Both kids had a doctor's appointment last week. I was able to get both kids in to see the dr. at the same time. While we spent 2 hours at the office, I only had to make one trip, and to me that was worth it! Tyler & Adeline are both healthy, and growing nicely. Adeline is 18 1/2 lbs. and 26 3/4 in. She is in the 75% for both height and weight and in the 25% for her head circumference. Tyler is 37 1/2 lbs. and 3'5". He is over 1/2 as tall as his mom.
I have decided with Adeline to give up trying to spoon feed her. She won't do it. But she will eat finger foods. So in order to use up the baby food I have already bought, I dip her Gerber puffs or Cheerios in the baby food before I feed them to her. She doesn't mind one bit. I also discovered that she loves peas. She is definitely her mother's daughter! She will also eat the very tops of broccoli and cauliflower. She does okay with carrots, but they're not her favorite. I bought sweet potatoes and butternut squash at the market the other day, and I plan on baking them and cubing bits of them so she has the finger food in those veggies as well. She's eating a lot more food during the day as well. She still loves to nurse, and as she hasn't bitten me yet, I'm willing to let her continue. Here are some pictures from this last week.I took this on a Sunday at 6:58 a.m. Both kids were fed and dressed and ready to leave. We still had an hour and a half before we had to leave for church. Do my kids look tired? It's cuz they are. Tyler got up before the sun, and never wanting the rest of us to miss the sunrise, got the rest of us up as well. I swear Tyler is tired 99.99% of the time but will not sleep past 6 a.m. or take a nap in the afternoons. But he does crash at 7 p.m. so I guess it's a trade-off. Adeline only gets sleep if I entertain Tyler for the 2 hours that she needs to sleep, and if I keep him happy so he doesn't shriek/scream during a tantrum.
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It's been awhile since I posted something. Since I have so many pictures to share, I've put them in slide shows. I apologize to anyone who might be bothered by that. I will make sure I keep up on the updates better!
These are pictures of my little princess. She is just so cute! The big happening in our house was Tyler's 4th birthday. We had a friend party & a family party. The last 2 years we have invited about 6 or 7 kids over for Tyler's friend party, and only 2 or 3 actually come. This year we invited 10 kids over for lunch -- pizza & cake & ice cream -- and 9 of them came! So I had nine 4 year olds running around my little 2 bedroom apartment! Actually, they did much better than I expected. Tyler had a blast. I had to remind him about "entertaining his guests," a couple of times, but overall, he was a perfect host. Our family party was with Grandma & Grandpa Ensign, and the boys -- Alan, Brian & Jared. Tyler just adores his uncles! We had Mac & Cheese, green jello, green salad, and cooked veggies -- all of Tyler's favorites.I've been trying to capture some quiet everyday moments with the kids. Here is what transpired during my latest attempt.
We've had a ton of snow lately. So much so that school was canceled, businesses closed early, and we all hunkered down for a couple days! We went sledding at Grandma & Grandpa's last Saturday. It was so cold!!! But Tyler had the time of his life!
