Big girl panties

Its official. Brie is potty trained. Now that is not to say we have not had a few accidents, but she consistently tells us when she has to go to the potty. A few times she has not given us much warning and has not made it to the potty, but she is doing excellent. The last 2 days she has even woken up dry from her naps and nighttime dry. It is very nice not to have to change two sets diapers, although going to the potty every 30 minutes or so is more time consuming.

Has it really been 6 months already!

Today is Sophie's half birthday. This past 6 months seemed to have flown by. She has changed so much and is such a good baby. She now rolls from her belly to her back, can roll the other direction, but hates her belly so does this infrequently. She is almost sitting independantly and babbles away. She has more then doubled her birth weight and is now 14 lbs 10.5 oz and 25 inches long. For the past few weeks she has had some stranger anxiety. Hopefully that will be short lived. Sophie, in contrast to Brie, is a good eater. She has had avocado, bananas and squash so far and has loved them all.

Happy Adjusted Birthday Brie!

Today, in addition to being mother's day, is Brie's adjusted birthday. She is now officially 2. We celebrated with an ice cream cake and a day in the park. Brie had a great time throwing rocks in the pond and chasing the ducks. She even enjoyed her ice cream cake tonight after eating a pretty good dinner. Marcus made steak and salmon on the grill for us tonight.

Hot sauce!

Brie has taking a liking to hot sauce lately. She loves to dip drumsticks in it. Here is a video of the dipping. It is franks red hot mixed with some butter. It still has quite a kick to it, but she seems to enjoy it.

First Bites

Today Sophie got her first taste of cereal. She seemed to really enjoy it and ate the entire tablespoon I had prepared for her. She opened her mouth for every spoonful and although a good portion of it ran down her chin, I do think she swallowed quite a bit. She likely would have eaten more if I would have offered it. It looks like Sophie may be a good eater if this is any indication. With Brie even the first few bites were difficult.

Sophie has been eating alot more lately so I figured she was ready for the cereal. She still does not drink more then 5 oz at a time, but the last 3 days she has had 5 bottles while I am at work and nursed at least 4 times. She is going to very quickly deplete our freezer supply of breastmilk if she keeps this up! I am hopeful that the cereal will also help her with sleep. After almost 6 months of getting little sleep, I am ready for a good solid 8 hours. On rare occasions she will sleep for 6 hours giving me a 4 hour stretch, but on most nights she is still up every 3-4 hours.

Beautiful April weather

Just after my snooze in the sun!

Our new ball pit, lots of fun!

This one is for Pop!

Lots of sand both in and out of the sand box!

Benadryl

Another illness has reared its head in our household. I am not sure where Brie picks these nasty little viruses up and cannot imagine what life would be like if she were in daycare. Last night was rough as both Sophie and Brie were up coughing. Sophie slept next to me in our bed and Marcus was back to sleeping in the green chair in Brie's room. Luckily I was off today as our nanny was away for the weekend, so I could spend the day with the girls getting them better. After a little Bendaryl (for Brie not Sophie) and some good naps, both girls were in pretty good spirits. Hopefully another dose of Bendaryl will help Brie sleep tonight.

This weekend was rather crazy. It started with our front room getting drywall up and the kids and I meeting Jessy and her boys at the zoo. Everyone had a great time except little Brandon who missed his nap and screamed the entire time. Brie liked to see the animals and Sophie was content to watch from the carrier. Then on Saturday we spent the day outside enjoying the beautiful weather. Sunday was Brandon's second birthday party so it was off to Germansville again to celebrate. Brie had a great time playing outside with the other kids and even got to walk in the creak with daddy. Sophie has developed some stranger anxiety and clings to mommy and daddy when we are out. Hopefully she will grow out of that soon.