Claire at 3 months:
Madeleine at 3 months:
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Madeleine is Four Months Old!
Happy four-month birthday, Miss Madeleine! Here are a few tidbits about you:
You are growing, growing, growing! We just moved you up to size 2 diapers, and you're about to be too long for your 0-3 month sleepers. We have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, so we'll find out your stats then.
You have decided that giving Mommy a full night's sleep just isn't cool. She knew the 4-month sleep regression/growth spurt was coming but was naively hoping it would pass you up. Your bedtime is still 8:00, but you're up now around 11, then around 3, then again around 6. Wake up is around 8, but you go back down for a nap an hour and a half after you wake up. You also take a little nap around the middle of the day, then a nice long nap every afternoon. Night sleeping is still in your hammock, but we're working on getting you to sleep in your crib during the day.
You will take a pacifier while you're sleeping, but aren't a huge fan of them otherwise. You like to suck on the end half of your index fingers most of the time while you're awake, though.
You can move! You just started rolling from your tummy to your back about a week ago, and if it wasn't for that darn elbow you'd make it over from your back to your tummy.
You love to play! You have fun standing in your exersaucer and showing off your skills. The caterpillar thing Big Sister loved isn't really a favorite of yours, but it does work long enough for Mommy to get dressed in the morning. You don't really like your swing anymore, either, and would rather sit propped up on the couch.
Your smiles are a regular occurrence now, and you like to flirt with whomever Mommy is talking to while she holds you. Giggling is still harder to get out of you, but most of the time a little tickle under your chin works. You also love to laugh at Big Sister's antics. None of the rest of us know what she does that's so funny to you, but you are enthralled with her. You've also just started blowing raspberries, and they are a normal part of your cooing now.
You are growing, growing, growing! We just moved you up to size 2 diapers, and you're about to be too long for your 0-3 month sleepers. We have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, so we'll find out your stats then.
You have decided that giving Mommy a full night's sleep just isn't cool. She knew the 4-month sleep regression/growth spurt was coming but was naively hoping it would pass you up. Your bedtime is still 8:00, but you're up now around 11, then around 3, then again around 6. Wake up is around 8, but you go back down for a nap an hour and a half after you wake up. You also take a little nap around the middle of the day, then a nice long nap every afternoon. Night sleeping is still in your hammock, but we're working on getting you to sleep in your crib during the day.
You will take a pacifier while you're sleeping, but aren't a huge fan of them otherwise. You like to suck on the end half of your index fingers most of the time while you're awake, though.
You can move! You just started rolling from your tummy to your back about a week ago, and if it wasn't for that darn elbow you'd make it over from your back to your tummy.
You love to play! You have fun standing in your exersaucer and showing off your skills. The caterpillar thing Big Sister loved isn't really a favorite of yours, but it does work long enough for Mommy to get dressed in the morning. You don't really like your swing anymore, either, and would rather sit propped up on the couch.
Your smiles are a regular occurrence now, and you like to flirt with whomever Mommy is talking to while she holds you. Giggling is still harder to get out of you, but most of the time a little tickle under your chin works. You also love to laugh at Big Sister's antics. None of the rest of us know what she does that's so funny to you, but you are enthralled with her. You've also just started blowing raspberries, and they are a normal part of your cooing now.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Bluebonnets
We took some bluebonnet pictures of the girls while we were enjoying the bed and breakfast a couple of weeks ago, and I am so mad at myself for the way they turned out! I put the camera on the wrong setting, so the aperture (I think) was left open for too long, which made all the pictures look really washed out. L and I worked with some photo editing, but I think we're just going to have to go out again and take some more. Drat!
Here's an example of the way it was before: (Wouldn't this have been the PERFECT Texas picture???)
And here are a couple after playing with the photo editor:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Why there haven't been many pictures of Claire
C's going through a shy phase right now and doesn't want any pictures taken of her. When we try, we typically either get a glare:
Or a tongue:
We've even had to resort to bribing to get her to smile for a picture:
Birthday weekend
Daddy, Aunt Jamey, Grandma, and Grandpa all have their birthdays around the same time, so we usually do one big celebration for everybody. This year we stayed in a bed and breakfast out in Helotes and ate dinner at the favorite Grey Moss Inn. The grounds around the house were great--a catfish pond, lots of space to run around, and a bluebonnet patch for pictures! We played outside for most of Saturday afternoon, then enjoyed the air conditioning and some wine while the girls napped before our reservation. The girls did a great job behaving themselves at dinner. Claire sat nicely the entire three hours, either eating her dinner or coloring. And Madeleine slept just about the entire time. It really couldn't have gone better.
Happy birthday everybody!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
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