Double Stroller, Baby Smiles & No Naps!

Dear Kacie and Kalvin,

You two are so fun to watch!

Kacie, you have recently started going through this phase where you don't want your picture taken.

Unless Kalvin is around! Then you just smile all big and happy!

You love having him on your tummy like mom and dad do!

And sometimes you just want to be like him - a baby - so you'll get his pacifier and blanket and make me cover you with it.

I just love these cute little pants that we got you Kalvin. And they go perfectly with your baseball onsie. I try to put you in Cardinals gear on Fridays like your dad and Grandpa G wear!

Since there are two of you kids now we upgraded our stroller to a double stroller! You LOVE being outside Kacie. You will always ask us to go out and we will take you out for a couple of hours and then as soon as we come back in, you are just back to asking to go outside again! It gets exhausting trying to explain why we can't always be outside!

And Kacie, you love it! It's a Graco Sit 'N Stand so you are able to sit on the back or you can stand and easily get off whenever you please.

You really just like being by Kalvin. I had him lying on the couch one day and you made me lay you next to him. He kept grabbing your hair (on accident) and you just giggled at him.

Kalvin you've started smiling! It makes our hearts so happy to see that cute little face!

Sometimes while daddy is at work we will go to the toy section and just play. Unfortunately the bikes that you know how to ride are attached to cardboard! Fortunately, you don't care!

This one particular time we found you a slide! There is a little slide outside our apartment and you constantly want to go out and play on it. Like, all. The. Time. So I bought this one to put inside so you can play on it while I nurse.

You also started waking up at about 1-2 in the morning. Kalvin sleeps great, but isn't it the newborns that are supposed to be waking up all night?

Anyway, we decided to stop giving you naps during the day because you weren't sleeping after 2am. Well, this was the first day and you got super tired halfway up your steps and then took a little breather, aka nap. 

But don't worry, you didn't 'nap' long and were then sliding down backwards!

You basically thrive on yogurt! You want it for breakfast lunch and dinner! And a bedtime snack.

And you still aren't very fond of getting your picture taken...

You hide your face…or you just hide!

And you still love your pacifier. If we weren't moving across country, I would be taking that thing away from you! You aren't going to be happy when that day comes though!

Unfortunately, Kacie likes to beat you up Kalvin. Sometimes she is sweet and wants to hug and hold you but she can get a little aggressive too!

So we have been implementing time out, which is new for her and then we make her say sorry to you. 

You really like this stroller but one night we went on a walk and you wanted to walk your doll in a stroller. So we let you push it around the neighborhood. Every time a car passed you would hold up your hand towards it and say 'oh sorry. I'm ok. I fine.' We aren't really sure why! But it was adorable! 

You love veggie straws and sitting in the ottoman. I'm not sure how it is comfortable because you're sitting on a bag of blocks!

I took like 7 pictures to get this one because you kept hiding your face from me. Sometimes I look at you and you're just too cute I can't handle it.

And then there is this handsome squishy face! I just love the little round mouth you make!

I took this picture after a late night feeding… And then my friend posted this quote a few days later and I just love it!

"The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow, for children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow. So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep. I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep."

Almost every Saturday your dad has to work on HW so Kalvin stays with him and Kacie, you and I go run errands or just hang out somewhere. One Saturday I decedied to take you out for a special treat! There is a sign on the freeway advertising cake bites from this little bakery. So we went to try them out! 

Not only were they pretty, they were delicious! 

Here you are all dressed up for your first day of church Kalvin! You look so dapper in your little overalls!

Daddy and I were called to nursery! So we got to tote you along with us. This was your face:

Maybe a little scared of all the loud kids in there!

We love you two!

Love,

Mom and Dad

Baby Toes, 'Due Date,' and Ice Cream Cones!

Dear Kalvin,

You are so precious! I am in love with you, my boy!

This is the morning of your 2 week visit. It's like you are saying "ummm, no thanks mom. I don't want to go."

Early morning snuggles! My friend put up this quote and I love it! It makes those early mornings a bit easier:

"The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow, for children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow. So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep. I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep"

Bunny ears!

Kacie you're always so active! you just run around being crazy all the time!

But occasionally you will stop and slow down for a few minutes to be with your brother. You really do love him!

I took soooo many pictures of Kacie just laying around and I don't have the chance to take as many of you Kalvin but I do love you just as much as I love Kacie!

Sometimes I get pictures of Kacie and I compare the two of you:

Here's more proof of how crazy you are Kacie and how chill you are Kalvin. Kacie always tried to step on your head when we are changing your diaper. we will put her in time out and then make her give you a hug and say she's sorry. I think she sometimes does it on purpose, just so we will make her hug and kiss you. She just loves doing that!

Tiny baby feet and toes!!

When you were almost two weeks old, on April 17th, I took these pictures:

(it's easy to hide the baby weight when you squish it into your pre-pregnancy pants)

This was supposed to be your due date!! I was sooo glad that you weren't inside me anymore!

We went to the store one night and got ourselves some ice cream. It was Kacie's first time having her own ice cream cone and it was hilarious to watch you eat it…or try to eat it!

We like to get all up in your face Kalvin, because that is when you most react to us.

Uncle Colin with his niece and nephew. Its so fun to see my siblings with you kids! Now if one of them would just have some kids then I could be an aunt!

My birthday present finally arrived in the mail:

It is one of my favorite presents ever! I love it so much!!

Kalvin, you don't really care about your pacifier. You will use it when you are really hungry but other than that you don't take it. It's so different than your sister who ALWAYS wanted her pacifier!

I had forgotten how much hair your sister had from the beginning. You still have about the same amount you had when you were born. It is so soft! I just pet your head all the time.

Dad loves to read you stories! And Kacie, you love to try and get Kalvin to pay attention to the books. Someday he will, dear, just not today.

We love this cute squishy face!

And I love how babies will just fall asleep anywhere! This picture was actually taken by the talented Kacie, who is in the process of learning about photography.

We love you so much Kalvin and we are sorry that your sister tries to beat you up so often. She just wants a friend to play with!

Thanks for being so sweet to your brother Kacie! You are nice to him more than you are mean, so I think things will only get better from here… right?

Love,

Mom and Dad