Sophie's Art

Sophie's babysitter had a cute little art show at the beginning of summer.   Here are a few of Sophie's masterpieces!  

Sophie is 2 1/2

Sophie is 2 1/2 going on 7 and on somedays its more like 17.  She is so darn cute, incredibly smart and has such a great personality.  Here is what life is like with Sweet Soph!

• Sophie is wearing mostly a size 3T.  She can fit into some 2T but it depends on the day and the brand.
• She is about 31 pounds.
• She is potty trained and only wears diapers for sleeping.  However she doesn't really need one for her afternoon naps.  Occasionally she can go a whole night with out having to go potty!
• She loves to eat!  Her favorite breakfast is a bowl of Cheerios.  She loves PB and J, pizza (from Costco), chicken nuggets, burritos, turkey sandwiches, spaghetti, and macaroni and cheese.  She also does really well eating whatever else we give her.  Sophie eats her veggies without a fuss and loves fruit too! 
• Sophie's favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  She lights up and likes to dance around the room to the theme song.  
• She is an expert at putting puzzles together.
• Soph loves to sing and dance.  
• Her favorite songs are Rise and Shine, Lord's Army, and Moves Like Jaggar.  I love how she loves her "church" music.  
• Sophie loves to read.  At daycare she enjoys the Madeline books and at home she likes reading about Little Critter and Spot.
• Sophie has not just ONE but TWO imaginary friends.  Bitty Boo and Gitty Goo.  They are both very small friends.  She also told us that one has pink hair and the other has blue.  Bitty Boo and Gitty Goo get in trouble often and spend quite a bit of their time in time-out.  
• Sophie loves to be helpful!  She is a great sous-chef and second mommy to Noah.
• Her best friend is her cousin, Aiden.  
• She has a great little friends at daycare, Connor and Caroline.  
• Sophie is a great BIG SISTER!  She helps get diapers and likes to be in charge of putting the velcro down on them.  She loves to hold him and feed him too. 
• Saturday mornings Soph and Josh spend quality time together checking out garage sales.  They also like to stop for doughnuts and drinks.  

Family Fun Day

This summer, Sophie was in love with splash pads.  (The way she says splash pad and swim suit is adorable because she is missing her /s/ sound.)  One evening, we were at a neighborhood park when a mom told us about this amazing splash pad in Fountain Hills.  SHE- WAS- RIGHT!  This was the mother of all splash pads and Sophie had so much fun!  We started off by playing in the water and then we went over to the nearby park.  Sophie wore herself out and crashed shortly after we got home.

5 old months

- Noah is wearing size 2 diapers.
-  He is wearing 6-9 month clothes.  Well he can still get into 6 month on top but he can only wear 9 month pants.  His chunker legs are just too big to fit into anything smaller.
-  Noah's sleep habits are much different from Sophie's.  He takes short morning naps sometimes only one and then he will take longer afternoon and evening naps.
- At night Noah isn't very consistent with how long he sleeps.  We have let him cry it out (for no longer than 10 minutes) a few nights and that seems to help him get back into a better routine.
-  Noah eats every 3 - 3.5 hours.
-  He loves hanging out in his saucer, his swing, and on the floor with his toys.  (He won't be in his swing much longer.)
-  Tank is such a smiley baby!
-  Noah is very observant and loves to study the world and people around him.

-  We took Noah on his first road trip to Sedona this month and he was such a trooper.
-  Noah rolled over from his back to his belly on Saturday, October 13.  He does it so fast too and mostly on the right side.

- On October 20th, Noah found his toesies!
- Noah is such a joy and we love him SOOO much!

Noah is 4 Months Old

Noah is just growing up right before our eyes!  Here are some things he has been up to this past month.
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-  Noah wear size 6 month clothes!
-   Size 1-2 diaper but could probably move up to a size 2.
-  You still nap and sleep in your swaddler but you can sleep without it too.
-  Noah takes cat naps during the day and doesn't seem to need long naps.  

-  He can fall asleep and do well without the paci.  

-  Tanky Panky goes to bed around 8:30 and wake up around 1 then 4 and then 7 to be up for the day (on a good night).   
-  Noah boy has his hands/toys in your mouth all day long!  He likes to wrap his hand in his blanket and shove it in his mouth.
-  Noah is a talker and has the cutest belly laugh!
-  He grabs at the toys on his play mat and saucer.  He brings everything to his mouth.
-  Noah Dean smiles so big when Sophie comes around.

He is such a laid back, content, happy baby. We are seriously the luckiest parents ever to have the cutest babies ever!

3 months

Noah is 3 months TOMORROW!  This little guy has changed so much in just a month.

-He loves to be in a standing position.
- He has an incredibly strong neck!
- His sweet smile is infectious
- He is transitioning from a size 1 to a size 2 diaper
- He is still taking 4oz every 3 hrs.  I have started adding dairy back into my diet and he seems to be a happy boy.
- Noah eats around 8:30pm and falls asleep around 9 or 9:30 he will sleep for about 4 hours and then put himself back on a three hour schedule.  Some nights he wants to be up more often.
- We swaddle him when its time to go to sleep and he seems to do really well with it.
- August 6th he rolled from his back to his tummy three times - he did it a couple more times that week and then hasn't done it since
-Buddy boy loves his bath time!  When I put him in there he kicks his little feet and smiles.

Taken 3 days before Noah turned 3 months.  This was the first day of MOMs group at church.

We took out the saucer a little earlier for Noah.  He absolutely loves it and his favorite are the pandas.

Noah found the same comfy spot that Sophie liked to snuggle in.  

Noah is 2 months

This little boy of ours is growing so fast.  He is quite a chunker compared to when he was first born.  At his 2 month appointment he weighed in at 14 lbs and 2oz.  When I looked back at Sophie's stats she was 14lbs at 4 months.  I can only imagine what Noah will be then!

Noah's tummy issues continued into this month.  We tried Similac Advanced, Soy, and Infamil Gentlease and none of them seemed to agree with his tummy.  I also stopped eating dairy and onions.  After weeks of not being able to get him to go number 2 and still being gassy, we took him off formula completely.  Thankfully we saw a huge change in our little guy after having no formula in his system.

He is also on a great schedule these days.  At six weeks, we decided it was time!  So he now gets 4oz every 3hrs.  He is usually up for about 1hr after he eats and will sleep for the other two.  I think he LOVES his new schedule because he wakes up and seems so content. :)

At 6 weeks we put Noah in his own room to sleep for naps and through the night.  He prefers the firmness of his mattress compared to the bassinet in the pack and play.  During the nights he usually sleeps 3-4 hours and if I am lucky he will go 5hrs every once and awhile.

He is very alert and loves being held outwards so he can checkout the world around him.

With Sophie, we held her non-stop.  Even throughout the night she would sleep with Josh in his "daddy" chair.  Unfortunately that is not possible for little Noah.  However, he has had more tummy time because of this and he is getting to be so strong.  I know that he will be a roller very soon!

Noah wears size one diapers and is wearing 0-3 month clothes.

He loves baths and being outdoors.

Noah loves watching his sister~  Gramma and Mimi have both said that they have already caught him smiling at her.