Big A and Little J

What do you get when both kids are napping (or at least having 'quiet time')?  More blog posts...

Here's a cute comparison of the two kiddos at about 3 weeks each.  Matt was holding Josephine on his lap the other night and it reminded me of a photo we have of Annabel at about the same time when Poppy was holding her.

Annabel

Josephine

Annabel was much smaller than Josie - she's wearing an adorable newborn sized dress that Josie never even had the chance to wear she grew out of that size it so quickly.  Annabel also had a lot longer hair, that stood straight up all around.  J's hair stands on end mostly in the back.  We think J's skin will be a bit fairer, more like Matt's, while A is clearly a brown bear (though from this photo she looks pretty pale.)  J's face is much rounder than A's, though also hard to tell from these photos.  A had a tiny pinhead but J's head it much larger. 

So far there are other differences between the two from their eating habits to their temperaments.  We can't wait to see and learn more about Josie as she grows!

Potty Training - and update

I know everyone who views this blog has been waiting on the edge of their seats to find out where Annabel's potty training is at these days.  So let me put your curiosity at ease and provide an update...she's well on her way to ditching diapers! 

This would be the time in the training process we'd actually go cold turkey and just go with underwear, but with a newborn around I just can't take that leap this week. We set up a positive reward system - aka the infamous sticker chart - that garners her a 'surprise' (supposed to be prize but she insists on calling it a surprise) from a prize bag when she's used the potty a certain amount of times.  She's really into surprises.

I think she's also really into all the positive attention she gets from it too - something that she's been getting less of now that you-know-who is around.

Here she is picking out her surprise, clad in her training pants (worn over underwear).

Swimmer

Speaking things we didn't know Annabel had recently advanced in skill-wise...her swimming is really coming along.  She's been visiting the pool with Grandma and Grandpa and both them, as well as some of the other kids at the pool, have been helping her coordinate her big arms and big kicks. We put swim lessons on hold for a little while when she started to get a bit 'swimmed out' but clearly she can learn anywhere. I guess her interest has been renewed, just in time for summer!

Way to go Annabel!  We're so impressed!

Our Little Monkey

One day Annabel showed Matt she's learned how to use the monkey bars.  Holy upper body strength batman! We honestly had no idea she was able to swing like that - she picks up things so quickly.

Sisterly love

I'm sure this won't be the last time we dress these two alike, but this is the first. 

As you can see Annabel has no personal space issues. 

Project Bunny Part 2 - week 2

Uh oh, night owl?

First pic is Josie at 9 pm, the second at 2 am.