My babies,
These posts are getting harder and harder to write. It's only because so much is going on with you two and your development that it's hard to pinpoint what to write about.
Lydia - You are getting to be such a little girl. You are truly a toddler now. You are learning at such a rapid clip. You repeart anything and everything that you hear or see. Your intelligence to me is remarkeable. You have an incredible memory and social intelligence. You know absolutely everyone's names and who goes with you, even for people that you've only seen once or twice ever. You are learning "facetime" on the iphone, so you like to call me at work and ask if I will "facetime" with you. It's next to impossible to turn that down. One of the things that I cherish now the most is our bedtime routine at night. We have a specific order that everything happens in. You take a bath, then jammie time, dry your hair with the towel. Then, we snuggle in the "bem", that is what you call the bed. Finally, you insist on being rocked like a baby in the chair and put to bed in your crib with your 3 favorite blankies: pink, duckie, and red. Of course, there are a lot of goofing around that goes into each of these steps. I will always cherish these moments with you and hope that you don't grow up too fast on me.
Luke - You are such a little handsome baby boy. You are full out "army crawling" right now. You are pretty darn good at it too already. If we put an object or toy out of your reach that you really want to get to, you can crawl over to it really quickly. You started eating yogurt and other soft stuff recently. I think you are going to be a big eater like your daddy. As of right now, you are pretty particular about your yogurt. You love it, but other stuff not so much. You make the funniest face when it is something that you don't want to eat. We can't wait until you officially start crawling, which we think will be very soon. We love taking you guys to the Clayton Shaw Park pool on the weekends. Luke, you don't really like the water too much at this point, but we think that you will come around. You don't like to be put into your little floatie at all. But, you do love to play with your toys and you have a certain affinity to a few of them, notably: bath duckie, and other similar sized objects that are bright in color and that you can put into your mouth. You are such a well behaved and smiley baby. You are an absolute joy to have around and we are very blessed to have you. I'm looking forward to watching you grow up and teaching you all kinds of things.
I love you both so very darn much,
Your daddy
Monday, July 23, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
June 2012
Lydia, you had your 2yr birthday this month and Mr. Luke is now 7 months old. There is so much changing with you guys almost everyday that it is tough in the writings to pick what to put in there and really just to keep up.
Lydia: You are now basically repeating every word that you hear. You are learning so much, trying to string together words and sentences. You are a big time lover, wanting to give everyone hugs and kisses. You love to say hi and bye to everybody. You tell people that you are a princess and that you are adorable, which is so cute but also kind of scares daddy! Our bedtime routing has gotten so complex at your discretion. We have to snuggle in the bem (which is what you call the bed), then you insist that I rock you in the chair, and finally we can then go into the crib. But, in the crib it has to be an exact sequence of me placing your 3 blankets on you (ducky, pink, and green) and then giving you kisses on your face, both hands, and your toes. You love anything to do with electronics, IPads, cameras, pictures, etc. As soon as someone takes a picture, you say "I see, I see" and they have to show you the picture.
Luke: You are starting to become so active. You are now eating some soft food, but you don't really like it too much. It seems weird to you to be eating something than mommy's milk. You are rolling over so much now and doing it so fast. You are the most happy baby in the whole world. You never cry and are always smiling. You love it when daddy points at you and yells "Yeah." It's really cute. One of the things you do now (which daddy finds hysterical) is that when we change your diaper, you have to play with yourself. Mommy shakes her head that daddy finds that funny. Sometimes it creates a mess since you get your hands all dirty. You are daddy's little man. There is so much you are going to be doing over the next several months. You are right on the precipous of becoming very mobile, which is a good and a bad thing for us. But, we love it and we love you.
Until next time! I love you both with all of my fiber and being.
Love forever and always,
Your daddy
Lydia: You are now basically repeating every word that you hear. You are learning so much, trying to string together words and sentences. You are a big time lover, wanting to give everyone hugs and kisses. You love to say hi and bye to everybody. You tell people that you are a princess and that you are adorable, which is so cute but also kind of scares daddy! Our bedtime routing has gotten so complex at your discretion. We have to snuggle in the bem (which is what you call the bed), then you insist that I rock you in the chair, and finally we can then go into the crib. But, in the crib it has to be an exact sequence of me placing your 3 blankets on you (ducky, pink, and green) and then giving you kisses on your face, both hands, and your toes. You love anything to do with electronics, IPads, cameras, pictures, etc. As soon as someone takes a picture, you say "I see, I see" and they have to show you the picture.
Luke: You are starting to become so active. You are now eating some soft food, but you don't really like it too much. It seems weird to you to be eating something than mommy's milk. You are rolling over so much now and doing it so fast. You are the most happy baby in the whole world. You never cry and are always smiling. You love it when daddy points at you and yells "Yeah." It's really cute. One of the things you do now (which daddy finds hysterical) is that when we change your diaper, you have to play with yourself. Mommy shakes her head that daddy finds that funny. Sometimes it creates a mess since you get your hands all dirty. You are daddy's little man. There is so much you are going to be doing over the next several months. You are right on the precipous of becoming very mobile, which is a good and a bad thing for us. But, we love it and we love you.
Until next time! I love you both with all of my fiber and being.
Love forever and always,
Your daddy
Monday, April 23, 2012
April 2012
Hello my dear babies (Lydia and Luke),
I feel like your whole life is being documented so well. Hopefully, mommy and I are doing a good job with pictures, writings, and videos. Our hope is that when you look back on all of this, you will be glad to have all of these things from your childhood.
Lydia, you are such a big girl now with a ton of personality. You definitely are a big lover, but that's no surprise since mommy and daddy are like that too. One of your newest things is to snuggle in the bed with us. You call it "bem" instead of bed, which is the cutest. You just love to snuggle up to us. Sometimes when you can't sleep at night or wake up in the middle of the night, you say daddy and point to the bed and say bem. So, then we usually go night night together. You also are getting to be obsessed with the zoo. I can't blame you since you go there all the time. Mimi has the yearly pass and we live right next door. You love to talk about the penguins, zebras, and monkeys.
Luke, you are growing up so fast too. Rolling over is now no problem for you. You are such a smiley pants and such a wonderful baby. You are soooo laid back and chill. Everybody loves holding you. It wont be long before you're fully sitting up and even bouncing in your little bumbo seat. You love to sit in your chair now and do so well with it. You always want to be a part of the action and you love it when Lydia gives you attention. It's the absolute cutest thing in the world seeing you two interact with each other.
Well, I love you both so much. We are so blessed to have such wonderful children in our family.
All of my love,
Daddy
I feel like your whole life is being documented so well. Hopefully, mommy and I are doing a good job with pictures, writings, and videos. Our hope is that when you look back on all of this, you will be glad to have all of these things from your childhood.
Lydia, you are such a big girl now with a ton of personality. You definitely are a big lover, but that's no surprise since mommy and daddy are like that too. One of your newest things is to snuggle in the bed with us. You call it "bem" instead of bed, which is the cutest. You just love to snuggle up to us. Sometimes when you can't sleep at night or wake up in the middle of the night, you say daddy and point to the bed and say bem. So, then we usually go night night together. You also are getting to be obsessed with the zoo. I can't blame you since you go there all the time. Mimi has the yearly pass and we live right next door. You love to talk about the penguins, zebras, and monkeys.
Luke, you are growing up so fast too. Rolling over is now no problem for you. You are such a smiley pants and such a wonderful baby. You are soooo laid back and chill. Everybody loves holding you. It wont be long before you're fully sitting up and even bouncing in your little bumbo seat. You love to sit in your chair now and do so well with it. You always want to be a part of the action and you love it when Lydia gives you attention. It's the absolute cutest thing in the world seeing you two interact with each other.
Well, I love you both so much. We are so blessed to have such wonderful children in our family.
All of my love,
Daddy
Monday, February 20, 2012
February 2012
Well, it is mid February already. The warm weather is just around the corner. Mommy and I cannot wait until this summer when we get to see the two of your interact more together outside. We will be taking walks, trips to the farm, trips to the pool, and generally just doing way more active stuff.
Lydia, your new thing is an absolute obsession with eating cookies. At first, you started calling them coo coos. Now, you are to the point where you actually say the whole word. If it was up to you, you would have cookies as every meal. It's hilarious. You think that the pantry area only has cookies and nothing else. Everytime you go back there, you point and say cookies. Another new thing is how you love to play with daddy in the fort (i.e. blankets, pillows, toys, etc.). You love to play peek-a-boo and giggle. You have a few favorite hiding spots that you always go to: in the corners of rooms behind furniture, wrapping yourself up in the curtains, and others. The funny thing is that when daddy finds you, you cover your eyes up because you think that I can't see you then. You love to climb on daddy's back and say chu chu, like a train. I'd say you are a really terrific big sister about 90% of the time. You kiss your brother on his head, his hands, and love to hold him like a big girl. The 10% when you are bad you try to hit him, bit him, and pinch or scratch him. This is totally normal. Mommy and I joke that he's going to grow big and pay you back so you better be careful.
Luke, in case you didn't already know, your official nickname is Baudy Jones. And, daddy loves to say "Yeah" really funny after calling you Baudy Jones. When I do that, you just smile from ear to ear and sometimes even give an adorable little baby chuckle. Your newest thing is that you rolled over for the first time. It happened about a week ago. You roll over from your stomach to your back and also from your back to your stomach. This means that mommy and daddy have to keep even more of an eye on you now. You are getting so strong with your body in terms of holding your head up, rolling over, and continuing to do new things each and every day. We can't wait to see what you do next. We still haven't figured out your exact nightly sleep schedule. You are waking up about every 2 hours and crying for milk, which makes it really hard on mommy since she gets no sleep. This is the age when we have to transition you to not eating in the middle of the night. Hopefully for mommy's sake, you will get there soon.
We love you both so much. Daddy is completely obsessed and in love with his family. We are so lucky and blessed to have the two of you. I know you will both be wonderful, caring, and loving children. But, don't grow up too fast on us. We want to cherish the moments that we have with you while you are so young.
Love you huge,
Daddy
Lydia, your new thing is an absolute obsession with eating cookies. At first, you started calling them coo coos. Now, you are to the point where you actually say the whole word. If it was up to you, you would have cookies as every meal. It's hilarious. You think that the pantry area only has cookies and nothing else. Everytime you go back there, you point and say cookies. Another new thing is how you love to play with daddy in the fort (i.e. blankets, pillows, toys, etc.). You love to play peek-a-boo and giggle. You have a few favorite hiding spots that you always go to: in the corners of rooms behind furniture, wrapping yourself up in the curtains, and others. The funny thing is that when daddy finds you, you cover your eyes up because you think that I can't see you then. You love to climb on daddy's back and say chu chu, like a train. I'd say you are a really terrific big sister about 90% of the time. You kiss your brother on his head, his hands, and love to hold him like a big girl. The 10% when you are bad you try to hit him, bit him, and pinch or scratch him. This is totally normal. Mommy and I joke that he's going to grow big and pay you back so you better be careful.
Luke, in case you didn't already know, your official nickname is Baudy Jones. And, daddy loves to say "Yeah" really funny after calling you Baudy Jones. When I do that, you just smile from ear to ear and sometimes even give an adorable little baby chuckle. Your newest thing is that you rolled over for the first time. It happened about a week ago. You roll over from your stomach to your back and also from your back to your stomach. This means that mommy and daddy have to keep even more of an eye on you now. You are getting so strong with your body in terms of holding your head up, rolling over, and continuing to do new things each and every day. We can't wait to see what you do next. We still haven't figured out your exact nightly sleep schedule. You are waking up about every 2 hours and crying for milk, which makes it really hard on mommy since she gets no sleep. This is the age when we have to transition you to not eating in the middle of the night. Hopefully for mommy's sake, you will get there soon.
We love you both so much. Daddy is completely obsessed and in love with his family. We are so lucky and blessed to have the two of you. I know you will both be wonderful, caring, and loving children. But, don't grow up too fast on us. We want to cherish the moments that we have with you while you are so young.
Love you huge,
Daddy
Monday, January 23, 2012
January 2012
Hi my babies. It's a New Year and we love you both so much. It doesn't seem like there is a ton of new stuff going on. Mommy probably has many more stories than Daddy. You both are so darn cute together. We are trying to get as much footage of you two as we can through both pictures and video.
Lydia, you are turning into such a funny character with all the little things you do. Dancing to music has become one of your absolute favorites. Whenever music comes on, you dance like crazy, spinning in circles, and doing you little chicken dance elbows. When the music goes off, you run to one of us and point to the music saying Uh-oh! It's adorable. You love to love on your little brother. Sometimes you want to love on him so much that you actually try to lay on top of his little body and kiss him in the face. Daddy is so impressed with how smart you are. Your understanding of things is remarkeable. It usually only takes us telling/teaching you about something once and you commit it to memory.
Luke, you are trying so hard to sit up now. We think you see your sister and want so bad to play with her. We are predicting that you will be fast to crawl, walk, etc. because you have such an incentive to get moving. Your little smile is soooo adorable. You just started smiling a ton over the last month or so. It even seems like you are trying to talk to us on many occasions.
Mommy just started doing crossfit with daddy. We want to be in shape for many reasons. First and foremost, we have more energy to play with you guys and are stronger which helps in carrying you guys around.
Your entire family loves you both so much. You are definitely in high demand. We can't wait to see you two growing together, playing together, and loving each other.
Till next time.
I love you both so much,
Daddy
Lydia, you are turning into such a funny character with all the little things you do. Dancing to music has become one of your absolute favorites. Whenever music comes on, you dance like crazy, spinning in circles, and doing you little chicken dance elbows. When the music goes off, you run to one of us and point to the music saying Uh-oh! It's adorable. You love to love on your little brother. Sometimes you want to love on him so much that you actually try to lay on top of his little body and kiss him in the face. Daddy is so impressed with how smart you are. Your understanding of things is remarkeable. It usually only takes us telling/teaching you about something once and you commit it to memory.
Luke, you are trying so hard to sit up now. We think you see your sister and want so bad to play with her. We are predicting that you will be fast to crawl, walk, etc. because you have such an incentive to get moving. Your little smile is soooo adorable. You just started smiling a ton over the last month or so. It even seems like you are trying to talk to us on many occasions.
Mommy just started doing crossfit with daddy. We want to be in shape for many reasons. First and foremost, we have more energy to play with you guys and are stronger which helps in carrying you guys around.
Your entire family loves you both so much. You are definitely in high demand. We can't wait to see you two growing together, playing together, and loving each other.
Till next time.
I love you both so much,
Daddy
Sunday, December 18, 2011
It's Christmas time! (2011)
Hello my babies. I love you both so very much. Let's write some updates on what's going on with you both.
Lydia (aka Beeboo) - You are talking up a storm now and you are so smart in what you already understand. You love to say everybody's name when you seem them. You also love saying the word "hi" over and over again to everyone. It is really cute. You do it to Luke all the time. You are able to get into basically everything now, which makes mommy and daddy's job much more difficult. You can open up just about anything and you are climbing up on all of the furniture now. You really like to love on Baudy and your dolly too. You keep trying to feed your dolly a bottle and keep trying to put Luke's binkie into his mouth. Most of the time you try to put the binkie in backwards. Daddy has really been enjoying our new weekend morning routine. When you wake up early, daddy comes in and gets you out of your crib. We snuggle it up in your big girl bed for a bit. It's really fun and this gives mommy and Luke a chance to sleep in a little. The only challenge is that most of the time you are really hyper and don't want to sleep. This new thing is one of daddy's favorites. It is Xmas time and you love trying to put ornaments on the tree limbs. It is adorable. We visited Santa Claus this past week and you were running around all over the place. You loved to visit and play with all the kids. When we finally got up to Santa and put you in his lap, you were so terrified and cried really bad. We're hoping next year you may like it better.
Luke (aka Baudy) - You are more than a month old my little man and growing like a weed. You are such a big guy. At your last doctor's checkup, the doctor said "now that's a baby that doesn't miss a meal" when he first saw you. You are in the 93rd percentile with your size. You absolutely love to eat. When you eat, you do all sorts of grunting and snorting and breathing really hard. You are all boy, such an aggressive little eater man. The grunting and snorting thing is something you do for a lot of the day, including when you sleep. You love your binkie so much. Mommy and daddy have to constantly put your binkie back into your mouth, because as of now you haven't figured out how to keep it from falling out. When it does fall out, you cry like crazy for it. One of the cutest things you do at this point is when you smile or grin in your sleep. It is absolutely adorable when you bust out that little smile while you're snoozing. The other thing that daddy really likes is that mommy showed daddy my baby picture when I was about your age and we look crazy alike. I'm wondering if you will look a lot like me when you get older. Mommy hopes that you will.
Again, we love you both so much. You are both special in every way to us. Another thing I almost forgot to mention is that you two have matching Xmas pajamas which are so cute. We love to put you guys in the outfits. Well, Santa is coming soon with lots of presents our sweet little babies. We can't wait to see what you guys will look like when you grow up, but we don't really want you guys to grow up. We love our little babies so much.
Love always,
Your lucky daddy
Lydia (aka Beeboo) - You are talking up a storm now and you are so smart in what you already understand. You love to say everybody's name when you seem them. You also love saying the word "hi" over and over again to everyone. It is really cute. You do it to Luke all the time. You are able to get into basically everything now, which makes mommy and daddy's job much more difficult. You can open up just about anything and you are climbing up on all of the furniture now. You really like to love on Baudy and your dolly too. You keep trying to feed your dolly a bottle and keep trying to put Luke's binkie into his mouth. Most of the time you try to put the binkie in backwards. Daddy has really been enjoying our new weekend morning routine. When you wake up early, daddy comes in and gets you out of your crib. We snuggle it up in your big girl bed for a bit. It's really fun and this gives mommy and Luke a chance to sleep in a little. The only challenge is that most of the time you are really hyper and don't want to sleep. This new thing is one of daddy's favorites. It is Xmas time and you love trying to put ornaments on the tree limbs. It is adorable. We visited Santa Claus this past week and you were running around all over the place. You loved to visit and play with all the kids. When we finally got up to Santa and put you in his lap, you were so terrified and cried really bad. We're hoping next year you may like it better.
Luke (aka Baudy) - You are more than a month old my little man and growing like a weed. You are such a big guy. At your last doctor's checkup, the doctor said "now that's a baby that doesn't miss a meal" when he first saw you. You are in the 93rd percentile with your size. You absolutely love to eat. When you eat, you do all sorts of grunting and snorting and breathing really hard. You are all boy, such an aggressive little eater man. The grunting and snorting thing is something you do for a lot of the day, including when you sleep. You love your binkie so much. Mommy and daddy have to constantly put your binkie back into your mouth, because as of now you haven't figured out how to keep it from falling out. When it does fall out, you cry like crazy for it. One of the cutest things you do at this point is when you smile or grin in your sleep. It is absolutely adorable when you bust out that little smile while you're snoozing. The other thing that daddy really likes is that mommy showed daddy my baby picture when I was about your age and we look crazy alike. I'm wondering if you will look a lot like me when you get older. Mommy hopes that you will.
Again, we love you both so much. You are both special in every way to us. Another thing I almost forgot to mention is that you two have matching Xmas pajamas which are so cute. We love to put you guys in the outfits. Well, Santa is coming soon with lots of presents our sweet little babies. We can't wait to see what you guys will look like when you grow up, but we don't really want you guys to grow up. We love our little babies so much.
Love always,
Your lucky daddy
Monday, November 21, 2011
November 2011
This is the first time I can say this, so HELLO TO BOTH LYDIA AND LUKE LAUGHLIN! I love you both so incredibly much.
As I write this, you are 11 days old Luke. Being a daddy to the two of you has been the best. You guys are so cute together. Lydia, you are so good with your little brother. You have been calling him "Baudito." It's some type of baby gibberish, but we think it's hilarious. You think that Luke is your baby. You have said "mine" a few times when referring to him. You love to give him kisses on his cheeks and head, and you love to be soft with him by stroking his cheeks and his little baby body. It is adorable to watch you interact with baby Luke.
Yesterday, we did our baby pictures with the photographer. These are the newborn pictures for Luke. We can't wait to have these pictures. Daddy wants to put them in his office. Also, we can't wait to share them with friends and family, and to put them as screen savers on our phones. We just love you guys so much.
This is Thanksgiving week, so it will be great to spend some good family time with everyone. Aunt Cris and Uncle Colan will be in from New York. Aunt Amanda and Uncle Robb are very close to giving birth to your first cousin. Right now, everyone loves to get their time with you guys. You both are a very precious commodity for our family.
I love you both with absolutely all of my heart,
Daddy
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