2 months old!

My sweet girl turned 2 months old this week! She is smiling and talking more and more every day. And yes, that crazy hair just keeps on growing.



Kendall sleeps thru the night (8 or 10 PM to 5 AM) periodically - she will do it 2 or 3 nights in a row and then off for 2 or 3 nights. Kevin and I are definitely ready for her to sleep every night. Last night, though, she had her best night yet. She went down around 9, I think, and slept until 8 this morning. I'm guessing that the shots she had at the doctor yesterday afternoon contributed to her sleeping. She was not herself yesterday, and she fell asleep in her swing, in her kick and play, and in Kevin's lap - this isn't really like her.

Kendall often goes 4 hours between meals thruout most of the day, rather than the 2 1/2 to 3 hour spans that were typical not long ago. In the late afternoon and evening, her meals are still a little closer together. We still haven't settled into a regular bed time, but we're working on it.

As an infant, Haley went 4 hours between meals from the time she was less than a week old. She started sleeping thru the night about 3 nights before she turned 6 weeks old, and kept this up until she was 8 weeks old. Then, for about 10 days, she got up once during the night before returning to all night sleep.

Kendall is definitely a cuddler. She likes to be held up high on your shoulder so she can be close and still see what's going on around her. She also likes to be held in the middle of your chest - she will burrow in by rubbing her little face on your chest. She also, more and more, likes to be held in a sitting up position where she can see what's going on around her.

Kendall seems to recognize Haley. When she is awake and alert, she is very interested in what Haley is doing and saying. Haley often gets very close to Kendall and speaks or sings to her. Kendall turns her head to Haley and opens her mouth to show her interest. Haley says things like 'Hi, sweetie!' or 'Hi, sister!' When Kendall gets fussy, Haley may say 'It's ok, sister. Just take a little rest.' It's very cute. Haley still loves to hold Kendall.

Kendall rarely takes a pap (unlike baby Haley), and she doesn't spit up often (also unlike Haley). She naps plenty during the day. This is also unlike Haley, who didn't nap well during the day but who slept like a champ at night.

Kendall weighed in at 12 lb 8 oz at her 2 month checkup- this is just 5 oz less than Haley weighed at 4 months ;) Kendall's weight put her in the 97th percentile for two month olds. Kendall's height was 22 7/8 inches (about 75th percentile), and her head circumference was 15 (25th percentile). At 2 months old, Haley weighed 10 lb 15.5 oz and was 22 1/2 inches long.

Kendall got 1 immunization by mouth (roto virus) and 4 shots - DTAP, Hib, hepatitis B, and Pneumococcal Conjugate. I wonder how different the vaccination schedules will be when my girls have babies.

Play time with Jackson, Jake, and Marie

The girls and I had a fun morning earlier this week with Stacey, Jackson, Helen, Jake, and Marie. Haley, Jackson, and Jake were so much fun to watch. They did a great job playing together.

Jackson is doing a great job with the bouncing - he climbed in and out of some of the equipment on his own.



Click here to see Jackson play

Jake is a great big brother!



The kids enjoyed their pizza lunch - Haley, of course, ate more pizza than anyone else (including the grown ups).



Baby Ri has her 4 month checkup next week - Kendall will have her 2 month checkup. It will be interesting to see what each of them weighs - I think Kendall may weigh as much, if not more, than Miss Marie!



Check out video below of all the kids.

Happy July 4!

We had a fun July 4 weekend. The weekend started with a visit with Mara and family. We got to meet Mara and Kevin's son, David, and Mara and Kevin got to meet Kendall. David is such a cutie, and he had a fun time playing with the vintage toys at Marynell's house.



Here are the Maases with baby K.



The Starnes and the Maases.



Before we headed to my grandmother's house for a July 4 celebration, we tried another bottle with Kendall. Up to this point, she wasn't all that crazy about her bottles. We switched her to a higher flow nipple, and she did much better. I love this picture of Kendall looking at Kevin while he feeds her.



Friday evening we had dinner at the Wooten's. Haley had a blast picking blueberries - but she had even more fun eating them!



She had no trouble sharing her blue berries with others, including her great grandmama Jenkins, who joined the Wootens for dinner.



My aunt Cathy gave Haley the job of putting American flag stickers on all of the cups. Haley quickly took ownership of this duty, and she took great pride in telling everyone about the cups and making sure everyone got one - she was a great little hostess. Haley also got to help Lisa blow out her birthday candles.

My dad says we use Haley and Kendall as an excuse to take his picture ;)



We headed to the lake on Saturday to spend time with the Starnes. Luckily, Kendall slept through the night Friday and Saturday night - Thursday night she did not cooperate very well.

The kids love riding on the golf cart. They love it so much, they even ate lunch on it on Saturday.



Aunt Tami spent some quality time with me and Kendall while the family was on the boat on Saturday - she even found Kendall's tickle spot and got lots of smiles out of her! I haven't been able to do this myself.



The whole family (minus me and Kendall) enjoyed the fire works Saturday night. On Sunday, I got to go for a boat ride with Haley, Kevin, Sandra, Hank, and Wyatt. Haley got to ride on the tube with her dad - video is below. Note how well Haley plays along when I ask her questions on video.



Click here to see video of Haley's tube ride

Happy July 4!!!!!!!

Haley's 1st trip to the dentist

Haley had her first dentist's check up last week. I was SO pleasantly surprised - she did a fabulous job! She cooperated fully while they cleaned and flossed her teeth, treated them with flouride, and examined them. As my mom points out, kids are better for others than they are for their parents - Haley used to protest pretty regularaly while I tried to brush her teeth. She's doing better, though. We've done a pretty good job this summer of brushing twice a day, and we've kept up with that. We need to be flossing, too, and we haven't started that yet. Hopefully, I can start that routine before I go back to work.

The dentist told us that kids don't need juice at all - not even when it's watered down. We've pretty much eliminated juice since then - Haley was drinking plain water before, and she's getting more and more used to it now. Kevin still insists on giving her juice, but she only gets water with me.

We were also told that it's a good idea for kids (and grown ups) to drink a little water after each meal if they're not planning on brushing right away.

Here is a video of Haley's teeth cleaning.



Below is a video of Haley checking out her fabulous prizes.

Sleeping thru the night!

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights, Kendall slept thru the entire night! The first two nights she went down sometime after 9 and slept until after 5. The 3rd night she slept until around 6:30ish. Last night, she woke up around 3:30 and I ended up feeding her. But we're excited that she seems to be on track for sleeping thru the night consistently.

Kendall had a great day on Wednesday. She spent alot of time awake and did some great talking for us.



On Tuesday, we went to an indoor amusement park with Jackson and Stacey. I don't have any pictures, but I do have a video of Haley and Jackson on a mini ferris wheel - video is below.