French Braids

It's true, I was able to get a 2 year old, a very squirmy 2 year old, to sit still long enough to do french braids. OK, so lets be honest here, she was not still AT ALL, but still enough to get them done, and although they are uneven and a little loose, I was still proud of my defeat.

McKay- 2 Months

It's true, it has already been 2 months that we have had this little sweetheart,
here is some of what he's been up to

-Smiles a ton and is making little squawks and squeals here and there
-Sleeps from about 10pm-8am with waking up about 1-2 times in between, usually only once lately. I usually "dream" feed him before I go to bed around 11.
-Takes ok naps, sometimes they are 45 minutes, sometimes 2 hours. A few times he has gone 3 hours, you just never know with him
-Gets the hiccups at least 3 times a day
-Is really starting to kick his legs a lot and pushes off anything that touches his feet
-Can hold his head up for the most part, but still needs a little help because he will hold it up and then gets tired and then flops around, haha
-Size 1 diapers
-Some 3 month clothes already!
-Has still survived his sister, even with one mishap of him ending up on the floor from the couch

2 month appt stats:
24.4 in (about 95th percentile), was 21 at birth
11.4 lbs. (about 65th percentile), was 8.3 at birth

Lyla was only 8.5 lbs at 2 months! I'm hoping we get even more meat on this little man and he can be our little chubber. I love me some chunky thighs and cheeks

Oh, and I am getting really good at exiting the house in a timely manner with both kids. I feel like its not such a tiring event anymore, and dont get me wrong, its still hard, but a whole lot easier and better than the first few weeks. We do run errands or go out to the park etc several times a week. I definitely attribute it to Mac being a good car seat sleeper though, so once we actually get out of the house it helps with making outings not so stressful.

Crew & Sadie's Party

One thing I LOVE about living in Utah- getting to see Wally and his family more often. This past Monday was Crew's 2nd Bday and coming up next week is Sadie's 6th. They had a combo party that was Mickey/Minnie Mouse theme, since Crew loves the Mickey Mouse Club House Disney tv show.

We had hot dogs (since they sing "hot dog, hot dog" on the show and Crew always sings along with it, ha), and everyone had their own mouse ears to wear

My favorite pic- Mac and Gpa wearing their ears, haha. Only my dad's grandkids can get him to wear mouse ears and look ridiculous for several hours and be ok with it

I was chatting away when they blew out their candles,
so this is the only picture I have of the birthday kids

It was so fun being able to celebrate with these two and Lindsey did a great job with adorable decorations with red and black and mickeys everywhere.

This girl has got some serious bedhead

I love that she has some crazy eye look goin on here too, haha. Didn't notice that until just now

Happy Sunday :)

More Mac Smiles

This little man is 6 weeks old now, whew, where has the time gone? I couldn't resist to put up another video of his adorable smiles. He even lets out a little squeal. We are loving to hear a little piece of his voice already.

Lyla Giggles

We were in the kitchen cooking dinner and Lyla was drinking some juice. She wanted both me and Josh to also drink it and for some reason just started cracking up whenever we would take a drink. She was super giggly and laughed every time. Tried to get a little of it on video although she was laughing harder before this.

This is what we did tonight: She loved it

A little extra fun before bath time.
Got the idea from Brittney B, a notably awesome mom

This little guy is growing bigger by the day, I just can't believe it. I swear every morning I wake up and look at him and feel like he's gotten bigger. He slept for 6 hours straight the past 2 nights. Sure hope he keeps it up!

He has really started smiling a lot lately and we are LOVING it

He really is a content baby and happy most of the time. He is getting a little better at putting himself to sleep in his bed during the day, but its also still a work in progress.

Diaper Removal Update

She figured out how to get the safety pin off, every time. It used to be every once in awhile and then for several days she got it off both day and night, so when poopy diapers came and were laying in the corner of her crib we finally resulted to the fail-proof method: pj's on backwards

Yep, they are even footie pajamas, so they are twisted around on her legs so that her feet still go in. She doesn't seem to mind though