LATE 2 year visit

Robby just had his two year check-up this past week (over a month late) and the here are the latest and greatest stats:

Weight: 32lb 20z (in the 90th percentile)

Length: 37.5 in (above 100th percentile)

He is continues to be a BIG boy with a big heart and an even bigger temper :) Like I continuously say, he is in the thick of the terrible two's. Aside from some of the unpleasantries associated with this age, there are some fun perks as well. He gives the biggest hugs and kisses now, especially after being in time out. He loves to scream all the way through prayers but as soon as we say amen he gets a big grin on his face and claps his hands with joy! He loves to jut out his bottom lip when he doesn't get what he wants. He loves to chase/ be chased by his big sister. He also loves it when she plays with him. Normally during the day I overhear him telling her "come pay (play) Sissie" or "Ma-ee (Maddie) les run." He still loves his blanket and pacifier and calls it "afi"- someday we may get rid of it....who knows.

It is so fun to see Robby talk more and more every day. Some of the fun phrases he now says include:

*"Daddy go bye-bye wook (work)"

*"I all done"

*"I see you"

*"More pease"

*"Hi baby, I lu (love) you"

*"Come pay ball"

*"Throw ball daddy"

*He now knows quite a few animal sounds and sometimes when we drive we play the "name the animal sound" game

*If Jesse is home in the morning when Robby wakes up, he usually volunteers to go in his room and will then go ahead and change his diaper. During the diaper change, Jesse loves to ask him what he dreamed about while sleeping. Robby has started copying his dad and when we are in the car driving I hear him saying " deam (dream) about cars, about trains, about balls, about planes, about trucks, etc."

*"No baf (bath), I pay (play)"-- this happens nightly

7 hours

congratulations mr. E!

your mommy is a happy girl after getting a solid nights rest.

he slept from 11pm-6am last night.

i could definitely get used to that!

Eli

10 weeks old and full of spunk

i just want to squeeze that little bum when I see this picture :)

he was showing us exactly how he felt about pictures

Dance Lessons

Last fall we signed Maddie up for dance lessons at a local dance studio called "Precision." This was her first official go at "lessons" other than swimming and at first I wasn't sure whether it would be a disaster or not. The first few weeks she REALLY struggled with listening to her teacher and would just randomly wander around the room, watching herself in the mirror, or hanging from the ballet bar upside down. Her teacher, Miss Michelle, would pick her up football style every now and again and bring her back to the rest of the class. Each week, after class, she would encourage me to continue bringing Madison to dance and tell me that it went a little better than the previous week. After several weeks of this, I started working much more and therefore I had others taking her to dance lessons for about six weeks.

When I finally made it back to her lessons I was shocked, elated, and thrilled to find that things had "clicked" with my little Maddie. She was standing in line, listening, waiting her turn, and dancing with the rest of the class. Not only that, but she had a big smile on her face the ENTIRE time and came out at the end of class bubbling with excitement about how well she listened to her teacher and proceeded to show me all her stickers she had earned in class. I am so glad we stuck with it and am so proud of my mini ballerina. I have to say that these lessons have helped immensely with her listening skills in an organized group setting and it's neat to see how much she has grown over the last six months. We cannot wait until recital time in May when she gets to dance with her very own daddy!

*fun pictures at dance lessons, courtesy of Jana (a fellow dance mommy)

2 months old

This post is a few weeks late, but better late than never :) Although he started out smaller than both of my other babies, he has sure been making up ground in the growth department. I tell myself that EVERY night when I seem to continuously get up to feed him! When he went for his check-up, the doctor was quite impressed that he had nearly doubled his birth weight and literally "jumped" up the growth charts.

Eli had his 2 month check-up a few weeks back and here are the latest and greatest stats:

12lb 15oz (60th percentile)

24.75 in long (75th percentile)

Caught It!