Sunday, February 21, 2016

Happy Valentine's Day! ♡

We had a fun Valentine's Day together! Jacob was really excited about making a "Balentimes" heart cake, especially adding the icing and sprinkles!







Daddy and Jacob put the exersaucer together for Lydia. She really likes to be upright these days so she can watch her big brother!



I was able to go to Wee Trade (children's consignment sale) last weekend, which I always look forward to. It was slightly stressful though, because Lydia wouldn't take much of her bottle while I was gone. I had to go back and forth to feed her. But we made it work, and I'm really excited that I found a double jogging stroller for the kids! I also found this "back-etball" jersey for Jacob.




And I had to include these cute pictures of Daddy and the kids reading bedtime stories!





Jacob was been really into snuggling this week! He begged me to let him hold "Baby Girl" and then gave me this face for a picture!






And last of all, we celebrated Nolan's 1st Birthday yesterday! He slept through most of his party, but when he was awake he wanted hang with Lydia and I!



Lydia is 3 Months Old!

As always, I'm late posting, but wow! It's hard to believe that our sweet Lydia Kate is 3 months old! She is changing daily and continues to bring so much joy and love to our little family!


At 3 Months, Lydia...

▪Weighs about 13 pounds and 3 ounces
▪Is about 25 inches long
▪Is ready to move up to size 2 diapers
▪Mostly wears 3 month clothing, except for jammies - she is so long that she has to wear 6 month PJ's
▪Rolled over (tummy to back) for the first time on January 29th!
▪Loves to watch Jacob - She follows his every move!
▪Has made HUGE improvements with her car seat! The screaming/crying in the car has dramatically decreased!
▪Is very interested in her hands/arms - loves to swing and wave arms, as well as bat at dangling toys
▪Has become very distracted while nursing - unless she's sleepy and/or super hungry, she's constantly off and on trying to look at Jacob or looking at her waving arm (not fun for Mommy!)
▪Can OFFICIALLY drink from a bottle!!! Up until a week or so ago, she was only taking about 1/2 an ounce, and that was a struggle. But something clicked, and now she's taking 2 - 3 ounces - even from Daddy! This is incredibly exciting for me! It took 8 (long, stressful) weeks to get here! (Update - she has since decided to stress Mommy out by refusing her bottle, again.)
▪Still loves bath time!
▪Wants to sit up during awake time - tried out and loves the Bumbo Seat and high chair!
▪Mostly sleeps good stretches at night, but has trouble napping during the day unless being held
▪Smiles ALL the time! ♡
▪Did her first true laugh!




Here's a picture of Jacob at 3 months. They have the same surprised expression!




Friday, February 5, 2016

RV and Boat Show!

Today might have been the best day of Jacob's life. We went to the RV and Boat Show at the AG Center with Grandaddy. I mean, come on - big vehicles AND Grandaddy? Does it get any better than that? I'm not sure who had more fun!



"Come on, Grandaddy! Let's hide!"




This Class A was on sale for only 400,000!









We had such a fun morning and made lots of sweet memories!