Hunter's Hair

This week when I was at Target picking up a prescription for Hunter, I ran into two older ladies who were in the health department. One of them gave me a very stern lecture about my son's hair. She said, "Hasn't anyone said to you, 'Oh, what a pretty little girl!' ???" I told her that yes, we had received that comment once or twice. She said that the first time someone said that to her about her son (35+ years ago) she sent him straight to the barber shop. She then proceeded to tell me how important it is that I do the same.

I LOVE Hunter's hair. It has the perfect amount of ringlet curls. I cannot decide if it is time to cut it.

What do you think? Is it okay that I let my little boy have such long hair?!?

3 months!

Happy 3 month Birthday, Adelyn!!

You are such a sweet little girl. You are 12 lbs, 0.03 oz and so cuddly. You sleep around 9 or 10 hours at night, which thrills mommy & daddy! You sleep comfortably in your crib at night and for most of your naps. Sometimes you sleep in your swing or in mommy's arms. You are quite laid back and hardly ever cry. When you do cry, it is this adorable little shriek.

We started cloth diapering this month and it is going really well. We have them on their smallest setting with only a newborn insert. They are so cute on Adelyn! She found her thumb this month, as well. We are trying to force the paci on her, but if she gets the chance that thumb gets popped right back in her mouth.

Adelyn & Hunter have been sick this week. Hunter got a cold and cough and Adelyn picked up on that as well. Then Adelyn got some sort of intestinal virus, too. She was pooping blood on Friday & Saturday, so we spent Saturday afternoon in the ER. She is totally fine: just a tear in her bottom due to too much diarrhea. Other then this scare this week, she has been a healthy baby.

She is strong! She holds her head up really well and fights to stand as well. She loves to put weight on her legs. I think she is going to be a little athlete! ;)

Valentine's Day 2012

We did our annual Valentine's Day cards a few weekends ago! This was our third time to do this project. Here is a link to the FIRST time when Hunter was about 8 months old and LAST YEAR when Hunter was a year and a half. Hunter's hand has grown so much this year. Instead of doing both of Hunter's hands, we did his left hand and Adelyn's right foot. It turned out really cute!




I love this tradition with Hunter and it was great to add Adelyn to the mix this year!! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of her. It took Josh holding her and me painting her foot and pressing her foot to the paper to make this happen. So no hands were free to take a picture. But here she is in her cute Valentine's Day outfit!

Jesus Loves Me!

Melted my heart! ENJOY!

Here is what he says in case you can't understand:
Jesus loves me, this I know, for the... I wanna watch, mommy.
Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are precious baby I know. Yes, Jesus loves Hunter. The Bible tells me so. The Hunter Jesus song.

Smiles!

I finally caught some smiles on camera! ;) Adelyn has adorable smiles when people look at her directly. She is very social. Here is a link to Hunter Smiling at about the same age. Do you think they look alike?

first bath

This post is a flash back to December 14, 2012, when Adelyn had her first "real" bath at home. She was not too enthusiastic about the process, but Hunter was! He wanted to be involved in any way possible. He got her a bath toy, sat by her side and really wanted to help with the soap.

Here are a few pictures!

Outing

Today, after 9 weeks of having 2 children, I took my first solo outing with both children (besides a trip to church when Josh had drill). I am physically feeling better than I have felt in months and with Adelyn sleeping through the night more I thought I was rested up for the challenge.

Hunter & I used to take all kinds of outings during the week when it was just the two of us. I have really missed that freedom and flexibility lately and I am not the only one. In fact, Hunter asked me if we could go to Target this week. Love that kid! So this morning I decided it would be fun to go to the mall and hit up the train table at Barnes & Noble. I fed Adelyn, changed her and packed the diaper bag. And off we went. Adelyn tends to hate being put in her car seat so the first five minutes of the drive she was screaming. But then she fell asleep. And she slept for about an hour!

During that hour, Hunter and I read several books, played with trains and he spent a lot of time on my lap. Just like old times! When she woke up, I told Hunter to play with the trains so I could feed her. For the most part, he stayed right in the area. As I was feeding Adelyn, she had a blow out. It wasn't until I got home that I realized some of it got on my shirt... true sign of motherhood: walking through the mall with poo on your shirt. I got her cleaned up, then finished feeding her and by then it was time to go home to eat lunch. I told Hunter it was time to go, turned to put Adelyn in her car seat and heard Hunter screaming, "NO!!!!" He took off running as fast as he could away from me. I had a moment of sheer panic... do I dare try to maneuver a giant double stroller quickly through the store as I chase after my 2-year-old? Or do I leave Adelyn and all my stuff here and chase after him? Thankfully, he unknowingly turned and ran back toward me down a different aisle. I was able to corner him while not going too far from Adelyn.

Then, I desperately had to go to the bathroom. Our stroller is a "sit and stand" so if you use an infant carrier, the other child must stand. Hunter is usually pretty good at standing on the stroller and he likes it. But this does not strap him down. So, without going into too much detail, in the middle of me using the restoom, Hunter runs around the stall and unlocks the door. With the door wide open and my 2 year old exploring the entire bathroom, I quickly pull my pants up and chase after him once again.

Finally, we make our way to the van. I have gotten in the habit of opening the door on Adleyn's side, letting Hunter crawl through, putting Adelyn in her seat and then walking around and strapping in Hunter. I did that, shut the door so I knew both kids were in the van, and then attempted to put the stroller in the back of the van. I wrestled that thing for a good 2.5 minutes and could not get it to fold down. So I tried to put it in the back of our van with it standing up. But the door wouldn't close, so I put it back on the ground and tried again to fold it. All the while, Adelyn is screaming and Hunter is terrorizing my van, since I haven't strapped him into his seat yet. Finally the stroller collapsed, just in time for me to save Adelyn from getting her eye poked for the 12th time this morning.

Adelyn screamed the whole way home.

I am glad I went and I know Hunter had a great time until I told him it was time to go home. And I find hope in knowing that this will get easier!