Growing Amelia

It's crazy how fast weeks can come and go. Amelia is 2 months old now! She is one content baby, and is still the sweetest little thing around.

Here are her 2 month stats:

Weight: 11 pounds 4 ounces (70%)
Height: 22 1/2 inches (47%)

She is proving to be a big girl already with some seriously kissable cheeks. Crossing my fingers that I'll get a roly poly, cuddle bug this time around. :) She is doing great, minus getting her first cold two weeks ago - just a little congestion. I think she got it from all of us being sick (Hud with croup, Logan and I had colds). She nurses every 4 hours and sleeps great at night. She'll sleep from about 10PM - 4/5AM without a feeding. It's been great.

I am surprising myself with this baby. I thought I would be bawling with the adjustment from one to two kids, but I have only cried once. Amazing. With Hudson, I remember crying a few times in the first few weeks because I was exhausted and so unsure of myself. It's amazing how much more confident I have become with this second little one. Maybe it's because I just knew what to expect.

Of course, I am still in the early stages with Amelia - who still sleeps a lot throughout the day. And, I count myself very lucky to have a toddler who takes a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoons so I can get some rest and things done. There's something so magical in our home when both my babies are peacefully asleep at the same time.

Here are a bunch of pictures from the last two months. Enjoy! 

first Sunday going to church

we sent this picture to Aunt Kate who is serving her mission in Chile right now

early Saturday morning watching "shows" 

bedtime stories with daddy

little caterpillar

Olivia, Amelia, and Lucy - all three baby girls were born in the same week

Video: Amelia @ 1 month old

Video: Hudson sharing his trains

Don't you just love how he calls her Mia? So cute!

Video: Amelia @ 2 months old

Halloween 2013

For this Halloween, Hudson was Luke Skywalker. Amelia was Princess Leia and Cinderella - she's a girl so two costumes/outfit changes are totally acceptable. :)  

 I made costumes for both kiddos. Logan made the lightsaber using a pool noodle and PVC pipe - brilliant! 

 I wish I had a better picture of the kids in their costumes, but sadly this was the only one we got before our church Halloween party. 

love my little princess!

 Halloween morning we went to Krispy Kreme to get donuts - yummy!

 We didn't get a chance to carve pumpkins this year, so I let Hudson paint his and his sister's.

 Halloween night was spent trick-or-treating with friends

going to the farm

Hudson loves animals, but farm animals are his favorite. He loves to sing "Old MacDonald had a Farm" and will ask to go to the "e i e i o farm" almost every day. So, we decided to take him to the Ganyard Hill Farm in Durham the Saturday morning before Halloween. It was a beautiful fall day! He loved it and so did we! But what is not to love about a giant farm to play at? There was plenty to do and enjoy - feeding goats, hayrides, corn mazes, pumpkin patch, and a giant corn pit!

Video: Daddy and H playing in the corn pit

Video: H going down the slide into the corn pit

Video: feeding goats!!!

Amelia's newborn photos

We just got Amelia's newborn pictures back, and I can't resist sharing them. I'm a little bias, but I think she is just about the sweetest thing ever. Of course, this photo shoot took a lot longer than Hudson's (see Hudson's newborn photos here) because of the outfit changes and all - having a girl to dress up is so fun!

Logan's cousin (Addie) took these newborn photos for us and we LOVE them! Thank you, Addie. Check out her FB page here.

These photos were taken when Amelia was just 5 days old. Here are some of my favorites. Get ready for picture overload...