Santa visit 2013

We went to see Santa last weekend, as well as attended a small holiday party. Here are my kiddos: girls are 3 years 3 months, Rocco is 10 and 1/2 months old.
How cute are they?






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In retrospect

In early September we found out we were having a baby boy. Terrifying news for this girl mama! Slowly but surely we got used to the idea of having another baby and a boy for that matter.



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Few updates

Yes, ladies and gentelmen this infertile managed to get pregnant on her own.  I had it confirmed with the usg at the doctors office due to my disbelive.
Little peanut was measuring 9w6d.  Talking about a shock of my life.





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Normal Pattern of Speech Development

Normal Pattern of Speech Development
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Age Achievement
1 to 6 months
Coos in response to voice
6 to 9 months
Babbling
10 to 11 months
Imitation of sounds; says “mama/dada” without meaning
12 months
Says “mama/dada” with meaning; often imitates two- and three-syllable words
13 to 15 months
Vocabulary of four to seven words in addition to jargon; < 20% of speech understood by strangers
16 to 18 months
Vocabulary of 10 words; some echolalia and extensive jargon; 20% to 25% of speech understood by strangers
19 to 21 months
Vocabulary of 20 words; 50% of speech understood by strangers
22 to 24 months
Vocabulary > 50 words; two-word phrases; dropping out of jargon; 60% to 70% of speech understood by strangers
2 to 2 ½ years
Vocabulary of 400 words, including names; two- to three-word phrases; use of pronouns; diminishing echolalia; 75% of speech understood by strangers
2½ to 3 years
Use of plurals and past tense; knows age and sex; counts three objects correctly; three to five words per sentence; 80% to 90% of speech understood by strangers
3 to 4 years
Three to six words per sentence; asks questions, converses, relates experiences, tells stories; almost all speech understood by strangers
4 to 5 years
Six to eight words per sentence; names four colors; counts 10 pennies correctly
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19 months old

Our beautiful daughters just turned 19 months old. I can't believe how fast they are growing up. They are very smart and outgoing, Natalia is a bit more shy then Emilia. They are still in # 5 diapers, 18-24 months clothing ( depending on the mfg), they are about 25 lbs each and measuring 34 inches(Natalia) and 32(Emi) inches tall. They both many, many words in both languages ( English and Polish) and understand both as well.
The newest thing to do is- self feeding soup with a spoon. I snapped a couple of pictures with the iPhone:





I love every minute of it, including the moments of tamper tantrums, crying, whining, hitting, screaming or hanging on my hip for what's it feels like all day- I'm still incredibly blessed to be their mom.

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Easter 2012 - part 2

I had a little photo shoot with the girls about a week before Easter, so I could make Easter cards.  I tell you, photographing 2 toddlers together is far from easy.  When one sits or poses, the other one is on the run and trying to touch my camera on the tripod.  By the time out 30-40 minuted session ended I was sweating bullets.  The only thing that work on them sitting still for just a moment was - bunny 

shaped marshmallows. Here is a little preview:

On Easter Sunday they woke up early and we got downstairs to get their sippy cups with milk, as they discovered that there were Easter baskets waiting for them.  It only took them a minute to figure out that plastics eggs are filled with all kinds of goodness.  So their breakfast consisted of gold fish, cheese puffs and yogurt melts :)

Later that morning we got ready and went my family house.  We had a traditional Polish Easter food, including and not limited to: bialy barszczyk z kielbasa, swieconke, jaja faszerowane, biala kielaska z papryka i cebula,sernik i mazurek. I know this means nothing to most but the meaning of this is lost when it's translated to English.  All was yummy and I tried it all.

So happy I could spend another holidays with my family: my husband, my children, my parents and my sister, my nieces.

Easter 2012 part 1

We decided this year just like every year to spend Easter with my family. My in laws are still in Florida, enjoying their time away.
I was off work on Good Friday so I was able to spend a day with the girls. Besides the weather being crappy, we had lots of fun. We still managed to go outside even if that meant wearing winter coats and hats:



In the stroller



Occupying a back yard chase



Smelling lilacs

On Saturday was much warmer, we spend some time at home until nap time (I was baking) and then headed outside.
The girls LOVE being outside.

Needles to say- the little ladies are quite the soccer players at their ripe age of 18 months.
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