Fantastic First: The Disney Store (written on 9/24/13)

This is a really old post!

I usually stay away from the Disney store because I feel that it is waaaay over priced, but Daddy Teems and I decided to go with Christiana to pick up a few Doc McStuffins toys.  Weeeell the reaction from Christiana totally caught me off guard!  She was totally amazed by the Princess castle dressing room; I mean what little girl wouldn't, but we didn't expect a reaction like this!  It was the cutest thing! 







All she kept saying how pretty it was.  Her words exact were, "Wow, this is so pretty.  This is so pretty.  Oh wow, this is so pretty. Hey, this is so pretty."  This was all while she was walking around the castle dressing room rubbing the walls.

She loved it sooo much she didn't even want to walk around and see the rest of the store.  We had to tell her we would come back after we buy her Doc McStuffins toy.  BUT once we stood in line to check out she started walking away so she could go back to the castle.  Of course on the way to the dressing room, she spotted the princess dresses and asked if she could have one (what little girl wouldn't want a princess dress?), I told her to ask daddy.  :OP  Speaking of asking daddy, that was the only way to get her out of the store because he was waiting for us outside.

 Like I said it was one of the cutest thing.

  I wish I was able to upload the video but it won't let me. Boooo to blogger! :O(




 

It's been a looong time

 

 

It’s been waaaay to long since my last post about Chrisitiana, I think my last post was in January.  Soooo much has gone on and she is just growing before my eyes. :O(  All I can do is just hug , kiss and tell her I love her as much as I can (which never seems to be enough).  This one was written in MAY!  I HAVE to do better!

Anyhoo I had to share these to funny little words and moments:

·         Daddy Teems bought me an American flag bikini and I decided to try it on.  Well my sweet little Christiana comes in and says, “I love your nene holder mommy”.   Then I go sit down on the bed and she comes sits next to me and says it again but this she touches the top and says, “Ooooh they so starry mommy.” And then she started singing “Twinkle, twinkle little star”

·         This may be tooo much information, but Christiana will want to know about funny stories like this one and I want have to document them so I won’t forget them.  So I get ingrown hairs and after a shower I tweeze the hairs out of bump because they are super annoying.  A few times Christiana watches me in the bathroom while I do this; well this time she was REALLY watching me and asking questions.  Of course she asked, “What are you doing mommy?  I tell her, just picking my pimples baby”  She’s fine with that answer for a moment or so, then she touches my hair and wonders what it is.  Of course I say explain what it is and let her know she’ll have some when she’s older.  She’s fine with that answer for a moment, but now I want her to go play so I can finish picking. 

So I tell her to go play and she says “No. I don’t want to play, I want to stay in here with you.”  Since we were going to see Rio 2 later that night I ask her to go get her Rio 2 shirt.  Usually when I tell her to get something out of her bedroom she gets sidetracked and stays for a while, NOT THIS TIME!  She runs back and gets back to watching what I’m doing.  By this time I’m thinking forget it and finish up and tell her to get her Blue (the bird from the movie) so we can get dressed.  This time she does get sidetracked by finding one of her tweezers from her toy doctors kit.  Weeeell I walk in on her “tweezing” herself!  I had to hold in my laugh and tell her that she doesn't have any hair down there.  She complies.  Cool.

I finally start getting dressed but it was toooo quiet for my liking so I wonder why is Christiana so quiet.  Weeeeell I walk into my bedroom and find her on the bed with her pants down tweeting herself AGAIN!  This time she asks me if I could leave the room so she can finish.  REALLY Christiana!  Did she really ask me to leave my room so she can finish plucking hairs that she doesn't even have!  I tell her that what she is doing is for mommies and when she gets hairs she can do that.  I guess that was enough for her because she put them away and got dressed.  Cool with me.

Mother's Day 2014: a letter to my Christiana

My dearest Christiana,

You may not know this, but over three years ago you changed our lives forever.  I always knew I wanted to be a mother, but I never imagined what being a mother would do to me.  I am a better person because of you.  I didn't know I could love so much.  Christiana Faith you are constantly teaching me something about life that no book could ever explain.

You came at the perfect time in our lives.  I loved and cherished everyday you were inside of me. In loved you before I saw your face, held your hand, or smelled your soft skin.  You made me feel beautiful while being pregnant with you.  Being pregnant with you was the easiest thing!  No morning sickness, swollen feet, super weight gain; like I said it was super easy!  Of course I wondered if you were going to be this easy once you entered this world, and you were.  You were truly  our gift from God.

And for the past 3 years, I love watching you grow.  From watching you sleep, the songs you create on a daily basis, to you creating play dough dresses and hats, and yes even your tantrums.  I have watched you grow into a loving, caring, sweet, assertive, determined sweet little girl in your short lifespan and I am looking forward to many more.  Like I said you have made me a better person.  I find myself listening more carefully, enjoying the simple things in life, stopping what I am doing to play with you when you ask, more patient, and most importantly love more deeply.

Christiana, I've heard people say, "When a baby is born, a mother is born."  We'll when you you were born, I was born into a mother.  No one can ever take away how much I truly love you.

Love always and forever,

Mommy

Christiana loves her some Dora the Explorer

Christiana watches Dora the Explorer literally everyday, so it was no surprise what she said to us when she overheard a few people talking.  One day while we were at Target a family was walking behind us speaking Spanish, at first she points to them and says they are her friends.  Of course I tell her to stop pointing and tell her you don't know them. Then she says, "They are peaking panish."  We say, "yes they are speaking Spanish baby." (Trying to hold in our laughs). Well our responses must not been enough for her because she says it again.  "They are peaking panish, panish like Dora mommy."  Hahahaha!  By this time the people are right next to us. Hahahaha!  The second time this happened we were at the mall.  Same thing.  She says, "she's like Dora mommy, she's peaking panish."  Gotta love her right! I'm glad she's recognizing a second language, now it's time for us to really push it (learning it).

 Here's couple of phrases she's picked up from her girl Dora.  Every morning she greets me with a "buenas Dias" and every night she tells us "buenos noches".  Oh and she says it with a sweet kiss afterwards.  Toooo sweet right!  Such a sweetie pie!

She's a part-time co-sleeper

It's been about 3 days since Christiana asked to sleep in her own bed and we were a little sad/happy about that.  During nap time she stays in her bed without a problem, but bedtime is another story.  Her first night in her bed, she stayed there until 4:34.  Not too bad right?  

Night number two she didn't stay in her bed as long, she lasted until about 3.  I thought because her cousin Gio was in the room with her, she'd stay the entire night.  Negative.  Her excuse was her room is too messy.  Really Christiana?

Now last night she woke up at 1:32 and cried for both of us!  Man did it scare us.  The first 2 nights she got walked into our bedroom, but she stayed in her room this time. Of course I asked why was she crying, her reply was she missed us.  Too sweet right?  When I brought her back into our bed, she went right back to sleep and stayed sleep the whole night. 

We aren't going to give up on her sleeping in her own room and I know it will be an adjusting process for all of us.  What I could have done was let her cry, but it's only been three days and who likes to hear their child cry all night.  I can't even imagine doing that to her.  We will continue pumping up her sleeping in her bed especially at night (naptime isn't an issue) and eventually she'll sleep through the night in her own bed.  

Fingers crossed

No more co-sleeping!

Ever since Christiana was a teeny tiny baby she has slept in the bed with us. Mind you I was soooo against co-sleeping, but it was sooo much easier for me as a breast feeding mommy.  After she outgrew her cradle it only made since for her to continue sleeping with us.  When my mother fell ill, we never really pushed the issue of buying her own bed because we kept telling ourselves that we would be moving out of the apartment (she was supposed to buy her bedroom set).  One year became 2 years and now Munchie is pushing on 3 and she is still in our bed.  Sometimes she would tell daddy Teems to move out of her spot or leave.  

Of course our co-sleeping situation interfered with mommy and daddy cuddle time, but it became part if our routine.   She couldn't or wouldn't go to sleep without me and while I was putting her to sleep I ended up falling asleep myself.  This was our bedtime routine.

Well once we moved (you read that correctly) her TiTi Joy offered to buy her a bed and we graciously accepted.  Her bed has been up for  at least 1 month now and she is still in our bed.  Weeell she slept in it no more than 2 times.  Here's where it gets good.  Today she asked to sleep in her bed during nap time AND she asked if she could sleep there at night! Of course we said she could do that.  We even went out and let her pick out her night light, and I told her that we are going to go back to the store and let her pick out her decorations. She LOVED that idea!

While we were doing our normal bedtime routine (brush, wash, pjs), she wasted more time than usual. Two minutes quickly became 20 and we almost threw in the towel. I asked if she wanted to sleep in her bed, she said yes but she wanted me to stay with her.  I told her I will stay with her until she went to sleep then I'm going to sleep with daddy. Christiana was satisfied with that answer.  😄 Such a big girl. 😢 

Here's how she ended up falling asleep, I had to rub my pinkie in her nose.  Every time I would move my finger, she'd put it back.  I tried rubbing her tummy, face, and hair, but that didn't work.  What relaxed my little sweetie peetie was my pinkie finger in her nose (read one of my old posts about me digging in her nose).  Whatever works right?

Let's see if she lasts the entire night in her own bed. 😃 I'll write about it tomorrow.

Happy New Years!

2013 was a great year for the Teems family and we cannot wait for all of Gods blessings for 2014!  As a family we have quite a few visions that have to be fulfilled, and we are soooo ready to tackle them.  

One of Christiana's resolutions is to read more books and spell more words (she loves to spell her first and last name).  I'm sooo excited for her to achieve these goals; she's soooo ready!

Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.