Easton Helps

I made Ronnie blow out "2010" candles at dinner the night of gradution.  Easton was more than willing to help.

Help blow:

Help cheese:

Help eat:

And generally be cute:

Kendree Laughs!

Kendree was laying in my parent's pack 'n play last night and my mom pushed the swinging bear head on the toy bar.
Kendree loved it!
Of course, I missed the first and best laughs, but we caught some of it on tape. Those darn hiccups keep getting in her way as well.

Not shown: the 8 of us all standing around silently, willing her to keep going. :)

Randomness

Easton sometimes likes to hang out in Kenny's bassinet.  He's not supposed to, but I couldn't resist a picture.  (I'm clearly still learning how to effectively discipline).  :)

And here's a few shots of Kenny herself in the bassinet (not taken at the same time as the above picture).

My kid is normal

I've mentioned before that Easton is an incredibly clean child.  He hates being dirty.  Hates anything on his hands or face or feet.

I thought that I may be able to avoid some of the "classic" kid problems because of this. 

Turns out I was dead wrong.

I should have known when he was coloring quietly for almost the entire time I was feeding Kendree.

We thought that the legs were the extent of it, until we went over to wash him off and discovered this:

No toe was left unmarked.

At least he's thorough.

What Easton Has Been Up To

Easton's been hamming it up for the camera lately. Here are some things he wanted to share:

He does a cute little arm pump when he says "All right!"  This is what I could capture.

Then he wanted to say that he is two.

And that he loves you.

This is him doing the letter "j."  When he does it he says "Scoop it, it's a "J"!"

He woke up with a nightmare during his nap the other day and finished his nap in mom and dad's bed.  It was too cute.

He loves his tool sets.  He calls these his Handy Manny Glasses.  I just can't get enough of him wearing them!

Kendree-2 months!

I know I say it on every monthly post, but I just can't believe how quickly time is passing!  Kendree is such a good baby.  She is content to be in her swing, the bassinet or just on the ground the majority of the time and allows me to spend time with Easton, grab a quick bite to eat, etc. 

She is sleeping fantastically, continuing to get up once a night after about a 5-6 hour stretch of time.  She even gave me a little "happy two months of life" present of sleeping THROUGH the night on Friday night.  I had to ask Ronnie the next morning to make sure that I didn't get up to feed her (you know how those nursing nights are a blur).

She is smiling--not a ton, but when you work at it, she rewards you.  She gave her first full smile to Grandpa, and I don't think he'll ever let us forget that.  She seems to be a little more serious than Easton was at this time, but her pleasant and easy-going temperment is well worth a few less smiles! 

She is still not a big fan of the binky and this week I may be forced to branch out from my "preferred" brand to see if she will take a different one.  That wouldn't be so hard if I wasn't such a binky snob. 

She likes to grab things, including her own hair while she is feeding.  I'll look down to see a big grimace on her face and then find her little hand in a tight fist around her hair pulling as hard as she can.  It's actually pretty funny (aside from the pain she is causing herself, of course).

Easton is doing better and better everyday.  He loves his "Kenny" and gives her dozens of kisses a day to prove it.  It's just the little outbursts of extra "love" that we are working on. :)

Just like her big brother, Kendree loves to be swaddled up tight to sleep at night.  She is an excellent eater and I'll be sure to post her official stats tomorrow after our doctor's appointment. [ETA: She weighed in at 10 lbs. 15.5 oz. (less than I thought, she seems so much chubbier than Easton was)  that's the 55th percentile and was 22 inches long (40th percentile).]

Now, on to the pictures:
Here are her official 2 month shots.  She wasn't wanting to give me any smiles and actually got more and more upset, the more pictures I took.

Kendree and Daddy

Hanging out in the bassinet (she doesn't like the pre-flash so she kind of closes her eyes--she normally has big wide eyes!)

Sleeping beauty

We love our Kendree-girl!

Playing with Uncle Adam

Sometimes Uncle Adam comes to play--and he does way cooler things than mom can do.

It's great to have someone else do the heavy lifting so you can dunk the ball every time.  Adam didn't even need to hit the gym that day.  Two birds, one stone.