It's been a fabulous two months. Time is definitely flying. Simon has figured out how to smile and he smiles frequently. This is one of the first ones I caught with the camera. Oh, and his two months stats are: 11pounds, 4 oz (25th percentile), 24 or so inches long (95th percentile), and his head was 75th percentile. In other words, he's growing very well and is long and skinny.
Simon's newborn photo shoot went great and the girls came the next week to get their pictures done. I loved splurging on the little guy. He's darn cute!
We have the top right picture as a huge print above his bed. The diaper was made by a friend so that makes it extra special.
A bunch of friends came home for Thanksgiving and we had lots of visitors. Jon did the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning and dressed up all cute. He borrowed my socks.
I redid the picture wall in Simon's room and needed new pictures of Mina and Leif.
Mina was a bit more cooperative.
My parents needed a picture with all eight grandchildren. Notice how well Charlotte cooperated! They did get a better one to use for the Christmas cards.
Charlotte takes her praying seriously.
Jon has the magic touch with Simon. He can almost always calm him down. They're too cute together.
This picture made it onto our Christmas letters, but we printed them in such a small format that you couldn't tell what was going on. The girls were excited about their new toothbrushes and getting ready for baths simultaneously. Of course.
Macy really wants to babysit the kids sometime. She told me that Jon and I need to go on a date. Her and Hailey did an excellent job of taking care of all three kids one morning so Jon and I could go do a cardio kettlebell class together.
Mina was literally the star at her school Christmas program this year. She sang the loudest without being shouty. It was beautiful. I'm so proud of her!
We're so lucky to have our sweet big girl! It's hard to believe that she's going to turn 5 in a few days.
Charlotte continues to excel as a big sister also. She loves to give Simon attention and hold him. Both girls love that he "talks" and smiles at them now. They just want to squish him they love him so much.
Here's an example of little Si's smiles. He's happy, happy, happy most of the time, except when he's tired or having tummy troubles.
We've already celebrated Christmas with my side of the family. The kids enjoyed the traditional fishing for toys. Charlotte is really into everything this year. She's fun to watch!
Simon dressed up for the occasion and I even wore some makeup!
Mina was so excited for hot chocolate. I don't know what's better - playing outside in the cold or the hot chocolate afterwards. She sure doesn't take after me. I could do without both of those things.
This looks like a terrible idea. Jon doesn't have a great track record with sharp instruments outside of the workplace. You'd think a surgeon wouldn't cut himself when doing home improvement, wouldn't you?
Mina has been extreme lately. She's mostly extremely good so I'll focus on that for a second here. She helped Jon pack a bunch of meals for Meals from the Heartland (pictured below). She loves to lead the family prayer song (which makes me tear up every time). She received a hand knit hat at school the other day and insisted on donating it immediately to the hat and mitten tree at our church since she already had a hat and someone else could use it. Her teacher fell down the other day and Mina was the first one to rush to her to ask if she was okay. I really think about what a blessing she is at this time of year. Six years ago, I was in the darkest time of my life and thinking we might never have kids. The next Christmas, I was huge with child. She was the start of a wonderful thing. Now we're blessed to have both Charlotte and Simon.
I'm sure I won't get around to blogging again until after Christmas so MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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