Adam 2 years

12-23-12

Dear Adam, 

Wow, 2 years old. It's hard to believe you've been with us for two years, but at the same time it feels like you've been apart of our lives forever.  You are so full of life and wonder.  You love to explore and true to your Daddy's wishes, you love to figure out how things work. 

You're always turning things over to check them out and exploring how things dow hat they do.  You're a joy and a delight, but you're also very stubborn.  You love to say NO and you usually don't like to do things we ask unless you've decided to do it on your own.  You go go go all day long.  You love to run, jump, play with cars, trucks, tractors (anything that has wheels) and you also love to read.  You've figured out almost all of the colors and point them out everytime you see them (yellow, orange, blue, green, purple, black, white, red). 

You know what 1 and 2 are and you like to count "1, 2, 2!!"  You've started saying two, three and even four word phrases.  you love to yell "Dadda ARE YOU"  when you can't find him. 

Your other phrases include:
Thank you, Mama
Here go Baby For you
Bye Bye
Hi
Tractor (or anything you see)Where go?
Adam's house
Wook (work)
Not day (not today)
How about
Let's see
Dada
jeep
loud
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Your 2 year stats were: 23lbs10oz and 32.75" tall.  You were actually .5" taller than your daddy was at 2y2m, so that's good news in that hopefully you'll be as tall as Daddy one day! 

You're a little peanut but you love to eat, especially spaghetti, fruit, raisins, mashed potatoes, hot dogs, cookies, peanut butter, ketchup, pancakes, eggs, etc...  

You gained a baby sister within this last month and you were a little skeptical the first few weeks, but she's growing on you and you hate when she cries and tell us to pick her up.  Though, sometimes you want us to put her down so you get your own attention.

 You still take one nap a day for 1.5 hours and go to bed between 7-7:30 and sleep for about 11-12  hours. 

 This month you've also learned how to jump and you are pretty proud of yourself whenever you do it.  You are a big copy cat too, you do/say anything and everything that Mommy and Daddy do/say.  

We love you so very much and couldn't imagine our lives without you!

Olivia 1 month

Dear Olivia,

 You are one month old!  Time has flown by these last few weeks and we are so very happy that you have joined our family!  You LOVE to be held and cry most of the time when we put you down because you get bored. 

I think you're used to all of the noise/craziness of your big brother that you constantly need to be entertained.  You are eating 2-3oz every 2-3 hours, so you keep Mommy and Daddy busy, day and night.  Daddy was home for a week after you were born and then again for a week & 1/2 during Christmas to help Mommy out.  You love your Daddy and you love when he holds you (he definitely likes to spoil you).  

At your 2 week check up you weighed 7lbs 13oz which is 10oz more than your weight at discharge and 3oz more than at your birth.  I think you're going to be a big girl just like your bother until you are mobile.  We had a tough time figuring out a formula that works for you, we went from Enfamil to Enfamil Soy to Target brand sensitive and that seems to be working out ok. You stayed in our room for the first 2 weeks of your life, but you're such a loud sleeper that we had to put you in your own room so that we could get a few hours of sleep ourselves. 

You never miss a meal, so you're waking us up every 2-3 hours to eat.  You are a very slow eater and sometimes it takes us an hour to feed you just 4oz.  You usually fall asleep while eating and don't like to burp very often.   

We are loving having you here with us and we cannot wait to see what the next month brings!!  We love you more than words can say!

Love,Moma and Dada!