The Leary's: May 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Sophie's Latest...

Sophie, Sophie...gosh, this girl is so BIG. Mike and I can hardly believe [as I've said before] where the time goes. It's hard, at this point, to keep up with all the "new's" since she is so active. She learns something new on a daily basis so this post I figured I would [try] to list as much "new" as possible...

1. She's almost got the entire alphabet nailed
2. And numbers 1-20...almost
3. Loves the word "No!"
4. Loves to watch her birdies and squirrels chase each other at breakfast time

5. Still not interested in the potty
6. Loves jelly's [shoes]
7. Likes to swim

8. New phrase..."Don't want to!!"
9. Wednesday is her favorite day [Storytime at B&N then playtime with friends]
10. LOVES to dance and sing [especially with Daddy]
11. Can't wait for sister Charlie to arrive
12. LOVES books
13. Likes ladybugs, real and pretend ones she makes up that crawl on her finger
14. LOVES to be outside

15. Still a total animal lover
16. Can carry on the best [and cutest] conversations with full animation

17. Has taken a recent liking to Where's Waldo?

[Playing Where's Waldo on my iPhone]

18. Now needs to use a "Big Girl Cup"
19. Loves to play in her sandbox
20. Might actually be afraid of the dark...[she must sleep with a lamp, closet light and her tykelight on] :(

There...some of her many but I'll try to keep better track so I can update more often! She's just a bubbly little person who continues to make us laugh and smile. To be continued...

Lots of love.

Five Months Along...

I felt I needed to update you all on Charlie's progress. We've had a couple "check-up" visits since finding out she is PERFECT and I've taken Sophie along so she could experience the journey as well. Charlie's growing right on schedule [from belly measurements] and her heart-rate is a steady 145bpm. Sophie got to hear the heartbeat the last couple times and her eyes just light up. "Charee's in there??"

Her ears are fully developed by this point so Sophie reads to her all the time, even showing her the pictures. She kicks and punches all day long so I set out to make things more "real" for big sister and caught her when she was full of action. Sophie put her hand on my belly and not seconds later she kicked her hand. Needless to say, Sophie was amazed! She's a very proud big sister and can't understand why Charlie won't come out?!?!?! She wants to be the first to hold Charlie and promises to rock, feed and hug her.

If only Charlie knew how much she was loved already.

Hope everyone is doing well. Have a great weekend!

Love, love, love.