A Quick Baby Update - birthday edition

Even though I may not have actually updated my blog much in recent times, I've written several blog posts in my head.  The main problem is that my computer time is usually limited to nursing sessions which means that I only have one hand to type with.  As of right now, both of my babies are sleeping.  I should be cleaning or sanding down a chair but I thought I'd take a quick second and right about my children.  

My big girl is officially 2!  We've celebrated her birthday a whopping 3 times.  I saw a version of a butterfly cake on pinterest and decided to give it a try.  She was super excited about for at least a week before her birthday.  Let me just say that attempting to make a cake gives me a new appreciation for those people who actually have cake decorating skills.  I would never get hired at a bakery.  

She loves to sing happy birthday but started to cry when everybody sang to her.  She also started to cry when I told her to blow out the candles so I ended up doing it for her.  

I've started encouraging her to help me in the kitchen from time to time.  This is her helping me make birthday cake #2. 

Even though we don't really encourage her to think of herself as a princess and the only princess movie she's seen is part of frozen, she is such a princessy sort of girl.  This is her in her new chair with her new dress hanging with daddy who is spoiling her by bringing 20 books outside for her to read while he grills.  

 Kira shares her birthday with my good friend Jennifer so we invited them over on their shared birthday for grilled pizza and cake.  And yes she started crying when we sang to her.

The scoop on my little K-baby:

• Weighs approximately 25 lbs.  
• Can speak in complete sentences. 
• Loves songs and asks me to sing them all day long.  She can sing the Doxology, the first verse of Amazing Grace and several kids songs. 
• Her aunts have recently taught her to "dance" which is her new favorite activity. 
• She still loves to read books and she has also discovered the joy of puzzles. 
• Some of her favorite foods are tomatoes, black olives and all kinds of fruit. 
• She knows her colors and can count up to 11 correctly and knows some of the teen numbers as well. 

Baby #2 update:

He is growing so much!  I feel like we might finally be getting on a night-time schedule though now that I write that he'll probably completely change it up.  He wakes up around 2, 4-5 and 6-7.  

He has also mastered the art of smiling and making baby noises other than grunting which he has done constantly since birth.  He sleeps most of the day.  

We think he weighs over 10 lbs.  The proof is in the double chin.  

Time to go enjoy some alone time before they both wake up!