Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Holly's Blessing Day

Holly was given a name and blessing on Sunday at the Lines home. It was lovely to have our parents and grandparents there. There was a sweet spirit there. I am so happy Heavenly Father sent us a beautiful baby girl. 






Lisa Jo, Trixie Jo, Holly Jo and Grandma Smith

Happy St. Patty's Day

As you can probably tell, I am furiously trying to catch up my blog before my children wake up. I like to look back and remember little moments in my blog. So here is a sweet one from our recent trip to Yuma. I was trying to sneak in the last ounce of sleep when Eric walked in a mumbled something. I couldn't hear what he had said and it had been a rather long night with Holly. I said, "What you're bringing me breakfast in bed? That's great." Then I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. With some encouragement from his mother and some finishing touches from a women (the note and large strawberries) my husband brought me breakfast in bed.

 Here I am in all my glory and Holly is the little fur-ball in the corner.

Déjà vu

I took a picture of Holly in the bath the other day and thought I swear I've seen this picture before. Take a guess which one is Holly and which is Luke.


1 month old!











Our little Holly Jo joined our family a month ago. She has been a good baby sleeping a 5-6 hour chunk at night, but that is after about an hour or longer of crying between 10-11 pm. She consistently is fussy at that time. Last night she slept 7 hours with minimal fussiness! She is starting to smile more and more. She is much more petite than Luke and eats a whole lot less. She weighs 9 1/2 lbs and in the 50th percentile for weight. She is 22 inches long and in the 75th percentile for height.

15 months

I haven't done a month post about Luke in a while. He is now almost 16 months, but here are his stats from the doctors office. He weighs 25 lbs and 6 oz putting him in the 50-70th percentile for weight. He is 33.3 inches and above the 95th percentile for height. His vocabulary is expanding rapidly, sometimes he just mimics you and has no idea what he just said. He said "useful thing" a while ago copying Tice. He is silly and he knows it. He calls himself "Guke" and "Gukie". I love my little Guke.



Tuesday, March 8, 2011

2 is better than 1

What should I be doing right now while both my kids are sleeping? Probably the endless pile of laundry and burp cloths. This golden time only comes once a day and sometimes one of the kiddies doesn't make it happen. So I am blogging.
Life has been fun and hectic with two children. Luke is learning to be nice to Holly. However, he did sit on her today which warranted a large spanking and a long time out. There is quite a bit of crying at my house. I think 4 years as a pediatric nurse has helped me phase out crying. I'm not saying it doesn't bother me, I'm simply saying my ear is trained to ignore it if it is related to a toddler temper. I guess you could say I have a high cry tolerance. Okay I hope you don't think I shut my kids away and let them cry all the time. I love them and there is much more holding than crying.
There is also a large amount of dirty diapers in the house. Now Luke is fully trained to take the diaper and put it into the garbage. I have been checking the garbage for other things and haven't found any yet.
Here are some pictures of our crazy family.



Luke loves to give Holly kisses.