Cold weather!

The latest cold weather meant we had our first snow of the winter, and Emmie and Daddy bundled up and headed outside, while mommy and Hayden stayed in the warm house. We've also been spending much more time inside lately, and today we made cookies - Emmie actually made the whole batch herself - quite the little baker!

Emmie's first play

I don't have any pictures, but I thought it was worth mentioning to anyone out there looking for cheap entertainment, we took Emmie to see Issaquah High School's production of Cinderella last week. She absolutely loved it, and it was great because it was a very laid back atmosphere, so we didn't worry too much about Emmie's endless questions, asked in a not-so-quiet voice. The play was pretty good, and the look on Emmie's face throughout it was priceless - she was enthralled!

Santa train

Last weekend we did our annual trip on the Santa Train out in North Bend - this year with the Walkers and Bergmans. We had a great time! Emmie of course would not go near Santa for a picture at the depot, but she was beside herself with excitement when Santa made a surprise appearance on the train itself, and even got close enough to say hi and take a candy cane from him!

Hayden is 2 months!

Well, the first month went by very quickly... the second month, well, a bit of a different story! We had quite a rough time over the last few weeks that started with Hayden getting a really nasty cold, which of course, is no good for a 6 week old! It was a rough time for all of us, especially poor little Hayden as she suffered through having a rough time breathing, enough to scare Nate and I to death a few times! Thankfully, though, she pulled through and got over the cold, but the extreme fussiness continued with nightly bouts of screaming for hours. Needless to say, Nate and I were EXHAUSTED after a couple weeks of this, so we finally took her in, and the doctor had us try medication for acid reflux, which has worked like a charm!! Yay!!

So after a very rough few weeks in which I was wondering if I was cut out to be a mom of two :), we have a very happy and pretty easy baby, which has been wonderful! She is sleeping 7 hour stretches at night, so of course we are thrilled about that.

Here are Hayden's stats at 2 months:

Height - 22 1/2 inches - 55%
Weight - 11 lbs. 4 oz - 70%
Head - 15 1/2 inches - 50% (a bit smaller than her sister's who was always in the 90th %!!)

Below are a few pics of Hayden at 2 months, and Emmie at 2 months at this link - Hayden is a bit more roly-poly than Emmie was! :) http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=35678135/PictureID=1036622291/a=25835724_25835724/t_=25835724

Thanksgiving

I've gotten a little behind in posting, but here are a few pics from Thanksgiving and great-grandma Shaha's visit. Emmie is also potty training (FINALLY!), so we have a funny pic of her running around with her last pull-up on her head!