Grandma and Grandpa came in for Elliott’s baptism (pics to be posted soon). So that my mom didn’t have to sleep on the couch and my dad on a cot in the “office,” Natalie shared her bed. The idea was that she would sleep in her new Dora sleeping bag in our room.
It didn’t quite work out that way. Last night, she slept perpendicular between Jordan and me – without any sheets because she gets hot. That made for a squishy, chilly night but who can mind when this is the face you wake up to?!?
Our neighbor has been asking me for almost two years to plant flowers in a pot outside our house. She even offered to get them at the store for us, which meant i didn’t need to go and took out the guess work of what to get, so I finally relented. (Plus, Natalie has been learning about gardening at school).
thanks for the gardening lesson, Susan! Can you help make sure we keep them alive? I will ask my Nana to help too!
As we prepared to water them, we had this exchange:
Mama: Natalie, lets to upstairs to get your watering can and wash our hands.
Natalie: No I don’t need to. I wiped them on your pants.
Indeed she had. Since she was late for school , I just let hand sanitize. The dirt on my pants (black yoga pants – one of the few pants that fit!) matched the spit up on my shoulder that I discovered at a doc appt. I am 100% mom. And I love it!
Will they always get along this well!?!
Yeah, we should definitely ask Dad if we can stay up late tonight! Good idea!
Your cheeks are just so kissable!!!
We have has some fun play dates recently. Elliott had his first play date without any toddlers around… Luke is the almost 4 mo old son of a friend from grad school.
Whoops, my hand is here. Can you grab it?
We went out to dinner with my bosses from work. Natalie loves chilling with Hannah and Jack who are both 3! Hannah is a big sis too so she and Natalie exchanged tips and tricks.
Three cheers for ice cream! Thanks for requesting dessert, Hannah! I didn’t know what it was but I am a fan!
Natalie is brutally honest many times. For example…. Yesterday, when I left the dinner table for a moment to get something, she told me that she dipped her fork directly in the hummus instead of dipping vegetables (even though we say hummus is for dipping veggies).
Yet, “My Mama/Dada told me…” is an increasingly popular refrain these days… when she wants to get something from one of us. In the last 24 hours, I’ve supposedly told Natalie that she can:
Doesn’t that sound like the kind of lax, anything goes parent that you’d imagine I would be?
One thing I DID tell Natalie was that today is her Daddy’s 32nd birthday!! Happy Birthday to our amazing Daddy !!!
You say its your birthday!!!
Yes, you can have a birthday kiss… And not only bc I want you to share these cupcakes!
We also celebrated Mammaw and PAppaw’s 61st wedding anniversary! Congrats!
Our friends Mike and Kay were brave enough to host an indoor Memorial Day party, which included kiddos. Natalie was happy to see Taylor but sad Molly couldn’t make it.
Are you serious? Wow
I’ll drink to that!
Diego, come back for the pic!
I am feeding Elliott in his room and Natalie just delivered my nightly vitamin. As She shut the door to Elliott’s room, she asked sweetly, “Do you need some privacy Mom?”
Why yes. Thanks! Next up, maybe I can have some privacy when I take a shower or go to the bathroom!
Addendum: she was back less than 2 min later to see if I finished my vitamin that she had delivered. I know I will miss it when my kids don’t need me quite so much!
Have you met my friends – Yellow, Green and Orange Faces?
I better taste this batter to make sure Dado will like his birthday cupcakes. Yep. Good. Wait, I better taste just one more time
P.S. If you have a chocolate and peanut butter lover in your fam, like we do, we recommend these Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes – http://www.bakedperfection.
Three year old birthdays are awesome! You are a hoot, Edmund!
(Note: Edmund’s whole fam knew about Natalie prior to her arrival. She is obviously a fav friend and the feeling is mutual!)
Elliott “turned” two months on Sun, May 19. I referenced Natalie’s 2-month post in writing this and am very happy that the first paragraph I wrote isn’t true for Elliott (knock on wood)!
“Natalie’s 2-month “birthday” was on Sat, Feb. 19. We’re a little late with the post because she has been fussy this week – she seems not to be sleeping enough during the day. She’s tough to get to sleep, won’t sleep well in her crib or swing or bouncey seat and often wakes up after 15 min. – usually b/c she needs to burp but needs help. Any suggestions?”
I'm two months old! My sister there was a small fry comparatively!
While by no means a shrimp, you can see Natalie at two months here.
I’m sure all babies are different, but I think it helps that Elliott is larger and we weren’t able to accommodate his desire to be held as long. Perhaps b/c we have 2 kids. Anyways, its working out great… I remember telling folks that I barely started to feel human until Natalie was 2 months old, but I’ve felt “human” a lot earlier with Elliott. I’m even working out some mornings – woo hoo! (Granted, I have a lot more “baby weight” to lose.)
Anyways, back to the 2-month update:
Weight: 14 lbs, 7 oz. (95th percentile) (Same percentile as his sister at 2-mo, though she was 13 lbs, 1 oz and had moved up a lot of percentiles, while he has remained the same)
Height: 25.5 inches (98th+ percentile) (Taller than his sister)
Head Circumference: 42.5 inches (98th+ percentile)
Basically, our 2-mo-old is the size of a 5-mo-old, according to the doc.
Who does he look like? Still looks like Natalie and Jordan
Personality: Sweet, Smiley, Easy going (especially relative to his sister)
Favorite Food: Mom’s Milk – about 7-8 times a day, with only one feeding between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 8 a.m. usually! He’s a champ at taking a bottle too.
Favorite Toys / Games: Peek-a-Boo with draping a cloth over his head, Flailing his arms around (which Natalie says tickles her), Patty-Cake, the Activity Mat, watching his Big Sister Natalie do anything at all and eye contact with anyone – which leads to a lot of cute smiles.
Big Accomplishments: Sleeping 12+ hours at night, with only one feeding. Having the world’s cutest smile (tied with his sister, of course) – does that count as an accomplishment? And, at the doctor’s office today, rolled over from his stomach to his back! Granted, I started him with his arms kinda propped up and the roll was probably an accident, but he’s definitely been kicking a lot while on his tummy!
So, you're telling me the only way to get off my tummy is to roll over? What's that?
Funniest Moment: Nothing too hilarious yet… maybe b/c we are such parent pros! (Just kidding). Jordan and I were giving him a bath a couple weeks ago and got to experience what its like to be parents of a little boy. He, um, squirted right in the air after awhile in the tub. Much better than Natalie’s post, which was projectile poop across the room and onto my jewelry box.
Big Excursions: Besides New Orleans, of course, Elliott’s biggest excursion was a trip to the Farmer’s Market on Saturday – where we met up with friends from college and their kids (Molly, Taylor and Hailey), combined with lunch out with Nana, Pop, Mammaw and Pappaw. No pics of Elliott to show for it though… he slept the entire 3 hours out. Which might have explained the relative difficulty we had with his sleeping for the rest of the day. Whoops. Such is the life of a 2nd child.
Big Sister’s Reaction: Natalie continues to be a very loving big sis. She smothers him with Eskimo kisses, forehead cuddles and hugs. I wonder if its just human nature to love and want to cuddle with things smaller than you… she does to him a lot of things that we would love to do with her but she doesn’t let us! He doesn’t protest a bit. 🙂 Natalie also always asks where he is… the answer is usually in his room sleeping (when we’re at home) or in the stroller (when I pick her up from school).
Thanks for the kiss big sis! Now, how about you let me go back to eating?
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