Sunday, January 19, 2014

sunbeams!

its official! parker no longer goes to nursery at church anymore. instead he is now a sunbeam in PRIIMARY! crazy right?!?! you have to turn 3 before january 1 to move into sunbeams and with parkers dec. 24 birthday, he is the youngest one in his class. i was nervous for him, but he has great teachers and they said he did great! 

he was so excited about his crown. 

he didnt want to take it off.

i teach the 6 year olds, so i sit just a few rows behind him and get to watch him misbehave have so much fun during singing and sharing time. *sigh* they grow up too fast.

speaking of too fast, little miss brooklynn is already 2.5 months old! at her two month check up last week she weighed in at 10 pounds 12 ounces. (parker at 2 months weighed 10 pounds 11 ounces) and she took her shots like a champ. she was much more sad afterwards than parker ever was with his shots, but we survived.


^i know, she isnt in pink.... shocking isnt it?!?

she really has the sweetest smile and her coos are adorable! she is such a different baby than parker its crazy. parker cried and cried and cried and cried. and always wanted to be held, ALWAYS. brooklynn hardly ever cries during the day and is so content to just hangout in her bouncy seat or swing. its another story come 7pm though. she usually cries from about 7pm-9pm every night. but thats okay, its usually after parker is in bed so i can solely focus on consoling her. and after being so good all day, i say cry away brooklynn, cry away!

her night time sleeping habits have been the same since day 1. we put her to bed between 9:30/10. we swaddle her up tight and lay her in her bed and she goes to sleep on her own. its awesome! then she usually wakes up once during the night to eat around 3am, (with NO crying) then up again around 7ish. not too shabby if i do say so myself.

definitely just noticed brooklynn is missing a sock in this picture!

parker was excited when i put brooklynn in his bed one morning.

parker is such a good big brother. he always wants to give her hugs and kisses and asks me multiple times a day to hold her. he of course has to do and be everywhere she is. im so glad this transition has been a smooth one for him. and i think now we are in our new normal routine and parker understands brooklynn is here to stay. two definitely keeps me busy!

Thursday, January 2, 2014

parkers birthday and christmas

um, hello 2014! holy cow, time goes too fast. i think it has sped up now that i have kids. i mean, parker is already THREE?!?! and starts SUNBEAMS on sunday? i cant even believe it. 

we had a quiet birthday celebration for parker. jared worked in the morning, and parker and i stayed busy at home getting our christmas eve dinner and birthday brownies made. jared came home and we took parker to lunch at chick-fil-a. the plan was to take him to see frozen after lunch, but it was sold out, so we went bowling instead, which was just as fun. we came home and got dinner in the oven....

 funny story. i needed to feed brooklynn, so i preheated the oven and told jared to put the cheesy potatoes in the oven when it was pre heated. after i finished feeding brooklynn, i went into the kitchen to finish getting dinner ready, opened the fridge to see the cheesy potatoes still in there. turns out jared put the brownies i had made earlier in the morning BACK in the oven. for another 45 minutes! so much for a homemade birthday dessert! jared ran to walmart real fast to get some pre-made brownies. 

after dinner parker opened his presents, we sang him happy birthday and he blew out his candles then it was time to get him to bed so santa could come!





pretty sure his favorite part of the whole day was blowing out the candles. we let him do it 3 times. 

the next morning was christmas! parker was so excited to wake up and see presents under the tree. i think he was a little confused about the whole santa thing. we kept telling him santa was going to bring him presents so i think he was expecting to actually see santa. 




parker enjoyed opening presents, while brooklynn chilled in her bouncy seat


we were a little bummed to not be with any family. especially since my whole family was together and jared's whole family was together. but we got to skype with both families. we took parker to see frozen that afternoon. brooklynn slept the whole time and parker did very well for his first movie. i loved the movie. i think parker enjoyed it, too, but i think he would have enjoyed it more if he was a 3 year old girl. 

we also had a very quiet new years eve. jared has had some kind of flu bug the last week, so after putting parker to bed at 7, we just watched a few shows, and called it a night @ 10. when you have a new baby, sleep is way more important than staying up to see midnight! 

2013 was a very big year for us. jared graduated with his master's, we moved to boise, jared started his first "real" job, AND we welcomed brooklynn into our family. here's hoping 2014 is a little more quiet.