I've never done this blogging thing before, but I figured there is a purpose here, at least for me. I'm going to use this to have a record of silly/funny/cute things my girls do and what's going on in our lives. Once you become a mom, especially a mom of two, your memory is not so good. So, this will serve as a place for me to remember all the fun things that happen to us in the Athans family! And maybe a place for you to once in a while catch a glimpse into the world of Sophia and Stella. My primary motivation for doing this is so that I can remember stories to tell my girls as they continue to grow. I had a friend die just two weeks ago and it taught me that life is too short to forget all the cute little things every single day! She was so young, only 30, with two small girls, and died very suddenly. Those two girls, one who turned 3 last week and one who is just 4 months old, will never know their mommy. That scares me and I think about it every day. I certainly hug my girls a little tighter (if that's possible) and give them even more love.
So, as I write this today, Stella will be 16 months in 4 days and Sophia will be 3 in just two short months! Time has certainly flown with the two of them. Stella is learning lots of new words and things from Sophia. Sophia is expanding her already huge vocabulary and saying the cutest things. Just last night we were eating dinner and she looked at me and said "I love you. You're my best Mommy." I thought it was so funny because I tell her all the time that she and Stella are my best girls. Then, last night in the car after going to buy her some new shoes (her feet are growing so fast!), she said "Stella, I love you. Guys (referring to me and Drew), I love you." It was the cutest voice and tone....it was just so sweet. It was past her bedtime and we were driving home. She kept telling us she was just going to take a short little nap in the car but needed to look for Christmas decorations first. I swear you could sit and just listen to her talk all day long and you would not get bored. She's full of great stories! Every night before bed she has me tell her two stories while we rock in the rocking chair. Her favorites at the moment are gymnastics and the zoo. The zoo story is every detail about the last time we went to the Greenville Zoo. If I leave out even one tiny part, she corrects me. The gymnastics story changes each week after we've been to our gymnastics class. I tell a story about every single thing that happened at gymnastics, and if I forget something, Sophia definitely lets me know. She will only let me put her to bed most nights because she says "Daddy doesn't know the stories." It's not his fault, of course, but I'm home with her so I know the things that happen. Every once in awhile I can convince her to have Drew put her to bed because he does know a few stories. He knows the story of The Wiggles (we went a few weeks ago!), the apple orchard, and now the horse farm we went to last weekend. Sophia rode on a horse for the first time!!! I think she had a smile on her face the ENTIRE time! Santa was there but Sophia refused to sit with him. She does have one thing she keeps asking for from Santa. Good thing it's something I had already bought her for Christmas. She wants Santa to bring her a Cinderella dress, and for Stella she wants Santa to bring a Sleeping Beauty dress. She's very into playing dress-up at the moment, and totally into princesses.
Sophia has a new trick - hanging like a monkey from the side of her crib. Each day when I go get her from her nap she insists on showing me how she does it. It would only take one slip for her to fall and get hurt. We are switching her to a toddler bed for Christmas. She is SOOOO excited to get a big girl bed! She's requested a purple blanket, so I'm going to make her a quilt, and she wants Stella to have a pink one. She's always thinking of her sister, too! I'm going to get her some princess accessories for her room so we can decorate and make it a big deal. I hope the transition goes well. It'll be so different for me to have her not be in a crib anymore. It will obviously give her a lot more independence in her room. She's recently learned to reach the light switch so I envision her staying up late looking at books when she's supposed to be napping or sleeping! I hope bedtime goes smoothly once we make the switch.
Stella is a little character. She knows exactly what she wants and how she's going to get it. Just yesterday she climbed up on the couch and sat there like a big girl. Then, she stood at the end of the couch and got some toys from our toy rack to play with on the couch. She could not reach the toys from the floor, so she found another way! She's now saying "more please" and "thank you" during mealtimes. She says "night-night" when we put her down for bed. Of course, she's got her own silly language, too. And Sophia talks to her all the time. Stella's most favorite thing is going outside. I take her out with me to get the mail and when we come back in she gets quite upset. Yesterday we kicked a ball around in the backyard for a long time and she was still mad when we went inside. Today we went to Chick Fil A for a toddler story and craft time and then played on the climbing structure outside. Stella's still too small for part of it and gets so mad when I move her away. She wants to keep up with Sophia and the other kids so much. She LOVES the park, especially the one at the zoo. She also loves the play area at the mall. She brings me books to read her every morning before breakfast. Periodically throughout the day she brings me her shoes because she wants to go outside. If I tell her we're going outside, she goes to get her shoes and walks to me, turns around, and sits down on my lap or at my feet so I can put her shoes on. It's sooo cute! She's growing too fast! She's also becoming so independent about feeding herself.
Both my girls have made a GREAT group of friends since moving here to South Carolina. We have playdates at least 2 or 3 times a week. It keeps us all so busy. There are so many family things to do around here. We belong to three moms groups in the area and do some great activities. It's so funny for me to think how busy the social lives of a one and two year old can be. I have made some fantastic friends here and will really miss them if Drew gets a job up in the New England area. Especially at this time of year, I'm so thankful for the friends our family has made here. We try our hardest to make our girls feel loved every moment of every day and to surround ourselves with great people! The first four months here in SC were VERY challenging, but we've definitely adjusted well now. We certainly miss our families but it helps to have so much to do here and so many great people around.
Now that I've written so many random things, the rest of this blog will be for daily/weekly updates on silly or cute things. Hope you enjoy!
So, as I write this today, Stella will be 16 months in 4 days and Sophia will be 3 in just two short months! Time has certainly flown with the two of them. Stella is learning lots of new words and things from Sophia. Sophia is expanding her already huge vocabulary and saying the cutest things. Just last night we were eating dinner and she looked at me and said "I love you. You're my best Mommy." I thought it was so funny because I tell her all the time that she and Stella are my best girls. Then, last night in the car after going to buy her some new shoes (her feet are growing so fast!), she said "Stella, I love you. Guys (referring to me and Drew), I love you." It was the cutest voice and tone....it was just so sweet. It was past her bedtime and we were driving home. She kept telling us she was just going to take a short little nap in the car but needed to look for Christmas decorations first. I swear you could sit and just listen to her talk all day long and you would not get bored. She's full of great stories! Every night before bed she has me tell her two stories while we rock in the rocking chair. Her favorites at the moment are gymnastics and the zoo. The zoo story is every detail about the last time we went to the Greenville Zoo. If I leave out even one tiny part, she corrects me. The gymnastics story changes each week after we've been to our gymnastics class. I tell a story about every single thing that happened at gymnastics, and if I forget something, Sophia definitely lets me know. She will only let me put her to bed most nights because she says "Daddy doesn't know the stories." It's not his fault, of course, but I'm home with her so I know the things that happen. Every once in awhile I can convince her to have Drew put her to bed because he does know a few stories. He knows the story of The Wiggles (we went a few weeks ago!), the apple orchard, and now the horse farm we went to last weekend. Sophia rode on a horse for the first time!!! I think she had a smile on her face the ENTIRE time! Santa was there but Sophia refused to sit with him. She does have one thing she keeps asking for from Santa. Good thing it's something I had already bought her for Christmas. She wants Santa to bring her a Cinderella dress, and for Stella she wants Santa to bring a Sleeping Beauty dress. She's very into playing dress-up at the moment, and totally into princesses.
Sophia has a new trick - hanging like a monkey from the side of her crib. Each day when I go get her from her nap she insists on showing me how she does it. It would only take one slip for her to fall and get hurt. We are switching her to a toddler bed for Christmas. She is SOOOO excited to get a big girl bed! She's requested a purple blanket, so I'm going to make her a quilt, and she wants Stella to have a pink one. She's always thinking of her sister, too! I'm going to get her some princess accessories for her room so we can decorate and make it a big deal. I hope the transition goes well. It'll be so different for me to have her not be in a crib anymore. It will obviously give her a lot more independence in her room. She's recently learned to reach the light switch so I envision her staying up late looking at books when she's supposed to be napping or sleeping! I hope bedtime goes smoothly once we make the switch.
Stella is a little character. She knows exactly what she wants and how she's going to get it. Just yesterday she climbed up on the couch and sat there like a big girl. Then, she stood at the end of the couch and got some toys from our toy rack to play with on the couch. She could not reach the toys from the floor, so she found another way! She's now saying "more please" and "thank you" during mealtimes. She says "night-night" when we put her down for bed. Of course, she's got her own silly language, too. And Sophia talks to her all the time. Stella's most favorite thing is going outside. I take her out with me to get the mail and when we come back in she gets quite upset. Yesterday we kicked a ball around in the backyard for a long time and she was still mad when we went inside. Today we went to Chick Fil A for a toddler story and craft time and then played on the climbing structure outside. Stella's still too small for part of it and gets so mad when I move her away. She wants to keep up with Sophia and the other kids so much. She LOVES the park, especially the one at the zoo. She also loves the play area at the mall. She brings me books to read her every morning before breakfast. Periodically throughout the day she brings me her shoes because she wants to go outside. If I tell her we're going outside, she goes to get her shoes and walks to me, turns around, and sits down on my lap or at my feet so I can put her shoes on. It's sooo cute! She's growing too fast! She's also becoming so independent about feeding herself.
Both my girls have made a GREAT group of friends since moving here to South Carolina. We have playdates at least 2 or 3 times a week. It keeps us all so busy. There are so many family things to do around here. We belong to three moms groups in the area and do some great activities. It's so funny for me to think how busy the social lives of a one and two year old can be. I have made some fantastic friends here and will really miss them if Drew gets a job up in the New England area. Especially at this time of year, I'm so thankful for the friends our family has made here. We try our hardest to make our girls feel loved every moment of every day and to surround ourselves with great people! The first four months here in SC were VERY challenging, but we've definitely adjusted well now. We certainly miss our families but it helps to have so much to do here and so many great people around.
Now that I've written so many random things, the rest of this blog will be for daily/weekly updates on silly or cute things. Hope you enjoy!
1 comment:
wow how they have grown...unbelievable....i am so happy that you guys are doing good...i was so worried at first but it all worked out...thank you for sharing this with us
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