Jolie loves playing outside--we don't want it to end!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Fantastic Fall
The weather is cooling off, but we aren't ready to be stuck inside the house! The other evening we played outside with our neighbors. Don't worry, it really wasn't that cold out at all and she probably didn't even need a hat, but we're first timers so of course, we're a little crazy!
Jolie loves playing outside--we don't want it to end!
Jolie loves playing outside--we don't want it to end!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
7 Months!
Whoa! Can you believe it? (ok, I say that every month, but, really, can you believe it?!?!) Jolie is 7 months old today!
Here is what she's been up to lately
-Wears 3-6 and some 6-9 month clothes. (her closet has gotten out of control again!)
-Started taking baths in the big bath and sits up all by herself!
-Eats twice a day, but only eats 5 things--squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, sweet peas and green beans
-Drinks 5-6 bottles a day
-Sits all by herself for very long periods of time (like 15 minutes!)
-Gets sad when dad drops her off at school and grabs for him :(
-Reaches for her dad (even when I'm holding her!) She's already a daddy's girl!!
-Sometimes has 'stranger anxiety' and is more leery of guys
-Likes to talk and say 'a-ga' over and over and over
-Wears a size 2 diaper and size 2-3 at night (she can really pee a lot after all night!)
-Loves grabbing for glasses and hair
-Typically wakes up around 6:30-7:00 am, takes a morning nap, takes a longer afternoon nap and then goes to bed around 8:00-8:30 pm.
-Loves watching Petey, people and the Apple iPad commercial Seriously, she stops whatever she is doing and just stares when she hears that commercial! She already has expensive taste! :)
-And we may have a tooth poking through! You can definitely feel something but we can't see it yet!
Here's Jolie sitting up so big!
She can even play in her bouncer now and reach everything! And we down to just a slight pad so she can reach.
Hello everyone!
Here is what she's been up to lately
-Wears 3-6 and some 6-9 month clothes. (her closet has gotten out of control again!)
-Started taking baths in the big bath and sits up all by herself!
-Eats twice a day, but only eats 5 things--squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, sweet peas and green beans
-Drinks 5-6 bottles a day
-Sits all by herself for very long periods of time (like 15 minutes!)
-Gets sad when dad drops her off at school and grabs for him :(
-Reaches for her dad (even when I'm holding her!) She's already a daddy's girl!!
-Sometimes has 'stranger anxiety' and is more leery of guys
-Likes to talk and say 'a-ga' over and over and over
-Wears a size 2 diaper and size 2-3 at night (she can really pee a lot after all night!)
-Loves grabbing for glasses and hair
-Typically wakes up around 6:30-7:00 am, takes a morning nap, takes a longer afternoon nap and then goes to bed around 8:00-8:30 pm.
-Loves watching Petey, people and the Apple iPad commercial Seriously, she stops whatever she is doing and just stares when she hears that commercial! She already has expensive taste! :)
-And we may have a tooth poking through! You can definitely feel something but we can't see it yet!
Here's Jolie sitting up so big!
She can even play in her bouncer now and reach everything! And we down to just a slight pad so she can reach.
Hello everyone!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Run Around Saturday
Saturday's are usually pretty lazy days at our house especially since it's college football season--my favorite! (well I guess most time at our house is lazy time, but it's awesome!) but today was a busy day for Jolie!
Jolie and dad took a little morning snooze.
Jolie sat up all by her self for a very long time today! She's such a little pro--she'll even play with toys and everything!
Then I heard that GAP was having a sweet sale on jeans for just 3 hours today and I thought--OMG! We could Jolie jeans for the next year!! So we went to Valley West mall and ate at Jimmy John's then cruised on over to Baby GAP. Whoa--apparently everyone else had heard about this sale as well because everything was gone and the store was packed! So we went to a few other stores and left the mall with nothing! It was crazy! I quickly remembered why I don't go to the mall on the weekends!
Then we went to Target and it was crazy there as well. We tried to hurry and grab what we needed, but it always seems to take forever. Jolie was such a champ though! She loves going places and just watching all the people and sometimes she gets very talkative as well. This comes in very handy because she kind of serves as her own horn yelling at everyone to get out of her way. Then I don't have to say 'excuse me' to people, because they already heard us coming. Plus if Josh and I get separated, it's pretty easy for us to find each other as we just follow the babbling baby noise! :) She also makes lots of friends everywhere we go and lots of people stop to talk to her because she'll just smile and talk to them. We could have a very social butterfly on our hands!
So then we finally got home and although Jolie took a short cat nap in the car, I thought she could use a big afternoon nap. I tried for almost 2 hours to get her to nap with no success. So finally I decided that I guess she was fine and just wanted to play. Of course, by about 6:30 this evening, she was dragging! And I don't think the bath helped either. Josh and I tried to keep her awake until at least 8, but Josh turned his head for just a minute and...
PASSED OUT! At just after 7pm so we'll see if she decides to wake up at 4 or 5 this morning.
Jolie and dad took a little morning snooze.
Jolie sat up all by her self for a very long time today! She's such a little pro--she'll even play with toys and everything!
Then I heard that GAP was having a sweet sale on jeans for just 3 hours today and I thought--OMG! We could Jolie jeans for the next year!! So we went to Valley West mall and ate at Jimmy John's then cruised on over to Baby GAP. Whoa--apparently everyone else had heard about this sale as well because everything was gone and the store was packed! So we went to a few other stores and left the mall with nothing! It was crazy! I quickly remembered why I don't go to the mall on the weekends!
Then we went to Target and it was crazy there as well. We tried to hurry and grab what we needed, but it always seems to take forever. Jolie was such a champ though! She loves going places and just watching all the people and sometimes she gets very talkative as well. This comes in very handy because she kind of serves as her own horn yelling at everyone to get out of her way. Then I don't have to say 'excuse me' to people, because they already heard us coming. Plus if Josh and I get separated, it's pretty easy for us to find each other as we just follow the babbling baby noise! :) She also makes lots of friends everywhere we go and lots of people stop to talk to her because she'll just smile and talk to them. We could have a very social butterfly on our hands!
So then we finally got home and although Jolie took a short cat nap in the car, I thought she could use a big afternoon nap. I tried for almost 2 hours to get her to nap with no success. So finally I decided that I guess she was fine and just wanted to play. Of course, by about 6:30 this evening, she was dragging! And I don't think the bath helped either. Josh and I tried to keep her awake until at least 8, but Josh turned his head for just a minute and...
PASSED OUT! At just after 7pm so we'll see if she decides to wake up at 4 or 5 this morning.
Baking Soda and Baking Powder are NOT the same
Haha! (Josh is going to love this one!) Josh decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies today and once they were done baking he was telling he couldn't figure out what was wrong with them because they looked funny. We tried to figure out if an ingredient was missing, then finally we figured out that Josh had switched the baking soda and baking powder!
I think it's common knowledge that I'm a terrible cook so it secretly makes me happy when someone else messes up so I know I'm not the only one who does that! :)
Here's a lovely picture of Josh's cookies, which are still edible, just funny looking.
I think it's common knowledge that I'm a terrible cook so it secretly makes me happy when someone else messes up so I know I'm not the only one who does that! :)
Here's a lovely picture of Josh's cookies, which are still edible, just funny looking.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Grandma B Stays With Me!
Grandma B came on Sunday night to stay with Jolie on Monday, Tuesday AND Wednesday! They had sooo much fun and even got to enjoy some nice weather for some walks outside with Petey.
They tried some breakfast cereal (we thought we'd try three meals a day.) Grandpa B sent a very cute bib that Jolie got to try out too. The bib went over MUCH better than the cereal! Jolie seems to be very particular about texture of her food (wonder where she got that from--haha!) She doesn't seem to like fruit at all and even gagged the other day when we tried applesauce! Grandma B didn't have much success with morning cereal, but she gave it a great shot!
Jolie showed Grandma that she can play 'Peek-a-boo' with her rings!
PEEK-A-BOO!
And she modeled her hat before one of their walks--can you tell she was so excited about it?
Thank you so much for coming to stay (and for cooking mom and dad some awesome dinners!)! We can't wait to have you visit again!
They tried some breakfast cereal (we thought we'd try three meals a day.) Grandpa B sent a very cute bib that Jolie got to try out too. The bib went over MUCH better than the cereal! Jolie seems to be very particular about texture of her food (wonder where she got that from--haha!) She doesn't seem to like fruit at all and even gagged the other day when we tried applesauce! Grandma B didn't have much success with morning cereal, but she gave it a great shot!
Jolie showed Grandma that she can play 'Peek-a-boo' with her rings!
PEEK-A-BOO!
And she modeled her hat before one of their walks--can you tell she was so excited about it?
Thank you so much for coming to stay (and for cooking mom and dad some awesome dinners!)! We can't wait to have you visit again!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Future Husker Cheerleader?
To celebrate the Huskers' victory today, Jolie has been working on her cheers. Her Grandma DeDe started practicing with Jolie while Josh and I were at the first Husker game this season. Obviously she's a natural!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
The Pre-Sneeze
My computer and video camera were having another fight and not working together but I finally got them talking again! I had a video where Jolie sneezed and was able to take a picture from it. It makes me laugh every time! So here's Jolie right before she sneezes! Haha!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Happy Grandparents Day!
Happy Grandparents Day to all of Jolie's amazing grandparents, great grandparents and honorary grandparents! :)
We are so blessed to have such amazing support from all of you and can't tell you how much you all mean to us! Thank you for everything you do!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Meeting in the Middle
Saturday we met Grandpa and Grandma Buechler at Uncle Matt and Arah's house in Omaha. We also got to stop at coolest store ever--Carter's to pick up some sweet (and might I mention ON SALE) clothes for Jolie! Then we headed over to meet everyone and got to spend a lovely relaxing Saturday watching football and eating one of my favorites--Buffalo Wild Wings! Well Jolie opted for some peas and squash, but the rest of us ate awesome wings!
Sadly, Jolie was having some issues with her Grandpa Buechler. Every time he would hold her or even look at her too long, she'd start screaming! It was so embarrassing and even though Jeff told her he'd remember this when it came to Christmas, it didn't appear to have any affect on Jolie! She just kept screaming at him--what a stinker!
Other than that everyone was happy because the Huskers and the Iowa Hawkeyes won. Well Uncle Matt was a little disappointed that Jolie was wearing Husker apparel and not any Hawkeye items. Next year when Nebraska changes conferences and plays Iowa, I have a feeling things could get ugly!
Jolie has been doing great practicing sitting up on her own and working on her flexibility. In fact, we've caught her with her big toes in her mouth! We also have been trying to keep her from sucking her thumb and giving her the pacifier instead. And now we've caught the little stinker with her thumb in the middle of her pacifier! So she's not technically sucking her thumb, but she's cruising on a thin line! I hope this isn't a sign of things to come, like trying to find technicalities around any rules we may have! :)
I don't know why or how I discovered this, but Jolie has been finding it so funny if I bark like a dog at her. So while she was screaming at her Grandpa Buechler, I was barking at her trying to make her laugh. Matt and Arah's neighbors probably think we are so weird!
Here's a couple pictures when I was barking at her--a really big laugh
And a lovely smile!
Sadly, Jolie was having some issues with her Grandpa Buechler. Every time he would hold her or even look at her too long, she'd start screaming! It was so embarrassing and even though Jeff told her he'd remember this when it came to Christmas, it didn't appear to have any affect on Jolie! She just kept screaming at him--what a stinker!
Other than that everyone was happy because the Huskers and the Iowa Hawkeyes won. Well Uncle Matt was a little disappointed that Jolie was wearing Husker apparel and not any Hawkeye items. Next year when Nebraska changes conferences and plays Iowa, I have a feeling things could get ugly!
Jolie has been doing great practicing sitting up on her own and working on her flexibility. In fact, we've caught her with her big toes in her mouth! We also have been trying to keep her from sucking her thumb and giving her the pacifier instead. And now we've caught the little stinker with her thumb in the middle of her pacifier! So she's not technically sucking her thumb, but she's cruising on a thin line! I hope this isn't a sign of things to come, like trying to find technicalities around any rules we may have! :)
I don't know why or how I discovered this, but Jolie has been finding it so funny if I bark like a dog at her. So while she was screaming at her Grandpa Buechler, I was barking at her trying to make her laugh. Matt and Arah's neighbors probably think we are so weird!
Here's a couple pictures when I was barking at her--a really big laugh
And a lovely smile!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Dad's hair is so weird
We had a little shopping excursion and Jolie loves to be able to see everything whenever we go anywhere. Josh has decided that his favorite way is put her on his shoulders, even though Jolie's still a little peanut and his head is bigger than her entire body!
Jolie found his hair very interesting though! She would rub his head and then try to put her mouth on his head, then make lots of funny faces. Luckily Josh's hair is too short to grab, otherwise I think she would have loved to pull that like weeds! Whenever she gets a hold of my hair, I'm in trouble!
And since the weather seems to be cooling off quickly, Jolie needed some warmer clothes. Its kind of tricky though because she currently wears a size 3-6 months (and probably will for awhile yet) and then a lot of brands just go to a 6-12 month--and they are huge! A few brands have some 6-9 month size that we've picked up, but we really have to dig. Plus Jolie has certain items she doesn't 'like' such as fleece--she sweats like crazy in that stuff, which then leads to a massive meltdown! And wouldn't you know it--but fleece is very popular for this fall and winter! So we're just going to be on the lookout for the very specific 'Jolie approved' clothes!
Jolie found his hair very interesting though! She would rub his head and then try to put her mouth on his head, then make lots of funny faces. Luckily Josh's hair is too short to grab, otherwise I think she would have loved to pull that like weeds! Whenever she gets a hold of my hair, I'm in trouble!
And since the weather seems to be cooling off quickly, Jolie needed some warmer clothes. Its kind of tricky though because she currently wears a size 3-6 months (and probably will for awhile yet) and then a lot of brands just go to a 6-12 month--and they are huge! A few brands have some 6-9 month size that we've picked up, but we really have to dig. Plus Jolie has certain items she doesn't 'like' such as fleece--she sweats like crazy in that stuff, which then leads to a massive meltdown! And wouldn't you know it--but fleece is very popular for this fall and winter! So we're just going to be on the lookout for the very specific 'Jolie approved' clothes!
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