2 Months Old Already!
It’s hard to believe little John is already 2 months old. I hoped to have his latest weight and height measurements for this post as we were scheduled to have his well-baby appointment today, but our appointment got rescheduled for next week, so you’ll all just have to wait with bated breath to get his latest stats. I can tell you he is growing well, and the last time we weighed him at home he was over 14 pounds!!
John is sleeping great now- he goes down every night between 6:30 and 8 pm and sleeps until 4-5 am without waking up. He usually nurses around 4 or 5, then goes back to sleep for 2-3 more hours before he’s up for the morning. We’ve developed a nice little routine that involves me getting up for the day around 5 after he’s nursed- I get to go work out before Jered heads to work and then I’m home to feed our little lunch box.
It’s funny how quickly the sleep issues work themselves out- this time last month I was wondering if he’d ever sleep more than 4 or 5 hours at a time, and suddenly he’s sleeping nice long stretches. He’s also been cooing and smiling up a storm. He makes the sweetest noises and has the most charming little smile. John is the calmest, sweetest little guy- he’s a total snuggler, hardly fusses and is very easy to read. He even lets you know when he’s had enough and just wants to be laid down for a nap- what a kid! I keep telling Jered he’s the kind of baby that makes me want to have more… we’ll see about that!
In Hazel news, things get more and more fun with each passing day. She is literally talking our heads off and her imagination is really blossoming. She plays with her dolls, and legos and potato heads and kitchen and makes up elaborate plots pretty much all day long. She still loves “Baby John,” but doesn’t quite understand why he isn’t going back to the hospital- I think she thought the arrangement was temporary.
We’re also heavy duty into potty learning now- and this week marks the first week where she is completely out of diapers except to sleep at night (and then it’s a night time pull up so as not to be confusing). During the day she is pretty much completely trained, and we’ve recently had success with short car trips to the store in big girl underwear (not pull ups but actual underwear). Boy has it been fun! (I hope the sarcasm is apparent). Really, we can’t complain as she has done very very well, but it is challenging potty training a toddler when you have an infant to take care of (especially because sometimes when she needs help my hands are full!). Each day gets a little better, though, (no accidents at all today!) and we are that much closer to having only one kiddo in diapers!
It’s late, and I can’t remember half of the things I wanted to post tonight, but I’ll leave you with a few videos. Please excuse me constantly asking John if he’s going to talk to us, apparently that’s all I ever say to him!! 
July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
And finally, Hazel’s first film- it’s very Post Modern, or Po-Mo as Grammy might say!
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Filed under Hazel, John by esther | Comment (0)Finally, a video update!
Here are the videos from Hazel’s birthday, the kids’ baptisms and some watermelon eating!
June/July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
June/July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
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June/July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
June/July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
June/July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
June/July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
June/July from esther benoit on Vimeo.
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Filed under Hazel, John by esther | Comment (0)Baby smiles!
John started smiling this week- as most of you know, capturing a baby smile on camera is not an easy thing to do- so pardon the blurry picture, this captures his open-mouthed gummy grin pretty well, but hopefully we’ll have some more in-focus pictures soon!
He is growing so fast!
Getting sleepy in the swing…
Our Hazel Bear has been having a great summer- she recently received a package from her GG Benoit that had in it a beautiful dress. Hazel has been really into dresses lately, and this particular dress is now her favorite. She calls it her lamolina dress- which we don’t understand, but she loves her lamolina (pronounced lam-oh-lee-nah) dress. She especially likes to spin and twirl around to the Princess and the Frog soundtrack.
Thank you GG for the gorgeous dress!!
Looking a little crazy here…
She also loves to do robot dances…
Hazel’s hair is also getting longer, and we have started to do variations on pony tails almost every day. Thank goodness we can get her hair up now that it’s so hot out!
Hazel absolutely loves her brother- Here is John enjoying some tummy time (he fell asleep he enjoyed it so much)…
Here is Hazel having some tummy time too…
This kid loves tummy time so much!
Hazel says, “I do it, tummy time, too!”
I bribed her with chocolate for this picture…
Just a typical morning ’round these parts…
