I put Liliana in her bouncer while I was getting ready today, and put her by the bathroom door. As I was blow drying my hair I frequently glanced over at her. Every time I did this is what I saw…
This sweet little girl just sat and smiled at me, even when I wasn’t looking. When I did look her smile got even bigger! Maybe she liked seeing my hair fly all over as I blew it dry, but I like to think it was for me.
Kate came in the room shortly after that and was playing with her. Liliana just laughed and laughed at anything she did. Here is a little video. She laughs in the beginning some, and then gets a little overwhelmed with Kate moving so much, I think. But, at the end she laughs really hard. It is fun to hear!
I recently returned to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir after a 6 month maternity leave. My children have done quite well with it. However, one night Kate really didn’t want me to go to rehearsal. In a sad and whiny voice she said, “Mom, I don’t want you to go to choir!” Then, after about a 5 second pause she said, this time in a calm and reasonable voice, “I want you to have another baby!” Then she told me she wanted it to be a boy and that she wanted there to be 6 kids… 3 girls and 3 boys, which meant we needed 1 more girl and 2 more boys.
While making dinner the other night I put a can of green chilies in with some meat I was cooking. Kate was helping me make dinner and this is what she had to say about it…
Kate: Oh, gross! I don’t like that!
Mom: How do you know you don’t like it if you haven’t tried it?
Kate: Because, that’s the way I was born!
Kate lined up her animals on the chair and asked me to take her picture with them
We recently checked out the book “Pinkalicious” from the library. My kids are quite taken with it. Even Joshua loves it. He thinks the little brother, Peter, is him. For our family home evening treat we made pink cupcakes. I’ve never seen my kids so excited over a treat. We had no problem getting them to eat all the food on their plate at dinner time.
Diddle diddle dumpling, my son Josh
Went to bed with one sock off.
On his hand it looked so posh,
Diddle diddle dumpling, my son Josh.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone in to check on Joshua, or get him out of bed and this is what he looks like (waking and sleeping)… one sock on his foot and one on his hand. He cracks us up!!
Joshua has 3 or 4 different ways he says no, depending on the context. One of them is the answer he gives when we ask him silly questions. It is so funny! It all started with the book “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.” When the pigeon asked to drive the bus, he gave this answer. It has become a big joke in our family and we all find ourselves saying no like this once in a while. Here he is saying his silly no to some questions I am asking him. (Joshua has one way of saying “yes”… heh!)
My parents told me about this beautiful little place in Payson Canyon. Last month we went there together. It was wonderful! We had a short hike before getting to the Grotto.
In the main garden at Thanksgiving Point they have a place called “The Secret Garden”. My mom introduced my children to it and they LOVE to go there. These are a few pictures from a trip we made before the weather turned too cold. (Kate was at preschool this particular day, so she is not in the picture).
When we first went out trick or treating Joshua was content to be carried by his dad. After he realized what it was all about he wanted to walk/run. He would hurry up to a door saying “Candy! Candy!” After getting the candy he would say “purse.” He wanted the candy put into his “purse” (aka: halloween bag) and then he was off to another house. It was pretty cute!
Another funny thing from the evening… A lot of people had left their candy out on the porch with a sign to take just one. At one house they had a stuffed person, wearing a mask, sitting on a chair holding the candy bowl with a sign to just take one. It looked really cool, but the kids were afraid of it. I reassured them that it wasn’t real and proceeded to pat the stuffed person on the leg, stomach, and face. As I was touching the face the person MOVED and said BOO! It was REAL!!! My kids screamed and cried. I screamed, and then laughed and laughed. Here I was trying to reassure them and I only made matters worse. Kate asked me why I was laughing and I said, “because he scared me!” The rest of the night Joshua kept saying “Man!” with a sour expression on his face. (As we were walking away, laughing and laughing, Steve told me he knew the person was real because he could see them breathing and he was just waiting to see what was going to happen!)
Today I put Liliana on her tummy for some tummy time and she shocked me by rolling over (tummy to back)! Already? She is only 3 1/2 months old. I thought maybe it was just a fluke and she did it five more times! I caught one of those times on video…
Liliana is working really hard at rolling from her back to her tummy. She is about 80% there. She just can’t quite get over that shoulder. It is hilarious to watch her try and listen to her grunts. I will often find her asleep on her side. Another recent development is I will find her turned 180 degrees in her crib. Her head will be where her feet were!
She also likes to sleep with one hand behind her head. My other kids did this as well, but with both hands. Liliana prefers just one (and it is always her left arm tucked under there).
Here are pictures of her with wonderful Aunt Janice…
Our happy girl! Whenever I get her out of bed these are the smiles I am greeted with…
They eye debate… what color will Liliana’s eyes be? My other two children have brown, like their daddy. Liliana’s are different, but it is too early to tell what color they will be. At times they look blue, and at other times we just have no clue. But, in pictures they sure look blue. It is a fun guessing game. One thing is certain, she has long eyelashes like her brother and sister. They get that from their daddy, too.
Liliana is quite a social little girl. She loves to be talked to and she talks right back. She doesn’t like to be ignored (who does?). It is delightful to hear her talk. Often it is cooing and giggles, but recently she has began to assertive herself a little more with loud squeals, especially when she is talking to Steve. She can be behind a closed door and I can still hear her down the hall. She was really having a hay day the other night and so we got out the camera. By then she was tired, ready to nurse, and go down for the night. But you get a little glimpse of it.
