Secondly, Hazel is teething. Levi started around this age as well, so I am not surprised. However, she deals with it a lot better than he did. Levi would non stop scream for hours, and no medicine or herbs would help. Hazel does great, but has a little fussiness in the evening. But Tylenol helps her a lot. She drools and chews like crazy! I can feel at least four swollen spots on her gums, but two of the teeth I know won't come in for a while, they never do!
Recently I found a great deal on elastic ribbon (40 cents a yard) so I bought three kinds and five yards of each. I am making hairbands for Hazel. I bought some cheap ribbon and am experimenting with bows. If anyone has any fun ideas, let me know! Also, for those who have little girls, I would be happy to make any type of headband you want! I have plenty of elastic.
It is coming closer to my Clark (mom's side) reunion, which I am in charge of. I am working on the T-shirts, and all I have to do now is the time consuming printing and ironing on. Justin said he would help me, so hopefully it can go faster. I am also trying to make sure all the meals and lodging are in order. It is quite a task, but it is running smoothly so far.
Justin and my 4th anniversary was this past week and Justin took me out to a nice restaurant. His gift to me was some jewelry. He took me to go pick it out, so I got what I wanted, but he said that the ring he picked out was almost identical to the one I picked! I don't have an expensive wedding ring (I don't want one until Justin and I can afford to get the matching set we designed), and my old one broke (gem fell out), so that is why he took me to get a new one. He also bought me a necklace and earrings to match. I love them all!! My gift to him was a painting. He loves Arizona ever since his mission there, and so I wanted him to have a piece of that. I painted Monument Valley with a sunset and lightning in the background. He loves it! I plan to make it a series painting, and do more places where we lived. It was a wonderful anniversary, with many more to come!
Levi's grammar is improving almost daily, and he constantly surprises me with phrases he says. His retorts are becoming smarter and more thought out. He is starting to use context correctly too, which is great! He really knows his colors, letters, and numbers. Oh, and he can tell you every name of every train from Thomas the Tank Engine! He also loves to sing. He can hear a song a couple times and start singing along. He loves the theme songs to Wall-E and Bolt. It is so cute to listen to him play and just burst out into song! Not only does he sing, he sings well. He is right on pitch and sings the notes just how they sound. His mom and dad both have good singing voices, and I am thrilled that he not only can sing, but loves to!
Hazel has entered a stage she hates. I am trying to get her to take a bottle, something I should have done a month or so ago. She has been fighting me a lot, but eventually she'll give in and drink. The fights are getting shorter, so I know it'll only be a matter of time before she just takes it. I am not giving her just a bottle, I still feed her myself too. She gets a bottle once or twice a day. We are also working on rice cereal, which is slow going as well. She catch on, I know she will.
That's all from us, hope you all can enjoy the Spring!
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You are one busy mama! I can't believe all the stuff that you are up too! Those paintings are so good! I bet Justin was excited! Madeline wouldn't take a bottle that late in the game either but I didn't have a need for her to so it didn't really matter.
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