9/30

Lorelai had a flu shot today. The nurse was pure magic-- Lorelai was sitting on her Daddy's lap and suddently there was a wipe off, shot, and band-aid will without Lorelai knowing what was going on. She insisted she had a bug bite and the doctor wanted to give her a band-aid to make it feel better.

After Lex's doctor appointment, we went to the park to play! Lorelai is so fearless, climbing and jumping on everything that makes her Mama gasp with concern. "It's ok, Mom! I'm very careful." She says that now without even needing to be reminded of her safety.

9/29

Lorelai is in her super hero Flyer's cape that matches Lex's cape! She put her leg up in the air so she could be flying. Lorelai is a Super Big Sister!

9/28

"We are best friends!"
Lorelai loves to see her brother's eyes open so she can cuddle and play with him. They are already best friends (and sometimes she also tells us they are cousins-- a high compliment from Lorelai indeed).

9/27

We are not sure where she would have heard of one but Lorelai insists that this xylophone is her skateboard now.

9/26

This is my baby brother Lex. We are best friends. I love him.

9/25

Lorelai got her second hair cut today! She was a very big girl, sat on the froggy again at the salon and listened to the stylist's directions. Lorelai is a beautiful, big girl... growing up so fast!

9/24

As we were leaving Sonja's house today, we asked Lorelai what she did today. She told a story that sounded something along the lines of the following:  "Spinning... and hugs. And Sonja hurt. And castle. And boo boo... and rocks. And Jensen and friends... and hugs."
Lorelai tells the best stories!

9/23

Lorelai loves when Mama reads her I Love You Through and Through (which she just calls "Through and Through"). Today, she wanted to hold baby Lex so she could read the story to him too. Such a loving big sister, our Lorelai.

9/22

The family spent the day in our pajamas, lounging around and spending time together. Lorelai loved wearing her Lambie PJs all day-- she is a  big Doc McStuffins fan!

9/21

Happy birthday, Chris! Lorelai helped to break the pinata and joyfully collected all of the candy her little hands could grasp. Lorelai is a big fan of candy!

9/20

Lorelai is still settling into her Big Sister role. She wants to share her time with baby brother as much as possible, alternating between holding, hugging and snuggling up beside Lex.

9/19

Happy 2.5th birthday, Lorelai!!

9/18

It is time for our family to go home together!!
Lorelai is beside herself with excitement! What a proud big sister!

9/17

Lorelai met her baby brother Lex today!
Lorelai was overjoyed to come to the hospital. When she arrived, Lex was with the doctor. As the nurse brought in the baby, Lorelai immediately declared that was her brother and she loved him. Lorelai would then only let people that we identified as doctors touch her baby brother and was very anxious to have him only in her arms.
When it was time for Lorelai to go home for the night, leaving Mama and baby brother, there was tears and pleas to stay or take everyone home now. She even tried to push the baby bassinet out of the room with her as Daddy was packing up. We promised the whole family would be going home tomorrow and that eventually was fine with Lorelai.

9/16

Daddy asked Lorelai to pretend to be sleeping for a picture for Mama.
Good night, Mama!

9/15

She is holding her mirror and making silly faces at herself. I. Love. This. Girl.

9/14

We went to play with Sonja and Jensen today! Lorelai had a great time running around the backyard at Sonja's new house, playing in the "castle" and chasing baby bunnies. It was great to get the girls together again!

9/13

Lorelai at 11:09am: "I made it for Mommy"

Mama at 11:10am: Oh!!! Your noculars are beautiful!!

Daddy at 11:15am: By I made she means daddy made it and I was near by.

Mama at 11:16am: Daddy's binoculars are beautiful too.

9/12

We got to have pizza tonight at Nana's with Nana and Pop-pop, Lucas, Jacob, and Aunt Col! Lorelai loves surprise trips to see her cousins. Usually, Mama and Daddy will keep it a surprise because if Lorelai hears that she is going to get to visit family, she wants to leave immediately in a whirlwind of excitement and fast talking.

Text Messages from Today!

Daddy at 3:09pm: FYI your brainwashing has worked. I let Lorelai play with her book so we didn't have to mess around up stairs for 40 mins. And she keeps telling me that she watch Caillou and how he's not a nice boy.

Mama: Lol! He's not though!

 

9/11

Such a big girl-- Lorelai peed in the potty again this morning! She is working very hard (when she feels like it) making it to the potty for a treat. Today, she was awarded a cookie prize.

It is funny to see the different mannerisms Lorelai picks up from Mama and Daddy. While sitting on Daddy's lap tonight, Lorelai took it upon herself to start mimicking things that he did. Here, he leaned back to stretch and groan so Lorelai went along with it, doing the same with her tiny frame and grunt.

9/10

Sometimes, Lorelai is a fan of danger. She often will beat Mama to the punch by shaking her hand and head saying, "don't worry mom. I am being careful!" before Mama even has a chance to point out the danger.
Tonight, Lorelai insisted that she could be safe while bouncing on her big purple ball and playing games on her book. Sometimes, she does what she wants and there is no stopping her.



Text Messages from Today!

Lorelai (speech to text) at 11:18am: Baby brother likes lacs lacs baby brother Lex baby brother lacs I love my mind I love my back I love my

 

9/9

Lorelai continues to teach Lambie new things. Today, Lorelai shows Lambie how to brush her teeth all around before bedtime. Lambie is so silly-- she's peeking!



Text Messages from Today!

Daddy at 1:57pm: Lorelai is having another I hate getting dressed days.

Mama at 1:58pm: She'll miss 30 minutes of baby bum-bum

Daddy at 1:59pm: She had a mini-meltdown just because I brought an outfit down stairs for her

Mama at 2:15pm: LOL. She's so headstrong

Lorelai at 2:17: H  H     Who is they hello hello mommy Travian l I loved live you live

Mama at 2:18pm: I love you too!! Can you please listen to daddy?

Lorelai/Daddy at 3:01pm: Request: Can I see mommy?

Mama sent a picture smiling with sunglasses on her head at 3:02pm

Lorelai/Daddy at 3:04pm: "Can you send her a message?" sure what is it? "Baby brother Lex" also she is really concerned about your hat.

Mama sent a new picture smiling with sunglasses over her eyes at 3:05pm

Daddy at 3:07pm: She was really excited you had your glasses on then she turned to me and said where is her hat?

9/8

Sometimes Mama wins special treats for Lorelai online. This week, we received an adorable bubblegum necklace with Vidia, the fast-flying fairy from Tinkerbell and Pixie Hollow. Lorelai loves to help open the packages and envelopes that arrive in the mail and especially loves when the present inside is for her.

9/7

Lorelai wanted to teach Lambie how to jump real, real high.

9/6

As Mama and Daddy continue to get things ready for baby Lex, Lorelai is discovering new, fun things for her dolls and stuffed animals. When she saw the Flyer's onesie that used to be hers, she thought it would make a lovely addition to Lambie's wardrobe.  And like a good Mama, Lorelai made sure to shower her Lambie with kisses and love.

9/5

Lorelai asked to go over to Nana's house tonight to play which was really convenient since we were going over to cook dinner Nana and Pop-pop! Lorelai insisted on introducing Pop-pop and Chris to Wallykazam and Bobgoblin (more importantly). Getting a chance to play with her family is one of Lorelai's favorite adventures.

9/4

Lorelai stole Mama's shoes! She's such a big girl-- helping Daddy in the kitchen with dinner, wearing Mama's shoes, playing with her book.

9/3

Lorelai loves to play her drums and sing songs.
Recently, she started watching a television show on Nick Jr. called Wallykazam where a troll and his dragon teach word sounds and spelling using a magic word/letter. Lorelai's favorite character is actually Bob Goblin. She LOVES Bob Goblin very, very much. He's so silly, Bob Goblin. Bob Goblin plays drums. Bob Goblin stole the "b"! Bob Goblin blows the tuba sooooo loud that all the trees are bending and the rock falls off the mountain!
One can only assume that Bob Goblin has renewed her interest in drumming.

9/2

Lorelai picked up her two Minis this afternoon and started playing pretend with them. Mini was having a very detailed conversation about her hair bow, playing outside, brothers, and puppies. Lorelai's conversation skills in a pretend environment are very impressive. The Minis hugged and kissed and were very nice to each other all afternoon long.

9/1

When Mama comes home from word (and for other special events like peeing in the potty), Lorelai gets a few tic tacs in gleeful celebration. She often spends the next few hours carrying the candy around in a "bowl" while occasionally sucking on a single tac and replacing it in her collection. Eventually she will bite and chew the candy but only after she has fully savored the experience of waiting.

8/31

Lorelai wanted to draw a picture for baby Lex. She took out her red crayon and white paper, drew a flower and a picture of our family (just like Daniel Tiger does the week before his baby sister Margret is born in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood). Lorelai asked us to hang it on the wall for the baby but also wanted to keep adding more things to the picture. One of her adorable requests was that Mama help her draw Lorelai holding her baby brother in the picture. She is ready for the new addition to our family.

8/30

Happy birthday, cousin Dylan! Aunt Cait had a party at Nana's house with a slip 'n slide and mini pool to celebrate. This was Lorelai's first outdoor water-play experience so she was a little nervous in the beginning. Lucas held her hand and helped her run thru the sprinklers the first few times. After a little bit, Lorelai was very enthusiastic about playing in the water with cousins. 

8/29

We went on some big adventures today. Lorelai and Daddy went to the hospital so Mama could check on baby Lex. For the moment, he is facing the right way but apparently with baby brother, that can change at any moment.
Since we were already on campus, Lorelai guided us to the cardiac wing to visit Nana in her room. Nana has been here for a few days but should be leaving this evening to go home with Pop-pop! Her room was very fancy-- Lorelai loved with window, space, and gadgets.

8/28

Text from Daddy with picture at 10:11am: "Guess who held their pee all night and then went on he potty chair."
Reply from Mommy at 10:11am: " My big girl! Oh I'm soooooooo proud of you sweetie!! (with a picture of Mama blowing kisses) Kisses! Good job. Enjoy your Cinderella!"
Reply from Lorelai at 10:13am (via Daddy's text message): "Mommy so silly."

Text from Daddy at 10:35am: "We were talking about Lorelai blanket with her name on it. I asked her if she knew what it said and she said 'it says mommy loves you'."

8/27

Lorelai has a wonderful imagination. She loves to whooosh and fly whenever possible. Now that she and baby brother had matching Flyers capes, I am certain that she will be teaching Lex how to fly ASAP.

8/26

Lorelai went to Gigi's house this afternoon for lunch. She was all too excited to play outside with the new bubble toys Gigi got for her. Lorelai is a very fierce play-er. She is making that bubble gun go extra hard with the volume of enthusiasm she has behind the trigger!

8/25

Mama went to a Jamberry party this afternoon so Lorelai and Daddy played the day away. Lorelai got up earlier than normal but after a surprise nap, had a lovely day of giggles and pretend. Naps are so rare these days that they only seem to arrive by surprise.

Text message from Daddy at 2:14pm: "Looks like she cried herself into a nap."

8/24

Lorelai made her first candy necklace today at a Wawa BBQ. She was able to put the food on the plastic needle, carefully aiming for the hole in the center-- so proud! Lorelai was overjoyed to find the cereal and candy that we strung together went around her neck and she could eat it right off the string.

8/23

Now that she is in her big girl bed, Lorelai has been waking up earlier than before by at least two hours. The adjustment has been a little hard so she knocked off for a quick nap on the couch, snuggling her new Lambie as a make-shift pillow.

8/22

Oh, Big Girl! Tonight Lorelai slept in her big girl bed for the very first time. She was so excited when she saw it-- wanted to get in right away. As we were tucking her in, we snapped a few shots. Daddy said "pretend you are sleeping!" and Lorelai gave this big grin, nestled in with her favorite stuffed animals.
In fact, she did alot of big girl things today-- she also peed in the potty again! Yay for Lorelai!

8/21

Daddy said to Lorelai "make a silly face for Mommy!"

8/20

Lorelai's head can be turned by a bit of candy. When Mama came home yesterday, she gave Lorelai to orange Tic-Tacs. Now whenever Mama comes in the door, Lorelai puts on her charm and asks if there are Tic-Tacs in Mama's hands. She holds them and takes a few hours to savor the idea of candy that is all hers.