Memorial Day Weekend

School is out for summer! So that means vacation!! I just got Martin used to the school schedule and now it's summertime. Sounds about right??? He has asked every day since Tuesday (last day of school) if he has school today. Might be a long summer. We are headed to Destin for a week, so we are busy packing. Well I am busy packing anyway. Martin is busy unpacking everything, and Bryan is busy working. And Olivia, well she is always just busy eating. Ha. So ready to have sand between my toes. We could use a uhaul for all this stuff. Bryan just thought the Tahoe would be big enough :). Only kidding. We have plenty of room, but goodness do kids need a lot of stuff!

Olivia has a new found love for her exersaucer. She loves to chew on the giraffes ear! She loves to be up looking around, so this is perfect for her. She gets mad when I take her out. Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day! Please remember what Memorial Day is about!

Mother's Day Week!

Happy Mother's Day to me!! Martin made his first ever Mother's Day craft for me. A pot with flowers painted on it using his little hands and fingers. I know I will always treasure it. He was so proud of it. On the way home from school he told me all about how he painted it with his hands and used his fingers to make the flowers. Then of course he picked the flower to give me. Duh!

Olivia had her 4 month check up yesterday while Martin was at school. Her weight was 12 pounds 4 ounces and her height was 24.5". Long and lean--that's how we make our babies. She is tracking right along the same percentages as Martin. Which doc said isn't surprising considering Mama and Daddy! :).

Blessed

I am so blessed to have these two sweet babies in my life! So blessed they call me mama. Martin is getting so big and I can't stand it. Thank goodness he still likes to snuggle and thinks my kisses can fix any pain! And Olivia is getting so big too. Hard to believe she has already been a part of our family for 4 months--then other days it feels like she has always been here. I know how blessed we are to have two healthy, happy kids. So thankful God chose me to be their mommy! They are so sweet to each other. Olivia is very tolerant of Martin! And Martin just adores his baby sister "Livi Lu Lu" as he calls her now. He loves to read to her. I hope she gets his love for books!

4 Months

Warning: MAJOR PICTURE OVERLOAD!!

Olivia turned 4 months on Tuesday.  I finally feel like I am at a place where I am comfortable with both kids alone out and about. It only took 4 months.  Haha!  I'm only kind of kidding.  Now I am ready for whatever the day throws at me.  It's funny how stressful things seem with a 2 year old--ie the grocery store.  But, toss in an infant and you see just how easy it was with just 1!  I have learned to let things go a little more!  And, let's face it--I needed to let a few things go.  Olivia is getting such a cute little personality and laughs at us all the time.  Who knew we were so funny??  

3 Month Picture

Picasso---aka Martin

Another picture from the Art Show

Art Show with our Boy

Watering his flowers

I'm 4 Months Old now!

Funny kiddos

Our sweet babies

I love this one!!

Precious babies

Have you ever seen anything cuter??

I'll have to update her stats next week after we go to the doctor and get an official weight.  I would guess close to 12 pounds now.  She seems to be doing something new every few days.  She rolls over both ways now, and has found her feet.  If you lay her on her back she rolls over immediately.  I think she wants to be up looking around--because when you put her in the bouncy seat, she tries desperately to sit up too.  She swats at anything you hang in front of her, and loves to pull on her bib or shirt and put it in her mouth.  She is constantly pulling her paci out and chewing on the side of it.  Busy busy busy!  She loves to put anything in her mouth.  Olivia is nursing 5 times a day.  And, only waking once during the night.  Usually down for the night between 10 and 10:30 and wakes up between 5-6:30 am!  We will definitely take it :) I have heard some horror stories about babies waking every three hours still at this point, so VERY thankful for a good sleeper!  She LOVES to smile at you (especially her sweet brother Martin).  She still sleeps in a swaddle.  Even naps in the swaddle.  And, I don't plan on taking that away from her anytime soon.  It seems to be the key to longer naps and longer naps equal happier EVERYONE!  And, y'all she talks all day long.  I believe she gets that from her brother.  Our sweet girl loves to be rocked to sleep and goes to sleep faster if you pat her while you rock.  One day she will be too big for me to rock, and won't want me to pat her on the bottom, so in the mean time--I'll be glad to oblige!  She also loves to listen to Martin sing to her.  His favorites to sing to her are "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "5 Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree".