Showing posts with label singing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label singing. Show all posts

Sunday, July 24, 2016

six months old

Sibyl is six months old. The time has gone by so quickly! We've all adjusted to the routine of going to school and both girls love their classrooms. Sibyl has two teeth coming in and possibly a third. She has started eating peas, green beans, oatmeal, and cream of wheat. Everything that comes close to her has to be in her mouth so she is pretty easy to feed. 

I am pretty sure Sibyl is left-handed. They say that you aren't supposed to know until they're older, but she goes for everything with her left hand... it just seems obvious to me. Some of her favorite things are: blowing raspberries, whacking toys on different surfaces to hear the sounds they make, putting everything in her mouth, and being sung to. Iris sings this song to her, thanks to Bubble Guppies. 

Evan has started his new job and his level of stress has plummeted, partially because he works from home primarily, but mostly because he no longer is working on nights and weekends. He has read maybe 3 books (for pleasure) since he started about four weeks ago. Two of those are: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington. 

For my part, I've submitted a first final draft of my dissertation to my advisor. I have lots of work to do still, but I plan to defend my dissertation before October so I can graduate in December. Once I'm done with it, I've decided to take up a couple hobbies: crocheting and photography. 


six months old

sisters

Saturday, April 18, 2015

birthday

Iris finally understood that everyone at the party was there for her when we all gathered around the cake to sing "Happy Birthday." Her face lit up at the line, "Happy birthday, dear Iris..." And she successfully blew the candle out all by herself.


I was very excited for her birthday this year so we decided to invite a bunch of people over to hang out in our backyard. Evan's parents came to town, as did my dad. (My mom couldn't stay for the party because of some appointments she couldn't change back up in North Dakota. But we'll see her again in a couple of weeks.)

Iris and Granddad looking at apple blossoms


Iris with Nonna and Papa.

 In case we were going to forget that Iris is now officially a toddler, she reminds us by constantly saying, "No." Most of the time I then give her two options and she's happy to choose between one of the options. Maybe not my favorite feature of toddlerhood. Something much more exciting is Iris singing the "Itsy Bitsy Spider."