Davey at 3 Months

Davey turned three months on Friday and is still growing like crazy! He's got some healthy chub to him, but most of his size is length. He's grown over 5 inches since birth and is starting to move into 9 month clothing. Semi-official stats are 26 inches long (99%) and just over 15 pounds (75%). At least he's still on the charts!

Since Sophie and Davey were both March babies it's hard not to compare progress and milestones. They are similar in a lot of ways, but he did come with his own unique set of virtues and challenges. It's been fun watching his personality form and I can already tell he's going to be an active little boy like his sister. He is a fantastic eater and sleeper, and doesn't spit up nearly as much as Sophie did.  Our biggest struggle right now is that he will not take a binky and can only be soothed by eating, which makes car rides, church, restaurants, etc.... a little more difficult. We'll be driving up to Seattle next week and I have a feeling we are going to be making lots of stops.

Davey at 3 Months

• He has still been sleeping well at night and gets up once between 3 and 5 am to eat and then is normally back down until morning. His naps are still up in the air, but he had been taking a 2-3 hour afternoon nap on most days. 
• Sophie liked to slowly rotate in circles when you put her on the ground at this age, but he is a master inch-worm. He will scoot in a straight line across the floor or his bed until his head crashes into something. 
• He is always very happy in the mornings, and right after a feeding. We love his big grins and little laughs.
• His hair that he lost after birth is really growing back in on top and is still dark. I love petting his soft little head. 
• Wants to put everything in his mouth. He loves to chew on blankets, burp clothes, clothes, or anything else that comes within range. If he can't grab something with his hands, he will dive down with his head to reach it. 
• I know it's probably terrible to let your baby watch TV, but he really loves cartoons and they keep him engaged for about 30 minutes in the morning. We have to be out the door by 8:30 each day, so it's been really helpful to have both him and Sophie watch a show while I get get dressed and pack lunches for all of us. 
• Does not like loud singing, which has also made church a bit difficult
• He poops A LOT, which the doctor said could be a mild food allergy. She didn't recommend doing anything at this point, though, because he has been growing fine (or more than fine), hasn't had any skin reactions, sleeps well, and is overall a happy boy. For now we are just going through lots of wipes and desitin. 

I put him in 9 month jammies a couple weeks ago and he fills them out just fine

Starting to look a little big in his bath seat

Two month shots = sad boy for a couple days

Big smiles

Chewin' on a blanket

Taking one of his good naps. I can tell he's getting older because this post has only one sleeping picture. Before it was almost all sleeping pictures and just a few of him awake. 

I put him in the Bumbo chair the other day and was surprised by how well he did. I had to wedge his fat little bum in, and he has really enjoyed sitting in it while I work in the kitchen. It's so nice to have a place I can set him down from time to time!

Love that dark hair growing back in!

Father's Day 2016

We celebrated Father's Day twice this year - once last week when my poor mom brain got my dates mixed up, and of course today.  Last week Sophie picked out some ninja turtle cereal at the store to share with him for breakfast (it tasted as gross as it looked) and we had the biggest clearance steak I could find for dinner. For dessert we had his favorite mint chocolate chip ice cream.

Before church today on real Father's Day

I couldn't ask for a better husband and father than Dave. He always puts family first and is a natural with kids. Wherever we go he attracts a group of kids who want to play with him. He does the dishes every night, and lately has been cooking the dinner too! I've also always appreciated how he supports me in my work. He has been staying home at least once a week (sometimes more) since Sophie was born and she absolutely loves her day with daddy. One time we asked her why she loved daddy and she said it was because he was "so sweaty" - such sweet sentiments :) We sure love Dave and all he does for our little family!

First Swim of Summer

Our neighborhood pool is now open for the summer and last Friday we had a swim party with friends. We have a good group of kids Sophie's age in our ward, plus quite a few babies for Davey to be friends with down the road. I'm so glad I was off work that day so I could take the kids! Afterwards we all came home and took naps together. It was such a fun day and we can't wait to get together again soon.

Davey chilling in the lounge chair - I dipped his toes in for a minute, but there wasn't any shade so he mostly observed the fun from the sidelines

An attempt at a group photo. We didn't take it until the end so naturally some kids refused to sit down, some were crying, and some kept falling in. Oh well. Not pictured are a couple of the big kids and the 5 babies. 

My little mermaid

Make a big splash!

Shopping Spree

My family loves getting a good deal, so naturally thrift stores are one of our favorite places to shop.  Today was an especially exciting day because I had a coupon for 75% off kids clothes at Savers and I went crazy! I only picked up a few things for Sophie since I already have clothes put away for her, but Davey needed an entire fall/winter wardrobe so I really stocked up. Apparently no one is looking for long sleeve clothes and pants when it's 90 degrees out so I was able to find lots of good stuff. The only area where I fell short was pajamas, but buying all this filled up a whole punch card so I'll be able to go back for round two sometime soon :)

A new record for longest receipt!

Davey's Haul - 31 items for $15.75

Sophie's Stuff - 4 Items for $3.25

May Roundup

May was another busy month for us, but things are slowly starting to wind down and we are just a few weeks from our summer trips. At the beginning of the month I went back to work and the kids started at a new babysitter. Dave received a teaching award from the Department of Management at the U, and had to defend his dissertation proposal, In the middle of the month we traveled to Portland for my brother's wedding, and then cam back and packed up again for Provo, where we spent 10 days at my aunt's house while she was out of town.

Random Pictures from May:

Dave taking care of business in the morning. It's been a challenge to be out the door for work by 9:00 am every morning, but we haven't been late yet!

My big boy. It's amazing how much he changes over just a month. These pictures from the beginning of May don't even really look like him anymore. 

Sophie with some of her neighborhood friends

Enjoying the trampoline at my Aunt Susan's house

Davey Boy

Sophie Girl

Chilling after a day at work

Happy napper

Big eyes in the morning. One of Sophie's favorite things to say is "wow! brother's eyes are HUGE!"

Rainy day fun

Picnic at the park

I also wanted to start keeping a record of some things that Sophie says/does because she's at such a funny age and I don't want to forget these moments:

• One night she had an accident in her bed, but we didn't find out until the morning because in the middle of the night she changed her pajamas, put all her dirty blankets and animals in the washer, and then took a quilt off the rocking chair and laid it over the wet spot on her bed. We weren't thrilled about the accident, but we were pretty impressed that she was able to take care of things herself!
• We were watching playoff basketball and during the Golden State/Oklahoma City series Dave commented about how this might be the first time he ever supported the Thunder and Sophie said, "Daddy, you shouldn't cheer for Thunder. Thunder is dangerous."
• After using a q-tip to clean up some stray nail polish on her finger she told me, "Wow! That q-tip was magical!"
• One night Sophie asked Dave to "decorate" her in jammies. She meant "dress",

Bridal Veil Falls

We've been staying in Provo at my aunt's house while she's off on other adventures, and while we were near the canyon we thought it would be fun to visit Bridal Veil Falls. It's only about 10 minutes from her house, and a short walk that's easily accessible for a stroller. It was a bit crowded because of the holiday weekend and the beautiful weather, but Sophie found her own area of water off to the side where she could explore and throw rocks without hitting anyone. We also brought a picnic lunch to eat. It was a fun thing to do!

The water was a bit cold for wading, but Sophie had a great time walking around the rocks

Davey loves being outside and was happy to watch from the stroller for about 40 minutes before he wanted to move on to the next activity

View of the falls

Across the river we saw a snow cone stand (one of my weaknesses in life) and I walked over to check it out. They said they took credit, but after making my order they couldn't find the phone to run my card so we ended up getting it for free. Davey was obviously a bit jealous he couldn't have any.... look at that drool!

Derek's Wedding

Last week we flew to Portland for my brother's wedding. It was our first trip with two kids and it it went well, but was definitely a little more challenging than before! Luckily every one took pity on us at the airport and they let us go in the priority lane, someone held Davey during security, we had help getting our bags from the gate to the plane, and then from our seats back to the gate.

After landing we went to my parents hotel where Sophie was able to swim with her cousins

The wedding was at the Portland temple. Sophie and Davey waited in the atrium with their cousins while we went up for the sealing. Part of being the oldest meant that none of my siblings were able to attend my sealing because they weren't endowed yet, but now I have been able to attend all of theirs which is a fair trade off :) After the sealing I gave my congratulations and then hurried down so I could feed Davey before the newlyweds came out and we started taking pictures. It was a grey, rainy day, but so great to be with family and see my brother so happy with his new bride!

The flower girls

Derek and Faye

Sophie made sure she was the second one to kiss the groom

It was a hard weekend for Sophie - she missed nap three days in a row and stayed up two to three hours past bedtime each night. It took her a few days to recover after we got back. 

After the ceremony there was a family luncheon at the Spaghetti Factory, and then we went over to a chapel for a reception. Sophie had been looking forward to dancing and cake so she was really excited for this part. The food was delicious, the decorations were beautiful, and we had a great time celebrating the happy couple. 

Great Grandma Lambert snatched Davey whenever she could :)

Four generations - my grandma Mimi, my mom, myself, and Sophie

Dancing with daddy

On the way back to Utah our flight was unfortunately delayed three hours, and then the shuttle that came to pick us up took an hour instead of 10 minutes so we arrived home much later than planned. Both kids were troopers and even fit in a nap at the gate while we were waiting for our flight. We are so glad we were able to make the trip though - it was a great weekend and so exciting to welcome Faye into our family!

We didn't want to pay to check bags so we were quite the circus caravan - two adults, two kids, three suitcases, three backpacks, two car seats, two strollers (one of which was accidentally left in Portland) a diaper bag, and a travel bassinet.