoe (which means you are basically wearing size 5). You are in a size 4 disposable diaper but mostly in cloth diapers. You sleep about 11 hours at night and love to play in bed when you wake up in the morning. You fight your nap but will sleep 1-2 hours in the afternoon IF I rock you to sleep.
You have some funny interests but daddy and I love it! You love dinosaurs and dolls. You picked out a plastic cow for your birthday! You love it too! We also went to a huge car show on the island and you had a blast! Made daddy proud. You wanted pictures with the cars and you wanted to sit in the ones that you could! It was a fun day.
You are getting pickier with your food preference but you have quite a sophisticated palate! You refuse to eat bland food. You like flavor! And you still like daddy's cooking over mine! You really love soup, rice, sweet potatoes, cheese, yogurt, fruit, and some chicken/beef. You like variety so I am always changing up your selection on stuff! Ayda will eat the same thing everyday, but not you!!
For your birthday we celebrated 3 times!! We had a dinosaur party with friends and your Agon and Ama. It was a very fun party. Then we celebrated just the 4 of us by going to Hibachi because you wanted soup for your bday dinner. And on your real birthday we were in ATL visiting Grand Pam and Papaw. We went to the Cabbage Patch Hospital and you picked out your own baby from Grand Pam. You and Ayda had a blast there. Then we had dinner and met The Watsons for ice cream!! You loved all of us singing Happy Birthday to you!!
Where to even start with your relationship with Ayda. You adore her for sure. You both fight plenty but at the end of the day you love each other so much. You miss her when she's at school everyday. You LOVE going to pick her up. You really look up to her and she actually has taught you a lot. She still cracks you up and I hope her sense of humor is something that you always appreciate. I pray you grow closer as you grow older and really rely on each other and support each other!
Baby girl I am excited for this next year. I feel like from 2-3 you will change from my toddler to my preschooler! Not sure I'm ready for that! It'll be such a fun year!
So in closing I hope you always know how incredible you are and how much daddy and I love you! You are our firecracker! You fight for what you want but then snuggle right up to us and love and kiss on us. You are precious! Happy 2 years!
Love,
Mommy
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Hadley,
You are TWO! How is that possible?!? I still look at you as such a baby. When Ayda turned two I was already 5 months pregnant with you. It's different having you turn two and you're truly still my baby. Watching you grow is more fun everyday. You are saying sentences and some just crack me up! And you are so expressive. If I don't know what you are saying I can easily tell by your face, tone and body language if its something happy, sad, frustrating, etc.
You weighed in at 25.6 lbs fully dressed and you are 32 inches tall. You wear 24 month tops and 18 month pants/shorts. You are a size 5.5 shoe (which means you are basically wearing size 5). You are in a size 4 disposable diaper but mostly in cloth diapers. You sleep about 11 hours at night and love to play in bed when you wake up in the morning. You fight your nap but will sleep 1-2 hours in the afternoon IF I rock you to sleep.
You have some funny interests but daddy and I love it! You love dinosaurs and dolls. You picked out a plastic cow for your birthday! You love it too! We also went to a huge car show on the island and you had a blast! Made daddy proud. You wanted pictures with the cars and you wanted to sit in the ones that you could! It was a fun day.
You are getting pickier with your food preference but you have quite a sophisticated palate! You refuse to eat bland food. You like flavor! And you still like daddy's cooking over mine! You really love soup, rice, sweet potatoes, cheese, yogurt, fruit, and some chicken/beef. You like variety so I am always changing up your selection on stuff! Ayda will eat the same thing everyday, but not you!!
For your birthday we celebrated 3 times!! We had a dinosaur party with friends and your Agon and Ama. It was a very fun party. Then we celebrated just the 4 of us by going to Hibachi because you wanted soup for your bday dinner. And on your real birthday we were in ATL visiting Grand Pam and Papaw. We went to the Cabbage Patch Hospital and you picked out your own baby from Grand Pam. You and Ayda had a blast there. Then we had dinner and met The Watsons for ice cream!! You loved all of us singing Happy Birthday to you!!
Where to even start with your relationship with Ayda. You adore her for sure. You both fight plenty but at the end of the day you love each other so much. You miss her when she's at school everyday. You LOVE going to pick her up. You really look up to her and she actually has taught you a lot. She still cracks you up and I hope her sense of humor is something that you always appreciate. I pray you grow closer as you grow older and really rely on each other and support each other!
Baby girl I am excited for this next year. I feel like from 2-3 you will change from my toddler to my preschooler! Not sure I'm ready for that! It'll be such a fun year!
So in closing I hope you always know how incredible you are and how much daddy and I love you! You are our firecracker! You fight for what you want but then snuggle right up to us and love and kiss on us. You are precious! Happy 2 years!
Love,
Mommy
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Slurping Soup
Hadley has really enjoyed Ama's soup this week. At Dinner last night she insisted on doing it herself. She actually did really well!
Sluuuuurp!!!
She watched Agong sip straight from the bowl and followed in suit. She was watching him in this picture. It was so cute! The girl loves soup!
- Rebekah
Sluuuuurp!!!
She watched Agong sip straight from the bowl and followed in suit. She was watching him in this picture. It was so cute! The girl loves soup!
- Rebekah
Christmas
I plan to post more on Christmas once we are home and the computer is hooked up. Here's a couple pics tho!
We had a great Christmas. We opened presents and hung out all morning. After naps we went into Orlando and played miniature golf and then enjoyed a yummy hibachi dinner!
It was a wonderful day with the family celebrating Christ's birth!
- Rebekah
We had a great Christmas. We opened presents and hung out all morning. After naps we went into Orlando and played miniature golf and then enjoyed a yummy hibachi dinner!
It was a wonderful day with the family celebrating Christ's birth!
- Rebekah
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Dirt
I can't say I enjoy gardening at all. Kevin created a nice little garden this spring and planted tomatoes, squash, herbs and some other stuff. Our squash somehow ended up in our neighbor's yard but the little boy was so nice to tell me. I'm glad cause it was very tasty!!
Anyway, with winter here and everything dead and a move only a couple days away I knew I needed to clean up. I don't think the next renters in the house would appreciate a dead garden and some weeds. I don't like playing in the dirt though. The worms and bugs just freak me out! But I got out there and did it in about an hour. All Kevin has to do before we leave is figure out the tires. But it's all clean!! I should have done a before pic but totally didn't think about it!!
And here's a pic of my goofy girl. We met a friend for lunch today! We were both out and about so we grabbed a quick bite to eat! Hadley was in rare form. She seems like she's turned a corner the last few weeks. A lot less screaming and crying and lot more giggles and spunk!
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Anyway, with winter here and everything dead and a move only a couple days away I knew I needed to clean up. I don't think the next renters in the house would appreciate a dead garden and some weeds. I don't like playing in the dirt though. The worms and bugs just freak me out! But I got out there and did it in about an hour. All Kevin has to do before we leave is figure out the tires. But it's all clean!! I should have done a before pic but totally didn't think about it!!
And here's a pic of my goofy girl. We met a friend for lunch today! We were both out and about so we grabbed a quick bite to eat! Hadley was in rare form. She seems like she's turned a corner the last few weeks. A lot less screaming and crying and lot more giggles and spunk!
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Monday, December 17, 2012
It's beginning to look a lot like...
We're moving...not Christmas.
I'm definitely getting there with the packing. Last Thursday some sweet and amazing friends came and helped with the garage and kitchen. The 2 places in our house that were simply haunting me. So since then I've tried to pack at least 2 boxes a day. I have two little people here that have a huge role in if that goal is accomplished but so far we are doing ok. We are 4 days away from leaving.
My emotions are torn. We have absolutely incredible friends here. I feel like I've known them much longer than 11 months. We've watched each others kids, double or triple dated, had awesome GNOs, hung out, shared parenting and health tips, and just did life together. I'm dreading saying good bye to them.
I'm also dreading leaving our community at the YMCA. I've never felt more comfortable leaving my babies with anyone. The ladies who work in the child development center are irreplaceable. Ms. Patti is so special and my kids love her. Thursday will be my last work out day and I am dreading it.
Ayda's last day of school is Friday. My stomach turns knowing she has to leave another school she loves. She loves her classmates and teacher. Ms Courtney really helped Ayda (and me) transition into her new school. She's learned so much from Ms Courtney. It'll be a tough good bye.
But...a lot awaits us in FL. One of the biggest and most important is Kevin!! I cannot fully express how tough the last 6 weeks have been. We balance each other out, especially in parenting. And our girls need him. That's been so obvious in this time away. They adore him. So I cannot wait to be together as a family again.
I'm sure we'll meet new friends, though I say I'm not making any! I don't want to get attached again! Haha!!
Ayda's head of school and teacher have both been in contact with me and already made me feel so welcome. I feel so good about her school. Her teacher is so sweet.
So new things lie ahead...I just have to make it through the good byes. And in the meantime, I'm packing, wrapping Christmas presents, playing with my kids, getting any time I can with friends, and making phone calls to cancel services here. And while I was on the phone today here is what my ill munchkin was up to...
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I'm definitely getting there with the packing. Last Thursday some sweet and amazing friends came and helped with the garage and kitchen. The 2 places in our house that were simply haunting me. So since then I've tried to pack at least 2 boxes a day. I have two little people here that have a huge role in if that goal is accomplished but so far we are doing ok. We are 4 days away from leaving.
My emotions are torn. We have absolutely incredible friends here. I feel like I've known them much longer than 11 months. We've watched each others kids, double or triple dated, had awesome GNOs, hung out, shared parenting and health tips, and just did life together. I'm dreading saying good bye to them.
I'm also dreading leaving our community at the YMCA. I've never felt more comfortable leaving my babies with anyone. The ladies who work in the child development center are irreplaceable. Ms. Patti is so special and my kids love her. Thursday will be my last work out day and I am dreading it.
Ayda's last day of school is Friday. My stomach turns knowing she has to leave another school she loves. She loves her classmates and teacher. Ms Courtney really helped Ayda (and me) transition into her new school. She's learned so much from Ms Courtney. It'll be a tough good bye.
But...a lot awaits us in FL. One of the biggest and most important is Kevin!! I cannot fully express how tough the last 6 weeks have been. We balance each other out, especially in parenting. And our girls need him. That's been so obvious in this time away. They adore him. So I cannot wait to be together as a family again.
I'm sure we'll meet new friends, though I say I'm not making any! I don't want to get attached again! Haha!!
Ayda's head of school and teacher have both been in contact with me and already made me feel so welcome. I feel so good about her school. Her teacher is so sweet.
So new things lie ahead...I just have to make it through the good byes. And in the meantime, I'm packing, wrapping Christmas presents, playing with my kids, getting any time I can with friends, and making phone calls to cancel services here. And while I was on the phone today here is what my ill munchkin was up to...
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