archer lee seven months

Archie Lee is seven months old!  We're a little behind on updates for him...Man, life is a little nutso.  But boy, we love our little dude.

Height: 28 inches (95%)
Weight: 17lbs 5oz (50%)

Facts about Archie:
The most obvious thing about Archie at this point is how ENERGETIC he is.  He is such a wiggle worm!  He started army crawling at 6 months, and he goes fast!  Like from room to room.  It's crazy.  He's up on his knees all the time too, but he hasn't figured out how to move his arms forward in order to crawl.  He's impossible to hold; he's always trying to leap out of my arms.  I'm not sure if his energy is a boy thing or just an Archie thing.

Arch has two teeth that he got while we were in Santa Cruz for two weeks.

Still sleeps in the weirdo swaddle sack.  I love this thing!  Naps are pretty bad... 45 minutes twice a day if I'm lucky, but he makes up for it in nighttime sleep.  Sleeping through the night most of the time.

This boy eats so much more than the girls did!  He eats a full jar mixed with oatmeal and whatever else I give him twice a day.  Still nursing 7-8 times a day.

Arch has some eczema on his cheeks and elbows, but it doesn't seem to be as itchy as Violet's was.

Arch, we are totally obsessed with you! We are so thankful that God surprised us with you!

kennedy four and a half

Kennedy Jane.  How are you possibly so big?

Fun Facts about Miss K:

• Kennedy is a super sister and mommy's big helper.  This girl blesses me with her helpful attitude daily.
• Kennedy loves accessorizing.  She typically wears a crown, large bow, necklace, and tights.  It's so fun to watch her develop her own style.
• We're still doing school two days a week and recently she began staying for lunch.
• This girl loves her friends.  She has so much fun playing with other kids.  Some of her favorite friends are Conor and Addie, Culver, Natalie, Aisley, and Melody.
• Girlfriend will try any food and loves almost all of it.  She eats mushrooms, veggies, hot sauce, her tastes surprise me every day!
• Can write all uppercase letters and her name.  Can spell simple things if I help her sound them out.

We love having fancy tea parties with Mommy's china 

Mom's day at preschool.  Such a fun time with my girl!

Kennedy I love watching God grow you as his child.  We are so blessed to have you as our daughter!

violet two and a half

My middle wild child is two and a half.  This girl is too much.  She is a lover of life.  Expressive and emotional.  Her ups are ups and her downs are downs.  She is physical, strong and brave.  It's a bit difficult to capture her awesomeness on camera these days because she can't be bothered to have her picture taken, but here are some of my recent favorites:

 

That's a pirate sword in her hand.  

Homegirl is protesting napping but can't hang.  She'll stay in her room for an hour plus but never fall asleep.  She usually passes out on the floor/couch/highchair by the end of the day.  It's hilarious and super annoying at the same time :)

She is obsessed with these jammies and wants to wear them every day.  Those boots are on over the footies.

Spends most afternoons digging in the dirt.

Fun facts about Violet:

• Violet LOVES playing pretend.  She loves to be Jake, Peter Pan, or Mickey.  She assigns names to the rest of us (Kennedy is usually the girl character, I'm usually Captain Hook or Pluto) and stays in character for hours.  
• Favorite foods are Cheerios with soy milk, spaghetti, fruit, and yogurt.  Violet has very refined tastes and often chooses to go to bed hungry rather than eat what I've cooked.
• Miss early riser.  Usually up before six.  I would love to drop her nap if it meant sleeping in but she just can't make it.
• We did a gymnastics class and she loved it.  We're now doing ballet which Kennedy and Violet can do together.

Violet girl, my sweet baby.  I love watching the little person you're becoming.  God has big plans for you.

archer four months

Archie Lee is four months old!

Height: 75-90%
Weight: 14lbs 3oz (50%)

Here is what our little guy is up to these days:

• Has been rolling over from his back to his front (but only onto his left side) since three months.  He will occasionally roll from his front to his back and sort of slowly barrel roll across the room.
• Smiles easily and has been belly laughing since three months.  Kennedy is great at getting him to laugh.
• Transitioned from the rock n play to the crib. Puts himself down for naps easily.  Getting him down for sleep at night is hard.  He seems to wake up over and over again until about 9:00.  Was sleeping through the night after that but since we changed to the crib, he's been waking up more.
• Nursing much more quickly now.  Maybe 20 minutes total.  Haven't tried a bottle yet.  Who am I kidding, I probably never will.
• He's a super rashy kid like Violet was.  I've cut dairy out of my diet and it seems to be helping. Since we already don't eat a lot of dairy anymore because of Violet's allergy, it doesn't seem half as torturous as it was when I had to do it with Violet.

Check out those baby blues

•  Overall a good natured little guy and an amazing blessing to our family.  Praise God who has brought us so much joy through this little one.

house updates

We are still plugging along on our house.  The never ending to do list...  I thought I'd share an update of the things that we have done lately.  I may be forgetting some stuff but I do have some pictures so here we go!

Last year we got a new roof, new couch and painted the exterior.

Here's the post-roof, pre-paint before picture.  New facia boards had already been put on to replace the termite eaten old ones. 

After: We painted the house gray with white trim.  The front door is teal.  Doug also made this cool address sign out of pallets. 

We also worked on the kid's rooms.  Archer's room got some fun decals, our changing table got a glossy black makeover, and we put up some new art.

The girl's got a bunk bed!  They are loving it so far, and I am loving that we were able to move a lot of the big toys into their room with all of the space!

A few weeks ago we also got air conditioning!  I am looking forward to that this summer!!!!

I'm pretty sure we're going to have our house done just in time to move...

archer two months

Archer is two months old!

Height: 23inches (76%)
Weight: 9lbs 14oz (25%)

By the third baby, you really appreciate how quickly it all goes by, and I've been trying to enjoy our sweet newborn as much as I can.

Archer is such a good little baby!  I've been doing baby wise for him, and it seems to be working.  He's doing great at napping and sleeping amazingly well at night. Hopefully that keeps up!

Nicknames for Archer:

• Archie
• Arch
• Archie-bubs
• Bubba
• Archibald

Milestones:

• Archer is smiling and cooing.  Love those gummy smiles!
• He is tracking with his eyes and loves watching his sister's faces.
• He's slept a few 8 hour stretches and one amazing 11 hour stretch!

Arch is growing like a weed!  He's a SLOOOOOW nurser but seems to be getting his fill.  It makes me so sad that he's grown out of most of his newborn clothes.

Archer joined the family for a Disneyland trip when he was six weeks old.  What an adventure!  He was pretty chill and went on Peter Pan and Small World.

Our little love has a red hint to his baby fuzz, so we are excited to see how his hair comes in!  We love you Archer Lee!  We are so happy to have a baby brother!

Archie's room.  Which he has yet to sleep in ;)

Wearing one of daddy's baby outfits

Arch at one month

Baby smiles