Two Months Old

Boo is 8 weeks old today! That is really hard to believe. Time is already flying by. We had her 2 month check up yesterday and she had to get three shots. :( She also got a live Rotovirus vaccine by mouth...we weren't so sure about that. Bug never had to have that one.

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We are so torn about vaccines. (I didn't see your link until after we'd done it, Liv, and now I'm not sure I want to watch!). My father-in-law is very against vaccines so we've heard all the terrible things that can happen with them, but I've also read a lot of research for the other side of the argument too. This is one of the hardest things about being a parent - making these decisions that could affect your child's life when the answer is anything but clear.

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We've talked so many times about not getting our girls vaccinated, but it seems like the alternative is even worse. These diseases ARE still out there and if everyone stops getting vaccinated we are going to start seeing them explode again. Anyway, you can probably tell we are still on the fence about it. I really wish there were another alternative, but for now we will just keep getting the shots when the doctor tells us to and pray we are making the right choice.

On a happier note: Boo is doing really well! She is growing quickly and they were very pleased with her progress. Her weight is 11 lbs. 9 oz. in the 75%, her length was 23 1/8 inches in the 80%, and her head circumference was in the 75% so she is doing great.

And in the doctor's office she rolled over for the FIRST time! When we put her on tummy time at home we prop her up with the boppy, but yesterday Daddy laid her down on the table so the doctor could see if she would hold up her head and she just flipped herself right over! Our jaws both dropped and the doctor smiled and said, "First time?" :)

Her next appointment isn't till June so it will be interesting to see if she keeps growing at this rate or levels out a bit. She's definitely a healthy girl! :)

Smiley Girl

Daddy has always called K "Bug" and we have started calling S "Boo" so in light of the letter confusion yesterday I will, henceforth, be referring to them as such. :)

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Boo has really started smiling in the last few days...almost laughing at times. She is especially happy in the morning. Here is a little video I got of her with a few little smiles. It's hard to get a video b/c the camera is in the way of my face a little bit which makes her stop smiling. I'll keep trying to get really good smile on camera, but for now here is our smiley girl. You might want to turn down the sound so you don't have to listen to my baby talk. Haha:)

Boo is doing really well in the sleep department! She is 7 weeks so I am expecting her to sleep through the night any day now. She has been making it to 4:30a.m. this past week so I think she's getting close. I had forgotten what it was like to get five hours of consecutive sleep. Lovely. That's what it is. :) Here's hoping she makes it even further tonight!

Busy Weekend

We were quite the busy little bees this weekend! We started off by taking S to her first baseball game! Daddy is volunteering with the local high school team so we get to go see him at all the games.

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It was beautiful outside! This has been the mildest winter we've had in a long time...so nice after the #1 and #2 worst winters (since the 20's) and quite a difference! I remember K and I abandoning several games last year b/c it started snowing. Grandma and Grandpa came over to see the kids and the game and stayed the night on Friday. As you can see, S was riveted by all the action of her first baseball game. :)

Daddy volunteered to help make wooden cars for AWANA at the church on Saturday morning so he and Grandpa went and did that while Grandma played with the kids and I cleaned the house.

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Then we had some good friends over for dinner with their little boy, R. He and K had a great time playing and us adults had a wonderful time visiting!

Then Sunday morning was church and lunch with Noni and Papa. Here are the girls in their Sunday best...minus K's tights...not sure where they went. :)

Then it was naptime and another dinner party with another set of good friends and Uncle Sean too! Here is K with her little friend E. This picture cracked me up. :)

E loves music, so of course he and K had to spend some time delighting us with their musical stylings. Isn't he a cutie?? :)

K's really getting into it here...a little elbow action always makes things more exciting. :)

E's mom is my best friend from high school so it is so much fun to experience the joys of parenthood together. She and I are planning our high school reunion for this summer...I can't believe we are old enough to have these adorable little kids and be planning our 10 year reunion!

And I thought this was a fun picture b/c it shows all three kids together. There is R and his mommy on the left, K and I, and E and his mommy on the right. The boys were born only a week apart and E was born on K's 8 month birthday! (Wow, I feel like I am on an alphabet episode of Sesame Street...sorry if all the letters are confusing!)

Thanks for the wonderful weekend everybody! It was so fun to catch up with you all! K keeps talking about the boys and asking when they are coming again. :)

Lambin'

Noni and Papa's sheep are lambin' once again. They have eleven new babies! K just loves to go out to the barn and help Noni feed the sheep, and she does a pretty good job. The little ones aren't as skittish and let you pick them up.

They are so funny to watch. They jump and frolic around and butt their heads together. So cute!

I think this little one was only a day or two old.

So long folks. We're going to frolic off into the sunset. :)

P.S. I think I had the settings on the blog set so that people couldn't comment anonymously, but I fixed it now.

March Madness

My friend Rachel from http://www.graspingforobjectivity.com/ is hosting a contest for March Madness brackets. She had her daughter, Ali, fill one out and it was so cute I decided to let K do the same. She made her choices this morning during breakfast. Here's a little clip of the action. I'm sure her predictions are going to take it all the way! :)

I don't know if I was even pronouncing it right but she chose Siena and Montana for the championship game with Siena taking it all...and I believe her stellar basketball forecast rests solely on the fact that "Sie-na is my cousin!" And she has a friend named Montana, so we can guess how that one made it to the final game. :) We'll see how her cousin does in college basketball. If you want to play in our tough-competition game, there is already one 2 year old and one 3 year old in there - so don't expect to win :) just go to Rachel's website and fill out your own bracket. Happy picking!

"Laugh With Me!"

I have been meaning to document some of K's funny sayings, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I am going to remedy that today! I have a piece of construction paper in the kitchen where I scribble them down, so I thought I'd better post them before something happens to it. These go back a ways so I'll post the date too.

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October 9th

We went out to dinner and we didn't notice but apparently T had finished his Pepsi b/c the next time the waiter went by she said, "Scuse me!! My Daddy need more Pepsi!"

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October 14th

T was heading out the door for the day and K called out, "Bye honey! Have a good day!" I guess I say that often. :)

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October 19th

We were at the mall that afternoon and K didn't want to ride in the stroller but was having a hard time remembering to stay close to us. I told her if she got too far away again she would have to ride. A few minutes later she was once again running around and darting behind clothes racks. I knelt down and went over the whole safety lecture again and told her she would have to ride in the stroller. She really didn't want to so she put on a big smile and in her sweetest, most convincing voice she said, "I'm sorry Mommy! Thank you for dinner!"

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November 29th

I was telling T about something funny that happened and got tickled. I was laughing so hard that tears started rolling down my face. I was still pregnant with S at the time and I was holding my belly, which was jiggling and making T laugh. Apparently we were getting too carried away because K looked at me with a perplexed expression on her face and said, "Calm down child!"

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December 19th

It was a few days before Christmas and I told K that Aunt Karen was coming in just two days. She jumped up and down and said, "O-tay! I so escited! She nice to me."

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January 1st

This one is the reason for the title. K started saying, "Want to laugh with me?" and then she would proceed to laugh hysterically even though nothing had happened. For weeks she would just randomly stop and say, "Laugh with me!" then double over clutching her stomach and laughing heartily at absolutely nothing. :)

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January 2nd

We were at Grandma and Grandpa's for New Years. K was having so much fun with her cousins that she waited too long to head to the bathroom. She peed all over the floor while trying to get her pants off. I hadn't told her to apologize but when Grandma came down she said, "Damma, I sorry, I pee-pee on your tarpet."

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January 4th

Daddy went into her room because she was still talking in bed at 9:00p.m. He told her to stop talking and go to sleep. She promptly responded with, "No thanks Daddy. I don't need to sleep."

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January 8th

I had been nesting like crazy and K, of course, watches everything I do with observant eyes. I didn't realize how much so until she started taking things off the shelves at Walmart. When I told her to put them back she said, "I'm organizing Mommy. These shelves need organizing."

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Well, that's all for now. I have some more but this post is getting kind of long. I will do another one soon. K is constantly cracking us up with the things she says and does. Sometimes it is just the tone of her voice or an expression on her face. Last night during bath time I told her to stand up so I could wash her booty. Usually she grabs on to the edge of tub so she doesn't fall, but last night she turned around and put her arms on the wall like a criminal who has just been told to "spread em". T and I both burst out laughing. She definitely makes life amusing!

Simply Unpredictable

Toddlers are so unpredictable sometimes. Case in point: One of K's jobs is to feed Webster every day. We have Izzy's food in a bin, but we leave Webby's puppy food in the bag in the laundry room. I was nursing S the other day when this conversation took place...

K: "Webby need food Mommy."

Me: "Okay, go ahead and get him some."

She skips off to the kitchen to get his bowl.

A few minutes later she comes back.

K: "Mommy, I spilled."

Me: "Okay, well go pick it up and then put his bowl in the kitchen, please."

K: "Okay!"

She skips off again.

By this time I'm done feeding S. Assuming that K has things under control I go and change the baby's diaper. At this point T walks in the door, just getting back from baseball practice. He heads toward the kitchen. He's comes into the nursery a few minutes later.

T: "Have you been in the laundry room?"

Me: "No, why?"

T: "You better come see for yourself."

We walk into the kitchen and look through the door to find this...

"Mommy, I spilled" may have been an understatement.

She has performed this chore over a hundred times, but the unpredictability of living with a toddler decided to come to the fore today.

Thankfully Daddy helped her clean up the mess and I didn't have to deal with it. Oh the joys of parenting. :)