Sunday, August 7, 2011

Catch Up

Life as a family of 4 is flying by!

Sweet Audrey is growing up so fast and meeting milestone after milestone. She is about 2 weeks away from being 6 months! Audrey is rolling all over the place. She can definitely get where she wants to go. She is eating rice cereal for 3 meals a day. She has also had the pleasure of tasting bananas, pears, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, and apples. So far, Audrey loves food! She's been fickle about how she prefers to get her breast milk; she's doing great with a bottle, but is off and on lately with nursing. I think she is at a point where she is easily distracted and increasingly social, so snuggling into mama to nurse is not a priority for her. Audrey is sleeping 8-9 hours without a feeding at night. Of course, there's an occasional night that she's crying for an extra feeding. She is super happy, and smiles all the time now. Audrey is definitely becoming more of a daddy's girl, and she loves to be close to James.

James is talking up a storm! He says new thing everyday that we didn't even know he knew. He can spell his name, and he recognizes quite a few letters of the alphabet. He can count to 6 with no problems, and if we help him with 7, he can keep counting up to 13 or 14. It's amazing what a little sponge he is! James is such a happy and silly little boy!

We love James and Audrey so much, and we try to enjoy each moment we have with them. It seems like each time we blink they're older and doing something new.

These two love to snuggle!


And wrestle!



James looks so old in this picture.


Audrey loves to play and eat!



Audrey at 5 months.


This could not be comfortable!


Good morning sunshine! Love the bed head!


Such a ham!


Monday, July 4, 2011

Audrey is 4 months old!

Audrey is growing up so fast! At her 4 month check-up, she weighed in at 14 lbs. 6 oz. She is about a pound bigger than James at this age. Our pediatrician thinks she will walk early like James... Audrey is already rolling both ways, and can roll across the room very quickly. She loves to be standing (with help, of course), and she loves the doorway jumper. We recently started to feed her rice cereal, and she seems to prefer it over just mama's milk. She has become increasingly social. Audrey cracks up whenever James gets really close to her, and she smiles so big when he lays on her (in a gentle way). We already don't remember life without our sweet baby girl. Audrey has been such a joy and blessing to our family.

James' ACTUAL birthday

Both James' birthday parties were the weekends before his birthday. On his actual birthday, James' Grandma and Grandpa Gabriel were passing through town on their way to Florida. We took James and Bella (James' cousin) to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Erin's (our good friend) daughter, Carter, was with us too. In the evening, Aunt Karyn, Uncle David, and Tristan came over after work and school to play and eat pizza and cake. James had such a fun day!


Thursday, June 30, 2011

James' Austin Birthday Party

We went down to Austin for Memorial Day weekend and had a party for James with all our family and friends there. So far, it's become an annual thing for James to have 2 birthday parties! I'm not sure how many years we'll be able to keep it up!

We had the party at the splash pad at Pease Park, and James LOVED playing in the water. I baked an assortment of cookies in lieu of birthday cake because it was too hot for icing. It was difficult to get James to leave the splash pad to eat cookies or open presents. Did I mention that James LOVED the water?







Thursday, June 23, 2011

James' Fort Worth birthday party

We had a small party for James at our house with the Gonzalez's, Warner's and Davis'. The kids splashed around in the water table and baby pool we got James for his birthday. It was so much fun watching James play with his cousins and friends!
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Happy 2nd Birthday, James!

Our sweet James is 2 years old! He has grown up so fast.

Lately, his language has been developing rapidly. He says so many new words each day that I can't even list them.

James loves music! He dances, sings and plays instruments. When he sings, it is usually just the last word of each line of any song.

His new trick is jumping. He jumps all over the house saying "I'm jumping, I'm jumping!"

He absolutely adores his little sister! He wants to hug and kiss her all the time. He calls her Baby instead of Audrey. James is a great big brother!

We love you James! Happy 2nd birthday!