new April pictures

Here are a few new pictures for your viewing pleasure:

Nathan is a good big brother. He likes to take care of Caroline. When he "holds" her, he often wants to cover her up (with HIS blanket no less) in case she's cold.


Ok...so she doesn't look so thrilled. She really does love me, though!


Caroline does pretty well sitting propped up. When she decides she's finished, she just leans forward into a face plant. She doesn't seem to mind a bit, though.


I just thought this one was kinda cute.


We recently got out the exersaucer that we bought with a gift card from some people at Matt's office. She isn't playing with the toys at this point, but she seems to like being upright.

comparisons #2

So...here are two comparisons of Caroline and Mommy at about the same age:

comparisons

People ask me all the time if Caroline looks like Nathan. Well, I have pulled a few pictures of Nathan about the same age as Caroline is now. Let me know what you think.

bowling night

We had a "Family Fun" night tonight. We went to Pizza Hut and bowling. This is the second time Nathan has been bowling. He bowled a 53. Most of that he did completely on his own. I think that's pretty good for a 3 year old. (Ok...so he had bumpers to help...) Anyway, here are some pictures:

amn't and long sleep

Matt and I continue to be amused at Nathan's mispronunciations of things. I now have a new favorite, though. Amn't. This would be Nathan's negation of "am." Rather than try to explain, let me give you an example: "Mommy, I amn't hungry anymore." It's so funny to hear!

The last two nights, Caroline has slept 10 and 9.5 hours. It makes me want to try putting her down after her 8:00 feeding. I'm not entirely sure I'm ready to make that jump, though. We're definitely headed toward a 12 hour night!

Just so you know, in the first overall picture of Nathan and Caroline, Nathan is trying to "help" Caroline keep her hand out of her face.

the lastest on the littlest

Caroline has become a WONDERFUL night sleeper! She is now regularly sleeping around 8.5 hours at night. Yay! I feed her at 10:00 and then she is asleep by 10:30 or so. She has been waking up around 7:15 or so. On occasion she'll get up earlier (6ish) or later (8ish), but 7:15 is probably the average. I am so glad to not be getting up in the middle of the night. We've already backed the last night feeding up to 10:00 from 10:30, but we'll probably keep heading that direction.

She continues to interact with us more and more. She loves to smile and "talk" to people. She really likes for people to talk to her. I definitely think she's on her way to being an extrovert. Maybe Matt and I can get a video up before too long.

Caroline has found her hand over the last couple weeks. At first she began by licking at her closed fist. Eventually, though, she began to get her fingers or thumb in her mouth. Most often, she finds her fingers. When she sucks on them in her bed, she really smacks on them. It's funny to listen to her. She seems to get comfort from it, though.

As a very simple wrap-up...Caroline is definitely a different child than Nathan...even at this young age.

Here's a new picture:

hunting eggs

Nathan finds and egg and looks to see what's inside.


He also enjoyed shaking the eggs to listen for money.


Here's the money.

the kiddos and their parentos

what a big girl we have

Yesterday morning, I took Caroline to the doctor for her 2 month visit (we delayed it a week, so she's really more like 2.5 months). She's gotten so big!! She is now weighing 12 pounds, 6 ounces and is 23.25 inches long. She jumped from the 25th percentile to the 75th (if measured at 2.5 months rather than 2 months). We knew she was getting big, but it's nice to put a number to it. Can you believe she grew 3 inches in 2 months???

In other news, we have gotten on a pretty good schedule with her eating and sleeping. That has really helped things for me (along with starting back to aerobics). She's a lot of fun these days because she really likes people to talk to her. She does lots of cute smiling and "talking". She is also a strong little girl. She holds her head up very well and does very little bobbling. She can support all of her weight standing and can sit propped up without falling over. It's so much fun to watch all the many changes of a little bitty baby.