Almost 11 Months and 3 Years 11 Months

I realized it has been way too long since I have added anything to the Blog.  I keep going back and forth on should I keep the blog up or just post things on Facebook.  I don't know :( Are there votes either way from my readers? 

Any way,  It is almost Feb 1st and on that day I will have an 11 Month old and a 3 year and 11 Month old.  Time sure does fly. The above pictures were taken during January so they are officially 10 month Pictures.  I tried doing the same outfit and balloon with the age on it but gave up about month 7, so the above pictures are just going to have to do :)  

Kylar is up to everything.  She just started doing it all the week right after Christmas.  She now does a real crawl on all 4s, which Kase never did.  So the quickly getting from one place to another at this age is a complete new one for our family.  Kase is a big help.  He will keep an eye on her and even carry her back to the living room if she is getting away.  She started pulling up, clapping and holding her own bottle too at the same time.  She said her first word which was Thank You.  She is very expressive at this age.  She is very different then her brother at this age.  

Kase is hilarious and so much fun at this age.  He is into anything that transforms or is a super hero.  Johnny football is his hero.  So fun.  In the above pictures Kase was doing his Johnny Football Iron man impersonation.  We bought into the Disney Vacation Club this year and he over heard Chris and me talking about it.  He is very excited for our first trip in August and is asking for me to tell him a fact about Disney world every night.  Oh my.  If he keeps asking I'm going to have to do some more internet research because I'm about running out already.  We are very excited because he is going to get to play Tball this year with his friends.  So I am sure there will be plenty of game pictures to come :).

Well the kids have been way to quite for way to long so I have to run and check on that.  More to come!

We have a roller!!

Kylar is a much more active baby then Kase was.  Last week on fathers day, Kylar decided to roll over.  What a fun milestone on a special day!  Of course I only got 1 little picture and she never did it again.... Until this morning.  Now she is already trying to get on her knees to crawl.  Oh boy are we in for it!

She is really good at getting from back to front... (which I thought was the harder task) but she gets stuck on her belly and can't seem to get back the way that she wants too.

3 years and 2 months :)

This week we took the kids to their well visits at the Doctor's office.  Due to being busy with Kylar we didn't get Kase in for his 3 year check up till May 1st.  So we'll start with Kase.

Kase is still pretty tall for his age.  At his check up he was 39 and 5/8ths inches tall (85th percentile) and weighed 35 lbs (60th percentile).  When you look at BMI that puts him right in the 70-75th percentile. Our doctor says that he is right on track for growth and looks very healthy.   He was also impressed with his vocabulary and conversational skills. 

Kase made his first trip to the dentist this week too.  He did really well getting his teeth clean and letting the dentist check him out.  However, he has a cavity.  The dentist said that is possibly a side effect of all the antibiotics he was on as a baby has made his teeth a little bit weak.  So wish us luck on May 17th as we get the first filling.

Kase is very into Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Transformers and Baseball.  He still loves Mickey Mouse Club House but I'm glad he's branching out a bit.  The Little Einstein phase as pretty much gone away only asking to watch it every now and then.  Kase still enjoys Chuggington and Playing with his trains. However he has started in a Transformers phase, watching the movie over and over again and playing with his Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee action figures.  Kase didn't quit understand that the guys name was "Prime"  He was calling him Optimus Crying.  Pretty cute.  Kase also enjoys his fair share of iPhone app time.  Angry birds still ranks right up there on the top of his list.  He also enjoys the toy tank and Cars racing game.

As far as food, Kase is eating us out of house and home. I'm nervous about our grocery bill when he becomes a teenager. As an example last night he ate 3 whole brauts.  His favorites are sausage, raviolis, Corn dogs and Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches. 

Now on to little Miss Kylar.  She is officially 2 months. We've been to the doctor a couple of times due to reflux.  We have her now on special formula for spit up.  She is also on Zantac.  Other than making her poop really gross the medicine seems to be helping a lot.  She is keeping her formula down pretty well and is starting to put on weight.  

2 month stats:  

Length:  22.75 inches

Weight:  11 pounds

Percentile:  50%

It's amazing how different kids are and siblings are even as infants.  Kase was a piggy and was eating over 6 oz by now.  Kylar is at a constant 4 oz and some times more.  I'm also used to being told that they are big for their age and in the 90th percentile.  However Kylar is just right in the middle for Length and Weight.  Kylar got 3 shots at her appointment and cried immediately.  However after the nurse let her go she was smiling and happy. Her legs were a little sensitive all day but a generally happy baby.  However her brother when he would get shots, would hold his breath and not cry until after it was all done and then pretty much hold a grudge all day.  

Kylar really enjoys her little rattle horsey.  She also enjoys tummy time.  That is another major difference between her and Kase.  Kase would scream the second that he was even headed towards him tummy.  Kylar on the other than looks around for about 5 seconds then falls asleep.  Below is what tummy time looks like. I'm not sure that this is the purpose. 

Overall Kylar is a great and very happy baby. The only time she gets upset is when her diaper is wet or she is cold.  She loves to be bundled just like her mommy.  

Here are a few pictures of the kids from Easter that I didn't get posted. 

My amazing kiddos

Not too happy that I woke her up from a nap to do the egg hunt

All smiles even though he didn't feel well

The frisbee that Aunt Angela gave Kase for Easter ended up on the roof a million times.  Uncle John had to get creative on how to get it down.  

Welcome Baby Kylar

Welcome Little baby girl Kylar Gene Braden!!

Born on March 1, 2012 at 1:27 PM

Height: 19.5 in

Weight: 7 lbs 12 Oz

Here are some more pictures from the Hospital.

Our 365 Web Site

I am so impressed with the amount of hair that she was born with. Little Kase didn't have much hair and was very blonde. Kylar has a head full of dark hair with adorable gold highlights. Looks just like mine when I was a baby. Most babies lose their hair and grow it back with their final color. I never did. My hair color just changed from the dark to the blonde that I have today. So it will be interesting to see if Kylar follows suit.

When Kase was born every one said that he looked a lot like me with the big cheeks and squinty eyes. We are trying to figure Kylar out actually. She looks like Kase but there is something there I think that looks just like Chris. Here are some baby pictures to help you decide. What do you think?

Marissa at 1 day old

Chris at about 2 weeks

Kase at about 2 days old

Kylar 3D

I just was able to hook my scanner up to my Mac. So I scanned in a couple of the pictures from the 3D sonogram. She wasn't very cooperative and kept her hand in her face most of the time. At least we got a couple that looked like a little baby.

We are so excited to welcome this little girl. We are getting close. Only have 6 weeks left!

Here comes Santa!

Kase was talking about Santa for almost a month. He really really wanted to see Santa and said that he was going to sit on his lap and tell him that he wants trains and golf clubs for Christmas. I assumed Kase was going to get there and panic. But of course we needed our annual Santa visit. We were in The Woodlands area visiting my family for Thanksgiving so we decided to visit Santa there. We got there pretty early right when the mall opened on Saturday and guess started waiting in line. After about 20 mins and no one actually taking pictures with Santa an Elf finally came by and told us that the camera was broken. About 10 mins later they got it working.. but Kase was already running out of patience. 15 mins later we were almost to the front of the Santa line and Kase was still very excited and sure that he wanted to see Santa.

Here is a shot of Santa reading to the kids while they were working on the camera.

He did much better than expected. He ran up and gave Santa a great big hug and a high five. Then once Santa put him on his lap he froze. He didn't scream and cry like past years but he didn't say a word and just looked at him. Santa kept talking to him and asking him if he was good boy and what he would like for Christmas. Kase finally gave in and said " I want Red presents" Santa laughed and said what would you like inside those presents and Kase said "Toys." So very open ended. He really wouldn't smile for his picture either, but better than in the past years. About 5 minutes later he said "mommy I do that again?" of course the line was very long so I told him he would get to see him another day.

Here is the final result!

South Padre!

Hey Guys,

I am sorry for not updating the blog for a while. I had some very weird issue where I couldn't access Blogger or view my own blog it was really really odd. So I downloaded a new Internet browser and it is working now!!! YEA!!!

At the beginning of June we took a family Vacation with Barry, Ginny, John and Kaylene to South Padre. We all rented a condo at Isla Grand and had a GREAT time! Here are a few pictures from the week!

The Gang under the Umbrella.

Barry and Ginny at Dirty Al's!

Uncle John and Aunt KK

Daddy and the Boy!

We had a great dinner at Dirty Al's. We order big platters of seafood. Kase ate fried Calamari and oysters. Strange!

Meet Fred. The sand dolphin... Kase destroyed him!

I Love the Beach!

I love my Wake Board!

Oh Never mind I don't like either :( This will be a great one to show to any of his future girl friends!