Tulip Time

We headed over to Pella for Tulip Time on Saturday. 

We left after lunch here and made it to the 2:30 parade.

We sat with Grandpa Craig and Grandma Char,

Andrea and Noah.

It was a beautiful afternoon and we may have gotten

our first sunburns.

After the parade, we headed down the the 

Dutch Market, but we didn't get a chance to really look at things.

I fed Avery a bottle, Steve took Aubrey potty and to the park

and then we quickly ran back to the car

to escape the brief showers.

While it was raining we headed over to Jocelyn's

to hang out with Matt and Jenn who were visiting.

Once the rain cleared we went uptown to get some food

and look at the tulips.

We headed home before the evening parade - it was a good day!

 Aubrey really enjoyed watching the parade!

clapping to the bands and finding the Tulip QUEEN :)

stopping to smell the tulips

throwing money in the fountain

sweet Ave was such a good girl the whole day!

hanging out on the street while waiting
to get our good food

Aubrey's Interview

Aubrey Age 3 Interview

Name: Aubrey Dawn Kaisand

Age: 3

Live: in a house

Address: 1 Walnut Drive

Town: Oskaloosa

State: Iowa
Birthday: March 11
Year: March 11
Avery's Birthday: March 12 

Pretend play: Aubrey-Ariel, Daddy-Prince Eric, Mommy-Flounder, Avery-King Triton

Game: Minnie Dominoes

Movie: Frozen

TV: Paw Patrol, Dora

Fave Food: Hot Dog

Least fave: peanut butter and peanuts cuz I choke

Drink: Juice

Color: Pink (and purple)

Thing to do at home: games and washing the dishes (just to clarify, no idea what she means :))

Princess: Ariel

Restaurant: “Cheetos” (aka Mi Ranchito – Mexican in Oskaloosa)

Eyes: Brown

Shirt: summer ones and short sleeved ones

Outside: play bubbles, ride my Dora bike

With Mommy: play downstairs

With Daddy: play “Sheriff Callie” (TV show they re-enact) and get married - just pretend

With Avery: play wrestle

Friends: (in this order) Gavin, Kailey, Noah, Camryn, Collin, Alexis, Kate, Katelyn

Book: Frozen

Computer: Dora games on Daddy’s computer

Bible Story: Noah

Neighbors: Garland and Erin

What makes you happy: when someone plays with me

What makes you sad: when you do something bad

What makes you mad: when someone does bad things

Snack: pretzels

Play in room: Barbies and pick out clothes and shoes

Song: Let it Go and Jesus Loves Me

Naughty things: poopies in my panies and hug Ave too hard

Chores: lots, diapers for Ave
Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 17 18 19 100 (any more? 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6...)
School paper: shapes
Do on walks: see the water and run
Do on bike rides: cross rickety bridge
Hairstyle: braids - 3, but mom don't like 3 so mom give me 2

Hope you enjoyed :)

7 weeks

Today marks Avery's seven week birthday!

Wow - that sounds crazy.

Well, just to document a few things, here's what she's up to:
Overall, we try to stick -very loosely to the E.A.S.Y. schedule:
Eat, Awake/Activity, Sleep, Your time

AWAKE TIME:

-still a very content baby while awake

-starting to coo and interact and SMILE - yay
especially after a good feeding and burp

-likes the play mat

-not a fan of tummy time -would rather suck her fist contently

-likes when Aubrey kisses her - she smiles

-eats very consistently every 3 hours, almost exactly 

and still a very FAST eater

-takes the bottle great for me or Steve or anyone else, 

about 4 1/2 ounces each feeding

-wears some 0-3 month clothing, but even some 6 months

needed for the length

-really enjoys bath time now - we take one every other day

(cradle cap is mostly gone -yay!)

SLEEP TIME:

-has become a stinker at sleeping in her crib lately!

-will NOT nap in her crib more that 45 minutes at a time

-I still put her down in her crib when we are home, 

even if it's short-lived

-will sleep anywhere else fine: bouncy, swing, car seat, your arms

but put her in her crib and eeek!

-overnight sleep is unpredictable lately!

-she may go 4 1/2 hours and then up every hour after

-lately has gone on a streak that she doesn't like to be put back in her crib if sleeping, 

she wakes up right away and need to be rocked back to sleep

-LOVES napping in her swing - could sleep there for hours if I let her

-I am NOT a fan of standing at the crib at 2 am

standing and rocking and praying she stays asleep when I put her down

-Steve is a good rocker, so he's been on call at night too, now

Overall, still a good baby and the smiles lately have been so sweet!
Now, if we can get this sleeping thing down consistently in her crib, we'd be golden!
But then again, this stage too shall pass ;)

Pics of the Girls

Just a few pics of the girls :)

Happy Easter

We had such beautiful weather for Easter this year

we just had to get some pictures outside after church :)

cousins Noah, Aubrey, Avery 

 nice Aubrey - 

able to feed your sister and drink yourself :)

Easter egg hunt at Grandma Betty's

(she got it before Daddy!)

So many eggs!

with Daddy, Grandpa Craig and Grandpa Betty looking on

SO bright outside, but SO beautiful!

Wow - what a lot of eggs, Aubrey!

SO tired after a busy Easter -

she was dirty and sweaty so we lost the shirt ;)

Daddy and his girls after a busy Easter

Easter Egg Hunt

Last year we went to Oskaloosa's Easter egg hunt

that is put on by Bank Iowa and Aubrey enjoyed it

so we decided to give it a try again this year :)

Although it lasts all of 5 minutes, Aubrey loved it!

She got way more eggs this year, too

and had to collect them all by herself!

Each egg had 2 chocolate candies and 5 cents.

Not too shabby :)

 

 

And for a few pictures of Avery too :)

One Month

Yup, we can't believe that it's been a month already, but it has!

Here's what Avery is up to:

-very content baby overall

-likes her swing already more than Aubrey ever did

-is a fast, great eater (every three hours almost on the dot :))

-sleeps well at night (has been giving me a 5 hr stretch already!)

-sleeps in her sleep sack in her crib happily for naps and nighttime

-Steve gave her a bottle once and she downed it no problem

-gets "hugged and kissed" by her sister OFTEN

-now likes her baths and doesn't cry

-has got some cradle cap that we have to scrub often

-starting to find her voice and almost smiles willingly :)

-wears 3 month clothes and need some 6 month for length 

"typical day":

up between 7-9 am

awake time for awhile

takes a twoish hour morning nap

awake time for awhile

takes a long fourish hour afternoon nap - waking to eat

early evening/evening a bit more unpredictable

fussy time during supper

goes down for the night between 8:30 -10 pm

eats around 2-3 times a night and goes RIGHT back to sleep :)

(repeat)

 

tummy time together 

I guess this bath thing isn't too bad :)

enjoying the great outdoors!

ONE MONTH OLD

4-12-14