Monday, May 21, 2012

4 months

Our pretty girl is 4 months old! 
 She smiles a lot, and that makes us smile a lot. (photo below not typical)


 She loves her daddy. I think he likes her pretty well too.


At 4 months, Ivy is...
-Sleeping through the night sometimes but not every night. I'll take what I can get. Other nights she wakes up around 3.
-Eating 5-6 times a day (depending on if she eats in the middle of the night)
-Taking 3 or 4 naps a day usually lasting between 1 and 2 hours
-Smiling a lot, babbling a lot
-Laughing! I love this stage.
-Holding her head up well. We are working on tummy time and rolling over.
-15 lbs (70th percentile), 24 inches long (50th percentile), and her head is 75th percentile. 

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Ezra 34 months

I'm posting this a bit early since I won't be able to post much once we get to camp. 

Whew. This month has been full of so many ups and downs. We are still working on getting Ezra fully potty trained and it has been frustrating and emotional but also a great time for him. It's so fun to see the pride in his face when he acts like a big boy. 

Ezra is extremely independent these days. Basically, if he doesn't think something is his idea, he doesn't want to do it, so we have to make him think everything we want him to do is his idea. It's an artform, really. :) He is so cute, quirky, and funny. He is getting much better at expressing himself. He repeats everything we say. Sometimes it's cute and sometimes not so much. 

Some things I want to remember...
This afternoon Ezra and I were playing catch outside when he turned his hat backwards, put his hand on his hip, looked at me smiling, and said, "How I look?"

Things he's saying these days...
When he goes to bed at night, we say I love you, then he says "I love you more" and we say "I love you most."
"Leave me alone!"
"I love you. Have a good day." (at night)
"I see you in the morning too."
"Are there any cars coming?"
"Does that sound like fun?"

Here is Ezra with his superkids teacher, Ms. Lyneil. He loved her and she was a wonderful teacher and an Aggie...even better! (also, she is the mom of three boys so she just did a great job with Ezra and always gave me great advice). Thursday was his last day and I was really sad about the end of his first year at "school." It just feels like he is getting so big and I know I will be dropping him off at kindergarten before I know it.
 Ezra and his best buds Aiden and Trevyn