mia’s 2 months old!!

Mia you turned two months old on January 2, 2012! You are becoming your own little person nowadays! You started smiling & it is one of the best things ever!! You had such a fussy first month & you are starting to become such a happy little baby girl!! You have started smiling a lot & we just love to see you smile… when the days are crazy & hectic {which happens a lot with your wild crazy sister running around here} your little smiles just make mommy & daddy so happy!!

{4 weeks old}

this month you weigh 10lbs 14oz… I can’t believe you weigh this much already! you don’t seem to me like you are getting much bigger, you still fit in newborn clothes & wear a size 1 diaper… shoes, well you have the tiniest feet & your socks barely stay on!

{5 weeks old}

 

at around 5 weeks old you started “talking” {cooing} & we just love it! you say a lot of “ah”s! you “talk” mostly when you are laying flat & just smiling away at us!

{6 weeks old}

at around 6 weeks old you started sleeping much better!! you went from going to bed around 10pm & waking up at 12am, 3am & 5:30/6am to going to bed around 9/9:30pm & waking up around 3am & 6am. now you go to sleep around 9/10pm & wake up usually once around 4/5/6am…but once you wake up around 6am you are up for about an hour just smiling away & not wanting to go back to sleep!

{7 weeks old}

we have had a hard time figuring out which formula is best for you this month.  we are pretty sure that you had an allergic reaction {a horrible rash all over your head & upper chest} from it so we tried hypoallergenic formula, it was stinky & you didn’t like it you went from eating 4oz bottles to taking a hour just to finish a 2 oz bottle & it was a lot of forced feedings. you still had the rash, but it was clearing up.  that formula only lasted a week & we decided to try soy formula to see if you liked it better, the first bottle you gulped down & you continue to love it.  your rash is finally all cleared up!! but the soy formula gave you pooping problems so we took you to the dr & she told us to give you a little bit of prune juice everyday.  it worked perfectly & now we hope that we have gotten all your formula problems figured out! yay! I am also still nursing you when I am home or around you & throughout the night!

we can’t believe that you are already two months old!!! I feel like it was just yesterday that I was waddling around with you still in my belly! & your sister is just crazy about you! she just laughs & gets so excited when you interact with her or when you grab onto her hand or her fingers!

this month you celebrated your first christmas & it was just so wonderful to have you in our home to celebrate with!! you were the perfect christmas gift for our family this year!

happy new year! {2012}

for new years eve, we went over the ramos’ house for a a new years eve party! it’s tradition, just like halloween & 4th of july! we had a great time & our little new years princess stayed up way past midnight!

mia pretty much did what she does best on new years… she slept!

{alexia & mollie}

{dj & mollie}

it’s mia’s first new years, even if she’s sleeping she still needs a hat!

instead of champagne, they had milk!

2011 was a great year for our little family of 4!! we can’t wait to see what 2012 will bring us!!

happy new year!

mia’s 1st christmas {christmas eve & christmas 2011}

on christmas eve, we went to the christmas eve service at church at 5pm & gramma, grampa, auntie ashie, aunt meg meg & carl met us there. the girls wore their adorable matching black & white christmas dresses & looked so cute.  mia was like one big tulle ball though, ha since she is so tiny!  mollie went in her 2yr old class during the service which I was surprised that she didn’t fussy when we dropped her off since auntie ashie was there with me dropping her off.  at the end of the service they lit the candles for silent night, so before they lit them I went & got mollie out of the nursery so that she could see all the candles! there was hundreds of candles it was so pretty! after church I wanted to get a picture of the four of us in front of one of the trees there since ours was dead! :(

after pictures we let mollie play on the playground at church, it was “snowing” on the playground & the little town they have their & there was also christmas cookies!!  mollie was so happy because her & two other kids were the only ones on the playground compared to the normal 50 plus kids running wild on the playground after church each sunday. 

when we got home from church mollie sprinkled her & mia’s reindeer food in the grass for santa’s reindeer to eat when santa came that night to our home!

we went went inside & ate our christmas eve dinner {honey baked ham, ash made grandma bidwell’s potato salad, deviled eggs & rolls & cookies for dessert!} after dinner we opened up our gifts from our grandparents & the girls’ great grandparents we always do this on christmas eve. we watched the christmas story & mollie tried her hardest to stay up late & she fell asleep in my lap watching tv {which is very rare for her!} nick & I put out cookies & milk for santa, since mollie fell asleep & then it was time for bed! santa was on his way!! 

christmas morning we were surprised to see that elfie came back since he was suppose to fly back to the north pole when santa came on christmas eve… we guess he just wanted to see all the goodies that santa brought the girls!? mia was the first one up, she got up around 7:30 or 8am & a little while later mollie woke up!

santa must have liked our milk & cookies!

mollie opened her stocking first & we opened up mia’s stocking for her.  mollie got an ariel umbrella, plaid knee high socks, santa money, m&ms &lifesaver gummies in her stocking. mia got santa money, a purse teether & a birdie that hangs on her carseat handle.

now on to the other  presents…

{pink lego blocks & playdoh}

{dora sweatshirt}

{dora doll}

{a disney princess helmet & bell for her bike that she got for her birthday this year}

mia was just so tired from all the santa excitement so she decided to sleep…

notice the chocolate all over her face… ya she fueled up with the m&ms in her stocking.  she would eat a handful of them & then open some presents & come back for another handful & back to the presents…

we opened a few of mia’s gifts from santa…

{a purple princess bank}

{purple puppy shoes}

now back to mollie’s gifts

{minnie mouse undies}

{nailpolish}

{mia & mollie got a dollhouse}

this picture cracks me up she is such a silly girl!

nick got pistachios since he always wants them… & he got me two charms for my pandora charm bracelet {a baby carriage for mia & a princess carriage-like on cinderella} I love them!!

{mia’s presents}

{mollie’s presents}

after we opened all the gifts, nick made brunch {eggs, bacon, hashbrown casserole & crescent rolls} & then we relaxed, napped & watched a few good movies {family stone & home for the holidays}

christmas this year was great! definitely the best gift we received this year was our sweet mia kate! nick & I loved watching mollie just get everything about christmas this year! I loved watching her just get so excited about the little things all season!! I cant wait until next year when we have a three yr old & a 1 year old at christmas time!! its all so magical with the little ones!