March 12, 2012

New ride

Sister got to ride in the push car to the park the other day! Kade was not so sure about haring but got used to the idea. She loved her new view and kept kicking her legs with excitement! She was the hit of the park that day!







Can you see Kade's stick collection in the front part? Yup, that's a new obsession as well. Stick collecting happens if we are outside, and I am told "DO NOT touch my sticks."

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Hide and seek

Hide and seek has become a VERY popular game in our house lately. We play all the time! Kade prefers to count, but will hide sometimes! He gets so excited! The boys were hiding in Kade's tent the other night! They looked so cute in there!






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The Pout

I'm no sure why BOTH of my kids have mastered the pout, but they have. Maybe it is a trait the inherited from us (we will go ahead and say it is from Bryan ;)) but either way, by 6 months both had it down. And everytime I see it, I can't help but laugh! You kids sure are dramatic!







Both pouters at 6 months old!


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Pep talk and after school snack

Ella is getting SO close to crawling. She has been rocking on all fours for about a month and can kind of move forward a little. She is getting too big!!




Here Kade said, "hurry up, Ella! Get a move on!" Great pep talk Kade!







We went to Sweet Sammie's for an after school snack the other day. While pushing the stroller Kade told me, "I got it mama, you can go to the car!"

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March 7, 2012

Ella Claire 6 months old!

How can it be that my little girl is already half a year old. Where did the last 6 months go? If she is 6 months old, that means Kade is 2.5 years old! I am enjoying every second (OK, almost every second :)) of being of mom of two. I am getting the hang of this finally. And I can officially say we are settled into our life as a family of four. For a while it didn't seem really, then is was SUPER hard, and now we are all settled in. Just took us 6 months!

Ella is still the most 'chill' baby on the planet. She is so laid back, and loves to watch all the craziness around her. But we have started to notice a little sassiness come out at times. She is definitely voicing her own opinion these days. It's just through crying, and yelling instead of talking. She laughs all the time. ALL THE TIME. If Kade is in the room or just in her eyesight, all eyes are on him and all he has to do is move and she laughs. She has started some solids and likes mostly everything that we have tried. I did try giving her a puff the other day and she threw up. So we aren't quite ready for those solids yet. She is so close to crawling. I mean so close. I think every day she will take off but not yet. She gets up rocks, rocks, rocks, then screams out of frustration. Soon enough, sweet girl, but I'm not quite ready for that! At her 6 month appointment, she did great! She had to get quite a few shots that made both of us upset, but the doctor said she was growing right on schedule! I lost the information sheet but I remember her percentiles, her stats were:

Weight: 14.15 lbs (a little less than 50%)
Height: 75%
Head: 50%








February 22, 2012

Lovely

We played outside yesterday in this lovely weather we have been having! Both my kids love to be outside!!!




Side note to Ella in the future: you do have other clothes, I promise. This was the same day as music class and this is the perfect in between weather dress I think :) I'm ready for warmer weather so you can wear all your cute spring summer dresses!




Oh how I love this boy! I mean, who wouldn't want to wear their bike helmet while they mow the grass with Tow Mater!


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Rocker

Ella has been getting up on all fours and rocking for about 2 weeks. We noticed her doing it in her crib and she has finally gotten to the point where she does it all the time now. She has moved her legs forward and not her arms which caused a face plant, and also moved her arms forward and not her legs which caused a belly flop. Sooner or later she will figured out how it all works! I'm hoping it will the later because I am my ready for a mobile baby! Plus she is too content just sitting and playing! Who needs to crawl?!

Last night, Kade got down on the floor in front of her while she was rocking away on all fours and told her, "Come on Ella! Get a move on!"





She was grinning ear to ear! This girl loves her brother!

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