Tessa-4 months

I took Tessa to the doctor yesterday. (I’m so sad we don’t have Kaiser and our pediatrician anymore.). She weighs 11 lbs. 11 oz.  and is in the 11 percentile for weight.  She’s tiny! She is 24 1/2 inches long and in the 57th percentile for length. That seems weird to me because she isn’t long and skinny. Maybe they measured her wrong? I don’t know, but she did not like the shots. Otherwise, she was her normal, smiley self. Here are some things about Tessa at 4 months.

She has started blowing bubbles and raspberries.

She sleeps a good 8-9 hour stretch at night starting about 10:30 pm-an improvement from 11-1 am.

She can grab toys and stick them in her mouth.

She coos and gurgles and laughs.

She makes these weird cat sounds when she’s mad.

She tries to sit up when reclined.

She can stand up when you hold her on your lap.

She is very social and smiles at most people.

She has a very erratic if any nap schedule.

We love having her in our family!

Tummy time! Look at that crazy hair! She gets a ton of comments about her hair.

She likes to stick out her tongue when she smiles.

Mommy kisses.

Marco’s birthday celebrations

This post is a long time coming. Marco had his birthday over a month ago, and we had his “friend party” about 4 weeks ago. But, if I don’t document it, it will be forgotten. On his actual birthday,  he got his BIG present! He was in the living room and we told him to close his eyes while I wheeled in his bike. Lucia saw it first and blurted out, “But he wanted a skooter!” I was so mad! Marco started to cry-not sure why. It was a big misunderstanding and I started wheeling it back to the garage and saying I would return it if he didn’t want it. He did want it and was excited about it, but Lucia definitely ruined the whole thing.

That evening, we went to Chuck E. Cheese

Here’s his present from Uncle B. It’s hillarious!

 

Deer in the headlights

That is a scary looking rat!

Then he got his friend party. The first one ever! He didn’t invite a whole lot of friends, but it was still fun. It was so easy! We went to McDonald’s, had tables reserved in the play area and ordered Happy Meals for the kids. We brought cupcakes and party bags. No entertaining, clean up or preparing food and it was fairly inexpensive. It was fabulous! When we asked Marco what his favorite part of the party was, he said, “Handing out the party bags and opening presents.”

It’s been a week already?

I’m  still a little bit back logged on my blogging-I still need to do Tessa’s blessing and Marco’s birthday. We lost the SIM card, then found it and need to download the pictures. Just some random things:

I made refrigerator pickles for the first time last week. They were way too salty, but otherwise good.

I’m eating fresh tomatoes from our garden and they are good!

Potty training Sylvie is an ongoing process. Yesterday, I put her in the bathroom with her potty and she threw a huge tantrum, peed on the counter and then sat inside the toilet bowl. Her most favorite sayings these days are, “I’m not coming!” and “I won’t!” When you ask her to come or do something.  We also started a nursery school group today. I got to do some shopping without her! Yay!

We didn’t do much for Labor day. Sylvie did gymnastics, Julio worked on the yard, and we went swimming at Grandma’s house and had a BBQ.

Marco is on the early schedule for reading which means he needs extra help. I knew he would, but it still doesn’t make you feel confidant in your parenting skills when your kid is in the bottom half of the class.  It works out better for us anyway so Julio can take him to school.

I will catch up on those other posts one of these days. That’s all for now.