Beautiful Night

I mentioned Jake had limbed up some trees and created this view from our deck.  Now we can take advantage of the beautiful sunsets on the Oregon Coast!

Thanks Honey!

Callie Beth’s First Haircut

I took Callie Beth for her first haircut today!   Jake was out of town and couldn’t go but he told me I would be in trouble if I let her cut off too much or if she didn’t have any curl on the end :)  CB did great!  She got almost 2 inches off…just enough to make it look healthy…and the curl is still there.  She is growing up too fast!

Before…During…

After…

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These Days…

Ben LOVES his play mat.  He loves to bat at this toys, grab on to them and make them sing.  Callie Beth seems to enjoy it again also :) CB seems to enjoy sushi and eating with chop sticks.  She actually does a better job than I do… Jake limbed two huge trees we had on our property that were very overgrown.  This is what we used to see from our deck looking this way… CB watching Daddy from the deck…And now it opens up to a nice view…minus the crummy weather today, the ladder and the trailer.We have almost 20 rose bushes in our back yard.  I can go out and get a dozen just about every other day.  That really makes a girl happy!

Also, I mentioned CB giving us a hard time without binky.  Well this was the morning after a 2 hour fit the night before.  She got in bed with me around 6:45 and slept till 10:45 a.m.  I was in shock.  She is doing much better.  And a proud moment…we have some little critters tearing up our yard.  These moles really make a mess.  Well, today I got my first one with a shot gun!  I know Jake and Merrie are really proud of me.

Ben is 3 Months Old!

Wow!  Where is the time going?  Ben was 3 months old on Monday.  Here is a few things going on with Ben these days…

• He has the best smile!  It truly melts my heart! 
• He squeals and his laugh is a little chuckle.  
• He likes to smile at his toys.
• Ben loves to stand up.  When sitting, he can actually push himself up.
• He loves the car and her car seat...always puts him to sleep.
• He is a great eater…we are still nursing.
• He has spotted his hands.  He likes to look at them and is starting to be able to grab things.
• His sleeping is still on and off.  He generally goes to bed around 9.  He usually wakes up at 3 to eat and back to sleep till about 7.  Every once in awhile he will get up twice to eat.  He can not be awake for more than 2 hours at a time during the day. 
• To let us know he is ready for sleep, his eyes get red.  He starts to rub them and yawns. 
• His eyes are still bright blue.
• His hair is starting to fall out.
• He has started drooling.
• He is very ticklish.
• He LOVES his playmat.  The swing always puts him to sleep.  And he enjoys kicking in his bouncy seat.
• He is very laid back.  He sleeps a lot.  Usually the only time he fusses is when he is hungry, dirty, tired or needs to burp.
• The grunting has stopped (thank goodness). 
• Like his sister, he likes to bury his head to fall asleep.

     “Look at my muscles!”So happy… Look at those eyes…

Here is Callie Beth at 3 monthsAnd Ben… Look a little alike? :)

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Bye Bye Binky!!

We have said a final fair-well to the pacifier.  We have weaned Callie Beth before but if you been following the blog for awhile, you know what a terrible teether that little girl was so we gave it back to her.  She only had it when she was sleeping.  She would wake up in the morning and put it in her nightstand right away.

We had a party to say goodbye to it!  I got some balloons and we tied binky to the balloons.  She let it go and we watched it fly away.  She thought that was great (little did she know what it really meant).  In place of binky she got Mickey and Minnie Mouse (which she loves lately).  She knows binky is for babies.  She tells you it “went uppy top in the sky with the airplanes”. 

We are now into day 12 of no more binky!  Boy has it been rough :)  Naps are usually better…some days no fuss….some days 2-3 hour fits which results in missed naps.  Night time is worse.  The fits usually last a long time and some nights, she is waking up in the night.  Boy, we have one stubborn little girl!!!!  She has lost so much sleet that she slept till 10:45 yesterday morning.

I just keep telling myself, this too shall pass.

  One last suck…. Letting go…