3 months old

And another month has flown by!  Fiona turned 3 months old on Dom's 30th birthday, seems fitting somehow. Little girl is growing so big!  She's 11lbs. 6oz. and 22.75" long and into her 3 month size clothes now.  She is showing a lot more personality now and loves to work on her "screams".  She makes this cute little sighing noise after every time she sneezes, it's just too cute. She smiles a lot more now, mainly at familiar faces.  She loves watching Logan play and always has her eyes on him when he's in the room, I know it's hard to miss Logan!  Maya catches her eye these days too and she likes to stare Maya down when they are on the same level.

tummy time

 big smile!

Logan loves holding Fiona's hand

Fiona is getting good at grabbing mommy's hair with a death grip and swatting at her toys on her play mat with a purpose and if her hands aren't doing one of those things she likes to have them in her mouth (sometimes she will single out a finger or thumb, but usually she goes for the fist), those hands are always busy!  Right now she's into fuzzy stuffed animals and toys with bells, musical toys will somewhat keep her interests too.  She also loves when daddy gives her baths...unless it's too close to feeding time!

She has more of a predictable daytime schedule now.  It's funny how once she wakes up in the morning she has exactly 1.5 hours before she is ready for her morning nap, it's almost always that timing, which is nice for me!  She takes a good long 3-4 hour nap in the middle of the day usually.  Which is usually the same time Logan naps.  All this "usually" for both kids napping at the same time because some days it works out so nicely that everyone sleeps at the same time and I get time to myself or one sleeps while the other is awake.  Logan is starting to drop his only nap during the day and that's ok these days because he doesn't completely lose it towards the end of the day if he misses that nap.  Fiona will take one more hour or so nap later in the day and then she ends up going to bed around 8.  We have been lucky enough to have 4 whole nights of her sleeping through the night (the first time was May 7 and then again for Mother's day, how sweet!).  Not consecutive days but 4 nights of her going to bed around 8pm and waking up around 5am to eat then sometimes napping again until 8am.  I forgot what it was like to sleep uninterrupted for that long, glorious!  She still is all about being swaddled during nap and bedtime.  If her hands get anywhere near her face while she's sleeping it wakes her up so the swaddle blanket is a must for her these days!  All this good sleeping is currently leading to a problem we are all too familiar with, a flat spot on her head.  Sigh, we were so much more aware of trying to do all the things they say to prevent a flat spot but she preferred looking to the left and sleeping that way from day 1 and as much as we would attempt to change that she always reverts back to it, so alas, she is getting the same misshapen head Logan had.  Hopefully it won't be as bad as his and she won't have to wear a helmet!

Fiona's month was busy, the food trucks in our neighborhood started coming every Tuesday again so we have had fun having some picnics at the park.  We took her on her first hike and she had fun sleeping through the whole thing ;)  I went and turned 30 and we went to Boulder for some veggie burgers and a trip to the cupcake shop.  Dom's 30th was shortly after mine and we left the kids with my cousin Kacy for a date night, first one since Fiona has been born.  We went for Sushi with one of Dom's coworkers Christina, Mike and Erick.  We had a good time and the kids did good for Kacy, yay!  We also got to spend a day at the Erie Town Fair with Erick.  Logan had fun riding a car ride while we had fun eating Dole Pineapple Whip mmmm and finding a yummy new brewery for some cider.  The weather has been really nice and we have been enjoying all the time outside!  We are looking forward to our trip to Texas to stay with my mom for a week at her house by the river in Waco and spend time with my extended family and relax!

Fiona's first hike

Relaxing at the Erie Town Fair

Hi mom!

Picnic with the food trucks

Happy Easter

Our first Easter in Colorado and Fiona's very first Easter as well went splendidly. We had a really nice Easter this year, even though we missed the usual Maes crowd we did have some family time with Erick and the Valania's. The weather was perfect and although Logan was hyped up on sugar most of the day, we had a nice relaxing Easter Day.

Our adorable kidlets!

We went to church early and even got a seat ;). Logan's max staying power is 1 hour so he started to drive us bonkers towards the end meanwhile Fiona slept through it all. After church we came home to find that the Easter bunny had come with baskets of goodies and his eggs for Logan. He enjoyed his Star Wars lego from his basket and had fun hunting eggs and eating many many m&ms. Meanwhile Fiona slept through it all (again).

We left for Boulder and an Easter buffet with Erick and the Valania's.  It was nice to spend some holiday time together and even though the buffet wasn't anything special Logan enjoyed some chocolate cake which of course made him bounce off the walls and chase down the guy in the Easter bunny costume, sorry dude. Meanwhile, Fiona slept through it all (are you sensing a pattern here haha. She slept through allllll our Easter activities on her first Easter!). After lunch we went back home and had Logan play at the park to run off some of that crazy energy before nap time. Dare I say that the 72 degrees it was outside felt warm verging on "hot" with no breeze. My how quickly a Colorado winter and four seasons will change your perspective on "hot" and "cold"!  

By some lovely miracle Logan took a nap and (another miracle) Fiona woke up. So Dom and I took turns taking an afternoon run around the neighborhood and playing with Fiona while Logan slept. The run felt hot but the weather was still beautiful so once Logan woke up we rode bikes/walked with Fiona to the Black Dog Coffee shop. We spent some time relaxing there while it sprinkled a little rain outside then walked/rode back home in "colder" weather (but still great!). By the time we got home it was time for Logan's dinner and bath and bedtime for both kiddos. Dom and I finished the day off perfectly...with a homemade pizookie!  I had given up sweets for lent and Dom gave up his two favorite things, ice cream and beer.  So a pizookie was a good way to end Easter Day! 

(Ok ok after that Dom went to Jeff's and watched basketball and drank beer while I stayed home with the sleeping kids and watched Netflix, still a good ending to a great day!)

Some family pictures

2 months

I feel like I just wrote about Fiona's 1st month and already she is two months old!  I think this month felt like it went by even faster because we have been getting a bit more sleep :)  Fiona still eats during the day every 3-4 hours but she (usually) has a nice long stretch at night, she will eat around 7:30 and fall asleep around 8:30 then wake up again about 2:30 to eat and once more about 6:30 and she stays awake for a few hours before she takes a short nap, eats, and plays until noonish when both kids eat and then take a long nap, 2 hours for Logan, 3 hours for Fiona.  Their naps don't always coincide but it's nice when they do!  It's a pretty good schedule we have so far and even though there are nights where we ask Fiona what she's thinking waking up so much, I don't think it will be for long.  We started putting her in crib in her room at night now instead of in our room.  It's gone well, she usually goes right back to sleep in the middle of the night and luckily any crying she does in the middle of the night doesn't wake up Logan.  Everytime I go in Fiona's room at night to put her back to sleep, I peak at Logan and he is always in some different crazy sleeping position, I think he does gymnastics in his sleep.

PJs unzipped, comic book on his face ;)

Same pjs, different night ;)

Fiona seems SO much bigger already, maybe that's because I still can't get over how tiny she seemed when she was born.  She's moving out of the newborn size clothes and into some 0-3month things and she's got an extra thigh roll ;). She is now 10 lbs. 3 oz.  (30%) and 21.25     in. long ( the nurse at the pediatrician measured her at 23.5" which would be 90% but she was off!) and her head is 50th percentile at 15".  She got her first round of shots and was a more fussy version of herself for the rest of the day but even that wasn't hard for us, we are pros now ;)

Fiona has started smiling and cooing more and Logan is loving playing with her.  She likes to smile for him :)  I think she actually enjoys tummy time too, at least for a little while.  She's pretty good at holding up her head so far.  She likes to look towards our voices and some toys are starting to capture her attention.  She's a very happy baby and easy going.  She really only cries if she has a reason haha, like being hungry or tired.  No crazy colic episodes or late night screaming sessions, so this second time around is feeling like a breeze most days ;)

jammies

 a little smile

 bedtime kisses

Mimi, Papa and Auntie Panda came to visit for a weekend and got to meet miss Fiona.  We had a fun weekend together with only one illness and one sprained ankle ;)  We took Logan to an Easter egg hunt and he had fun grabbing handfuls of candy!  The weather is starting to be warmer most days then one random day of snow every once in awhile...so this is spring, it's awesome.

Auntie Panda, Mimi and Papa

 Ready to hunt for eggs

 His proud spectators

 the Easter bunny arrived on a fire truck...of course ;)

 Showing off his full basket

 Auntie Panda, Uncle Erick and us

 Smiling at Auntie Panda

Logan and Fiona may act nothing alike as babies but they sure do look alike!  Here's Fiona and Logan both at 8 weeks old.  Side by side you can tell them apart but they definitely look related :)

Fiona (left) and Logan (right)

And here is a picture of me, Logan and Fiona as babies all in the cradle my papa (my dad's dad) made.  I love having one of a kind sentimental stuff to hand down!  

 Krystal

 Logan 7 weeks

Fiona 7 weeks

One month

It's hard to believe fiona is one month old already!  Even when you're awake every 3-4 hours at night and your days kind of blend into one another somehow a month still goes by quickly. Fiona has been what I would call easy and laid back so far. Maybe that's because all I have to compare this newborn stage with is the other crazy Maes child haha. 

She seems to like her sleep and I have no problem with that!  She's good at taking naps wherever we are and in whatever bouncer, crib, bassinet, rocker or arms are around. She likes to go right back to sleep after eating at night too so that is a major help with Dom and I getting as much sleep as possible!  She's on a 3-4 hour eating schedule during the days and at night it's pretty much the same but we have gotten a few glorious 5-6 hour stretches. She's been sleeping at night in our room either in the bassinet or the rock and play and while it's easy and convenient to have her in with us we also are privy to how many noises she makes at night. Even when you think she must be awake she's being so noisy you look at her and see that she's still asleep which is nice just something we had to get used to.   She also squirms and kicks a lot while she sleeps, combine that with her swaddled like a baby burrito and she somehow ends up moving from the middle of the bassinet to the edge and sometimes ends up sleeping on her side. I have a feeling she's going to be the type of kid to roll off the changing table!

Falling asleep wherever she feels like it ;) 1 month old

We've been seeing lots of smiles lately and just within the past week she makes more happy sounds and coos. She enjoys laying on the play mat and listening to the toys with bells or rattles that hang above. She's good at holding up her head already and she likes tummy time (both a big difference from Logan and his big noggin!). She likes to watch Logan and he likes to get in her face all the time, luckily it's mostly to give her kisses or to "see her pretty eyes". He  loves when she is awake and alert and he's been such a big helper. He had a few weeks of acting out in the beginning but he's settled into the newness now and is the usual high energy 3 year old.

Play time with sister, 10 days old

Fiona's one month appointment went well and she is growing!  She was 8lbs 2oz, 25th percentile and 20.25" long, 25th percentile. Her head is in the 75th percentile at 14.5 inches. (At her 2 week check up she was 7lbs 6oz and 19.75 inches long. With her head being 14 in). So she is on the smaller side of average but growing at a good rate. Even her hair seems to be getting longer as it sticks up on the top now.

Happy St. Patricks Day!  1 month old!

Minnie Mouse :)  1 month old

I've had a few successful trips out solo with the two of them. Luckily she usually sleeps when we are out or she's just awake and happy. We usually go to the library, target or the toy store. I haven't attempted the grocery store alone with them yet, I fear that day ;) Logan's not a fan of the grocery store most of the time and with her car seat in the big part of the cart im not sure where the groceries would go haha so I think I need to practice putting her in the baby bjorn and getting it on by myself before I dive into the grocery store with two kids world. 

All in all this first month has been easier then I expected. We had a lot of help from my mom and dad before she was born and the first 2-3 weeks we were home with her so that was a lifesaver. Not sure we would've eaten a good meal or lived in a clean house and had a happy three year old without them around!  But since it being just us it's been going well. Maybe it's because we've been through the infant stage before or because we are used to having a child's schedule run our lives but going from one child to two seems to be much easier an adjustment then going from zero to one!  Or maybe it's because in the grand scheme of things this "hard" infant stage is so short in the end. They'll never need you like this again. So I've been enjoying all the work and late nights and new smiles and holding sleeping babies and just watching her knowing she will only be this little for such a short amount of time. It's so true, it does go by so fast!

Grandpa and Fiona

 Uncle Erick, Grandpa and Fiona

 Granny Mo with Fiona and Logan

 Granny Mo and Fiona

All dressed up to see Granny Mo, 2 weeks old

Brother and sister, 2 weeks old

Tummy time, 2 weeks old

Passed out! 5 weeks old

Here are some of Logan and Fiona's pictures that I took for her announcements, it was hard trying to get them both to cooperate but some of them turned out well!

2 weeks old

3 weeks old