Griffin - 4 months old

Griffin turned 4 months old on Dec. 20th. Can I just say I need this growing up business to slow down!

Here's a bit of what he has been up to lately:

- He weighs 17lbs (90th percentile) and is 25in long (50th percentile)
- He is now a chatty little guy, who makes quite possibly the cutest sounds ever
- He is so full of smiles and laughs, and i'm pretty sure he is ticklish
- He is awake more throughout the day now
- He lifts legs from hips, and flexes his legs to stand when we hold him
- He has officially been in the Jolly Jumper
- He frequently sits in the "bumbo" like chair
- He is a constant drool machine
- His hands are always in his mouth, and he has started to grab toys and put them in his mouth
- He is now in size 3 diapers, and 6 month sleepers, some 3-6 month and some 6-12 month clothes
- For most of the month he has been sleeping 8-6, with an extra wake up the occasional night (can't complain about that!)
- He officially has a crib to sleep in, but I can't bring myself to move him out of our room yet … i'm just not ready!
- He went on his first official road trip this month (to wainwright), where we took him swimming for the first time!

Griffin - 3 months old

Griffin turned 3 months old on November 20th! Here's what he has been up to this past month:

- We had our first halloween with both boys, and I must say Griffin was the CUTEST aviator in town
- He has some pretty awesome head control now
- He gives the best smiles  ALL the time and it even seems like he is laughing sometimes
- He weighs 17lbs!
- He now sleeps in the playpen in our room, as he very quickly outgrew the bassinet, and Coen is still using the crib for now.
- He continues to be a super chill little guy, goes to bed around 8pm, and usually sleeps 6-8 hours for his first stretch of the night. Usually up 1-3 times/night.
- He has found his hands, and enjoys sucking on them often
- He is now sporting 6 month outfits, I tried keeping him in the 0-3 for as long as possible, but I just had to give in … my baby's growing too fast!!
- We have started strollersize and he is his usual chill self during these classes … sleeps all class

Coen is 2!

Yup it's true … Coen turned 2 on Oct.30th! I can't believe 2 years have flown by already! Seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital! So we had a small, fun little monster themed birthday party for this special boy of ours.

Here's a few fun facts about our 2 year old:

-He loves all his stuffed animals, and in fact sleeps with all of them, but his Manny (stuffed bunny, used to be called Manu) is his best bud.
-He is still sleeping in his crib, and rarely wakes up at night. Our previous early riser has started sleeping until 7/8am, which is glorious (especially with a newborn in the house)
-He loves to color, play with "stickies" (stickers) "bubbies" (bubbles, or bubble guppies), "dungees" (Dinosaurs), cars, choo choo's, boats,
-Loves Manu, which is what he calls Toopie and Beanu, his favorite TV show
-Slightly obsessessed with the moon! He loves to look at the moon, and it's actually the easiest way for us to get him to go to bed (lets go look at the moon!)
-Can identify pretty much every letter of the alphabet. L is the only one he has trouble with
-Recently has developed the skill of being able to jump with both feet
-Loves to "bount" on the bed when he's given a chance
-Gives the best hugs
-Has the cutest pucker, sticking out his bottom lip
-He has a pretty advanced palate, and for the most part eats just about anything, including any ethnic foods (indian, thai, chinese)
-He loves Olives, broccoli, grapes, oranges, cheerios, peanut butter sandwiches, granola bars, and those pureed fruit squeeze packages are still a fav as well.
-He has dealt with the adjustment of becoming a big brother amazingly, we couldn't have asked for it to go much smoother.
-We have been told by numerous people that he is such a good boy, well natured, and a gentle soul.

We love you so much Coen, and can't wait to see what the next year brings ❤
Here are a few photos from the past year.

Griffin - 2 months old

I can't believe October is almost over! We have had the most amazing fall this year, and I've enjoyed spending as much time as possible outside with the boys ("the boys", I love that I get to say that now :)

So as of Oct. 20th Griffin was officially 2 months old. Although, looking at him most people guess he's 3 or 4 months old! Here's his monthly update:

He weighs 15 lbs, yes that is the 97th percentile folks
He is 23in, which is the 50th percentile
He has the sweetest smile
He loves bathtime, I think he has only cried once ever during bath time
He has (thankfully) extended his night waking from every 2-3 hours to closer to 4 hours
He is such a super chill baby, not much phases this little dude
He quickly outgrew the newborn and size 1 diapers and is now in size 2, which are getting a bit tight already.
He has been wearing 3month outfits for quite a while now

Here are a few pics from Griffin's 2nd month

Olivia - 10 days new {Edmonton Newborn Photographer}

I was so excited to be able to do Olivia's photos when she was only 10 days old. Her mama is one of my good friends who I went to nursing school with. We had our very first nursing class together and stayed friends throughout the 4 years. We now both work in the same department at the same hospital and now have babes that are 1 month apart from each other! So grateful to know her, and can't wait for our kidlets to become friends (hopefully) :)

Here's a few of my favs from Olivia's session :)

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