A quick update

So Hannah has two bottom teeth now.  They definitely bother her a bit and towards the end of the day she can get cranky.  But overall, considering what she must be going through she is being a champ! 

Her sleeping through the night is still not great.  It really is all over the place. This morning she woke up at 5:15am.  I wish she wasn't in our room because we would let her cry until 6/6:30 but we can't do that because she would wake up Emma.

Emma on the other hand woke up in the middle of the night (3am) crying and screaming.  When Jamey went in she said that she had a bad dream  - that skunks were trying to come in her room and bite her.  In the morning she said she was also scared that there were rats under her bed.  Jamey slept in her room with her for the rest of the night because she was very scared.  She wanted to come in our room but having one of our girls in our room was enough. 

Emma also loves to make up words!  She calls me Mamu (ma-moo) and Bunu (bun-ooh) for her bunnies.  It is pretty cute. 

She also loves making up songs.  The latest she said was a song that she made up in her heart.  We don't really get that but that's what she says :)

Pictures!!

The last few months...

A ton has happened over the last couple of months.  I am just going to list things out because so much has happened.

1. Hannah was constantly sick with ear infections.  She had three ear infections in less than 3 months.  It was so bad that we scheduled her to get tubes put in her ears.  Thankfully, after three different antibiotics, including the broad spectrum shot, her infections cleared up and we cancelled the surgery. It was supposed to happen last Tuesday (March 26).  Last week was the first week since Jan. 14 that she wasn't sick. I was going to the doctor every single week since I went back to work and it was getting really tiring.  Now her doctor and I are pretty close!  Dr. Dawn was great and really felt for us!
2. We learned Hannah is tongue-tied.  We found out when she went to the ENT.  The ENT said that we don't need to do anything about it until we put tubes in her ears but it explains why she is suck a strong sucker!! She is overcompensating for the fact she can't stick her tongue out.  But she doesn't have a problem eating or nursing so there is nothing to do right now.
3. Hannah turned 6 months old.  Her check-up went really well.  According to the percentiles, her head is on the smaller side which isn't surprising - so is Emma's; her weight is a bit above average and her height is a bit below.  She is perfect!
4. The flu - Strain A took over our house.  We all got our flu shots but that didn't stop the flu from entering our house.  Emma got sick on a Thursday night and I took her to the doctor that Friday.  I brought Hannah with me because I didn't like the way she sounded and I had the doctor check her out.  (She had double ear infections) Thank goodness my mom was coming to town that weekend - I needed her more than ever to help out!  Then Sunday Hannah and I got sick. I texted Judith that night to let her know what she was in for the next day and she texted back that she too was sick!  My mom ended up staying until Wednesday night - she nursed us all back to health!!
5. Emma's been eating like there are two of her.  She eats two dinners and downs food like it's going out of style!  She must be going through a growth spurt.
6. Hannah got her first tooth!!  Her bottom left tooth broke through on Thursday (March 28).  It's very exciting.  It looks like her other tooth is about to break through any day as well. 
7. Hannah stopped rolling over.  She's not interested in doing so anymore.  The doctor isn't concerned and said that it isn't a milestone she really cares about.  I don't know why she stopped doing it - she just did.
8. Hannah sits up all on her own now.  We worked on this skill for a while and she is really good at it.  
9. Hannah is getting so big it is ridiculous.  She has the cutest cheeks and OMG her thighs!!!  You just want to eat her ginormus thighs!!! They are the biggest thighs you have every seen.  Her rolls are incredible.  She also has twist on wrists and feet.  Her ankles don't really exist.  The crazy thing is she doesn't weigh all that much.  She weighed 16 lbs at her 6 month appointment and then when we were doing her pre-op appointment (two days before she was 7 months) she weighed 16 lbs and 3 oz.  
10. Emma's vocabulary has exploded!  She talks and sings up a storm.  She makes up some fabulous songs - my favorite is her window song.  "Open my window on the freeway.  No way, no way, Jose!"  She also sings Hebrew songs she learned at school.  She is singing Dayneu right now because of Passover.  She also loves to sing Happy Birthday in Hebrew and Spanish. Speaking of Spanish, Emma is starting to really talk in Spanish.  She used to mainly answer back in English but now she answers in Spanish a lot more.  It is really cute to hear her speak Spanish.  We are so glad that she is learning the language.
11. Emma's favorite phrase is, "do you know something?" and then she will go and tell us a story or ask something.  It is really cute.
12. Emma's behavior has gotten better.  Not a whole lot better but she is definitely being better.  She still isn't listening all the time and when we tell her not to do something it doesn't always work. But, she's a work in progress.
13. Emma loves playing "baby."  She has all her dolls and has named them.  She says they are her babies like Hannah is my baby.  It is very cute to see her do all the things to them that I do to Hannah.  She gets them dressed, they go to the potty, she takes them for walks, puts them down for naps, etc.
14. Emma can dress herself now.  She is very particular about the clothes she wears.  In fact, she has a favorite shirt - it is a short-sleeved blue shirt that says #1 Big Sister.  The shirt has a picture of two birds on it and one has a bow.  What is hilarious about this is that she calls it her kitty cat shirt.  I keep telling her she is silly to call them kitty cats because they are birds and she said no they are kitties.  The funniest thing about this is the other day Emma said to me, "Mommy, my shirt is so silly.  These kitties look a lot like birdies."  I busted out laughing!
15. Emma and her hot chocolate.  Her morning ritual is drinking hot chocolate.  It is the only way now that we get her to drink milk. She makes it herself most of the time, with some help of course, and we buy the chocolate powder.  She likes it really "brownie" on top.  If it isn't "brownie" enough she lets us know!
16. Emma is being really nice with Hannah.  She is very loving towards her.  Unfortunately, Emma doesn't know her strength and is a bit rougher with Hannah than we like.  She is learning but we still have to keep a watchful eye on her.  
17. Emma has a ton of nicknames for Hannah: Hannah Banana, Hannah Biena, Hannah Blank, Hannah Loopie
18. Emma has created her own swear word.  When she gets hurt or drops something and doesn't mean to she will say "Plumee."  It's fantastic when she says it.  Makes us laugh each time!
19. Emma got her brand new twin size bed a few weeks ago.  She loves her new bed!  
20. We broke down the real crib and moved into our room.  My dresser now lives in Emma's room.  This is less than ideal but our backs were killing us from putting Hannah down and picking her up from the Pack and Play.
21. We are in the process of sleep training Hannah.  Tonight is Day 4.  She's been doing pretty well, all considering. We are sleeping in the living room.  I sleep on the couch and Jamey sleeps on the floor.  Last night she slept till a little after 6am which was great.  She woke up twice in the night but she didn't cry.  Now she just needs to not wake up and completely sleep through the night.  We are hoping we can move back into our room this weekend.

That's all I can think of for now.  I will post some photos later.