Violet Mae turns 5 months!

On March 16th Violet Mae turned 5 months old. 

She has been one busy girl!

Violet has mastered rolling all over the room, eating solids and even sprouted two new teeth!

Its crazy how fast it is going. I just wish she would slow down. (sigh)

big sis Penelope got to put a real baby in her baby stroller!

Violet's first tasted of food, rice cereal. Yum!

first day at the beach

first time sitting in her bumbo seat, big girl!

grammy fed her avocado!

costco trip with mommy!

sissy kisses

Violet meets Lilja

only 5 months apart and best of friends already

Penelope Shenanigans!

My silly little bugger bean couldn't be more "two" these days. Penelope just cracks us up.

She is so BUSY all the time! There is just so much to be done in a day, it must be exhausting to be her because it sure is exhausting trying to keep up with her!

Ever since Penelope's language took off so has everything else. She wants to do EVERYTHING, and by everything I mean she must go and find the remote, grab it from wherever it is and then hand it to me so I can pick out her shows. Or she has to pick out her plate and place it on the table, or she has to take her "pee-pee" to the potty and flush it all by herself--- oooohhhh yes, she has been busy. My little girl is now potty trained at 2 years and 3 mos. Within three days she had it down and hasn't had an accident since. Its all fun and exciting but a bit sad too. My girls are both growing up so fast and I want them to slow, slow, slooowwww down! I love the way Penelope repeats everything I say in her cute little voice. I need to remember to record her because there is just something about a little girl saying "Nelope has tup-tups" and doing a fake cough when she's trying to pretend she has hiccups. 

Yes, most of our evenings you can find James and I chanting and clapping for P as she runs around the kitchen island in circles as fast as she can.

Slow down little P slow down.

first time bowling!

my bohemian princess

busy shopping at Gelson's
mommy's little helper

at the park with dad and grandpa

perfect beach day in SB. In February no less

teddy bear picnic at Pen's school- the hat is actually a pair of ears ;)

 

Pen with her nana, see a resemblance here? 

my budding artist hard at work at her growing times 1 class

this is how we throw down!

enjoying a date with mom

wild hair just like moms

Violet turns four months... 2-16-12

On February 16 our little Violet Mae turned 4 months old.

She has been very busy lately.

In the last month she has found her feet, loves playing with her toys, and now sleeps on her tummy!

We just had her four month checkup and here are her stats:

13 lbs. 15 oz

24 1/2 inches long

On her four month birthday we moved her into her own room (she is sleeping in the guest room until we move both girls together to their new room). Violet has become a very good sleeper and this is making mommy and daddy very happy. :) She also got her first meal of rice cereal on her birthday. I noticed she was eyeing me very intensely when I was eating dinner so I thought, hey lets give it a shot! The little girl wolfed down her food so fast!

Violet Mae brings a smile to my face constantly. 

She has the sunniest, happiest dispostion. I never thought I would enjoy a baby this much.

Penelope was a great baby too, but I think now that I realize how fast it goes and now that I know what I'm doing (well most of the time) I just love having a baby. Violet is growing and developing so fast that it makes me proud and sad at the same time. I am not ready for her to start crawling or making legible words. I want her to coo and babble forever, she is my baby.

Sometimes I get misty-eyed though just daydreaming about the future with my two girls. We're out having lunch together or tea. Or the day we go get ears pierced or nails done etc etc. I am so so so glad I have these two little girls because I am incredibly girly so I hope they turn out that way too! ha!

happy birthday baby girl

we love you!!!

a snapshot of Violet Mae in the co-sleeper bassinet next to my bed
this is what I wake up to in the morning!

diaper changes last a very long time because this is her time to get
my full attention, she loves it!... and she loves her toes!

so focused! ha!

her nana snapped this pic while babysitting, guess they were having fun!

her first official roll, there were a few times she rolled on my bed
but with the softness of the comforter she had some help, this time she did it
and wouldn't stop, every time we rolled her to her back she would flip again

violet loves watching her big sis, she is very intrigued,
here they are playing on my bed while i was getting ready in the morning

ha! James snapped this of us when we was leaving for work one morning.
there were many nights that she slept on my pillow like this, we would be cheek to cheek
she loved and it and .... so did i!

penelope loves her little sis!

getting her vaccines at her four month doctor checkup
2-15-12