Well Checks

Oliver and Paisley had their well-check appointments yesterday.  

Oliver was up first and did well on the scale and measuring his height.  The nurse took his blood pressure (using the smallest cutest little cuff that you ever did see) and he was fine with that too.  However, when they were trying to check his vision, he wasn't having any part of it.  The nurse stood across the room holding some white cards with printed black pictures on them.  She flipped through them asking what they were.  His response to her was, "I don't know."  He did respond to one saying it was a truck, but I'm not sure if it was a truck or not as I was trying to get him to cooperate.  Oh well, the nurse said it wasn't a big deal and we could try again at his 4 year well-check.

Ollie also did well with Dr. Gallagher.  He was talkative and told him all about his birthday party.  Unlike his 2.5 year appointment, Oliver did open his mouth this time.  (Last time he refused to and the doctor even pinched his nose shut trying to get him to open his mouth, but our stubborn little boy wasn't having it.)  He was cooperative as the doctor checked his eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and tummy. 

He's continuing on the charts at the low end, but he's been there his whole life and been making gains steadily so the doctor said he's just fine.  So as a three year old he is 35.5 inches tall (9%) and 28 pounds (13%). 

 Paisley was also more cooperative at this appointment than she was for her last.  At her four month appointment she screamed through the majority of it.  This appointment was much more calm as she only cried during her shots which is to be expected 100%.

Pais is continuing with the same trend as Oliver at the bottom of the chart, but making gains so nothing to be concerned with.  So at 6 months old she is 25 inches long (12%) and weighs 13 pounds 12 ounces (9%).  

Heart Breaker

Since I took some fun Valentine's Day photos with Pais, I wanted to do the same with Ollie.  With all the pink and red that surround Valentine's Day it seems too girly for my little guy, so we did something different.

He was obviously thrilled.

(Not sure if it's his hair or what, but he looks so different in this picture.)

Valentine Beauty

Ollie - 3 years / Pais - 6 months

Riley and I took a little time on Sunday to take some photos of the kiddos (me playing photographer and Riley playing my handsome assistant).

Obviously they are nowhere near professional quality photos, but I enjoy playing around with photography especially with such cute subjects.

Milestones

Today was just a lazy Sunday and it was much needed after back-to-back birthday weekends.  We spent the day getting some stuff done around the house, but mainly just regrouping before starting another week.

Paisley was relaxing in her bouncy seat when I looked her and she was sitting up.  That was a first!  She loves to sit up in her bumbo, on people's laps, and with help on the floor.  She still needs lots of support when sitting up so we were very surprised that she worked her little abs enough to get sat up.

 Such a big girl!

Ollie also hit a milestone today.  He now shaves! Haha!

Ollie's Birthday Date

Oliver has had a big adjustment over the last six months with having to share his mommy and daddy with his new baby sister.  We thought that it would be fun to have a special birthday date with just him.  Every kid deserves to feel special and he is such a good big brother to Paisley.

Paisley hung out with Uncle Shelby and Aunt Jaime after Tyson's birthday party.  She was happy to have some special attention too so it was a win-win.

We decided to take Ollie bowling since he had never been.  

 He wanted to be very independent, but realized that the balls are heavier than he expected.

With some bumpers and a ramp he was set and ready to go.

The ball return took forever for some reason, but he patiently waited for another turn. 

Anything in these holes....?

Waiting for his next turn was a bit difficult for this little guy.

 Oliver was a big fan of bowling and did quite well.  As you can see, he actually led the first four frames.  (Riley and I are obviously not the best bowlers...perhaps we could have benefited from the bumpers too!)

Tyson's Birthday

We celebrated Tyson's 8th birthday yesterday.  He had a Nerf War themed party and the Nerf darts were flying throughout the party ;)

 Happy 8th, Tyson!

Six Months Old

Paisley Ann is half a year old today!

And the biggest and best news of all is that she is now sleeping at night!!  Several weeks ago, I was getting pretty desperate due to sleep deprivation.  I put up a post on Facebook explaining our situation and begging for advice.  She was waking more than she ever had before, even as a newborn.  We decided to move her to her room (which I was super nervous about because she had been getting up what felt like a gillion times a night and I really didn't want to walk down to her room that many times) and diffuse lavender essential oil in her room.  Now it didn't happen overnight... it took a little bit of time for her to get used to it, but she is now sleeping SO much better.  Often times she will sleep 8-9 hours at a time.  If she wakes to eat it is near time for her to wake, but more often that not she is sleeping  through the night.  The other day she slept for 10 hours!  Riley and I are so happy (and much more rested) for this change!

 Little Miss is still in 3 month clothes.  Her well-check appointment isn't until next week, so I'm not sure on height and weight stats.

She recently discovered her feet and loves to play with them especially when she has direct access to them without socks or footie jammies getting in the way.

 Paisley has a good routine going as far as during the day at daycare and with us at home.  Since changing her sleeping habits she seems to be less fussy.  She's mostly happy and smiley which we absolutely love.