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19 December 2011

Santa!

This year and last year, we visited Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Pendleton Fire Station.  Ryan's Uncle Steve is a volunteer fireman there and he invites us to join their great (and free!) celebration.

A few of Santa's reindeer (or reindeers as Tyson calls them) hang out and wait for Sant to visit all of the little kids:


Hi spooky reindeer eye.



Not just reindeer, we also had cousins!


And more cousins:


Cookies.  Yum.


and more cookies.


A baby sister too!



A little bean bag toss while we're waiting in line...


Finally, a turn to sit on Santa's lap!  Tyson was less than impressed.  He looks a little scared at first, but Morgan and Quinn don't mind at all.


Santa's trying to talk to him and Mr. Sassyface doesn't want anything to do with him:


Quinny's taking in every word.


By now, he's just ready to get the heck out of there!


All in all, he did better than last year.  Look at how teeny Morgan was last Christmas...only 3 months old!


On the way there, asked him what he wanted Santa to bring him for Christmas.  He said "umm, cars."  I asked him what else and his response was, "umm, scissors".  I don't think he got his requests out though.  Maybe next year.

12 December 2011

trying so hard

Remember when I said my favorite baby stage was when they were big enough to sit up and play with toys, but not mobile enough to go anywhere?  That precious stage lasted a mere two weeks with little Q.  She's trying so hard to crawl. 

This makes me sad for so many reasons.  My baby is growing up.  Way, way too fast.  Taking care of her is about to become 100x more difficult.  Mobile babies are hard, ya'll.

She starts out sitting so nicely.


Then the lunging starts




She pushes her legs out behind her


And she's ready to go!


She can't quite get the mechanics of moving her arms and legs but it won't be long.  She can already pull herself around a bit on her belly.  Watch out world!

28 November 2011

Thanksgiving Weekend 2011

Just a little recap of our fun, busy and exhausting Thanksgiving weekend.

A turkey cheeseball I made. 

Well, to clarify, I made the felt turkey head in about 5 minutes (thank you Pinterest!) and arranged the crackers and pretzels.  The cheeseball was made by Psi Iota Xi Sorority in Peru, Indiana.  If you can get your hands on one of their cheeseballs, buy it.  No, buy 10.  And freeze them.  And enjoy them all year long.  They're that good.  If you're a cheeseball fan, of course.


Morgan (13m) and Quinn (6m) on Thanksgiving Day:



I don't know why Tyson WILL.NOT smile for the camera.  I guess this is how we'll remember him at 2 years old.  Smirky.   Bothered.  Interrupted.


We proudly cheered on our Hoosiers as they lost (again) to Purdue.  Maybe IU should just give up football altogether.  Despite our dismal team, these two make some pretty cute fans, including sweet Baxter cat hiding out in the corner.  



On Sunday morning, we met our Elf straight from the North Pole!  He's watching Tyson and Quinn and reporting back to Santa directly each day.  Tyson named our Elf Sparky, but he wants to change his mind every so often and rename him Scout. 



We decorated for Christmas and spent most of Sunday in our jammies while Daddy was at the Colts game.


Of course, we had to play with Lightning McQueen and Mater all weekend long. 


And then had "Thanksgiving" with Grandma and Pa W on Sunday night.  Pizza for Thanksgiving?  Delicious.  And easy!









21 November 2011

Quinn's 6 month stats

Weight: 15 pounds, 2.5 ounces (25%)

Length: 26 1/2 inches (75%)

Head Circumference: 45 cm (95%)

Her head is still huge!

20 November 2011

Quinn - 6 months!

Age: 6 months and a few days

Weight: She'll be weighed Monday. 

Height: She'll be measured Monday.

Size: We just moved into a size 2 diaper.  She's still wearing some 3m Carters (onesies), 3-6m pants, 6m Carters pants are too long, but pjs fit perfectly.  I'm ready for her to fit into her 6-12m wardrobe!

Hair: Still growing, but more down the top middle so it's kind of a baby mohawk.  It's still pretty short and thin along the sides.

Teeth: Her first tooth (lower left) popped through yesterday at 6 months, 1 day.  I think the lower right one is soon to follow because she's still drooly.

Sleeping:  She's sleeping in her crib in her room at night now.  No swaddle, no sleepsacks, just pjs.  She doesn't seem to like the sleepsacks and fights them the whole time. 

She goes down for the night between 7-7:30 and wakes for the day around 7am.  She takes 2-3 naps per day, depending on how long she sleeps.  Naps in her crib are hit or miss. Sometimes she'll only nap for 30 minutes, other times it's 2 hours.

She's still waking at least 1-2x per night, either for a paci or for a small bottle. 

Eating: 4-5 6oz. bottles of Alimentum throughout the day, one 4oz bottle in the middle of the night. We've weaned her off of the Prilosec with no apparent discomfort!  We gave her her oatmeal for the first time yesterday and she was pretty unsure about it.  She did a little better today, but she's not taking to it like her brother did.

Movement: She still rolls all over the place, but she is an unassisted sitter!  She can sit and play with her toys like a big girl.  This is probably my favorite baby stage because she can sit up, interact and play but she can't crawl yet.  Although yesterday she made it up on all fours and was lunging for toys. 

She's tall enough to bounce in her jumperoo now. 

Milestones:  Sitting up all by herself.

Favorite toys/activities: Chattering and smiling, Tyson, Baxter, playing with toys.

Dislikes: Being hungry or sleepy or burpy.

Words: None yet, just chattering and screeching.





19 November 2011

What a weekend!

I don't have a ton of time to update or post pictures, but A LOT is going on here this weekend.

1.  Tyson in potty training bootcamp.  We're having many failures, but several successes too!  We're so incredibly proud of him, especially since he had never peed on the potty before yesterday. 

2.  Quinn turned 6 months old yesterday and ate her first taste of oatmeal today.  And, a 6 months, 1 day, she has started lunging forward on all fours and her first tooth is visible (lower left) on her tiny gums.

Our babies are growing up!

15 November 2009

Tailgate

Tyson and I went and tailgated with Ryan and Troy before the Colts - Patriots game. It was Tyson's second tailgate and he was a little trooper!

It was pretty chilly, so Tyson was all bundled up in his Colts gear:



Hanging out with mama:



Fox and Tyson:



Colts Family:

10 November 2009

Mmmm Carrots

We moved on from oatmeal to carrots tonight and T loved them! I only measured out a small amount, but he ate it all.



Messy face



Eat it up :)

07 November 2009

First Feeding

Tyson had his first try at food this morning. Oatmeal cereal on the menu:



Sitting in the high chair, ready to go!



Not sure about this stuff:



Getting the hang of it:



Big boy!



Open wide!



Happy baby!

06 November 2009

6 Month Stats!

Our sweet little boy will be 6 months old tomorrow! He had his well baby check at the pediatrician today and he's a happy and healthy boy. 6 month stats:

Weight: 16 lbs even (25%)
Height: 26 1/4 inches (50%)

We got the go-ahead to start solids, so we'll be giving him oatmeal cereal tomorrow. We're going to skip the rice and go straight to oatmeal. After cereal, Dr. R suggested we move on to yellow and green veggies and then fruits. I'm excited to start this new adventure!

Lots of photos to come tomorrow. :)

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