4 Months

I can't believe how fast the time is going, you are already 4 months old!

• You have learned to grab - You love to grab toys and hold on to them now.
• You smile when I talk to you and when I lay you on the bed and kiss your belly and neck you just laugh and laugh
• You turn to look at us when you hear our voices. You especially love it when your sister talks to you.
• You are still so chubby and I love it! You weigh 17 pounds.
  
• You are wearing 3-6 months size clothes and a size 3 diaper.
• You still like to eat about every 3 to 4 hours 24/7. You get up 2-3 times a night and although I'm tired - I love that
• You like to ride in the car. You just look out the window and 95% of the time - you go to sleep.
  
• You really only cry now when you are hungry or tired.
• You are constantly reaching for either mine, daddy's or your sisters fingers to chew on them. I still think you prefer your fingers the most, you are always trying to put your whole hand in your mouth. We think you are teething but maybe you just like to chew.
• You still love your bath. You just chew your fingers and lay there like you could lay there forever. You are always so content at bath time.
• Tummy time is still not your favorite time but you are starting to enjoy it a little more each day.
• You are constantly making noises and love to try and repeat noises that we say to you. You want to talk to us so bad!
• We are so in love with you and we are all so excited, especially your sister, for the day you can sit up and play.

James Russell Blakley

1922-2011

Today we celebrated the life of my grandpa aka Bobo. It was such a bittersweet day for myself and my family...I am so sad that he is gone but also happy knowing he is in his eternal home and celebrating as I write this.

I love you so much Bo and miss you already!

Potty Training

This past week we have officially started potty training and believe it or not, Sidney Kate has done great! She has not had an accident in 2 days and is now going to the potty on her own. This past week I have felt like a broken record asking her if she needed to go potty about every 10 minutes. She loves wearing "big girl panties" and her favorite panties are the Cinderella panties. When we first started potty training I set up a bowl of candy behind the potty and told her everytime she used the "big girl potty" then she would get some candy, I kept that up for about 4 days until she was consuming candy all day long so we have now resorted to a potty chart that she gets to put a sticker on and once she has it filled up we will be going to get a Barbie. I love her precious little booty in panties, her little booty is so precious! The next big step will be using the potty outside of the house and at Mother's Day Out. I am so proud of how good Sidney Kate has done with potty training and I hope that her not have accidents keeps up, it is so nice to possibly be done with 2 kids in diapers.

Halloween 2011

I am so looking forward to all of the holidays this year because Sidney Kate is really starting to understand and she gets so excited about all the holidays that we have been talking to her about. This year she was a precious Cinderella and Beckett was the cutest pumpkin. We ran around and visited some of our friends then we went to Zach and Shae's house and went trick or treating in their neighborhood.

My little pumpkin and beautiful Cinderella.

Seriously is he not the cutest little thing ever!

Sidney was so excited to go trick or treating with her buddy Kase. To see the holidays through a 2 year old eyes is the most precious, humbling and exciting thing every. Her joy for life feels me up daily and I am so looking forward to all the memories that we are making as a family of four.