First, some BB2 news:
July 20 - I was sitting on the couch watching the Bachelorette (☺) with Justin and BB2 started moving around. I put Justin's hand on my belly and after a few seconds he felt a kick! Of course Justin melted feeling his son moving around for the first time.
July 21 - Today was the first time a complete stranger commented on my pregnancy without hesitation, as if it was obvious (rather than either not asking for fear of being wrong or asking, but a bit nervous to ask). I was in the elevator of the conference center he said, "it must be tough being pregnant in this heat!"
I remember my first comment from a stranger with Nolan. I was playing softball on the Ancestry.com team and after getting to first base at an at bat the girl playing first pointed to my belly and asked when I was due. I remember being so excited that my belly was finally obvious! ☺
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In Nolan news:
By far the most exciting new thing Nolan is doing lately is that, to our surprise, he recognizes and can say at least 20 of the letters if the alphabet!! What?! We came home from church on Sunday and after lunch he kept pointing to the top of the fridge where we keep his letter magnets. Justin got it down and opened it for him and he proceeded to pull out letters one by one and say what they are!
We were seriously in shock. I mean, as much as I'd like to take credit for his knowledge, I haven't really been making a concerted effort to teach him letters yet (bad?). Justin said he often points out letters to him, but nothing on a large scale. So we were blown away by how much he knew. After getting over the initial shock we put all of the letters back in the box and pulled out the camera. So this video shows pretty much his first time showing us letters. He got a few wrong the first time, but by that evening he knew several of the letters he didn't know before. For instance, he didn't know 'X' or 'W' - but now he gets those, no problem. He still struggles with 'M' sometimes and 'R' and 'G', and he can never seem to get 'Q' right - but he knows at least 20 letters for sure.
I guess Jeanni has been working with him on letters and he loves the show Super Why! so it's probably a combination. Either way, we're impressed!
Nolan likes to be the one to knock on Jeanni's door in the morning. He puts his cute little hand in a fist with his thumb tucked in underneath his fingers. Adorable.
I also love how if you have something he wants he'll reach he hand out to you and, while opening and closing it (kind of like an upside down talking hand), calmly say, "I hold!" ☺ Update: Just now we were watching the Daniel Tiger episode about becoming a big brother and when Daniel holds his baby sister for the first time Nolan looked at the screen and said, "I hold!" Awww ♥
Nolan likes to be the one to knock on Jeanni's door in the morning. He puts his cute little hand in a fist with his thumb tucked in underneath his fingers. Adorable.
I also love how if you have something he wants he'll reach he hand out to you and, while opening and closing it (kind of like an upside down talking hand), calmly say, "I hold!" ☺ Update: Just now we were watching the Daniel Tiger episode about becoming a big brother and when Daniel holds his baby sister for the first time Nolan looked at the screen and said, "I hold!" Awww ♥
He loves clipping buckles right now (and it entertains him for long periods of time), but sometimes he accidentally clips his finger. When this happens, and he wants a kiss better, he'll turn to one of us and rub his thumb and first two fingers together (kind of like you would to insinuate having money). It's too cute!
I love how he says, "where are you?" for several things: "Suwawhy (Super Why!) where are you?" "Memote (remote), where are you?" Or when he's looking at his new Elmo Look and Find book - we'll ask him to find Cookie Monster for example and he scans the page saying, "Cookie, where are you?" before finding it and exclaiming, "I fun it!" (I found it).
He's also started saying goodbye to inanimate objects just before leaving the house. "Bye remote!" "Bye TV!" "Bye Elmo!" Of course he also says bye to us ♥ "Bye dadda!"
He's always inspecting the bottom of his foot these days. Silly.
I can't believe I'm even recording this, but he's discovered the annoyance of having an itch haha. One day he was in his seat and kept all of the sudden kicking up his leg and reaching for it. Finally we figured out he might have an itch so I scratched his leg and he looked relieved haha. Now he knows the word 'Itch' and says it whenever he scratches his skin.
He likes to tickle!
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I can't believe I'm even recording this, but he's discovered the annoyance of having an itch haha. One day he was in his seat and kept all of the sudden kicking up his leg and reaching for it. Finally we figured out he might have an itch so I scratched his leg and he looked relieved haha. Now he knows the word 'Itch' and says it whenever he scratches his skin.
He likes to tickle!
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Aren't little boys supposed to be momma's boys? Well not this little boy. He is all about daddy. While I have to plead and beg for hugs and kisses most of the time, daddy hardly has to ask! Once when I was lying in bed with Nolan, he kept squirming trying to get comfortable. I asked him if he wanted to snuggle and he said, "No, dadda." Ok, I'll admit, that one hurt a bit haha, but Justin is known for his snuggling so I guess it makes sense.
Also, the other night Justin was ahem taking care of some business in the other room, so I started reading Nolan a book (story time is usually daddy's job). I even tried to read with excitement, but as soon as Justin walked back in the room Nolan grabbed the book from me, said "dadda," and handed it to Justin as if to say, "nice try mom, but this is daddy's department."
Seriously?! - I think maybe I'll make daddy birth the next baby and shop for all his food and try to make him healthy meals and shop for all his clothes and sign him up for swimming classes and....oh well. ☺
"You just gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?"
"Cougars!"
In other news:
League champs! Also, and I'm super bitter about this so I can't think about it too much (no seriously), but apparently I was the top women's hitter for the league...until my very last at bat when I got out and the second place person (also on our team) got on base. Now, as if that isn't bad enough, I have actually won this title I think 4 times now and every time they give me this stupid, useless, jacket material type thing but with short sleeves. It's always too big for me and there is never a time when I'll actually use it. Well, this time they freaking gave out an awesome Easton backpack! Ugh, just typing this out is making me mad all over again!
Justin says it's pretty darn good to have been (pretty much) the top hitter in the league at 5 months pregnant. But that doesn't cut it! Plus I won the hitting title when I was 5 months pregnant with Nolan so it would have been fun to say I won it with both pregnancies. Oh well. I'm over it. I think.
Back row: Brian Farr, Jabe Washburn, Park Sorenson, Justin, Paul McHardy
Front Row: Liz Farr, Alison Smith, Shelby Low, Meghan (np: Abby)
Also, the other night Justin was ahem taking care of some business in the other room, so I started reading Nolan a book (story time is usually daddy's job). I even tried to read with excitement, but as soon as Justin walked back in the room Nolan grabbed the book from me, said "dadda," and handed it to Justin as if to say, "nice try mom, but this is daddy's department."
Seriously?! - I think maybe I'll make daddy birth the next baby and shop for all his food and try to make him healthy meals and shop for all his clothes and sign him up for swimming classes and....oh well. ☺
"You just gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?"
He loves to hid in closets and "cose a doh" (close the door)
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In other news:
A coworker of mine from another team that I've been working with on the Freedman's Bureau projects brought this in for me because he said, "I'm doing such a great job and am really great and easy to work with." How sweet is that?! Made my week!
A beautiful sunset at softball
League champs! Also, and I'm super bitter about this so I can't think about it too much (no seriously), but apparently I was the top women's hitter for the league...until my very last at bat when I got out and the second place person (also on our team) got on base. Now, as if that isn't bad enough, I have actually won this title I think 4 times now and every time they give me this stupid, useless, jacket material type thing but with short sleeves. It's always too big for me and there is never a time when I'll actually use it. Well, this time they freaking gave out an awesome Easton backpack! Ugh, just typing this out is making me mad all over again!
Justin says it's pretty darn good to have been (pretty much) the top hitter in the league at 5 months pregnant. But that doesn't cut it! Plus I won the hitting title when I was 5 months pregnant with Nolan so it would have been fun to say I won it with both pregnancies. Oh well. I'm over it. I think.
Back row: Brian Farr, Jabe Washburn, Park Sorenson, Justin, Paul McHardy
Front Row: Liz Farr, Alison Smith, Shelby Low, Meghan (np: Abby)
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