Santa came early this year....

and Alexis couldn't be happier!!!

It's her very first bike and she loves it!  We bought it as a Christmas gift but when I came home from work yesterday it was already out of the box, put together and she was riding it!  I think Daddy was a little excited too :)

This was Alexis's idea!

Andrew's saying "Get me out of here!"

Alexis has been sleeping in later than normal the past couple of weeks.  She used to wake up around 7:30 but now she's been sleeping until between 8:30 and 9am.  She still takes her afternoon nap which is usually 3 hours long and goes to bed between 8:30 and 9 at night.  I'm definitely not complaining!!  I wish Andrew would sleep in later so I could too!  This morning we had to wake her up at 8:30 so she could be at gymnastics at 9.

Drew is 3 1/2 months old and cuter than ever!  He still smiles and laughs all day long.  He's sleeping great too!  He usually sleeps between 8 and 10 hours at night and takes 2 naps during the day.  He's been sleeping in his crib (in our room) for 2 weeks now.  He has stopped making all the crazy grunting noises in his sleep so now I can actually get good sleep too.     

She loves her babies!  She watches me very closely how I do things with Andrew and she does the same thing with her babies.  She's also a great little helper!  If Andrew's crying she will run to find his pacifier or bottle or just hold his hand and say "Drew Drew."  She does this all on her own too!  She's a very sweet and caring little girl!

Look at these two!  She's on the iPhone and he's on the tablet!

Now she's on the tablet...

and teaching her brother how it works.  It won't be long and he will be playing with them too I'm sure!

Good night little monkey!

Fun day with Grandma & Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit today!  Andrew went right to Grandpa and was so happy to see Grandma.  He started smiling so big and when Grandma started talking to him he started laughing.  It was so funny!

Grandpa got Alexis a hopscotch rug and she had a blast playing with it!

Ewww!

Andrew is 3 months old already!!

This handsome little guy turned 3 months old yesterday!  He is starting to interact more now and is always smiling.  Even though he's been sick with a cold for the last week, he is still very happy and even laughed for the first time last week.  He is down to 2 naps during the day and sleeps about 8 hours straight at night, sometimes even longer.  He can fit into size 3-6 and 6 month shirts and 6 month pants. For onsies and sleepers he needs 9 months for the length.  We still put him in size 6 month sleepers sometimes but his little toes are curled up!       

Whenever I lay Andrew down on the floor, big sister has to lay down right next to him :)

She loves to hold his hand and give him kisses.... lots of them!

modeling our new Keurig

she moved the box by herself so she could stand on it and turn the lights on and off

wearing my slippers

i'm hungry mom!

I think he looks like me when I was a baby in this picture

She loves her little brother!

I came home tonight from a meeting at work and Alexis was wearing Andrew's pants!  Albert said she put them on by herself.

Just some pics...

12 weeks already???

The dreaded day has come... so soon :( 

I would much rather be at home with this handsome little guy... 

....or coloring with my toes with this little monkey!

Even though Albert has only been alone with both kids for a couple of hours, I know he will do great.  Somehow he will probably manage to shower, go to story time, out for lunch and Target, all of which I could never do.   

Guess who can count to 10?!

This girl!!!  

Up until now, she has only counted to 2.  She usually says, "1...2....Go!" or "1...2...wheeee!" when she's going down a slide or something.  Earlier today playing she said, "1....2....3!"  I was so excited!  Then tonight we were walking down the stairs and she started counting, which is our normal routine.  After 2 she usually just starts singing and I do the rest of the counting.  I wanted to see if she would say 3 again so I let her do the counting and she just kept going..... all the way to 10!!  I could not believe it!  She said every number!

  

She loves to help mommy in the kitchen!

She could play in the bathtub for hours!

Her new favorite snack is pistachios!  She gets so excited when she can open one by herself.  She sat here a couple nights ago on the kitchen floor and got mad when I would try to put them away.  She had to have eaten at least 30!

I bought her some new blocks but I think she likes the bag they came in better!

Albert hurt his foot and (very dramatically) fell to the floor moaning and holding his foot.  Alexis saw him and starting making the same noises as him and held onto her foot!  It was so funny!

Already on the computer with daddy.  Pretty soon he'll be a pro like his big sister!

sitting in Andrew's bouncy seat pretending to sleep

Anyone remember Maggie?  It's the doll Alexis is holding in the picture.  We got that for her when she was 3 months old.  We recently got it out again for Andrew to play with because Alexis loved it when she was little.  Looks like she still does!

8 pm tonight -- eating more corn!  Broccoli is still her favorite food (besides M&M's) but corn is a close second.  

Andrew was so chill this evening.  While Alexis was still eating her corn, I put Drew in his pack 'n play so I could do some dishes and he just looked around and was so happy.  I propped him up on some pillows in Alexis's bed while I read her books tonight before bed and he loved it!  He sat there and smiled and looked at the books like he knew what was going on.  After 3 books he was starting to get restless so I said good night to Alexis and put Andrew to bed too.  As soon as I laid him down he closed his eyes and fell right to sleep!  I am so lucky to have such good little sleepers!!