Milestones

Anna turned 9 months last weekend! I cannot believe how fast she has grown. At her checkup, she weighed 17lbs, 12oz, she is 26.6" long and head circumference of 44.5 cm. She has the cutest chunky thighs and belly. She is such a happy girl! She talks all day and tries to say every word she hears. Her favorites are dada, puff puff, choo choo and david! Still not able to say mama, but I'm not going to take it personally. She is sleeping great, sometimes through the night, sometimes waking up at 5am to eat. She goes to bed between 6:30 and 7 pm and usually wakes up from 7-8am. She takes 1-2 naps a day around noon or 2pm. It really just depends on where we are- if we're out and about or home. She's a very flexible, happy baby! She is always smiling at people when we're out and very easy to please. She is eating great. She doesn't love jars, but would rather eat what we have. I haven't branched out too much with her food, but she enjoys kiwi, blueberries- really any fruit! Bread, soft veggies, especially broccoli. Her favorite is still puffs! And both the older kids always ask to share them with her! She is eating 3 meals a day with us in her highchair. She is doing great socially- loves being talked to and loves when Presley and David are playing with her. She is such a joy and I am loving this age!!

Presley has graduated from her GI Doctor! We have fought these battles since she was 2, but we finally found a great pediatric doctor here in Colorado Springs. He has been so thorough and attentive to all her issues and after a year, we are finished seeing him. I'm so glad that she no longer complains of tummy aches and that we finally have a good plan of attack to keep her that way!  Presley's been very busy coloring lately. She has made all of the family shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day that she designed, drew, cut out and decorated. I love how into crafts she is. We just leave her coloring books and crayons out on the coffee table and she colors pretty much all day. She also loves to just draw things she sees and brings them to surprise us, especially David. I hope she always stays so creative!

David continues to be my independent 2 year old! He thinks and tries to do everything that Presley does- which now includes clearing his dishes from the table and helping with chores. Sometimes, it's more work letting him do it, but I'm trying to give him a chance. He has found a new love of TV and movies, just like Presley. His favorites are Chuggington, Despicable Me and Frozen :)  He begs every morning for Chuggington and goes to sleep wanting his Blue choo choo story.  He continues to surprise me with how much actually sinks in during the day cause sometimes he's so busy, I just don't think he's paying attention. He asked to say prayers the other night before dinner and repeated our normal blessing that Presley always says. He continues to surprise me with this stuff. He's such a smart little boy! He has grown a few inches the past month and is finally outgrowing his 18 month clothes.

Here's some pictures of what we've been up to!
Making a long line of David's trucks

puff puff

Painting

 I think we are finally over our fear of characters... Although David would not go near Mickey. We went to the mall to watch Presley's dance studio perform at an event last weekend. She loves watching the older girls dance. 

 She rarely falls asleep on me anymore. She usually fights when I rock her that she's been going to sleep on her own upstairs. I know this is a good milestone for her, but it makes me sad that my days of rocking her to sleep are almost over.

 St. Patrick's Day shirt that Presley wore. 

 Clearing his plate

 playing with her first doughnut hole

 She wants them so bad... soon!

 Her drawing of Mickey Mouse that she made for David.

 These two share puffs and play while Presley is in dance class.

 Castle she made and glued together with Elsa up in the top

 I had a busy day pushing these 3 at the park!

 LOVE his smile and infectious laugh!! This was his reaction when "Do you want to build a snowman" came on in the movie. It's his favorite song. He asks me to sing it to him all the time.

 Still love doughnuts!

 Cameron went to Vegas on a Baby Moon for Daniel so I took the kids to the zoo one morning. One of the things I will so miss about Colorado is our great zoo!!

 Anna passed out while we were strolling the zoo

 Today they played doll house together. Presley used to beg me to play dollhouse every night after she got it for Christmas one year. I can't wait for them to play together!

Making a mustache with his french fry at Cracker Barrell the other night.

I don't know what I would do without these 3! They are my life and I have so much fun playing with them every day! While it's exhausting some days, it's so much fun watching them learn and interact and grow. I am looking forward to Presley's spring break next week and doing some fun activities with them!