At 11:24 am, Crosby Fox turned 3 years and 40 weeks old!!! At 1:03 pm, Jane Claire turned 27 weeks old!!! According to those numbers, I will have a FOUR year old in just 12 weeks. How is that even possible? Did we not just celebrate his 3rd birthday?!? At Monkey Joes. With all of his friends and family. Pretty sure we did! And just when I thought we made it through his 3rd birthday unscarred, he pulls one over on us. This week, while riding with Blake to school, Crosby asked, "Daddy, why didn't Mommy come to my 3rd birthday party?" Talk about a knife to the heart. We are going to have to make his 4th birthday super special so he will forget about that!!! Sigh...
And since we are on the topic of age, this little darling turned 6 months old on Tuesday!!! Can. Not. Believe. It...
At 6 months, I can almost, safely say, that she is sleeping through the night!! Letting her cry those two, horrible nights seemed to reset her system and do the trick! We are still working on naps at this point. She is usually taking at least one 2-3 hour nap a day. Some days we get two in. If we could just get her on the two nap schedule, we will be in business! In between all of that sleep, Jane Claire manages to eat 6-7 times a day. But more on eating later! She is wearing 3-6 month clothes most of the time. She can still manage some 3 month outfits and has a few random 9 month things she fits in to but both are rare. She officially switched to size 2 diapers at the beach. (Except we came back and I found a handful of size 1s that I had to finish off!) Jane Claire has been a bubba baby but I am in the process of switching brands on her. We'll see how she does!?! We started out with the Nuk, like Crosby, but the lactation consultant suggested switching early on. So we tried MAM pacifiers and she had no problems. I am the one with the problem. Some pacifiers are obnoxious. I do not care for words on my baby's face. The phrases, "Diva in Training" or "Daddy's Girl" do not belong in the center of her mouth! Even if they are true. What happened to plain, solid colored or even clear pacifiers??? MAM is struggling in that department. Luckily Avent makes a similar pacifier and she is not protesting too badly when I give her those! We shall see...
Jane Claire really likes the exersaucer and spends a lot of time playing in it throughout the day. She still spends lots of time on her activity mat, too. We have only done the Johnny Jumper a few times. She isn't much of a fan just yet. We will keep trying. She has gotten a little better about riding in the car these days. I think that has a lot to do with her sleeping better. When she was tired, she did NOT want to be strapped in that seat! No she doesn't mind as much when the trip isn't too long. Is Disney considered a long drive??? :-/ Her hands are one of her favorite toys, along with Sophie and her lovie. She is really starting to enjoy bath time. She likes to stand at the side of the tube and watch it fill with water (with my help of course!). And of course, she loves, loves, loves to watch her brother! She gives him some of the biggest and best smiles. Too sweet! Since it is now October, we we took her perspective pictures in a sweet little pumpkin dress!
Jane Claire and her bunny...
Jane Claire and her bunny in her chair...
Then she decided she wanted to play with the camera...
We headed outside a little later for 6 month sticker pictures...
Pre-sneeze shot!
She couldn't pretend any more. She wasn't feeling too good!! We spent a lot of time with Nose Frida this week. Can you tell she is not happy about the cold she has... :-(
I just had to put these two side by side. Minus the beautifully jaundiced skin, she hasn't changed all that much since month one! Crazy...
And Crosby wanted in on the fun. But she was just done!
Except for the picture Crosby insisted on taking of me and Jane Claire!
So I said she wasn't feeling well, right?!? Yet, I still decided to try a little oatmeal that night. She was 6 months so I just thought she may need it... (sorry this is totally upside down!?! Blake's phone. Don't get it...)
"What do I think?? Are you seriously asking me that???" I would say by looked on her face and the clinched mouth, she isn't found of oatmeal. She still looked pretty cute with oatmeal on her face...
We tried a few more things over the course of the week and her reaction was no better. She does NOT care for solids at the moment! I am guessing we will wait and try again soon!?! She will be a lightweight a little while longer!
Crosby got a little sticker Crazy on Wednesday...
And for those of you have a history with me will appreciate this...
As if my beloved bear has not been through enough in his life (flattened like a pancake, no nose, cracked eye and a missing bow tie to name a few), Crosby did this to him!! Poor buddy!
On Thursday night, Melissa gave us tickets to see Disney on Ice!! Blake got off work a little early and we headed to the area for the big night. Mickey and Minnie were first to make an appearance, followed by Cars. I think there was a princess/fairy number next but I was off trying to feed Jane Claire. Crosby told me before the show that he would watch the princesses even though they were for girls!! So funny!! Toy Story finished off the night. I tool a few pictures of the "boys" numbers... ;-)
Loving it so far!
He was glad to see Toy Story come on!
What a treat it was to go with the Ricks to Disney on Ice! Not to mention we were able to sit in to booth. That came in super handy when trying to take care of my little sweets, who was still not feeling 100%. She ended up passing out in the Ergo. I had to snap a picture of our families and two sweet friends...
Crosby and Charlotte with the Bell Witch...
Crosby playing in the "Gingerbread House", as he calls it...
Sunday afternoon drum session...
And finally, I will end with my weekly pictures. Here is Jane Claire at 27 weeks...
Are these two not the most precious things ever?!?
Just precious.
