Perry lately...

Perry is almost 2.5 years old!  I wanted to document a few things about our best girl to remember her at this challenging, but sweet sweet age!  

Perry is so smart, inquisitive, and observant.  She is super active and energetic.  She is a nonstop chatterbox, hilarious, and oh so sweet and loveable!

She has done amazingly well transitioning into her role as big sister!  She really loves baby Luke.  She has her moments, but mostly she adores him!  She will help me get his diapers or paci, and she always says "it's ok, baby Luke" when he's crying. 

She loves school!  At her conference, her teachers told me she is very smart for her age, makes them laugh and smile every day, and cannot sit still.  Sounds about right!

Her best friend is Rhett, with Aria a close second.  She is very into girl things vs. boy things.  For example, when we color or play with chalk, she gives me the choices of pink and purple because "those are girl colors and you a girl".

Her imagination is starting to soar!  She is always picking up a random object and saying it looks like something else.  For instance, sometimes her strawberries are cut into half moons, and she'll say "Look! It's like a rainbow!".  She loves to play pretend and dress up.

She is a chatterbox!!  Some of her favorite or funny phrases lately are "I just pretending" (when she's doing something she's not supposed to do), "why?", and "oops, sorry!" (when she drops something or bumps into something).  She is constantly talking and narrating her life.  She makes the most adorable and hilarious facial expressions!

She loves Daniel Tiger, books, and babies/dolls.  She loves music, singing, and dancing.  She loves coloring, stickers, painting, play-doh, and anything crafty that makes a mess. ;)

 

She is growing up so much right before our eyes, and we couldn't love her more! 

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving week and have SO much to be thankful for this year!

Perry had a special Thanksgiving lunch at school.

The Loddes came down to spend Thanksgiving week with us.  We spent Thanksgiving afternoon/evening at my parents' house enjoying a wonderful meal with family.  I hardly took any pictures. :( As much as we see my family, I hardly ever take pictures with them, so I'm making it a goal to change that!

We decorated for Christmas, and Perry was in love with our snow village!  She kept crawling onto this stool and just staring at it in awe. :)

We celebrating John's birthday early with his family!  He left for a work trip on his actual birthday, but I still sang to him with a piece of cake before he left. ;)

And here are some random photos from the rest of the week and our visit with John's fam!

I am so thankful for my precious family and our abundance of blessings!

Luke is 4 months!

Happy 4 months to our sweet baby boy!

Weight: 15 lb. 6 oz. (48%)

Height: 26.5 in. (95%)

Head: 17 in. (90%)

So far, Lukey is turning out to be tall and thin, just like sissy and daddy!

He is just so, so precious.  He has changed a LOT this month!  He has found his voice, "talks" a lot more, smiles more, and has started giggling!  He's really ticklish under his neck. :)  He has rolled over a few times from back to tummy, and only once or twice from tummy to back.  He beck and legs are getting much stronger, and he loves "standing" when we hold him.  We pulled out a couple new toys this month, including the "music machine" and joovy walker.  He's a fan!  He is getting better at grabbing toys.  He constantly chews on his hands.  He started blowing raspberries and making lots of noises with his lips.  See?  So many new tricks and exciting changes!

His naps are getting better!  He takes 3 naps, and sometimes an evening cat nap, but he's starting to outgrow that.  His night sleep is getting better, I think?  Hah!  It's all a blur, and he's still very inconsistent.  I've been feeding him once most nights, but some nights he'll wake up 3 times and go back to sleep with a paci.  He eats 5 times during the day and gets a bottle every night before bed.  We aren't on a perfect schedule, but our routine is definitely shaping up!  

Here are a few pictures of Luke from the last month...

He's just so cute, and we are all so in love with him!!

Fall fun

What we've been up to this fall...

We cheered on our football teams!

Real life...the only picture I could get with both kids in Aggie gear.

We went to our neighborhood fall festival, and Perry enjoyed petting the bunny and riding a pony!

I attempted some pictures with the pumpkins on our front porch, and this is how they went...

I also attempted a picture at our preschool's 40th birthday bash, and this is how it went...

Perry had a firetruck visit at school.

We cheered on the Astros and Brewers in the playoffs!

We baked cookies a couple times, and Perry has fallen in love with helping in the kitchen!

We went to Blessington Farms with Ahma while daddy was in Australia.  I didn't take many pictures, but Perry had a blast on the slides, swings, hay, and more!

We went to the zoo, twice...

And we spent lots of days just playing!

It's been a great fall so far!  And just because I love my babies and this picture, I'll leave you with this. :)