Oh-Bla-Di

Some, especially those folks on my side of the family, like to say that Whoozers is my mini-me.  And, indeed, she does look an awful lot like I did at her age.  But an equal number of folks, coming from the other side of the family, sure see a whole lot of her daddy in her.  I think she got just about equal doses myself.  Ever since I took these photos, though, I can’t help but think that just maybe the scales are tipping a bit to Matt’s influence.  

Whoever she looks like, she’s pretty cute, huh?

I don’t have time for all the posts I owe and have ready, but I do have time to add just this one video of Doozers performing his favorite trick these days.  Raspberries!

Noah had a birthday a couple of days after Christmas.  Since things change so quickly for babies, I figured it was time for another little update.

So, at four months, Noah:

:: Is so very happy.  This little guy only fusses when he’s really hungry or desperately needs some sleep.  Otherwise, he’s just content to be out in the world watching things go by.

::  Babbles, coos, and talks.  He’s got a ready smile and loves to talk to you, especially at his first diaper change of the day.  A long night of alone time means he has lots to share when he wakes up!

:: Has relearned to sleep on his back.  Although he’d been a tummy sleeper for the first few months, it was causing problems with his sleep at school, so we’ve helped him learn to sleep on his back and he does great now.

:: Has to have his Binky and his lovey shoved up against his face to get to sleep.  This has caused some trouble since he wakes up crying at night if the Binky falls out.

:: Has learned to blow raspberries!  He loves it when he can get a “conversation” going with you in raspberry language.

:: Is this close to rolling over.  But, he’s so comfortable on his tummy, he has little incentive to get it done.  It’s coming soon though, I just know it.

::  Loves Libby.  He’ll watch her walk around for several minutes and loves to grab her ears.  Thank goodness Libby is such a complacent puppy when it comes to the kiddos.

::  Has had his first solid food!  We started on oatmeal cereal a couple of days ago and, he’s slowly getting used to it.  Here’s hoping a few extra calories will help with the sleeping!

:: Weighed in at 14 lbs, 7 oz and measured 25.25 in. at his checkup.  That’s up two pounds and two inches from his last visit!

::  Fits in just great around here.  Noah loves his big sister and the feeling is definitely mutual.  These two are going to be two peas in a pod before too long.

It’s hard to believe that the first third of Doozers’s first year has gone by already.  Love our happy little dude!!

I have a ton of pictures to share of Christmas Day around here.  So, rather than typing thousands of words to describe them, I’ll mostly let them speak for themselves.  Suffice it to say, though, that we had a lovely day.  Ava was thrilled to find that Santa had brought her the purple present that she asked him for, and Noah discovered that he could blow raspberries on his very first Christmas.  Thanks to the magic of Skype, we even got to open presents with both sets of grandparents.  Highlights for me were watching Ava try out her new dance stuff (girl’s got some moves!) and watching Ava & Matt play with the new RC boats in the pool.

Here’s the photo recap of a really great day:

Noah woke up super early, so we got some good cuddle time in before Ava woke up.

Whoozers slept in on Christmas Day.  7am!  Clearly she doesn’t quite get it all yet.  

Thrilled to find her purple present,with a bow, that turned into candy!

Opening her stocking.  She eventually opened all of them for us.  Such a good helper.

Twizzlers for breakfast.  Whoozers is truly her mother’s daughter.

All mornings should start with mimosas, I think.  LaCroix is a great champagne substitute for Ava’s drink.

Happy baby boy on his first Christmas!

Noah’s first bear from Mommy & Daddy.  His is named Jack.  Ava’s first bear was called Jill.  

Trying on her new ballet shoes

Dr. Who T-shirts for everyone this Christmas!

Both kids received a bunch of books this Christmas.  Every time we opened one, it had to be read immediately!

Opening presents is tiring!

New tap shoes!

Pretty ballerina

We spent the bulk of the afternoon enjoying our new toys and just hanging out.  Matt and I never got out of our pajamas!  We played several rounds of Ava’s new Memory game and spent some time putting together a new Playmobil set.  (Special shout out to Cousin Laura, who sent this great Christmas set all the way from Germany!)

When we were all played out, we settled in with some popcorn to enjoy one of Ava’s favorite gifts…Beauty & the Beast!  Thanks to several viewings of the movie in the last couple of days, her “Belle” skirt from Grammie is now getting lots of use.

Settling in to watch Beauty and the Beast.  The perfect end to a wonderful day!

Merry Christmas!

We finally got around to meeting Santa this year.  Ava chatted his ear off and Noah sort of just looked at him like he wasn’t sure what was going on.

This Santa was really awesome, so the kiddos got to spend as much time as they wanted talking to him.

Ava asked Santa for a purple present (full of candy) with a bow, this year.  Noah was a bit less specific in his first meeting with the big guy.

By the way, how’s this for a flashback?  Here’s Ava meeting Santa for the first time wearing the same onesie.

But, now, the orders are in, the elves are hard at work, the cookies are ready…

…and it’s time for Christmas finally to arrive!