2 months

In the past month, William has become a lot more alert. He loves to play on his play mat and kick his legs and swing his arms around. He's very interested in his hanging toys, and in the lights and fans. He absolutely loves to look at his big sister. William started smiling when he was 5 weeks old, and now smiles all the time. He has started to have one longer stretch of sleep at night, only waking up one time before morning. He started cooing a lot at 8 weeks. William is generally a very happy baby when he isn't eating!

2 month stats:

Height: 22.75 in - 46%

Weight: 10 lbs 15 oz - 35%

Played so hard he fell asleep!


William with big sis Sophia


Go dawgs!

Smiling

William started smiling at about 5 weeks. Now he smiles all the time! He loves smiling at mommy, daddy, the lights, but he especially loves to look at and smile at his big sister! When he smiles, he has a dimple in his left cheek, just like Sophia.

One of his first real smiles

Sophia in the past month

I've been to busy to blog lately, so I'm very behind. Here are a few pictures of Sophia from the past month.

Stealing Mommy's diet coke (luckily it was empty!)


Loving Daddy's prosciutto


Swinging at a birthday party


Helping Daddy make pasta


Watching tv


Helping Mommy make monkey bread for Thanksgiving

Chopsticks Time!

Sophia loves eating her Asian dinners with her chopsticks. We got her a set of Japanese level 1 training chopsticks and she's been practicing for a little while now; she's gotten pretty good with them!

Tonight was beef pad prik khing, a delicious thai curry with green beans, of course she had to get her chopsticks out!

Halloween

On Halloween this year, we had a few friends come over to go trick or treating. We practiced trick or treating ahead of time so Sophia would know what to do. She had so much fun going from house to house with her friends and getting candy to put in her bag. She said "trick or treat!" at each house, and "thank you" after getting her candy. Each time she got a piece of candy, she of course wanted to eat it. She definitely got her fill of sugar that night!

Twirling in her fairy costume


Sophia and William in their costumes


Ready to go trick or treating!
Olivia, Zachary, Sophia and Brady


Running up to the first house


Putting her first piece of candy in her bucket


Having so much fun!


Snuggles from my pumpkin


Holding hands with Olivia


Showing her friend Joshua all of her candy


The babies in costume
Anna, Addie, and William

Newborn pictures

When William was 6 days old, we had newborn pictures taken with a photographer. We had a bunch of pictures taken of him by himself, a few of him and Sophia, as well as a family shot. We love them! Here are a few of our favorites.

1 Month

William is one month old! We are so in love with our little guy. It has been quite the adjustment getting used to having 2 kids, and quite a different experience with a boy this time around. This first month William ate, slept, and ate some more. He loves his play mat and has fun laying on his back and kicking his legs. He's not the biggest fan of tummy time, but tolerates it for a few minutes. His favorite place to sleep for naps is the swing. He loves to be snuggled, and likes to be carried around by Mommy in the sling. At night, William will sometimes sleep for up to a 4 hour stretch, but generally wakes up every 3-3.5 hours to eat. He is having longer periods of awake time, and we're looking forward to him starting to smile and interact with us soon!

Daddy's weighing William to make sure he's gaining weight


Sleeping like Daddy


Some awake time


William is 1 month old!


William's 1 month stats:
Height: 21.25 inches (37%)
Weight: 9 lbs 7 oz (39%)