Wilder's March 2016

Wilder on Easter!

Happy Easter y'all! Wilder is so much fun these days. He's started conversing in complete sentences--it's pretty cool! He is working on talking to Felicity, which she thinks is the best. Right now he really loves this in-depth book on helicopters. He can point out the Chinook - his favorite--on sight, as well as the HIP, the Allouette... It's crazy. I can't even recognize them, except for the captions, but he knows a lot about them just from us reading the book to him, and he wants to read it for a long time multiple times a day. He has a book about cars and trains, now it's helicopters. I suppose we need one on planes next!

He's been sick a lot lately... A cold, a double ear infection followed by a virus that made him throw up in the car on the way home from the doctor- first time for everything. He was not a fan! So we have spent a lot of time secluded at home this month. It makes me sad, but just about every time this year that we go out somewhere with a lot of other kids or go to church, he's gotten sick. I know it's a season of life and he's at the age where they transmit illness so easily, but I hope his immune system builds up quickly. 

Even though Wilder is such a big boy now, I'm so thankful he still wants to be read to and rocked to sleep. I love that time with him! He has such a sweet heart and he so loves to spend time with family.

We had an Easter egg hunt at the house yesterday with some of our little friends and Wilder had SO much fun. He wanted to keep playing egg hunt all afternoon and today too. :-) He also got to have his first CANDY. Here are some photos from yesterday!

So cute I can't stand it!

first time to have candy!

Look at that chocolate!

Felicity 5 months

5 months old

Five months already! Our Felicity Rose is growing in leaps and bounds. She is wide-eyed and smiley--loves to see all there is to see in the world around her. Wilder can make her laugh just by smiling at her, and she is just such a vibrant, bouncing, happy addition to our family.

She's still very much my Velcro baby, but getting much better at playing with Daddy and Mimi and Papa. I know I'll miss these days where I'm her favorite person in the whole wide world, so I try to treasure these times. I love how she looks for me wherever I am, and how she smiles at me for no reason at all.

She's discovered her feet and likes to chew on them. She gets an A+ for tummy time--she prefers sleeping on her tummy. She likes sitting up a lot and she's close to sitting on her own. She will stand with assistance and bounce on your lap till your arms want to fall off.

Felicity can't wait to try food. She swipes at my plate every meal, stares down Wilder's every bite and licks the outside of my coffee mug if given the chance. No food yet. I'll give her tastes sometime in the next month and definitely after 6 months.

We went through a really rough few weeks where she didn't want to nap and she was sleeping 90 min at a time at night. I guess they call it the 4 month sleep regression. I was working hard late every night and burning the midnight oil, so I was drinking a lot of coffee. Once I realized there might be a connection I cut down the coffee to a single cup that even Wilder says is "mama's tiny coffee cup." Sad face. Almost instantly her sleep and naps got better. Or it could be that she got through the regression. She slept 7 hours straight two nights me in a row (which I didn't enjoy because of work). Except last night she was up every 90 min, again! She might be teething. It's always something! For now, She's taking two short naps and a long one, going to bed by 8, sometimes earlier, and waking up at 7 am. She's a bit off because of daylight savings still. She's started taking one of her naps in her big girl crib.

She blows bubbles, is exploring her voice and likes to read books a lot. Her favorites are foam books because she can eat them, but she likes other books too.

Felicity gets her height and weight stats tomorrow so I'll update then, but she's wearing 6 mo clothes (onesies are getting a little short), size 2 diapers and 3s for naps and bed.

Photos from today!

This face cracks me up

Wilder's February 2016

This sweet boy of ours! 2 years, 3 months old. Wilder has started trying to play with Felicity. At least once a day, he'll come over close to where she is and say "baaaaby siiiiister" and get real close to her face. Or he will "tumble" all around her. She laughs at him and he's actually gotten her to stop fussing a couple of times by grabbing her hand and talking to her. He's a really sweet big brother, but he doesn't like it when she starts screeching at top volume.

He's getting into kicking the soccer ball lately, which makes sense (daddy was a star!) and he's already better at controlling the ball than me! He laughs and laughs when he can kick it the way he wants. Even missing the ball is funny when he has Zach and I laughing with him.

Wilder really loves to read. He's started asking us to rock him and read first thing in the morning, or pretty much anytime it's just one of us and him in his room. I really love reading with him, even if it is his Cars 2 book with sound effects and ripped pages. We read Dinosaur Roar, Welcome to Trucktown and We Have a Baby just about every day. He has many of his books memorized so he can help read along. It is amazing the things he understands in these books!

99.9% of Wilder's favorite toys are vehicle/transportation related, but he loves pushing cars and trains and planes around. He loves to play outside and he's really developed neat bonds with family. He likes to play with his little friend Haddie, and they have a lot of fun.

Wilder has been saying "thaaaats prettycool" a lot. He calls Zach "the big daddy" sometimes and me "the mama." Many times if he wants to see someone (me, Zach, Mimi, Papa) he'll say "Here comes ____. Here he/she comes!" If he gets upset about something, and you are talking things out he will say "sounds good!" Through his tears or "it be ok!" He's such a sweet heart. And he can repeat and understand so many words and phrases with his little boy voice.

Right now his favorite foods are apples, sugar snap peas and Popsicles. He's gotten really good at eating good meals though. Not so much pouches!

I took these photos today and he is a teeny little boy, but I nearly cried editing the images. He looks so grown up! Not in real life, just the photos! 😭 slow down son!

"smackin' the puffers!"

I asked him to show me his truck. He was really excited because he just got it like 30 min before!

Not sure what this pose was! He never does this!