Sunday, October 30, 2011

Halloween Festival (Part 2 of 3)

Our neighborhood had a Halloween parade and festival on Saturday so we took Brady and Noelle to the parade in the am, then the festival after naps in the pm.  Noelle chilled and Brady had a blast.


On our way to the parade and Brady was not amused with my photo request...






 
Watching other kids dance to "The Monster Mash"


Walking in the parade down Clark Street




Those flowers look interesting...


And one of Noelle and Aunt Heather

Brady rides his first pony... he was unsure what to make of it.



He liked the petting zoo, especially the soft sheep




Noelle, just checking everything out


My attempt to get a photo of Brady and Heather... Brady was not so interested


The hay maze was by far Brady's favorite.  He went over and over in circles.

Look at this grin!


And we finished the afternoon with a trip to the nearby train park.  All aboard!


I'm king of this train!


Saturday, October 29, 2011

Halloween (Part 1 of 3)

So the kids get to celebrate Halloween three times... the first was at daycare this past Friday.  Sean was able to go hang out with them :)


Brady apparently had a lot of fun hanging out in the infant room with Noelle.  This is why he looks like a giant in these pictures.



I would like to think he's roaring here.




 He finally made it into the toddler room.




 The daycare's parade/walk around the neighborhood



It's exhausting being a chicken.


Thursday, October 20, 2011

5 months old!!!


Pictures from today!

That darn flash gets her every time...


What I thought was a cute picture turned into an action shot of her spitting up... 


She's practicing being a zombie for Halloween ;)



Tickle time!


Ridiculous amount of hair...


My toes are so very interesting...



And finally a good shot!


So a lot has changed in the last month... let's see.  The most exciting thing, at least for me?  She is sleeping a ton better.  She eats once in the middle of the night (usually around 2am) and then most nights needs a little extra TLC somewhere between 10 and 12.  Other than that, no peeps and she spends the whole night in her pack n play next to our bed.  Naps are hit or miss, but we are starting to get a consistently long morning nap.  Other than that, the rest of the day is a crap shoot napwise.

Noelle still just gets breastmilk... we're waiting until she's 6 months to start solids like we did with Brady.

The other big thing Noelle learned to do is roll from her back to her tummy.  She does it all.the.time. and usually immediately once you put her on her back.  She also has figured out how to sort of turn herself around so she's facing different directions when she's on her stomach.  She has absolutely no interest in rolling from her belly to her back.  She is also getting more interested in sitting and can kind of, maybe hold herself up just a bit for a second or two.

She's also in love with holding toys, especially the monkey on her playmat.  She can transfer toys from one hand to the other.  She is also very aware of where everyone is in a room.  She recognizes our voices and will turn her head to try to find us when she hears us but cannot see us. 

She's also started belly laughing, although she's very selective about when she'll do this.  I've only been able to get her to laugh like that 2 or 3 times and I'm not sure Sean has been successful at all yet. 

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Chillaxing

So we watched a little Sesame Street today.  Brady demanded his own seat on the couch... not too close to either Sean or me.  He also requested some juice and cheerios.  And although these pictures don't do it justice, what he was doing was laying with his head on the pillow guzzling juice...