along came gia... and jack: January 2012

18 Months~

It is craziness, this past week on the 9th Gia turned 18 months. A YEAR AND A HALF PEOPLE. It all just seems so crazy, when she was under a year it seemed normal when I would say to myself, oh a year ago I was doing XYZ. Now a year ago I had a 6 month old! I know they grow up and most of the time I do not dwell on it but soon (when baby boy arrives) time is going to be even quicker and I am trying to savor these last 2 months of me as a mom of 1 and us as a family of 3.
Anywho, here are her stats:
Height - 33.25 inches (89th percentile)
Weight - 23.4 pounds (60th percentile)
I think they were generous in the height department, but I am pretty sure she is 33 inches for sure. So she went up a bit in the weight percentile which is good! She is in mostly all 18-24 month clothes, but in a few pants still needs 12-18, she has a skinny waist!She is so active and I am thrilled she is growing so well :)
We are still giving her a night time bottle and her bink to sleep. I want to eliminate both before March. Baby steps here people. I tried to take the bink away last week and it was a disaster. I just did not have the patience that night and am going to try again this week. Hopefully it won't be too bad...
Things she is doing:
-Climbing and being crazy
-Talking a LOT more, she has about 10 words she says. Today she said, clear as day, HI SADIE. I was like WHAT!
-Points to John and says 'DADA'
-Talks on the phone haha
-Can understand SO much, basically anything I tell her to do she figures it out pretty quickly
-Imitates everything. Like yelling at the tv GO GO GO (as the giants were on tonight lol)
-Obsessing over her stuffed animals and certain tv shows (little einsteins) and DVD's (baby einstein animal vids)

Overall she is becoming a little girl and learning so much everyday. I am trying my best to keep her busy and entertained during these winter months and enjoy our time together before things get crazy in March!

playdate with quinn!

Once a month or so I always try to get together with my friend Juli and her daughter Quinn. We worked at this tv show together (Power of 10 with Drew Carey) during summer 07 and bonded over the terribleness that was our jobs/lives. We were both engaged and kept in touch after work was over. We both got married in '08 and had baby girls in '10! She lives down in Matawan and is a stay at home mom too, otherwise we would be having a lot more playdates. Juli is having baby #2 in June, so soon it is going to be craziness!
Quinn is 4 months older than Gia but right now it kind of doesn't matter, they sorta play with each other and they have a dog, Zibby, so that makes Gia the happiest girl ever. It is hard to get any pics of them but here are a few I managed to snap :)
Playing at the easel, I am thinking this will be a gift for G from baby brother when he arrives...

Cutie patootie Quinn!

again, Gia was obviously not interested!

Making herself at home, sitting on the couch and eating a snack.

LOL

SO much fun with you guys as usual :)

Random Pics!

I was playing with my camera last week and Gia was in a diaper with a JETS shirt (and my uggs), then just a diaper and was so cute :)
Here are the pics!
Coloring in her diaper, LOL.

straight chillin on the couch.

mom, can I wear your uggs???

Check out the pony :)

Love my days with my little munch :)

at the park in .... JANUARY!

The weather has been so mild so far this winter, which is surprising because the last few winters have been crazy with tons of snow and freezing temps. It is usually still too cold to go out to the park and stuff because Gia won't keep gloves on and sometimes not even a hat so I do not want her outside all exposed, obvi lol. Last weekend though I think it hit 60! After her nap we took advantage and headed to the park. She had on a nice sweater and didn't even need a coat! I can't believe how big she is getting, even in the past 2 months since we last went!
Walking with daddy, love when she holds out hands :)

hard at work trying to climb up to get to the slide.

she was apprehensive at first, then I could tell she was like, 'HEY I remember this place!'

my crazy girl

love her smile

She was loving the swings, the last few times we went to the park she was like afraid of them so I was happy she liked them again. Only so many things an 18 month old can do at the park!