That's it...Ivy is one! Wow!!
This time last year I was probably cursing, bouncing on a yoga ball, and squeezing the sh*t outta poor Jonathan's hand every 3-5 minutes! In almost two more hours (this time last year) she made her debut, and life has only gotten better every day since!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Ivy's first birthday...
I am starting to get nervous about Ivy's first birthday. I don't feel like I am putting enough thought into it. This is huge, or so everyone makes it out to be huge. Is it bad that I kind of feel like....what is the big deal? Am I a terrible mother?
I know it is a big milestone, but it is nothing for Ivy! Just another day! We are going to a park, so all it is for her is a really fun day at the park, you know? I think it has to do with that we are so far from family and friends to share it with us. We are having friends come, friends Ivy absolutely loves,(and we do too!) but it is going to be very small, and well, just like a BBQ, not a first birthday! Or at least not a first birthday that I think a lot of other parents plan for their babies.
I guess the main thing is make sure Ivy has fun and understands that it is a special day! Ivy will have fun at a park, outside all day, and with mom and dad, and her friends, she will love it! So I guess that is the best first birthday you can have right?!
Oh and we are getting her a goldfish for her birthday!! haha, how cool is that!? It was daddy's idea, she is going to absolutely love her fishy...'glub, glub, glub,' is what she will say every time she sees it!
I know it is a big milestone, but it is nothing for Ivy! Just another day! We are going to a park, so all it is for her is a really fun day at the park, you know? I think it has to do with that we are so far from family and friends to share it with us. We are having friends come, friends Ivy absolutely loves,(and we do too!) but it is going to be very small, and well, just like a BBQ, not a first birthday! Or at least not a first birthday that I think a lot of other parents plan for their babies.
I guess the main thing is make sure Ivy has fun and understands that it is a special day! Ivy will have fun at a park, outside all day, and with mom and dad, and her friends, she will love it! So I guess that is the best first birthday you can have right?!
Oh and we are getting her a goldfish for her birthday!! haha, how cool is that!? It was daddy's idea, she is going to absolutely love her fishy...'glub, glub, glub,' is what she will say every time she sees it!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Good times!
I obviously need to get better or more serious about blogging! I am so slow!
Ivy is almost one, and we can't believe it. I still remember the day she was born like it was yesterday! I guess that day never fades from your memory! But at the time, it just seemed like she would never be one, never even seemed like she would be a month old, or three months old, or six etc...!
So we have spent the last two weeks looking at daycares for Ivy. It is so hard, and emotional, and just seems like no place is ever going to be good enough! No-one can take care of her like her mommy, or daddy! BUT...I found a place today that I really loved. A really nice daycare, lots of high standards it seems. So I think that will be the one. It was clean, with a lot of natural light, a really cool playground, great staff, Ivy seemed to really enjoy it, but it is still scary, as much as I liked it, or Ivy liked it! It is going to be so hard to actually leave her on the first day...
So...we did end up going hiking last weekend, while daddy rested. It was a lot of fun, just Ivy and I! We ate blueberries under a huge pine tree, next to a river! Watched fish at the local fishery, and even got to pet a very wet smelly dog that was swimming in the Columbia River! Ivy loved him!
She is starting to sign more and more. It is so exciting to see her learn this! I have been signing to her since she was born! She started with 'eat' a few weeks ago, and now she does 'train' and is kind of learning to do 'more.' But as that sign is very similar to clapping, she usually ends up just clapping! That works too!
Ivy is almost one, and we can't believe it. I still remember the day she was born like it was yesterday! I guess that day never fades from your memory! But at the time, it just seemed like she would never be one, never even seemed like she would be a month old, or three months old, or six etc...!
So we have spent the last two weeks looking at daycares for Ivy. It is so hard, and emotional, and just seems like no place is ever going to be good enough! No-one can take care of her like her mommy, or daddy! BUT...I found a place today that I really loved. A really nice daycare, lots of high standards it seems. So I think that will be the one. It was clean, with a lot of natural light, a really cool playground, great staff, Ivy seemed to really enjoy it, but it is still scary, as much as I liked it, or Ivy liked it! It is going to be so hard to actually leave her on the first day...
So...we did end up going hiking last weekend, while daddy rested. It was a lot of fun, just Ivy and I! We ate blueberries under a huge pine tree, next to a river! Watched fish at the local fishery, and even got to pet a very wet smelly dog that was swimming in the Columbia River! Ivy loved him!
She is starting to sign more and more. It is so exciting to see her learn this! I have been signing to her since she was born! She started with 'eat' a few weeks ago, and now she does 'train' and is kind of learning to do 'more.' But as that sign is very similar to clapping, she usually ends up just clapping! That works too!
Friday, July 11, 2008
Sick....Yuck...
Poor Jonathan...he is so sick...Please God...don't let Ivy or myself catch whatever he has...and please make him well! Oh and Ivy is the cutest, it has been just mommy and Ivy today...we went to lunch in Hawthorne district. Yummy at No Fish Go Fish, or is that the other way around, can't remember. But we loved the vegan Split Pea Soup! And we got the Kelty back pack carrier from my sis, took a long walk. Ivy loved it but I obviously need to be in better shape! We are going to go hiking tomorrow to get out of the house away from GERMS, and give daddy time to rest. Wish us luck, it should be like 94 degrees, yuck. Hopefully it will be cooler in the Gorge.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Ivy's gonna be a talker!
She says so many words...I know it is hard to believe, and I am not just being an over enthusiastic first time mom making this up!! She really says a lot of words, I wanted to list them here!!
Her first word, said Easter Weekend was 'book'....how cute is that!
She also says:
'buh'...means bird, she even puts her fingers to her mouth and tries to sign it!!
'num-nums'... of course means food!!
'glub glub glub'... said really fast and always three times is the sound a fish makes!
'ch ch' ... said really fast and twice, is what a train sounds like!
'meahhh'... while she sticks her tongue out is Meow! We think she sticks her tongue out to mimic the me--'YOWWWW' sound!
'hiiiii'... while waving means, well it means Hi! sometimes she says it 'haaaayyyyy'
'mamamamama'...obvious what that means right!? But sometimes it also means dad too!
'yayayayaya'....means dadda!
'di-annnanna'...is her cousin Diana!
'YaaaaaYYY'....means Yay!! now she claps every time we say YAY!
'kitee'...is kitty!
'maaamaaa'....for some reason is ball!
There are more each day, but these are the main ones! I wish I could get a video of each one because, of course, it is the cutest thing in the entire whole world!
Well...that is all for now, still haven't explored the blog thing enough to know how to upload pics, or you know, do anything else but post...one day I promise!
I love you Jonathan!
Her first word, said Easter Weekend was 'book'....how cute is that!
She also says:
'buh'...means bird, she even puts her fingers to her mouth and tries to sign it!!
'num-nums'... of course means food!!
'glub glub glub'... said really fast and always three times is the sound a fish makes!
'ch ch' ... said really fast and twice, is what a train sounds like!
'meahhh'... while she sticks her tongue out is Meow! We think she sticks her tongue out to mimic the me--'YOWWWW' sound!
'hiiiii'... while waving means, well it means Hi! sometimes she says it 'haaaayyyyy'
'mamamamama'...obvious what that means right!? But sometimes it also means dad too!
'yayayayaya'....means dadda!
'di-annnanna'...is her cousin Diana!
'YaaaaaYYY'....means Yay!! now she claps every time we say YAY!
'kitee'...is kitty!
'maaamaaa'....for some reason is ball!
There are more each day, but these are the main ones! I wish I could get a video of each one because, of course, it is the cutest thing in the entire whole world!
Well...that is all for now, still haven't explored the blog thing enough to know how to upload pics, or you know, do anything else but post...one day I promise!
I love you Jonathan!
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