Baby Shower at Work!

I am very fortunate to have wonderful co-workers!  Last week they had a shower for Lainey and I.  It was wonderful to see everyone and a good time to get me geared up to go back to work in a few weeks.  Lainey was a spoiled little girl at the shower (as was Addie!)!!

 

There is just a fraction of my co-workers pictured, as most of them had to get to patients before we took the picture.  Addie also escaped the picture, as she was playing. 

Thanks to all my co-workers for a wonderful time and some great food!

2 month & 3 1/2 yr. stats -- comparisons...

Lainey and Addie both had doctor appointments last week.  Lainey for her 2 month check and Addie for her pre-school physical.  Both girls had one shot.  We are following an alternative schedule with Alaina as well as continuing to follow it for Addie.  Addie cried for a few minutes after her shots -- Lainey whined for a few seconds and then was smiling and cooing.  She is such a happy little girl.  Thank goodness Grandma was there to help with the girls!  Each of us could hold a babe!  Although Addie cried a little, she took pride in being the perfect patient, as her doctor told her she was!

Addie's Stats:
At 3 years and 7 months
41 lbs -- 94%
41.25 in. tall -- 95%
She is very healthy and smart.  No concerns with this girl.  She says she is really ready to start school!

Alaina's Stats:
At 2 months 1 day
13 lbs 9oz -- 94%
24 in. long -- 98%
She is right on track for development and is a very healthy little girl!  Obviously a good eater!

And for comparison sake...

Addie at 2 months old...
She weighed in at 11 lbs. and was 22.75 in. long!  I thought Addie was longer than Lainey at 2 months, but was wrong when I looked back!  Must be her short chubby legs!  Here are both girls with their first shots... (Addie is the left picture)

Alaina is 2 months!

Our little Alaina is 2 months old already!  She is growing like a weed and it such a little joy! 

Lainey is a very happy babe, smiling all the time and she will talk your ear off!  Her smile lights up a room and when she shows those two little dimples, it melts your heart! She is so close to a little giggle, she gets excited when you talk to her and loves to watch her big sister.  She is a grunter...grunts all the time!  She is wearing size two diapers and is in 3-6 month clothes...she's a chunk!  I put an outfit on her the other day that Addie wore at about 16 weeks. -YIKES!- She is doing well with her neck muscles and holding up her head.  She hates tummy time, but loves to play laying on her back.  Lainey eats every 3 hours pretty consistently and cluster feeds a little before bed.  I have been giving her more bottles during the day to prepare her for momma going back to work.  She takes the bottle well from me, but will not before bed.  She prefers to nurse to go to sleep.  AND...she is sleeping through the night!  Usually she is up around 5am and in bed around 9pm.  I'm hoping that once I go back to work in three weeks, she pushes that to 6am...it would be perfect!

Alaina likes her paci.  She usually likes to take it when she is getting tired.

Like I said, full of those little smiles and grins!

She loves sitting up in her Bumbo seat to watch all of us.  That is how she joins us for meals now.  So cute to see her talk to all of us!  I have a feeling she will have no trouble keeping up with her sister in that department!

Love this picture!  I am a fan of little feet and hands...

Okay, mom.  I'm done with pictures now!!

Alaina's room...

I know, Lainey will be two months tomorrow and we are finally done with her room!  She started sleeping in it this past week, so I have worked on getting it finished for her.  There wasn't anything major to do, the crib, dresser, and changing table were all set up.  I just needed to do a few finishing touches to make it look perfect for her.

 

We went with a pink and grey theme with birds.  Almost everything in her room was hand-crafted by someone in our family, which is why it is so special.  Thanks to Pinterest we were able to pull it off!

 

I know the picture is hard to see with the sun shining in the window...

 

These canvas' were made by Grandma Dawn.  I saw this in print on Etsy and thought that we could somehow re-create--must cheaper!  The prints were $40.00 and were not framed.  The total cost of this project was around $18!  Most of the cost was the 4 canvas'.

 

I made these little blocks with Alaina's name...it was around $8 to do them.

 

Another idea off of Etsy.  This little puppy on the site was $90!  My Grandma pitched in on this one and the materials cost us less than $5 to make!

 

Close up of the birds.  My Grandma hand-stitched these and did a wonderful job!

 

She also made the curtains!

 

This is my favorite wall of the room!  With the help of my aunt, uncle, and cousin, we painted this tree and the birds on the wall.  All of it was done with left-over paint, so it didn't cost us a thing!  Her name on the wall was done with Grandma's Cricut, so also free!

 

Aunt Shelly made the bed skirt for Lainey's bed...

 

I also made these little pictures, which turned out SO cute!  I bought the wood squares from Hobby Lobby for $1.99 each, painted them, stapled a little ribbon to hang them, then use a little mod podge to adhere them.  Total cost was around $7.50!

 

I love this wall too!  The most expensive thing on this wall is that letter A.  Got it at Hobby Lobby for $5 and Grandma spay painted it pink.  The squares are pieces of frame wood you can get from Hobby Lobby for very cheap with fabric wrapped around them.  My Grandma then made each and every bird and flower to go on them.  The round pieces are old embroidery rings with fabric.  Love how this wall came together!

 

This is the final boring wall...the birds are from Hobby Lobby and spray painted. 

 

I am in love with how Alaina's room turned out for her!  Perfect for a little girl and was easy to do on a budget!  I could not have done it without all of our family helping out with all the projects and I love that each little thing was made just for our little Lainey! 

Mother's Day 2013

My first Mother's Day with TWO beautiful little girls!  We had a great day, busy as usual...but that is the way we run these days.  Sunday morning was the last day of Sunday school and Addie sang in church.  She did a great job singing, but she is really going to miss Sunday school.  We then had lunch with my mom and family.  When everyone left we took a little family snooze (which was wonderful) and then had supper with Dan's mom and family.  We had a great day with family!

 Addie got a new baseball and bat and was playing with Grandma in the backyard. 

 This little lady slept most of the day after being passed around at graduation on Saturday.

To make the day even better...Dan brought me home flowers and the girls got me a necklace with their names on it! Notice Addie would not sit for the picture...so it's just Lainey.

 

Felt very blessed this Mother's Day!  God is wonderful to have given me these two girls to call me mommy!