Wyatt - Playing Catch up

Month 2 (sept-Oct)
What activities did Wyatt do during his 2nd month?
Went to his first baby shower
Had his first bottle -- success!
Was the guest of honor at his "Sip n See" party with tons of guests!
Went to the pumpkin patch (several times)
Mommy's birthday
Lots of walking to and from sissy's school
Sissy's speech therapy sessions

How is Wyatt sleeping?
More of the same at the beginning - bed around 9:30pm, up around 3:30/4. 
There was one fantastic night that he didn't wake up until 5am for my birthday (thanks buddy!) which kicked off a trend of sleeping until 7/7:30!! YES!

What "skills" has Wyatt mastered?
He is way more alert and will follow with his eyes
He is beginning to grasp fingers and toys
He holds his head up REALLY well!
Beginning to coo and make noises other than crying
We are working on Tummy Time


Month 3 (Oct-Nov)
What activities did Wyatt do during his 3rd month?
Halloween!
Soccer practice and games
Road trip up to Georgia for Thanksgiving on the lake
Lots of walking to and from sissy's school

How is Wyatt sleeping?
Gotten into a pattern of 9:30-5:30

What "skills" has Wyatt mastered?

Any milestones? 
Laughed out loud for the first time

Dislikes the carseat!!



Month 4 (Nov-Dec)
What activities did Wyatt do during his 4th month?
Soccer practice and games
Lots of walking to and from sissy's school
Sissy's Christmas concerts
1st Christmas at home
Slept at Mimi's house for the first time while Mommy and Daddy hosted a Cocktail Party
How is Wyatt sleeping?

What "skills" has Wyatt mastered?
Batting and eventually grabbing onto toys to chew on them

Any milestones? 
LOTS of coos and noises
Rolled back to front at the beginning of the month, was rolling back to front and front to back consistently by the end of the month
Holding himself up while on tummy time

STILL dislikes the carseat

Plans for month 5 include...
Park
Food

Holiday Fun ::. You've Been Snowed On

My girls had SO much fun Boo-ing our neighbors back at Halloween, so when this "You've Been Snowed On" neighbor thing from Tatertots and Jello came to my attention, I knew we had to start it on our street.

I ran to the dollar store and picked up a few things:
Red & green disco-like ball necklaces
Holiday erasers
Gummy Rudolph noses

Then I printed out the pdf from Tatertots and Jello to make it easier for the neighbors and threw in some yarn "snow balls" that I was making for my daughter's Kindergarten class, threw them in a lunch sack and we were ready to go.

The girls had an absolute ball sneaking over to our neighbors houses after it got dark and dropping off their goodies.

Look who's 9 months!

9 months... that's 3/4 of a year. THAT is ridiculous!

What fun did Lizzie have during month 9?
Not too much of note... 
Hosted a back to school pool playdate
Visit with Gigi and Pop pop in Georgia (while mommy and daddy go to Clemson FOOTBALL!)
Went to a couple birthday parties
Went swimming a LOT
Watched her first Clemson football game... on TV

How is Lizzie sleeping?
Same as usual, bed between 8:30 and 9, then up between 6:30 and 7
She has 2 naps a day

What is Lizzie eating?
75% mommy milk, 25% formula
Whatever she can get her hands on.
Still loves avocado and eats apple sauce with the stuff she "doesn't like"

What "skills" has Lizzie mastered (or working on)?
Oh boy... well, she's climbing stairs - awesome, right? No
AND when we put up a dog/cat/child gate... she climbed through the cat section. oh boy!
She is getting pretty good at floating around the pool in just a small inflatable ring (she has decided she doesn't like to be restrained in the baby float anymore)
She's cruising furniture

Plans for month 10 include...
*spoiler alert* 1st tooth!
Busch Gardens
Sissy's birthday
More Clemson football games (on TV) with friends
playdates
Pool while the weather holds

On the road again...

The girls and I head out this morning for our whirlwind road trip from Florida up to my parents house in Georgia for half a day to pick up my mom (and sleep), then on to Illinois to see my 95 year old Grandma on the farm for a few days, then we hit Kentucky for a day to see my "Grandma Martha", then back to Georgia to drop mom back off and rest for a day... and then we will make it back home to Florida a short week before school starts.

Where DID the summer go? Sheesh. I'm not ready for Charlotte to be going to school 5 days a week for VPK.

Here are the girls showing daddy where we are going on the first leg of the trip.

We stopped by the AAA office the other day to get a USA, Southeastern states, and Northeastern states map so we could track our progress. The girls are really excited about the maps.

On the way to the grocery yesterday, Charlotte had out the Southeastern states map and said, "Is the grocery on this map? I want to track us". I told her, no, the map was a little too big to see our neighborhood so I had to get on google and print out a few maps to show her our planned route for the day. She got a kick out of it.

I could be totally wrong here... but I highly doubt many kids have any clue how to read a map. I like that Charlotte is so interested! I used to love to follow along on the map during my own childhood road trips to Illinois and Kentucky.

Wish us luck on our LOOOOOONG road trip with the 3 girls!

{Summer Activities} #83 Feed the Ducks

The girls got the opportunity to Feed the Ducks at Busch Gardens the other day.

 It's such a small thing but the girls get a kick out of it. I love that they can interact with nature in this way and the girls love checking out the different ducks and fish that come over.

Check out our progress as we make our way through the 101 almost free things to do with kids this summer from stay-a-stay-at-home-mom.com

For all other posts in this category go here: {Summer Fun}

A half a year old! :D

"Happy Half birthday to you, Happy Half birthday to...."

Ok just kidding :D We don't celebrate half birthdays in the Moore Household... yet. What age does that start? I would have to say soon for my oldest daughter. We'll see....

Like I say every month, "I can't believe Lizzie is {insert month} months old!! ". But seriously, 6 months? I should start planning her 1st birthday (again kidding... I have like 2 months before I start, lol).

What fun did Lizzie have during month 6?
- Gigi and Pop pop visited
- Went to the Spray park
- Lots of time in the pool
- Celebrated Mother's Day
- Went to her 1st ballet recital
- Became a soccer fan (sissy's practices and games)
- Went to a birthday party
- Survived her 1st tropical storm (Andrea :D )

How is Lizzie sleeping?
- Goes to bed between 8 and 9 and wakes up once around 5-6 (sometimes earlier, bleh), eats, and sleeps a little longer until maybe 8 or 9

What is Lizzie eating?
- Mommy milk
- Homemade - peas, mixed vegetables, squash, green beans, peaches
- store bought - handy dandy mixed fruit pouches for the go, prunes, carrots

What "skills" has Lizzie mastered (or working on)?
- Sits for a short while on her own
- still LOVES the jumperoo and exersaucer
- has started rocking back to her knees (crawling soon?! not yet!!)
- rolling ALL. OVER. THE. PLACE.
- She is very good at getting where she wants, she will turn herself in a 360* circle, and then roll to where she wants to go
- babbling, ""mmm ba" and "mmm blah"... is what have so far :D.

Plans for month 7 include...
Busch Gardens
Georgia for the 4th of July
Go on her first boat!
More pool, splash park fun
Beach visit

Happy 6 months Lizzie!

Happy {be-lated} Mother's Day!

I hope all you moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day! I had a great weekend.

Saturday we had Charlotte's soccer game (which hubby and I are the coaches for), usually my mother-in-law joins us for games and practices so she can watch the younger two, but she said she would watch the kids at home on Saturday since with picture day it would be long. Liar :) We got home to see 4 cars in the driveway and my mother-in-law and helpers setting up storage racks and organizing my garage! Awesome!

To make it even BETTER... she and her helpers managed to bring our HUGE non-rolling, rusted, grill from the old house to our backyard. Oh. Happy. Day! I have been without a grill for WAY too long.

Saturday night we grilled out as a family, got slightly rained out on the back porch, then played in the puddles out front, and ended the night watching baseball with a neighbor while the kids played upstairs.

Sunday, we got all dressed for church and I got some shots of the girls and I.

 

Had lunch at home, then we went to the park. The girls actually let me lay down in the shade with the car seat while they entertained themselves (score!)

Then we came back to the house and the girls played in the silly sprinkler thing...

and then we went in the pool...

we planted a garden with the help of my mother-in-law...

 

and ended the day grilling out and having dinner on the back patio as the sunset.

I am a lucky mom!

Pizza Night #17: 1st Pizza Night in the NEW House!

We have officially been in the new house for 5 weeks and I think I am starting to get myself into a routine... which has been kind of hard because IN those 5 weeks we had house guests 3 times (ok, so it was just my parents for 2 times but STILL... a house guest is a house guest), went to Busch Gardens twice, celebrated Easter, and had my daughters 4th birthday party. Phew!

We did manage to start up on of our old traditions, Homemade Pizza Night, which was so fun! The girls love to watch daddy toss the pizza dough and help put on all the toppings. We didn't try a new pizza recipe, we just stuck with good old premade publix dough, fresh mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, and mushroom.

 

 

 And Voila...

Fun new Christmas (or NYE) tradition!

So my brother surprised the family with the following as a fun new Christmas tradition this year... but I think it would be a great NYE tradition as well!



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On Christmas eve after dinner, he brought out a box of Floating Sky Lanterns and half a dozen permanent markers and presented each couple with their own lantern (the kids all shared one as well). We were given the instruction to write down our wishes/hopes/goals for the upcoming year on them.



Uncle Andy helping the girls with their list

 The kids list included a trip to Disney, the beach, visiting cousins, Busch Gardens, and other fun excursions. The couples' lists had some more "grown up" hopes and dreams on them. The first item on our list was a NEW HOUSE! PS... we have had an offer on this one house for A WHOLE YEAR. Granted we have looked at other houses in the meanwhile, this house seems to have come full circle so we are hoping with everything we have that this house goes through... and soon! Hubby wanted some more solid expansion plans for his business, and I just wanted to have more date nights and family date events.

Once all the lists were completed, we headed down to the dock to light them off.

How it works is you swing the lantern around (carefully) to get a little bit of air in it and then you light the wick at the bottom and wait until it inflates.

Once you begin to feel the lantern "pull" then you are ready to let it fly and you just let go.

It was a really neat and fun family thing to do!

Weekly Meal Plan #34 {Plus a review and FATHER'S DAY}

I'd like to wish all the Father's (and soon-to-be Fathers) a Happy Father's Day!

This is also a day to remember all the wonderful fathers who are no longer with us on Earth. May they always stay fresh in our memories!

The memory book I made for hubby (well, for the girls) about my father-in-law who passed in February

Meal Plan

This is a SHORT week in regards to Menu Planning... the girls and I are heading up to Georgia for my brother and future sister-in-laws bridal shower and then we are staying through to the weekend before the 4th! Yay.

SUNDAY 
Daddy's favorite for Fathers Day!
Corned Beef Potatoes, Carrots, and Cabbage

MONDAY 
6th Anniversary DATE NIGHT
... a little early because I'll be up in GA for our actual anniversary

TUESDAY
Lemon Chicken & Shrimp
And THEN it's off to Georgia for  Gigi's yummy cooking!

Last weeks recap

Chef Salad

Easy Sheppards Pie- ish

Boursin Bundles

Daddy's Favorite - Shrimp Pasta
compliments of Daddy's mom

Movie gift cards shouldn't make you sad...

This made me sad today.

Why?

Because we got this movie theater gift card for Grandpa for Christmas and hubby handed it back to me today.

The girls' late Grandpa LOVED gift cards and had a lot of them, so when hubby was going through his stuff he came across a whole stack of them, he decided to split them between his sister and us.

So as I start flipping through our little stack and see a few restaurant gift cards, I come to the movie theater gift card that I had personally bought and it struck me... he never got to use it. And he won't be taking Charlotte to any more movies.

You see, Grandpa and Mimi brought Charlotte to her very FIRST BIG (In other words... movie theater) movie. They had a ball! Charlotte sat in the middle and held the popcorn, passing out pieces as she felt necessary.  Since Grandparents never really NEED anything for Christmas, we got them each a set of movie theater gift cards so they could take Charlotte some more.

{Sigh}

Time to go work on a little "Memories of Grandpa" project!

Have a great Tuesday!