Easter and Sandbox

Our family!!!

Andrew and his friends Ella

Picture with Ella, her mom Alexa and their new baby Quin. (7weeks younger then Monica)

Andrew won this GIANT Chick at the church Easter Egg Hunt

The 8ft x 4ft, 16in deep sand box that Daddy built for Andrew.

John and all the kiddos (Maria, the girl I nanny for is 2 now)

4 months

Monica just had her 4 month check up. She is 25 1/2 in (85%), 13lbs 14.5oz (50%) and her head circum. is 16 1/4 in (50%)

Compared to last check up she jumped way up in the height chart. From 30% to 85%. She's finally starting to the scale for our families. :)

As you can see she is changeing more and more each day. Her current favorite things are, laying on the floor, kicking and pushing herself on her back, talking and grabing at things.

We had a wonderful Mother's Day with Nana. She even sent John and I away for a night in Estes while she kept the kiddos. They had a great time, and so did we, except that I was up most of the night having "mo guilt" for leaving Monica when she had a fever from her shots. She's such a great Nana.

Here are the latest pics...

The tutu is my newest hobby.

4 month pic with Hoppy

Mother's Day Weekend with Nana

She is now eating cereal once, sometimes twice a day. She loves it. But makes a huge mess.

I've given up... I have a thumb sucker!

3 months... already???

Not only can I not believe she is 3 month, but Andrew is 5 yrs old. Where did the time go?

Moncia is still a great sleeper. As long as we "gut bust" her each night... a.k.a give her 4 oz of formula after her last feeding... she will sleep from about 9pm-7am. She is still in love with lights. We got her a Twilight Ladybug which shines stars on the ceiling. It's now the only way she will go to sleep at night.

Here are the most recent pics of Monica and Andrew!

Fun the "The Farm"

First time in the Mega-Saucer

The three new dresses Grammy made

Smiley! :)

My new favorite headband

Monthly picture with Hoppy

Ready for Spring

Maria is doing great with "Baby Caw" as she calls her. She's such a little Mother. She does get a little sad/jealous when I'm nursing but she lights back up when I let her sit by us. However she doesn't like Andrew to get near her. She yells "ME BABY!!!!" a.k.a. "my baby". She has even gotten upset when she wakes up from a late nap and realizes that I've already left for the day. Let me re-phrase that... that Monica has already left for the day! :)

Maria trying to help me carry Monica

I think we all have a bit of cabin fever. Andrew has been begging to go to the park near our house. So the first half-way warm day we had I ventured down there with all three kids. Andrew walked, Maria rode in the stroller and Monica rode in the Baby Bjorn. Andrew and Maria had a blast, while Monica slept through the whole thing. It's been fun to watch Andrew grow through the years on the park equipment. Now it's Maria's turn. This was her first year to climb around and even slide down all by herself. She's such a big girl now. I can't believe she'll be two in about a month. Here are some pictures from our recent venture!

The first time he climbed this slide was when he was only 11 month old. Hard to believe that was over 4 yrs ago!

2 months and full of smiles

As of yesterday (one day before her two month birthday), Monica is full of smiles. She had smiled off and on at daddy and often smiled at me as soon as I'd change her diaper. But now as long as she sees you and hears you, her little face lights up! I am starting to see a lot of similarities to her and Andrew. One of which is how, at this age, when they smile big they pull up one of their forearms right up to their little mouth. Unfortunately I couldn't catch that one of camera yet.

Over the past month, Monica has gained a lot better head control and now doesn't mind tummy time as bad. However when she's done she continues to flip herself over then get mad that she's still on the floor! Her acid reflux seems to be getting better or at least stabilizing with the meds. She has been down to only one feeding a night since 3 weeks and has made it all the way through the night about 5 times. We moved her to her room, and she didn't seem to know a difference... just like her brother.

We are both currently fighting thrush, which SUCKS!!!!! At least for me. It doesn't seem to be bothering her at all.

Here are the most recent pictures.

Bright eyes

Little spring outfit that Grammy made her

The adorable sun hat that Grammy made for her

I did a good job of catching this one right before she screamed. It almost looks like a cheesey smile.

2 month picture with Hoppy

10lbs 10.2oz and almost 23in.

Cuddle time