The girls are healthy and doing great, here are their stats:
Isabel is 33 inches tall (80th percentile), and weighs 23 lbs, 8 oz. (40th percentile), and still has a big head! :) 48.7 cm (90th percentile!)
Alexa is 34 inches tall (95th percentile), and weighs 24 lbs, 10 oz. (60th percentile), and has a slightly smaller head at 47.6 cm (75th percentile).
The measurements really make them sound much different in size then they are. I don't see the inch difference when they are running around, but you can tell Lexi fills out the pants a little more than Izzy.
We have been having a lot of fun playing outside in this great weather and are headed out again this afternoon! We'll try to get some pictures!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
18 months old
Today the girls turn 18 months old, and I am reminded of all the BIG things that are about to happen in their lives, concepts they are going to start learning, and the growth that is in our very near future, and I can't help but smile.
I am really looking forward to the next six months. Today we ordered their very first potty chair, along with their very first potty book, and I never thought I could look forward to this but somehow I am. I am planning to take the laid back approach and just make the potty available to them, and see if their curiosity is piqued naturally. Please let the potty gods shine down on us!! :)
We are officially packing up all things sized 12-18 months, and are getting ready to move from size 4 to size 5 diapers. Just 18 months ago I was clueless as to what any of that meant! I sometimes miss my 5 lb. peanuts, but am really enjoying all the exciting firsts that are happening, and the actual comprehension that is taking place. It is so amazing to see it happen, the moment it clicks. I love to watch them, and listen to them jabber and even more to hear them laugh. They are amazing little girls, and are two very very bright spots in a sometimes gloomy/demanding/tiring day.
They are quite the little helpers these days, reminding me that they need to brush three times a day (still perfecting this, it is a crazy sight!), and they are so quick to find any pair of shoes that isn't in a closet or the laundry room and they pick them up, and then do whatever is necessary to get your attention so they can 1)show you they aren't where they are supposed to be and 2)have you open the door so they can put them away! They are just starting to get the concept that specific items go in specific places, like puzzles on the shelf, and balls in the plastic bin, but they don't get it completely. It's new, so we will take our time, but they are on their way to being girls who will one day put all of their toys away themselves because they understand where each and everyone of them goes.
I love to look forward, but also love to look back! I couldn't love these two little angels more if I tried! They have a doctor's appointment next week, I will update their stats then. Here is a look back in pictures of the last 18 months, what a ride it has been...
Lexi
Izzy
September 2008
Isabel Rita Hartig
Alexa Marley Hartig
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
July 2009
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009
January 2010
February 2010
March 2010
I am really looking forward to the next six months. Today we ordered their very first potty chair, along with their very first potty book, and I never thought I could look forward to this but somehow I am. I am planning to take the laid back approach and just make the potty available to them, and see if their curiosity is piqued naturally. Please let the potty gods shine down on us!! :)
We are officially packing up all things sized 12-18 months, and are getting ready to move from size 4 to size 5 diapers. Just 18 months ago I was clueless as to what any of that meant! I sometimes miss my 5 lb. peanuts, but am really enjoying all the exciting firsts that are happening, and the actual comprehension that is taking place. It is so amazing to see it happen, the moment it clicks. I love to watch them, and listen to them jabber and even more to hear them laugh. They are amazing little girls, and are two very very bright spots in a sometimes gloomy/demanding/tiring day.
They are quite the little helpers these days, reminding me that they need to brush three times a day (still perfecting this, it is a crazy sight!), and they are so quick to find any pair of shoes that isn't in a closet or the laundry room and they pick them up, and then do whatever is necessary to get your attention so they can 1)show you they aren't where they are supposed to be and 2)have you open the door so they can put them away! They are just starting to get the concept that specific items go in specific places, like puzzles on the shelf, and balls in the plastic bin, but they don't get it completely. It's new, so we will take our time, but they are on their way to being girls who will one day put all of their toys away themselves because they understand where each and everyone of them goes.
I love to look forward, but also love to look back! I couldn't love these two little angels more if I tried! They have a doctor's appointment next week, I will update their stats then. Here is a look back in pictures of the last 18 months, what a ride it has been...
Lexi
Izzy
September 2008
Isabel Rita Hartig
Alexa Marley Hartig
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
July 2009
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009
January 2010
February 2010
March 2010
Monday, March 08, 2010
Another month has passed, WOW!
The girls are trying to say a few words, definitely not Mommy, and occasionally Daddy, mostly "Gog"=Dog or Jeorgie, "Ca or Ga"=car, and the all time classic..."Ba"=Ball! I can feel it, they are at the edge and ready to dive head first into talking, and if they are more like me than Doug we are all in some serious trouble!
I have a new signing video that we have started to watch and they really seem to like the signs in this one. "Hat" is their favorite, and they get it right everytime, and mostly just really like when we are so proud of them and the get lots of "good girls" from us, so I guess it's the reaction that they love! For some reason they aren't catching on to "please", "thank you", and "sorry". Hmmm, I hope that isn't a warning of some sort?!
Both girls are happy kids, and funny in their own ways. Isabel is a little sassy girl, she loves to cross her arms, and roll her eyes, although some times she doesn't even know why she is doing it. She'll strut through a room, swinging her arm with attitude, and is already pretty good at the could shoulder. I make her sound angry, but she isn't, she just has attitude! At 18 months old it is cute, hopefully she outgrows it before it isn't! She is also our energetic explorer. She is the first to try everything! Her most recent accomplishment is being able to climb up on chairs and couches all by herself. She is not scared at all and loves to jump and move around on top of furniture as if she can't fall.
Lexi is way more cautious! She is very timid and doesn't like to try too many things on her own. Eventually after seeing Isabel do something for a while she will get around to trying it, but for the most part she is content letting us lift her onto the couch or a chair, and has no problem letting us do things for her. She likes to be served, and catered to. :) Lexi has a little bit of a mean streak in her when she get's upset or can't have something from Isabel. Twice this past week she has scratched Izzy's face on purpose! So I see a little refereeing in our near future!
Mostly they are great toddlers, who play together very well, and make me smile even on the hard days. We are all very much looking forward to spring, and getting outside. We just need to find the closest park! We went for a wagon ride around the new neighborhood the other day, and did a little exploring down a path in the woods that surround our house, but there is more to see and lots of fun adventures ahead of us this year.
I hope to update pictures soon, check the link later this week. I will try to get through Feb loaded by then.
I have a new signing video that we have started to watch and they really seem to like the signs in this one. "Hat" is their favorite, and they get it right everytime, and mostly just really like when we are so proud of them and the get lots of "good girls" from us, so I guess it's the reaction that they love! For some reason they aren't catching on to "please", "thank you", and "sorry". Hmmm, I hope that isn't a warning of some sort?!
Both girls are happy kids, and funny in their own ways. Isabel is a little sassy girl, she loves to cross her arms, and roll her eyes, although some times she doesn't even know why she is doing it. She'll strut through a room, swinging her arm with attitude, and is already pretty good at the could shoulder. I make her sound angry, but she isn't, she just has attitude! At 18 months old it is cute, hopefully she outgrows it before it isn't! She is also our energetic explorer. She is the first to try everything! Her most recent accomplishment is being able to climb up on chairs and couches all by herself. She is not scared at all and loves to jump and move around on top of furniture as if she can't fall.
Lexi is way more cautious! She is very timid and doesn't like to try too many things on her own. Eventually after seeing Isabel do something for a while she will get around to trying it, but for the most part she is content letting us lift her onto the couch or a chair, and has no problem letting us do things for her. She likes to be served, and catered to. :) Lexi has a little bit of a mean streak in her when she get's upset or can't have something from Isabel. Twice this past week she has scratched Izzy's face on purpose! So I see a little refereeing in our near future!
Mostly they are great toddlers, who play together very well, and make me smile even on the hard days. We are all very much looking forward to spring, and getting outside. We just need to find the closest park! We went for a wagon ride around the new neighborhood the other day, and did a little exploring down a path in the woods that surround our house, but there is more to see and lots of fun adventures ahead of us this year.
I hope to update pictures soon, check the link later this week. I will try to get through Feb loaded by then.
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