Friday, October 30, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
October
Kylie is growing super fast and is now over 11 pounds! I've even had to move her to size 2 diapers. she's doing well and I've even begun introducing the bottle to her and she's starting to pick it up. Not well enough for me to leave her somewhere yet but we're on our way. She's slept at least 7 hours the past 3 nights so I'm hoping it's a pattern. Now to get her to sleep in her crib. We'll be working on that :)
Jared's brother got married on the 17th and all of us except for Kylie were in the wedding. A good friend of mine came to help keep an eye on Kylie which was so helpful. It was a crazy, busy, and exhausting weekend for us but it seemed to go really well. I was SO nervous about what the boys might do during the service. We had several plans to fall back on and they did well overall. They were perfect at the rehearsal (they walked down the aisle with Jared and back with both of us) but it did become clear to us that the real rings should NOT be tied to the pillows :) We were out late at the rehearsal dinner and I was concerned about the kids sleep. However, all 3 kids slept long and it was pretty calm getting ready to go the next day. The boys were great about their outfits and loved the flowers they had pinned on. Not too cooperative for pictures but at least behaving. Right before we walked down the aisle (the music had allready started in) we realized Jackson had stinky pants but we could do nothing at that point so he (and those in smelling distance!) had to deal with it during the ceremony! As they came down the aisle they did great but it was obvious they were curious and a little nervous about why there were so many people and everyone was looking at them. They calmly sat on the stairs and when Jared went to sing they were supposed to go to the front row with Jared's sister's boyfriend. They didn't want to go (they didn't make a scene though :) ) and just stayed on the stairs. During the song they took the fake rings off the pillows and tossed them to the floor, and unpinned their flowers and attempted to pin them back on each other. I was the only one witnessing this and I was accross the stage and could do nothing. It was eventually resolved and they sat on Jared's mom's lap for a couple minutes and then Jaden laid on the floor and sucked his thumb :) They did great the rest of the day and I was so relieved! :)
We went to the pumpkin patch (think those pictures were in the last post) and that was fun! I'll get pics up eventually of the pumpkin carving. My birthday was on the wedding day and though it didn't feel like my wedding day at all, it was still fun :) The boys and Jared made me a layer cake. Jared had never made one before and...it looks like the boys made it by themselves :) But it was nice - and yummy!
The boys say so many funny things lately! Some of them aren't really funny but they seem funny to us because they don't say things like that (well, they do now) Sadly for me I cannot remember any to write down right now except one. As you will see in a picture at the bottom Jackson got my boppy pillow and put his frog (his FAVORITE animal that he ALWAYS has with him and does all kinds of things only people do :) ) on the pillow and said to me "I feeding my froggy now. I need to pump. Please go get me the bag" It was so funny but very cute. They are singing now too. Jesus loves me and ABCs are the current favorite - but will randomly come out with songs sometimes and will sing along to songs they know on TV - so cute! They are also growing like weeds. We bought them jeans a month ago that were quite long and my parents brought a bunch of shirts that fit them at the time but they were really swimming in them. None of these are too small now and I'm sure they'll still be wearing them all for quite a while - but they fit perfectly now and are not at all too big.
The boys love their sister so much and like to help! Jaden especially. He'll ask where she is if she's sleeping upstairs and if she cries he'll sing her a song or rock her chair or look at her. Kylie loves to look at him and will always stop crying. he gets very excited about that.
Sorry for the randomness of these posts. I wait to long inbetween and try to gather all my thoughts in several brief, rushed sittings. The result - completely random, forgetting things, and disjointed. Even now I have no idea what I said at the top of this post. Oh well :)
Here are 2 sets of pictures. The first set is from the camera and if I remember correctly contain random pictures, wedding pictures, and birthday pictures. The second set is a bunch of random ones I just removed from my phone.
Jared's brother got married on the 17th and all of us except for Kylie were in the wedding. A good friend of mine came to help keep an eye on Kylie which was so helpful. It was a crazy, busy, and exhausting weekend for us but it seemed to go really well. I was SO nervous about what the boys might do during the service. We had several plans to fall back on and they did well overall. They were perfect at the rehearsal (they walked down the aisle with Jared and back with both of us) but it did become clear to us that the real rings should NOT be tied to the pillows :) We were out late at the rehearsal dinner and I was concerned about the kids sleep. However, all 3 kids slept long and it was pretty calm getting ready to go the next day. The boys were great about their outfits and loved the flowers they had pinned on. Not too cooperative for pictures but at least behaving. Right before we walked down the aisle (the music had allready started in) we realized Jackson had stinky pants but we could do nothing at that point so he (and those in smelling distance!) had to deal with it during the ceremony! As they came down the aisle they did great but it was obvious they were curious and a little nervous about why there were so many people and everyone was looking at them. They calmly sat on the stairs and when Jared went to sing they were supposed to go to the front row with Jared's sister's boyfriend. They didn't want to go (they didn't make a scene though :) ) and just stayed on the stairs. During the song they took the fake rings off the pillows and tossed them to the floor, and unpinned their flowers and attempted to pin them back on each other. I was the only one witnessing this and I was accross the stage and could do nothing. It was eventually resolved and they sat on Jared's mom's lap for a couple minutes and then Jaden laid on the floor and sucked his thumb :) They did great the rest of the day and I was so relieved! :)
We went to the pumpkin patch (think those pictures were in the last post) and that was fun! I'll get pics up eventually of the pumpkin carving. My birthday was on the wedding day and though it didn't feel like my wedding day at all, it was still fun :) The boys and Jared made me a layer cake. Jared had never made one before and...it looks like the boys made it by themselves :) But it was nice - and yummy!
The boys say so many funny things lately! Some of them aren't really funny but they seem funny to us because they don't say things like that (well, they do now) Sadly for me I cannot remember any to write down right now except one. As you will see in a picture at the bottom Jackson got my boppy pillow and put his frog (his FAVORITE animal that he ALWAYS has with him and does all kinds of things only people do :) ) on the pillow and said to me "I feeding my froggy now. I need to pump. Please go get me the bag" It was so funny but very cute. They are singing now too. Jesus loves me and ABCs are the current favorite - but will randomly come out with songs sometimes and will sing along to songs they know on TV - so cute! They are also growing like weeds. We bought them jeans a month ago that were quite long and my parents brought a bunch of shirts that fit them at the time but they were really swimming in them. None of these are too small now and I'm sure they'll still be wearing them all for quite a while - but they fit perfectly now and are not at all too big.
The boys love their sister so much and like to help! Jaden especially. He'll ask where she is if she's sleeping upstairs and if she cries he'll sing her a song or rock her chair or look at her. Kylie loves to look at him and will always stop crying. he gets very excited about that.
Sorry for the randomness of these posts. I wait to long inbetween and try to gather all my thoughts in several brief, rushed sittings. The result - completely random, forgetting things, and disjointed. Even now I have no idea what I said at the top of this post. Oh well :)
Here are 2 sets of pictures. The first set is from the camera and if I remember correctly contain random pictures, wedding pictures, and birthday pictures. The second set is a bunch of random ones I just removed from my phone.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Newest Update
This post will be kindof random since I haven't posted in a while!
Our family is doing great! Adding a 3rd child has not been super challenging to this point. Kylie is a great baby and a great sleeper. She does have her fussy moments but we're able to handle whatever happens much easier than when we had TWO fussy babies :) She's still sleeping in our room in her swing and gets up once, occasionally twice to eat in the night. I just moved her pack and play into our room today and I'll try that tonight. If she does fine in it I'll be happy to put her in her room but probably only until after she eats the first time - then back to our room. Sometimes she wakes up between 5 and 6 to eat and I'm worried she'll wake the boys and they won't go back to sleep. I'll probably wait until she's sleeping past that time to keep her in her room the whole night.
Speaking of the boys....they're doing well. The get really excited about Kylie and like to help with her. They are also rarely getting up before 7 and will play together in their room for a while before I need to go get them which is really great! They like to make sure they have our attention but other than that don't seem terribly affected by Kylie's arrival. At this point Kylie still sleeps so much that I still get focused time with the boys. It's really only when I'm feeding her that I have to explain that I can't help them with things until she's done - but they've been fine with that. I will say there have been a couple of times Jared hasn't been home to put the boys to bed and Kylie has been crying for food at the same time - so that's tiring but it only lasts a few minutes :)
Kylie has been out so much more than the boys ever were at this point! She's gone on dates with Jared and I and slept the whole time, been out to eat a few times, gone to the mall with mom, and a variety of other things. I just can't get over how different it is this time around! Not just the fact that we're not new parents and it's only one baby, but our lives are much more settled (we moved the weekend we brought the boys home last time).
We took Kylie for her 2 week appt and she's doing great. I think she weighed in at 9.26 pounds and 22 inches which is all somewhere in the 75th percentile maybe - but I don't think they did a very good job of getting those measurements so I'm not relying on that :) We weren't super excited about the dr we saw - though she was very nice or her nurse. Also, Kylie went through at least 5 diapers just in the office and then ruined her outfit, then was starving and we finally just left and got her all resituated in the van. It's also not very comforting to come into the PACKED waiting room with people who are obviously sick and one was even wearing a mask. Yuck! We'll try a new dr for her 2 month appt and if we don't like her we'll send her to the boy's dr (who we love) until she's older and then try again for a female. I do have a scale at home though (the boys had feeding issues) and last night she was 10lbs 13oz! She's in 0-3mo clothes and I'm not sure how long that will last! She's getting huge and not so newborn-like anymore!
Here are some pictures of the past couple weeks. It includes pictures of us going to the pumpkin patch with some friends. We had alot of fun and Kylie did great! She's crying now so I'll have to post more later...but for now...here are some pics!
Our family is doing great! Adding a 3rd child has not been super challenging to this point. Kylie is a great baby and a great sleeper. She does have her fussy moments but we're able to handle whatever happens much easier than when we had TWO fussy babies :) She's still sleeping in our room in her swing and gets up once, occasionally twice to eat in the night. I just moved her pack and play into our room today and I'll try that tonight. If she does fine in it I'll be happy to put her in her room but probably only until after she eats the first time - then back to our room. Sometimes she wakes up between 5 and 6 to eat and I'm worried she'll wake the boys and they won't go back to sleep. I'll probably wait until she's sleeping past that time to keep her in her room the whole night.
Speaking of the boys....they're doing well. The get really excited about Kylie and like to help with her. They are also rarely getting up before 7 and will play together in their room for a while before I need to go get them which is really great! They like to make sure they have our attention but other than that don't seem terribly affected by Kylie's arrival. At this point Kylie still sleeps so much that I still get focused time with the boys. It's really only when I'm feeding her that I have to explain that I can't help them with things until she's done - but they've been fine with that. I will say there have been a couple of times Jared hasn't been home to put the boys to bed and Kylie has been crying for food at the same time - so that's tiring but it only lasts a few minutes :)
Kylie has been out so much more than the boys ever were at this point! She's gone on dates with Jared and I and slept the whole time, been out to eat a few times, gone to the mall with mom, and a variety of other things. I just can't get over how different it is this time around! Not just the fact that we're not new parents and it's only one baby, but our lives are much more settled (we moved the weekend we brought the boys home last time).
We took Kylie for her 2 week appt and she's doing great. I think she weighed in at 9.26 pounds and 22 inches which is all somewhere in the 75th percentile maybe - but I don't think they did a very good job of getting those measurements so I'm not relying on that :) We weren't super excited about the dr we saw - though she was very nice or her nurse. Also, Kylie went through at least 5 diapers just in the office and then ruined her outfit, then was starving and we finally just left and got her all resituated in the van. It's also not very comforting to come into the PACKED waiting room with people who are obviously sick and one was even wearing a mask. Yuck! We'll try a new dr for her 2 month appt and if we don't like her we'll send her to the boy's dr (who we love) until she's older and then try again for a female. I do have a scale at home though (the boys had feeding issues) and last night she was 10lbs 13oz! She's in 0-3mo clothes and I'm not sure how long that will last! She's getting huge and not so newborn-like anymore!
Here are some pictures of the past couple weeks. It includes pictures of us going to the pumpkin patch with some friends. We had alot of fun and Kylie did great! She's crying now so I'll have to post more later...but for now...here are some pics!
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