4 Month Stats

If you haven't heard on the news, it has been raining here CONSTANTLY the last couple weeks (it's still raining right now). We have had the wettest Spring since records have been kept, and there is/was a lot of flooding in the Billings area and across the state. I-90 was closed in sections as well as many other major roadways. Good news is that it's still about 10 degrees below our average temps for this time of year, so the large amount of snow we got this year has not started to melt off in the higher elevations. The bad news is that the snow melt hasn't started, so we can expect a lot more water whenever it does finally warm up. Let's just hope there's enough of a break between the rain stopping and temperatures warming up to help all those who are being affected by this crazy weather! We are fine, and it looks like our property will also be fine even if some of the worst scenarios play out since we seem to be high enough and far enough away from the water. Now that being said, Blake wanted to play trains the other day. So, Lauren helped her build a nice big track to run the trains on. Well after not even a few minutes of play, Blake told Lauren that it was too rainy and the tracks were too wet for the trains. So, we moved on to a different activity ;)
Our big dude is just getting bigger and bigger every day. He seems to enjoy his time in the bouncy activity center.
Sorry, the next three pics were taken off of Lauren's phone, so they aren't really the greatest quality. As Blake would say, "Wyatt ready go churchin'".
Wyatt had his four month well baby check last week. Our chub-a-bub weighs 18 lbs. 1 oz. (93rd percentile) and is only 24 3/4" long (40th percentile). He is definitely a stocky little guy! His noggin was in the 55th percentile. He got his vaccinations and left with a clean bill of health - just a healthy chunkers.
Now for Blake, she is doing well and has as much of an attitude as normal. She's been watching a lot of movies since we've pretty much been stuck inside for weeks now, so she can recite quite a few lines from Tangled, the Toy Story movies and The Emperor's New Groove. It's been tough for Blake having to be in such close quarters with her mom constantly. Lauren gets these looks all the time...
...since when do two year olds have the right to act like thirteen year olds?! ;) At least she has the dogs to confide in. Hope everyone is staying dry and maybe even enjoying summer. We can't wait to actually get some summer weather. Hope you had a happy Memorial Day weekend!!!

Random Pics

We had some cute pics to share, so here goes! Cutie pie little Wyatt sleeping soundly in his crib. He is not nearly as good of a sleeper as Blake was. Hopefully, he'll get better at it.
Wyatt hanging out in Blake's camping chair. He is such a big dude!
Blake loves to hold her little brother, but at almost 4 months Wyatt is seriously getting a little big for this. Blake usually can't hold him too long before she starts telling us he's too heavy ;)
Last week, Wyatt tried out the bouncy activity center thingy that we had with Blake. When Blake first used it, we had to put it on the lowest setting and put books under her feet so that she could stand in it properly. For Wyatt, it's on the second to the lowest setting already!
Lauren was working on the computer the other day with Wyatt sitting in his bouncy seat right next to her on the floor. Blake was playing dress up, and she decided that Wyatt needed to join in. Lauren looked down to find that Blake had accessorized Wyatt - too funny!
Lauren put Blake up in the crib with Wyatt the other day because she was just begging to see her little brother. I highly doubt this little love fest between these two is going to last much longer...we'll see.
That's it for now. It's been in the 40's and 50's and REALLY rainy here. In fact, it's supposed to rain for the next five days and we've already had rain for the last three - UGH!!! But, it is supposed to get up into the 60's, so I guess that's progress for now.

Our Growing Guy

Wyatt is just getting to be so big. Here he is hanging out in the Bumbo. His poor legs are so chubby it's hard to get him in and out.
Such a sweet boy
Thinkin' hard
Really, Mom?!
We've been trying to explain to Grandma & Grampy just how big Wyatt is getting, so Lauren decided to take a picture of the kids laying next to each other. Wyatt is definitely our growing guy!
Wyatt playing ball this morning.
And finally, a VERY messy haired Blake who insisted I take a picture of her this morning :)
ENJOY the pics!

Technical Difficulties

SO SORRY, MOM!!! I just realized that the video in the last post was not the finished product. It was missing a TON of photo edits and the last song...so, so sorry! I just noticed that I needed to go into my account and update the posted version, so NOW you can see the real video - OOPS! Love you and hope you enjoy the more polished version!!!

Mother's Day 2011

WE LOVE YOU, GRANDMA!!!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Big Boy

Our little guy is seemingly turning out to be quite a big boy for his age. We'll see how he measures up at his 4 month appointment later this month. Since we kinda missed his 3 month update (spent more time trying to get his pictures taken), here's what Wyatt's up to at 3 months:

He is unofficially 15 lbs. 13 oz. - Blake was 14 lbs. 6 oz. at FOUR months
He is now wearing 9 month clothes
He loves to say "ma" and has started giggling
He is still a flirt - he gives big smiles when you talk to him
And, he has started trying to roll over (see pic below). Wyatt actually rolled over 3 different times in the first 3 weeks of life but hasn't done it since.
Wyatt is also VERY strong compared to what Blake was like at 3 months. Sometimes it's a battle to keep the bottle in his mouth because he bats at it so hard it knocks it out of your hands. He does use his strength to give bigs hugs too, though. If you put your arm across his chest, he will hug it really tight - very cute...to his Mom anyway ;) Here's a pic of our little man holding on to the bottle during a feeding (something else Blake didn't do until she was 4 months old).
a goofy pic of Blake wearing Mom's hat
As we already mentioned, Wyatt is in 9 month clothes. Here's a pic of him (at 3 months old) in a sleeper that Blake also wore...
...now here's a picture of Blake in that same sleeper. She was 7 months old when this fit her! Not sure if boys are just that much bigger than girls at this age, but it looks like Wyatt is shaping up to be much bigger than Blake.
We also scored an OU jogging suit set on our shopping spree at the second hand store the other day. Here's Wyatt showing it off.
smiling :)
Wyatt's a pretty vocal little guy. Here he is talking to us.
Wyatt is similar to his sister in the pooping department, though. Blake used to have trouble pooping, but she would usually go once a day. Wyatt goes about once every other day, and he does it with style! Pretty much every poopy diaper requires a full outfit change and an immediate load of laundry to be done. He is the king of blowouts! We will definitely be talking with the doctor about this at his 4 month checkup.

Now for Blake, at two years and nine months here's what's going on in her world:
She loves to sing songs - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald, Itsy Bitsy Spider are among her favorites
Blake counts to 10 consistently and is working her way to 20 now
She knows several shapes (circle, oval, diamond, heart, star), but she still has trouble with square, rectangle and triangle
She is really good with her colors - she's had those mastered for a while now
She has started singing the alphabet and is good at the beginning and the end, but struggles in the middle
She talks a TON...here are some of her new phrases:
Dokie, dokie (laughs). Why Grandma Grampy say dokie dokie like that? (more laughter)
Winner, chicken dinner (Bob was saying winner, winner, chicken dinner one night)
See ya...alligator (she usually forgets to say later)
Dang it!

Well, hope all is well with everyone - that's all we've got for now.

Twinkle Star

Lauren recently took some of Blake's old clothes into a second hand store to get credit for clothes for our growing baby boy. Who would have figured that she'd find a University of Illinois sleeper in Billings, MT? It was brand new, too...still had the tags on it! So, here's our little boy sporting Grampy's old colors. Blake is still doing pretty well on her potty training. She now insists on doing it by herself sometimes, and she doesn't even use the potty seat. Lauren is just waiting for the day she hears a splash and has to dig Blake out of the toilet. But for now, Blake is pretty proud of herself. She does have issues getting all put back together sometimes, though. One of Blake's new things is to make Minnie-stroni soup (it's from a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode) and feed it to her baby. Otherwise, there's not much going on around here. Blake is still quite entertaining with her speech. The other day she said, "No step on my cock!" What she meant was don't step on my Crocs (the shoes). Ah...the things that come out of this kid's mouth! Blake also LOVES singing. Here's her rendition of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.