See Anything Different?

I was changing Calista's earrings when Ursula stated that she wanted earrings too. So, Jeremy was more than willing to accomadate (sp?) her by getting out the ear-piercing thingie we had bought when she was 20 mths old. Her ears aren't red today like they were in that picture. Of course, I took these pictures immediately after Jeremy pierced them last night.

Update on My Girls

Jeremy and I brought them to a KidMed checkup.
Ursula's 37½" tall and weighs 35lbs
Calista weighs 45lbs and is 43 3/4" tall.

None of the nurses gave me any problems about them not being vaccinated. They were kind of shocked when I told them about Wyatt's birth :D hehehe But, none of them were condescending or anything.

Ursula just came out of the bedroom with one of Wyatt's sleepers on... "it fits me!"

Ursula's latest sayings, "That's why..."
"because"
".... you know" as in "That's my baby, you know."
"Its my favorite"
"Its my favorite in the whole wide world" or
"... in the whole wide world" in relation to something else.

Still working with her on her pronounciations... like trying to get her to say the 'f' sound and the 's' sound. She said, "gross" the other day... pronoucing the 's' sound... so, that's a start! I didn't even know she knew that word though! lol

Calista got her 3rd 6 wks' report card in and made all A's and S's with one U in handwriting! A 4.0 :D She raised 2 B's from last report card :D I just wish she'd take more time to write better! I think she's just wanting to finish up first or something.

OH! Calista has a photo shoot at the end of next month! I have her and Ursula listed at onemodelplace.com and a child photographer contacted me about 'shooting' her for a Mardi Gras theme shoot :D I went to his site and he does some excellent work :D I'm excited for her :D Plus, I don't have to pay anything and he gives me a disc of all the pics :) I'll be going to Houma for it.

Someone from that site had also contacted me about Ursula but didn't write me back yet.

December 2nd, 2006

Aren't they cute?

Last Day of 2005

My girls in their PJ's :D
Notice that Calista's always behind Ursula... I don't know why. I kept telling her to get to the side of Ursula. I am guessing she does this so that she looks like the oldest, but I'm not sure.

The Life of Wyatt

The Life of Wyatt: Calista and Ursula's little brother's blog :D

My Dad and Kids

Here's my dad with Ursula, Olivia (my niece), and Calista... looks like they're trading off who's gonna close their eyes, huh?

It was my dad's first time visiting my house! He drove up here on his motorcycle (2 hrs). He spent a good part of the time at the Christmas Program trading off Olivia and Ursula... putting them on his shoulders and all... hehe I think they wore him out :)

I wasn't able to get any good pictures of Calista due to the way it was set up... I couldn't get close to the stage (which is where she was singing at) because the dancers were on the floor in front of it. And I didn't get any video footage of it because I still need to buy a new camcorder battery :( I better hurry up and get one before the baby arrives, huh?

Bigger Vocabulary

Ursula's newest things to say:
"Don't you 'shush' me!"
"Don't you dare ______."
"_____, you know!"

Of course, fill in the blanks with stuff like, 'don't you dare touch that' 'I have a bed too, you know'.

She says so much... and Jeremy and I just look at each other and laugh... she really has a good understanding; its crazy! Reminds of me of Calista. I remember telling people that I could just sit on the sofa and watch Calista (at that same age) and she'd keep me laughing.

Update on my girls

I have to say that its so very cool that Ursula has a good handle on how to work the mouse on my old PC! Its so cool watching her play the educational CD-ROMs we have. The JumpStart series. Although, sometimes she gets mad and just turns the whole thing off! lol The girl with an attitude, that's for sure!

Her favorite things to watch on regular TV are Elmo's World (a segment on Sesame Street) and Caillou.

And she loves to sneak stuff and hide them. Yeah... if she knows that she shouldn't have it, she'll hide it. Like my photo albums... she took them out and hid them under my bed! She loves to use scissors and sneaks them regularly.

Calista brought home her progress report from school Tuesday. We're so proud of her!

She has A's or S's in every subject. A S- in handwriting... but, hey, she brought that up from a U! lol

This is what her teacher wrote on it:

"Calista is a very good listener. She does good work and pays close attention when I am teaching."

She also used two codes, a G and a H which stand for:

G = It is a pleasure to teach your child
H= Courteous, cooperative and well mannered

Calista was so excited because she made her first 100% A on her last Friday's spelling test. She usually gets an 'A' but not a 100% one :D

We reviewed her spelling words again this morning for today's test and she did really well with them. I hope she gets another 'A' :D She was just so excited for last week's one!

Calista is in her school's Christmas Program. It will be on a Tuesday though! I am totally baffled as to why they would put it on a school night! Not to mention the fact that it'll be hard for other family members to attend! Anyways, she's singing this year. Last year she was a dancer. So, I've downloaded a few versions of Walking in a Winter Wonderland for her to listen to. Of course, they're practicing at school too. I also downloaded two patiotic songs since she's to be singing them as well. God Bless America and The Star Spangled Banner.

Oh, I forgot to mention this. For Thanksgiving Day, Calista said the blessing over the meal! Yeah! I was totally floored! Apparently, they do it at school! That really surprised me due to the controversy over prayer in school. It doesn't bother me... just surprises me. But, it was cute to hear her saying it. I've never heard her recite it before! hehehe Its just so funny to me how 'spiritual' she is and we haven't done anything to make her that way. There's a channel on our TV from the 'Trinity Broadcasting Network' that Calista LOVES to watch. She calls it the 'Bible Channel'. She doesn't watch the preachers... but they have shows for kids... sometimes cartoons, puppets, and even The BibleMan, which is Willie Aames from Charles in Charge.

About that Princess swing/backpack... it hasn't come in yet. The guy said he hasn't received the money order yet. That same day, I mailed off 2 other money orders and I've since received the products from eBay that I had ordered. I'm kind of irritated. I did do a trace on the MO and it hasn't been cashed yet. I asked the man to call his local post office and see if its stuck there or what.

Yesterday & Today's Events

Today is Open House at Calista's school. Brandy will be picking me and Ursula up so that we can go since we still have no car!

Calista brought home her 2nd 6 wks report card. She got the honor roll :) 3.5 gpa. She had all A's and S's except for math... but, I've seen her tests... she skips some problems... probably due to her trying to go too fast. And that causes her to have B's instead of A's. No biggie though. And this time, she only had a B in conduct in one of her classes.

For Christmas... I'm thinking of getting one of those interact TV thingies for them. Either the Fisher-Price InteracTV DVD Learning System (ages 3 to 8) or the Fisher-Price Read With Me DVD System (ages 3 to 7). To aid in reading and stuff. Calista told Jeremy she wants fish. So, the other day, he said he's buying her a fishtank. yay... more animals...

Seeing how much Ursula LOVES playing with her baby dolls and even that one teddy bear, I bought something off of eBay for her. I KNOW she'll love it! Its a Princess baby doll swing. The swing can be removed and used as a backpack doll carrier too! Which is great because Ursula loves putting things on her back... even a real carseat! She'll put her baby doll in there, strap them in, and then get behind it and use the straps to put it on her back and walk around with it like that! So, I know she'll just love what I bought for her! In addition, I think it'll help her once our baby is born... she'll have something to occupy her and let her nurture her mothering instincts while I'm tending to Wyatt.

Its not that I was looking for a baby doll swing, I was actually looking for a baby doll snuggli or backpack carrier. I swear, baby doll gear is so frickin' expensive! So, when I found that swing/carrier combo at the price I got it for, I couldn't pass it up. I'm probably going to sew her a Maya wrap type of baby carrier too... I have some old 100% cotton jersey knit sheets to use for that. I was thinking of using them to make one for myself as well :D I think my little baby will like it.

Ursula Talk

Ursula talks soooo much... she's saying so many things... stringing sentences together easily... the only thing is her pronounciation. Like there are still about 4 sounds she doesn't say and substitutes with other sounds.

Like fart is bart.
Sophia is Topeela
myself is mybelf as in "I do it mybelf"

Than on a few a words, she adds a syllable for some reason:
bottle is bah-tah-no
gum is gum-ma

And a couple of other examples:
stroller is strollie
vagina is jye-nee
noonies are ninnies

Some phrases she says often:
That's not fair! (what does she know about fairness??? LOL)
I don't want you to leave me! (like we've ever left her!)
You are my mommy/daddy! (that goes along with sweet hugs)
Its bedtime! - followed by:
Its storytime! Then she wants me to sing to her.
LET ME NURSE NOW!!! She'll sit on the sofa and yell this at me.
I love you, ninnies! (yes, talking to my breasts, with hugs and kisses to them)
I want to go to your house (to whomever she's talking to on the phone)

Halloween

Aren't they so cute? Another thanks to Aunt Tasha for giving the girls their Halloween costumes! hehehe


Ursula wouldn't let me put the red yarn wig on her this time though :(( Oh well.


Ursula carried that bear with her the WHOLE time! I guess it actually kind of fits the costume though.


Everyone thought they were so cute... well, for Calista, everyone thought she was so pretty! hehehe





I have to say, that after I finished with her make-up, her eyes were so pretty! She will knock those boys out of their boots when she starts wearing make-up!!! She has such pretty eyes! I know, I sound like the typical mom... but, actually, I wouldn't say it if I didn't think it, even about my own children! I'd say I'm somewhat biased... but, not too extreme like most moms! hehehe




Here's a couple of other pictures I took after coming back home :D She actually posed for these... It was funny. My mom said she looks like Wednesday Addams in that picture to the right :D hehehe

Aimee is right though, one of these years, I'm going to have to get her a Betty Boop costume :D

Calista's Flea/Fly Game

The above picture was all of the cheerleaders, both Fleas and Flies, doing their halftime show... a dance :D Of course, it was cute :D

And here's most of the Fleas posing for pictures. They should have at least one picture in the local newspaper today that I'll keep and treasure forever, of course :D hehehe

I wish my back was feeling better because then I could have gotten more pictures of Calista doing her cheers.

Here's the only picture I took of Ursula yesterday :) She actually did pretty good at the game. Of course, she did go up and down the seats where we were, but, there wasn't anyone sitting too close by to be irritated with it. In fact, whenever I did look around at the others that were sitting closer to us and they would just smile, so, I'm guessing Ursula's antics weren't aggrevating them, woohoo! :D

Also, I'm so glad that the weather was pretty nice yesterday! The sun was out, but there was a cool breeze blowing softly around us :)

Roller Skating

The girls were invited to a birthday party at the local skating rink. They really had a good time!

This was Calista's 2nd time skating there. She fell alot, but by the time it was time to go, she told me that she skated around 3 times without falling! She was so excited! hehehe She keeps asking to go back :) Another reason I can't wait to have a vehicle!

I should have brought their Barbie skates though, esp. for Ursula. The guys working there can't tighten the wheels so it was real 'slippery' for the girls. Ursula went about 2 rounds with me and that was good for her! But Ursula enjoyed dancing the chicken dance! hehehe

Here's Ursula doing the Chicken Dance :D It was so cute! Then sometimes, she'd put her hands on the floor and shake her booty! hehehe I have NO idea where she get that kind of dancing from! hehehe

My Monkey Girls

Looks like so much fun, huh? What else are Soloflexes good for, but to hang on?

Of course, after this baby is born, I'll be putting it to much better use :) And the bar is that high because Jeremy's doing pull-ups on it; so, we really do know what to use the Soloflex for :)

Playing Nicely Together

Isn't it just wonderful to see your kids playing so well together? If only it would last throughout the whole, entire day! hehehe

Ursula just loves to ride her bicycle! I have a feeling that it won't take much or won't be much longer before she's riding it without those training wheels :)

Such a look of determination, huh? hehehe

Flea/Flies

Brought Calista to her first Flea/Fly practice tonight. The first one was last week, but we had no way of getting there :( This time, Jeremy was home and brought us. I didn't bring my camera :( I actually forgot to. Ursula wanted to be right next to Calista during cheerleading practice and got all upset when I told her to come back. I let her go when they were sitting on the ground, and that seemed to make her somewhat happier. But man... is it hot outside!!! I don't remember it being so bad last year... of course, I wasn't pregnant then either... but... I was so uncomfortable! Good thing it was only an hour practice! I was really hoping to find someone to at least pick Calista up for practice since Jeremy won't be home by the time she needs to be there... but, I didn't find anyone. Last year, Brandi was bringing Kelsey... I didn't see them this time; crap.

BTW, the flea/flies are 2 teams. The girls are cheerleaders and the boys are the football players. Its really so cute! Their only game is scheleduled for October 31st. Kindergarteners to 3rd graders are participating. Calista's on the Fleas. They said they have over 100 cheerleaders this year!!! Geez!

Later, after getting home, Ursula was drinking her water and threw up. She had water the whole time there too... but, we were thinking it was because of her getting too hot. I don't know. The only thing she threw up was the water and the little bit of rice she had just eaten.

Recent Pictures of Calista

Cute girly, huh? :)

Calista usually takes good pictures.

Ursula on Sept. 13th, 2005

I dressed Ursula in a pretty dress that was her cousin, Racquelle's, way back :D

She came with me to my prenatal appointment like this. I put gel in her hair and all :D hehe

And as you can see, she's all about smiling big for pictures NOW!!! lol

She got so many compliments today at the hospital :D Funny what a cute outfit will do, huh? :)

Ursula Helping With the Dishes

She Just LOVES to help me wash dishes... as you can see, she got a head start; guess she's trying to tell me its time to wash dishes, huh? LOL

Just so you know, she dressed herself in that outfit! LOL

Doggone It!

Calista's school is having Open House tonight and I can't find a way to go :( Jeremy's still at work until at least 7pm. Jen isn't answering her phone or door (I heard footsteps when I knocked... but, that could be McKenzie and Jen might be sleeping). Brandi was stuck in Lafayette traffic... crap, crap, crap. I really hate missing school events!