Happy Easter!

Two months old

My sweet boy! You are growing like a weed.  I completely skipped out on your one month post.  It came and went so fast.  There is not a whole lot that has changed however, so I’m not that far behind.  You are a momma’s boy right now.  Grandpa says, you have an internal blue tooth device that goes off if I get too far away.  There have been a few times that you have been sound asleep and when I leave the room you wake up instantly.  You love your momma and that’s all that matters.  You have done well with the Zantac twice a day and I think I could safely say all of your symptoms are controlled.  I have forgotten, just one time, to give you both doses and you did seem to be a bit more fussy that day.   Dr. Nordby suggested we stick to nursing still every three hours in order to give the Zantac time to work.  You are smiling so much right now and starting to coo quite often. I just love it and your smile melts my heart.  Your big sister adores you and helps out with anything she can when it comes to you.  Her favorite is to help get the diaper and wipes when we change you.  She wants to be a part of everything and I couldn’t ask for a better helper. 

We all love you so much, my boy, and I know the months are going to continue to fly by like they did with your sister.  I will cherish every moment of your baby phase, each and every month.  We continue to pray for a healthy, blessed life for you, Ethan, and will do all we can to provide that for you.

Palm Sunday

Wow! What a difference a year makes.  We celebrated Palm Sunday like we did last year, with family and an egg hunt.  Ryan had to travel to North Carolina for work so he missed the egg hunt again.  During the church service, Kendall, Emory and Sullivan were part of the group of children that helped to carry palm branches to the front of the church.  Kendall held Lindy’s hand and followed the rest of the crowd.  She wasn’t sure what to think but didn’t make a peep.  Way to go big girl!Sullivan helped Kendall with the egg hunting when the eggs were hidden extra good or in hard to reach places.  Thanks Sullivan!  Kendall had a blast finding eggs and was so proud of each and every egg in her basket. I think Sullivan counted twenty one eggs in Kendall’s basket. Look at that happy girl and her cousins. Love Ethan’s face.  Looks like he’s checking out Kendall’s sucker.    My face is a little hidden but I love this picture of my and my first born!

Two month well check

Time has already flown by and it’s time for Ethan to start getting shots. How can it be?  I truly feel like I was just here with Kendall.  Ethan was not a fan of the scale.  These were the only pictures I could get on the scale.  I had to pick my sweet boy up quickly and make him feel better.  Dr. Nordby had all good things to say about Ethan.  One of the concerns I had was with him grunting, mainly at night.  I told her about a few things I had noticed and she asked me if I had noticed a couple things as well. Turns out, he has a mild case of reflux.  I would have never expected it.  We left the office with a prescription for Zantac to see if it will help. Definitely not the best quality of pictures but I had to get what I could when I wasn’t holding Ethan.  He wasn’t the happiest patient at this visit.  He’ll get used to it though.  He looks happy here but little did he know the shots were coming.  There was little to no crying from our big boy and the most of it came when the needle was removed, after the medicine went in his little leg.                                                           Height: 23 1/4 inches – 50th percentile

                                                           Weight: 14.3 pounds – 90th percentile

                                              Head circumference: 41 centimeters – 95th percentile

So pretty!

This is the first dress that she has worn and is actually “aware” it’s a dress.  She looks so pretty!! I don’t typically put her in a dress to go to day care because  I’m too worried she is going to play too rough and get bumps and bruises on her sweet legs and knees.  Thankfully she made it all day with clean knees and no scrapes to be had.  

A ponytail…

Brought so much joy to Kendall’s face.  We were reading bedtime stories and I was playing with her hair at the same time.  Although she still has such fine baby hair, I was able to get most of it up.  She thought this messy-almost all of her hair up pony tail was so cool that she asked to sleep in it.  What a cutie!!

Happy St. Patricks Day

We met some friends at a local block party for the third year in a row. It is family friendly and there is always a crowd.  Ethan fell asleep on the way and stayed asleep until we got home.  Ahh, the life of a baby.  Kendall wasn’t too sure about the crowd and wanted to be held quite a bit. We found a place in the shade, since it was 82 degrees, and watched some of the festivities.  She warmed up to the crowd the longer we were there although we only stayed an hour.  Ryan wasn’t feeling good and Kendall was getting antsy.  We did enjoy it for the time we were there. Faces of a two year old who sees her face in the iPhone camera. Love it! It’s funny how in the reverse camera mode on the iPhone, you think you’re getting a good picture until you see the real thing.  Oh well, at least we tried. LOL! It was such a beautiful day so I decided to take Kendall and Ethan for some ice cream and to the park while Ryan rested.  Kendall has only really had ice cream at birthday parties so I wasn’t too sure how she would do with a scoop of her own.  I ordered her some strawberry and I pigged out on mint oreo and chocolate chip cookie dough on a waffle cone (it was delicious)!  Kendall did great, didn’t even make a mess, until she wanted mine.  There was a few bites left in her cup when she offered me her spoon and said, “here mommy, you have this one” and then reached for my cone and said, “I lick it?” How could I say no, she wanted to share.  I didn’t feel so guilty with my order after my 2 year old ate half of it.I helped Kendall with the drips from the cone but otherwise she ate every bit of what you see here. This girl will eat anything sweet.  She looks so big eating the cone.When we were done with ice cream, we headed to Middleton Park for more outside fun.  We spent most of our time on the swing but did make it down the slide a few times.  I love watching Kendall at the park.  She definitely has no fear!