Haines loves his baby sister more than anything. All he wants to do is kiss her and take care of her. You can see below where he is kissing her hand, although it is usually on her mouth or cheek. He was also using his stethoscope on her to listen to her “tummy” and when he listens to it he says, “tick, tick, tick”. I later saw where on a Barney DVD where they were playing Dr. and when they listened to the heartbeat they sang “tick, tick, tick” in the song. He is a little sponge soaking up everything!
Sarah and I had a photo session below on November 9th (7weeks old). I wanted to get some diaper pics of her. She was okay with it at first, but when I turned her on her tummy so I could take a picture of her monogrammed diaper cover, she got upset with me. I love the last pic of these three where is is crying (or as Haines would say “kying”). She really looks like Haines when she cries, sticking that sweet lip out!
Haines loves for us to put baby sister on her “placemat” as he calls it. She really does like her activity mat and I thinks she likes it more than he did as a baby. He likes to lay next to her and always likes to cover them up with blankets. We have to be careful of this because he always wants to cover her up and sometimes puts it too close to her face or covers her face up. Sweet Sarah started smiling really good around 8 weeks old. You can see her smiling in the second pic below… too cute!
There is nothing more peaceful than watching a sleeping baby (11/10/11, 7 wks old).
Everyone comments on Sarah’s eyelashes. I do think they are the longest eyelashes I have ever seen. She definitely does not get it from me, she gets them from her daddy. Clint has really thick long eyelashes and she and Haines were lucky to get them. Sarah’s are even longer than Haines. I remember when Sarah was born, the first thing the nurse said when she looked at her was, “Wow, look at those eyelashes, they are very long!”
Haines always wants Sarah to lay on the couch with him, and of course cover up with blankets. He must get the blanket thing from me.
On November 13th, we went to Charlie Ballentine’s birthday party at the Oak Mountain Petting Zoo. It was lots of fun and the animals walk right up next to you. I am glad to know this is out there, we will definitely be back. Haines was a little apprehensive about the goats and horses. He warmed up after a little while. He was more interested in checking out the barn and playing with a chain on the door. The party was super cute and Jenny is so very creative. Happy Birthday Charlie!
I have been writing down some funny things that Haines says. He is learning so many new words everyday, I don’t even know where he picks them up… school, us, friends, etc. I love how he pronounces certain words and I often play “Translator” for Clint, my parents, and others. Here are a few things I have written down:
- Look = Dook (Dook Mama…)
- Mr. Potato Head = Hot Potato
- Sarah’s Activity Mat = Sarah’s Placemat
- Elephant = Ephelant
- Imagination Movers (one of his favorite Disney shows) = Moobers
- Spicy = Picey
- Onion = Ungun (Mama, I don’t like unguns)
- Apple Slices = Apple Pices
- Sandwich = Samich
- Bob the Builder = Ob the Builder
- I always ask Haines to say “Hoola Hoop” and “Balloon” because I love how he says it and pronounces the words!
There are some other funny things that he says often":
- Every night when we say his prayers (I usually put him to bed), we say “Now I lay me…” After we finish that prayer, he will say, say the “White one”. I will proceed to say another prayer. After the second prayer he will say, “Say the pink one” and we will say a third prayer. He is a staller, but after we say a third prayer he is ready for bed. It is so funny because he names each one with a different color. White and pink are the two colors he names most frequently.
- In the morning Clint used to always ask him when he woke up “Did you sleep good last night?” Now before you ask him one of the first things he says is “Mommy (or Daddy) I sleep good last night”
- Clint used to always ask him what he dreamt about the night before. His response every single time is “my facie”. He calls his little silky blanket that he sleeps with his facie (because he rubs it on his face). He has never said he dreams about anything other than his facie.
- In one of Haines’ books there is a unicorn. He does not understand unicorns and thinks that it is a horse that has a boo boo (where the horn is).
- In his Curious George book some of the artwork on the pages runs off the page so it may not be a full picture. For example, there is a page with hoola hoops in a toy store that fall off the stack. They are half painted hoola hoops on the page and Haines thinks they are broken because it is not a full hoola hoop.
It is busy being a 2 1/2 year old. He is learning so much and we are so proud of him. He is so smart and we just love him so much! He has a lot to teach his baby sister Sarah!
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