3 Months

Now that she's almost 4 months old, here are some pics from 3 months...


What's our 3 month old up to?

• Talking away.  Hmmm...I look back in Adde's baby book and read how she was "talking" non-stop as a baby.  Not sure if Mark or I will get many words in anymore.
• Still a peanut - 11 lbs. 8 oz. and 21 3/4 in. long
• Sleeps like a champ!  12-13 hours at night and takes a few naps during the day.
• No longer wants/needs to be swaddled to sleep.  Prefers to have her arms up in the air.
• Does not enjoy being rocked or held to go to sleep.  Does better if she is put in the crib and fusses herself to sleep.  
• Wants to be social.  Is happy if she can see your face, however, she doesn't like someone (ie Adde) in her face all the time.
• Enjoys watching Adde wherever she goes.
• Laughs out loud.
• Can have enormous blowouts - biggest one ever happened tonight before company came.
• Melts your heart with her beautiful smile.

Thank you Jesus for another beautiful baby girl!  We are so grateful to have her as part of our family.

Titus is 5

We had a great day doing something special for T-man...making dog cookies.  Adde loved it and I enjoyed having her help because I didn't have to worry if she added the wrong amount of something or touched the dough after picking her nose.

Rolling...

cutting...

icing (with egg)...

ready for the oven...

yummy!  She actually tried one and said it was "chokey", I think meaning that it was hard and she couldn't chew it.

adding "frosting" and 5 candles.  (She has now added two more pieces of clothing to her outfit that came out of the laundry.  She also selected the yellow bee shirt to wear with purple pants.)  We put an Adde (big gingerbread man), Ella (little gingerbread man), and two heart cookies on his cake.

Here are two movies of her trying a second cookie and then lighting and giving the cake to Titus.

T-man, we love you!  Although our house would be a lot less hairy, we would miss you terribly.

Plenty

We have been blessed with lots of snow this November and December. Since Adde cannot pronounce the "sn" sound, we hear "Mommy, can we go out in the "no"?" And she makes "noballs" and "nomen". But she has fun. Just don't take her to the hill at the gas station to go downhill sledding.

Merry Christmas!

We went caroling with our MOPS group, so I got out the festive gear. Notice Adde is not in the picture...thanks for two year old attitudes. So we had to go back in the archives to find one. See any resemblance?

I guess I tried a bit harder with the first child...notice the tree in the background and the white cover over the bouncy.  Poor Eleanor is just plopped on the couch. (Just to clarify, the top picture is Eleanor and the bottom is Adde.)

Piling Up

I love to read, but time is sparse. Here's the pile I am working on right now.

Siblings without Rivalry - Fascinating...thanks to ECFE teachers for recommending.
Bittersweet - Short, thought provoking chapters.
Parenting with Love and Logic - Let's just say I refer back to this one ALOT!
The Me I Want to Be - Sort of stalled out on this one for a while, but intriguing insights into who I am.
The Power of a Whisper - Our small group study right now...very challenging to stay in tune with the voice of God.
The Bible - Most of my time is now spent in Isaiah.

Any other good reads out there?

Favorite Tummy Time Pose

New Pictures

Adde's two year session plus a few family ones.  If you live in the Twin Cities and need a great photographer - AngelicJewel Photography by Erin Benner!


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Thankful

We have been so thankful of the warmer weather this week - in the 60s!  Amazing for a fall in Minnesota.  So we enjoyed a day at the park, which might be our last trip for a while.  We also bought a new lens for the camera and have been experimenting with that.  Mark is waaaaaay better at it than I am.

Family Fun Day

We are trying to be more intentional about having a family fun day - when projects are put aside, no cleaning can occur, and watching football games is prohibited. Just time to spend together as a family and have fun. Unfortunately, Eleanor slept through most of the fun, but soon enough she will join in.

This week we collected rocks and painted them like ladybugs.

Adde did help paint. Can you tell?

I guess Eleanor did participate too because when the bugs were dry, they were all lined up beside her play mat thanks to big sister.

Sharing

If Eleanor can have a turn,

then so can Adde.

Fun with Mom

Pink fingers and toes! Someone hasn't quite grasped the concept of fingernails and toenails.

Discovered...

that our pretend electric toothbrush noise for Adde makes Eleanor smile.  If it allows us to brush Adde's teeth with less resistance and makes baby smile, then it's worth it. 

Carving Pumpkins

Adde had a little lamb

Our cat...

and lamb.

Lots of animal kisses...

leave the little lamb confused.

Towers are so yesterday...

Instead of repeatedly building towers, lately Adde has moved on to building furniture.

A chair for Teddy...
A crib for Ella...
etc...
And below, a new bed for her and Teddy....

Uncle Tim Babysitting

Fun in the kitchen & Adde's new obsession

During Mindy and the "im's" visit (im's = Tim + Kim), Adde had great fun helping her Aunts in the kitchen... baking cookies, prepping meals, but most importantly making coffee.

Previously Adde loved to pretend she was haing coffee after Mimi's visits (Mimi insists on drinking the fake/gross instant stuff) and always wants Lana to wash out her paper coffee cups from Caribou..... 

However,the obsession hit a whole new level when Aunt Mindy broke out the coffee maker and let her help. Our coffee maker hasn't been out for few years since I get free coffee at work (plus its typically already made when I get there.), so Adde had never seen it before. 

As you can see in the picture, Mindy also let her play with a real coffee cup. Now Adde insists on having a real coffee cup to drink from every day. She has spent numerous hours at the counter and at the dinning room table 'drinking' from her coffee cup.

Adde around the house

 

"Adde's Funny"

A few conversations as of late:

While Eleanor is laying on the floor with her swaddle unzipped...
Adde:  I'm going to put her toes in.  How about that mommy?

We are having lunch.  She gets one mini cupcake.  She notices the plastic cupcake container from the grocery store that has sprinkles in it and starts eating sprinkles.
Adde:  I'm eating some medicine.
Me:  What?  You're having medicine?
Adde:  Yes, I'm having pills.  Just like Mimi.
Me:  Oh.
Adde: Does she take pills when she's sad?
Me:  No honey.  She takes vitamins just like Eleanor and mommy.  (I suddenly realize that she does not take vitamins.)  Maybe we should get some vitamins for you too.

Adde is getting a diaper change, and starts kicking her legs at me...
Me:  Adde, do you think you're being nice when you kick me?
Adde:  Yeah.
Me:  Um, try again.
Adde:  Was it a sad thing mommy?
(Can you tell she is trying to figure out what is nice verses "sad"?)

While singing a random song to Eleanor, I'm singing "the wheels on the bus go clickety-clack, clickety-clack, clickety-clack"...
Adde:  Mommy, no.  The wheels on the bus don't go clickety-clack.
Me:  Oh, you're right.  Do they go round and round?
Adde:  No mom.  It's the wheels on the TRAIN that go clickety-clack.  (She's right.  That is how the song goes in our kid's song book.)

While putting her to bed, we always ask who she wants to pray for.  Most often it is our friends who are in South Africa right now.  This particular night, she just had a break down because I would not read a third book - the potty training book.  I promised to read the book in the morning.
Me:  Adde, it's time to pray now.  Are you ready to pray?
Adde:  Yes. (in the midst of sobs)
Me:  Who should we pray for tonight?
Adde:  I want you to figure it out.
For the record, the first thing she told Mark in the morning was that mommy only ready two books last night.  She'll read the potty book now.

Let's just say we are constantly entertained. 

2 Months

Wow...she's two months old and becoming more opinionated!



A few stats about our 2 month old:

• 9 lbs. 14 oz. and 21 in. long.  She's a peanut.
• Has been sleeping through the night for a few weeks - typically 10-11 hours.  Glorious!
• Still enjoys the swaddle when sleeping.
• Smiles quite frequently, especially when getting her out of the crib.  Daddy finally got to see her smile when she was smiling at a friend from small group...oops.
• Starting to make some cooing sounds and communicate.
• Tracks her sister all the time with her eyes.  Perhaps as a safety concern??
• Does not really enjoy playing patty-cake with Addelynn.
• Is only eating from mommy.  Bottle feeding boot camp starts tomorrow night - please pray for us!
• Has captured our hearts already.  She's a keeper.

What we've been doing...

with Eleanor:
Talking on the phone,

taking her picture,

giving her lots of hugs,

and helping her go shopping.

Sisters are soooo much fun.