Threenager

 Livie is 3!!

You are so sweet and sassy. Still a mamas girl.. Is it mamas turn?  Sleeping in bed girl bed unless you roam to our bed in the middle of the night. We have to lay by you till you fall asleep. If you dont nap you go right to sleep but napping at daycare keeps you up later usually 915 is the earliest youll fall asleep. I did tell them not to let you sleep more than 1.5 hours.

Wearing mostly 4T clothes, some 3T.  Potty trained for the most part excpet pooping in your underwear. Sigh.  Will stay dry all night even.

Getting so picky foods. You like turkey, shredded cheese and ketchup and quesadillas.  Chicken nuggets no longer like fries. Lots of Ketchup:(    Fruits, z bars, OJ.  Love fruit by the foot and freeze pops.

Love gabbys dollhouse, princesses and ponies.  Starting to like barbies.  Still love playing kitchen and dolls and lining things all up. Love dressing up in princess outfits adn shoes and crowns.

Livie is 2. Oh Twodles

 Our sweet Livie-Lou is 2!  I cant believe. You are turning into such a fun, sassy grown up girl.  You are talking so much and singing and oh so smart.

*You weigh 32 pounds.. cant remember your height.. but doc was like oh her bmi is high for her height etc. All of our kids have been chunky.

*Wear 2T clothes some 3T.  Size 6 diaper.  Showing some interest in the potty but dont really get it. Just say my potty and want to sit on it. 

*Can count to 10.  Like to sing twinkle twinkle can sing some of the abcs.

*Know all the animals and sounds.

*Love walks and pushing your car around and playing at neighbors Ryanns house to play with her toys.

*Still love your paci you dont have it at school.. mostly sleeping or in the car sometimes you throw a fit at home for one.

*Can drink out of cups bottles and straws.. love juice or capri suns or fizzy water and freak for them.

*Love ice cream and popsicles.

*Food favs: hot dogs, yogurt, cheese sticks, raspberries and blueberries strawberries, pineapple.

*Not a fan of veggies will spit out but we still offer them.

*Usually do better with a later bedtime 8-830.. you'll go a few nights in row sleeping all night then others where you wake up 1-3 and then just sleep with us.

*Love your babies and taking care of them and changing their diapers.

*Love bubbles.

*Love organizing things and people s shoes...line them up in a row.

*Like princess dresses and twirling.

*Very sassy on where people sit and like to boss us around.

*Love cooking and doing tea parties.

1.5 years old

 You are becoming more of a toddler and less of a baby. I think you weighed around 27lbs 9oz.. still on the shorter side. wearing mostly 24month clothes still some 18m..size 6 diapers.  Size 4 shoes.

*I just love this stage of you playing with your kitchen set, pushing your babies in your stroller and laying them down for diaper changes and lining up all the supplies over and over.

*You love to be outside and want to run thru the neighborhood.

*You do not like to come back inside after and will often have big tantrums of screaming and laying on the floor all mad..nothing makes you happy.  It seems ot early for this.

*You like to run to the fridge and demand snacks.

*Love drinking from a straw cup and to pretend drink from plastic bottles.

*Can say Bray Bray for Brayden now...landon a little bit or yell brother.  Bella you are really good at saying.

*Love yogurt pouches, cheese sticks, apple sauce, and cheese puff popcorn.

*You scream once the cookies or ice cream is all gone.

*You love books and will carry them all around and have us all read them over and over.

*You know where all your body parts are eyes etc.

*You love dance parties.

*You still love to pull on hair especially mine.. you want to sit nad my lap and play with my hair after school and when you get tired.

*Take great naps usually around 1230-3 in that time frame.  

*You go down great for naps and bedtime just two books and lay you down with babies and a blanket.

*You still usulaly wake up and end up sleeping with us and you pulling my hair. GRRR.. we really need to stop this.

*Dont really love getting your hair done cute but we ve attempted a few times.  We typically do a side pony to school.

*Love stickers and want to us the entire sheet.

*Love coloring and painting.

*Your brothers spoil you and you usually grunt till they will do what you want.

*Still paci obsessed... you def need in car and sleeping. During the day I dont think they give it to you much at daycare and you are kinda fine without when playing etc.

* You went on your first plane ride to AZ to visit Grandma and Grandpa and did great.. you loved carrying our stuff back and forth in the air port. You mostly slept both times on the p lane.. otherwise just played with the brochures or had snacks.

One in a melon

 We had your One in a Melon birthday party after your baptism. It turned out super cute you did well being tired and not getting your nap.  The smash cake you werent too sure and then when you had frosting on your face you were not happy and smeared it into your eyes and up your nose.  You did not like being dirty.

Baptism

 You were finally baptized on August 22nd.  Due to Covid church has not been open etc so we decided to combine it with your 1st birthday.  Go figure wed all be back in masks due to Covid picking up again but at least we were able to get you baptized.  You were baptized where we were married and the other boys were baptized as well.  Your godfathers are Ross and Matt. It went really well and you tolerated your big puffy dress Grandpa Miguel bought you in Mexico.

1 year old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 1 years old already!!! EEK

*We think you weigh 24 lbs 12 oz 95% perentile, 29inches long (51%).

*Wearing 12 and 18 month  clothes size 5 diaper

*Finished up helmet the end of July, now I feel I stare at your head and see flatness ugh.. I hope it gets better more on its own. ahhh

*Cruising on furniture and pulling up on everything.. opening cupboards and walking behind toys and with our hands. No walking yet.

*Still say mama dada baba it sounds like you say Bella?

*shakes head yes and no for things-food... like to sign all done for diaper changes and when you dont want to go on walks

*Started liking pacis:( hahah  

*Sleeping better after more sleep training.. most nights youll stay asleep and we have to wake you up at like 645 for school.  Youll still have occ nights where restless for 2-3 hours

*Started giving you some whole milk in with your bottles.. hoping to do more just cups next week..running out of my frozen breast milk supply but we made it the full year with no formula! WOop woop

*Still nursing you in the mornings... I think youd be fine without it?  You dont really seem to eat for long?

* Loving most foods and you just pile it all in your mouth

*Getting baptized this weekend along with your first bday party 

11 months old

 *You are crawling everywhere and pulling yourself up on things.. youve kinda walked with help with your walking toy.

*Working on tooth number 8... you got all four on the top and the ones on the sides of the bottom teeth all at once.

*You caught the awful hand foot mouth at daycare..was just awful.

*Had your first trip to visit cousin Charlie.. you did great despite being on the go and not getting your naps. You slept in a pack and play for the first itme.

*Still saying mama, dada, baba.

*Only nursing in the morning and then using up the freezer stash.  

*Sleeping better.. youll either sleep all night or wake up once usually.  Sometimes like an hour or so after bed or various times.

*Napping twice usualy around 10 and 2. Daycare naps ar ehit or miss..sometimes a good hour long one but then wont in the afternoon then youre pretty cranky.

*Wearing 12 and 18 month clothes, size 5 diaper.

*Still love playing in the water..went on your first boat ride. You did well.

*Still rocking the helmet... we may stop in one more week. Youve met all the goals.

*Prob weigh close to 24 lbs..you were 23 somthing whne you went in for HFM.

*Love your brothers and love seeing dogs on walks. First trip tothe zoo and you laughed and got excited at all the animals.

*Eating pretty much all foods

*Love dancing and when alexa turns on to play music