Addie's Weekly Photo
Cooper's Weekly Photo
Easter was much bigger this year than we've ever had! Not only were we celebrating Cooper's FIRST Easter, but we decided to start an annual egg hunt at our place with some family and friends this year. The hunt went great and all of the kids had a blast!
All about Addie:
Easter: This was Addison's second Easter. She was in awe over her Minnie Mouse basket full of Mickey/Minnie toys and candy (see pictures below). The Easter bunny left a few eggs around the main level of the house for Addison to find before she located the basket. We weren't sure how she would do with the hunt but after breakfast we asked her if she would like to find some eggs and she said "yeah!". Daddy walked around the house with her while she held her bucket and without much help, she found almost all of them!! We were able to get most of her hunt on video and it's adorable!!
Big girl bed: Addie has gone three days without any issues in her big girl bed! Several nights she would ask to sleep in it but would end up running around or waking up confused so she would end up back in the crib, but Tuesday night she slept through and then every nap time and bedtime since! Addie can't quite open the doors in our house, so I'm not worried about her running around the house at night but I'm curious as to how much longer it will be before she can. I think I will be a bit more nervous once she can get all of the doors open.
Counting: This seems to be her favorite thing now. Addie can count to ten without any issues. She's always counting something too... In the morning, she counts her mini pancakes. When we're playing with her toys, she counts her toys. When we're driving or sitting at a stop sign if there are billboards around, we will hear Addison yell out numbers she sees. The first time she did this, I wasn't sure why she kept yelling "8"..."8".... Finally, I saw the billboard she was looking at near our stop light and sure enough, there was a phone number ending in the number 8!! Before the light turned green, she named off most of the other numbers in the phone number!
All about Cooper:
First Easter:
Of course he's too young to understand what's going on, but Cooper received the coolest basket from the Easter Bunny this year! His Mickey Mouse basket was filled with candy, toys and pretty much anything that mommy and daddy like ;)
Colic... acid reflux... heartburn...: We still aren't 100% sure what is causing our poor guy to be so miserable. It's hard to say it's just one thing too because he has the symptoms of several things. Our doctor is trying narrow things down though and hopefully within the next week or two, we will know for sure. In the meantime, we do our best to calm Cooper when he's having a rough time. The moods aren't consistent either. For example, some nights Cooper is really restless and grunts/groans while laying in his pack-n-play and then other times he's more miserable during the day than at night.
Hiccups: Cooper started off with hiccups worse than what Addie had but it seems like they've faded quite a bit. Coop can go days without getting them which is nice because I think they flare up the acid reflux.
Following objects: Addie has a GIANT Mickey Balloon that happened to be near Cooper's bouncer seat one day and Coop wouldn't take his eyes off of it! The ceiling fan happened to be on too so the balloon was all over the place, but Cooper kept focusing right on it as it swayed from side to side.
Baby Carrier: We have a Snugli baby carrier (sling). I was at my wits end during one of Cooper's crying fits this week and decided to put him in the baby sling so I could get some things done around the house. I figured I would just let him "cry it out" and walk around the house with him. Turns out.... he must have liked being in it because within 5 minutes, he had calmed down and went to sleep!! Now, the carrier is a staple in our daily activities when he's having a hard time taking a nap! I know it's a bad habit to form, but mommy's ears can only take so much crying and we are BOTH happy if he's not crying :)
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