Happy 10 months, Riley! (a day late)

She had her 9 month checkup on October 9th. Her weight is 16 lbs(26%) and her height is 27"(25%)

-waves bye bye when she wants to..
-claps
-got her 2 bottom front teeth
-sits up from laying down
-getting better at holding herself standing up at a toy.
-has become a lot more attached to me.

-size 3 diapers and size 4 at night.
-9m and 12m clothes. 12-24m socks. Size 1 shoes(I think. She never wears them)

Her schedule is: wakes up between 7-8am. I usually wake her at 8 during the week but sometimes she stirs before that but I usually let her in lay there until 8 if she's not crying. She nurses when she wakes. She eats a snack(Puffs, fruit, breakfast bar) around 9:30 then naps 1-2 hours. Lunch around 12:30 and then naps 1-2 hours. Snack after nap and lays down around 5pm and naps an hour. Eats supper when she wakes up. Nurses and then bed at 7pm. She has been sleeping through the night since 2 months(with a few hiccups here and there) She has a bath every day or every other day at some point during the day. I have purposely dropped all but 2 nursing sessions to wean her off as much as I can. As with Madison, she will stop nursing at 1 year.

always eating..

full mouth

graham crackers... notice a pattern?

Halloween pumpkin

Pumpkin patch

Got Cameron by the collar...

She is becoming more of a mama's girl this month. She's usually been content with anyone holding her at anytime. Lately, shes been whining if anyone but me holds her and she clings on to me for dear life if someone goes to grab her. She is generally such a happy and content baby. If she's whining, she is tired or hungry(or someone has taken her from me!) She plays great on her own. Put her down with toys and she will crawl around and roll and play and chew on toys. She's a very silly girl who laughs at just about anything. She loves keeping her eyes on Madison. She's a petite little ladybug! We think she will be a short girl like me. She may surprise us though!

Happy 5 months, Riley!

Her personality has really come through this month. She smiles that huge smile. She laughs a lot. She's so ticklish! She 'talks' a lot! She's so sweet and lets Madison just crawl and love all over her!

Riley has had a time this month between getting her shots that messed her sleeping up for a week or so and then lately, she's hit what I assume is a growth spurt. Shes eating a ton, getting back up every 3 hours at night and is just all around grumpy. I hope she's back to normal soon!

-gave her oatmeal for the first time today. She loved it! We will probably give her 1-2 teaspoons a couple of times a day. 
-between 13-14 lbs
-size 2 diapers
-3-6 months and 6 months clothes

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In her bouncer, smiling

"talking"

Happy 2 months, Riley!

Riley is a very sweet girl. I have a feeling she's going to be funny just like her sister. She does these belly laughs when she's falling asleep that is the cutest thing ever. She's pretty easy, generally. She doesn't really cry unless she's really tired or hungry and sometimes when she just wants to be held. But when she cries, it's bad. We have to catch her sleepy signs because if she gets too tired, she will cry for an hour. She absolutely loves her sister. If she starts whining, Madison will go love on her and most of the time, she will stop whining. Madison loves on her all the time and she just smiles at her. It's the sweetest thing. We seriously have the 2 sweetest, most beautiful girls! We love you so much, Riley Kate!

-weighs 11 lbs and 23". Was 8.3lbs and 20" at birth

-Wearing 0-3 and 3 months clothes, size 1 diapers and 0-6 month socks.

-Wakes up around 8am and stays awake until about 10am. Sleeps for roughly an hour and is awake until 1pm. This works out well because Madison goes down for a nap around 1:30 or 2 so I try to keep Riley awake until Madison goes down and they nap at the same time.  She then usually sleeps for 2 hours, wakes up to eat and then sleeps until 4 or 5pm(sometimes even 6pm). She then goes down around 7:30 and usually sleeps until 12am. After that, she wakes every 2-3 hours.

-cooing and smiling socially. Holding head up pretty good. I love this phase because you get some emotion!

-Hates tummy time. Sleeps swaddled and on her side. Loves having a blanket over her head to fall asleep(see pic above) I have no idea how we are going transition her to not being swaddled and the blanket thing. Her hands wake her up if she's not swaddled and she is starting to wiggle them out already. Fun phase :) 

The shirt I gave Alan when I told him I was pregnant. It fits, 2 months later! 

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Riley cooing and smiling

 

 

Happy 2.5 years, Madison!

I am a day late getting this up. Time just slipped by yesterday! 

It's amazing the change in her just since her 2 year birthday. She's is very social, once she warms up to you. She's very funny and loving and is the best sister in the world. She loves Riley. Like, seriously loves her. She is constantly loving, hugging and kissing on her. She loves crafting-gluing, painting, coloring, drawing, etc. She loves playing outside and going on 'adventures' with her Daddy. Her memory is the craziest thing I've ever seen. She will see something or hear something once and will remember it. She's such a sponge. If you are around her and don't want her repeating something, don't say it!

You are the sweetest, most beautiful, funniest, silliest 2.5 year old there ever was!

We love you so much, Madison!

Perfect straight line on the T and she traced the lowercase d almost perfectly!

I didn't help her at all. 

 -Wearing size 6 shoes and 3T clothes. Weighs 30 lbs.

-Bedtime at 8pm and wakes between 7-7:30am.

-Potty trained her in November(26 months) and was fully trained by December. Regressed when Riley was born and we still struggle. Hopefully soon we will get back to it.

-loves fruit, milk, ketchup, raisins, craisins, applesauce, cheese, yogurt, goldfish, Chic Fil A nuggets, Sonic popcorn chicken and slushies.

-hates meat, unless it's seasoned meat like taco, spaghetti, etc.

-knows basic shapes plus hexagon and pentagon. Has known basic colors plus gray, brown and gold since before 2.

-counts to 10 and recognizes each number, except 10 is 1 and 0. 

-knows alphabet(since 2) and recognizes a handful of letters

-knows a TON of songs and loves music. She loves playing her guitar and singing.

Some pictures from after her 2 year birthday to today.

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24 months

Saying ABC's

24 months

Playing guitar

25 months

Singing Jesus Loves Me

25 months

 

Riding the train

25 months

Burst of energy before bedtime

28 months

 

Happy 2 years, Madison!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our girl! It's been a pretty amazing year. You have blossomed into this tiny little person with a huge personality. You are so smart, funny and loving! You are a sponge when it comes to saying things and your memory is crazy! We hope this year has been fun for you and can't wait to see what this next year brings! We love you so much!

We had some huge milestones this month!

First time forward facing

First Haircut

Started Weekday School

First ferris wheel ride

Doesn't everyone eat cheese in the pool?

Meeting Geoffrey at Toys R Us.

A Target must.

Who is this girl that looks 5 years old?!

(Sorry so blurry, my phone couldn't focus in the dark.)

That's some good sleeping!

Last day of gymnastics

First 6 word sentence

Counting

She wanted all of her bows in her hair and then fell in love with the reverse camera on my phone.

"Baby Sister"(Riley's ultrasound picture)

Her Daddy and almost every other person in her life will love this :)