'Liva's house

This morning we went over to Christine's house to hang out. I didn't get the camera out until the very end of the visit, so I didn't get pictures of Eli playing with Angela's ceramic birds, or them fighting over the Handy Many tools, or chasing each other with the stroller. I did, however, get pictures of Eli throwing dirt everywhere...

And when I tried to get pictures of Olivia, she would only pose in the chair :)

She's so cute!!

She also got to hold Leah a couple of times. She LOVES babies :)

We had loads 'o fun, and Eli was wiped out by the time we left. Leah...not so much, but Eli took a good nap :)

Sleep In Heavenly Peace...

This morning Leah slept until 8:20. I got to sleep until 7:00...until Eli crawled in bed with me and played until 7:30 when I got up. Did I mention Leah slept until 8:20? I haven't slept in that late without getting up in the night for a very long time (though Leah no longer nurses in the night, she usually wakes up and needs her pacifier...more on that later...). We got up and got ready to go to the class I teach. I got Eli dressed, then realized it was pretty warm out, so I took the hooded sweatshirt off...

...but apparently he wanted it on...hood and all. I'm thinking he's a Michigan fan (Go Blue!)

On the way home he was apparently wiped out...I love that he is using his cup as an elbow rest...and you can see bits of granola bar on his lip :)

Leah was out too. Pretty blurry picture of her. I was taking these as I stopped at red lights, and I can't see Leah while I'm driving, so I took this one kinda blind. I posted it only because it's so cute to see her sucking her thumb :)

I think I've created a monster, however. This is how Leah MUST sleep. She's swaddled so tight, and the blanket has to come up and hold the pacifier in. She'll sleep in the car seat, but if she's in bed, she's gotta be swaddled...and when she works her way out, she wakes up...which is fine, unless it's 2 am. Then it's annoying.

She looks like a little mummy :)

Did I mention she slept until 8:20 this morning? Without waking up in the night? Oh I did? Sorry.

We'll work on breaking the 'swaddling' habit another night. Tonight she's snuggled up tight :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope your Valentine's Day was lovely :) Leah borrowed her brother's bib...(He wore it HERE)
She's getting so big! Sorry...no pictures of Eli. He was running around all day, and I just didn't get any of him.
Edgar got me flowers for Valentines Day. So pretty :) I love having fresh flowers in the house. He knows that. He did good :)
Leah went for her 4 month appointment today. She is now 27 in. long (99th percentile) 16 lb 6 oz (91st percentile) and her head is 16 inches around (30th percentile...) She's good and healthy...with a small head :) She got 2 shots, but did amazingly well. Very few tears, and the she fell asleep on the way home.
This afternoon was spent baking Ben's birthday cookies (almost done!) and making chicken pot pie. Then tonight I tutored a girl in Algebra I. It's been a while since I've tutored one-on-one, and I had fun doing it. I kinda miss it :)
And that was our day.

Fun first :)

I have tried several times to upload a video...but I think it is entirely too huge (231,000 KB...) so I am going to give up and just tell you :)

Leah rolled over for the first time last night. And has since rolled over a bunch of times today. I actually caught her VERY FIRST roll over on video. But you can't see it, because the file is too big. Unless you want to come over to my house and see it. Too bad for those of you that live too far away ;)

Just thought I'd share :)

Our Half-time Entertainment...

Hope your half-time was as fun as ours ;)

Just a couple pics

I was going through pictures tonight, trying to get them organized...there are so many I wish I would have posted...I still might post a few, but these were a couple that I thought you'd enjoy seeing :) Really trying to do better with keeping the blog updated...the big problem is, our internet slows WAY down at night, and that is when I can usually post...and it takes for.e.ver to upload...so that's why I haven't been posting as often.

Anyway...enjoy :)

Just a quick 'sit', but she's getting closer to sitting :)

Four months old :)

Believe it or not, 4 months has already gone by. My little girl has changed so much in the past 122 days. I realized today was the 'four month mark' right before bath time, so I took a couple of pictures with just her diaper :) She has gotten so chubby :) We took a trip to the dr. this week to check on her eye (she's fine) and she weighed in at 16 lb 2 oz. I had a couple of pictures of her legs-they are amazing. You have to peel the rolls back to clean them :) So cute! But the pictures were blurry, so I didn't post them.
I also gave her a 10 oz bottle on Wednesday, and another 10 oz bottle on Thursday...my little girl can eat! (she did eat other time other than these 2 bottles...my point is, she at 10 oz at one time :) )
She is getting close to doing a lot of fun things. She seems like she's about to roll over, and she can sit for 2 seconds before she falls over, but she's on the right track. She smiles and giggles all of the time-especially at her big brother. Today we were at the park and Eli was swinging, and Leah thought that was hilarious. She's also pretty ticklish, which is fun for mommy. Today was the first day she went to a 4 hour eating schedule. I wasn't really planning on putting her on a 4 hour schedule yet, but with church today, we didn't get home until noon (she had eaten at 7:30) so I figured I'd try it out today. She ate at noon, again at 4:00 and seemed completely fine. She got fussy at 7, but made it until 7:30, so I think we'll go with that schedule again tomorrow...the only problem is she doesn't usually wait until 7:30 to eat in the morning. Blah. Sorry, I just read over the whole eating thing, and I was bored by it. I think I could have just said 'she's a good eater' and you would have gotten the idea. She is also a good sleeper. She goes about 10-11 hours at night. It's a wonderful thing.
She's my pretty little girl, and we love her :)