Ramona Alabama- Grace was born December 26th 2009 at 9:51am. She was 5 days late, and has been leaving her mark on everything since then! Unlike Ruby, Ramona was not a small baby, she weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces, and was an insane 21 1/2 inches long (look in this picture her legs go on forever!). And other than some trouble with learning how to latch, which stopped any hopes of breastfeeding, it took her 3 weeks to learn to latch to a bottle, she has been the easiest baby. Eating well, barely throwing up at all, and sleeping great. I am not sure if its because I had Ruby, but I remember more of my pregnancy with Ramona than I do with Ruby. One of my favorite memories is that Ramona was always so responsive to Ruby. When Ruby was happy and laughing, Ramona would move around like crazy, or when Ruby was upset and crying she would move around like crazy! I always tell them that no matter what happens to them when they are adults, they were meant to be together.
Ramona was quickly nicknamed Moni (Moan-ie), because I hate the nickname Mona. She is completely the opposite of Ruby! Which as a first time parent of multiple children, I was completely amazed and in awe of the fact that Glenn and I could make a person that not only didn't have the same characteristics as Ruby, but she doesn't look like Ruby either. Ramona has blue eyes, and curly/ wavy hair. Ramona is loving, caring, hilarious, flies by the seat of her pants and is all meanings of the phrase a "bull in a china closet". She couldn't be delicate if she tried. But those are all just some of the reasons she is so loved.
Some of Moni's sillies:
*She says Zusic instead of Music- which I love and it makes me sad that when she goes to school they are going to make her talk like everyone else.
*Other than the occassional chicken nugget, she has never eaten meat (her own choice).
*She once spit in her hand and rubbed in her hands telling me "Mama its hand sanitizer" (so gross)!!
*Ruby asked her one time if she was going to have a boyfriend when she grows up Moni said "yep and hims gonna be a jerk" LOL!
*She wants me to lay with her every night before she goes to bed, and will only fall asleep after singing you are my sunshine, and the ABC's.
*When she was little and would fall on the ground she would automatically put her hands up and wouldn't get up on her own because she didn't want to get her hand dirty.
*She painted her fingernails on her bed by herself because she is "a big siser"......
Life with Ramona is crazy, and non-stop, but we wouldn't have it or her any other way!
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