Mason and Paige update

Paige is now 3 months old, we don't have a doctor visit this month so I don't have stats but she looks and feels a lot bigger.

3 Month Comparison

She is starting to hold herself up better while standing and sitting, except she wants to lean forward while sitting so she ends up bent over. She will focus on toys that are in front of her and use her hands to grab them.  She also really likes to suck on her hands which makes her really slobbery.

Mason is such a good help as a big brother when she is upset.  He will come tell me, "P crying," or tell her, "It okay P, stop crying."

Mason got to go to the splash pad for the first time this year. It was really busy because it's been so hot. Once we found a parking spot, loaded up and walked over, Mason decided he didn't want to go in the water.  I had to convince him but he finally went in to the water and loved it.

Mason also had a surgery for one of his testicles that was filling with fluid and not draining on its own.  He did really well with the whole thing, was happy to watch movies during the recovery and was difficult to keep still so he wouldn't pop open his stitches.

Mason has also been sleeping without his binki for about a week now. We never thought this day would come but are so excited to see him growing up and getting older.  The only thing is that now in the morning when he's awake he won't sit in his crib for an extra half hour, instead he calls for us yelling either, "Mom...Mom...Mom," or "Dada come get me..." over and over.

We have been trying to spend a lot of time outside and play, especially in any water we can.

We've enjoyed being able to go to Christopher's softball games and play with friends there.  His friend Koa found a caterpillar pointed it out to Mason who immediately stomped on it.

We went to one of our church activities at Whatcom Falls park where Mason managed to find a glove and baseball...shocker. He carried them around the rest of the night, and was only able to give them up for a chance to see the waterfall.

We spent the 4th of July with Christopher's parents. We went hiking in the morning which was a lot of fun. Mason was so excited to finally ride in the pack he had seen in our house the whole week before, and we loved his commentary, telling us which trees had or hadn't fallen down.

We also got a chance to play on the slip and slide after Mason's nap.  He preferred when the water was down(or low) then he would crawl down the slide to the big puddle at the end where he would dive. It was a big hit and we will definitely be using it again this summer.

We finished off the night with dinner and lawn games.  We didn't do any fireworks but were able to show Mason some of the city fireworks on our drive home. We had a fun day and are having a great summer.

Paige 2 months and summer fun

Paige had her two month appointment, here are her stats.

Height: 24 inches (95%)

Weight: 13 lbs 6.5 oz (86%)

Head Circumference: 16 inches (95%)

She has been an angel especially when it comes to sleeping.  She is awake scattered hours through the day being mostly happy and smiley.  The last couple weeks she has been sleeping through the night from 10:30pm to 5:30-6:00am.  We love it!! She loves to be held, will coo and make other baby noises and is a snugly baby.

She is a great shopping buddy:

Her hair continues to amaze me with how curly and cute it is. Her eyes are still a lighter grey color and have a chance of being blue.

She loves her swing.

Overall she's had a good month, here are some of the things she's done.

She took pics with Mason for Mother's Day:

She was blessed:

She went on walks almost daily, to the park and even went on a hike:

Here is a comparison of Mason and Paige just for fun.

2 months

So far we've had some really amazing weather and we have had a great time enjoying it.

We've gone to parks,

Mason has been jumping off, over and onto everything!

Paige used her sun hat numerous times, and looks adorable in it!

Christopher made ribs for us and then again for his parents.

We played outside and in the water with the twins a lot. 

The hike we went on was a short hike and was really easy for the first half then dropped down much steeper than I was anticipating. 

 It was rainy all that morning so the trail was wet and slippery.  Christopher helped Mason down, I scooted on my butt for the steep parts since I was carrying Paige, and Pop Pop helped Nana while Rio ran up and down checking on us as we slowly made our way down to the waterfall.

 It was really pretty and a great hike we would love to do again, just maybe when it's warmer and not wet.

We went to the twins' party for their second birthday where Mason got a balloon... and popped it with in a week.

Went to the Ski to Sea parade, Mason loved the fire trucks, bands, and cars(especially the monster trucks). Paige slept through all the noise and was nice and warm sitting with Nana.

We've loved watching Paige get more aware, start interacting and smiling at us. We can't wait for the next few months of great weather and getting to do more fun things with our kids.

Paige's Blessing

We blessed Paige in church this last Sunday and were able to have my family come into town for a couple days. They got in Friday night and Mason immediately got out his baseball stuff and had a blast playing outside with them.

The play consisted of having people carry him and take turns running down and back on the lawn, tackling people, and throwing the bat and hitting my mom in the head.

My dad, Lindsay and Zoe officially met Paige.

Christopher was finally able to take my dad up to Galbraith and mountain bike with JB. I don't have pictures but they had a blast. While they were biking we walked down to the water and threw rocks in the water and ran around on the beach.

After lunch and naps we walked down the boardwalk at  boulevard and let Mason play on the playground for a while until he got bored and then went and played at the water throwing rocks again.

On our way home we stopped off at Mallards for ice cream!

 

We had time to get a round of frisbee golf in before we had Coconut Kenny's for dinner.

Sunday Christopher and family members were able to bless Paige. She even got to wear the dress my Grandma Phillips made that all my sisters and I wore for our blessings. She was adorable.

We all met up at John and Debbie's for pictures and brownie sundaes.

We had a great weekend with our family and I feel so blessed to have had everyone come and be with us for Paige's blessing!