Mothers Little Helper

If I don't post this now, I'll forget and this is such a cute Catherine/Hannah story, I just don't want to forget. Last week I took Isaiah up from lunch to put him down for his nap. I left Catherine in her highchair (with the tray on) and Hannah who was still finishing up her lunch. I told Hannah I would be down in 5 or 10 minutes when I would take Catherine up for her nap. After a couple of minutes I come downstairs to find Hannah and Catherine laughing and giggling underneath the coffee table. Stunned, the conversation goes something like this:

Me: Hannah, how did Catherine get down from her highchair?
Hannah: (in a "duh" voice) I took her down.
Me: How?
Hannah: I just took her tray off and got her down.
Me: Oh. (Then I notice drips of water from the bathroom to the eating room)
Me: Hannah, why is there water all over the place?
Hannah: (Sigh) I had to wash her off first so I got a cloth and wet it in the bathroom and cleaned her all up.
Me: Oh, of course.

I'd also like to point out that Hannah weighs 30 lbs as this point and Catherine I'm thinking is going on 22lbs. Quite a feat. and from that point, its quite a common sight to see Hannah "carrying" Catherine around the room....

Forward Movement

Catherine for the last month has been doing backwards movement and has been very good at getting herself under chairs, in corners, under couches and the like as she has only been able to push herself backwards on her tummy. We are now doing foward movement and officially crawling. I'm excited for her, yes, but not so much for myself. When I told her doctor that I wasn't really encouraging her on with crawling, he kindly scolded me and told me it was a necessary part of her development. I know that. I'm just not excited about the blocking off of stairs, and so forth that now will be a daily routine. But I'm very happy for her development. Although, I was never too concerned. As I write this post, we've just finished off a wonderful week of visitors with the kids Gigi, Granpa and Granmom. What a wonderful week that was and I reflect once again on how blessed not only I am, but my children are to have grandparents and great grandparents in their lives. the pictures speak 1,000 words and I'll let them do just that.

Catherine is 6 months

Sitting up. Check.
First two teeth. Check
Spoon feeing. Check.
Sleeping through the night. Check. She keeps confusing us with that one. But the good news is, the bad nights even out the good nights. And we're a little suspicious that she is storing acorns in her cheeks.

science museum with friends

Just another day

Just another day in the Lock household, nothing much to report. I've been trying to wean Catherine off her second middle of the night feeding which has caused even less sleep for me in the short term. Hannah is still scolding me for putting the pacifer in Catherine's mouth as "she's just talking! She doesn't need her pac." is a regular phrase for Hannah. For some reason, i actually defend myself to her. She's quite the mother's helper. But she LOVES her sister dearly and still cuddles with her in bed after she gets up almost daily.Covered up with blankets of course.

Balloon Fiesta!

While we were in abq we had the opportunity to go to the balloon fiesta. this was my first time there as well as the kids. Isaiah's thoughts were: "Fans Loud!" Both the kids loved it! And I got kind of carried away with the pictures as well so bear with me...

Catherine's first hike

We were in abq last week for the balloon fiesta and had a great time with granny, gramps, cousins and aunts and uncles. We of course had to take catherine on her first hike. every time i stopped walking she woke up to tell me (or yell as the case may be) that i needed to keep walking. the kids had a great time with rocks - is there anything better?