How do they know?

This seems to be a very common occurrence in our household...I swear this happens more than is really even funny.

So, after we've put the kids to bed, I'm in the kitchen doing dishes, getting stuff ready for the kids to go to school tomorrow, etc....not bothering to be too quiet or anything. After I've finished all the "chores," I go to sit down and maybe (just maybe, hopefully, please God) sit down for a few minutes before it's time to feed Lindley one last time. I kid you not, as soon as my bottom touches the couch, I hear a noise. Surely, that was the t.v. or something. So, I go ahead and get more comfortable. Then, I hear it again. You've got to be kidding me, right? Sure enough, "Waaaaa!" Lindley is waking up. HOW does she know that I sat down? How does she know that I was trying to relax for just a few minutes?!?

This is going to be one of my questions for God when I get to Heaven. How (and why?) do kids just know?

Lanny thinks that I must sit down too loudly...careful, buddy! :)

Spiderman

We went to a fundraiser event at Ben's school. He actually got his face painted this year. In previous years, he has been deathly afraid of kids with painted faces (to the point where he was having nightmares).

I was really impressed with the lady who painted the faces. She did this in about 3 minutes....pretty amazing.

6 Month Dr. Visit

Lindley had her 6 month check up on Monday. She weighed 17 pounds and 2 ounces and was 26 1/2 inches long. She is in the 75th percentile for both height and weight! I really didn't think she would be as big because she was so little when she was born. Her head size was in the 30th percentile.

Developmentally, she was doing just okay. The doctor said that "she seems to be consistently about 2 weeks behind..." Which makes me wonder if she was just born too early since I was induced about 2 weeks ahead of my due date. I realize that it is fruitless to think about those things because you never know. But, I can't help but wonder. He said that if she isn't sitting on her own and rolling from back to tummy(she does go the other way) by 7 months, then we might need to have early childhood intervention come out. Other than that, she was doing everything else. I told the doc that it's just so hard for her to get over that belly!!

The doctor was also going to try to get our pulmonologist appointment moved up (it is now scheduled for May 16). And, we are going to have her head measured to see how asymmetrical it is to determine if she needs to wear a helmet.

That's all we know for now! She's still just a happy little baby!

Lindley is 6 Months Old!!

I can't believe it! Time goes by so fast with your first one, it's hard to imagine that it can be any faster. But, it is!! Things Lindley does at 6 mos:

-She smiles literally all the time. Sometimes she will even be smiling when she is trying to fuss!
-She talks alot! Sometimes it's more like a scream, but she really has stuff to say!
-She loves her big brother. The biggest laughs I have heard from her are when Ben is talking to her. Ben is still having a hard time understanding that he has to be gentle, but we are getting there...
-She blows raspberries all the time now; especially when she is full or bored.
-She is working really hard on sitting up. It is hard for her to stay upright because she likes to wiggle so much. She ends up falling backwards because her legs are moving so much!
-We are a little worried that her head is flat in the back because she truly hates her tummy time. That's on my list of (many) questions for the doc on Monday.
-She rolls from her tummy to her back, but not back to tummy. I think her tummy is too big to roll over!!

She is such a blessing to our lives!

My Friend the Photographer

We are so lucky to have a good friend who takes such great pictures. She took these one day when we were just hangin at our house.



She took some of Ben and Lindley together, but man, it is hard to get both kids to smile and look at the camera at the same time!!

Easter...finally

What an Easter weekend we had! I have been meaning to post about our Easter for a while now, but in all the craziness I haven't had a chance to.

Our Easter started off with an Easter hunt for Ben at school. They were each supposed to get 8 eggs each. Ben was really good about stopping when he had 8. Then, then all got confetti eggs that they were supposed to crack on their own head. None of the kids wanted to actually hit themselves in the head, so they just kind of cracked it with their hands and let the confetti fall in front of them!


On Saturday, we went to our dear neighborhood friends house for an Easter egg hunt and TONS of confetti eggs! The boys didn't really want to crack them on each other, and they ended up having the most fun throwing them at the wall!

Granna and Pappa came to visit, and we had an incredible Easter dinner on Saturday night! The Easter bunny visited the next morning. Ben had fun hunting the eggs that the Easter bunny left, and Lindley liked the pink grass and eggs in her Easter basket. Ben was a good big brother and hunted eggs on her behalf :)

Then it was off to church. It was colder than I had expected, so Ben didn't get to wear his "official" Easter outfit, but looked handsome nonetheless. I was afraid Lindley wouldn't have grown into her dress since I bought it before she was born, but she did!

Last but certainly not least, we hunted eggs again with our neighborhood friends. The moms hid eggs for the boys, then the boys hid the eggs for the moms, then the dads. Lindley had fun hangin' in her saucer during the hunting.

Click on the picture below for more Easter pictures.

Easter

Quick Update on Lindley

Lindley is doing much, much better! We saw the doctor on Monday, and he said that her ears were totally clear. And, you can just tell that she feels so much better. She is and always has been a smiley girl. And, even though she kept smiling through all of her sickness, her smile is a lot "happier" now!