Night and Day

It is amazing to me how two children with the same parents can be so different. Brie has always been very high maintenance and Sophie is very laid back. Maybe it was Brie's shaky beginning, but she was always and still is a difficult child. We are now full into the "terrible 2's" Brie loves to throw herself on the floor and scream for no apparent reason. She has been a little better the past few days, but I am sure it will cycle around again. Sophie is content to just sit and watch her big sister. She smiles all the time and does not even fuss much when she is hungry. The only problem we have with her is that she is still up frequently at night. We transitioned her to her own room a few weeks ago when she was only getting up once a night. Since then she has reverted to getting up at least twice, and unfortunately last night she was up every 2 hours. This is of course a problem for me and not for Marcus as she is still nursing. It is hard to not feed her at night since she is still small. Hopefully once she gets a little bigger she will start sleeping better.

2 little peanuts

Today both girls had there check-ups with the pediatrician. Both got a clean bill of health. The ped is happy with their growth and although they are both small they are growing on their own curves.
Sophie is now 12 lbs 7 oz (15%), 23.5 inches (15%), and head 41 cm (45%). He was happy with her head control, eye tracking and that she interacts well. She was not happy with the nurses who initially weighed her and then ultimately gave her two shots and an oral vaccine, but was a good sport. Today despite the shots, she has been a happy baby today.
Brie is now 23 lbs (6%), 31.5 inches (3%), and head 48 cm (60%). Brie was a perfect angel at the doctors. She walked right along side me and helped push Sophie in the stroller. She helped calm Sophie down after her shots and did not even cry when she got her own shot.

2 Going on 20!

I think we are in trouble when she becomes a teenager! She didn't even want to put the phone down to go potty!

A Quiet Toddler

While taking a shower the other day, I peered out of the curtain to find this:

Generally Brie is pretty good while I take a shower, but today she decided she needed a little make-up:

It is a little hard to see, but it was very difficult to get off!

Updates!

So over the past 2 weeks we have had alot of developments. Brie developed a wonderful cold and has been miserable, Sophie rolled over, and we purchased a car. After a week of coughing and eating almost nothing, Brie is finally on the mend. I spent the day at home with her and Jenna on Tuesday, because she woke up with a high fever and vomiting. Luckily she slept most of the day and has been doing much better.

Sophie continues to be all smiles. She rolled over from her belly to her back on tuesday. It is amazing how quickly she is developing. She has such a personality already. She talks and coos all the time and is generally a happy baby. Sophie still gives Marcus a run for his money in the evenings, but she is getting better for him. We need to start getting her on a consistent schedule for naps and bedtime. She naps well in her swing during the day, but I would love to transition her to her crib during the day and soon at night as well. She is still up 1-2 times at night to eat so she is not ready to be in her own room yet. Her weight gain has been slow, but steady. She spits up a ton sometimes soaking through 2 bibs after one feeding and she frequently refuses at least one bottle during the day and fights the others on occasion. We don't think the bottle fighting is reflux related like Brie because if I am home and she is refusing the bottle she will nurse just fine.

Here she is talking to tigger. She now enjoys sitting in her bumbo chair and looking around.

And the Jenny Jump up... She is not sure what to do with it yet, but I am sure once she gets the hang of it she will be bouncing up a storm!

Finally Marcus and I purchased a new SUV today. We got a Nissan Murano. We looked at many small SUVs, crossovers, and even some minivans over the last 2 weeks and finally decided on this one.

Birthday Baptism Bonanza

I am still amazed that our little peanut is 2! It seems like just yesterday she was in the NICU fighting for her life. She has come so far. She is still a peanut compared to most kids her age, topping the scale at 22 lbs 7 oz, but has a big personality to make up for her petite size.

Here she is a few hours old:

And at 1:

And now 2:

She had a fun and exhausting day today. I think she was a little overwhelmed by the number of people in her house today, but took everything in stride. Even mommy was a little overwhelmed today by all of the people that came to help us celebrate. Marcus and I are so thankful that Nanna and Poppop Miller were there to help us prepare the food and get everything ready. We could not have done everything without their help. It allowed us to visit with friends and family and not worry about getting everything set up.

I think Brie had a great second Birthday. She had fun playing babies with Erin, her birthday buddy, and visiting with lots of relatives. I don't think she has been around that many kids in the past, with her and Sophie there was a total of 12. They ranged in age from just 2 weeks to 4 years. This of course led to alot of chaos in our house and luckily no injuries. Our play area was well used this afternoon and all of the kids liked playing in the house.

Brie enjoyed opening her presents and spent the evening playing with them after a short, but well needed nap. She especially loves her new "ride, ride" from Nana and Pop Green. Daddy had to put it together so they could take trips around the house.

Sophie enjoyed her day today as well. She spent most of the afternoon being held and talked to. She did not even mind the scratchy dress she had on most of the day. Her attempts to sleep through the baptism were over when father Dave poured water over her head. But with her good natured personality she just looked up at Father Dave and smiled.

A special thanks to Chris and Michelle for agreeing to be Sophie's godparents.

Pictures!

An adventurous outing we had today. For some insane reason I thought it would work well to get both of the girls pictures done at once, Brie's 2 year and Sophie's 3 month. Insanity is what it was. Brie kept running out of the room, refused to sit where we put her, and Sophie was hungry. All of this led to an exhausting morning. We did manage to get a few good shots of the two girls, alone and together but it was far from fun. Next time daddy will be invited along to join the chaos.

Not much else is new so I will just leave you with some new pictures of the girls.

Sophie is developing her own little personality and she loves to smile!

Brie on the other hand will make faces at the camera and refuse to smile

And a day would not be complete without a tantrum or two!