Body Function Sympathy

I picked up Emmy a book about being a big girl and using the potty the other day and it has a flush button that makes a flush sound. Super cute right?



Well she likes her book and last night when we were reading it to her and got to the part where it says "sometimes you'll have accidents and that's okay" we said "uh oh she made a pee pee on the floor" and there was a picture of a little girl looking upset and looking at her pee. It must have been a very convincing picture because it really stressed Emmy out and made her cry. Trying not to laugh we told her it was okay and finished the book and then turned it back to that page to see if that was truly what she was crying about and she burst into tears AGAIN. I totally don't understand why this upsets her so. She's never been punished or made to feel bad for peeing on the floor. All I can think is that the little girls face is so sad and she must have sympathy for her.

This morning she brought me her potty book to read and we sat down and sure enough we got to the accident page and here come the tears. Too funny!

Look at what I find after nap time!!

When you hear some cooing you know nap time is over and it's time to play!

Little Kimmy

They were hanging out this morning looking cute while watching Sesame Street. I can't believe how much Emmy looks like Kim in these pictures... even right down to the hand in the mouth and legs wide open. So lady like!!

Princess Wishes

Princess Wishes was pretty awesome! Emmy really took it all in and was amazed at all that was going on. She sat on her dad's lap the whole time and I held Lilah. She did get distracted by other children and would be watching what they were eating or doing, but I'd say "WOW" and she'd turn back around to see what she was missing.

First out was Tinker Bell so that was special for her. When I told her "the fairies are coming" and that got her attention and the lights went out and they announced the show was starting...


Poor little Lilah didn't like the noise. It was very loud. I felt really sorry for her, but I was able to get her to sleep by rocking her against me with one eat on my chest and covering the other ear with my hand. So she slept through nearly the entire show and I was grateful for that. I'd hate for her to be scared the whole time!

Considering the show was during Emmy's nap time she did SUPER WELL, but there was a melt down to come. We went out to lunch and she had her first FULL ON TEMPER TANTRUM in public! There was dropping to the floor, flailing arms and legs, screams and shrieks. How embarrassing! At first we tried to make her stop and that didn't work, so then we ignored it but that didn't work. I then took her outside to cool down but she fell and screamed harder. Once she felt okay she wanted to go back in and I hoped that she'd be good.......I was so wrong. Same bad attitude! We knew she had had a huge day, no nap, and was hungry, so we had some excuses for her, but next time I'm not sure what we'll do. Lets hope it doesn't happen again! lol

Officially Four Months Old

This is my Kate Gosling hair do.... what do you think??

4 Months old and she's getting so rolly polly now. In just the past two days I've noticed that she will reach out with intention and succeed at grasping her hanging toys firmly and smile.

Lilah loves to watch Emmy and it's so cute..... Emmy will come up to her and do a little rocking dance back and forth and smile and kiss her face.

So far she's still a finger sucker and I don't think that's going to stop anytime soon. We know when she's tired and ready for a nap because she'll get fussy and try to get to her hands.

The car rides have become more peaceful for her (at least day time car rides) I think this is because she's old enough now to self sooth with her fingers and she can focus on seeing things. Plus she hates to be on her back when she's tired and now she can get those fingers in her mouth and deal with it better. We've moved her up to Emmy's old car seat and I added some extra padding to it and you wouldn't believe how soft and comfy it is. Who wouldn't want to ride around that way! lol

She's really loving her baths now and will kick around and wiggle which is such a difference from when she was born. Boy did she hate those baths!! During the day if I'm cold and Emmy's cranky I'll put us all in the bath together and play. Emmy wants so bad for Lilah to play with her so in the next few months as she learns to sit up I can see bath time becoming a huge part of the play day. Plus... we're three Pisces....... do you think you could keep us out of the bath? OOoOOoO I dream of a huge garden tub! It's on my honey do list! But we're off track here...this is about Lilah being 4 months old!

Happy, healthy, and what more can I say. I love her oodles!

Driving Lessons

Got out the walker today for some variety of playtime. Lilah is still way to small for it haha but they seemed to have a good time with it. Later on Emmy had to get in it and ran around the house like a maniac!

Lilah's Stats at 16 weeks....

Lilah doing what she loves to do! Sucking on those fingers! I think she'd get her whole hand in there if she could! She also did a first today and rolled over. She had a little bit of cheating help. She was laying on Emmy's floor couch pulled out and had her head elevated on a bit of a pillow but she was able to use her tummy muscles to pull up and roll on over. I scooped her up and started telling her what a big girl she was and jumping up and down to make her smile and Emmy got all excited to and started jumping up and down the best she could in her highchair hahahha

13lbs 14 oz 23.6 inches or 6280 g 60 cm

Snakes & Ladders Play Cafe

We took the girls on Friday to a play cafe here in Gawler called Snakes & Ladders. Total chaos but the loved it and it was fun for us too! My friend Amy brought along her little girl Layla who we hadn't seen since she was about 10 months old so that was super good to see them playing together!

we didn't plan to dress them the same.... it just happened! haha

Baby Elizabeth June is here!!!

Jill & Kyle have been long time friends and I did their hair for years and I miss them tons! They just had a very precious little girl of their own to love and I could not be anymore happier for them! Congratulations to you both! xoxoox love The Harrison's

finger paints and artwork

Lilah has exploded in the past week with personality! Lots of cooing, eye contact, kicking to make her toys move and soundless laughs (we're still waiting on that first giggle!). She's got a bald ring around her head which I had hoped to prevent, but I don't think that's possible! Kim also says that he thinks that she knows who he is now and I agree.

As for Emmy... we did some artwork yesterday and surprisingly for paints there was no mess. I washed up the paintbrush and wiped off her hands and that was that. (see pictures below)

We seem to be on the upswing from our illness and I hope that this will be the last cold for the winter!! Emmy has been refusing formula for a while now (since she's been sick...3 weeks or so on and off) and when I can get some down her it's usually pumped breast milk with a scoop of formula because she likes it's taste better than my milk which is super sweet. I'm hoping that this will help her fight off colds in the future (Lilah doesn't get sick when when we are all sick!!). It's exciting that she can tolerate my milk now. I think it has to do with my diet and not taking in any dairy products. Possibly this is why I am able to feed Lilah because about 6 weeks ago I had a milk shake ( and i haven't had milk since early last December ) and she had such terrible belly pains and pooped near black water for a full day and that's not normal for her. I'm sorry is that too much information for you? Well.... what do you expect if you come here.....it's a blog about babies!! lol

To further back my hypothesis; earlier last week or so I pumped near 360 ml of milk for my neice who is lactose intolerant and she handeled the milk just fine although she will breakout in a rash when when she eats baked foods with milk and cheese. She's 8 months old. I wish I would have known this before I had Emmy, but I'm so glad I went off dairy and meats for Lilah even though everything I read and the doctors told me that my dairy intake didn't effect babies with lactose intolernce of mothers milk. So not true for these babies!

People freak out in general about children being raised vegitarian or vegan but if you do a little research you'll find that it's just fine and in some cases much better. Want to know 101 reasons why to not give your baby dairy either directly or through breast milk?!

This is her favorite spot right now... other than being on the boob haha


Lilah giving her half smile....... she's a hard one to capture on camera!!

Mommy & Me hand prints!

First use of a paintbrush!

Finger Painting for the first time!