Check out what I can do!

That's right.  I can ride a two wheeler and I'm getting better every day.  :)

Get it together...

Okay Mom and I will do better in February we swear.  We keep having to back track and back post things!

Iva loves lounging in the sun.  It's been warm enough that she could!

Cara and I performed at half time at one of Uncle Eric's basketball games.  It was super fun, but there were a lot of people!

Mommy and Daddy love to sleep with Iva...

More park weather.

See, she loves the sun!

But not the bumbo so much.

Blessing weekend part 2

Okay and now back to the blessing weekend.  Mom finally got the pictures of her phone of us taking the Preslars to the Children's Museum.

I wish blogger would let us upload videos.  It's being silly, but I did an amazing performance of Let It Go...

Backtracking

Um apparently, Mommy is in a daze.  She did start teaching at the gym at 5:30 in the MORNING on Fridays, but that's no excuse for skipping over the weekend before the blessing.  Her excuse was also that she hadn't hooked her phone up to the computer, but whatever.  There was a huge thing that happened and she didn't even BLOG about it!

First Grandpa and Grandma Great came to meet Iva and play with all of us.

But that wasn't the big event.  Next, one of Mommy's best friends from high school came to town and we got to meet her baby!

Ginae and Addi!

But that wasn't even the big event, not to me anyway!  The big event was....drum roll...I got my ears pierced!!  Mommy took me to the mall with her and Iva and Grandma and Grandma Great.  She always asks me if I'm willing to get my ears pierced and normally I say no, but this time I said yes!  Basically we called each other's bluff and played a giant game of chicken and I won.  :)

Waiting...the fear is tangible...

Just after the first piercing!

And DONE!!

I was so happy! I've been really good at taking care of my ears since!  It was kind of a big weekend.

Blessing Day

We have had gorgeous weather as of late (too bad we need rain and snow for water purposes) and we have some fun pictures of playing outside, but first we will document that our little Iva was recorded on the records of the church and Daddy gave her a beautiful blessing.   The Preslars came down for the event (and the sunshine) and so did Oma and Apa.  We had all of Mommy's family over for lunch and it was so fun.

We played at a park on Saturday to really soak in that sunshine!

Our complete family of five!

After posting this, Mommy just realized how many awesome photos are on her phone...we are a bit behind in blogging.  Hopefully she'll get caught up soon!

Iva is 2 months old!

And suddenly it's been two months!  That's right!  TWO months since Iva officially joined the family. She's such a great baby.  I'm not saying she doesn't cry (she's actually crying right now), but she's pretty easy to console as long as you are willing to stand up and bounce a little.  Sometimes all she wants is Mommy and not just to eat.  She will shush right up when Mommy takes her.

Iva is very smiley and likes to goo and coo at us.  She mostly does it for Mommy but I can get smiles out of her.  It really seems like she's trying to laugh.

She's got great head and neck control but doesn't seem to be a big fan of tummy time.  Mommy doesn't really pay attention to her sleep patterns.  She seems to still sleep quite a bit, but Mommy just tries to go with the flow.  She's usually ready to wake up with us at about 7 am and is back asleep by 8 or 8:30.  Probably she's awake for an hour sleeps for an hour and a half.  That pattern.  She sleeps really well in her car seat.  Probably a product of always being in it!

Iva's skin seems to be a little sensitive.  She finally got that newborn rash just last week, but before that we've noticed that if she wears a headband too long you can see where the bow part was.  It leaves almost like a little red welt.  Thus, she doesn't wear headbands for too long or very often!

We sure do love her.  She went to the doctor yesterday and got her shots.  We found out she's just like me!  Cara was our "skinny" baby and was only 10 lbs at her 2 month appt.  Iva was 12 lbs and had jumped to the 86% for weight. So was I!  Very healthy.  She's only 22 1/2 inches long though.  Short and chunky.  That's the way we make 'em.  Her head was in the 71%.

Recovering....

Hmm.  It's been awhile since Mom and I have posted!  Turns out the more kids you have and the older they get, the more work the holidays are!  So what have we been doing in this clean slate of a New Year?  Surviving!

Little bouts of small sickness are running through the family.  I don't think there is a family in St. George currently who does not have at least one member sick.  Tis the season, right?  Oh well.  Mom still got out her camera!