10 months!! We're in the double digits.
In other news, Gemma puckered up and gave us our first kisses tonight. Is there anything better?
4.19.2010
10 months.
10 months!! We're in the double digits.
In other news, Gemma puckered up and gave us our first kisses tonight. Is there anything better?
4.16.2010
9 months, 4 weeks.
Gemma stood all on her own for the first time last night!
That is all.
4.13.2010
9 months, 3 weeks, 4 days.
Just wanted to do a quick fly by and put up the pictures from the zoo. There are only a couple, but that has a lot to do with the fact that she spent all her time in a stroller. I'm sure we'll get better ones as she gets bigger and more interested! She did seem to have a lot fun, though... Half from seeing the animals and half from watching her crazy cousins and new friend, Hunter!
Tradition to take a picture with the lion on the way in.
Lunch break!
In the big bird's nest with the big kids!
We were there for about 3.5 hours and she actually almost made it all the way to the end... She fell asleep at the very last exhibit we visited--the polar bear habitat. I'm really proud of her.
All in all, it was a great day. I'm really looking forward to more adventures with Megan and Emily this summer. She really seems to love them.
We were there for about 3.5 hours and she actually almost made it all the way to the end... She fell asleep at the very last exhibit we visited--the polar bear habitat. I'm really proud of her.
All in all, it was a great day. I'm really looking forward to more adventures with Megan and Emily this summer. She really seems to love them.
4.06.2010
9 months, 2 weeks, 4 days.
Ughhh. I think about updating this constantly but can never seem to motivate myself to... and then the longer it goes, the more I put it off.
Anyway, yes. Gemma is 9 1/2 months old! (As of March 19th, she was 18 lbs 2 oz. and 28 3/4" long.) Absolutely unbelievable. She is so amazing now. Well, I mean she was before too, but she has changed so much since my last update. Looking back, she was on the verge of crawling. She mastered that a short time later and now zooms around with remarkable speed. She gets into everrrything. She is such a nosy little snip. Once she got crawling down, she actually moved on to pulling and cruising. She's been doing that for a month and a half or so and has gotten really good at it. In the past few days, she's shown quite a bit of bravery and has started trying to let go and stand on her own. Scary. We're not ready for a walker yet!
She's still doing great in her own room, thank God. She's pretty regular with her naps now--though they come pretty early (10am-ish)--and she goes down well every night and sleeps until morning. Last time I was here, she was just taking to jarred purees. That's come and gone. Gemma eats big girl food now and even feeds herself most of it. Anything that doesn't need to be spooned, really. (i.e. yogurt, applesauce) She loves yogurt, almond butter and jam sandwiches, peas and carrots, pancakes, bananas, raisins, avocado, green beans, broccoli... lots of things. Tonight she was gobbling up pieces of some veggie lasagna. She does eat meat, though. John and I came to an agreement on the meat issue: She can have chicken, turkey, and fish. No beef or pork. We both had to give a little, but ended up okay in the end.
We're still not too close to talking. I mean, she jabbers and I can tell she thinks she's saying something to me and I can tell she understands what we say, but we haven't gone past "mama" and "dada" and the like. She does know exactly what "no" means... She'll scrunch up her face, shake her head, and say "no, no, no, no, no" if she doesn't like what I'm trying to feed her. If we tell her "no", she'll stop what she's doing and look at us. (Although sometimes she'll just give us an evil little grin, go back to the forbidden thing she was doing, and say "no, no, no" in quite a bratty tone. Snip.)
She got to go to Rolly Pollies for the first time in March for her cousins' birthday party. (Megan turned 4, Emily turned 2.) She was pretty intimidated since it was a free for all with lots of crazy kids, but I could see her having fun in the classes.
Gemma celebrated her first Easter this past weekend. She seemed to enjoy her basket of goodies. And she looked quite fetching in her dress!
What else? We're in birthday planning mode. We've procrastinated with this way too long and now all the places we originally wanted are rented. Who knows where we'll end up, but no matter what, we've got to get cracking.
In other family news... Gus is in Kitty Heaven. He had been deteriorating for a while and finally last Sunday (the week before Easter) we came to the decision that he'd had enough. Tuesday afternoon, Geri and I took him to the vet and let him go. It was heartbreaking, but I know it was for the best. He was enjoying life anymore. We'll miss him a lot.
Also, while we're in the depressing mindset, Matt got in trouble again. This time it's pretty bad. He's on house arrest at Geri's until his court stuff starts up, though we don't know when that'll be yet. He's got the ankle bracelet and everything. It's really sad. Our "father" is out of the country again--I didn't know, we have pretty much moved on from each other--and has washed his hands of it. Poor Geri isn't going to just let him hang in the wind so she's doing what she can. We're going to help him figure this out the best we can.
On a happier note, John interviewed with 602 on the 27th and it went great! Now we're in the awful period of waiting to hear. They make their decisions anytime between April 1st and AUGUST 15th, though we hope that they're interviewing and hiring in batches. It'll be awful if we really have to wait until August to hear. He's waiting to get his interview date for 486. They said they weren't starting to schedule them until April. Hopefully we'll hear soon becaaaause...
We're ready to start trying for another one really soon! We both have the itch big time. We know we're not in the right place to do so right now and it's killing us. If he had a better job and we had our own house, I'd most likely already be pregnant again. I guarantee it. If he finds out he got steamfitters though and we know we're set and on our way, we'd love to start trying again in late August. That'd make #2 and Gemma about 2 years apart. I had originally wanted to space them out differently throughout the year, but at least this way if it's a girl we can use the clothes again. I'd be happy getting pregnant anytime between August and November, putting our due date between May and August of 2011. We can't waaait. Gemma is just too fun and amazing not to do it again. And to see her interact with a sibling! That's a big draw for us. :)
Also, Mollie and Loy did, indeed, start a home church. Anchor--a plant off of a bigger Nashville based ministry--meets at their house on Sunday evenings. It got off to a bit of a rough start because of all the snowstorms, but we're doing great now. We love being there and love how we feel when we leave. (Side note: Little Thurman #2 is on the way! Arriving early October.)
I'm going to end this now because we have a big day planned for tomorrow. Angie invited Gemma and I to go to the zoo with her and Megan and Emily. Gem's first time at the zoo! Pictures soon, of course. (Sooner rather than later!)
EDITED TO ADD: I forgot to say, Gemma has FOUR chompers!
Anyway, yes. Gemma is 9 1/2 months old! (As of March 19th, she was 18 lbs 2 oz. and 28 3/4" long.) Absolutely unbelievable. She is so amazing now. Well, I mean she was before too, but she has changed so much since my last update. Looking back, she was on the verge of crawling. She mastered that a short time later and now zooms around with remarkable speed. She gets into everrrything. She is such a nosy little snip. Once she got crawling down, she actually moved on to pulling and cruising. She's been doing that for a month and a half or so and has gotten really good at it. In the past few days, she's shown quite a bit of bravery and has started trying to let go and stand on her own. Scary. We're not ready for a walker yet!
She's still doing great in her own room, thank God. She's pretty regular with her naps now--though they come pretty early (10am-ish)--and she goes down well every night and sleeps until morning. Last time I was here, she was just taking to jarred purees. That's come and gone. Gemma eats big girl food now and even feeds herself most of it. Anything that doesn't need to be spooned, really. (i.e. yogurt, applesauce) She loves yogurt, almond butter and jam sandwiches, peas and carrots, pancakes, bananas, raisins, avocado, green beans, broccoli... lots of things. Tonight she was gobbling up pieces of some veggie lasagna. She does eat meat, though. John and I came to an agreement on the meat issue: She can have chicken, turkey, and fish. No beef or pork. We both had to give a little, but ended up okay in the end.
We're still not too close to talking. I mean, she jabbers and I can tell she thinks she's saying something to me and I can tell she understands what we say, but we haven't gone past "mama" and "dada" and the like. She does know exactly what "no" means... She'll scrunch up her face, shake her head, and say "no, no, no, no, no" if she doesn't like what I'm trying to feed her. If we tell her "no", she'll stop what she's doing and look at us. (Although sometimes she'll just give us an evil little grin, go back to the forbidden thing she was doing, and say "no, no, no" in quite a bratty tone. Snip.)
She got to go to Rolly Pollies for the first time in March for her cousins' birthday party. (Megan turned 4, Emily turned 2.) She was pretty intimidated since it was a free for all with lots of crazy kids, but I could see her having fun in the classes.
Gemma celebrated her first Easter this past weekend. She seemed to enjoy her basket of goodies. And she looked quite fetching in her dress!
What else? We're in birthday planning mode. We've procrastinated with this way too long and now all the places we originally wanted are rented. Who knows where we'll end up, but no matter what, we've got to get cracking.
In other family news... Gus is in Kitty Heaven. He had been deteriorating for a while and finally last Sunday (the week before Easter) we came to the decision that he'd had enough. Tuesday afternoon, Geri and I took him to the vet and let him go. It was heartbreaking, but I know it was for the best. He was enjoying life anymore. We'll miss him a lot.
Also, while we're in the depressing mindset, Matt got in trouble again. This time it's pretty bad. He's on house arrest at Geri's until his court stuff starts up, though we don't know when that'll be yet. He's got the ankle bracelet and everything. It's really sad. Our "father" is out of the country again--I didn't know, we have pretty much moved on from each other--and has washed his hands of it. Poor Geri isn't going to just let him hang in the wind so she's doing what she can. We're going to help him figure this out the best we can.
On a happier note, John interviewed with 602 on the 27th and it went great! Now we're in the awful period of waiting to hear. They make their decisions anytime between April 1st and AUGUST 15th, though we hope that they're interviewing and hiring in batches. It'll be awful if we really have to wait until August to hear. He's waiting to get his interview date for 486. They said they weren't starting to schedule them until April. Hopefully we'll hear soon becaaaause...
We're ready to start trying for another one really soon! We both have the itch big time. We know we're not in the right place to do so right now and it's killing us. If he had a better job and we had our own house, I'd most likely already be pregnant again. I guarantee it. If he finds out he got steamfitters though and we know we're set and on our way, we'd love to start trying again in late August. That'd make #2 and Gemma about 2 years apart. I had originally wanted to space them out differently throughout the year, but at least this way if it's a girl we can use the clothes again. I'd be happy getting pregnant anytime between August and November, putting our due date between May and August of 2011. We can't waaait. Gemma is just too fun and amazing not to do it again. And to see her interact with a sibling! That's a big draw for us. :)
Also, Mollie and Loy did, indeed, start a home church. Anchor--a plant off of a bigger Nashville based ministry--meets at their house on Sunday evenings. It got off to a bit of a rough start because of all the snowstorms, but we're doing great now. We love being there and love how we feel when we leave. (Side note: Little Thurman #2 is on the way! Arriving early October.)
I'm going to end this now because we have a big day planned for tomorrow. Angie invited Gemma and I to go to the zoo with her and Megan and Emily. Gem's first time at the zoo! Pictures soon, of course. (Sooner rather than later!)
EDITED TO ADD: I forgot to say, Gemma has FOUR chompers!
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