6 Years Old!

A little behind on asking Aubs the yearly questions, but better late than never! ;) Still so hard to believe I have a 6 year old! She is so precious, smart, funny, beautiful. Such a joy and blessing to us!!

1. What is your favorite color? Pink & Purple
2. What is your favorite toy?  Barbie Jeep
3. What is your favorite fruit? Peaches
4. What is your favorite tv show? I can't figure that one out... I don't know... The Second Cake Boss!
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Pizza
 6. What is your favorite outfit? Dresses
7. What is your favorite game? Sims
8. What is your favorite snack? Cheeto's
9. What is your favorite animal? Cats & Dogs
10. What is your favorite song? Starships- Nicki Minaj
11. What is your favorite book? Elsa & Anna Frozen book
12. Who is your best friend? Kaley
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Sit around in the shade (hahaha)
15. What is your favorite drink? Juice
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Patrick (got a new one since last year lol)
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Pancakes with syrup & butter
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Purple Cow
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Veterinarian

5 Years Old!!

I can't believe my first baby is 5 years old today! She is SO smart, beautiful, loving, funny, etc etc! Life would be so boring without Aubrey Claire! We're going to do the "Question" game now! :)

1. What is your favorite color? Purple
2. What is your favorite toy?  Barbies
3. What is your favorite fruit? Bananas
4. What is your favorite tv show? Astro & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Pizza
 6. What is your favorite outfit? Lee Lee's shirt
7. What is your favorite game? Hide & Seek
8. What is your favorite snack? Graham crackers & Bananas
9. What is your favorite animal? Patrick & Kittens
10. What is your favorite song? Mama's Broken Heart- Miranda Lambert
11. What is your favorite book? The Froggy that has a soccer ball book at school
12. Who is your best friend? Grace
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cheerios
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with the neighbors on my trampoline and swingset
15. What is your favorite drink? Apple Juice
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas & Halloween & Easter
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Patrick (even though he is missing :( )
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Waffles & Syrup
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Pizza
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A Pet Shop girl (hahahaha!)

5 months!

The months just keep flying by! Our little (big) guy is 5 months old already! Here's what Mr. Evan is up to these days!

• Weight: between 16.5-17 lbs (weighed 17lbs 2oz on Friday, the 1st, but lost weight over the weekend while sick & got down to 16lbs 7oz. Weighed 16lbs 8oz today (the 7th)).
• Height: 26 inches
• Eating 5-6 oz every 3 hours during the day
• When healthy, usually sleeps 9 straight hours at night.
• Changed his bedtime up and now is OUT by 6:30. 
• Usually sleeps 6:30-3:30/4:00, wakes up to eat, & goes back to sleep until around 6-6:30.
• Had strep throat again, another ear infection, and Norovirus. NO FUN!
• Had tubes placed today! Hoping for NO more ear infections!
• Tested to see if he was a carrier for strep because a new doctor thought he was (momma knew he wasn't, been there/done that with Aubs). Test came back normal, he is not a carrier. Just a strep magnet like Aubs :(
• Wearing size 3 diapers. They are a bit big on him but I was afraid he would outgrow the 2's before we finished a new case. 
• Wearing size 3 month/3-6 month/6 month/ and some 6-9 month clothing
• Still taking medicine for his reflux and we're still thickening his bottles with rice cereal. 
• VERY happy baby.. always smiling, even when sick! 
• SO laid back! Everyone comments about how calm & happy he is :)
• Still trying to sit up by himself. Still supports himself with his arms and leans over some. 
• Started eating baby food! So far he's tried home made avocado & bananas. He's also had store bought baby food & has tried sweet potatoes, carrots, and apples! He LOVES to eat!! :) He tries to grab my hand to get the spoon to his mouth faster!
• Usually takes 3 naps a day, 30-60 minutes in the morning, 1-2 hours around lunch time, and 30-60 minutes in the afternoon.
• Loves when his big sissy reads to him :) 

Can't believe just a few more weeks and he will be HALF a YEAR old!

4 months

I completely missed doing a 3 month post for Evan :( And I'm about 2 weeks late on his 4 month post. Sigh! Oh well, better late than never, I suppose! Evan turned 4 months old on December 30th! I can not believe how fast he is growing up! Here's what he's up to now!

• Weight: 14 lbs 9 oz
• Height: 24.25 inches
• Eating 4-6 oz every 3 hours during the day
• Sleeps anywhere from 6-9 hours straight in his crib at night
• Usually goes to bed around 7-7:30
• Does really well sleeping when he is feeling well! Unfortunately, that hasn't been often lately :( 
• In his 4 months of life, he's now had strep throat 3 times, croup, RSV, & 4 ear infections :( 
• We go to the ENT this Wednesday to already see about getting ear tubes placed!
• Wearing size 2 diapers
• Wearing size 3 month/3-6 month clothing
• Still taking medicine for his reflux and we're still thickening his bottles with rice cereal. 
• VERY happy baby.. always smiling, even when sick!
• Has the cutest belly laugh!
• I can almost always get a big belly laugh out of him by smelling his feet & saying shooooweee! ;)
• Rolled belly to back for the first time on December 1st
• Rolled back to belly for the first time on January 7th
• I sat him on the floor sitting up by himself on January 4th & he didn't fall over! He isn't a pro at it yet, but can sit up & pretty well for a good minute or so on his own!! So shocking to me- he is doing things so much faster than Aubrey did.
• In the 38th percentile for weight, but already weighs 1 oz more than Aubs did at 8 months!
• Coos/talks all the time :)
• Loves his jumperoo & piano play mat
• Is SO in love with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!
• Will be starting rice cereal on a spoon this month (having his tongue clipped first). 
• Such a good baby & a huge blessing to our family! :)

2 months

I'm a few weeks late on posting Evan's 2 month update.. big shock there haha

• Weight: 11 lbs 3 oz
• Height: 22.5 inches
• Eating 3-4 oz every 3 hours during the day
• Usually sleeps a 6 hour stretch at night in his crib, wakes up for a bottle, and goes back to sleep
• Has slept through the night twice
• Wearing size 1 diapers
• Wearing size 0-3 month/3month clothing.
• Already got strep throat from Aubs, which landed us a 3 day stay in the hospital! :( 
• Still taking medicine for his reflux and we're still thickening his bottles with rice cereal. 
• Started smiling & does it all the time.. He is a happy baby!
• Getting stronger neck muscles and doing well with holding his head up
• Cooing :)
• Meeting all of his 2 month milestones already, even though his adjusted age is only 1 month
• Doing great at daycare (Wed-Fri)
• Loves smiling at his big sister who loves him so much! :) 

I can't believe he is already 2 months old.. time is going by so fast! I love my little chunky monkey so much!

Aubs :)

I've been meaning to do this for a while, so here are Aubrey's "20 Questions" answers at age 4 :)

1. What is your favorite color? Purple & Pink
2. What is your favorite toy?  Barbies
3. What is your favorite fruit? Bananas
4. What is your favorite tv show? Fireman Sam
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Peanut butter & jelly sandwich
 6. What is your favorite outfit? I don't know
7. What is your favorite game? Daddy's new game (computer game)
8. What is your favorite snack? Pretzels
9. What is your favorite animal? Patrick (lol!!)
10. What is your favorite song? Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
11. What is your favorite book? Dressed for the Ball (Disney Princess book)
12. Who is your best friend? Maggie, Ethan, Charlee, Devan, & Grace
13. What is your favorite cereal? Honeycombs
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play on my trampoline
15. What is your favorite drink? Apple Juice
16. What is your favorite holiday? Easter
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Patrick & you (mommy lol!)
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Cinnamon Rolls
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Strawberry Rolls (..? we had these at her party, I guess she's thinking back.. ? lol)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Artist, Nurse, & a Teacher

Evan 1 month

Obviously, I haven't blogged in FOREVER. I am just writing this so that I can look back on it in the future. I need to do a blog about Aubs these days too. That girl is a mess! Here's all about little brother's first month though :)

• Weight: 8 lbs 9 oz
• Height: 19.75 inches
• Eating 3-4 oz every 3-4 hours. 
• Just moved to size 1 diapers (can still fit in some newborn diapers but we have a ton of 1's so we made the switch).
• Wearing size Newborn clothing.
• Having lots of trouble with reflux. 
• Will have a swallow study done soon to check on all of that. 
• Following in big sister's footsteps and has been to the doctor every week of his life :(
• Besides the nasty ole reflux, doing great. He is a very good baby!
• Still sleeps a ton. Has maybe 30-60 minutes of straight awake time once or twice a day.
• Is much better with tummy time than Aubs was. He tries to roll over already & doesn't scream the second we lay him down, like a certain little someone did ;) 
• Total tummy sleeper. Hates laying on his back. Favorite place to sleep right now is on Mommy's chest. 

Can't believe Evan is already a month old. Aubs is such an amazing big sister & Evan has fit right into our crazy little family :)