Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Evynn Claire | two years old


I cannot believe we have a two year old on our hands! Evynn turned two weeks ago, but it took days to get her checkup stats and then even longer to get my computer working then Cody spent HOURS yesterday working on it  so here we are today! 

Evynn is 29lbs and 34.8" tall coming in at 75th% for both!

She is 100% full energy, keeps us on our toes, and is social as can be!


E's favorite number is "2" and color is "blue" and thats about the extent.. for now. She is starting to pick up other colors and numbers but for awhile she would repeatedly count "2, 2, 2", ha!

When she see's letters she refers to them as "acc's!" haha so we're working on that too!

She LOVES baby brother! She is always kissing on him (which is probably why I feel like someone always has a runny nose!), tells him "its okay brother" when he cries and always pats his back and has to be right next to him playing.

she jibber jabbers a lot but also comes up with her own 3 word sentences- "brother eat milk" "brother crying sad" "thank you mama" "dada where are you?!" 

She has the best imagination! She will "cook" in her kitchen and bring us sample bites then say "mmm"

She breastfeeds her baby dolls then burps them

She is all girl! Always has a purse on her arm and needs all things pink. When she saw me getting ready for a party last night, she got herself dressed in a dress, bow, and sandals.. blew her daddy a kiss and said bye bye, only to her surprise she was staying home with Cody. 



She is her daddy's biggest fan and wants to do everything he does! She loves her nightly routine with dad and reading the bible. 

She usually has a good appetite but has picky moments. she loves fruit and bread but some days won't eat a bite. toddler life.She is pretty good at feeding herself with a fork or spoon. she still drinks 2 cups of almond milk a day-1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. 


after bath time we get in jammies, read the Jesus Storybook Bible (we recommend to everyone, child or not!!), pray then down to bed. She usually talks to herself in her crib and then sleeps 9-7:30am. She takes a nap around 1:30 or 2pm for about 1.5-2 hours. She has days where she fights that and plays the whole time, but other days she crashes hard.

We're working on sharing, which is hard. It'll definitely be more of a learning experience once brother gets old enough to "share" toys ;) When we're around older kids, E is very intrigued by them. 

She LOVES the water and we make frequent visits to the pool to go down the slide and splash around. She really loves playing in any context.... as long as we're close by ;) 


discipline is getting real... and tough! She has her moments when she knows she misbehaved and immediately pouts. We spank her and do time out, and this sensitive girl cries for way too long  after the disciplining is over. She is a defiant little girl who puts on a show when she wants. This is definitely the tough part of having a toddler!









BROOKS GRANT | FOUR MONTHS






 Weight: 15lbs 13oz (75th%)

Length:  28inches (80th%)

Dr. Checkup: we actually had his well visit for 4months at the same time we thought Evynn was sick with something, so naturally by the time we got the doctor Brooks seemed too. They both checked out just fine and Brooks is doing great!

Eat: Still nurses about every 3 hours, I leave several 4.5oz bottles for when I'm at work. 


Sleep: He is fighting sleep alittle more now than ever before. He has not loved taking naps as of lately so it's a long process of putting him down, crying, pick back up, back and try again. At night I nurse him after bath time while Evynn is reading the bible and hopefully I can lay him down after that without a peep. Sometimes it takes longer (we had several nights when he wouldn't go down until 10pm!! ahh!!). but mostly its been good and he will sleep until 5 or 6am, eat, then back down until 7:30/8. He sleeps in his crib 90% of the time and occasionally the rock n play, like if we have guests over sleeping in his room. 

Play/development:

  • He is definitely more into things now, like his toy cars he can watch as we push them to and from him
  • he sits up a lot! of course with support but he is always trying to pull himself up. I can set him in the bumbo or exercise saucer with support and he enjoys being up for alittle bit.
  • he frequently rolls from belly to back, and twice this week (at night time, in his crib of course) rolled back to belly which then upset him a lot, ha!
  • makes deep grunts and noises, ha! 
  • he laughs and screeches real loud when people kiss him or get his attention
  • he loves taking baths with his sister and while laying on the bath incline thehe picks up his legs and slams then down real big to make a big splash!


Loves 
anyone's full attention, he loves being spoken to, and being kissed. 

Dislikes
sudden loud noises, being in one place for too long, and being too tired.


he has the biggest gummy grin and his eyes light up when he smiles, we love that sweet face!!