3 Years, 6 Months, 1 Proud Mommy! (Photo Heavy!)

I can not believe that my little girls are so big! Jillian is now 6 months old and Layla turned 3 on Friday! We had such a great day! I can not get over her. We woke up and played around and then we went to the library and I let her get movies and books. Then we stopped at McDonald's to get lunch and went to the park and eat it and play with friends that came to join us. After the park we headed to the Ice Cream Shop and had ice cream. After coming home for a nap, Daddy came home and we gave Layla her birthday presents from us. We got her a play kitchen that she has been wanting SO badly! We got her some play food too. She had a hard time being patient while daddy put all the gazillion pieces together, but it was so worth it when she got to play with it. So fun! She has been making us "food" for 3 days. Then we ordered pizza for dinner from Papa John's because that is what she wanted. Then on Saturday we got up and after going to the gym, we headed to Grandma Mary and Grandpa Mike's house for her party. We had lunch and PLAYED so much with Aunt Becca and Uncle Jeff. Later Pappy George and Grandma Irene came over and we ordered pizza and had cake and ice cream. Layla also got some more presents. She got a lot of clothes and some toys. Aunt Becca and Uncle Jeff also got her an easile (Sp?) which she loves. Both girls were SO tired by the time we got home. They slept so hard. Sunday was a day of rest that was for sure! Today, I took the girls for their doctor appointments. Layla had her 3 year check up. No shots, but the doc checked her all out. She is 38 inches (3 feet 2 inches) and 32 pounds. The doc said that she looked great. We are still potty training. The past 2 days though she has been willing to go in public and has even told us she had to go. We are so proud of her. Right now she is wearing anywhere from a 3T to a 4T and a size 8 shoe. She loves Tom and Jerry and Scooby Doo. Mac & Cheese is one of her favorite meals and she LOVES peaches. She is very into "helping" mommy and dadddy with things. It is very cute. Here are some pics from her birthday "weekend". I hope she had a great birthday. (Thanks to Aunt Tiff for taking a lot of these pics!! We love you!)








Jillian is growing so much too. At the doctor today she weighed 16 pounds 11.4 ounces and is 26 1/4 inches long! Both girls are above the 50th percentile for weight and almost 75th for height! She is sitting up completely on her own. She is crawling and has also started pulling up!! Can you believe it? The doctor called her "really advanced" which cracks me up since that is our family joke about ALL the kids, but the doc confirmed it! :) At 6 months old, she is wearing 6-9 month clothes and NO shoes. She refuses. It is difficult enough to have socks on the kid. O well, hopefully by the time it gets cold she will be willing. :) She is so cute. Here are some pics of her. Also, there are some family pics.














And My New Favorite Picture!!

My Big Girls!

I can not believe that I have 2 such beautiful big girls! Jillian is crawling all over the place and Layla is just such a little girl, she if not a baby any more! It is so hard to comprehend. I can not believe that she will be 3 years old on Friday. That s just crazy! She is so cute. All she wants is a Dora Kitchen. I think we are going to get her a play kitchen, but I don't think it will be Dora. I have little desire to have a big Dora Head in my house! It will be good for her to get to play pretend kitchen though...should make for good pictures!

Happy 6 Months Baby Girl!

I can not believe that Jillian is 6 months old already! It is crazy! I just can't wrap my head around it!

What a crazy weekend!

Jillian had such a HUGE weekend! I can not believe this little girl. She is not even 6 months old yet! But, she is moblie and crawling all over. It is kind of an army crawl and so cute! If you set her down, she will most definetly NOT be in the same place when you come back into the room. Then yesterday (Sunday), I laid her down on the ground and walked into the kitchen. When I came back into the living room, she was sitting up! I know I did not put her there! I watched her sit up on her own a couple of more times. It was pretty cool! I just can't believe she is able to do that yet! I also started giving her some cereal over the weekend. She did really not know what to think of it at first, but seemed to like it as we went along. We also measured Layla and she is now 3 feet 3 inches tall! Crazy! Here are some pictures of both girls. Jillian is crawling, sitting, and eating!

Growing So...

I can not get over how big the girls are getting! Let me catch up:

Layla is doing SUCH a good job Potty Training. She is not quite there, but getting a lot better. She will finally go in the potty for us. She isn't going #2 yet, but that will come. She is still wearing Pull-Ups, which I really didn't want to do, but we didn't have much choice, it was our last option. We were starting to go a little crazy trying to get her to go. We took away all her many bears and gave one back to her every time she went. That must have been her trigger because she got the bears back within about 2 days! Yeah! I can't believe she is going to be 3 years old in less than a month. It is crazy to even think about. It seems like just yesterday she as born. I am so proud of her, she is so smart! She knows her ABC's and can usually count to 10 (sometimes she forgets the #6). She can sing Twinkle Star, the ABC song, and she is learning "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" right now. She also knows "Good Night Moon" by heart. She can recognize a lot of words if she sees them. I know that she isn't really reading yet, but I think it is great that she can recognize these words! What else...she LOVES Tom & Jerry and Scooby Doo. She is VERY into being a SuperHero right now. I think I am going to make her a cape and surprise her for Halloween. She keeps making me tie towels and blankets around her neck...it is so cute. She is such a good big sister too. She is always looking out for her little sister, even if she doesn't like Jillian to touch her.

Jillian is growing SO fast! At her 4 month appointment, she was 25 inches and weighed 13 pounds 10 ounces. The doc had said she was doing great! Well, I weighed her the other day and she weighed 16 pounds 10 ounces! Is that even possible to gain 3 pounds in a month? She is wearing clothes anywhere from size 3-6 months to 9-12 months! She is all over the board. She smiles constantly (except when she is grumpy which is unfortunately a lot). She is teething all over the place, the kid drools all the time. I hope the teeth come in soon cause it is driving me crazy! The biggest news is that she can almost sit up all on her own and she is THIS CLOSE to crawling! She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. She also has figured out how to scoot around. We basically give it until the end of the week that she will be crawling! I don't know that I am ready for 2 mobile kids! What ever will I do?

Well, I hope that you will like the new format. The other site was just a little too much for me to keep up with. I felt guilty that I hadn't updated it every time I logged on. This one will be much easier to keep up with I think. I will keep the other one up though if you want to look back.
Take care,
Theresa

Moved Over Here!

This is the new site of The Crowell Family! If you want to see our previous site, check out www.babyhomepages.net/theresahc. That site was a little too much right now to keep up. I will do better with a simpler format. I hope that you enjoy this one just as much! Thanks for visiting!
Love,
Theresa