Back in October...

I know I am letting the blog slip. Here are some shots from October. Mostly of Halloween. Lars was a firetruck and Roxcy was Annie-- a costume Carol's mother made for her daughter. Vintage Annie. She looked so cute. They both did and Lars loved trick or treating. I probably already mentioned this...I can't remember. He went on a cute little ghost parade with his preschool and then there was the party at church and the actual trick or treating so he was loving it all.

It's getting coooold here. No snow yet but cold. I can not believe it is nearly December. What the what? So not ready but excited for the holidays with the kiddies. Lars is loving all the lights around town and I think this will be the first year where he feels the magic. Fun! 

My goal is to get November pictures up before December!

8 months.

Our girl is 8 months and has her first wee fever. She has a runny nose so it's probably a little virus. She's also has been chewing on her fingers all the time so maybe she has teeth coming. Who knows? She is getting up on all fours and doing some impressive scooting. She likes yogurt, avocado, banana, sweet potato and pears--all fresh. She much prefers it--who wouldn't? She really doesn't like bottled baby food much. I made all of Lars' food but I just can't seem to get it done this time around. I want to be better about introducing more foods to her --add it to the list of things I wish I could get done.   She has started pinching little bits of food on her own now.

She makes the funniest little grunting sounds and she waves. She's got the best giggle that is part laugh/part cry. She was sleeping really well for a while and I was feeling like a human being again but she started getting up more again. She is taking some good naps during the day though. She connects with anyone who shows her attention. She's a social little gal.

Future besties

This past weekend our good friends from Brooklyn came up with their daughter so our girls could meet! She was born one month after ours but is just a little bit bigger ;) They were fast friends.We spent the weekend eating some of the yummy recipes Mike and I have been perfecting--mainly Mike. He makes the most amazing crispy fried chicken. Then we made lots shakes and watched the second season of Dowton Abbey (i tried to temper my Bate hate but he is soooooooo blah).

Headed to Boston this weekend to pick up Joy and spend time with all the girls celebrating her 40th oh and watching the Oscars. The boys are staying home for a weekend of boy time. Mike is so excited!

2 months.

Here's our wee girlie. We have her 2 month appointment tomorrow and I am curious to see how much she weighs. She is putting on weight so much faster than her brother did. Things that he was wearing at 2 months and were kind of baggy don't fit her anymore. I mean, I know she isn't huge but comparatively, she looks like a chunk. Her brother didn't give his first real smiles until he was over 2 months and she's been smiling for weeks. She almost has a giggle--a little high pitched squeal. Just interesting to notice the differences but her smiles are magic!

She is sleeping well and for the past couple weeks, they both nap at basically the same time and then she sleeps again in the later afternoon. She actually kind of has a bedtime of 7-8:30 which she has created all on her own. Sometimes she will sleep up to 7 hours after going down but she isn't totally regular with that yet. She is getting pretty good at getting to sleep on her own. I used to get her to sleep in the night before I put her down after nursing but now I just lie her back in crib and she falls asleep eventually.

Yes, her hair is still definitely red and she has light bushy eyebrows. Her brother loves giving her kissed and comes to tell me when she is crying and that I need to hold her or give her milk. She is very patient with his antics but I guess she doesn't know any different- the plight of the younger sibling. She's really a very easy little person.

Our 6 week girl.

For the past two days, I have been able to get both kids down for naps at the same time--well overlapping for an hour. I feel like I have accomplished something really big here. Again, I doubt it will continue this way but it feels big for me (although quite little) and these days, it's all about the little things.

She is 6 weeks now and seeming less like a new born to me. I honestly don't remember what her brother was like at this age except he finally figured out how to breastfeed at 6 weeks and I stopped having to bottle feed and pump so much. She has been a gem in the eating department but throws some royal little fits that I don't remember so much with her big brother. But the baby haze doesn't help the memory. One things she likes is a good beating on her back. Really, it seems like you are pounding a drum but she settles down when you do it and she likes to be snuggled up when you do it. It's funny figuring out all the little things these little people like and don't like. 

Of course, the smiles are brilliant. 

and now I am going to go take my free hour (minus 15 minutes for this post) and go eat a cookie and watch something on Hulu. Oh and as I write this, I can hear my boy talking to himself up in his room. I guess he isn't sleeping. Hmmmm, oh well.