Three-Year Wedding Anniversary - June 28, 2011

Father's Day 2011

Colson's father's day craft from school -- the T.A. spelled his name wrong :/

Colson and I went to Walgreens and picked out a father's day card and a fun recordable book called "dad & me" ... you can record for each page and we did it early father's day morning while Nick was shaving and Sloane was taking a nap ... thank-god Colson cooperated and the recording went relatively smoothly (only had to re-record one page!).

We had a spontaneous day, starting with a family trip to the asian grocery store. Per Nick's request we picked up vietnemese sandwiches for lunch and some fresh seafood for dinner -- oysters and I sauteed some fresh clams served with steamed rice.

Both kids took 2 1/2 hour naps that afternoon and so did mom and dad!

Sloane 2 months - June 16th

2 months already! Can you believe it ... her appt went well, but this time she was also due for a round of shots :( she did really well ...

She's growing well too -- not as chunky as Colson at the same age, but she's 80th percentile for weight at 12 pounds, 70th percentile for length at 23 inches, and only 45th percentile for head circumference at 15.2 inches. Her small head is probably why she has such great neck control and can already raise her head and chest pretty high when on her tummy.

Happy Birthday Nick! June 16th

Nick turned the big 3-1 a few days ago ... it was on a Thursday so we opted for a little family party :) I made seared ahi salad with avocado and cucumber and grilled up some ribeyes with a baby greens salad. Of course no party is complete without cake! Instead if indulging in an entire cake, I opted for a champagne cake square from Nugget -- Nugget has a great bakery! I recently co-hosted a baby shower for my girlfriend Crystal (twins!) and ordered a delicious fruit basket cake from Nugget too ...

Anyway - Colson thought it was pretty fun to sing and blow candles out, once, twice, I think we did it three times :) We told him that morning that it was daddy's birthday and that we were going to have a "party" later that day after he got home from school. That whole morning he was skipping around sisnging: "daddy-party, daddy-party" So cute.

He has gotten used to parties -- from March to June we had a bday party almost every weekend. This past saturday he asked if we were going to a party!

Mother's Day 2011

mother's day was pretty mellow here :) Colson made me an adorable craft at school ...

the kids (Nick) had an yummy edible arrangements delivered to the house, and we had a delicious dinner with Nick's mom ... she actually cooked a huge meal for us and Nick's sister Anna and her family ... thank-you Barb! The day was a little hectic, so I didn't get any pics :(

Potty training ...

we have been "officially" potty training since about the end of May ... this means -- underwear at home, pull-ups at school and for naps and a diaper overnight.

At school they will take him to the bathroom about every hour or so and his pull-up has been pretty dry most days. At home he has been doing pretty well too!

I think starting July we will go to underwear full time *gasp* and use pull-ups for naps and overnight ... and go from there!

Sloane one month photos

Update ... her 2 day and 2 week appointment were great! She is growing steadily -- born at 8 pounds 1 ounce -- she lost a few ounces by her 2 day appointment, but more than made up for it at her 2 week appt. The expectation is that infants get back to their birthweight by 2 weeks -- Sloane was 8 pounds 13 oz at her 2 week appt. Here's the rest of the stats:

Weight:

birth: 8 pounds 1 oz

2 days: 7 pounds 12 oz
2 weeks: 8 pounds 13 oz

Length:

birth: 21 inches

2 days: 21inches

2 weeks: 23 inches

Head:

birth: 13 inches

2 days: 14 inches

2 weeks: 15 inches

Next appt is at 2 months ...