Whitney Anne {29 months}

My little loverbug! I still can't believe she's almost 2 1/2 years old. Right when I think we are getting to a great place with her, things change. And it's not that it's a bad thing, it's just tough sometimes. Although, all things are tough when they are making you a better person. I truly believe Whitney makes us better people. She has taught me to be more patient, more understanding and more loving.

Whitney is becoming such a little girl. She's so interested in all things that make little girls, little girls. She loves dresses, jewelry, MomMom's (that's what she calls me) make-up and playing dress up. I don't remember ever being like that, I was definitely more of a Tomboy. She LOVES to shop, when we go to Target I usually let her get out of the cart and walk around the toy aisle, as well as the clothes aisle. Her face lights up and she gets so excited to touch everything and play with it, and then she'll throw it in the cart. Thankfully she doesn't care when I put it back. One day she put five of the same dress in the cart.

She also loves the park (the parrr). We usually go everyday, sometimes twice a day. She also LOVES helicopters and airplanes. She has an ear and and eye for them. She will most often spot or hear one before I do.

using her mouth to help her climb

She's starting to entertain herself for small periods of time. Which is an absolute blessing because Hailey is getting to the point where she gets really distracted while eating or sleeping when there are other things going on.

she will not look at the camera

As sassy as that little girl can be, she also has a really sweet side that I try and focus on. Brandon and I recently upgraded our phones. The other morning he left for work, and she noticed his old phone on the table. Her eyes got huge and she said "Uhh Dada" in a frantic. So she grabbed his phone and we ran out before he left and she gave it to him, and kissed him on the cheek. It was her intent to take care of him, like she was his mother. It was so darn cute.

he loves me, he loves me not

She is such a little mama sometimes. The other night Brandon was sleeping on the couch and Whit went back to her room got her little seahorse night light and her blanket and came out and tucked him in. So precious. She does the same to her sister...but it's usually toys in her face.

Hailey Sue {5 months}

Miss Hailey is 5 months! These two girls of ours are so different and they make us so happy in different ways. More on Whitters later :).

Hailey is my happy place. She has the ability to take all my frustrations away. One flash of that heart melting smile and I am swoon. I pick that little girl up in the morning and she gives me such a huge smile with her tongue out, I get a little whiff of her smell and I'm instantly love drunk. I am so thankful for this little girl she has really blessed us with light and joy. 

Everyone loves babies, and everyone at the grocery store always goes crazy for little babies. Every time I take her, she gives strangers the biggest smile and it melts their hearts too. A couple of times (it's happened to both Brandon and I more than once) she will smile at someone and they instantly yell to their co-worker or significant other "hey, so and so you gotta come over here, she is so precious". She's a little ham for sure. Whitney on the other hand, she would get attention but not the same way. That little girl could give a scowl like none other haha. I still get a kick out of people's reactions when they would say hi to her when she was a baby. Complete opposites but they are both so amazing.  

Hailey finally rolled from back to belly. I think she just realized that it's what I wanted her to do, because I'm pretty sure she would have hung out on her back for the first year of her life. She is still very interested in our food, sometimes it makes it hard to eat anything with her on my lap.

We got the okay at her 4 month appt to start giving her solids. I hesitated at first because I didn't start with Whit until 6 months. We have started to give her quite a few different foods now though. I started with squash...not a big fan. But most everything else I have given her she LOVES, and I'm pretty sure she would eat all day if I didn't stop her.

Oh goodness I love her!

Whitney Anne {28 months}

For the past two years Whitney has kept me on my toes every.single.day. I'm always trying to anticipate her next move. She's so smart and innovative, I always have to keep an eye out for her so I don't find her scaling the kitchen cabinets (thankfully hasn't happened yet). I don't know if she is just getting to an easier age or if it's her sissy or what, but she is getting easier every day. I hate to say this but she was a struggle for a long time. She is just so strong willed and determined and it makes it hard sometimes to get her to listen to me. Those days when I feel like all I do is yell are very few and far between (thank the heavens).

The new change is making the days go by faster, so I've kind of shifted my mindset. I used to live for the weekends when dada is home, but anymore I just enjoy where we are because I know it wont last long. I look at Hailey and remember back to the days when Whitney was that age. It makes me sad to think how fast it went and that I will never get those times back. As much of a struggle as they were, I'd give anything to have those moments with her all over again.

Whitney has recently turned into a little girly girl, and I LOVE it. She loves dresses, shoes, jewelry, everything girly. She has a little bit of her mama's weirdness in her. She will go to her closet and pick out a dress to wear, if she doesn't like it she will try a different one on. Sometimes she goes through about 5 before she picks the right one. We understand each other when it comes to trying clothes on :).

This is pretty bad but Whit has really been into donuts lately. If I take her to the grocery store I usually get her one. The other day she had sugar frosting all over her hands and she was licking it off, turned to Hailey and shoved her fingers in Hailey's mouth before I could stop her. Hailey's eyes lit up haha.

We have been trying to transition her into a big girl bed...the struggle is real. I think a lot of it is our fault because we give in and put her in her crib. But the other night she was supposed to be in bed and Brandon caught her hitting her ball off her tee haha.

She sure is a bundle of fun. She can be a sassy pants but boy does she have a sweet side (and I cherish it).

She dressed herself haha.

She skipped her nap, then this happened at 5 p.m.

First camping trip with Uncle and Dada

She hates getting her picture taken and when we finally get her to smile she never looks at the camera!

Hailey Sue {4 months}

Four months! She's going to be walking before we know it. This past month has been a little crazy, we have done a lot of traveling for weddings back home. Hailey is such a "go with the flow" kind of baby. It makes it really nice for traveling. She still isn't the biggest fan of her carseat but she is getting better every time.

This last month in her development has been such a fun one, and it's only going to get better. The only bummer is she stopped sleeping through the night. It's been a little rough because sometimes she just wants to stay up even if it's at 1 a.m. She's still sweet as ever though.

One of my favorite things she started to do is chat ALL THE TIME. Sometimes she will latch on, then latch off and look at me and chat a little, then do it all over a few times until she decides if she is actually hungry or not. She chats in the stroller, in the ergo and even in her sleep haha.

She started to giggle
She weighs almost 16 pounds
She smiles at everyone (even strangers)
She found her feet
She is a chatter box
She is still only rolling from tummy to back with no intent of rolling from back to tummy haha
She has started to drool all the time

Whitney Anne {27 months}

Miss Thang has been growing up too fast lately. She is basically potty trained. I'm still nervous to go out in public without a diaper, but at home she has it down. Hopefully someday soon I will get the courage up. I just moved her big girl bed into her room, so we are starting that transition as well. It makes me so sad to think she was once Hailey's age and I thought it would be an eternity until we were at these stages. But, they are here and I just need to embrace them and enjoy the new transitions.

She is such a little performer, we go to this park about once or twice a week and it has a stage that she climbs up on and sings and dances. Sometimes there is a puddle or two left from the sprinklers and she splashes through it. Sometimes she even puts her hands in it and runs the water through her hair...it's pretty sick but there is no reasoning with her.

When we get on her case about something she really wanted to do but we don't want her to do it, she started hitting her head and going "oh". It's so cute.

Every night before bed she has to give the baby kisses. If we forget she starts kissing the air frantically and saying "baby, baby".

This little girl has never been a fan of the nursery at church. Since the move we have found a church that we like pretty well. In the nursery, once Whit realized I was gone apparently she freaked out and started saying bye, bye and was kissing the door.

We went to see KaKa and Mimi this last month and Whitney had a blast. She was a pill for most of the trip but it was so fun to see them all together. She loves them so much, I just wish we lived closer.

She loves to play dress up

"Hold baby"

Can you see the excitement...she loves her cousins

Tired our after a long day with cousins. I know the buckle is low, she pushes it down.

She was getting another molar...poor thing

She loves painting, I only let her do it outside.

I let her Dada dress her to go to the pool, she looks like a little boy

Love sleeping pictures...they are just so precious when they sleep

Another nap in the car

Kissing her baby

The stage, she just got done running through the puddle (barefoot) and was about to break out in "Let it go"

Hailey Sue {3 months}

This little girl has been the easiest baby for us. She gives me baby fever because she is sooo sweet. If only you could guarantee you'd have another just like her. She is three months already, and I can't believe it. The time has literally flown by. She is starting to be so much fun. I love to tickle her and laugh and smile with her because she gets so excited and squeals so cutely (not sure that's a word).

Whitney always has to lay under the play mat with sissy

Watching big sis play at the park

The heat has been a little rough

First Fourth of July, not a great picture but oh well

Watching big sis play in her pool

She likes to hold a swaddle blanket when she's sleeping

She has started to suck on her hand
She is smiling like crazy
She can roll from tummy to back
She loves her big sister
She went to church for the first time and slept the whole time
She sleeps from 9-5 usually
She still wears 6 month clothes
She can almost laugh
She holds her hands together at her chest while she relaxes to go to sleep

Life Lately {just us girls}

I started this blog with the intention of it being more like a diary. Something I could look back on in years and be so thankful I documented all the wonderful days I spend with these little munchkins. But, I haven't been very good at it, so it's time I get better.

my church girls...Whit 2, Hailey 10 weeks

These two girls keep me very busy day in and day out. It's true when they say a mothers job is never done. Every day is a new adventure with them. Whitney is learning to potty train, we pretty much have it down, but I'm not brave enough to take her anywhere without a diaper on. Hailey is starting to stay awake a lot more during the day. I think she is trying to shift to two naps a day. When she's awake she likes watching big sis run and jump around her. Every now and then Whit will scare her if she jumps too close to her, or screams in her ear.  

10 weeks

I take Whit to the park almost every day. There are two parks in Prineville I switch between, and if I make a trip to Redmond I take her to one there. Hailey usually sleeps the whole time and I lug her around in her carseat, or if she's awake I carry her around and let her watch Whit climb everything imaginable. 

Lately they have been on the same nap schedule, so I get some serious mama time in the afternoon. I hate to say it, but I live for nap time...and of course the weekends. It's nice to have some time to myself during the day. I try to keep busy with projects for the house or etsy, but sometimes it's just a greys kinda day haha. I call it my social interaction time ;). 

I've been on this soy latte kick for a while now, and I just found out they do puppaccino's at starbucks. It's amazing, just a little cup of whipped cream for the toddler in the back seat. If we go to dutch brothers I usually get her a smoothie with whipped cream on the straw. It's so fun to see her face light up with excitement. I'm obsessed with that little lover bug, even if she sasses me all day long (at least I can't understand her right now).