Victoria is Three Months Old

Victoria is coming up on three months and is doing fantastic! As a matter of fact, last night she slept 8 hours straight (although that might be because we had a big day yesterday shopping and playing at Pops and Gigi's house). Needless to say, I am not holding my breath that she will do the same tonight. As you can see from the pictures, she loves her big brother (and big brother loves her), she has figured out that she can use her feet to move her friends above her, and she took her first swim with Daddy and Riley. She is getting where she loves to play on the floor with Mommy and Riley. But, she always wants to know where Riley is. If she can hear him but can't see him, she looks around for him ... it is just too cute! She loves to talk to us by squealing and girgling and tries to sing when we sing. She is just so sweet!

Pictures of the Kiddos

Last week we had pictures made of Riley and Victoria at JCPennys and here they are!!

She Smiles, Giggles, and Has a Very Poutty Lip

Victoria is really starting to interact with us more and more. She smiles when she sees our faces and giggles when we sing to her (Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is her current favorite). She does on occasion get the very poutty lip, which makes us giggle and laugh ... it is just too cute.
She is trying to get into a routine during the day, but our many outings lately have made it difficult. She is pretty good about just going with the flow. Our friends, Jason and Kippy, have loaned us their baby swing, which swings her side-to-side at lightning speed ... and she loves it! She naps during the day in the swing and is sleeping at night in her crib. We just moved her to the crib last week and after a few sleepless nights, she has adapted very well!

Swimming Lessons

Riley took swimming lessons and wow, it is amazing how well he is doing after just 5 30 minute lessons. He started off the week not knowing how to swim and being very, very afraid to put his head under water to jumping in the pool and swimming (with a fun noodle tied around his waist) about 10 feet! Too cool!! We are so very proud of him.

Victoria's Two Months Old

We had Victoria's two month check-up yesterday. Doc Jones said that she looks perfect! She gained 2 pounds (up to 10 lbs and 8 ounces) and is an inch and a half taller. She also got her shots yesterday ... four of them. So since then she has been feeling a bit under the weather. She is still running fever and sleeping alot. Hopefully another day and she will be back to herself again.

Carey started classes on Monday. He goes every evening Monday thru Thursday for the next 7 weeks. I don't want to wish away the summer, but it sure does make for a long, lonely day when he leaves at 7AM and gets home at 9PM. The bright side is that he doesn't work on Friday or have class, so that is definitely something to look forward to every week.

Riley is still into playing animals. He likes to pretend that he runs a zoo. He also loves to play with his tools and watch Handy Manny. We are going to try to keep him pretty busy this summer with Mother's Day Out, swim class, church music camp and VBS.

Little one is crying ... gotta go for now.

Mother's Day

We had a great Mother's Day weekend. We went down to Granbury and picked strawberries to give to uncle Kevin for his birthday and to Gigi for Mother's Day. That was alot of hard work, but it got us all out of the house for the afternoon.
On Mother's Day we went over to Pops and Gigi's for lunch, but the best part of the weekend was Mommy getting to take an afternoon nap on Saturday. What a wonderful Mother's Day gift! We have enjoyed having Carey around these past few days after finals were over. Victoria is really getting down the smiling thing pretty good, especially with Daddy. Carey started his internship with the DA's office today. We are all hoping that it will be a good experience. Not too much else going on. Victoria has been a little more fussy here lately, so Mommy is changing up her diet to see if that helps. We go in for her 2 month check-up next week, so i will have some updated stats for you then.

Victoria is one month old

Well, I just can't believe that we have had Victoria here for a month already! She has just changed so very much in the past month. We went to the doctor yesterday and she has gained 2 pounds and gotten 2 and a half inches taller since birth. She has had a busy month! We think that she is going to smile any day now. She already smiles with her eyes (which Riley did also).

We are looking forward to seeing a bit more of Carey now that classes are over. It will be short-lived since he will be taking two classes this summer in the evenings and doing his internship during the day. Please be in prayer for him as he prepares to take his finals starting a week from today.