Maryn - 7 Years Old

All about Maryn at 7 years old!!!




Nicknames: Mar, MarBear (although MarBear is happening less and less as she gets older :( )
Weight & Height:
Hair: She has super thick hair with beautiful curls in the back and underneath.  Most of the time I keep it cut in a short bob, but currently she is on a kick to grow it out so she can do cute stuff with it :)
Favorite foods: Pasta, pizza, cherries, plums, cauliflower, donuts and cake (this was straight out of her mouth!)
Favorite Drink:  Lemonade, Juice, and Root Beer (even though she's only had it 3 times!)
Favorite toys: Lego Friends, American Girl dolls, Kindle Fire, her new bike, iPod, anything she can make-up with her sisters
Favorite stuffed animal: puppy

First day of school - 1st grade




School: She is in 1st grade at Echo Hill elementary and has Mrs. Seery for a teacher.  She is excelling at everything in school.  She is in the high math group and is reading at a 3rd grade level already.
Favorite Books: Anything she can get her hands on!  She's read over 30 of the Magic Tree House books, most of the Rainbow Fairy books, the new Amelia Bedelia chapter books, Heidi Heckelbeck, Ivy and Bean, Sophie series, and the Never Fairies. She seems to favor mystery books and told me her new favorite series is Cam Jansen.
Bedtime: Try to be in bed by 8:30.
Wake-up time: I wake the girls up at 7:30 on school mornings.  They have 15 minutes to get dressed and brush their teeth, then they come upstairs and have 15 minutes to eat breakfast, and then 15 minutes to gather back pack, lunch, get shoes on and out the door to the bus stop!  Maryn does not like mornings, but she has been doing very well with it this year.
Latest Accomplishment: Scoring 5 goals in one quarter at a soccer game :)
Likes: soccer, dance, getting treats, being a social butterfly, playing with her sisters, playing apps on Kindle Fire, singing

She lost her first tooth on 7/3/13.  Daddy was at camp with Makenna, so Mommy had to pull it out :)  She lost her 2nd tooth just a few weeks later.




Dislikes: if she does something that's not perfect (ie. has to erase something on her homework), not doing something right the first time and having to get corrected by mom or dad (she is a perfectionist... gee, I wonder where she got that from?!), chores, when she doesn't have the right outfit to wear
Fears: Not fitting in, being different from the crowd, having people not like her
Favorite show:  Austin & Ally
Favorite Movie:  Despicable Me


Maryn with her the birthday cake that she picked out and planned every detail for.  She is incredibly detail- oriented and knows what she wants.  I like that in a girl!



Activities: Soccer - She is an impressive soccer player. She scores every game, usually multiple times, and is a good defender as well.  She really gets the strategy of how to play the game (I have had other parents tell me this).  She also is a tad bit too aggressive on the field and has been called for a handful of penalties this year ;)  I would by lying if I told you I was shocked by this.  Dance - She just started ballet and jazz this fall.  I wasn't so sure if she would like it, but she does and she is very good at it.  I think her extreme confidence helps make for a good dancer :)
Health:  Over the summer Maryn got really sick with a bad case of what they diagnosed as tonsillitis.  I'm still not convinced that's what it was.  All I know is that the mild antibiotics wouldn't knock whatever she was fighting and she had to be put on the strong stuff, which then messed up her gut for the rest of the summer :(.

Swimming with Mykaela on vacation in the Ozarks


What She Wants To Be When She Grows Up: An entrepreneur and a mom.  Everyone laughs when she says entrepreneur, but that has been her answer for almost 18 months now.  She wants to own a bunch of different businesses!!!
Interesting Tidbit:  She is our in-house fashionista!  She is very into clothing and style and likes to create her own outfits (or tell her sisters what they should wear!).  She has been doing this since she was a very little girl and the amazing thing is that she will take items that you wouldn't usually pair together and somehow turn them into a hip outfit!  She does it time and time again and Josh and I just laugh!  Then her sisters try to do the same and they look like they walked out of an episode of "What Not To Wear"!  It's just a gift I guess.  As part of being an entrepreneur, one of the companies she wants to own is a clothing store so she can design her own clothing line.  I always lay the girls clothes out the night before and many times you can find her in her room meticulously studying the outfit and making changes as she sees fit :)  Most of the time it's because Mom is not hip enough or the outfit is not fancy/girly enough !  Oh I love her! And we thought she was going to be our tomboy... we were wrong.
What We Hear About Maryn:  Lately I've been having a lot of people tell me how much they love her name.  We also hear how much fun she is and a few of her teachers at church tell us what a sweet, good girl she is.  Oh and that Maryn and Maya could be twins :)

Lynlee & Cambell - 1 Year Old

All About Lynlee - 1 Year Old

Nicknames:  Lynnie, Lynnie Lu, Bug, Lynnie Bug, Lyn
Weight & Height:  She weighed 20 lbs 8 oz (59%) and was 30 1/2 inches long (87%) at her 1 year physical.
Favorite foods: My suspicions were accurate... little Bug has an allergy to dairy.  We now suspect she may have an allergy to almonds (possibly all tree nuts) as well.  She is going to the allergist late in October to get tested.  But in the meantime, she loves to eat anything salty :)  Unlike most kids, she really enjoys meat and will gobble up just about any meat I put in front of her.  She loves most fruits - strawberries, blueberries, grapes, peaches, nectarines, plums, watermelon and bananas are a few of her favorites.  Veggies she is not as crazy about, mostly only wanting peas, cooked carrots, and avocado.  I still give her baby food pouches to makes sure she's getting enough veggies.  She loves puffs, graham cracker bunnies, and crackers for snacks.  She also likes whole grain waffles and bread.

Messy dinner!


Favorite Drink: She drinks enriched rice milk and water.  Josh let her try very diluted apple juice once and she wasn't interested.
Favorite toys: Princess push car, pink Little People car, Leapfrog table (climbing on top of it), blue push toy
Bedtime: 7:00

Wake-up time: Right about 9 1/2 months old she got rid of her 4 am wake-up time.  She now sleeps all the way through the night and typically wakes up between 6:00 - 6:30 am.
Naps: She still takes 2 naps a day. She goes down for her morning nap around 9:00 and sleeps for approximately 1 1/2 hours. Then takes her afternoon nap at 2:00 and sleeps anywhere from 1 1/2 - 2 hours.  She reminds me of Makenna in that she doesn't need near as much sleep.  Cambell gets tired and cranky much faster than Lynlee.
What she's saying: Lynnie has been talking for awhile now.  She says "mama" "dada" and "baba".  She actually knows what she's saying too!  She is much chattier compared to Cambell, but still doesn't say a whole lot that is understandable.




Latest Accomplishment: Walking, gave up bottles and formula, eats almost all table foods, goes from sitting to standing without holding on to anything, climbs everything
Likes: baths, chewing/sucking on things, walks in the stroller, swinging outside, pacifiers, climbing on anything she can find, pulling/playing with people's hair
Dislikes:  losing her pacifier during bedtime, Cambell trying to play with the same toy as her

Action shot!  She is constantly climbing.  Since this picture was taken, she can now scale the side of the "baby jail" and has flipped her way inside of it.  She also has managed on numerous occasions to climb up onto and stand on the window sill in the back ground.  She's a monkey, I'm sure of it :)



Health: Lynlee had a bad tummy bug at the beginning of summer.  She had diarrhea for probably close to 3 weeks.  She vomited some as well and just felt miserable :(  She struggled with dehydration and she was very close to being admitted to the hospital, but we were able to stave that off thankfully.  She also had a fever virus this fall for a few days.
Interesting Tidbits: She has a little birthmark on the top of her foot and another one by her knee.  She now has 6 teeth.  When she is tired she will pull on and twist her hair :)

  

All About Cambell - 1 Year Old

  

Nicknames:  Cammers, Cammer Jammer, Cam, Tank, Tiger, Buddy, Boy
Weight & Height: At his 12 month appointment he weighed 24 lbs 2 oz (86%) and was 30 1/4 inches long (60%).
Hair:  His hair doesn't grow very fast! I think it's been the same for 6 months now!  I think he is going to be a true blonde :)  Makes for a handsome little boy with his baby blue eyes!
Favorite foods: And taking after his big sister Maya, Cambell's dairy allergy didn't surface until we switched him to whole milk at 12 months old.  Stinker didn't want to feel left out with Lynlee's special diet :)  He is the opposite of Lynlee and doesn't care for meat very much.  He will eat some meats, but they are typical kid foods (chicken nuggets, hot dogs, hamburgers).  He likes the same fruit and veggie list as Lynlee -  strawberries, blueberries, grapes, peaches, nectarines, plums, watermelon, bananas, peas, cooked carrots, and avocado. His favorite snacks are crackers, puffs and graham cracker bunnies. He also likes whole grain waffles and bread.




Favorite Drink: He drinks enriched rice milk and water.  He has had watered down apple juice once and loved it.
Favorite toys: LeapFrog table, red car (outside), blocks, tupperware/dishes, bottles of any type (for some reason he is fascinated by Josh's beer bottles and had a full out tantrum one day when I wouldn't let him play with one he found in the recycling!), CAT push car, his trucks (he plays with them on the window ledge), his dog nappie, blue push toy
Favorite Person: Daddy.  I have never had a kid favor Daddy to the extent that Cambell does.  He is a DADDY'S BOY!  He cries when he leaves in the morning, squeals with delight when he gets to "talk" to him on the phone, and goes crazy when he comes home from work.
Bedtime: 7:00.
Wake-up time: He's usually up between 6:00 and 6:30.

Typical cheesy Cambell grin :)



Naps: He still takes 2 naps a day...   and needs them or else he is a bear!  He goes down for his morning nap around 9:00 and sleeps for approximately 1 1/2 hours. Then takes his afternoon nap at 2:00 and sleeps anywhere from 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
What he's saying: Words are hard to come by with this kid.  Everyone keeps telling me it's a boy thing.  He has said "mama" and "dada" but doesn't say them with great frequency.  Other than that we just gets lots of grunts and groans out of him :)
Latest Accomplishment: Walking, standing up from sitting without hanging on to anything, climbing up on stuff, eating all table food, giving up formula and a bottle

I had to include this picture because I'm fairly certain my parents have a picture of me doing the exact same thing at this same age.


Likes: baths, getting into cupboards and drawers, playing with bottles, sneaking into pantry/mudroom/bathroom or any other room he's not suppose to be in, climbing up stairs, walks in the stroller, swinging outside, dogs, watching ESPN with Daddy
Dislikes:  losing his pacifier or blanket during bedtime, not getting to take the first bath,
Health:He had a fever virus earlier this fall that his twin sister so nicely shared with him.  He's had some tummy troubles as well, but that all resolved once we figured out the dairy allergy.  He also has found his courage and with that has come all kinds of tumbles.  He had his first trip to Urgent Care this past week and had to get a cut glued up on his forehead (he fell into the leg of the rocking chair in his room).
Interesting Tidbits: Still pretty convinced he's left-handed. He has really wide, thick feet.  Shoes are going to be tough to come by for this kid!

Walking the girls to the bus stop on the first day of school.


Having a family picnic in the yard on their 1st birthday.