Terra's Birthday

Our traditional "birthday child picks out breakfast"

Terra went for Star Wars cereal. Everyone agreed it didn't taste very good. Bu tit was sugary and fun because there were marshmallows shaped like Star Wars stuff

And an adorable video of her with her cereal

My Goofy girl

Then we went to McDonald's for lunch (we end up with a lot of junk food on birthdays)

Of course we got treats for her birthday while we were there.

A video here where the girls spent a bunch of time cleaning the floor and chairs with the hand wipes in the kids area.

Terra at four was fun and dramatic.

She had a WILD imagination. One morning I asked her if she had put her pajamas away and she replied "yes, I smashed them down into a cupcake and then I ate them" She seemed to always have some extremely creative/imaginative answer for everything.

Or nearly every morning she would tell us how she used her 'powers' during the night... things like a midnight trip to Disneyland, visiting the moon, watching a movie in the desert, growing taller than a house, etc.

The downside of the imagination, is that she would have crazy nightmares. Every night. Sometimes three or four times a night. She needed lots of love to calm down and not feel scared anymore. We both lost a lot of sleep during this phase.

She had the cutest chipmunk voice and talked non-stop.

Terra at Two Years

Here are Terra's stats when she turned two:

Height: 33-3/4 inches, 50%

Weight: 24lbs 5oz, 20%

As always my kids are higher percentage for height than for weight

At two years old Terra is super fun

She is learning to talk and picks up new words everyday

She loves Winnie the Pooh. The kids listen to Winnie the Pooh music daily and they love to watch the movies as well.

She loves to swing. She begs constantly to get pushed in the swing and that's all she wants to do when we go to parks.

She's a good eater, and she loves bananas more than you can probably imagine

We love our little Ter-Ter!

15 Months

Terra went to her 15 month appointment and we got her most recent stats:

Height: 31": Just under 75%

Weight 20lbs: Just over 10%

Head circumference: Over 95%

So we've been seeing a trend for her of getting thinner, but at this appointment it broke into the 'underweight' category.

So we're are going to put some effort into getting her a few extra calories and some fattier food, since we don't eat a lot of fat.

She got a few shots which always breaks my heart.

A little about Terra at 15 months:

She is a pretty good eater. She loves oatmeal and smoothies, but her favorite is bananas. She is crazy about them- like screaming throwing herself on the ground because I only let her have 3 (yes, three whole bananas)  for breakfast.

Sneaking blackberries with Aria

Smoothie face, after she ditched the straw

She has learned to move the ladder over to the section of the counter where we keep bananas and can pull them apart and open them herself

Terra is so dramatic right now. Everything causes major tantrums and she gets super pissed pretty easily.
Unfortunately when she gets mad she bangs her head on things. A LOT. She has given herself some big bruises when she got mad and the surface she chose to bang her head on was too hard (concrete, the refrigerator, etc)

She is so smart- you can see her putting things together all the time.

 She is learning new words all the time and talks really well, she also has the CUTEST little voice.

She likes to read books and especially loves books with animals in them.

She already plays pretend quite a bit (I don't think my bigger kids did it this young) maybe it's because she has older siblings, but she pretends to eat and cook, take care of babies, pretends to sleep, drives cars and flies planes, and pretends to be a dog.

Terra loves to play with and copy her big brother and sister so she ends up participating in homeschool when she can:

We love this girl!

Terra's Birthday Party

On the Sunday afternoon before Terra's Birthday we had some family over for a small birthday party.

Terra getting into the birthday chair to open presents:

Is she cute or what?

Opening presents with some help from mommy:

It's a puzzle!

She also got some money and an inflatable pool. Her siblings are very grateful for her generosity in sharing her pool with them.

Then it was time for singing and cake:

Testing, timidly

Frosting Beard

Overall I guess she didn't care much about the cake, because here's how it looked when she was done with it (and one finger swipe was actually from an older sibling)

And if you can stand our awful singing then here's a quick video

Terra's First Year

Here are the pictures that take us from newborn to one year old:

June 2011

Naked Baby in July

Sleeping after her first swim in August

Sweet Smile in September

October

November

Getting dressed up by her big sister in December

January-- love that face!

Playing with a suitcase in February

Clapping, March

April

Face painted by siblings, May

On her Birthday- June 2012

Terra is One!!

So my little baby is over one year old now! Her Birthday was on Tuesday and I am still coming to terms with the fact that she is so old!

We went to the doctor on Today and here are her stats:

Height: 29.25"   50%
Weight: 18lbs 14oz   Just over 10%
Head Circumference: "Off the charts"

They aren't too concerned about the low weight since she has gradually dropped down in her percentile since birth- and since the big head skinny body is a pretty consistent pattern for our kids.
Overall she's doing great
More birthday posts to come

6 Months

Terra turned six months old on December 26th.
I took her to the Doctor on the 30th and here are her stats:
16lbs 0oz 50th%
26" tall, 50th%
Head circumference was about the 75th%

Terra is doing great.

She still isn't the best sleeper, especially during the day, but she sleeps through the night at least a few times a week.

Terra is the best cuddler. She curls right up against you and it is so sweet.

She loves to eat baby food.
I should really get a video of it, but she'll be in her high chair whining while she waits for me to be ready to feed her-- and then the instant I put the spoon in her mouth she makes this cute/happy sound and starts to smile- she seriously loves eating.

Eating Ice Cream ;)

Terra does not 'crawl' yet, but she can move all across the room, and if she's motivated she'll go FAST.

She can also sit up.

Right when she turned six months she could only sit up for a minute, or she would tripod (like the picture above) but today she took a bath with Aria and they were in there for almost an hour, and she sat up the whole time.

Terra still has no teeth, which seems normal for my babies, and I'm happy about it- I LOVE a big toothless baby grin- and I'm in  no hurry to see that go (or to nurse a baby that has teeth- I've yet to experience that!)

Also, I don't remember what grievous sin I committed, but Heavenly Father is apparently punishing me. 

I know this because:

1. Terra has problems when I eat chocolate.

2. Terra is not ticklish.

Why must I have a baby that is not ticklish at all, and not be able to eat chocolate--WHY?

Oh well, I still love this chubby little baby like crazy

We're glad she's been around these last 6 months.

4 Months!!

Can you believe this little girl is 4 months old already?

Well, she is. She turned 4 months a few days ago and we took her to the doctor today.

Here's what she's up to:

She can roll around (and scoot a tiny bit- but it's FAR from crawling still)

After rolling-No I did not lay her down away from her blanket, burp rag and toys.

I had layed her on her back so this was just more than a 360 spin.

Speaking of toys, she loves to play.

It is SO cute to see her chubby hand reaching out to grab stuff and especially putting stuff into her mouth.

Terra 'talks' all of the time. She makes the cutest noises and will do back and forth 'conversations' with me.
She also yells. She gets into some kind of mood and just yells (loudly, but happily) for a couple of minutes.

Even though she is an expert smiler, she doesn't laugh yet.

When we play and tickle her she does this sort of yelling/squealing noise- which I think is her version of laughing.

Anyway her stats from the Doctor today are:

25" Tall: Almost 90th%
15lbs 4oz: around the 80th%
Head circumference: 95th %
Just like every appointment I've ever been to with any of my babies- my kids' heads are just big.

And now that she is 4 months, the Doctor says I can start feeding her food

I think she's ready

A few more pictures from the past month- because I just can't get enough of those chubby cheeks.



This was at the aquarium near our house- she was mesmerized by the fish



I love, love, love this little girl.

Happy 4 months Terra!