Two months!

Ben is already two months old!

I can't believe it.

 His stats were:

Weight: 12 lbs 5 oz (63%)

Height: 22 1/2 inches (32%)

 

His two month bear picture

 

One month

 

 

Ben is such a happy, smiley baby. The poor guy got 3 shots today at his appointment and he cried for a bit and was right back to smiles.

 

I love this little progression of his smiles! 

 

I really thought his percentages would be higher since he seems so big to me but I forget that they have to grow a lot or not at all to be way down low or up high.

He is getting better at sleeping through the night. He has made a habit of sleeping from around 9:30 or 10:00 to about 4am. He wakes up for a feeding and then is up and happy and ready for the day around 5:30-6:00. It makes me really tired but now that I know that's his wake up time, I'm more prepared for it. This was Emily's wake up time for a long time too.

He loves to sit up on our laps and is doing well with his head strength.

He also loves to stare at the TV.

He is not a good napper in the morning but will sleep the afternoon away. So I usually get stuff done after 2pm. In the morning, he just catnaps.

He's such a fun little boy. 

Rain

It rained here on Monday. It has been a long time since it's rained. Emily and Allyson love the rain (as do I) and jump at the chance to use their umbrellas.

Ben's Blessing

On Sunday, we had Ben's blessing. All of Mike's family was there but unfortunately my family had to work so they couldn't make the trip from all of their spread out towns.

(I stole these pictures from my sister in law. Thanks Michelle)

 

Family picture
I guess I can see why everyone thinks Emily and Allyson are twins.

 

"Power to the people"

 

Brian and Ben

 

Great Grandma Lowe and Ben

 

The ladies

Natalie, Ava and Emily

Mike gave a beautiful blessing and we were so excited to celebrate with everyone! 

Siblings

I have been really bad about updating but I had to share some cute pictures of the kids.

 

 

 Emily is really excited that she can hold Ben sitting up.

 

 I am IN LOVE with this picture! It was the first really good smile we got.

This morning Allyson wanted to read Ben some library books.

 She accidentally hit his hand so she had to kiss it better.

 

I love my kids. It took Allyson a little while to warm up to him but now she loves to hold him and read to him. And it's especially funny to hear Emily and Allyson's voice go up when they talk to him.

1 month

I can't believe our baby boy is already a month old! Time has gone by so fast. Ben is such a good baby. We have been lucky enough to have pretty mellow babies. Although, he is the most gassy child we've had. He seems uncomfortable a lot of the time, especially at night. We got him some drops for his gas and they seem to work about half the time. He makes these grunting noises that just drive me crazy because he does it all night. At least it seems that way.  I don't know what his stats are but he has grown a lot and is getting good at holding his head up.  He is already in size 2 diapers and wearing 3 month clothes. He has already lost a lot of his hair on top and we are both assuming it will come in blonde just like Allyson's did. He hasn't smiled yet in response to us so I look forward to seeing that but we can tell his vision is less blurry. We really love him and enjoy watching him grow and change every day.

 

Of course we have to do the teddy bear picture.

Here is one month:

Those one month bug-eyes. :)

Of course I had to go back and look at the girls' one month pictures.
Allyson at one month:


Emily at one month:

Easter

This year Easter snuck up on me. March was a very busy month but I caught some pictures of the girls before we went to church on Easter Sunday.

 

On Sunday evening, we went to Rachel and Gabe's house for an Easter egg hunt and Easter dinner. It was lovely and the girls had a great time hunting for A LOT of eggs.

 

 

 

 



Twinsies

I think Ben and Allyson look a lot alike. I'm sure they will both grow up to look different, especially because Ally doesn't look much like she did as a newborn but it's fun to see.