Hannah's 2 1/2 Year Update

Our baby girl is 2 1/2 years old! Time is just flying by and we are loving watching Hannah grow and explore. First, I have to comment that Hannah is a fabulous big sister. She loves helping out with Cameron -- whether it's giving me a diaper for him, helping burp him, giving him his bobber or just laying with him. She adores him! One of my favorite thing is in the morning, when she first sees him, she gets really excited and says "Hi, Cameron!" with a huge smile on her face. I can't wait to see how their relationship changes over the next several months.

Because of her new status as big sister, she also seems to be playing with her dolls a whole lot more. It is one of the few toys that she plays with at some point every day. Along with dolls, she still loves to put puzzles together and loves to sit and read with us. She is starting to pick out more and more in her books that she recognizes which is really cool to watch. She loves to be outside on her swing set and loves going to pool! She also had a few games on my iPad and knows exactly how to get to them and how to play them.

Hannah is picking up more and more words and starting to string some together, but still isn't a huge talker. Her words are sometimes her own little language so we are going to have her evaluated for speech at the end of the summer. This former speech therapy graduate just wants to make sure all is well. :-)

Hannah does try to test the limits that any 2 year old does. We are working very hard at following directions the first time and being a good listener. She is also doing great with the potty. Our goal by the end of the summer is to be in undies at nap and when we go out. We are very close!

Hannah is a great sleeper and still sleeps 2-3 hours during the day for a nap and about 11 hours at night. Thankfully, she doesn't wake up when Cam does either time so we are grateful for that! She has the very typical toddler appetite where she will eat a ton one meal and then pick around for the next. This girl LOVES applesauce -- she is her mother's daughter! The two of us could probably eat a jar every couple meals! She also has my sweet tooth and doesn't seem to mind a little something sweet at the end of the meal.

Hannah is turning more and more into a little preschooler every day! I have so enjoyed being home since the end of April and spending some extra time with her this summer. She is a joy to be around and we can't wait to see what the next six months brings in her life!

Our Growing Boy

We went to the doctor today for Cameron's two month check up, although he is already 10 weeks. He weighed in at a whopping 14 lb. 4 oz. (89th percentile) and is 24 1/2 in. long (87th percentile)! Wow!!! We knew he was growing, but I wasn't expecting that at all! He is going to be one big boy! I love seeing the differences between our two kids. Hannah has always been on the small side finally reaching the 40th percentile at her 2 year appointment. I was looking in her baby book and she was 16 lb. at 9 months! I don't think it will be long before he passes up his big sister. Here is a cute shot of our little stud.

TK + HC = True Love

Our good friends, the Koster's, came over for dinner tonight and to hang out and catch up on life. Travis was one of Tim's roommates in college and him and his wife, Trissa, moved to this area shortly after they were married. We love getting together with them when we have time. They have one of the cutest little boys, Talon who is a year old. We joke that Talon and Hannah are going to get married one day, which would be fine with us! :-) Talon and Hannah loved playing on the swingset! Talon wanted to do the same thing that Hannah was doing while on the glider.After a lot of playing, Trissa and I decided to throw the kids into the tub together so they could both clean up and that would be one task done for the night. Of course, we took a couple of pictures for their wedding video. :-)

Bedtime Snuggles

Last night, I was putting Hannah to bed and brought Cameron along with me. Immediately, Hannah wanted him to lay by her while we did our night time routine. I love how sweet Hannah is towards her baby brother! First, we prayed, in which Cameron needed to have his hands folded as well. Then it was time to sing our bedtime song while Cam just hung out and stared at me with a little almost-smile on his face. Then it was kisses and our little miss was off to sleep. Before we left, though, I did snap some precious pictures of the two of them. And of course a night-night kiss for baby Cam!

Our Two Month Old

Cameron turned two months old today! I can't believe our little man is growing so quickly. I don't have any statistics because we don't go to the doctor until another week and a half. Here is what I can say about Cameron. Although we don't know any specifics, we definitely know he is growing lots! He is really chunking up some and loves his food! He is eating about 7 times a day, 5 oz in each bottle. Cam takes his last bottle around 8:30 or 9:00 and usually goes until anywhere from 3:30-5:00 am. His daytime naps are sometimes hit and miss. Hopefully, this will start to get better as we continue working. His evenings seem to be getting better. We have learned that he loves to be outside so we tend to do that often during those fussy times. One of my favorite things lately is that Cam is starting to smile a little and coo. I forgot how fun it is to watch all of these new things start with little ones. I am so thankful that summer is here so I can spend time with Tim and our kids.