News Flash

A certain little baby, in a certain little house, where a certain little family lives, just happens to have slept through the night!!! YIPEE! She went from 10:45 last night to 6:15 this morning, allowing Mommy and Daddy to get a good 7 1/2 hours of sleep! (8 hours between feedings). Oh, what a beautiful day! As you can tell, I really like sleep! :)

Ironically, Boo slept through on the exact same day her big sister did...the night before they turned 9 weeks. Babywise says most babies will sleep through the night between 7 to 9 weeks.

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I LOVE Babywise! For some reason it seems like Doctors are against it and I have no idea why?!? We have a 9 week old baby and we just got 7 1/2 hours of sleep! What's not to like?

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My mom saw a episode of "The Doctors" about Babywise and the doctor was saying that he gets people coming in his office with malnourished babies. I'm not sure how that could happen since you are supposed to monitor their diapers and their weight to make sure you detect any problems right away. Boo is in the 75% for weight and one glance at those chubby little cheeks tells you that she is definitely not missing any meals. :)

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As far as I'm concerned it's a really simple program. A 2 1/2 or 3 hour feeding schedule, keeping them awake for a bit after they eat, and putting them to bed awake so they learn to put themselves to sleep. That's pretty much it. The hardest part is keeping them awake, at the newborn stage, after they've just eaten and have a nice, full, warm belly, but that's also one of the most important parts. Now that Boo is over 2 months she is in the habit of playing after she eats so we don't have to wake her up anymore.

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We are so thankful that my sister-in-law told us about it. We've had two successes with it so far and I am definitely using it with any other children we might be blessed with!

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YAY for sleep! :)

Palm Sunday

The children did a little performance at church this morning. Bug did a good job walking up there and staying put, but, like Christmas, she didn't do much singing. :)

Here is Boo wearing Bug's 1st Easter dress. Bug wore her dress from last year...still fits fine, just a little shorter. :)

I managed to get a little of video of one of the songs. I love that our church does things like this. It's such a good experience for kids to be able to do this kind of thing. Plus they are really cute. :)
P.S. Sorry the video is kind of shaky...half kneeling on the floor in a skirt will do that to you. :)

Silly Girls

Here is a little better video of Boo smiling, although she doesn't seem to like being contained. :) Bug is just being her usual silly self. :)

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.