Friday, February 28, 2014

February catch up!

Oh boy, I've fallen so terribly behind on blogging. I just downloaded so many photos and I'm going to try to carve out time over the next few days to work on catching up!! I keep getting these intense urges to update the blog, it's like I can't escape the fear that something will happen to me before I've had the chance to get all these memories recorded, but then the time to sit and focus on such a tedious task never happens.

So, going back to February...

On Tuesday mornings we got the babies together and it was so much fun. I took this photo and laughed that I should put Hadley in the background, not in the front where she just looks even more enormous compared to baby A and baby K!


We all tried out 2 free trial Stroller Strides classes, and I really enjoyed it! I wish I could've signed up but it's just too expensive and the schedule doesn't work anyways. But the instructor and the other gals were so friendly.

 I snapped this photo of Makena and Hadley wearing their big and little sister shirts, and it came out so cute. I love how they look at each other with such adoration!


Hadley was in a huge spit bubble blowing phase.


My little valentines!
Makena made Hadley a Valentine and attached it to a rattle. Then she gave it to her and said, "Here you go! This is for you baby sister, because your heart makes me rattle!"

Makena is busy working on valentines for her preschool class. She made one specifically for Natalia and said it's more special since she doesn't go to her school anymore, and then she picked up a sticker of Mickey and Minnie together and said "How about this one for Ethan, since it's a boy and girl being friends."



Wearing another matching shirt set!


This face! Those eyes and ears and cheeks! This was on 2/17, and Hadley was just starting the "I want to stand up all the time!" routine. Not even 3 months old yet!! I started to think she might just be a handful one day. One day soon probably, if she keeps this up!


Makena asked to wear Hadley in the Ergo carrier, so I let her just for this photo. She loved it! This was also Hadley's 12 week old mark. Time to start counting in months, sigh! Those 12 weeks went by so fast. I was trying so hard to savor all her newborn goodness, but already I've forgotten so much. on 2/21 she rolled from her back to her belly while Pam, Makena, and I all watched and cheered her on.



Another baby get together day! Makena kept waiting for them to all be awake at the same time, she loved being on the floor with them. She's so eager for them to play with her!

"Can I take a photo with her and with my finger in her mouth if I go wash my hands first?"


More spit bubbles, and loving looking at her reflection! This was also around the time she started grabbing things, and the whole month was full with some very rough evenings with me trying to get both kids to sleep while Pam was either working late or at a night class. Also the car was a huge struggle, with Hadley screaming and crying while we drove to preschool. Some mornings we were in the car for an hour, what with driving to Cupertino to bring Pam to work, then heading to Palo Alto. Poor baby. It was very hard on all of us. :(

Such a huge relief when they are finally both asleep!! I love my babies so very much.

I asked Makena to help me find something that starts with the letter C. She said she would draw me a cat. And then she wrote the word cat completely by her 4 year old self!!


I love taking these photos of Hadley in the same place/outfit as baby Makena! 



One day in February we arrived at preschool right as Hadley fell asleep. She'd been crying in the car for a very long time, and I really didn't want to get her out of the car (aka, wake her up) to go sign in Makena. Thankfully a teacher was there by the gate and offered to sign her in for me. I stood by the front of the still running car, said a quick goodbye and gave a hug to Makena, and then left. It was the first time I'd done such a quick drop off, and I was relieved that Makena was okay with it. I think she knew how difficult the morning had been going and was just glad to be out of the car with the crying baby, and she thankfully threw me a bone by not breaking down and needing me to walk her in to school. I drove away just to keep the car moving even though I wanted to run into the room and hug her. I'm so glad she finally got comfortable enough to not only be just okay, but really thrive and enjoy her time at school even without me being there. It's been a hard transition for both of us, but I feel really good about it and I'm so proud of the huge growth she's made in becoming a bit more independent.

Anyways, when Hadley woke up 30 minutes later we parked by Blossom and walked to Starbucks, then I went to volunteer with sorting donations at Blossom. And that's all I have for February! Oh also, for my mom's birthday we made her a very cute picture with both Makena's and Hadley's hand prints as each of the chickens. It was fun, and came out so nice! :)