7 months and 20 months

I am really behind on my post...Months 8 and 21 are next. :) Bailey has such a personality and we love her so much. She is sitting up and rolling over when she feels like it. She loves to say Da Da but LOVES her mommy. She is going through this separation anxiety thing and its not fun when mommy leaves her sight. She loves to watch her big sister move and really really wants to move with her but she is to lazy to be on her belly. She loves her baby food but loves whatever we are eating to. She will be moving to table food soon! YAY! Its a lot cheaper then baby food.;) She is are Chunky Monkey and we love all her rolls. Bailey loves to bounce up and down when music is playing and wave her arms up. She still is going to be our Singer cause she still has those lungs! She is getting so big fast. She is probably around 18-19 pounds and wearing size 9-12 month clothing. We love our Bay and her sweet smile and laugh. She is such a happy, easy going baby as long as she is fed. :) Emma is our little Diva! She is already in her terrible two's and not even 2 yet! Boy are we in trouble! Emma still loves to read, sing songs, and play with her friends Ella, Golden, Owen and Sophie at Daycare. She is our social butterfly with an attitude. She has the best smile and laugh (sometimes I can't tell the girls apart when they are babbling or crying).Emma loves Elmo and has to watch either a movie or You Tube videos of him. She loves to push her stroller and shopping cart all around the house and loves to take out ALL the toys and spread them across my house. :) She is working with Paul, Shauntell and Mark will come every quarter now. She is doing awesome and I feel like she is babbling and saying a lot more words. At least tries to say words. If we can get her tantrums and melt downs taking care of this parenting thing well be easy. ;) We love our Emma Rose and she is such a silly, fun loving little girl.

6 months and 19 months

Bailey is 6 months almost 7 because I am a slacker on blogging. She was 17.5 lbs.(68%) 26 inches long (58%). She rolls over but doesn't like to be on her belly. She just learned to roll back on to her back so that helps but sometimes she gets stuck. She LOVES to eat her baby food. She loves squash, green beans, garden veggies, sweet potatoes, bananas, pears, banana berry mix, and apple pear mix. She is eating twice to three times a day and drinks 4-5 oz bottles. She is sitting up pretty much on her own but sometimes she falls. She loves to chew on anything she can put in her mouth and loves to eat wagon wheels. She loves to watch her sister and I'm sure she will be crawling soon to keep up with her. She started saying da da and Steve LOVES it! We are working on the ma ma. :) She has got some healthy lungs on her and she better be a good singer with the way she screams. We love Bailey so much and glad she is with us now. They say terrible two's but I think its the terrible 18-20 months. ;) Emma is very good at tantrums and will throw her self to the floor if she didn't get her own way. You ask her if she wants to go in a time out and she stops crying and goes straight to the time out spot and stays there. At this point its good and bad. She calms her self down (good) but she likes to go into time out (bad). She has learned to hit back from daycare but so far not to her sister. Deep down she is my sweet, gives the best hugs little girl. She is growing and on target with things. Her speech is a little behind but she will get there. She says please, cheese, thanks (when she wants to), ma ma, da, see ya, mom ma (grandma), Mom pa (grandpa), more, Emma, and Elmo or la la. So hopefully we can get up to 50 words by the time she turns 2. She loves to go to daycare to play with her friends, loves nursery, loves to set in all of Baileys things and she loves to watch Elmo or play on moms phone! Emma loves music and loves to sing! Some of her favorites are Old McDonald, Wheels on the bus, I love to see the temple, Popcorn popping, I am a Child of God, If your happy and you know it, and Families can be together forever. She is still working with Mark, Paul and Shauntell and we are so proud of her. She improves more and more each day. We love her so much!

Discovery Gateway and more

I got a day off last week so I told Steve he should do the same and we should do something as a family. So he did and we went to the Discovery Gateway. Emma had a blast but it was an expensive adventure. We had to pay full price for Emma. 1 year and younger were free but since Emma was 18 months we had to pay the general admission price. Doesn't that seem silly or what? She loved the little piano in the play house and went back and forth to it. She loved to drive all the cars and going down the slides. She had a blast and it was worth the 8.50 and the family time that we got to spend together. We also are busy with Swim days at work, and swim days at Aunt Sara pool. Emma's new love is to ride in the push cars and loves to wear her "cool babies" (sunglasses). Emma loves to read, color and sleep with her sister. I love our family and the adventures we get to take together and can't wait to see what next month brings.

18 months and 5 months

Emma is 18 months going on 13! I'm pretty sure we are in for our money with her. I'm hoping its just the age but she can throw herself to the ground just like that if she doesn't get her way! Yet she is such a sweet, happy little girl the next. She loves to move, move, and move. I'm pretty sure that is why she is only in the 5% for her weight. She is a whopping 20.6 pounds (5%) and 32.25 inches (68%) Her Dr. said all her calories are going to her height right now. So hopefully with the pedi sure milk shakes and the constant eating she does already she will gain more weight for her 2 year old appointment. Emma loves to read books, play with her dolls, Loves to watch Elmo and play with her friends at daycare. She loves to give sister kisses, ride her bike, go on walks, and LOVES to eat! She loves her Daddy but lately she Loves her mommy more. Daddy is not to happy about this but it happens. ;) She loves to have her daddy throw her up in the air and loves to play peek a boo. Emma is such a joy to have in our family and we are so excited to see what the future brings with her. Bailey is 5 months old and getting chunky! She loves to eat her food...sweet potatoes, squash, pears, bananas, apples, green beans and sometimes peas. She doesn't like carrots though! She is rolling to her sides but doesn't want to roll the rest of the way. :) She loves to reach and play with things in front or to the side of her and loves to get kisses from her big sister. She just discovered her voice and boy can she scream! She loves to watch Elmo with her sister and loves to make noises with her tongue. She is probably around 14 pounds or more and gets really excited when she sees her bottle or food. You can finally see some hair coming in and it will be fun to see if its going to be brown or blonde. Bay is such a happy, smiley baby. Everyone that sees her smiles and says...she is just a happy baby! She is and we are so lucky to have two happy, sweet babies. We love Bailey and the spirit she brings into our home.

April-May Happenings

April came and went and then some how May went to. We have been a busy family. We had our annual Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Oldson's house. We spent Easter up in Eden at Jordan and Jeff's parents house because Steve worked on Easter. The girls wear their cute Easter dresses from Grandma Anderson. We rode scooters and went on Esater egg hunts. We repainted our Kitchen cabinets and Steve did a great job! Mother's Day was a great year with two girls. Steve got me a whole day spa treatment at the Spa from the Silent Auction from Friday's Kids. I just need to call and set up that Big day! We have had lots of family birthday parties, helping Rondee and her family move, and golfing with daddy! With our busy activities Steve was gone for a 3 weeks in a row for work and play so me and the girls got really close. It was nice to have work during the day so then I would just have the few hours at night to entertain the girls. Steve went to California for a boys trip and went to a couple baseball games, Disneyland (I don't want to talk about that) and the zoo. He had fun but missed his girls! :) Our lives are busy but its nice to come home from work and just hang out as a family at night. I love our little family and I'm so excited to keep up the adventures.

17 months and 4 months

EMMA is growing up way to fast! She is such a fun, loving happy girl except when those tantrums come out! Yes she is already throwing herself on the floor and crying when she doesn't get what she wants. You might be thinking she is to young for that...your right! I'm in trouble!!!! Hopefully she gets it all out now and will be a LOVELY teenager :) A mom can hope right? Emma has her two bottom teeth and is starting to get her back molars. That could explain her crankiness. ;) She is signing more, please, thank you, drink, water, all done, and shoes. She loves to take out stuff and not put it back. She is starting to be a little more daring and climb on things and loves to climb all over sister and give her kisses. She just got her tongue clipped so she is doing better at saying things. I feel like she is babbling more now that she can actually move her tongue around. She is eating her food better but I think its still a learning curve. She is doing AWESOME and we are so proud of her. :) MISS BAY BAY is growing up way to fast too! I can't believe she is 4 months old already. She is such a happy smiley baby to and are so blessed to have such happy girls. She is 13.5 lbs. and about 25.5 inches long. We just have tall girls I guess. :) She is still spitting up a lot but we started to put rice cereal in with her bottle and that seems to help a little. I started her on rice cereal and baby food. Boy does she love her food! She can eat a whole 1st stage of food if she is starving. :) She likes pears and squash so far. We have some sweet potatoes we will be trying soon. She loves to laugh and smile at everyone she meets and LOVES her mommy! :) She just realized she can roll to her side so any day now she can be rolling all the way over. She loves to lay on the floor and reach up for her toys and loves it when sister comes over to give her a kiss. She kisses JUST like her older sister. Mouth wide open! We are so blessed with two happy little girls. They bring so much joy into our lives. Steve is loving his new job at UVU and we are so grateful that he has his foot in the door now. I love going to work and bringing my girls with me. It's such a blessing that I can work and be with my kids at the same time. Life is good right now and we are so excited to see what the future brings.

3 months and 16 months

WOW! Bailey is 3 months old...she is such a fun, sweet, patient little sis. She is smiling and laughing more and more everyday and its so fun to see her smile as Emma gets closer to give her a kiss. They are going to be the best of friends! She weighed 10 lbs. at her 2 month appointment but I'm sure she is like 11-12 lbs. now. Bailey is sleeping 9-11 hours at night and mommy and daddy are so HAPPY about that. She is not a fan of tummy time but is getting better and better at holding her head up. She is getting use to all the new sounds at daycare and can sleep through most of them. Bailey was blessed in March along with her cousin Avery who is a few days younger then Bailey. Bailey did such a good job during her blessing. It was a great day. She got to meet her Aunt Jen and Uncle Mike for the first time and then got to meet her Grandma and Grandpa Anderson on their mission a few days after. She also got to meet her cousin Maggie and Aunt Bione and Uncle Mike as well in Colorado. We took the trip to Colorado to surprise Grandma Anderson for her 60th birthday and she was surprised! It was so fun to see all the family and hang out for a few days. Bailey is such a fun little girl and are so happy to have her with us. Emma is 16 months and FINALLY cutting her first tooth!!!! We thought this day would never come! Not only did she cut her first tooth but is walking to! I wanted her to walk so bad but know I'm wishing she didn't. She gets into EVERYTHING! She is exploring everything around her and its so fun to see how fast she is growing up. She is saying mama and baba not still not getting that dada yet. So she is now working with a Special Ed teacher to help her with some speech stuff but today I have finally come to the conclusion that she is tongue tided. She can't say the d sounds, she can't stick out her tongue, and when she drinks or sucks on a bottle I have always noticed she uses the front of her tongue a lot so she drools A LOT! I was at work taking a picture of her two piggy tails to send to Steve and I got of shot of her with her tongue kind of out but the tip of her tongue was indented so that is when it all clicked and I decided myself that she is tongue tided. I will ask her OT next week what he thinks but I think I'm going to go get her checked out. I don't where you would go because I remember when she was little I thought she looked a little tongue tided but he Dr. said it looked fine but I don't think its fine. The "motherly instinct" in me says that its all about her tongue. Once that is taken care of I think she can start using and making words. Cause she understands everything that we say she just can't express her words to us. But she is doing awesome with every development stage and we couldn't be more excited about the progress she is making. We are so blessed to have two amazing girls in our family. Its so fun to dress them a like now and I told Steve I need to get it out of my system now because they wont let me do it when they are older. :) They are going to be best of friends and I can't wait for them to realize that. Steve found a job at UVU as an out of state recruiter and is so excited. He will be traveling a lot (which sucks) but its a job and he now has his foot in the door at UVU. He was so excited to go back after 3 months of being a stay at home dad. He misses his Emma though while at work. ;) We are so blessed to have the gospel in our lives and we know that all our blesses have come from our Father in Heaven. He was aware of everything we needed when Steve was unemployed and we can't thank him enough for all the blessings he gave us.