One of the most exciting things about May was that our summer bowling league started up again! YAY!! We look forward to this all year long and like to call it the McFarland/Foegal Sunday Funday as our teammates are two of our closest friends, Penny and Dave. When Sunday nights roll around we are in it to win it! Also, it was of course Mother's Day and it was such a wonderful, relaxing day. Scott's parents and grandparents, as well as my mom, came over to our house for brunch and it was delicious. We also watched golf all day which was pretty fun too. My present from Scott and the girls was amazing! Scott made it himself and it is now hanging on our kitchen wall.
Now for the updates on the girls.
Leila had her 6 month check up and she is a healthy girl and all looked good! She weighed in at 14 lbs 12 oz (22%) and 26 1/2 inches (71%). In comparison to Keira at the same age, Leila is 1 pound heavier but also 3/4 inches taller. We've just got some petite ladies 'cause they can both eat like champs!
Leila also has a few other milestones to mention. She is now crawling and she just started pushing herself to a seated position from her stomach. In fact, she scared the crap out of me last night as I woke up and heard her and when I looked at the monitor she was sitting up with her hands on the edge of her crib trying to pull herself up. I don't think I've ever jumped out of bed that fast in my life. Needless to say, Scott lowered the crib before bed tonight. Speaking of sleeping, She is also pretty much sleeping from 6:30P to about 6:00A. we've been blessed with good sleepers though there are definite differences we've noticed in their sleep patterns as well.
Doesn't everyone wear coffee filters as a hat?
Loves to jump!
Loves to play!
Loves to eat!
Keira is still making us laugh, but she's also been having several terrible two's moments the last few days, which has us trying to not rip our hair out. It's so frustrating and sad when she won't listen and just cries and cries. Of course it's just a phase and I try to just remember in those moments how adorable she normally is and some of the funny things she does or says. So far it's worked. Let's see how long that lasts.
Ever since Keira was 6 months old she only used her pacifier while she slept, so we continually put off completely taking it away with various excused like she only uses it at night, it falls out of her mouth during the night anyway, we're traveling soon so let's not yet, and more. Well, one night the inevitable happened and we could not find her 'paci.' Poor thing was devastated. And by devastated I mean crying and screaming so loud during her bath that I thought Leila was going to wake up. We don't actually have any other pacis in the house so we couldn't do anything about it after an exhaustive search turned up empty handed. She finally calmed down while she was getting her pajamas on and during her nighttime books. As we laid her down she asked for her paci a few times, but as we walked out of the room she was silent. Ahhh!!! I figured she'd wake up in the middle of the night and want it for comfort, but she is quite the champion sleeper and we were so lucky. She did ask for it the next two nights but there was no crying. After that nothing. Of course the inevitable happened and about a week later she found it. She had put it in Leila's nightstand. What?!?! It's been amazing and it was so easy and now she found it? Well, Scott told her she was a big girl and only babies use pacis and that was that. Isn't it supposed to be more difficult than that? We know that we were lucky. For Leila, we will likely take it away right around a year as she doesn't care for it much anyway and I'd rather avoid the drama.
Another funny story involves the bathroom. We aren't proactively potty training, but she does like to use the potty at times and we figure after our Los Angeles trip maybe we'll just do it. She also LOVES wearing big girl pants. In fact she states "I no like diapers." So one day I was upstairs feeding Leila and my mom was downstairs with Keira. Keira said she wanted to go pee and so my mom took her in and she did her thing. After she flushed the toilet she still had no pants on and started playing with my mom by shutting the bathroom door and opening it, and then laughing so loud. One time she opened it and had a shocked look on her face and said, "nana poop...ground" and pointed to the ground. There was a tiny piece of poop and she was absolutely shocked this happened. My mom realized what happened and then cleaned it up and put her back on the toilet, but the funniest part was Keira re-telling the story. When I came down she immediately had to tell me that "I poop. Ground. Nana clean it." It was hilarious (maybe a you had to be there moment, but I'm kind of laughing while typing this). To this day, she still tells the story. Girl has a steel trap for a mind.
Keeping up with her new chores...hosing and mowing
I mean, adorable. Right?!?!
Budding gymnast
The proper way to wear a shirt
Keira has also started calling people on her phone and one time I heard her saying "hi Tina" over and over. I asked her who she was talking to and she said Tina. Of course she must have heard my name before and put two and two together because when we ask who Tina is she points to me or says mommy. I finally got a video of her chatting on her phone. This time she started to talk to Tina but then decided to chat with Nana.
A little afternoon wrestling
Keira loves her little sister and sometimes even calls her "my baby." She is also loving that Leila is more interactive and playing with her, but then that also means stolen toys and Leila gets angry when Keira takes a toy away from her. Oh I can just envision the next decade or two of sisterly love and fighting.
Until June ...as the weather gets hotter and I become somewhat of a hermit inside our home as I hate to venture out in the heat unless I truly have to.
