Josie is 2!!!

I still can't believe that my baby girl is 2 already!!! Her birthday was last Monday 8/29. On the day of her birthday we spent the evening together where she got presents from mommy and daddy and Cooper. She also got to have a cake and some ice cream. We celebrated this last Saturday with a big party with our extended families. Josie got lots of wonderful presents and of course had more cake and ice cream. Since her birthday we catch her several times a day singing Happy Birthday to You!!! It is so cute!

She has been talking our ears off the last several months. Ever since her tubes were put in she has been learning so many more words and she is even starting to put phrases together.

She loves to hold her baby brother and has even started to try and feed him a bottle on occasion.

This last weekend she decided that she wanted to sleep in Cooper's crib and she figured out how to crawl in and out of his crib. Of course, this is only if the crib side is down. So now Luke and I have to remember to keep the crib side up.

The big roll!!!

Cooper officially rolled over last night. He was on his playmat and he rolled from his back to his belly. He has also rolled over 2 times already today. Yeah!!!

Nothin much...

Not much has changed here in the Hanson household in the last several weeks. Last week would have been my 1st week back to work, if I had gone back. Boy, am I sure glad that we chose for me to stay home. Our garden has been fruitful this summer and we have been out picking most days. Josie loved to pick the peas. Unfortunately, she didn't know which ones to pick so a lot of the times she would just pick the pods with no peas in them yet. She also loved to eat the peas!!

Cooper has started to giggle when being played with and talked to. He rolled from his back to his belly last week while laying on the couch. I should also state the the couch cushion does not lay perfectly flat so he did have some help from gravity. He is also sleeping pretty consistently 9-10 hours at night. I sure am spoiled by kids that like to sleep. He does not sleep much during the day though.

Josie loves to play by her little brother. Enjoy the pictures of the kids!

Baptism

This last Sunday was Cooper's baptism. We chose to have the baptism after mass with just our families. Brett and Kendra are Cooper's godparents and we can't thank them enough. Here are some of the pictures from the baptism.Enjoy!

A new chapter!

Well, this last week Luke and I came to the decision that I would leave my job at Organic Valley to stay at home with the kids. I loved my job and the people that I worked with but staying home with our kids was something we both really wanted. I wish the best to everyone that I worked with and I will truly miss them. It was a very hard decision to make as it's hard to find a job that you really like and enjoy and enjoy the people that you work with.50th percentile)

On another note, Cooper had his 2 month well baby check last week and here are the stats:

Weight - 12 lbs 12 oz(50th percentile)

Height - 21.6 in(3rd percentile)

Amazingly he is still quite a bit smaller than Josie was at this same age. Hopefully he catches up!!

Josie is still loving her baby brother and wants to hold him on a daily basis. She is talking up a storm and is learning new words steadily. Cooper loves to lay on his book and look around, although when sleeping he won't lay flat. He sleeps in his bouncy seat at night and in the swing during the day. He is sleeping 7-9 hours at a time at night. He is also eating like crazy during the day. He is quite happy in the mornings but by the evening he becomes quite unhappy and cries a lot.

8 Weeks Old!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by. Cooper is already 8 weeks old and set for his 2 month check up next week. He has started smiling like crazy and is finding his voice. Every once in a while he will coo. The last several nights he has slept up to 10 hours straight. I can't believe how nice it is to get some good sleep. I'm sure it won't last, but here's to hoping!! Cooper still does not sleep on his back so he spends his time sleeping in the swing during the day and his bouncy seat at night. He has started to like laying on his back, if he is awake.

Update on Cooper's cardiologist appointment, is that everything is fine and it is just a newborn murmur. We are hoping that it will go away on it's own, but come to find out they truly do run in the family. Luke had a murmur when he was a baby as well as Josie. I found out this last Friday that I have a heart murmur. The doctor had never mentioned hearing it on me before, but because of the amount of water that I am currently drinking to keep up with nursing Cooper, she was able to hear it. She said the more water a person drinks the more pronounced a heart murmur can be. Luckily, I just need to be aware that I have a murmur and no additional tests are required.
Josie is still doing really well with her brother. She is starting to love to hold him. Almost every day, she tells me she do it, which means she wants to hold him. One must stand close by when she is holding him as when she decides she is done, she just pushes him aside and goes about her business. We are working on her telling us when she wants us to pick him up. Tomorrow will mark 1 week or her not having her nuk(pacifier) except at naptime and bedtime. She had a hard time the first several days but it's getting a lot easier. Hopefully she will continue to get better about asking for it.

We also finally got air conditioning in the house last week, so we are finally able to stay home anytime it gets too warm. Yeah!!!!!!!

Updates

Well, the last 4 weeks have just flown by. Cooper had his 11 day check up and he weighed in at 8 lbs 10 ounces which meant he gained just over an ounce a day from leaving the hospital. He has also had his 1 month check up and here are the stats.

Weight - 10 lbs 5 ounces - 50th percentile

Height - 20.9 inches - 10th percentile

Head - 14.5 inches - 10th percentile

The doctor did hear a heart murmur so we are going to a pediatric cardiologist on Monday to just double check this it is just a newborn murmur. Which if it's just a newborn murmur he should out grow it.

Everything else is going well. Josie is still adjusting to having a baby in the house. She loves to give him hugs, kisses and hold him. She also likes to help burp him after being fed.

Josie posing for the camera. She is all about having her picture taken if I taking a picture of Cooper.

Josie was playing with her sunglasses and decided to put them on Cooper. I just keeping picturing that commercial on tv where the little girl is putting makeup on her little brother. Just wait a few years and it'll happen!!

Josie needing to get in on the picture taking!

Josie got invited over to the neighbors house to go swimming and ever since then she has loved playing in her little kiddy pool. She used a couple of buckets and a cup and will just play for hours.

It's not very often I'm able to get a picture of Cooper with his eyes open and him not be crying. So who does he look like?