Our Brown Nest

April 21, 2015

Easter Shenanigans & a visit from Grandma and Bumpa

Before April leaves us I thought I'd give an update on our Easter fun. It was full and I am loving this toddler age where we can do things with Winnie. It is simply the best.

Our neighborhood held an Easter egg hunt with face painting, balloon animals, prizes, and pictures with a bunny. Winnie surprisingly loved the bunny. She really loved running around searching and picking up eggs this was one of three egg hunts she had, she got a balloon dog that lasted .5 seconds before it got lost? or stolen? I'm not sure. Thankfully she didn't miss it. While waiting for the egg hunt to start Winnie learned hop scotch and hopped around the whole time. I'm pretty sure that was her favorite part.

Later that day we made Easter sugar cookies and dyed eggs. Winnie had such a blast.

We celebrated Easter Sunday at church then relaxed and ate at Gigi and Pop pop's. It was such a fun holiday and I am officially candied out. Time to take a break. Anyone else feeling the ramifications from too much candy?? haha

hop hop hop

her dog balloon animal... proof!

this picture is deceiving... she actually liked
the bunny. this was her second time in line to see him.

becoming a pro at rolling out sugar dough

precious tiny hands <3

prepping for dying eggs

decorating with stickers

it was super cold, but i'm so gad we moved
the dying party outside.... it was a fun mess. :)

making more cookies...
but mostly eating the dough.

yeeaaahh!!!

Easter Sunday <3

Aunt Meme with Darren

The week after Easter my mom and dad came to visit. We had such a good time with them, as usual. They were able to get lots of Winnie and Darren time which is so important. Also, huge thanks to Dad for helping fix our fence. :)

Took a walk to visit the ducks

then to the park to swing and play :)

Bumpa, Winnie, & Landon

such a big boy

Grandma teaching Winnie games on her phone

love <3

Winnie & Grandma

bubbles with Grandma.

We went to our friends wedding this past weekend and are off to visit Nana & Da this weekend, so many more pictures to come. April is proving to be one fun, eventful month. :)

March 25, 2015

Update on the kiddos -

I can't believe it's been 4 months since I held my tiny boy for the first time. I know I say this all the time, but time is flying right by. Darren is such a big little boy now.

Age: 4 months old

Weight & Height: 12.12 lbs [10th percentile for weight] & 24.5 inches [25-50th percentile for height]

Sleep: 6-7 hours at night, then up every 2-3 hours. During the day he has one good nap then 10 minute naps throughout the day. Mostly because he likes to be held and I can't always hold him and so he stays awake. Bless him.

Clothes: Wearing mostly 0-3 month clothes, every once in a while I squeeze him into a newborn onesie. :)

Lately Darren has been playing with his hanging toys on his play mat. He loves his little Zebra and often smiles and laughs at himself in the mirror. He smiles and coos a lot. He is currently holding his head up very high, cooing, and trying to roll over. He is acting like he wants to, but can't get past his side. Ha. Darren also loves to sleep on his belly, which he gets to do during nap time. He also loves sucking his fist and typically can't keep them out of his mouth or away from his face. He is such a happy baby!! "Smiling's my favorite"

one of Winnie's baby dolls hanging with Darren

enjoying this weather so much

St. Patty's Day

Winnie loves Darren more and more every day. It's beautiful to watch. She hugs him, tickles his toes, tries to flip him over we don't like that part ;) , and plays pretend baby with her dolls. Often you see her doll's laying next to Darren on his play mat. It's adorable! I hope they grow up to be best buds!!

Winnie is doing really well. She is our busy girl, always energetic, always on the go, very busy with her imagination, which we love, talking a ton, saying 2-3 word sentences. It's so fun talking with her and asking her questions. Also, she's almost TWO! Nuts.

Age: 21 months old

Weight: 24 lbs ... she loves stepping on our scale. haha.

[Current] Favorite Book: Little Blue Truck ["beep beep"], Goodnight Moon, and .... really all books. Winnie loves to read!!

Favorite Animal[s]: Elephants, Dogs, & Birds

Favorites / loves: Dance parties, story time at the Library, buses, the park, slides, the movie Frozen, "me baby" [Darren] and her baby dolls, play dates with friends, playing outside, bubbles, bath time.... so much more!

New words: bus, slide, purple, down low, up high, boo boo, doctor, elephant, heart, star, bubble, dinner, buckle, please... just to name a few. ;)

Foods: Turkey lunch meat, craisins, bananas, avocados, hot dogs, .. she's been a little pickier these last few weeks, hopefully it's just a season. :)

reading to Darren

slides!!

walks and exploring with Dada

love this picture of Winnie sitting with Taylor.
This was a night this past month she was
cutting 4+ teeth and had a fever and was in pain...
looking beautiful!