tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27053604394890437092024-03-13T05:08:14.975-04:00The Adventures of 2 Little Bears...Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-614178777586432052011-02-11T13:44:00.001-05:002011-02-11T13:51:10.804-05:00Cloth Diapering...So far it is going really well. We (I) have just started using cloth for bedtime too about a week ago. I had held out because Kaylee wasn't sleeping through the night and I wasn't sure if she was wet (so easy to feel the jelly feeling in disposables) Right now I am using rainforest babies at night with a bamboo soaker pad on the bottom and their stay dry fleece topper on top. So far, no leaks andLori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-80264535563854665812011-01-25T22:44:00.000-05:002011-01-25T22:44:17.625-05:00"Cutting a Rug"I wish cutting a tooth was as much fun as cutting a rug! For the past couple weeks I've been peering in Kaylee's mouth trying to see if she has any teeth coming in (Kelsey got her first one at 6 months). Last week I thought it looked white, but who knows. The past few days she has been uncharacteristically fussy at bedtime. Today as I was bringing her up for nap I happened to put my finger in herLori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-80220008073923712242011-01-24T15:52:00.000-05:002011-01-24T15:52:49.940-05:00Bits & Pieces(turn your volume up as she is very quiet!! Remember if yu got ths in an email you need to go to the actual blog to watch the video and press the triangle to play)
Kelsey loves her baby sister!!She actually did this on her own the first time, I then had to prompt her though to get it on camera.Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-86618694210869799182011-01-23T15:19:00.017-05:002011-01-25T16:09:57.579-05:00Kaylee's 1st Disney TripHow funny that Kelsey's first trip was on my 30th b-day (avoiding growing up) and Kaylee's first trip was on my 33rd. Lou had a convention in Orlando so the girls and I joined him for the weekend and ended it with Sunday at Disney. It was quite chilly, luckily I had looked up the weather before packing for th girls. Lou left before us and did not see the weather. Luckily he had slacks and a Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-72756184519304791832011-01-11T23:06:00.002-05:002011-01-13T00:34:05.432-05:00War EagleWhether you ask me or Lou, we will both tell you our girls bleed Orange and Blue. This year it's definitely Orange and Navy Blue. Kelsey was so cute all season saying Waaaar Eagle and Go AUburn and shaking my AU shakers. The girls supported AUburn as they won the National Championships
I made their shirts!
Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-72178017675312722312011-01-10T15:49:00.000-05:002011-01-10T15:49:20.879-05:00She's crawling....She's been pushing herself forward across the floor since Friday afternoon. I got a quick video today. But she was so fast, that I only caught the end. Oh mommy is so not happy....I was hoping I had a little while longer. :-)
Those of you who receive emails, you will need to go to the blog to see the video. Click the triangle to playLori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-26609763286827483072011-01-07T11:38:00.000-05:002011-01-07T11:38:03.082-05:00New Sounds....Kaylee has been "talking" more and more. She definitely has the mamamama sounds down and hahahaha. Lou and Kelsey both swear she said dada on New Years Eve, so I guess she has the dadada sound down as well.
At dinner one night in December, she was in her exersaucer chatting away and Lou started saying dadadadada at her, while I countered with mamamama and then Kelsey chimed in with Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-82148048256778212012011-01-07T11:14:00.000-05:002011-01-07T11:14:12.417-05:00Snow Day....Yesterday on the way to school it was a very gray and gloomy FL day. As we were driving Kelsey says "Mommy it's going to snow so school is going to be canceled today".
Stifling my laughter up front I replied "Sweetie, we live in FL, it does not snow here. So school is not going to be canceled"
To which she replied "But Mommy (she loves to start sentences like that)...in Virginia it snows"
Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-26761405071991509422011-01-01T23:05:00.000-05:002011-01-01T23:05:32.446-05:00Kaylee's Birth AnnouncementBetter late than never.....
A huge thanks to my sister, Cindy, who utilized her photo program skills and created these for us.Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-32779031461577535042011-01-01T22:57:00.000-05:002011-01-01T22:57:54.613-05:00Good Friends
We had a unexpected voicemail today from good friends, Chris & Michelle Lavoro, who we haven't seen in a very long time. They were going to be camping at Jonathan Dickinson Park for the night and asked us to come down if we weren't busy. After errands (ie getting ears pierced) and putting the girls down for a nap and Gma & Gpa McD's, we packed up the girls and made the drive to Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-51766185928122512042011-01-01T22:44:00.000-05:002011-01-01T22:44:41.523-05:00Pierced Ears....This is something we had planned on doing with Kelsey when she was a baby. We even bought her shamrock earrings while we were in Ireland when I was 5 months pregnant with her. The Dr's office wouldn't do it until she was 6 months and by that time we felt she was pulling on her ears too much. It just kept being put off and now she is 3. We've been talking about it and she has been asking for it, Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-88389002796014000312010-12-31T23:14:00.011-05:002011-01-24T23:49:58.728-05:00Waving Hi Video(Sorry the video is sideways. I don't have sofware to edit it.)
Kaylee loves to wave and she has the cutest little wave. She started doing this around 7 months
Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-53627976705283524172010-12-31T09:29:00.005-05:002011-01-02T11:50:26.422-05:00New Year's Eve Day...It was a beautiful day, especially after all of our freezing cold weather here in FL. (Nights were in the 30s and sometimes a windchill of 19...Yikes!) Lou was busy finishing up the gate we had installed, so I brought a blanket out and played with the girl out by the swing set (in our oh so dead grass).
Kaylee was eyeing Kelsey's apple during lunch so I decided to get her mesh food holder&Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-50029632440634690682010-12-23T11:14:00.004-05:002011-01-07T11:24:18.728-05:00In Spanish it means...(A little background since I have slacked on my posts...Kelsey has been to Puerto Rico with us 3 times in the past year. We talk about spanish words, and got her some spanish puzzle cards and obviously she watches Dora and Diego so that helps)
Kelsey was quietly drawing on the floor and it turns out she was practicing writing letters and words. When she brought the paper to show me I was Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-64662714737481209932010-12-22T00:22:00.000-05:002010-12-22T00:22:53.001-05:00Caught Red HandedI sat Kaylee down on the rug with some toys while I was finishing making dinner. She rolled onto the floor and somehow manuevered (she's not crawling yet) herself a few feet over to the tree. I caught her trying to pull on the bows and ribbon on her gifts (by luck).
Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-33576887604646354842010-12-21T23:59:00.001-05:002010-12-22T00:24:18.450-05:00Letters to Santa...Kelsey just recently told us what she wants from Santa. Last night she made a wish on a star for what she wanted..."I wish I may I wish I might have my wish tonight (she doesn't remember the whole thing)..I wish Santa would bring my a Ladybug Pillow Pet" SO we told her we needed to write a letter and put it n the mailbox to let Santa know. We told her it was magic and it would automatically go toLori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-47986501601495251432010-12-21T23:40:00.001-05:002010-12-22T00:24:30.811-05:00Waving..Today Kaylee started waving! Not necessarily Bye-Bye, but waving none-the-less. I noticed her waving while she was in her stroller at the store, but thought it was nothing, until she was doing it again at my mom's house later too.
I promise I am going to catch up on posts over Christmas break......Birth announcements are also coming out with Christmas cards as well :-)Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-19825766024899793882010-11-29T22:32:00.036-05:002011-01-12T23:05:13.260-05:006 Month Appointment...Was a little disappointing... Her length and head circumference are holding steady on the chart (length is still at 50%) However her weight is not doing well. She was at 13 lbs 4 oz. Since she is eating rice cereal and just started solids, I had dropped off the "forced" tube feeding about 2 weeks ago. Dr. Chiong's advice was to add back in the feeding (10 kcal per ounce) and Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-63400766232849037002010-11-25T23:15:00.003-05:002011-01-13T00:04:57.773-05:00Thanksgiving 2010What a wonderful week...My brother Michael and his family came down, as well as my baby sister Kellie, and my sister Cindy and her family. All of the grandkids had a blast playing together, swimming, playing in the cul-d-sac, and going on the boat. I was brave and decided to help make some of the food for this year, mainly so Kelsey could have stuff to eat. As usual, Lou fried a turkey and I madeLori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-362170887930198712010-11-25T21:44:00.000-05:002011-01-05T22:14:25.882-05:00First Food...Kaylee got her first real food (non cereal) on Thanksgiving day. Just like with Kelsey, I started with Avocado. An easy first food and you do not have to cook it. She wasn't too sure...
Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-1161409394654432072010-11-24T23:36:00.004-05:002011-01-13T00:01:51.180-05:00McDonald Family Photos 2010
Impromptu picture that Colin did NOT want to be a part of (missing the 3 youngest cousins)
The Whole McDonald Crew
Gpa McD starte playing the guitar so he can play for the grandkids
Gma/Gpa McD with all 9 of their grandkids
My family (minus spouses and kids)
Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-61160127861601453702010-11-03T21:38:00.008-04:002011-01-12T21:56:59.247-05:00Halloween Season 2010While Lou was out of town I took the girls to the Fall Fest at the Methodist church. Kelsey did a bunch of crafts, they had free face painting, free popcorn, & free drinks. We waited in line for a while for the bounce house, but Kelsey got bored so we skipped out.
Lou found some templates of characters and let Kelsey pick what she wanted on the pumpkin. She chose Tinkerbell. For this we Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-12974894632989106132010-10-30T15:15:00.001-04:002010-12-22T00:24:44.970-05:00Fall Crafts
We started by decorating the house for Fall (and Kelsey will tell you it's also called Autumn) We've painted pumpkins with both paint and glue and then glitter. We've made ghosts and spiders out of pumpkins. We painted masks. We searched the yard for different types of leaves and then painted and pressed them.We've also made pumpkin bread (gluten free of course) and cooked a Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-76818703760134511912010-10-25T11:15:00.001-04:002010-10-30T11:31:51.086-04:00Total Stress....finally revlieved!Nights in Puerto Rico were no fun. Kaylee would wake up and just scream! During the day I had realized she was eating all the time and I couldn't get any milk at one point. I was worried that I was not producing enough. Wednesday when we were back I dropped in our pediatrician's office just to put her on the scale. My worst fears were confirmed. She had lost 5 oz in 2 weeks and was down to Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705360439489043709.post-68904834090561059252010-10-22T14:21:00.019-04:002010-10-30T14:52:06.272-04:00Cooking a PumpkinI bought a Pie Pumpkin (if you don't know, this is different from the pumpkin you buy to carve) the other day so Kelsey and I could cook it one afternoon, something we have not done before. Man that little booger was HARD to cut. I made Kelsey leave the kitchen because I was worried the knife would slip and fly across at her. 10 minutes later we followed the directions from the sticker on Lori Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692564612379143301noreply@blogger.com0