(In my defense, the siren was not coming from our county, but I'm sure I was hearing one echoing from miles and miles and miles away!) :)
So here they are planting our flowers:
Sunday, May 22, 2011
The difference between city folk and country folk...
According to Brian, the difference between city folk and country folk is... 'when you hear a tornado siren, city folk run to the basement to seek shelter and country folk stand outside and look for the tornado'! :) So, when I heard the tornado siren this afternoon, my first instinct was to take Lola and head for cover! Brian made fun of me, which led to a little bickering and his quote above. After the bickering, (and ensuring the tornado siren had stopped), we decided to plant our flowers... outside... in the lightning... with our daughter! A few times, I did really question if that was a good idea to have Lola outside, but she seemed to be enjoying herself.
(In my defense, the siren was not coming from our county, but I'm sure I was hearing one echoing from miles and miles and miles away!) :)
So here they are planting our flowers:
(In my defense, the siren was not coming from our county, but I'm sure I was hearing one echoing from miles and miles and miles away!) :)
So here they are planting our flowers:
Sunday, May 15, 2011
The Boy
Brian and I were having lunch together on Friday and we realized that "the boy" will be here before we know it. In fact, it's just over 3 months away!
The first sign of his pending arrival was delivered this week. On Saturday evening, we put together his crib and put the other furniture in it's tentative place. None of the paint or decorating is done yet, so this is just the beginning, but it's exciting to see some things in place.
This isn't a great picture of it, but there will be more to come.
The first sign of his pending arrival was delivered this week. On Saturday evening, we put together his crib and put the other furniture in it's tentative place. None of the paint or decorating is done yet, so this is just the beginning, but it's exciting to see some things in place.
This isn't a great picture of it, but there will be more to come.
Dance Recital
Brian, Lola and I went to Sabrynn and Corinne's dance recital on Saturday. The girls did such a good job! Lola wasn't quite as entertained as I thought she would be during the rest of the recital, but she did love seeing the girls on the stage!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Lola is 18 months old!
...Or a year and a half for the non-parents. :) It's so funny, before being a mom I couldn't understand why you counted your pregnancy months in weeks and why you counted your children's age in months. That forced me to do math, which I really don't like doing. Now, here I am... I'm 24 weeks pregnant and my daughter is 18 months! :)
Lola had her well child check up last week and everything went very well. She was in a really giggly mood, so she was interacting quite a bit with her doctor. He was very happy to hear that her words are coming along finally and loved seeing how active she was.
She's definitely growing up. She's 32 3/4" tall (75th percentile) and 23 lbs 6 oz (40th percentile). She's always been tall, but this is the lowest percentile she's been in weight.
She does so many adorable things, I wish I could write them all. Maybe this week, I'll work on a list!
Lola had her well child check up last week and everything went very well. She was in a really giggly mood, so she was interacting quite a bit with her doctor. He was very happy to hear that her words are coming along finally and loved seeing how active she was.
She's definitely growing up. She's 32 3/4" tall (75th percentile) and 23 lbs 6 oz (40th percentile). She's always been tall, but this is the lowest percentile she's been in weight.
She does so many adorable things, I wish I could write them all. Maybe this week, I'll work on a list!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Lola's New Swingset
Last weekend, Lola's daddy, Grandpa Larry and Papa Dana built her a new swingset. It went really well and she loves swinging in her toddler swing. The first time I swang with her, I made the mistake of swinging alongside of her. Now, everytime we are outside, she points at the swing next to her and makes me swing with her. Um.... this belly is not getting any smaller and the day I break the swing, will not be a good day.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter Candids
These may not be funny to everyone, but I laugh when I see them, so I thought I'd share!
If you know my sister, Janell, you know that she is always late for everything! And not just 5-10 minutes late, it's on average, 30-45 minutes late. Of course, there is always a "logical" explanation for why she is late. I was in the kitchen and I hear Brian say "Quick, bring the camera!" I run in to the living room and ask what cute thing Lola was doing. He said "Oh, Lola isn't doing anything, I just wanted a picture of Janell being the first one to get here!" :) Love you Janell!
My dad cutting the ham wearing my mom's floral apron.
If you know my sister, Janell, you know that she is always late for everything! And not just 5-10 minutes late, it's on average, 30-45 minutes late. Of course, there is always a "logical" explanation for why she is late. I was in the kitchen and I hear Brian say "Quick, bring the camera!" I run in to the living room and ask what cute thing Lola was doing. He said "Oh, Lola isn't doing anything, I just wanted a picture of Janell being the first one to get here!" :) Love you Janell!
Despite being a studly college freshman, Logan still is, and will always be, one of the grandkids. This means enduring a few little uncool things. He always takes it like a champ, though! Here he is frolicking in the backyard with his basket looking for eggs!
Happy Easter!
Warning: If there is such a phase, Lola is in the "I have no desire to look at the camera and if I do look, I refuse to smile" phase. And we have 18 month pictures schedule for next week... Great!
After several days of rainy and cold weather, it ended up being such a nice weekend!
On Saturday, we went to Brian's parents to celebrate Easter and his dad's birthday. Lola had her first Easter egg hunt there. She picked up on it right away and got so excited everytime she found another egg. In her basket from Brian's parents, she got some bubbles, so we all went outside and played with her. She loved being able to make the bubbles and try to catch them.
A side note to the day was our adventure trying to catch the darn Easter Bunny at the mall. We had a few errands to run on Saturday morning, so we planned to hit the mall right at 10:00 when it opened. When we got there, there was already a line and the bunny hadn't even shown up yet. When he did finally arrive, the line went NO WHERE in 10 minutes, so we bailed and decided to come back in the afternoon on our way out of town. We came back at 2:15 and as luck would have it, there was a sign saying he was at lunch and wouldn't be back until 3:00. UGH!! We tracked down the bunny's little helper and asked for his schedule and found out he'd be out from around 7-9. So.....on our way back from Brian's parents, about 8:00, we finally met the bunny. Lola did really well and kept waving to him. She was a little leary when we put her on his lap, but the picture is cute. And after all of that, I don't have a scanner to show you the picture! :(
Leaving her treats for the bunny... what do you leave a bunny?! We don't eat vegetables, so I had to borrow carrots from my mom. And then we thought he might like some Wheat Thins.
On Sunday, Lola loved seeing her gifts from the Easter Bunny. She got books, two balls, a basket for her baby, bubbles, play food (she is always "making us" something for lunch and dinner - she will stir her pots and pans and give us to spoon to taste and then bring us plates and bowls of pretend food, I thought she would enjoy actually having something on those plates), a Tinkerbell beach towel, Cadberry Cream Eggs for her mom and Reeces' Peanut Butter Eggs for her dad!
Believe it or not, this was really the best picture I have of her.
We went to mom and dad's church in Clinton and then a delicious lunch with the whole Korneman bunch. We had another Easter Egg Hunt and again, she was so fun to watch. She kept yelling "Yay!" when she would find another egg.
After several days of rainy and cold weather, it ended up being such a nice weekend!
On Saturday, we went to Brian's parents to celebrate Easter and his dad's birthday. Lola had her first Easter egg hunt there. She picked up on it right away and got so excited everytime she found another egg. In her basket from Brian's parents, she got some bubbles, so we all went outside and played with her. She loved being able to make the bubbles and try to catch them.
A side note to the day was our adventure trying to catch the darn Easter Bunny at the mall. We had a few errands to run on Saturday morning, so we planned to hit the mall right at 10:00 when it opened. When we got there, there was already a line and the bunny hadn't even shown up yet. When he did finally arrive, the line went NO WHERE in 10 minutes, so we bailed and decided to come back in the afternoon on our way out of town. We came back at 2:15 and as luck would have it, there was a sign saying he was at lunch and wouldn't be back until 3:00. UGH!! We tracked down the bunny's little helper and asked for his schedule and found out he'd be out from around 7-9. So.....on our way back from Brian's parents, about 8:00, we finally met the bunny. Lola did really well and kept waving to him. She was a little leary when we put her on his lap, but the picture is cute. And after all of that, I don't have a scanner to show you the picture! :(
Leaving her treats for the bunny... what do you leave a bunny?! We don't eat vegetables, so I had to borrow carrots from my mom. And then we thought he might like some Wheat Thins.
On Sunday, Lola loved seeing her gifts from the Easter Bunny. She got books, two balls, a basket for her baby, bubbles, play food (she is always "making us" something for lunch and dinner - she will stir her pots and pans and give us to spoon to taste and then bring us plates and bowls of pretend food, I thought she would enjoy actually having something on those plates), a Tinkerbell beach towel, Cadberry Cream Eggs for her mom and Reeces' Peanut Butter Eggs for her dad!
Believe it or not, this was really the best picture I have of her.
We went to mom and dad's church in Clinton and then a delicious lunch with the whole Korneman bunch. We had another Easter Egg Hunt and again, she was so fun to watch. She kept yelling "Yay!" when she would find another egg.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
And Baby Boy Preston Makes Four!
I did something last week I never thought I would do! We were having our 19 week sonogram and I gave in and asked her to confirm what I was 99.99% sure of... we're having a boy!
Needless to say, Brian was very happy! Of course I am happy and looking forward to our future Heisman Trophy Winner, but I am a little nervous about having a boy. I don't like dirt, snakes or bugs!!
Needless to say, Brian was very happy! Of course I am happy and looking forward to our future Heisman Trophy Winner, but I am a little nervous about having a boy. I don't like dirt, snakes or bugs!!
Springtime Fun
What a beautiful weekend! Lola got to wear her first shorts of the season and we spent a lot of time outside enoying the weather.
Lola and Brian playing golf
Monday, April 4, 2011
New Words and Random Funnies
Lola wasn't feeling well this weekend, so no pictures, but I do have some new words to share which have been added to her vocabulary and some funny stories.
New words: baby, grandma, duck, cheese, bye, please, up. She is also a very good 'woofer' when she heard a dog and has a great 'meow' when imitating a cat.
Unfortunately, she doesn't repeat words and does not say anything on command. So you just really have to be listening and when you least expect it, a new word will come out.
Funny stories:
She was eating grapes one night at the dinner table and she put two whole grapes in her mouth. Brian said "Lola, be careful or you will choke." Then very dramatically, she did her best to fake a cough until we said "Oh Lola, what a terrible cough you have!"
Brian keeps a coaster by his bed-side table. One morning when we were getting ready for work, she was playing around the room. She went to put her milk cup down, but then ran over to his table, grabbed his coaster and put it down before putting her milk on it. It just amazes me how much she picks up on!
She has started to cover her mouth when she coughs or sneezes. It's so funny! I certainly have not her taught her that yet, but just something else she picks up on.
I've been blowing her kisses since she was an itty baby and just this week, I finally got her to do it back to me. So cute! She puts her hand to her lips, makes a big smooch sound and then throws her hand out.
I'm not overly excited about this one (I'm waiting for this silly phase to be
outdated), but Brian has got Lola to 'fist bump'. Again, not excited about this one, but it is cute.
I have a video of Lola doing the hokie pokie, but I'm not tech savvy enough to figure out how to put it out here yet. Still trying.
New words: baby, grandma, duck, cheese, bye, please, up. She is also a very good 'woofer' when she heard a dog and has a great 'meow' when imitating a cat.
Unfortunately, she doesn't repeat words and does not say anything on command. So you just really have to be listening and when you least expect it, a new word will come out.
Funny stories:
She was eating grapes one night at the dinner table and she put two whole grapes in her mouth. Brian said "Lola, be careful or you will choke." Then very dramatically, she did her best to fake a cough until we said "Oh Lola, what a terrible cough you have!"
Brian keeps a coaster by his bed-side table. One morning when we were getting ready for work, she was playing around the room. She went to put her milk cup down, but then ran over to his table, grabbed his coaster and put it down before putting her milk on it. It just amazes me how much she picks up on!
She has started to cover her mouth when she coughs or sneezes. It's so funny! I certainly have not her taught her that yet, but just something else she picks up on.
I've been blowing her kisses since she was an itty baby and just this week, I finally got her to do it back to me. So cute! She puts her hand to her lips, makes a big smooch sound and then throws her hand out.
I'm not overly excited about this one (I'm waiting for this silly phase to be
outdated), but Brian has got Lola to 'fist bump'. Again, not excited about this one, but it is cute.
I have a video of Lola doing the hokie pokie, but I'm not tech savvy enough to figure out how to put it out here yet. Still trying.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
My Little Mama
We had got Lola ready for bed, but I had a couple of things to do before I took her upstairs. She found her little baby, the baby blanket and her bottle. I asked her if she was putting her baby to bed too and she got up in her rocking chair to rock her. It was so adorable!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
She wasn't really in the picture taking mood, but apparently she was pretty excited about showing off her sunglasses so we had to take what we could get!
Spring has Arrived... Hopefully!
It was so nice to get outside and enjoy some nice weather this last week. Brian, Lola and I took our first walk of the year. She still loves her stroller and loves being outside walking. She points out airplanes, clouds, dogs and likes to wave at people in cars as they drive by. So cute!
Grandma Paula also took her kids outside this week too. She said Lola loves swinging on the swing! Some of these pictures are from her.
Monday, March 7, 2011
I'm Calling It...
I laugh using that title, because I remember my best friend using the same heading when her baby Cara starting talking and that was a solid 6 months ago (and furthermore, Cara is a month younger than Lola). Oh well, I'm still proud of her!
It seemed like all at once we're starting to hear lots of action.
She definitely says mama and dada and just started with a few other words.
Bird: "Brr"
Truck: "Tuk"
Snack: "Nak" (I haven't heard this one, so it doesn't really count yet)
"Papa" is her Grandpa Dana
Juice: "Ju" or "Joos"
Maybe we're finally turning the corner!
It seemed like all at once we're starting to hear lots of action.
She definitely says mama and dada and just started with a few other words.
Bird: "Brr"
Truck: "Tuk"
Snack: "Nak" (I haven't heard this one, so it doesn't really count yet)
"Papa" is her Grandpa Dana
Juice: "Ju" or "Joos"
Maybe we're finally turning the corner!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Lola...
...is going to be a big sister! :)
I'm fresh out of my first trimester and all is well, so I'm happy to share my news! I'm due August 30th, so it will be a very long and hot summer. I'm not fond of heat and humidity anyway, but being 8-9 months pregnant during the summer really doesn't make me happy.
One of the first things I thought of was being as big as a house for my cousin's wedding in July. Not real happy about having to wear a maternity dress to the wedding, but oh well. Still wouldn't miss it for the world!
Paige - If you could just make sure the air conditioner works and keep the food keep coming (I could put down a lot of food while pregnant with Lola)! :)
I'm so excited to see what a great big sister Lola is going to be!
I'm fresh out of my first trimester and all is well, so I'm happy to share my news! I'm due August 30th, so it will be a very long and hot summer. I'm not fond of heat and humidity anyway, but being 8-9 months pregnant during the summer really doesn't make me happy.
One of the first things I thought of was being as big as a house for my cousin's wedding in July. Not real happy about having to wear a maternity dress to the wedding, but oh well. Still wouldn't miss it for the world!
Paige - If you could just make sure the air conditioner works and keep the food keep coming (I could put down a lot of food while pregnant with Lola)! :)
I'm so excited to see what a great big sister Lola is going to be!
My Little Dancer
My co-worker bought Lola these cute little leg warmers so I had to play dress up with her tonight. At first, she wasn't so fond of the tutu, but once I put her in front of the mirror and ooh'd and ahh'd over her, she thought it was okay.
She wasn't really into having her picture taken tonight, so these aren't the greatest.
I tried to get some with just her onesie and leg warmers, but she wasn't having it. I did, however, finally get one of her hugging Alina. Lola is quite a hugger and Alina, not so much. Every time Alina comes over, Lola hugs her and hugs her and hugs her until Alina finally has had enough. This was the first one of the night, so Alina is still okay with it.
This was the 4th or 5th, so the frustration was starting to be evident.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Not sure what heading to give this...
Okay... I have to admit something rather embarrassing about myself in order to tell this story. I have a weird obsession with getting all of the fuzzies out of my toes after I take my socks off. When Logan was a baby and lived with us, I had to make sure his toes were fuzz free. And now, as you can imagine, Lola always has to have the cleanest toes on the block. I think I've officially passed the obsession on to her!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
15 Months and Lots of Lola Funnies
First, I know it's been a few weeks since I last wrote, but our home computer has been broken. It's getting fixed, but in the mean time, I'm using my work laptop (shhh!).
Lola had her 15 month well-child appointment yesterday and she is 22 pounds, 4 ounces (55th percentile) and 31 inches long (85 percentile). If you didn't already know, Lola hasn't started talking yet so her doctor highly recommended we see a speech therapist to make sure there are no abnormal causes for the delay. The therapists came 2 weeks ago for the evaluation and found no findings. In fact, she didn't even quality for additional therapy. They were pleased with all that she can do and told us to expect her vocabulary to explode one of these days. So... she doesn't have a large speaking vocabulary, but the words she knows amaze me everyday (remember this is our first child, so we have nothing to compare it to, but I'm pretty darn impressed).
Here is a recap of our day:
This morning Brian was getting out the waffles from the freezer, Lola went over to the pantry and started knocking on the door. When Brian opened it, she knelt down to pick up the toaster (because that is how we fix our waffles)
Brian and Lola were upstairs and she was carrying her shoes around. He said "We need to go put your shoes in your closet" so she walked out of our room and into her room and stood at her closet waiting for him to help her get them on the shelf.
I said "Lola, do you need a new diaper"? She runs over to her basket of diapers and brings me a diaper and her changing pad(sometimes she'll lay down too). After we're done, she stands up, grabs the diaper and walks over to the trash can and throws the diaper away.
Lola and I have both been sick this week so there has been a lot of nose blowing and wiping around our house. I was blowing my nose and Lola lifted up the lid to the trash can and waited for me to throw my Kleenex away.
After dinner, I told Brian that we needed to give Lola a bath. She apparently heard me, because she went to the hallway pointing up the stairs at the bathroom. I - almost to myself - said "we need to put your milk in the refrigerator first" and started to stand up. She ran over, got her milk cup and ran to the refrigerator. She needed a little help getting the door open, but when I pulled it open, she put her milk on the shelf and headed back to the hallway.
When we were in the bathroom, I bent down to get her water ready. When I turned around, she had gotten her towel and washcloth out of the drawer and laid in on the toilet. When we got in the bathtub, I thought I would try my luck at body parts. Without any hesitation, she nailed: head, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, tongue, fingers, belly, knees, legs and toes.
A few weeks ago, when we were getting out of the bath, I pulled the plug and randomly said "the water is going bye bye" and now every time she gets out of the tub, she waves bye bye to the water.
She was sitting on top of the bathroom sink with her back to the mirror. She turned around, saw herself in the mirror, leaned in and gave her self a huge kiss!
We were looking at a photo album and saw her picture with Santa and she points to him and says "ho ho ho".
Grandma Paula has taught Lola to do the Hokie Pokie and Ring Around the Rosie. Hokie Pokie is fairly new, but Ring Around the Rosie has been a regular for awhile. If she wants to play by herself, she will twirl in a circle and then fall down. If she wants to play with you, she'll grab your hands, pull you up and walk in a circle holding your hands. When you start singing Hokie Pokie, she'll stick out her leg, turn in a circle and clap her hands right on cue!
Now... who is going to tell me that our daughter is delayed?! :)
Here are some pictures from our big snow storm.
Lola had her 15 month well-child appointment yesterday and she is 22 pounds, 4 ounces (55th percentile) and 31 inches long (85 percentile). If you didn't already know, Lola hasn't started talking yet so her doctor highly recommended we see a speech therapist to make sure there are no abnormal causes for the delay. The therapists came 2 weeks ago for the evaluation and found no findings. In fact, she didn't even quality for additional therapy. They were pleased with all that she can do and told us to expect her vocabulary to explode one of these days. So... she doesn't have a large speaking vocabulary, but the words she knows amaze me everyday (remember this is our first child, so we have nothing to compare it to, but I'm pretty darn impressed).
Here is a recap of our day:
This morning Brian was getting out the waffles from the freezer, Lola went over to the pantry and started knocking on the door. When Brian opened it, she knelt down to pick up the toaster (because that is how we fix our waffles)
Brian and Lola were upstairs and she was carrying her shoes around. He said "We need to go put your shoes in your closet" so she walked out of our room and into her room and stood at her closet waiting for him to help her get them on the shelf.
I said "Lola, do you need a new diaper"? She runs over to her basket of diapers and brings me a diaper and her changing pad(sometimes she'll lay down too). After we're done, she stands up, grabs the diaper and walks over to the trash can and throws the diaper away.
Lola and I have both been sick this week so there has been a lot of nose blowing and wiping around our house. I was blowing my nose and Lola lifted up the lid to the trash can and waited for me to throw my Kleenex away.
After dinner, I told Brian that we needed to give Lola a bath. She apparently heard me, because she went to the hallway pointing up the stairs at the bathroom. I - almost to myself - said "we need to put your milk in the refrigerator first" and started to stand up. She ran over, got her milk cup and ran to the refrigerator. She needed a little help getting the door open, but when I pulled it open, she put her milk on the shelf and headed back to the hallway.
When we were in the bathroom, I bent down to get her water ready. When I turned around, she had gotten her towel and washcloth out of the drawer and laid in on the toilet. When we got in the bathtub, I thought I would try my luck at body parts. Without any hesitation, she nailed: head, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, tongue, fingers, belly, knees, legs and toes.
A few weeks ago, when we were getting out of the bath, I pulled the plug and randomly said "the water is going bye bye" and now every time she gets out of the tub, she waves bye bye to the water.
She was sitting on top of the bathroom sink with her back to the mirror. She turned around, saw herself in the mirror, leaned in and gave her self a huge kiss!
We were looking at a photo album and saw her picture with Santa and she points to him and says "ho ho ho".
Grandma Paula has taught Lola to do the Hokie Pokie and Ring Around the Rosie. Hokie Pokie is fairly new, but Ring Around the Rosie has been a regular for awhile. If she wants to play by herself, she will twirl in a circle and then fall down. If she wants to play with you, she'll grab your hands, pull you up and walk in a circle holding your hands. When you start singing Hokie Pokie, she'll stick out her leg, turn in a circle and clap her hands right on cue!
Now... who is going to tell me that our daughter is delayed?! :)
Here are some pictures from our big snow storm.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Candids
I just read the latest blog entry from my best friend, Amanda, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who is having a slow 'blog month'. It seems like we're staying busy, but just nothing that I'm taking a lot of pictures of. So... I just called this entry "Candids" and it includes some random pictures.
My dad sent me this one, which was taken at their house. She has always been quite obsessed with computers and pushing the buttons, but this picture was quite impressive. She looks so natural! Even with her little hand on the mouse! :)
This was also taken at my parents and I just had to laugh when I saw it! I believe my mom told me that Lola has taken a liking to the bike helmet that belongs to one of the twins she watches (he uses it as his football helmet). So, looks like Lola may need a princess bike helmet sometime in the future.
One of the most adorable things I have seen Lola do and something I never get tired of watching is when she takes care of her little baby. She will hold her, sway with her, pat her on the back, give her a drink from her cup and this weekend, she climbed up in her rocking chair and rocked her. Adorable!!!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
The Blue Snowsuit
The BLUE SNOWSUIT (and boots) have been in our family for about 18 years. It was bought for Logan when he was a baby and has been passed down to several of my nieces and nephews. And now it's Miss Lola's turn! My mom came up to our house last week and took her outside to play in the snow. My mom said that she was pretty excited to put it on and enjoyed herself outside, but we learned on Christmas Day that she doesn't like to eat snow! :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)