Week 2(ish) Photo Challenge

It's amazing how having two kids babies, can make something as simple as taking one picture a day so hard! But it's giving me something to do other than taking care of just babies. (Which I love doing, but my creative juices are draining)

Day 5: Feet

Who has the cutest feet...Vanessa of course and I painted her nails for the first time!! (I love having a girl)

Day 6: Happiness

Girl Scout Cookies!!!! Tagalongs are my favorite, and I can eat a whole box in just a few minutes!!!

Day 7: Luck

Ladybugs are very lucky and Vanessa's room is ladybugs and bumblebees :)

Day 8: The Sky

The Sky is beautiful this time of year. So many changes during the change of a season. I don't have the best scenery camera, but you can see a lot of texture.

Day 9: Two Things

Here are the two things Sam can not live with out right now. The poor kid is getting the rest of his teeth at once and to top it off, he has a bad cold :( (But he is till all smiles!)

Day 10: The Ground

I was excited for this one! We planted a whole bunch of bulbs last fall and they are coming up!!!!

Day 11: Contentment

I don't know anyone (or thing) more content then our dog Zeus! (He is in his spot in our room) He's awake in this picture...you just can't see his eyes!

March Photo Challenge

I decided to do something a little different, I feel all my posts are about the babies. (Which I love, but I bet you all don't care about them growing as much as I do) So I found this: 

Now, even though I'm not blogging about the kids, so of them will involve them...how can they not? They are so cute :)

#1 Your View: I love the view looking out our back windows...they face east and we have a great view of the mountains!

#2 A Corner: I took a picture of Sam's favorite corner. Since he started sleeping in his own crib, he has slept with his head in this corner :) 

#3 In Your Hands: There is nothing more than I love more than holding my babies and Vanessa has the most beautiful hands!

#4 A Clock: This is my favorite clock...I found it on eBay and it matches my living room perfectly!

I will take pictures everyday, but only post them once a week...either Sunday or Monday so keep watching :)

3 Months Already

As you may or may not know, for the first year I get professional pictures taken every 3 months. They change so much and so fast the first year, I want to capture as much as I can!

Here are Vanessa's 3 month photo shoot! :)

Vanessa is such a good baby! (How I was blessed twice, I will never know!) She smiles all the time now. She holds her head up. And loves to sit up while we are holding her so she can watch Sam run around. She is super wiggly and you can tell she can't wait to play with her big brother. She eats really well, and loves taking naps in her car seat. We still are working on sleeping all night, she has a bottle at 11 and then around 2/3 and then again at 7. I've tried uping her ounces at 11, but she won't drink it.  She is finally gaining weight, and is about 10lbs. She no longer chokes or stops breathing!!!!! She has the cutest little giggle and most of the time we don't know what she is laughing at. She no longer will use a binkie! She really is a good baby and we are so in love with her!

Now here are the silly ones I do every month. :)

I know I sound like a broken record but we are so in love! We couldn't be happier to have our babies in our lives. They have brought us so much love and laughter!!!

2 Month and 1 Year Stats

Ladies first...so we'll start with Vanessa. She is such a little, sweet, cuddly baby. She is seriously a cuddler! (I love it!!!) She is a mama's girl. She has beautiful, long fingers. (Hopefully piano fingers!) She has strawberry blonde hair!!! She is really strong, she holds her own head up no problem and will sometimes stand! Now on to the stats:

Height: 22.25" (25%)

Weight: 9lbs (3-7%)

Head: 14.6% (3%)

She is very tiny, but starting to gain weight finally...she also is starting to have an apatite!!  

I love this skit! My dear friend, Dianna Crest made if for her!

Also, love this blanket that my best friend made her...Diana Cotner (her future Mother-In-Law)

And if you can't tell, Vanessa loves the puppy Uncle Ryan gave her!

  

Now for our little gentleman! Sam is now 13 months old. He is growing so fast! He says, Mama, Dada, dog and Zeus (our dog's name). He knows 2 signs, 'more' and 'please'. He is great at walking and is starting to run. He's a Dada's boy, but Zeus is his best friend. He is super funny and has us laughing all day. He eats very well! He loves fruits, veggies and carbs. He eats meats, but will pick veggies over meat. He no longer uses a bottle or formula, but isn't a fan of milk. But because he eats so well, the doctor told me not to stress about it. He sleeps about 12 hours a night and takes 1, 2-3 hour nap. He already enjoys helping mommy...if I drop something he picks it up and hands it to me, and if it's Vanessa's he tries to give it to her. He has the worlds greatest laugh and makes everyone around him happy! 

Here are his stats:

Weight: 26.2lbs. (95%)

Height: 33.5" (off the charts!!!)

Head: 19.1" (95%)

The nurse actually measured Sam, went out to put it in his chart and came back in to measure him again. She said there was a huge spike and she wanted to make sure she read it right. When she did it a second time, he was actually 1/2" taller! 

We love being parents, but even more so to these amazing kids! We feel so blessed and are enjoying watching every moment! It's kind of funny having such a big baby and such a tiny one! Sam is already such a good big brother. (He was really concerned today every time someone was holding Vanessa other than me) And Vanessa smiles at Sam all the time now!