Saturday, May 22, 2010

fun at 4 months

Oscar stunned by the camera

Oscar will sit in his bumbo chair all day as long as he has his
Vans to look at - he's obsessed with these shoes!

there's always a funny face in this crowd

Willie Grace being Willie Grace...

Lainey is all smiles and giggles until the camera comes out
Lainey is getting the hang of her johnny jumper
 
 Okay...I think she likes it

Last night I finally did it - I seperated the babies for the first time (they've been too big to all share one crib for a while now).  Turns out, it was much harder for me than it was for them.  Lainey and Willie Grace shared a crib in their room and slept through the night as if they had done it a thousand times before.  Oscar on the other hand, stayed in our room, waking up a few times as usual.  I think Will is ready for Oscar to join his sisters in their room...we'll see how long it takes Oscar and I to be ready!

Oscar deserves a little extra attention though - he had surgery this week to repair 2 little hernias. He did so well and was quickly back to his smilely self.  He did seem excited to get a new elephant out of the deal.

Oscar can turn into a real bear after a bath. Aheh aheh.
The girls looove to splash in the bath!
 May has been such a fun month with the babies!  They even got a new cousin Parker Faith Steffen and a new friend Ainsley Quinn Niederauer this month... good thing Oscar already has 3 older boy cousins!

Friday, May 7, 2010

life just got a little easier

did I really just say that?!  The day Lainey turned 4 months (8 days ago) she consistently started sleeping through the night... so both of our girls are sleeping from 9pm to 6am.  Incredible.  This is good for a number of reasons, one being that they are getting too big to all share a crib.. so the time has come to move the girls into their own cribs in their room...at least that's the plan for this weekend.
What about Oscar?  Our sweet little boy he has figured out that he can get as much one-on-one time with his mom and dad as he wants between 1am and 5am.  So much for sleeping through the night.  It looks like Oscar is going to have to continue sleeping in our room until he can join his sisters without waking them up.

At the babies' 4 month check up Oscar took the lead in weight at 14 lbs, 14 oz. He is in the 50th percentile for weight & 25th percentile for height.
 
always happy & full of smiles

 Lainey was close behind him weighing 14 lbs, 9 oz so she is in the 75th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height.

Willie Grace is maintaining her petite figure weighing 12 lbs, 4 oz putting her in the 10th percentile for both weight and height. 
At the babies' 2 month check-up Lainey and Oscar were barely plotting in the 3rd percentile and Willie Grace wasn't even on the chart, so they've gained A LOT in the last 2 months!

Life also got a little bit easier for us now that I have cut my hours back  to work 3 days a week. YAY!!!  I'm so lucky to be home with the babies 4 days a week and to keep a job I love.
me and my girls

I remember last year's Mother's Day ...
I was just hoping that someday I would be lucky enough to be a mom.
Turns out I was... and it's even better than I thought it would be!  
Happy Mothers Day to all you moms!!!