3 months

Since I've been back at work, Finn has been pretty consistently sleeping through the night. We usually feed him his last bottle at 8:30 or 9:00 and put him down and he sleeps until 6:00. This morning he slept until 7:30 which was nice! He is just such a happy boy. Last night for probably 45 minutes, I just laughed and talked with him and he laughed and talked back. He makes sounds that sound like "oh yeah" and "hi".. I know they are not, but they kind of sound like it. It's also funny because he already does what we tell him to do...I will be trying to burp him for 5 minutes and finally I'll say "Finn, can you please burp for mommy" and then he does! The other day I was frustrated and said to Dan "Dan, he won't burp, and it's taking him forever to eat, and if he doesn't eat then he won't sleep through the night!" (said in a very whiny voice) and all Dan did was point to Finn and say "BOY!" and just then Finn burped and finished his bottle, went to bed, and slept through the night!Today I took Finn to a craft fair with my mom, my friends Trisha and Megan, their mom Jean, and Megan's son Nate. Nate is 9 months old and was a perfect angel the whole day. Finn slept the entire time so it was a very enjoyable day! I think Finn and Nate will be good friends!Anya has been doing good except for a nasty cough. We are going to have her tested for allergies this next week. Hopefully the cough can be traced to that and we can get a medication figured out that will help her. It's the same cough she has had at this time of the year for 3 years. It pretty much started when we turned on the furnace...so we will see.As I've said million times before, she LOVES anything bella dancerella related and now it's the cheerleading version of the movie. Luckily she just so happens to have a cheerleading outfit-boy was she excited when I showed her that! - as you can see in the picture, she can now get the refrigerator door open and get the milk out! yikes.

Sunday best

I just had to post some pictures of Finn in his church outfit today. He was a very good boy in church today!

Last night Anya wanted to sing "Rock a bye baby" to Finn. She is such a good big sister!

Volley ball game

I took Anya and Finn to the Apple Valley Girls Volleyball game this past Friday to watch both the girls play and daddy coach. I did not attempt this alone- I knew Josh and Hannah and Dave and Mary Jo would be there. I was fully expecting to have to leave Finn with those guys while I walked around with Anya keeping her off the court and from running to daddy. But she was great! She stayed in the bleachers with us cheering, clapping, dancing, stomping her feet, eating popcorn, playing with stickers. She didn't try to run away-she was actually schmoozing with all the people around us. She was talking to one of the dad's in front of us and he gave her a sucker..then she was taking to a woman behind us who had one of those foam fingers and the lady gave her that to play with (Anya gave it back to her a little later all on her own!). Finn did great too. He was awake almost the whole time and was content being held by Hannah and Grandma and Grandpa. To top it all off, the team won! Anya got to give all the girls a high 5 afterward. It was a very fun time.

oh. side note.. Finn has slept through the night this whole past week starting last Sunday night! It's been awesome timing since I'm back to work now!

I think that's it for now.

MN Gopher fan

Here is a little treat from Anya to all of you.

9 week old Finn

2 year and 2 month check up

Anya and Finn went in Friday for their 2 year and 2 month check ups. They were great the whole time and we were there from about 1:30 until 3:00. They both had to get shots-they cried, but calmed down relatively fast. Anya had to get a finger poke and didn't even make a peep! Here are the stats:

Anya: Height 35.5 in (75%)
Weight 29 lb (75%)
Head circumference 47 cm (25-50%) she has always had a small head. :)

Finn: Height 24 in (75-90%)
Weight 14.5 lb (over 95%)
Head circumference 40 cm (50%)

Anya continues to do well with no nuk. Now she doesn't even ask for it! Finn's not really interested in one, so hopefully he just won't need it. Finn is definitely cooing and smiling more and more each day. Anya makes Dan and I laugh every day. Just the other day she found my bra in the laundry basket and held it up to herself and said "mommy look at me!". I laughed so hard!

Here are a few pictures of Anya playing in the leaves.
This is the maple tree we planted in memory of my dad, Roger.

No more nuk

Anya "lost" her nuk Saturday night and even though I found it the next morning we decided this was the perfect opportunity to just be done with it. Recently it was becoming an issue with her waking us up in the middle of the night to help her find it...She was actually waking up more than Finn and that was not good. So...we told her that we couldn't find it and that she really didn't need it anyway since she is a big girl now. Surprisingly, she fell back to sleep that night and since then she hasn't had it at night and even at daycare she is not using it for naps. She still asks about it, but when I tell her that she doesn't need it anymore, she leaves it at that and doesn't seem to care! I was so nervous about getting rid of it and all for nothing cause it's been no big deal! She was the same way with the big girl bed. We were nervous that it would be hard for her and again, she didn't seem to care that she didn't get to sleep in her crib anymore. I think she is just so ready to grow up. Now we will have to try potty training....

oh, I found this picture of me when I was about Anya's age- looks like we have something in common after all!