Holly usually smiles after she sees the flash.
Mommy and Holly at the downtown carosel.
Mommy in front of the Macy's Star.
Holly being cute and quiet.
The downtown Christmas tree.Here's all the latest Christmas videos if you have time to burn.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Post Christmas Holiday Greetings
Holly usually smiles after she sees the flash.Mommy and Holly at the downtown carosel. Mommy in front of the Macy's Star. Holly being cute and quiet. The downtown Christmas tree.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Holiday continues her new tricks
Holly's learning all sorts of new things. We're not using the carrier so much for anymore except for carseat purposes. So now she goes straight into the highchair when we go out, straight into the shopping cart or straight into the stroller. Holly's gone from novice flipper over to expert in a week. She doesn't cry anymore on tummy time since she's figured it out. Lately she's been playing in her playpen quite a bit. She likes pulling smaller toys out of their containers and putting them back in (just not the same ones). I still got a to keep an eye on her because she'll fall over reaching for a toy. She hates that so I'm usually on stand-by to right her back up again. Holly's been enjoying her new-found independence. She'll probably like it more when she figures out how to crawl (or walk even). We found that she likes breezes, when the wind blows on her she laughs. She's been waking up a lot in the middle of the night lately. We're not sure if her sleeping patterns are going through a change, or teething, or constipated or a combination thereof.
Friday, December 18, 2009
More Holiday Pictures
Holly likes sitting on the big bed, especially with the kitty. He's still bigger than her.
Here's mommy decorating the Christmas tree. I think the antlers were weirding out Holly a little so I haven't worn them so much this year.
Holly and mommy right after bathtime.
Here's Holiday in Christmas jams.
Holiday and Aunt Kelly.
Holly and Sable playing with blocks. You can see those little teeth.
Ditto.
Holly and daddy opening a present from Sable. Wrapping paper is fun.
And here are the mommies feeding the babies.Thursday, December 17, 2009
8 months old
Holly turned 8 months old yesterday. She's getting so big. I looked inside her mouth and she's got all sorts of little tooth buds in there. She'll be eating the furniture before we know it. She's already started grinding her teeth. All I can do is distract her so she stops. David got her to turn over a lot last night, so she's taking her new trick and running with it. I'm starting to have her practice standing up with her hanging on to something for balance (other than me). Holly stood for about 3 minutes on her own hanging on to furniture. I tried playing 'roll the ball' with her, but she can't balance sitting up and roll a ball at the same time without falling over. Multi-tasking is an acquired skill.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Holly News!
Holly rolled over last night! She was pretty unhappy about the whole tummy time thing though. We had her do it a second time to make sure it wasn't a fluke. Her incisors broke through last Friday. Sable and Keri came over yesterday and the girls played with blocks. It's interesting how they develop similar yet differently. Sable rolls over good and is working on the whole sitting up thing. Holly is a good sitter-upper but has yet to be an expert roller over.
Witnessing all these milestones has made me think a lot about the last year and a half. Mostly about how I wanted to approach parenting and we had to make changes along the way. Maybe I can pass on what I learned.
-I recommend taking child safety, birthing, breastfeeding (if you're gonna) classes. David took a daddy class and thought it was good too. Even if you only get one golden nugget of information, that could save you pain and suffering.
-I grossly overestimated my ability to withstand pain during childbirth. But...my approach was to be off the pain killers until I needed them, just to see how I did without them. I think it took about an hour before I demanded them. The memory is kind of hazy...not from the drugs but from the pain.
-One of the great things about our hospital was that we could have as many or not as many people that we wanted in the room. The room phone does shut off to be turned back on at your convience. So if you have any demanding relatives that want to be in the room with you and you really don't want them there, you can instruct the nursing staff not to let them in and they can't do anything about it. I didn't actually have that problem with my relatives, but I did feel the need to throw the phone against the wall when I was having a contraction.
-Have your partner bring a sleeping bag when you go to hospital. Not only will everyone there think you're a genious, but your partner will be much more comfortable.
-I fully intended to use cloth diapers for a number of green and healthy reasons. Within about 3 or 4 days we switched to disposable. I hate cloth diapers. We were warned by friends but I had to try for myself.
-For breastfeeding I had a goal of 6 months. I dried up after 4.5 months so we had to go to formula. But Holly is healthy and happy with no adverse effects. It wasn't as magical as I was lead to believe but I did think it was worth it. I was really, really happy when it was over. I stopped having nightmares about my boobs. Yep, it really happened. It's also way easier when you're out and about. Mostly because Holly and I were used to the football hold due to my emergency c-section.
-The best part of this advice is that you don't have to follow it. You don't have to follow your mother's or other relative or friend that knows everything about babies' advice either. It's good to have a plan but it pays to have a plan B...and plan C. But ultimately you are in charge and no one does anything with or about your baby without your say-so. So everyone go forth and be confident in what you do. I'm sure I'll come back to read this post on a day that I need more self-assurance.
Witnessing all these milestones has made me think a lot about the last year and a half. Mostly about how I wanted to approach parenting and we had to make changes along the way. Maybe I can pass on what I learned.
-I recommend taking child safety, birthing, breastfeeding (if you're gonna) classes. David took a daddy class and thought it was good too. Even if you only get one golden nugget of information, that could save you pain and suffering.
-I grossly overestimated my ability to withstand pain during childbirth. But...my approach was to be off the pain killers until I needed them, just to see how I did without them. I think it took about an hour before I demanded them. The memory is kind of hazy...not from the drugs but from the pain.
-One of the great things about our hospital was that we could have as many or not as many people that we wanted in the room. The room phone does shut off to be turned back on at your convience. So if you have any demanding relatives that want to be in the room with you and you really don't want them there, you can instruct the nursing staff not to let them in and they can't do anything about it. I didn't actually have that problem with my relatives, but I did feel the need to throw the phone against the wall when I was having a contraction.
-Have your partner bring a sleeping bag when you go to hospital. Not only will everyone there think you're a genious, but your partner will be much more comfortable.
-I fully intended to use cloth diapers for a number of green and healthy reasons. Within about 3 or 4 days we switched to disposable. I hate cloth diapers. We were warned by friends but I had to try for myself.
-For breastfeeding I had a goal of 6 months. I dried up after 4.5 months so we had to go to formula. But Holly is healthy and happy with no adverse effects. It wasn't as magical as I was lead to believe but I did think it was worth it. I was really, really happy when it was over. I stopped having nightmares about my boobs. Yep, it really happened. It's also way easier when you're out and about. Mostly because Holly and I were used to the football hold due to my emergency c-section.
-The best part of this advice is that you don't have to follow it. You don't have to follow your mother's or other relative or friend that knows everything about babies' advice either. It's good to have a plan but it pays to have a plan B...and plan C. But ultimately you are in charge and no one does anything with or about your baby without your say-so. So everyone go forth and be confident in what you do. I'm sure I'll come back to read this post on a day that I need more self-assurance.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
It's a Holly Jolly Christmas
Here is the Anderson Family.
Daddy/Daughter picture...sweeties.
Look at all the cuteness sitting in the snow.
Just when you thought you couldn't take any more cuteness.
Holly's visiting Ellie and Anna.
Holiday with Daddy.
Holiday's Santa picture!Holly told Santa she wants Seasame Street toys (Elmo's her favorite), spinny toys, rattle toys, and crunchy toys. Although Mommy would say she needs to ask Santa for more onesies (6-9 mo & 9-12 mo sizes) for colder weather. The slip on pants are good to have too.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Bath Time Video
Here's the latest video of Holly. http://www.youtube.com/user/MrTurtleback#p/a/u/1/WBNH0HYSerU
Holly's simply too cute. :) Be sure to check out all of our latest videos by searching for Mr. Turtleback on YouTube.
Holly's simply too cute. :) Be sure to check out all of our latest videos by searching for Mr. Turtleback on YouTube.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
More Holiday Pictures
Holly and Daddy by the Goat Walk and Pig race course at Maris Farms. 
Holly and Daddy by the goat enclosure.
It's a pony! (That's such a great shot).
Mommy was at Maris Farms too.
Holiday likes playing with her toys.
Sleepy baby girl...Mommy was sleepy too. It's like having a cat in your lap, you can't help but fall asleep with a little snuggler on you.
Holiday and Mommy.
Holly thinks Sable's toys are pretty cool too.
Holly and Daddy in their bathrobes.So Holly has her front uppers and lowers cut and growing in. Her incisors are budding now. She's like a little shark. They're sharp too. The biter from a Series of Unfortunate Events makes more sense to me now. :) It's a good thing she likes getting her teeth brushed. We're pretty sure she's saying "dada" (meaning daddy) now. She's called the cat "keekee". She doesn't have a word for mommy yet, but m's are harder. We've noticed lots of little things that's she's improved on.
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