Laurel Jean Sarion
Saturday 3/26 at 8:13am
6lbs 7oz and 18.75 inches
Mommy, Daddy and Big Sister Maya are very excited you have joined our family.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
The countdown has begun
It is a little hard to believe that we will get to meet the newest member of our family in a few short weeks. Rey and I are continually going back and forth between the excitement of meeting the little one and sheer panic of what this is going to do to our world. Are we ready? Who knows. But, we are doing our best and I'm sure we will somehow figure it all out.
- Maya has officially moved into her big girl room... although we decided to keep her in the crib and forgo the big girl bed for a little bit longer. The transition went very smoothly, she seems pretty excited about it and likes to show it off. We still have a bunch of work to do; the closet isn't cleaned out yet, there is nothing on the walls and she needs a dresser but none of that seems to matter to her and we will slowly sort it all out. I was told she was talking about her new room to all her friends and teachers at daycare.
- Rey and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary with a lovely weekend alone (I'm sure the last in awhile!). It was some much needed downtime and Maya had a great time staying with Grandma and Grandpa Knowles. We are very lucky that she has such a close relationship with them! She talks about them often and our conversations in the car often include; "Grandpa at work?", "Grandpa at home?", "Grandpa read to Maya" (from what I can tell, she calls them both Grandpa so I never know which she is talking about).
- Maya has already had to deal with some changes surrounding my ability to play with her so hopefully this will help the adjustment a bit. It is simply too difficult (and painful!) for me to sit and with her on the floor, run around the house or push her on her toys these days. Luckily Daddy can step in; but but we have had to make to with lots of art projects, books, puzzles and watching little more Curious George at the end of a long day than I would like. She gets a little frustrated, but is learning to deal with it.
- We bought Maya a baby doll for Christmas in hopes that she might have a little one to take care of while we tend to her sister. She didn't show much interest until the last week or so. Now, we put the baby to bed each night, make sure she always has a hat on to keep her warm and Maya loves to change the baby's diaper. In fact, she threw an epic fit last night when I limited her to one diaper instead of the four or five she would have liked to go through (those things are too expensive to waste!).
- My lists have been made, plans have been set, everyone is on call and bags are somewhat packed should Baby Girl decide to come early. She's been threatening to join us for the last two weeks, and I think I've finally reached the level of uncomfortableness to where I am also ready. Any day now!
Here are a few pictures of Maya enjoying her weekend with Grandma and Grandpa.
- Maya has officially moved into her big girl room... although we decided to keep her in the crib and forgo the big girl bed for a little bit longer. The transition went very smoothly, she seems pretty excited about it and likes to show it off. We still have a bunch of work to do; the closet isn't cleaned out yet, there is nothing on the walls and she needs a dresser but none of that seems to matter to her and we will slowly sort it all out. I was told she was talking about her new room to all her friends and teachers at daycare.
- Rey and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary with a lovely weekend alone (I'm sure the last in awhile!). It was some much needed downtime and Maya had a great time staying with Grandma and Grandpa Knowles. We are very lucky that she has such a close relationship with them! She talks about them often and our conversations in the car often include; "Grandpa at work?", "Grandpa at home?", "Grandpa read to Maya" (from what I can tell, she calls them both Grandpa so I never know which she is talking about).
- Maya has already had to deal with some changes surrounding my ability to play with her so hopefully this will help the adjustment a bit. It is simply too difficult (and painful!) for me to sit and with her on the floor, run around the house or push her on her toys these days. Luckily Daddy can step in; but but we have had to make to with lots of art projects, books, puzzles and watching little more Curious George at the end of a long day than I would like. She gets a little frustrated, but is learning to deal with it.
- We bought Maya a baby doll for Christmas in hopes that she might have a little one to take care of while we tend to her sister. She didn't show much interest until the last week or so. Now, we put the baby to bed each night, make sure she always has a hat on to keep her warm and Maya loves to change the baby's diaper. In fact, she threw an epic fit last night when I limited her to one diaper instead of the four or five she would have liked to go through (those things are too expensive to waste!).
- My lists have been made, plans have been set, everyone is on call and bags are somewhat packed should Baby Girl decide to come early. She's been threatening to join us for the last two weeks, and I think I've finally reached the level of uncomfortableness to where I am also ready. Any day now!
Here are a few pictures of Maya enjoying her weekend with Grandma and Grandpa.
Markers, crayons, chalk, paint - she loves it all.
Enjoying the pancakes she helped Grandma make.
Building a snowman out of the last remaining snow.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wood chips
Maya threw up at daycare yesterday because she was eating the wood chips in the play area. Seriously?!?! She won't touch a vegetable but she will eat wood chips?
There has got to be some way to convince her that a carrot is much tastier than WOOD.
There has got to be some way to convince her that a carrot is much tastier than WOOD.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A glimpse into the future, perhaps?
We took a trip up to Snoqualmie Pass this last weekend to visit all of our Ski For All friends. Skiing has always been such a big part of my life and it is hard to believe I haven't been for 3 years! We've already started making plans to get Maya out as soon as she is old enough... she got a sneak peak with Grandpa this weekend. Wonder if he is up for teaching all the grandkids?? She seemed to enjoy it and kept asking for "Maya's skis".
Making the trek to the slopes
Her first run
Her second time around snow was much more successful than the first!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
The ups and downs of SLEEP
This is a post that I imagine no one but me will care about, but since I'm really using this blog as a journal for myself and Maya to look back on someday I wanted to document it. Plus, we might reach this same point with her little sister and in my sleep deprived state it will be a good reminder of what helped with Maya.
Maya has always been a relatively good sleeper, but it became very tough in the last few months. It all started when she cut her molars, then she came down with bronchitis, then we were met with some sort of 18 month scream in the middle of the night sleep regression, most of this while I entered first trimester of pregnancy with the sheer exhaustion and nausea that comes along with it. Through all of this we went into full fledged survival mode. All the good sleep habits we had established were thrown out the window so the entire family could get some sort of sleep each night. Well, this had become exhausting. It was taking a whole lot of effort to get her to sleep each night and naps were an even bigger struggle. We were all a bit frustrated.
It started to become clear that the rocking before sleep was becoming detrimental to the entire process. Although Maya and I both loved the snuggles, she was restless, couldn't get comfortable (in part to my growing belly) and it had simply become habit over the last few months. She would finally fall asleep in my arms and then the transfer to the bed would wake her up and she would be confused and pissed. But, we didn't know how to switch gears! The tactics we had tried in the past were just not working this time around. Plus, she is working on some more teeth and we are all struggling with colds so it didn't seem fair to just let her cry in the midst of that, but something needed to be done.
Out of ideas, one night I put her in the crib after stories and a couple minutes of snuggles and just sat on the floor next to it. She wasn't happy, but only cried for about 10 minutes or so before settling down and falling asleep. By the fourth night, zero tears when I put her down! Two nights ago after stories, she pointed right at her crib and said "Maya Bed". I asked her if she was ready to go lay down in her bed, she looked at me and said "Yep". I was SHOCKED. We went over, I laid her down and she went right to sleep. Same story the last two nights. This really was what we all needed.
There is one last step, I need to get myself out of the room while she falls asleep, but we will get there. I've moved from sitting on the floor next to her crib, to the chair on the other side of the room so that will be the next step. But, honestly at this point, sitting in her room for 10-15 minutes of peace and quiet while she is settling down isn't so bad and I'm counting it as a huge success (at least until we hit a new setback or transition)!
More proof that she really is growing up. The baby in her in disappearing more and more each day.
Maya has always been a relatively good sleeper, but it became very tough in the last few months. It all started when she cut her molars, then she came down with bronchitis, then we were met with some sort of 18 month scream in the middle of the night sleep regression, most of this while I entered first trimester of pregnancy with the sheer exhaustion and nausea that comes along with it. Through all of this we went into full fledged survival mode. All the good sleep habits we had established were thrown out the window so the entire family could get some sort of sleep each night. Well, this had become exhausting. It was taking a whole lot of effort to get her to sleep each night and naps were an even bigger struggle. We were all a bit frustrated.
It started to become clear that the rocking before sleep was becoming detrimental to the entire process. Although Maya and I both loved the snuggles, she was restless, couldn't get comfortable (in part to my growing belly) and it had simply become habit over the last few months. She would finally fall asleep in my arms and then the transfer to the bed would wake her up and she would be confused and pissed. But, we didn't know how to switch gears! The tactics we had tried in the past were just not working this time around. Plus, she is working on some more teeth and we are all struggling with colds so it didn't seem fair to just let her cry in the midst of that, but something needed to be done.
Out of ideas, one night I put her in the crib after stories and a couple minutes of snuggles and just sat on the floor next to it. She wasn't happy, but only cried for about 10 minutes or so before settling down and falling asleep. By the fourth night, zero tears when I put her down! Two nights ago after stories, she pointed right at her crib and said "Maya Bed". I asked her if she was ready to go lay down in her bed, she looked at me and said "Yep". I was SHOCKED. We went over, I laid her down and she went right to sleep. Same story the last two nights. This really was what we all needed.
There is one last step, I need to get myself out of the room while she falls asleep, but we will get there. I've moved from sitting on the floor next to her crib, to the chair on the other side of the room so that will be the next step. But, honestly at this point, sitting in her room for 10-15 minutes of peace and quiet while she is settling down isn't so bad and I'm counting it as a huge success (at least until we hit a new setback or transition)!
More proof that she really is growing up. The baby in her in disappearing more and more each day.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Glasses
We discovered that Maya has a pretty bad case of astigmatism, which at this point only requires glasses to fix. Hopefully we will be able to avoid the patching and surgery (although her Daddy thinks she would make a great pirate). We picked them up yesterday and so far she has really taken to them, which was a bit of a surprise to me. She was very proud when all of the kids in her class wanted to check them out. We think she looks pretty dang cute!
Friday, January 28, 2011
"Maya did it"
She has picked this phrase up in the last couple days and it is taking over our lives! Translation from Maya speak - "Maya will do it all by herself", aka "Maya doesn't need your help, Mommy and Daddy, so stop bugging me and leave me alone".
As much as I applaud her new found independence and the confidence she has gained in herself, every little task takes five times as long to accomplish. Which, for the most part I can deal with, except for when we are trying to get out the door each and every morning.
As much as I applaud her new found independence and the confidence she has gained in herself, every little task takes five times as long to accomplish. Which, for the most part I can deal with, except for when we are trying to get out the door each and every morning.
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