Rose is 3 months!

Our little Rose is now 3 months old!!

 She kept trying to take off the onsie 

sticker, so I stuck it on her head haha.

She reminds me so much of Isaac at this age, with being very vocal (babbling a ton). She gives tons of smiles, especially when we ask "Where's my smile?". She still gets swaddled at night to sleep and some nights she sleeps well and other nights she doesn't. The past few nights haven't been so great.. she's been really gassy and also getting stuffed up at night. I'm not sure if it's a cold or allergies... everything is in bloom over here and we're all sneezing and being sniffly. Unfortunately, due to her age, even if it's a cold or allergies, there isn't much we can do about it.

And since everything is in bloom, it also means that the weather over here in Maryland has been really nice lately, so we get to outside and play more! It has even been warm enough to wear short sleeve shirts and no jackets some of the time!

 Mowing the lawn

 I titled this picture "Bam-Bam + Dennis the Menace = I'm in trouble!"

 Playing with his T-Ball set

Isaac swinging, Rose chilling in the

 shade, and Theo chasing his ball

Last Wednesday night, Isaac decided he wasn't going to sleep. He was awake in between Rose waking up and around 3am I asked him what he wanted. He said "Downstairs'. I told him no and that it was still bedtime. Around 5am he was STILL awake, so I decided to just give in and we went downstairs. Around 6am, this happened:

 I tried putting him back in bed, but he had a fit so I told him he wasn't allowed to sleep until nap time after lunch. He barely made it....

Yup, he passed out at the table. He finally took a nap that day (it was a really short one though. That night he slept all night)

Meanwhile, little Rose was playing on her activity mat and chewing on toys

It got hot in the house, so I just had Rose in a white onsie. I told Matt that because she isn't wearing anything girly, she could pass for a boy. So he wrote her name on the onsie. It's still there after it got washed too haha

 I love this onsie. It says "Sweet like mommy" :) 

 Trying out a new headband/bow I bought her.

Then Isaac wanted to try it on too....

Can you say "blackmail material"? haha!

Last Saturday was St. Patrick's Day. Of course I had to get the kids dressed in green and take pictures before outfits got ruined :)

 She didn't have a specific St. Patty's Day outfit, 

so I made one with the stuff I did have :)

 Wearing a new shirt that has green in it

 Both kids on St. Patrick's Day

She reminds me of Twink from Rainbow Brite haha

While I was taking pictures, Matt was out getting wood because we are building a raised garden bed. When he got back, the planks of wood needed to be painted and we let Isaac help out after his nap.

 He got some splatter on his face

 The next day Matt built the raised garden bed. 

We still need to put in dirt and plants/seeds, 

which we will do in a few weeks. 

 Oh ya, he learned how to open the sliding glass door.

 Rose in the bumbo.

Next week, the four of us are going to California to see my family and celebrate my 30th (!!!!) birthday. I got one of my gifts early though.. a Beco Butterfly 2 baby carrier! I had been wanting to get a new carrier ever since I read articles about how baby's legs and hips should be positioned a certain way for their hips to set correctly, and the baby carrier I had wasn't designed to accommodate that. What's nice is that we can use this carrier with Isaac as well, since it goes up to 45lbs. It can be worn on the front or back too. I got it yesterday and just had to try it out!

I also tried it out with Isaac, but he was too wiggly so I didn't get him right. I will have to try again later.

I'm really happy with it and we got it just in time for our trip to California!

I may or may not update before our trip to CA, so don't be surprised if this doesn't get updated until after we return (We leave Monday, 3/26 and return Tuesday. 4/3).

Rose is 1 month old!

Happy 1 Month Rosie!

Can't believe she is already a month old! Here are some more pictures from today. We decided to do her monthly pictures different then Isaac's (who had a panda bear), so I got these onsie stickers for every month up until she is a year old. There are tons of designs out there but I liked these ones best because they have roses on them :)

 Full on smile!

 My big girl!

And here are some other ones from the past few days, including some cute bathtime pics!

 Funny pic that Matt took of us

 Getting ready for her bath

 So relaxed in her bath

 She look so big in her tub already!

 All clean!

  Isaac cuddling up to his sister

 Sleeping beauty

As for an update, she still really is a more relaxed baby then Isaac was though she does have days when she doesn't want to be put down and be held all day long. We're also working on getting her to sleep more and more in her own bed instead of in our bed with us, though that's mostly my fault since it's a lot easier for me to nurse laying down so we can just fall asleep during/after. She still gets up to eat usually every 2 hours, sometimes 2.5-3hrs, so you can see why I am dragging my feet on this haha!

I'm going to bring out the pump soon and start feeding her with bottles every once in a while, just so that when I have doctors appointments or cant nurse for some reason, she will be ok with bottles as well. I'm still really proud of the fact that it's been a full month and she has never had a bottle yet :)

Isaac is doing good too. Cant believe he will be 2 next month! He's so smart and he picks up things so quickly now. He's still learning to be gentle with Rose and he's still doing things that test us and our patience but I still love that little guy :)

Rose has her 1month well-child checkup appointment tomorrow so I will get her stats and update this post then.