Day 321

We visited Daddy at work today. We packed a lunch and headed over! :) The girls had fun playing with him....

Luciana is doing this thing now (pic above), I wonder if it's prep for walking?? Either way, she's having fun, and we aren't rushing her. :)

We get to see Papa tomorrow, but not til evening. Then two days all together.

Yaaaaaaaawwwwnnnn, goodnight.

Day 320

Tonight, after the girls went to sleep & after I ate a big ravioli dinner, I wrote in the girls' baby books. :) Of course, I had to go back and read them from the beginning... It was so sweet. We were very new at it all (in P's book) and I laughed at how we thought her not sleeping at night was a sign of something life threatening! Wow. :/ By the time we got to Lu, we were still shocked by the newborn phase, but had a better handle on it all. We knew we were a complete family once we saw Lulu's face, that we wouldn't have anymore kids... Even seeing/reading how miserable it was being pregnant, I still look at that time through rose colored glasses (is that the saying??) We are happy, us four, and through each hard(er) phase the girls go through, we still find humor, amazement and beauty. And here we are only at the start. Let's hope we make it through with this attitude!  ;)

Today I captured Lu bouncing in big circles in her Johnny Jumper:

When Penelope gets the idea she can walk through that doorway while Lu is doing that, she usually gets knocked down. Hard. :/ Poor baby! Never learns.

As of today, Luciana being almost 11 months old, she is learning to keep up with her sister, and the two have juuuuust begun to play together. But, barely. :) They are gentle with each other, but P has to be reminded of this sometimes when she gets excited. She hugs her sister, and shares (when gently nudged), and laughs when Lu does. Best friends already!

Goodnight. 

Day 319

Here are the girls while I ran their bath....

Lu was tired tired tired, laid out, waiting to be washed like royalty. P was busy messing with things on the counter... Probably something she wasn't supposed to be messing with! :)

We had a good day. Saw a huge spider & our awesome neighbor/contractor/all-around-handyman Tom came and debs the day, since Papa is at work. Phew!!! We would've had to stay at the Mariott tonight, heehee. ;)

Goodnight.

Day 318

We had a rough night... Both girls were tag team awake from 3:30 on. :/ I'd get one back down & the other would wake up. I finally brought P into bed with me at 5:45, put on PBS Kids and fell back asleep. Lulu was up for the day around 6:30. Man!! :/

We had a fun day down at the harbor, still. Daddy took Penelope kayaking for the very first time (she loved it, was well behaved) while Luciana and I walked alllllll around the harbor. She was in her big sisters stroller, and loved that, being able to see the world, not facing me. It's been windy, making a sand storm at Baby beach, so we didn't stay while P and Daddy played in the water-- we went to Trader Joe's in traffic instead! 

Lulu is becoming a big girl-- rides in the shopping cart, instead of the Ergo, uses big girl stroller, crawls super fast, and is just loud as she can be, making herself known in any room. :) We are so proud of both girls, what sweet girls they are. 

Mama was playing with a photo app today, haha. :)

Night!

Day 317

Today's post will be short-- I'm just so tired! (I hope I'm not getting sick, I've been tired all day.) 

Nothing super eventful today, so I'll just share a couple pics.

I found these floatie things at Albertson's, 75% off, end of summer sale, and had a feeling we'd use them in and out of the water....

(The 10 minutes between both of them being blown up were insane-- they were fighting over the one, and I had to be a ref! I know next time, I'll wait to give whatever it is when they are both ready.)

And here is our little tired angel before bathtime. It happens around 5:30, and she's just had her dinner, so she's real tired and just ready for sleep. She loves the bath, though, and it helps her to want to stay awake until bedtime. :)

Well, my post wasn't as short as I'd planned, so that's good! Oh, I should mention-- Lulu had her second flu shot this morning, and she did amazing!! Cried for 5 seconds, then was in Mama's arms and was all better. :) What a trooper. Penelope said "uh-oh" when we started walking toward the exam room! She knew what was up!!! She worries, poor thing! 

Also, Penelope and I were dancing to some music on a show we watched after the bath, and Lu joined us, bouncing, waving her hands! So so super cute!

That's all. Night!

Day 316

Highlight of a pretty uneventful day: taking a bath with my baby girl Luciana :) I love how she just lie on her back on my belly, super secure and confident. She kicked, splashed and then I turned on our lights-- our bath has a crazy light show feature-- and she loooooved it! Also the jets. ;) We just hung out at home, and Papa is at work. He is currently fighting a fire on a barge, I think that's what it's called?, down at the harbor. Poor thing, he's been up since forever ago!  :( 

I cropped this pic as much as I could to keep it sweet, and not revealing. Goodnight. 

Day 315

We had ourselves a lovely day at home, and Daddy was there for most of it, too. :) We started our day with all of us in our bed, after P woke us up with yells of, "Maaaamaaaaaa!!!" :) It's a drag to wake up, especially since I'm actually sleeping more, but it's also sweet that she's a big girl and can say Mama. So, Lu was up shortly after, and we managed about 30 minutes of all of us silently lying in bed watching Curious George. It sounds like "whatever", but it is so very nice. 

P and Daddy went to the park, Daddy went to the dentist, me and P played with water outside, and we had pizza for dinner. Unfortunately, the only bad part of today was that I think Lulu is suffering from teething. :/ She wasn't her normal happy, smiley self today, and she wanted to be held all day. She's sleeping soundly now, so hopefully she's okay. 

Here is the sweetie pie-- I took these while it was just her and I playing, during P's nap... Night!

(And just look at how big P is!!)

Poor kids, they are smothered with kisses & hugs all day long-- they just push me away, hahah. ;)