Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Big Sister Love

This happend last week, but it's so cute it's worth sharing :)

 

Typically in the morning I get Max up and changed and then lay him back in his crib while I get Ella up and then we all go downstairs. One day I decided to bring Max into Ella's room with me, as soon as I walked in she jumped and started saying "Max!" "Max!" and pointing into her crib... So I laid him down in there with her.

 

 

She was so excited to have her brother in bed with her :) and she was pretty upset when I picked her up!

 

Hopefully she will always love being a big sister!

 

Sunday, March 02, 2014

Max is 1 Month Old!

So much for staying on top of blogging!  Instead of feeling like I need to re-cap everything I'm just going to move forward!

Maxwell Edward joined our family on January 27th at 11:08am!  He weighed in at 8lbs, 5oz and 20.5" tall, we are so happy that he is here and this last month went by so so fast!  I can hardly believe this was one month ago already!


So far Ella seems to love being a big sister, which was such a worry for me before he was born.  She loves to give him kisses and to bring him her toys and "share" things with him.  Although I'm very glad she is so helpful... to her sharing sometimes means dropping things on him, so we are working on that!  However, the transition has been easier than I feared.  She has thankfully continued to sleep through the night even when we are up with Max in the next room.


Watching over Max's first bath
All clean!
I have said right from the beginning that Max and Ella are little twins.. some people are starting to agree with me... but they look so very similar to me!  Max is just a little blondie :)

Ella on the left, Max on the right
Max at one month old weighs 11lbs, 2oz (80th%) and is 22" tall (70th%), he is currently transitioning into 3 month clothes, although some newborn things still fit, it really depends on the brand.  And (what a surprise) 3 months pants are too long, so he mostly wears newborn pants :)


He takes a 5 oz bottle every 4 hours - like clockwork.  This means he is still getting up twice during the night, or just once if you like getting up for the day at 6 am ;)  Most nights he goes right back to sleep after the 2 am feeding, but sometimes he likes to be difficult and takes his time... hopefully we will get past this stage before too long!


2 under 2 is not always easy... but I sure hope they grow up to be good buddies.  We feel pretty lucky to be their Mommy and Daddy :)

For a comparison... Ella's 1 month post can be found here.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Grandma and Grandpa Visit!

I'm trying to stay on top of blogging so that I'm not too far behind when baby brother arrives!

This past weekend Grandma and Grandpa Hund drove up to visit and exchange Christmas presents.  We had a nice weekend together and Ella had lots of fun coloring and playing with her Grandparents.  We made a trip to Costco, a really yummy dinner out and a trip to Cabela's so Ella could see the fish!

What's in here?


So excited!

What is it?
Coloring with Grandma and Daddy

Adorable apron Grandma made

Big girl checking out the ATVs at Cabela's


Loving story time with Grandma!