Six months old seems like the turning point for so many things. I started Ila on solids which she hated initially. She had the worst reaction of any of my kids. She’d scream every time I tried to give her a bite and stop screaming when I was not trying to feed her solids. I [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Problem: Kids have discovered less healthy snacks and apples are no longer appealing. This trick can also solve the problem of finding an apple that one kid sampled and no longer wants to finish.
Solution: Cut them into sticks
Sometimes it’s just that simple. There’s something fun about eating apples in thin strips. It’s like apple [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Charlotte dubbed herself “The Trophy Giver.” She was building with blocks and built a trophy for me. I asked her what it was for and she said it was for “cleaning up.” Then she asked me to make trophies with her. I made a yellow one which she said was for Ila for “wiggling.” [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I don’t know if this is a particularly unique thing or if I’ve just never noticed it in my other children, but when Ila is laying on her back and I give her a toy, she’ll play with it in her hands then transfer it to her feet and hold it with her feet. I [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2010 by Kathleen
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“I have a frown because I have my favorite cup, but not my favorite, favorite cup.”
“Do you know that carrots like to be food?” (the picture below is of a carrot on a toothpick, referred to by Charlotte as a “Carrot Popsicle”)Last week we were at the park for a High Priest social, when Charlotte [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Our first introduction to Mo Willems was his book Time to Pee! I love this book because it’s very practical and straight forward. It included all the necessary steps and illustrated the feelings a child might have when potty training. The pictures are fun and whimsical. It quickly became our favorite potty training book. Here [...]
Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Kathleen
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. . .because otherwise she’d be in a lot of trouble right now. . . This evening, Nicole followed me into the bathroom and sat on the little potty pretending to go. I handed her a piece of toilet paper which she used to “wipe” her diaper. After putting the kids to bed, I discovered [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Kathleen
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I joined a gym this month (Fort Sanders Health and Fitness) and so far I’m loving it. I’ve joined gyms before, but I always feel guilty leaving my kids in the childcare so I’ve always quit going after a short while.
What really sold me on this gym is that the childcare is great. They put [...]
Posted on June 21st, 2010 by Kathleen
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I just find this series of pictures slightly amusing, so here it is: The End.
Posted on June 20th, 2010 by Kathleen
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After the birthday party we had some time before our evening activities. I took Isaac and Charlotte to the library, then helped Isaac build a Lego set (Ila supervised in her Bumbo). Isaac and Charlotte played Uno with grandma Bunny and uncle Bryan as I unloaded the dishwasher and prepped for dinner.My Aunt Dee and [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Isaac requested a chocolate cake with a picture of the inside of a machine on top. My mom and I created this the night before: After failing to make little broken wires to go in the broken cable we just put the cable back together. It was suppose to be a water pipe, but the [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Name: Ila Jane Cochran
Age: 6 months, 8 days
Weight: 12 lbs 15 oz 5th percentile
Length: 24 1/4 inches 5th percentile
Head Circumference: 43 cm 60th percentile
Last well check (4 month) comparison:
Age = +2m 1wk, weight = +1 lb 11 oz, length = +1 1/2 inches, head = +2 cm
Posted on June 18th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Six years ago yesterday Kathleen and I checked into the hospital expecting to have a kid. As the day went on, we waited for our boy to come. Well, he was a stubborn kid. I took this picture out the window as the sun was setting:
Well, it was early the next morning before Isaac got [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2010 by Zach
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We’ve got this great new family scheduled to be baptized into our church. Their names are Jerry and Taina and they have a son who will be 2 next month (also named Jerry).
In order to be baptized, they first had to be married and luckily, the church offers this service for free. We’re very excited [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2010 by Kathleen
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For some reason, Nicole has had a rough time sleeping the last few nights. She usually sleeps all through the night with no trouble (except for maybe a little trouble falling to sleep sometimes).
It started with her crying in her bed at 1:30 AM two nights ago. That night I went in and calmed her [...]
Posted on June 10th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Here’s a little Nicole clip to go with the Ila clip that I successfully posted moments ago.
For some unknown reason, Nicole just started saying “oh, man” and I thought it was cute so I got out my camera. Maybe she was saying it because she was really tired from waking up repeatedly last night, [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2010 by Kathleen
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This is my first attempt to post a video that I uploaded to YouTube. In the video, Ila is squeaking, smiling, and “talking.” I think she’s adorable, but you can see for yourself.
Posted on June 9th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Problem: After a bite or two, a child has decided that (s)he no longer wants to eat a banana.
Solution: Chocolate Syrup.
Most of the time that my kids ask for a banana, they eat it with no problems, but on occasion they’ll decide they don’t want to finish a banana. I found that if [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Zach
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