My Little Love Bug

I thought I would include a little update on Julia for those who don't get to see her on a daily basis. She is as sweet as ever and we're enjoying our time with her more and more everyday. Lately Julia has started asking 'why' questions which has been really fun as she explores the world around her. For example, the other day we pulled out of the driveway and she asked why a car was parked down the street since it's not normally parked there. She's quite observant and wants to know why things are the way they are. She is constantly asking why questions. Just today she asked why daddy was waxing the car and sometimes when you tell her why she'll even ask why to your response..it's pretty funny sometimes.

Julia is so helpful, the other day I was putting some things in the car and Julia was watching Andrew and she came running to the door and told me that Andrew spit up. It was a tiny little spit up but she was real concerned and wanted to make sure I knew about it and took care of it. Now she'll use the burp cloth to wipe Andrew's mouth if he spits up and helps out by putting dirty clothes in their laundry baskets. She's such a good helper!

Julia continues to love Elmo and enjoys watching him on TV along with Curious George. She also likes her baby and playing with her dolls. Julia really enjoys singing and has learned to sing some songs like Twinkle, Twinkle, Old MacDonald, ABC's, and of course Happy Birthday. She loves when I sing Hush Little Baby and a few other songs I made up when she was a little baby.

Lately Julia isn't all that interested in getting her picture taken but I love this one since it shows her big blue eyes. We're so lucky to be her parents and something reminds us of that everyday.

Publix Grocery Store Tour

On Monday our Mommy and Me playgroup headed to Publix Grocery Store for a tour. Andrew was ready to go on the tour as well.

The Baby Bjorn carrier that my friend is letting me use is really coming in hand as we're getting out and about more. It makes it much easier to keep Andrew happy and keep a watch on Julia.

On the tour they took out a lobster and showed it to the kids and even let them touch it if they wanted to. Of course Julia wanted nothing to do with the lobster.

The kids gathered around when it was time to sample some cantaloupe. They got to sample many other things like popcorn chicken, cake frosting, and cookies.

At the end of the tour they gave the kids a goodie bag and a balloon. Julia enjoyed looking through her goodie bag. Besides a coloring book, crayons, and stickers she also received goldfish and a fruit puree. Thanks Publix for doing such a great job!

Andrew - 2 months old

On Tuesday we had Andrew's 2 month check-up. He's growing and getting much bigger which makes perfect sense since he's eating every two hours during the day and every 2-4 hours at night. He weighed 12 pounds 9.5 ounces and was 23 1/4 inches long which puts him at the 75 percentile for both weight and height. It's a bit different with Andrew since it took Julia 7 months to get to the same weight as Andrew at only 2 months old. I knew Julia was little but now I'm realizing just how little she was her first year of life. Andrew is doing more interacting with us now and we're loving it! I absolutely love the big smile he gives you when you're playing with him! We're so lucky to have him as our son.

Puzzles Anyone?

Julia has always enjoyed doing puzzles just like her mommy. Lately she's been doing some puzzles which are a bit more challenging and she's doing great with them. When Julia first started learning her ABC's it was from doing an alphabet puzzle. Here she is working on puzzles to make words.

Today I gave Julia her first 12 piece puzzle and the first time she did it with very little help and the second time she did it all by herself. We're so proud of her and she's so proud of herself too! The next step will be a 24 piece puzzle. I'm so glad she enjoys puzzles, maybe we can do some 1000 piece puzzles together when she's grown up.

Holding Head

Andrew is such a strong little boy! He is so fascinated with the star from his play mat that lights up and plays music that I use it when he does tummy time. He just holds his head up and stares at it. If he's lying down on his play mat and it's playing above him then he smiles and talks to it...it's so cute! Funny enough but Julia absolutely loved the star too when she was a baby. It actually broke a few times and I always ran to Babies R Us to get a new one since it was her favorite, hopefully we don't have any trouble with this one. So far, so good! He's such a cutie and we're all enjoying the new things he's doing.

So cute!

Things are going well around the Brown house with two kids and we're getting into a good routine. It will get easier once Andrew sleeps through the night but he'll do that once he's ready. No complaining from me since he's only 2 months old and ever so cute. He'll be grown up before I know it so I'm enjoying where he's at now. I try and take a nap when both Julia and Andrew are napping but that doesn't always workout. Today I managed to get a 30 minute nap which is better than nothing. I had to get a photo with my little guy..he's so cute and I love his blond hair even more than the day he was born.

Andrew looks like a big boy sitting up in the recliner that's in his room. I must say that is one comfy chair. He sure is getting big and feeding him every two hours during the day and even during the night sometimes is really starting to show. Soon we have his two month check up so we'll find out his percentiles but he's definitely growing.

I actually have a picture of Julia just like this with her arms stretched way out and we called it the "Hug Me" photo and of course they look so much alike to me. Just in the last week Andrew is doing much more smiling and cooing, definitely one of my favorite things that babies do.

Aunt Kim and Alexander visit

Aunt Kim and Alexander came to visit us and stayed for a week. It was a busy week with Julia (2 1/2 years old), Alexander (7 months old), and Andrew (7 weeks old) but we had heaps of fun! We were often out numbered since Thomas was working but everything went great. The first time Alexander saw Andrew he just stared at him and smiled, it was very cute. Before long these two little guys will be getting into trouble when they get together. Just to warn you, I posted a ton of photos from the week. :)

I love Alexander's big blue eyes. He does such a great job of playing by himself.

Alexander and his mommy. Alexander is playing with the Fisher Price school bus which was one of his favorite toys while he was here but it didn't make it into the picture.

This photo cracks me up because it wasn't even staged. There's no way we could have even gotten them to do that if we tried.

Andrew has been doing great on tummy time with lifting his head. Look at how high off the ground his head is!

On our way to the pool and Andrew, Julia and Alexander are all ready! I love the big smile on Julia's face. Julia always helps me out with Andrew and she did a great job of helping Aunt Kim with Alexander as well.

Julia and Alexander had fun at the little pool.

Alexander and Julia look so cute looking up!

Alexander loved playing with Julia's ball. Julia did such a great job of sharing her toys all week.

It was quite funny having three car seats in the car right next to each other. Good thing my car was in the shop that week and we had a huge Ford Expedition rental.

The two boy cousins in their car seats on the way to the mall. The car seats are the same and it's funny how Alexander is tall enough to cover the chicco logo and Andrew's head doesn't even reach the logo. Before long they will be about the same size.

Hanging out in Andrew's room in the morning. Julia is such a big girl holding her cousin Alexander and her little brother Andrew. Elmo even managed to get in the photo too!

It was a busy morning but we all had such a great time at the sprayground.

Julia with her sweet friend Cole. We meet Cole and his mommy through our Mommy and Me Outing playgroup.

Julia had fun at the sprayground, I just love the expression on her face.

Alexander enjoyed the little fountain at East Roswell Sprayground, it was the perfect size for him.

Andrew is dressed for a monster truck show while Alexander is ready for a black tie event.

One last photo of my sister and me and our kids before we headed to the airport. Julia was a bit sad when we dropped them off but we look forward to spending time together again real soon. What a fun week! Thanks Kim for everything...you're the best sister!