Happy Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween this year! Tonight we went trick-or-treating with our mini Taylor Swift and our little monkey! Avaree got way too much candy and there were a few people couldn't resist giving the cute little monkey a lollipop! Jace loved riding around in his stroller watching all the little kids.

 

 

 

 

 

Avaree also dressed up for character day at school, she was Pebbles Flintstone, and I made her costume. She had to dress up like a character from a book and bring the book in to show the class.

 I made pumpkin cookies for her to take for her party at school. These are yummy homemade vanilla sugar cookies with homemade buttercream icing!

Can you spot the one James decorated?

 

Solids Update

 Jace is doing very well eating solids. He's still eating them only once a day, in the evenings. He likes sweet potatoes, squash, peas, bananas, applesauce, and peaches. He does NOT like green beans--they make him gag! He's also doing great with a sippy cup. He drinks a little bit of formula out of it while eating his food.
This weekend I am planning on starting oatmeal so he can have that and a fruit in the mornings. I'm not sure how that will work during the week when he goes to daycare though. He will probably just eat it there because I don't want to have to wake him up any earlier than I already do.

 

Avaree loves her Tag

She falls asleep reading with it nearly every night! She loves it and I think it's helped her quite a bit.

Sick Baby

Our baby boy has his second cold, his first one was when he'd only been in daycare for less than a week. He was congested during the night Friday night and Saturday night. Sunday morning, he woke up with a runny nose, watery eyes, and a cough. He would cough up mucus and that would make him throw up. Poor little guy, he felt so bad. He was also running a low fever. Monday, he stayed home from daycare and he went to the doctor (he weighed 16 lb 12 oz!). We saw the nurse practitioner and she said he just has a cold and to do what we've been doing--humidifier at night, head elevated, suction his nose (she did say to use a saline spray which we are now doing), and to give him plenty of fluids. He's starting to feel a little better, still a little stopped up and still coughing.
He looks so pitiful!

 

 He still manages to smile even though he feels bad.

Rolling Over

I finally saw Jace roll onto his tummy this past weekend. James said he did it the previous weekend, and the daycare ladies said he did it a few days before that, but this was the first time I saw him. And I had to see it on the video monitor! He did it during the night. I heard him stirring a little so I woke up and was watching him and he just rolled onto his tummy! So proud of my big guy! He's been able to roll onto his back for a while now (since about 7 weeks) and we've been wondering when he'd ever roll the other way. He doesn't do either very much but at least we know he can!

Corn Maze

Today, Stephanie, Dawn, and I took Matthew, Avaree, and Jace to Conner's A-maize-ing Acres. We all had a great time navigating the corn maze (we made it through!) and the boys were great! Avaree got to play in corn and on a big mountain of hay. She also did the pedal carts and the tube slide. We were all bummed we didn't get to go on the hayride but we waited about 45 minutes and then got tired of waiting!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

Picnic in the Park

This past Sunday, we went to the park for a picnic. It was a nice relaxing afternoon! Avaree enjoyed playing and Jace loved being outside.