Friday, March 15, 2013

Audrey is Nine Months Old!

Audrey

The title of this post could have been, "Audrey has been Nine Months Old for Two Weeks!", or "Audrey--Nine Months--Better Late than Never!"  Haha.  I feel so lame, but at the end of the day, I often lack the motivation to edit the pictures and write the post.  Or I am cleaning up after you and your brother go to bed until it's almost my own bedtime.  Either way, here is your nine month post in all of it's late glory.  You are SUCH a sweetheart!


You would NOT SIT STILL!  haha.  When we took these pictures, your Daddy was off to the side and would not back up.  I had to cut him out of almost every picture because he was so afraid you were going to fall out of the chair. 
  • At the doctor this past Monday, you weighed 18 pounds 4 ounces.  I think you were a little over 28 inches tall, but I'm not 100 percent sure.  You are definitely "tall and skinny."
  • You are still wearing mostly nine months size clothes for tops and six or nine months for bottoms.  Your size is hard because, again, you are tall and skinny.  The sizes that you could use length-wise are not that great for your skinny belly.  I have purchased mostly 12 and 18 months clothes for the spring and summer--hope that you will get to wear them all!  
  • You are still wearing a size 3 diaper.  I think that you will for a while.  I would say that we do your cloth diapers about 75 percent of the time.
  • You have two teeth that are actually through the skin.  You have one tooth on the bottom and now one on the top.  I keep calling you "Snaggletooth" because those two teeth just crack me up.  I'm wondering when you will get the other two "matches" to those teeth.  You just get cuter and cuter each day!
  • You smile and laugh at us all the time.  You really enjoy watching us (particularly your brother) being goofy and playing games with you.  
  • Your hair is getting longer and longer and your mohawk seems to be starting to lay down a little.  This is so sad to me!  You have had that thing since you were born and it's a sign of getting to be a big girl.  Noooooooooo!  Haha.
  • You now do a very sweet wave.  You'll wave and kind of say "haaaaaaaah."  It's your version of saying, "Hi!".  So sweet.  I am working on "peek-a-boo" and of course "momma" and "daddy" and "brother."  No such luck on those so far! 
  • Your eating habits are about the same.  You seem to be eating a little bit more quantity-wise, but nothing majorly new.  You have been eating carrots and green beans that I'll break up into small pieces for you, and you seem to like them!  I am just going to gradually continue to give you little non-choking-hazard pieces of what we're eating and see how you do with them. 

It seems like there aren't major things to update, but I will say that you really are getting sweeter and sweeter by the day!   And really......you will NOT sit still!

Monday, March 4, 2013

Parker's Third Birthday Party!

We had Parker's third birthday party this past weekend.  The theme was "Jake and the Neverland Pirates."  It was a fun party!  I was so busy prepping and socializing that I completely forgot to take pictures until it was time for the kids to do their activity--decorating cupcakes!  I saw this idea on another blog and thought it would be fun since there would be an age range.  The kids all loved it!


Haley and Ian--major concentration going on. 


Parker and Kaley decorating.  SO much hair being held back by his headband!


She was so funny.  She was eating the sprinkles instead of the cupcake!


Miss Jaidyn.  Great at posing for the camera!


Onlookers.


Happy birthday boy!

 

Haley's creation.  She did great!


The aftermath.  You can imagine how many sprinkles were on the floor.  Haha!

After the kids were done with their cupcakes, we moved on to present opening.  Parker got the best gifts!  He was so happy and has a lot of toys to look forward to using outside in the summer.  

 

Daddy was his helper.


Opening his Skull Island toy!  He liked. 


This was Parker's new inflatable pirate ship for the pool.  It looks awesome!

A few takeaways from the party:
  • I am the best mom ever because I totally forgot about singing the birthday song!  Who does that??  We got caught up with the cupcake decorating, and it just slipped my mind.  Of course, no one reminded me either, so it was everyone else's fault, too!  We did sing it on his birthday even though he freaked out when we did, so he did officially turn three.
  • Wyatt was sick, so he, Amy, and Jimmy all had to miss!  Omi and Roger also skipped because they were coming off of illnesses.  This has been the craziest week of sickness--I'm thankful that we were even able to have the party!  
  • We had pizza and a bunch of different dips--again, all food that he doesn't even like.  I made cake pops and cupcakes that I thought turned out pretty delish.
  • The kids spent the majority of the party in the playroom.  Luckily we had plenty of adults that could rotate in and out to supervise.
  • Audrey was a little unsure about the whole thing.  I think it was just too much for her.  There were so many people there, and she was pretty fussy the whole time.  Again, we were lucky to have plenty of people there that wanted to hold and love on her! 
  • I chose not to invite any of the kids from his school because he didn't ask about it one time, and it was easier that way.  
Now I have a baby girl's one-year old party to start thinking about!  It will be nice to have a party where everyone can go outside and enjoy the weather (hopefully).  We did have fun at this party, though, and are so thankful to have so many relatives and friends that want to celebrate with us!