The birthday party

Our new neighborhood has a really nice clubhouse with a play ground, tennis courts, and a pool that we can use, so that is where we decided to have Brady's birthday party since we are practically homeless right now. It turned out to be the perfect venue.  I will admit I was very unorganized for the party.  With everything going on, I just had not really had a chance to think about it too much, but it all came together at the last minute.  It ended up being a great party, and I think everyone had a great time!

My grandparents, Gigi and Geno, and Katelyn.

Aunt Paige, Nanna, Aunt Maggie, and Amanda

Brady loves his Papa :).

Henry and Caroline waiting their turn.

The grill master in action!

Bouncing with Frankie!

The bounce house was a definite hit!

Katelyn with 2 of her grandmothers and her great grandmother.

Cousin, Walt and William

4 generations (You don't see a resemblance do you?? ;).

Lots of yummy food, and Paul put together a 3,000 picture slideshow of Brady.  I can't even imagine what his highschool graduation party or rehearsal dinner for his wedding will be like.

Life size Elmo!

Brady on his balance bike.

Cousins Emmie and Marcus

Cousins Amelia and Marcus.

Look at those pointed toes!  Gymnast in the making :).

"Airplane!"

Waldo and Frankie!

Paul made sure I took his picture doing a flip in the bounce house. I love that he is such a kid at heart.

We have got to teach my dad how to smile for pictures :).

I love this cutie!

Elmo was a hit!

Caroline and Elmo.

Cousin, Emmie.  Brady just LOVES Emmie.

"Reach and touch the sky!" (Yes I even made an appearance in the bounce house.)

It was a great day, and Brady had an absolute blast. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate our sweet boy!

2nd annual birthday trip to the zoo

We have kind of started a tradition of going to the zoo for Brady's birthday.  It is the perfect time of year for the zoo, and Brady loves it.  We let him skip school the day before his birthday to go (Paul had to work on his actual birthday, and we wanted him to be able to come with us).  He loved running around and seeing all the animals.  His favorite was definitely feeding the giraffe.  He thought that was so funny!  I apologize for the picture overload. This was also Katelyn's first trip to the zoo.

He got to watch them catch the owl!

She was just as happy as she could be.

This thing was starring right at us!

I just thought this was funny..."hey there!"

That giraffe was so funny!

Giving baby kisses :).

Happy girl!

My two babies!!

Riding the choochoo with daddy!

It was a great day.  We all had a lot of fun.  There was hardly anyone there too which made it very nice.  I think we will continue this birthday tradition!

Brady is 2!

Our big boy is 2 years old! Oh my goodness where has the time gone??  He is such a big boy now.  Even just looking at pictures from the beginning of summer to now, he has changed so much.  He looks so much more grown up.  He was so excited to turn two!  He kept telling us, "I two!"  He absolutely loved everyone singing happy birthday to him.  Last night I was cooking dinner so I gave Brady my phone to entertain him.  He must have watched his video from everyone singing happy birthday to him at his school 30 times.  It was so cute :).  On his actual birthday Paul and I brought lunch for his whole class and Elmo cupcakes.  They were a definite hit!

He's two!!

Brady is the only boy in his class except on Tuesday/Thursday there is one other little boy that comes in the mornings.

Brady and his teacher, Ms. Sonia.

Elmo cupcakes!

I think he liked it!

Katelyn tagged along with us!  She is always a good sport.

KVD 4 months old

Katelyn is 4 months old.  She is growing so fast and changing daily.  She has the cutest little giggle I have ever heard and almost always will shoot you a big grin when you look her way.  She is the happiest baby, and she makes me the happiest mommy.  She is really trying to sit up now.  She likes to sit in her bumbo seat, and she will practically do a full sit up to try to sit up in her bouncey chair.  She still really likes her bouncey seat and her playmat.  She has enough coordination now to grab the toys.  She has gotten really good at tummy time and her neck muscles are definitely getting stronger.  I know longer have to really support her head.  I can pretty much plop her on my hip and go.

She is a great napper and sleeper.  She usually goes down between 8:30 and 9 and wakes up between 6:30-7:30.  She still wakes up around 4 or 5 SOMETIMES, but those nights are few and far between. She is always tired about and hour or so after she wakes up so she takes a good morning nap anywhere from 45 minutes- 2 hours, then she takes another nap in the afternoon anywhere from 1-3 hours. Then, she typically falls asleep around 6 or so for another 30 minutes or so.  I am working on weaning her off the swaddle blanket.  I am not too concerned about it, because she is not rolling over yet and Brady liked to be swaddled for a long time as well.

She just tried rice cereal for the first time, and she did great!  We will start introducing more solids once she masters the rice cereal here soon.  She is still nursing every 3 hours or so and doing great.  I am sadly going back to work next week, so I will start having to send pumped bottles to the nursery with her.  I am going to try my hardest to not have to supplement with formula until she is at least 6 months old.  I know it will be hard to keep up with when I go back to work, but I am going to try my best.

She just had her 4 month well visit and all is well!  She is a growing, healthy 4 month old.

4 months

Weight: 17 lbs 4 oz (99th percentile)

Height: 27" (97th percentile)

Head Circumference: 16.5" (74th percentile)