Two Months

Good lord I have so much to blog about and no time to do it!! The card orders have really been rolling in lately and I barely have time to work on those, much less update the blog-- but there is just so much I want to make sure that I record so we don't forget any of this precious time with the girls :)

I really need to do Madeline's TWO month blog post though before she gets any older! At her pediatrician appointment she weighed in at 9 pounds, 10 ounces and 21 inches long. She is still wearing newborn size clothes and newborn diapers. Back on the 15th, I took a new photo, which I will set next to the first one to give you an idea of how much she has changed...

well fed, yes? the leg chunk alone is hilarious!!

Madeline's second month of life definitely proved to be a bigger challenge than her first...she has established a mighty fine pair of lungs to remind us when she wants our attention. We've had fussiness issues with a slight milk protein sensitivity, but we seemed to have figured that out for the most part (I hope).

Baby Bub also started snoozing for longer periods of time, and even let us sleep in after a six hour stretch! She has developed a good schedule at night that her parents appreciate greatly. She still has a voracious appetite, and wants her pacy most of the time in between.

We also saw more alert time and lots of smiles around the two month mark! They totally melt our hearts, of course. She started really loving the swing too. She cracks us up when she stares up with her mouth open at the "bugs" that twirl at the top, like they are absolutely mesmerizing lol.

Madeline enjoys riding in her stroller...

and still very much wants to cuddle under our chins :)

STILL enjoys her baths, and loves her Puj tub so much...

we let her sleep in it! (only supervised of course)

every week she goes with me to take her sister to swim therapy

and sleeps the whole time

in the mornings, she has the cutest darn bedhead you've ever seen!

and she has had tons of visitors :)

I have to say that this new two kid situation has been a total rollercoaster, and even more work than I imagined! I'm still completely amazed how I make it every morning to drop Avery off at school. I am basically just running around the house like a crazy woman-- fixing breakfast, fetching a pacifier, making a bottle, getting little girls dressed, searching for lost car keys-- the list goes on!

Hopefully one of these days I'll find a better rhythm. Right now I still feel like a mess all the time. I used to not leave the house without seasonally appropriate clothing, matching shoes and at least some eyeliner. Now it's pajamas, flip flops and a miracle if I'm wearing any makeup! Or brushed hair for that matter. It's ok though, because I know that I'll look back someday and miss all this craziness. So for now, I'm just trying to soak it in.

My Girls

I thought it would be fun to play a little compare and contrast with the lil'bub and baby bub. After taking a look at all these photos, I've come to the conclusion that they look nothing alike! They might both have my lips, but otherwise I think they are very different...I know it's hard to tell since Madeline is so little, but see what you think.

Here they are both at around 7 weeks. Avery's outfit is a little baggy,

but you can definitely tell she had a little more meat on her!

Averyhad very dark baby hair and Madeline is my little blondie :)

ok, these expressions totally crack me up. But you can really tell

how different their head shapes are here. Avery has a long, oval face,

very muchlike her daddy and Madeline is very round- more like mine!

Here they are snoozin in the same little yellow duck outfit.

Both have excellently plump cheeks! and very similar lips

Avery and Madeline at one and a half months, both waving

to the camera :) I think they look pretty different here

But then look at these two--

practically the same baby right??

Here are two of their portrait photos:

very different here, although Avery is significantly older there on the left

OK, so now that you've seen all those, do you think you could tell easily now?

How about this one...which little pumpkin do you think is in the photo below?

hmmmmm???

did

you

guess

Madeline??

nope..it's sweet baby Avery! fun game right?

ok- maybe just for me...

And can you believe that my little Maddie is actually two months old today!? I still need to take her official photo though, I'll post it next week :) 

Baby Bub is 6 Weeks Old!

Time is flying as usual! My sweet baby bub is growing like a weed, just like her equally sweet sister. Here is Madeline's first month photo:

I feel like she looks different everyday! Sometimes more like mom, sometimes more like dad, and occasionally I see her and think she looks like Avery did when she was a baby. Overall though, I think she looks most like I did as a baby.

At her one month appointment, Madeline had gained almost a pound and a half and weighed in at 7 pounds, 5 oz, what a big girl :). She jumped from the 10th percentile in weight to the 15th, whoa!! haha, I think she is going to be jumping up to 50th% in a matter of months, because this girl CAN EAT. Boy, I am SO not used to her total unquenchable thirst...with her big sister, I basically struggled the entire first year of her life trying to get her to eat consistently after all those stinky brain surgeries.

On top of eating like a champ, she enjoys a number of other things as well. Number one I think would be the bath!

Girl can't get enough! She'd stay there all day happy as a clam,

but I really don't want a prune baby :)

 This sweet girl also enjoys her "bug" pacy...

And sleeping on her tummy, for sure

Her hair has gotten a little longer (almost bow ready!), and I still can't believe how blonde it is-- kind of strawberry blonde actually. Her eyes are the prettiest dark blue, and I totally melt when she looks up into mine...she really likes when I sing to her, and gets very quiet and calm. She likes to sleep in our arms, rather than on her back (we're working on this :). She already holds her head up like a champ, and I can't believe how strong she is at just one month! She enjoys riding in her car seat, and goes with me everyday to take and pick up her big sister from school.

We are still getting used to life with two precious girls, but taking it one day at a time. We already can't remember what it was like without her! Big sis is also getting used to having a baby around, but so far so good. At a check up the other day, Avery measured in at 41 inches!!! This girl is going to grow past me any day now! Here is the long legged beauty :)

The New Nursery: Part Two

Finally. I know --you don't need to tell me-- it's definitely been more than the couple days I promised. If I thought that finding the time to blog with one munchkin was hard, finding it with two is infinitely harder. I have to be tricky too...if I even dare to plan, or really just THINK about blogging, then a blowout/meltdown/accident WILL surely ensue. It's all good though. Family comes first :)

Back to the new nursery. It makes me so happy! Everything turned out exactly as I imagined or better! I MUST give some thanks though: mucho appreciation to Bub the hub, Nana Patterson, Aunt Kay, bff Allison, friends and family from two amazing showers, my Cricut machine, TJMaxx, Target, BabiesRUs, IKEA, Graco, Pottery Barn, Etsy and Amazon  for coming together to make this happen. 

SOOOO HERE IS THE TOUR~

From the door, you walk in and notice that the nursery

is also a guest room! two in one! an amazing feat for

such a small room, I assure you.

as you walk in, straight ahead of you is the daybed

and drawers that we repainted

those beautiful blue polka dotted curtains were lovingly made by my

uber talented Aunt Kay Little and they are perfection!

immediately to your right is the changing table and shelf

closer up...

found some cute canvas bins and decorated them with birdies and butterflies

from my showers... they hold the essentials: diapers, bibs, blankets

and the most essential-SHOES!

Avery is being a very sweet sis and letting Madeline borrow all her baby shoes!

Allison gave me this awesome shelf that just happened

to match the room perfectly :)

I found the name blocks on Etsy and they were made to match

the crib bedding- the birdie next to the "M" is actually a tooth fairy pillow

from my sweet friend Tarryn, she also got me those

adorable socks on the other side!

lots of goodies hanging from the shelf:

from the left are monogrammed baby shoes, a gorgeous dress (it was the

very first thing I bought when I found out I was having another girl :),

her birth certificate from the hospital, a butterfly bow holder,

and a pack of good stuff on the far right, needed for changing baby

look at the precious shoes my wonderful friend Lindsay

sent for Madeline! I love that they have her birth date

back to the blue drawers, they have lots of friendly animals

for Baby Bub and more cute socks, can't have enough of those!

up close, the knobs are also from Etsy,

and also made to match the beddding

the day bed has a beautiful white shabby chic comforter

with patches of different fabric

found these shabby chic ruffle pillows that I love too!!

looking at the opposite corner of the bed, there are shelves

that hold books and furry characters from each story

here's a close up:

from left we have Olivia the pig and Runaway Bunny,

Peter Rabbit (from my nursery when I was a baby),

and The Very Hungry Catepillar...I just love all these

books, they make me happy :)

Here's another view from that corner

On the left is one of my favorite components...

♥the birdhouse side table ♥

(swoon)

On the far wall I framed four newborn photos that I took

of Baby Bub for her announcement...

precious girl :)

I call this corner the reading nook! I am an avid reader, and

will do everything in my powers to mold avid-reading daughters!!

absolutely adore this glider I bought off Target.com,

and the book rack I found on Etsy as well

up close on the glider

actually found this lovely bird cloth bag and decided to make it a pillow

last but not least, the crib wall!!

I did the wall mural with branches found at Marshalls

and flowers/leaves/birds made by my Cricut machine

and the lovebirds bedding I always knew I needed

a close-up of the branches

I thought these fun bird houses from Pottery Barn really

made it all POP :)

and that, my friends, brings us back to the door

hey Madeline, what do YOU think of your nursery?

I think that's a smile!!

But seriously, I hope she loves it as much as I loved creating it for her.

Now I think it's time to work on Avery's new big girl room!!!!!! (poor Bub the hub)