Stephen at Three Months

Smiley. So smiley
Talkative. Loves to make sounds.
Loves to "Stand " on feet.
A handsome little guy. (Takes after Daddy)
Working on tummy time

Grandma and Grandpa Visit Recap

It's so much fun when Grandma and Grandpa come! They came for Stephen's baby blessing, but they stayed and we had lots of fun.

Ella knows that Grandpa knows how to have fun!

We enjoyed going to the park and then enjoying a delicious dinner at the Salt Lick.

Stephen got lots of grandparent snuggles and attention too

Stephen's Baby Blessing

Stephen was given a name and blessing.  He was adorable in his suit. His dad and grandpa were there to basically make the circle.

And miraculously, he fell asleep 5 minutes before they went up and didn't make a peep. Good job buddy!

Stephen at Two Months

Stephen at 2 months is:
Smiley (and he make lots of silly faces)

Sweet 

Full of spit up

Going to repeat the anomalous roll over some day.
Getting so big! (Mommy should have taken prenatal weight lifting!)
Adorable 

Ella and the Night light

Ella has baby monitor in her room which also sports an orange nightlight (if you want). To be clear, this baby monitor is for us to monitor Ella. Like in the morning (around 6:15) when she cheerfully announces that 'it's day time,' or in the evening when she is in distress because Pooh Bear's blanket has come off, or her blanket is funny, or her book is lost or her book keeps hitting her.

Ella has come to the conclusion that when she turns the orange nightlight on she can hear baby brother's cries easier. Perhaps it is for her to 'monitor the baby.' I'll be honest. If I had her understanding and situation, I would not turn on the nightlight, but she is one dedicated big sister!

Ella's 3rd Birthday

For Ella's 3rd birthday she requested a rainbow Millie cake. Millie is a charcter on a children's math show. Fortunately for Ella, Daniel is a creative and willing cake maker. She even got to top it with rainbow sprinkles.

She got resusable stickers from Grandma and Grandpa Call, which is great because she had been very saddened over the fact that most stickers are one time use lots of times.

She got a new board game, and a fun magnetic fishing game.

Finally, her big present from mom and dad was a new balance bike. (Grandma Larsen gave her a helmet!)

Diabetes Test

If you have gestational diabetes they make you go take another glucose tolerance test. This takes 3 hours. I'm not sure what they think you'll do with a newborn. I decided to bring him and set up camp for the morning at the lab.

Note to self: I need to tell the lab to stock good flavors like orange or lemon lime instead of the really yucky fruit punch

Stephen and I not only survived the 3 hours and I passed the test!