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Seven Months, and Snow
So my last post talked about how we had a snow day. Well, that little snow day was nothing compared to the week of snow we just survived. When all was said and done, we had 15 inches on the ground, and from Monday night to Friday afternoon, we didn't leave the house. While cabin fever certainly set in by the end, it did make for a beautiful sight outside. Here are a few shots looking out:
Max and I got out to play in the snow a couple times. He liked it much more than he did last year. We made a snow man and on Max's request, made a bed for the snow man to sleep in. We also made some snowballs, which he was eager to taste.
Max wanted to be sure I had a taste as well. No, he's not wearing snow boots because he doesn't have any yet. We had such a dry December I was remiss on acquiring some. He does have long johns under his pants though.
Then we came inside to warm up and made maple snow "ice cream." That was a big hit.
A couple random ones from the week:
Anna turned seven months old on Friday! Just when we think she can't possibly get any cuter, she manages to do it. At seven months, she is:
--Sitting up really well, though there's still the occasional topple
--Sleeping 11-12 hours most nights
--Napping two or three times a day for 20 minutes to 1 hour at a time
--Enjoying exploring solid foods; bread with hummus is a new favorite
--Always entertained by Max, especially when he runs or jumps
--Not too interested in rolling over
--Grabbing and chewing on anything and everything, but no teeth in sight yet
Official seven month pics!
Max and I got out to play in the snow a couple times. He liked it much more than he did last year. We made a snow man and on Max's request, made a bed for the snow man to sleep in. We also made some snowballs, which he was eager to taste.
Max wanted to be sure I had a taste as well. No, he's not wearing snow boots because he doesn't have any yet. We had such a dry December I was remiss on acquiring some. He does have long johns under his pants though.
Then we came inside to warm up and made maple snow "ice cream." That was a big hit.
A couple random ones from the week:
Anna turned seven months old on Friday! Just when we think she can't possibly get any cuter, she manages to do it. At seven months, she is:
--Sitting up really well, though there's still the occasional topple
--Sleeping 11-12 hours most nights
--Napping two or three times a day for 20 minutes to 1 hour at a time
--Enjoying exploring solid foods; bread with hummus is a new favorite
--Always entertained by Max, especially when he runs or jumps
--Not too interested in rolling over
--Grabbing and chewing on anything and everything, but no teeth in sight yet
Official seven month pics!
Snow Day
We've gotten snow here yesterday and today, with more predicted in the next few days, so it's a good day for blogging, warm cup of coffee in hand. We've had a great couple of weeks, just enjoying time with the kids, seeing some friends, relaxing around the house...well, and laundry, dishes, cleaning the bathroom, all those other around-the-house things that have to get done. Anna is getting really good at sitting up now. We still stay close just in case, but she has gotten much better at it just in the past week. Max continues to crack us up with his talking. The other day Jeff said something about a filter and Max asked, "Does it filt things?" He's also started to sometimes preface a sentence with "You know" as in "You know, I should go and get that ball." And the "Why" trend continues as strong as ever. I had to laugh yesterday. Max and I were driving to my mom's to drop him off for some one-on-one time at Grandma's house while I got together with friends. Jeff and Anna stayed at home. For several minutes we had a back-and-forth "why" marathon along the lines of,
"Is Daddy coming?"
"No, Daddy is staying home today."
"Why?"
"He's taking care of Anna."
"Why he is taking care of Anna?"
"She's too little to stay by herself."
"Why she is too little to stay by herself?"
Etc etc etc
We're starting the process of converting Max's room from nursery to big boy room. We just ordered him a new bed, but I think we need to sell it a little more...when I mentioned it to him, he said, "Can I just sleep in my usual crib?"
The fabulous Justine did Anna's six month photos last weekend, and shared a sneak peek here. We absolutely love them! She did such a great job capturing our beautiful girl.
Speaking of photos, I have some to share. First up, more adventures in self-feeding!
Asparagus requires great concentration:
Showing off her sitting up skills!
Our friends Angel and Eric got these cute shirts from Threadless for the kids when Anna was born. I put them on the other day when Angel and the girls were coming over to play. So cute!
The little girls chilling on the couch:
And hanging out on the floor:
Love this:
Max and Emmeline still do a fair amount of independent playing when we get together, but they are also starting to do more actual playing together too, and it's so fun to see. I took some pictures of them playing with construction trucks in the comfy chair:
The cuteness!
Max checking out our winter wonderland today:
We had to take a picture of this. Max wanted a carrot today (not cut into smaller pieces, thankyouverymuch) and wanted to eat it while sitting on the heat vent, enjoying the warmth.
"Is Daddy coming?"
"No, Daddy is staying home today."
"Why?"
"He's taking care of Anna."
"Why he is taking care of Anna?"
"She's too little to stay by herself."
"Why she is too little to stay by herself?"
Etc etc etc
We're starting the process of converting Max's room from nursery to big boy room. We just ordered him a new bed, but I think we need to sell it a little more...when I mentioned it to him, he said, "Can I just sleep in my usual crib?"
The fabulous Justine did Anna's six month photos last weekend, and shared a sneak peek here. We absolutely love them! She did such a great job capturing our beautiful girl.
Speaking of photos, I have some to share. First up, more adventures in self-feeding!
Asparagus requires great concentration:
Showing off her sitting up skills!
Our friends Angel and Eric got these cute shirts from Threadless for the kids when Anna was born. I put them on the other day when Angel and the girls were coming over to play. So cute!
The little girls chilling on the couch:
And hanging out on the floor:
Love this:
Max and Emmeline still do a fair amount of independent playing when we get together, but they are also starting to do more actual playing together too, and it's so fun to see. I took some pictures of them playing with construction trucks in the comfy chair:
The cuteness!
Max checking out our winter wonderland today:
We had to take a picture of this. Max wanted a carrot today (not cut into smaller pieces, thankyouverymuch) and wanted to eat it while sitting on the heat vent, enjoying the warmth.
Christmas 2011
We had a wonderful Christmas this year. It was very special to celebrate Anna's first Christmas and to spend time with family. We journeyed over the mountains to Greg and Leah's, and were lucky to encounter clear roads in the pass both directions. Oma and Opa had flown in the previous week, and we brought them back home with us to stay through New Year's.
Max really understood Christmas this year and enjoyed opening presents. Though in typical two year-old fashion, he would open one thing, play with it for a bit, and then get up and run around for a while. Anna of course had no idea what was going on, but was her usual happy self, charming the family as always. Max loved playing with Lizzie and Emma and spent lots of time with them this trip. They are so good with him and it is great fun to watch them all together. Of course there was lots of good food, including the traditional Christmas Eve fondue dinner.
Here's Opa and Anna when we arrived:
Uncle Greg getting his baby fix on Christmas:
Too bad there weren't any presents under their tree....
Let the present opening begin!
Hmmm, let me see how this outfit tastes....
Max was excited to find that Lizzie and Emma have a copy of "Guess How Much I Love You"--one of our favorites. Opa was happy to read it to him:
Greg has some construction safety gear for times when he is on-site. He thought it would be fun to outfit Max in his hard hat, vest and safety goggles. We all thought this was a great idea and would make for such a cute picture. Max, on the other hand, was not so interested. So this is the closest we got:
We always do Christmas crackers after Christmas day dinner. Here we are decked out in our festive crowns:
Max had lots of fun with Opa and Oma this week at our house. Turns out Opa can do shoulder rides just like Daddy!
My mom came over for dinner a couple times. We are so lucky that both sides of the family get along so well!
I had to try these new, cute Converse shoes on Anna:
Such a cute Santa baby!
Finally, not Christmas-related, but we tried solid foods for the first time this week. We're doing "Baby-Led Weaning" with Anna and it's working well so far. Basically the idea is to just skip the purees and go right to regular foods (prepared with safety in mind, of course). Anna is already a pro at grabbing the pieces of food and getting them to her mouth. So far she's had sweet potato, carrot, broccoli and even did a little gnawing on a piece of my steak!
Max really understood Christmas this year and enjoyed opening presents. Though in typical two year-old fashion, he would open one thing, play with it for a bit, and then get up and run around for a while. Anna of course had no idea what was going on, but was her usual happy self, charming the family as always. Max loved playing with Lizzie and Emma and spent lots of time with them this trip. They are so good with him and it is great fun to watch them all together. Of course there was lots of good food, including the traditional Christmas Eve fondue dinner.
Here's Opa and Anna when we arrived:
Uncle Greg getting his baby fix on Christmas:
Too bad there weren't any presents under their tree....
Let the present opening begin!
Hmmm, let me see how this outfit tastes....
Max was excited to find that Lizzie and Emma have a copy of "Guess How Much I Love You"--one of our favorites. Opa was happy to read it to him:
Greg has some construction safety gear for times when he is on-site. He thought it would be fun to outfit Max in his hard hat, vest and safety goggles. We all thought this was a great idea and would make for such a cute picture. Max, on the other hand, was not so interested.
So this is the closest we got:We always do Christmas crackers after Christmas day dinner. Here we are decked out in our festive crowns:
Max had lots of fun with Opa and Oma this week at our house. Turns out Opa can do shoulder rides just like Daddy!
My mom came over for dinner a couple times. We are so lucky that both sides of the family get along so well!
I had to try these new, cute Converse shoes on Anna:
Such a cute Santa baby!
Finally, not Christmas-related, but we tried solid foods for the first time this week. We're doing "Baby-Led Weaning" with Anna and it's working well so far. Basically the idea is to just skip the purees and go right to regular foods (prepared with safety in mind, of course). Anna is already a pro at grabbing the pieces of food and getting them to her mouth. So far she's had sweet potato, carrot, broccoli and even did a little gnawing on a piece of my steak!
Six Months
I have a Christmas post with lots of pictures coming soon, but in the meantime I wanted to put up a post to celebrate that our sweet Anna girl is six months old! It is such fun to watch her grow and change. Her official six months stats are:
Weight: 16 pounds, 5 ounces, 52nd percentile
Height: 27.17 inches/69 cm, 90th percentile
Head circumference: 17.4 inches/44.2 cm, 89th percentile
Her pediatrician said everything looks great, and Anna charmed her with lots of smiles and "talking." She's not quite sitting unassisted yet, but she's close. She can do the tripod sit for 10 or 15 seconds, and she can sit up and hold a toy for support briefly, but we keep our hands close by! We have seen her roll both tummy to back and vice versa, but she doesn't do it often. Mostly she'll get really close and then still can't quite figure out how to negotiate that arm. She continues her pattern of short naps and (mostly) great nighttime sleeping. She loves to watch Max do just about anything and laughs when he is running or jumping. She is very good at grabbing things and bringing them to her mouth, and really loves grabbing hair and glasses whenever the opportunity presents itself. She recently discovered her feet and it's so cute watching her play with them and chew on them. I got a couple pictures the other day:
Official six month pictures:
Look at those eyes!
Weight: 16 pounds, 5 ounces, 52nd percentile
Height: 27.17 inches/69 cm, 90th percentile
Head circumference: 17.4 inches/44.2 cm, 89th percentile
Her pediatrician said everything looks great, and Anna charmed her with lots of smiles and "talking." She's not quite sitting unassisted yet, but she's close. She can do the tripod sit for 10 or 15 seconds, and she can sit up and hold a toy for support briefly, but we keep our hands close by! We have seen her roll both tummy to back and vice versa, but she doesn't do it often. Mostly she'll get really close and then still can't quite figure out how to negotiate that arm. She continues her pattern of short naps and (mostly) great nighttime sleeping. She loves to watch Max do just about anything and laughs when he is running or jumping. She is very good at grabbing things and bringing them to her mouth, and really loves grabbing hair and glasses whenever the opportunity presents itself. She recently discovered her feet and it's so cute watching her play with them and chew on them. I got a couple pictures the other day:
Official six month pictures:
Look at those eyes!
Why?
Well, the "Why?" question has officially arrived and settled in in our household. In the past few weeks Max has been asking "Why?" to almost everything. We actually find it really fun to see his curiosity about how the world works. It does remind me that I should probably refresh my memory on some of those basic concepts I learned in elementary school. The other day Max asked, "Why is it foggy outside?" and I gave a general answer involving moisture in the air, but then I realized that also applies to rain...
Max still says the cutest things. The other day I had my hair pulled back, which was a change from how I usually wear it down. Maxwell noticed right away and commented, "Mama, your hair looks a little bit different!" He paused and then added, "But it's still you." Whew! Glad to know I am still me.
Anna is as cute as ever. Saturday I got my hair cut and was gone for a couple hours. She did great, had some tears at the bottle but ended up drinking a lot, so hopefully she continues to take the bottle (hopefully minus the tears!) come January when she's not coming to work with me any more.
We are having lots of fun with the Christmas season and the kids. Last weekend we went and cut down our tree. Yesterday we visited Santa. Last year's visit involved some tears, and Max wasn't too eager about this year either, but I'm happy to say it was a success! Max didn't want to sit on Santa's lap, but he sat next to him. Anna was a trooper and spent some time staring up at Santa before looking at the camera. We had plans to decorate our tree yesterday as well, but it turns out our lights need to be replaced. We put the tree up and got the decorations out while Max was upstairs for "nap" time. Last year he really liked an ornament that's a little Fisher-Price barn. You can open the door and it makes a "moo" sound and has little animals inside. We packed it away with everything else after Christmas and haven't talked about it since that we can remember. When Maxwell came downstairs he was thrilled to see the tree. He asked about lights and we explained those would be coming, and then he said, "Where is that little barn?" Wow. His memory is scary amazing sometimes.
Picture time!
One of those days where we feel so blessed to live here. Blue sky, sunshine, crisp air, and all the mountains were out:
Max admiring the "really big trees!"
This photo is totally blown, but I have to share it. Max said "We should get this one!"
The farm had sleds available for hauling the tree back. Maxwell thought it was pretty fun to pull:
Daddy hard at work on the chosen tree:
Anna and I supervised:
Success!
A couple randoms to close out:
Max still says the cutest things. The other day I had my hair pulled back, which was a change from how I usually wear it down. Maxwell noticed right away and commented, "Mama, your hair looks a little bit different!" He paused and then added, "But it's still you." Whew! Glad to know I am still me.
Anna is as cute as ever. Saturday I got my hair cut and was gone for a couple hours. She did great, had some tears at the bottle but ended up drinking a lot, so hopefully she continues to take the bottle (hopefully minus the tears!) come January when she's not coming to work with me any more.
We are having lots of fun with the Christmas season and the kids. Last weekend we went and cut down our tree. Yesterday we visited Santa. Last year's visit involved some tears, and Max wasn't too eager about this year either, but I'm happy to say it was a success! Max didn't want to sit on Santa's lap, but he sat next to him. Anna was a trooper and spent some time staring up at Santa before looking at the camera. We had plans to decorate our tree yesterday as well, but it turns out our lights need to be replaced. We put the tree up and got the decorations out while Max was upstairs for "nap" time. Last year he really liked an ornament that's a little Fisher-Price barn. You can open the door and it makes a "moo" sound and has little animals inside. We packed it away with everything else after Christmas and haven't talked about it since that we can remember. When Maxwell came downstairs he was thrilled to see the tree. He asked about lights and we explained those would be coming, and then he said, "Where is that little barn?" Wow. His memory is scary amazing sometimes.
Picture time!
One of those days where we feel so blessed to live here. Blue sky, sunshine, crisp air, and all the mountains were out:
Max admiring the "really big trees!"
This photo is totally blown, but I have to share it. Max said "We should get this one!"
The farm had sleds available for hauling the tree back. Maxwell thought it was pretty fun to pull:
Daddy hard at work on the chosen tree:
Anna and I supervised:
Success!
A couple randoms to close out:
Christmas Mini Session
We had a Christmas mini session with the fabulous Justine on Thanksgiving weekend. We just received our pictures and I love them all! Here are some I just had to share. Enjoy!
Thankful
I have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, and the holiday was a wonderful celebration of it. We were blessed to have Greg, Leah and Emma with us for the holiday weekend, and Shani arrived the day after Thanksgiving. As is always the case when people we love come to visit, the time went by too fast. Max enjoyed the extra attention from the company. One night we were all sitting at dinner and he had finished and was playing. All of a sudden he ran into the dining room and instructed us: "I'll say 'Ta Da!' and you say 'Miracle kitten!' Okay? Okay!" We all were laughing so hard we could barely comply with his instructions. "Miracle kitten" is an animal featured in a book he has about baby zoo animals, but we've never played "Miracle kitten" or used the phrase out of the context of the book, so who knows where he got the idea, but it sure was funny.
Anna charmed everyone with her cuteness and smiles, and did not want for snuggles from our visitors. Here are a couple pictures I took recently of her in the beautiful knit dress my cousin Julie made for her:
Some scenes from Thanksgiving. First thing that morning, with Aunt Leah:
We traveled to my Grandma's house for Thanksgiving dinner, along with about 30 assorted relatives:
That evening, there was tower-building at home:
Friday Maxwell helped Uncle Greg install a baby gate:
Leah taught Emma how to cross-stitch, she took to it like a natural!
An long weekend means extra daddy-daughter snuggles:
Max and Shani playing with the Magnadoodle:
Don't get too attached to what you wrote there, Shani, Max is quick to erase:
Grandma gets in on the action:
Shani's birthday was Sunday, of course we had to celebrate with cupcakes:
I know I say this all the time, but seriously, can you believe this cuteness?!
Anna charmed everyone with her cuteness and smiles, and did not want for snuggles from our visitors. Here are a couple pictures I took recently of her in the beautiful knit dress my cousin Julie made for her:
Some scenes from Thanksgiving. First thing that morning, with Aunt Leah:
We traveled to my Grandma's house for Thanksgiving dinner, along with about 30 assorted relatives:
That evening, there was tower-building at home:
Friday Maxwell helped Uncle Greg install a baby gate:
Leah taught Emma how to cross-stitch, she took to it like a natural!
An long weekend means extra daddy-daughter snuggles:
Max and Shani playing with the Magnadoodle:
Don't get too attached to what you wrote there, Shani, Max is quick to erase:
Grandma gets in on the action:
Shani's birthday was Sunday, of course we had to celebrate with cupcakes:
I know I say this all the time, but seriously, can you believe this cuteness?!
Five Months Old
Happy Thanksgiving, dear blog readers! I'll be back in a few days with more pictures from the holiday weekend, but I didn't want to wait any longer to get Anna's five month photos posted. At five months old, Anna sleeps wonderfully *most* nights, often logging a solid 8 hours. But she's sure to wake up more frequently every few days to keep Mama on her toes. On the flip side, she's not much for naps. If I wear her in the carrier, it's totally silent, and I bounce/walk/pat her when she starts to stir, then I can get an hour or so. But of course circumstances don't permit that most days. In her crib, she'll nap for 20 minutes and that's it. She's just starting to roll over but often still has trouble getting over her arm. She loves to watch her brother do just about anything. She remains a happy, smiley girl who constantly delights us.
Anna's continuing to be a tall skinny girl. She's wearing mostly six month clothing, but her six month pants are almost too short, and we had to move to nine month jammies for length and foot room. She weighs in at 15 pounds, 8 ounces. We are making some bottle progress, she takes an ounce almost every night. Hopefully that trend continues!
Pictures!
Anna's continuing to be a tall skinny girl. She's wearing mostly six month clothing, but her six month pants are almost too short, and we had to move to nine month jammies for length and foot room. She weighs in at 15 pounds, 8 ounces. We are making some bottle progress, she takes an ounce almost every night. Hopefully that trend continues!
Pictures!
Pictures
Just a quick drive-through post with some pictures! First, some assorted ones from our weekend, then our fall mini-session with the fabulous Justine. Enjoy!
Funny Guy
There is nothing like a two-year-old to keep you entertained! Max is constantly cracking us up. His variety of facial expressions, the way he talks, even how devastated he can be over something like his toast breaking into two pieces instead of one, it's all really cute. Recently he was upstairs for "nap" time and was of course not sleeping. When his typical calls to "Open my door!" or "I'm all finished" failed to bring me up to set him free, he got creative: "Mom! Mom! Open my door, I have a present for you!" Good thing he couldn't hear me cracking up at that one. Today he got it into his head to call Jeff "Sandwich." He was bringing things to him saying, "Here you go, sandwich!" If Jeff would call him a silly name in return he was quick to correct him--"No, I Maxwell."
Anna is entertained by Max also, she loves to watch him running around. The other day Max asked to hold her so quickly grabbed my phone to take a picture, and I'm so glad I did:
We've been making some progress on the bottle. She'll usually take an ounce, though sometimes there's more chewing on it than drinking from it. Maxwell wanted to help this weekend:
Anna modeling some of Max's old overalls:
Happy in the morning:
Yesterday morning Max decided it was Chester's nap time. He wrapped him up in a blanket, read him a book and sang him a song, just like we do at bed time.
This is a great capture of one of his hilarious facial expressions:
Anna is entertained by Max also, she loves to watch him running around. The other day Max asked to hold her so quickly grabbed my phone to take a picture, and I'm so glad I did:
We've been making some progress on the bottle. She'll usually take an ounce, though sometimes there's more chewing on it than drinking from it. Maxwell wanted to help this weekend:
Anna modeling some of Max's old overalls:
Happy in the morning:
Yesterday morning Max decided it was Chester's nap time. He wrapped him up in a blanket, read him a book and sang him a song, just like we do at bed time.
This is a great capture of one of his hilarious facial expressions: