Monthly Archives: June 2017
Happy 5th Birthday Lily!
Happy 5th birthday my precious princess Lily! Lily is 33 pounds and is 43 inches tall! She is a super happy go lucky kid and is very sweet and compassionate and kind! Lily loves to draw, paint, and write. She loves working with puzzles and mazes and counting up to 100 too! She also enjoys singing, especially the songs she learns from school, and she really enjoys her extracurricular activities like Tajik Karate, yoga and now Gym/Dance. She was doing hula, which she really enjoyed too but they don’t offer it in the summer. She likes running around and playing in the water and sand at the beach. She also likes to cook and bake and she has a very big imagination too. She’s super creative and anything is possible in her eyes; that’s one of the many things I love that about her. Lily is very thoughtful and really thinks about others. The other weekend, Alvina was over for lunch but she was upstairs putting Chloe to bed, and Lily wanted to bring Alvina some water in case she’s thirsty up there! How nice of her to think of Alvina! She also had her first trip to Hawaii as my birthday gift to her for her milestone 5th birthday, and on the plane, she used her airplane blanket to cover my arm and said “so you don’t get cold.” She’s such a sweetheart! She also got a hair cut and chopped off about 7 inches of hair, and has a matching hair cut like me! She told all her friends and teachers at school how she’s donating her hair again and even told me that there are kids who can’t grow hair, as a response to why she’s donating her hair. She’s so sweet and I love that she takes pride in helping others!
Lily also graduated from preschool on her actual birthday as well. She didn’t get to go up and get a “diploma/certificate” though because at LePort, you have to complete 3 years of primary class to “graduate,” but that 3rd year is equivalent to kindergarten. Since Lily will not be going to kindergarten at LePort, I considered it her graduation regardless haha. She still got to participate in the song they performed at the ceremony. It’s nice to see her come out of her shell a little bit. She gets really shy and doesn’t like to be the center of attention, so in a group setting, she tends to do better! I also got her a lei and folded her a butterfly out of money, which she thought was very cute!
On the trip to Hawaii, Lily already knew about leis and kept asking for one when we landed! So I went to a local flower shop and got her a nice real orchid lei and a tea leaf one for Leo! Lily got to go to the Dole Plantation, the Polynesian Cultural Center to see a luau and show, and participate in the Dolphin Quest where she got to feed, pet, and interact with the dolphin! She wanted to dress up like Moana in Hawaii so I made her a Moana dress and necklace with the heart of Tafiti and she wore it on multiple days during the trip! I’m glad she loves my handmade things! =) She loved the beach and shopping there as well, and said she wanted to stay in Hawaii forever! She kept saying “aloha” and when I returned the car rental, she said “bye hula car!” haha. She’s the cutest! She is super easy to travel with, she always kept her hand on the stroller while walking outside, and she never wandered off and listened very well! She ate really well too and had no trouble adjusting to the time difference either. She loved the hotel and got to sleep in a queen size mattress all by herself too. She had a blast for sure! Lily is so good at sleeping as well, she still takes a nap when she’s home and she can almost give herself a bath all by herself too. I just make sure she’s completely clean but she does pretty well for the most part!
I can’t believe my baby girl is 5 years old now, time definitely flies by. I threw her (and Leo) a birthday party at home and made it a unicorn theme since she loves unicorns and rainbows right now. I went all out for her milestone celebration and got a bounce house, balloon twister/face painter, and a photobooth! She had such a blast and gave all the guests a big hug when they showed up and a big hug good bye! She saw me working on the cake for a few days, and she was so excited and really wanted to eat it! She was majorly bummed when I told her she couldn’t and that it’s not real…She didn’t quite understand but she eventually got over it haha. I’m so grateful and humbled by the person she’s becoming and my heart is overflowed with love for her. She is very generous, thoughtful, silly, funny, and oh so happy! She is also very clumsy and tends to fall and hurt herself (and others by accident) a lot, but I’m afraid that’s my quality that got passed down to her…haha. She’s just so excited about everything that she can’t contain it in her tiny little body haha. I’m so happy to have such a beautiful little girl both inside and out as my daughter. I love you so much my Lily pad, happy 5th birthday!!! Can’t wait for more adventures and memories to come!
Click HERE are more photos from Lily and Leo’s Hawaiian vacation! Enjoy these videos of Lily!
Happy 2nd Birthday Leo!
Happy 2nd birthday to my amazing prince Leo! Leo weighs in at 25 pounds (~11 percentile) and stretches 34 inches tall (~50 percentile)! Leo is getting really good at pulling himself up to stand and is cruising a lot more and very easily now too! He’s starting to imitate me more like when I blow raspberries, he will try to do the same. He is making lots more sounds and it sounds like he tries to say “bottle” when it’s meal time too. Leo is getting stronger in his core and is able to keep his head up when he falls down so that he doesn’t smack his head into the ground, and he is crawling up the stairs and the couch now. He’s trying to climb up almost everything so that’s good he’s learning to explore more and be curious. A huge milestone that Leo is coming upon is that he is finally allowing the straw in his mouth for the first time! I’ve tried many times in the past and he would just fight me and not let me put any milk in his mouth from the straw. This is called Mr. Juice Bear that was created by therapists for children who have trouble learning to drink from straws. You can find it HERE, and the best part is that it’s spill proof too! The bear is soft and the straw is durable but soft as well, and you just squeeze the bear for the milk to come up so that Leo doesn’t have to suck it up. Eventually, he will learn how to suck and I won’t need to squeeze the bottle for him anymore! This was a huge success and step forward for Leo! He actually put the straw in his mouth and tried to get milk from it! He doesn’t know how to suck up the milk yet, but simply having the straw in his mouth and drinking some milk from it is huge progress!!! I’m so proud of you Leo!!!
Leo also had his first plane ride when I took him and Lily to Oahu, Hawaii for vacation to celebrate their birthdays! He was very restless on the flight there and only napped for about an hour, but on the flight home he did awesome and slept for about 3 hours and was calm the rest of the time. He did great in hawaii and adjusted to the time difference just fine and loved all the sight seeing! He also didn’t like the sand at first from the beach, he would hold his hands up in the air like “what is this I’m sitting on?!” but he eventually warmed up to it and even tried to lick the sand! Haha! He also got to pet a dolphin and went to his first luau too! He’s already a little adventurer! Let also got a shot at his 2 year old check up and cried from the shock of it but quickly settled down, he didn’t even flinch for the blood prick on his finger though, what a brave boy! I realize I’m ending every sentence with an exclamation mark but I’m really that proud and happy for my little prince haha! Leo is such a happy easy going little boy and he is developing and improving each day. He has the brightest smile and I feel so blessed and lucky to be his mommy. Happy 2nd birthday my baby boy, here’s to many more adventures to come! I love you Leo!!
Click HERE are more photos from Lily and Leo’s Hawaiian vacation! Enjoy these videos of Leo!
