Here are some videos I took over the summer that I finally got to edit! Hope you enjoy!
Daphne at the pool:
Daphne "reading":
Together as a family at a concert at the park:
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
7 Week Check-Up
I forgot to blog about the baby's 7th week check-up on the October 23, 2007. She weighed 13 pounds and 4 ounces.
She is now wearing 3-6 month sized clothing.
She is now wearing 3-6 month sized clothing.
Lotus' First Halloween
Lotus was a very cute pea pod. We didn't really get that much trick-or-treating done as Daphne was being very temperamental. We had to take her out of her costume and just hold her in the middle of trick-or-treating because I think she was getting uncomfortable.
SHE WAS SOOOOOOOOOOO ADORABLE, THOUGH! She just looked so chubby and cute in her costume!
Daphne's 2nd Year Trick-or-Treating
So my parents got Daphne this adorable monkey costume. Really, really cute. However, Daphne has been adamantly refusing to wear it, so it was no surprise when she freaked out tonight refusing to even have it near her. So we ended up trick-or-treating without a costume. Which made me really, really sad. Maybe it will still fit by next year? Last year, she was a pumpkin and she LOVED her costume. I brought it out again this year, but she was freaked out about the pumpkin costume, too!
Well, anyway, tonight, after a brief walk around our neighborhood, we were sitting around in our living room talking and eating chocolates. Daphne was snacking with us and had just finished a piece of chocolate. I noticed her looking at her chocolate-stained fingers. She then started to look around her for something to wipe off the chocolate. After a brief pause, which I suspect she took to quickly think about her problem, she reached up to the top of her head AND WIPED HER HAND ON HER HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I told her that she should use a paper towel to wipe her hands, and she ran off towards her dad asking for a "ta-el perper".
It was hilarious.
Well, anyway, tonight, after a brief walk around our neighborhood, we were sitting around in our living room talking and eating chocolates. Daphne was snacking with us and had just finished a piece of chocolate. I noticed her looking at her chocolate-stained fingers. She then started to look around her for something to wipe off the chocolate. After a brief pause, which I suspect she took to quickly think about her problem, she reached up to the top of her head AND WIPED HER HAND ON HER HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I told her that she should use a paper towel to wipe her hands, and she ran off towards her dad asking for a "ta-el perper".
It was hilarious.
Monday, October 29, 2007
New Activities
Yesterday, I bought Daphne Play-Doh, a 48-pack of Crayola Crayons and safety scissors. She really enjoys playing with her Play-Doh. I've taught her how to make spheres and snakes with the Play-Doh. I've also shown her how to roll out the Play-Doh with a rolling pin. She seems to really get a kick from it.
She loves to color. She is starting to color within the lines. She's also learning her colors.
Along with teaching her how play with her new toys, I've also shown her how to properly put her things away. She knows that she has to put away the Play-Doh she is playing with before she can open up another color. She knows she has to return a crayon into the box before she takes out another one. When she's done coloring and cutting, she returns her crayons and her scissors to her pencil box that I also purchased for her.
Daphne threw a book in anger two days ago. I realized that we should start disciplining her. Emmanuel and I have agreed on putting her in the corner for 2 minutes whenever she expresses herself inappropriately, i.e. hitting people or throwing items. We're going to reserve the corner for very serious offenses so that it doesn't lose it's effectiveness. It's proven to be quite effective. For other infractions, we've decided to take away privileges. For example, if Daphne doesn't want to clean up her toys after she's done playing, that's fine, we'll clean them up--BUT, she won't be able to go into her playroom for a few hours or perhaps even a day. We want her to know that she has choices, but her choices have consequences. I don't want to bully her into cleaning up after herself, but I want her to learn that she can choose not clean up after herself, but, just like in real life, that choice has a logical sequence of action that follows.
When we put her into the corner two days ago, and it was so sad! She stayed put, but she cried and cried. I think she thinks she's invisible because she yells out, "I'm here! I'm here! Help me! I'm here!"
I'm looking for really good toddler books to read to Daphne that will show her how to appropriately express her emotions without throwing stuff or hitting people.
Oh, yeah, I also bought her alphabet flashcards that have both uppercase and lowercase letters, so she can learn her lowercase letters. I plan on using them to teach her the sound of each letter, too.
I also got her Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends. She really, really likes it. She likes to recite the poetry with me, and she even helps me act it out. In fact, she fell asleep last night while Emmanuel read some poems to her.
She loves to color. She is starting to color within the lines. She's also learning her colors.
Along with teaching her how play with her new toys, I've also shown her how to properly put her things away. She knows that she has to put away the Play-Doh she is playing with before she can open up another color. She knows she has to return a crayon into the box before she takes out another one. When she's done coloring and cutting, she returns her crayons and her scissors to her pencil box that I also purchased for her.
Daphne threw a book in anger two days ago. I realized that we should start disciplining her. Emmanuel and I have agreed on putting her in the corner for 2 minutes whenever she expresses herself inappropriately, i.e. hitting people or throwing items. We're going to reserve the corner for very serious offenses so that it doesn't lose it's effectiveness. It's proven to be quite effective. For other infractions, we've decided to take away privileges. For example, if Daphne doesn't want to clean up her toys after she's done playing, that's fine, we'll clean them up--BUT, she won't be able to go into her playroom for a few hours or perhaps even a day. We want her to know that she has choices, but her choices have consequences. I don't want to bully her into cleaning up after herself, but I want her to learn that she can choose not clean up after herself, but, just like in real life, that choice has a logical sequence of action that follows.
When we put her into the corner two days ago, and it was so sad! She stayed put, but she cried and cried. I think she thinks she's invisible because she yells out, "I'm here! I'm here! Help me! I'm here!"
I'm looking for really good toddler books to read to Daphne that will show her how to appropriately express her emotions without throwing stuff or hitting people.
Oh, yeah, I also bought her alphabet flashcards that have both uppercase and lowercase letters, so she can learn her lowercase letters. I plan on using them to teach her the sound of each letter, too.
I also got her Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends. She really, really likes it. She likes to recite the poetry with me, and she even helps me act it out. In fact, she fell asleep last night while Emmanuel read some poems to her.
Lotus Loves Carly
Lotus likes to sing along with me. She particularly likes Carly Simon's "You're So Vain."
Friday, October 26, 2007
Differences between Lotus and Daphne
Lotus smiles much more than Daphne did at her age. Lotus smiles mostly when I interact with her. She likes it when I sing to her and blow into her face.
Lotus can also, at 2 1/2 months, already lift up her head when she's lying on her tummy.
I can't wait until I hear Lotus' first giggle!
Lotus can also, at 2 1/2 months, already lift up her head when she's lying on her tummy.
I can't wait until I hear Lotus' first giggle!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Lotus Cinnamon-Estelle
Lotus Cinnamon-Estelle was born on September 6, 2007 after about 7 hours of labor via natural water birth. She was 9 pounds & 13 ounces at birth.
A more detailed narration of the labor & birth to come later--check back again soon!
A more detailed narration of the labor & birth to come later--check back again soon!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Daphne knows her letters! She also refers to herself as "her".
I feel so horrible that I haven't blogged in so long! I can't believe I haven't posted in a year!
Daphne has learned her letters. She knows how to identify all of them! We don't know exactly how she learned them all--odd, huh!?! One day, I noticed she spent most of her time playing with her frog telephone toy. The telephone frog toy has buttons on which are each individual letter of the alphabet. When one letter is pressed, an animal whose name and species corresponds with the letter that is pressed. For example "K" would be "Kerry the Kangeroo." Emmanuel accidentally noticed that Daphne had memorized the animal that corresponded with each letter. So he would quiz her every so often.
So now, she's able to identify letters when we point to them and ask her what it is. Or we will say a letter and ask her to point it out for us.
She also refers to herself as "her." When she is talking on the phone with people, she will greet them and tell them that she is "her." Whenever I point to pictures of her and ask her to identify herself, she refers to herself as "her." Really odd!
She knows so many words now! Here is a brief list--it isn't very comprehensive:
meat
donut
pants
shirt
socks
shoes
sneakers
sandals
glasses
bath
soap
pillow
cup
plate
spoon
fork
hair tie
comb
T.V.
paper
pen
marker
crayon
messy
dirt
dirty
paper towel
toilet paper
diaper
fall down
help me
please
thank you
more
don't want
Where are you?
Daddy's work!
flying
eating
pretty (she usually uses this word to describe clothing--her own and other people's)
dress
Oops!
Ow!
Stop it! (she uses this when we wash her hair)
Go away! (she uses this whenever we're trying to take her back home from the park)
drawing
walking
park
You okay?
sorry
Help me!
stuck
sleep
goodnight
baby
sister
Lotus (although it sounds as if she's saying "otis")
water
drink
grape juice
banana
apple
orange
There is more, but that is all I can think of right now. She strings these different words together to convey what she wants.
She also knows how to count to 13! When we go for walks, she likes to count the trees. When she sees the moon, she greets it ("Hi, moon! Where is moon? Bye, moon!").
She likes to draw. She primarily like to draw with crayons and markers. She will show us her drawings so we can "ooh" and "ahh" at them!
She's very helpful with the baby. She will retrieve wipes and diapers when I ask her. She really likes this one show on PBS called Super Why! I think it also helped her to learn her alphabet!
Jeez, I really do regret not posting more often. I look back on my last post nearly a year ago, and she has grown so much! She's practically using sentences! I will try my hardest to keep this updated! I really do need to be more consistent when documenting her development!
The following are videos where Daphne refers to herself as "her" and where she is identifying letters. She's only 2 years and 8 months old. I wonder when she'll start reading!
Daphne has learned her letters. She knows how to identify all of them! We don't know exactly how she learned them all--odd, huh!?! One day, I noticed she spent most of her time playing with her frog telephone toy. The telephone frog toy has buttons on which are each individual letter of the alphabet. When one letter is pressed, an animal whose name and species corresponds with the letter that is pressed. For example "K" would be "Kerry the Kangeroo." Emmanuel accidentally noticed that Daphne had memorized the animal that corresponded with each letter. So he would quiz her every so often.
So now, she's able to identify letters when we point to them and ask her what it is. Or we will say a letter and ask her to point it out for us.
She also refers to herself as "her." When she is talking on the phone with people, she will greet them and tell them that she is "her." Whenever I point to pictures of her and ask her to identify herself, she refers to herself as "her." Really odd!
She knows so many words now! Here is a brief list--it isn't very comprehensive:
meat
donut
pants
shirt
socks
shoes
sneakers
sandals
glasses
bath
soap
pillow
cup
plate
spoon
fork
hair tie
comb
T.V.
paper
pen
marker
crayon
messy
dirt
dirty
paper towel
toilet paper
diaper
fall down
help me
please
thank you
more
don't want
Where are you?
Daddy's work!
flying
eating
pretty (she usually uses this word to describe clothing--her own and other people's)
dress
Oops!
Ow!
Stop it! (she uses this when we wash her hair)
Go away! (she uses this whenever we're trying to take her back home from the park)
drawing
walking
park
You okay?
sorry
Help me!
stuck
sleep
goodnight
baby
sister
Lotus (although it sounds as if she's saying "otis")
water
drink
grape juice
banana
apple
orange
There is more, but that is all I can think of right now. She strings these different words together to convey what she wants.
She also knows how to count to 13! When we go for walks, she likes to count the trees. When she sees the moon, she greets it ("Hi, moon! Where is moon? Bye, moon!").
She likes to draw. She primarily like to draw with crayons and markers. She will show us her drawings so we can "ooh" and "ahh" at them!
She's very helpful with the baby. She will retrieve wipes and diapers when I ask her. She really likes this one show on PBS called Super Why! I think it also helped her to learn her alphabet!
Jeez, I really do regret not posting more often. I look back on my last post nearly a year ago, and she has grown so much! She's practically using sentences! I will try my hardest to keep this updated! I really do need to be more consistent when documenting her development!
The following are videos where Daphne refers to herself as "her" and where she is identifying letters. She's only 2 years and 8 months old. I wonder when she'll start reading!
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