Poor AJ is apparently allergic to amoxicillin...it just took 9 days for any reaction to show! I took some pictures to show the Doctor. He will get a rash, then it will go away and appear on a different part of his body...mostly his arms and legs. He seems OK. He's a tad bit fussy which is rare since he is pretty easy going. Hopefully it goes away soon!
Isn't he just the cutest baby boy you have ever seen? I don't have time to do his 3 month post just yet...but I wanted to share this picture of my handsome baby boy. I sure love him!
Dear Caroline,
You are now two years old! I can't believe it's been two years since I first held you in my arms! It has been such a joy watching you grow and learn. There is nothing in this world that gives me as much joy as being your mother and playing with you every single day.
Shortly after you turned one we found out you were going to be a big sister! In May we welcomed your new little brother, AJ(Angelo), to our family. At first you pretty much ignored him. After about 2 months you realized he wasn't going anywhere and you got a little jealous. Now when the baby cries you immediately try to get me to hold you instead of the baby. It's a hard adjustment for both of us. Mommy really wants to just play with you and love on you every second of the day, but now we both have to share our time. I have a feeling one day you and AJ will be the best of friends. But I am so impressed with you! You are SO gentle with him. I never have to tell you to be soft with him, or careful around him. You automatically knew to do that. You like to bring him his "silky" and his "kiki" (binki). I know you love him so much...whenever we go out in the double stroller and people comment on what a cute little girl I have, you always have to make sure that they acknowledge your baby too. You say "Baby AJ too" until they look at your baby brother and talk about how you are the big sister. You like to play with your baby dolls by doing everything you see mommy do with AJ. You burp your babies, you breastfeed them, you put the "night night", you give them kisses. It's just so cute to watch you try and be like mommy.
You also like to try to be like daddy. I often find you in the bathroom trying to put on shaving cream and after shave. You like to brush your teeth when daddy does and go potty on your little duck potty (we're still working on potty training).
You like do do everything by yourself. You say "I do it, I do it!" You try so hard to do things and most of then time you succeed! When it is something that's just too difficult you get VERY mad. You start screaming and hitting and biting whatever it is you can't do. We are working on teaching you patience and how to ask for help. You recently learned how to open doors and lock them...this has led to a whole new level of childproofing for mommy and daddy. I have to keep ALL potentially dangerous things out of reach because I know that if you want to you will somehow find a way to get them!
You are now talking up a storm! You have been talking this whole year, but it seems like as soon as you turned two last week your vocabulary grew exponentially and we can understand you better too! You repeat just about everything we say and you have quite the sense of humor. The other day daddy told you that you were a princess. You looked at him and in the most sincere voice said "Daddy pincess too!" I laughed quite a bit so now every time the word princess comes up you say "Carline pincess...Daddy pincess too!" You love to make us laugh. You add the word "too" to almost everything you say. It's really cute. You say "Mommy do it too", "JoJo swimmin too"...I could go on and on...but really just about every sentence you say ends in "too"! When daddy leaves for work or goes outside for some reason, you always frantically try to get your shoes on and say "I hummin"...I guess "hummin" is your word for "coming". You like to do dangerous things and then say to yourself "don't fall, don't fall".
You love to play with ALL your toys. I don't think there is a single toy you have that you don't play with...and you play with them the right way. I just think you are so smart and will be good at everything you try in life...just like your daddy! You are going to start ballet and tap dance in the fall. It's a mommy and me class and I hope you like it. Your friend Vivian is in the class too. You have a few friends your age--Vivian and Zach are your friends from church, Isabella is our neighbor, and of course Jolina!
You are full of so many emotions! One minute you are bubbling over in happiness, the next minute you are sad...then angry. I hope soon you can communicate a little better, but it's still cute watching you learn how to handle different emotions.
I love you to pieces Sweet Caroline and can't wait to watch you grow more and more this next year! xoxoxo
Love,
Mommy
From this:
To this (1 year):
To this (2 years):
