Baby J {7 Months}

 

2016 is in the books and boy did it go quickly! Jordan is 7 months old now and growing like a weed. I think he learns a new trick weekly at this rate. This was a huge month for him developmentally.

7 Month Favorites::

Food - He has finally warmed up to baby food. He also is loving puffs and those dissolvable fruit/veggie sticks.

Climbing on EVERYTHING - nothing is safe anymore. He's an explorer.

Stats:: 

We don't go back to the doctor until 9 months

Height: ??

Weight: around 17 lbs

Teeth: None but lots and lots of drool!

Clothes: 6 month. Also some 6-9 month! I just went through his closet and got rid of a bunch of clothes that are too small. He is close to growing out of all the 6 month things, but the 9 month are still a little too big!

Signature Moves:: 

{Crawling}
He started crawling shortly after he turned 6 months old. He got up to his knees, started rocking back and forth and then put it all together and crawled within a week I think. Quick learner.

{Pulling Up}

He went from crawling to pulling himself up on things within another week. Now he climbs

Sleeping::

{Night time} 

 He pretty much sleeps through the night! We had a week this month where he was pretty sick and was waking up once but other than that he does 6:30pm-5:30(6)am most of the time!

{Naps}

We are still using the sleep schedule for the most part. Awake for 2 hour increments. He isn't sleeping as long anymore. They are more like 45 min - 1.5 hour naps these days. 2-3 naps a day depending on the length.

Eating::

He is still eating the Alimentium Hypoallergenic Formula. He does about 5 bottles during the day. He eats 6 oz bottles at each feeding.

Favorite Foods: Bananas, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Pears, Puffs!

Misc::

{Christmas}

Christmas was really fun this year with Kaylee! Jordan was crawling and climbing all over the place and mostly just wanted to eat the paper. Kaylee had fun opening all his gifts :) They are spoiled kiddos!

We love you baby boy, more than you will know. You have so many people that just adore you! We are growing and learning so quick! I hope that you are always as adventurous and inquisitive as you are now!

Baby J {6 months}

A little late but here are Jordans updates from when he turned 6 months. He's a smiley, happy little boy most of the time and of course  time is flying by!! 

6 Month Favorites::

Rolling everywhere - He is close to crawling but this is his primary means of transportation.

All of his sisters toys - I see many fights in our future.

Stats:: 

Height: 27 in (50th %tile)

Weight: 16lbs 14oz (40th %tile)

Teeth: None but lots and lots of drool!

Clothes: 6 month. Also some 6-9 month!

Signature Moves:: 

{Crawling stance}

He can get up to his hands and knees and can move his arms and knees but can't quiet get this sync down to move! He mostly face plants!

{Sitting up by himself}

Sits up and plays by himself although he would much rather be rolling or crawling!

Sleeping::

{Night time} 

 He will either wake up once in the night or not at all. He goes to bed anywhere from 6:00-6:45pm and will wake up around 6:00 most mornings!

{Naps}

He takes about three naps a day. Sometimes 2, if they are longer. Awake about 2 hours at a time.

Eating::

He is still eating the Alimentium Hypoallergenic Formula. He does about 5-6 bottles during the day. He eats 6 oz bottles at each feeding. He still occasionally gets up 1 time to eat in the middle of the night (2-3 am) and that bottle is about 3 oz. 

We started solids and it was a slow go. He wasn't really into eating at first but the more we tried the more he warmed up to it. His favorites are bananas and sweet potatoes!

Misc::

{Halloween}

Halloween was so much fun. Since he goes to bed so early, I wasn't sure if he would make it to trick or treat but he did. We dressed him in a hand me down dinosaur costume. He was so cute!

{Thanksgiving}

We celebrated Thanksgiving at Nana and Papaw's house. It was really nice to see family that we don't see very often! 

We spent most of the month sick! Several colds and a stomach bug. But that also meant I got lots of baby snuggles...

I'm soaking in all the baby snuggles I can because time is absolutely rushing past me. I won't have a baby much longer. We love you sweet boy. Don't grow too fast!

Baby J {5 Months}

We hit a few road bumps this past month but I think we came out on the up side! Can't believe this sweet little face is 5 months old! Time is surely going faster and faster by the day!

5 Month Favorites::

His sister - He loves to watch her from his jumper. He will laugh at her and smile at her from across the room. He just lights up in the morning if she goes in the say hello. She yells in his face and "tickles" his a little too hard, but he just eats it up with a smile on his face! 

Anything he can put in his mouth - The days of endless drool and everything in the mouth are among us!

Stats:: 

 No height and weight this month since we don't go back to the doctor until 6 months!

Height: ??

Weight: ??

Teeth: None but lots and lots of drool!

Clothes: 6 month. Also some 6-9 month!

Signature Moves:: 

{Laughing}

Although they aren't big belly laughs yet (can't wait for those). He has the cutest little giggle, especially when his sister is playing with him! 

{Sitting up but not by himself}

We started using the boppy and the bumbo to help him learn to sit up by himself. He isn't quiet there yet but he is getting stronger!

{Sleeping on his belly}

It took a few nights of rolling over and getting mad. I would have to go in and roll him back. But now he prefers to sleep on his belly!

Sleeping::

{Night time} 

 He will either wake up once in the night or not at all. He goes to bed anywhere from 6:00-6:45pm and will wake up around 5:45 most mornings! Can't wait for him to extend that an hour or so! But can't complain about the sleeping through the night!

{Naps}

As I noted last month, we were really bad about naps. And it caught up with us. He was getting so overtired by 5:00 that he was screaming his head off. We were trying to do too much and needed to slow down and give him some solid sleep! Now he takes 3 naps a day, one of which is usually a long 2-3 hour nap. 

Eating::

He is still eating the Alimentium Hypoallergenic Formula. He does about 5-6 bottles during the day. He eats 6 oz bottles at each feeding. He still occasionally gets up 1 time to eat in the middle of the night (2-3 am) and that bottle is about 3 oz. We started to try rice cereal but at the same time the nap issues we were having culminated. So we backed off and decided to conquer one thing at a time. Now that we have his napping under control, we might start cereal again soon.

Misc::

He is starting to scoot. He will kind of pull himself with his arms. He struggles but if you leave him sit long enough and come back, he's definitely not where you left him! 

We love you little man. You are so fun and happy! We love your smiles and laughs and can't wait to see your little personality start to emerge.

Baby J {4 Months}

If you think time flies with your first kid, it is exponentially faster with the second. Don't blink! 4 months have come and gone and our sweet little boy is growing each day!  

4 Month Favorites::

Exersaucer - Loves to sit up and can't quite use the bumbo yet, So this is the next best thing! He likes to sit in it and have Kaylee show him all the toys. He's even started to grab and spin some of the toys himself. 

Stats:: 

Height: 24.5 inches (27th %tile)

Weight: 15.2 lbs (50th %tile)

Teeth: None, Although so much drooling and chewing lately I wouldn't be surprised if he had one brewing!

Clothes: 3 Month (3-6 Month)

Signature Moves:: 

{Rolling over}

 He rolled over for the first time 1 day before he turned 4 months old! In an attempt to differentiate from his sister. He rolled over Back to Belly first. Still hasn't mastered belly to back. Hating tummy time doesn't help! Bad news is he rolls over now in a matter of seconds and hates to be on his belly. So we have a fun routine of flipping him over every 10 seconds just so he can roll over again! 

{Grabbing}

Loves to grab toys and pull them toward him. He is the king of putting EVERYTHING in his mouth and chewing on it!

Sleeping::

{Night time} 

 He sleeps anywhere from 7-11 hours straight at night with the average being about 8.5 hours. The few nights he has slept all night, 11+ hours, have been glorious! Hoping he keeps it up and doesn't go through a massive regression like his sister did. 

{Naps}

We are really bad about naps. He pretty much naps when and where he wants. Usually, one small nap in the AM (45 minutes) I really try to put him in his crib for this nap. His afternoon nap can typically be pretty long (2-3 hours). Usually he takes this nap in the rock and play in the front room. Kaylee is usually napping at this time as well so this is the quietest place for him. Sometimes, on a lucky day, we can squeeze a third nap out of him in the afternoon. Typically this only happens in the car! (45 minutes)

Eating::

He is still eating the Alimentium Hypoallergenic Formula. He does about 5-6 bottles during the day. He is currently hitting a growth spurt and his upped his 5 oz bottle to a 6 oz bottle and a 7 oz bottle at bedtime. He still gets up 1 time to eat in the middle of the night (2-3 am) and that bottle is about 3 oz. Occasionally he wakes up a second time in the middle of the night and gets another 3 oz bottle, but those are becoming fewer and fewer! Yay!

Misc::

Loves the car! Unlike his sister, who still at 2.5 years old HATES the car!

He is totally a morning person. Our mornings are one of my favorite times of the day. When he wakes up and his sister is still sleeping, I make my coffee and we have alone time on his play mat or my lap! He will smile and coo and talk up a storm. So cute. Definitely moments I will cherish forever! Being the second child, you don't get much one on one time with mom and dad, so I think he takes advantage of it!

He is ALMOST laughing! He does this noise that Chad says sounds like a motor starting or a frog! =) He's almost got it, it's so cute!! Can't wait for those baby belly laughs!

He LOVES his sister. She just has to walk up to him and he will start smiling! He loves when she talks to him and sings to him!

Kaylee 2.5 years

It's been over a year since I did an update on Kaylee and she has changed so much since then. 

She is the sweetest little girl. She definitely has her crazy moments but overall, she is adorable. She loves her new little brother and is always trying to help out with him! We are definitely in the midst of the "Terrible Twos"! Luckily for every terrible two moment she has two adorable moments. For example she threw a fit the other day because her "back" hurt in the car seat. But then followed it up by calling me "hunny" and singing "twinkle twinkle" to her little brother! 

Here is an update on her at 2.5 years old! 

Stats::

Height: 3ft exactly (50th %tile)

Weight: 28.3 lbs (46th %tile)

Teeth: She has 17.5 teeth. She has her last top molar coming in now and still waiting on her bottom molars to pop through. 

Clothes: 2T

{Signature moves}

She loves to come running when her little brother cries. She says "I'm coming baby brother! It's okay I'm here!!" It's about the cutest thing I've ever seen. When Chad wakes her up in the morning to go to the babysitters she makes him rub her back. She's also got quite the bedtime routine, full of books, songs, about 1000 kisses and hugs as well as "fixing" her blankets about 42 times. 

{Favorite food}

A few of her favorites are waffles, yogurt, grapes, strawberries, cheeseburgers, french fries, granola bars, oatmeal, fruit snacks, hot dogs and corn. 

{Favorite activities}

We put her in a gymnastics class this summer and she absolutely LOVED it! She also loves to go swimming and the park!

{Least favorite activities}

Still not the biggest fan of the car! Vacation travel is definitely going to be a rough one. Most of the time she is such a good sport about things. She is usually a pretty good kid.

{Favorite sayings}

She does not stop talking.... at all... all day long. Chad and I can't even get in a word or conversation. She is just miss chatterbox 24/7. She loves the sound of her own voice. She will just talk non sense to herself just to be talking. It's insane! Half the time when the kids are in bed, Chad and I don't even talk to each other, we are just soaking in the silence. 

{Best parent award}

She has grown leaps and bounds this summer. She can count to 14 and almost to 20. She knows 95% of the letters of the alphabet and she is starting to trace letters and numbers! She is so so smart. We don't take any credit for it at all. 

{Stories from the sitter}

Kaylee LOVES the school bus and her favorite part of the day at the babysitters is to get the big kids off the bus! 

{Misc}

Since the last post, Kaylee has moved into a new room, got a new big girl bed and is completely day time potty trained! She is growing up so fast!!