Another Busy Week!

This week was filled with 3 workdays for me, 2 doctor appointmens (my 6 week check-up and Robert's 2 year check-up), a little boy's birthday, Izzy learning how to giggle, Eric learning new photo tricks with his camera, scrapbooking, and a trip to see the Wildcat Volleyball team play a game in St. Cloud. Good thing a certain little girl is nothing like her brother and is already sleeping through the nigt to allow for both mommy and daddy to get more rest! Here are some pics to recap our busy week!

Robert's birthday meal...bananas with some brown sugar, chocolate chip pancakes, and bacon! Yummy!!!


Watching the Wildats with Taylor!

Robert making use of Izzy's swing since Izzy rarely uses it!

Izzy is really starting to show her personality. This week she showed her determination to not let her brother steal the show and decided to debute giggling, to her daddy, over a month earlier than Robert did and on his birthday! I didn't hear it until a few days later but it is really cute!! She has now been sleeping through the night for over a week. The new average is about 8-9 hours with the most being 11 hours! I still wake up around 5:00am to go in to check on her because I'm still amazed that little baby's sleep this long...or maybe that is because it took until 9 MONTHS for her brother to sleep this well. The only problem with the long nights of sleep is that she doesn't sleep much during the day and has some fussy spells that often pushes Mom and Dad to the edge of insanity!!!

A rare daytime treat...she's sleeping!

Laying on the floor and stretching with daddy!

Robert and I both got clean bills of health at our doctor appointments and I was cleared to go back to work...too bad I'd already been working! Robert threw multiple tantrums at the doctor and because of that getting acurate measurements was a challenge. For his weight I had to hold him on the scale and then have myself weighed seperately thus making the nurse do math but she still determined that he was in the 90th percentile compared to other 2 year old boys. For his height he wiggled on the table and the reading wasn't accurate because it placed his height in the 20th percentile...which would have been a huge drop from his 18 month check-up. The last measurement was for his head...Robert was pulling on the tape measure while the nurse was trying to measure his head and according to her readings his head shrunk from last time. The doctor said that this is physically impossible so I guess, other than his weight, we aren't too sure where he stands. He also said that Robert's motor skills are advanced and that the only reason he isn't talking is because he is too stubborn. We now have to make a big deal out of any word Robert says and ignore him when he is grunting...we can't wait for more temper tantrums! I'm glad that he is healthy and that we don't have to bring him back until he's 3 because that appointment was a lot of work for me with all of the fits he threw fighting the nurse and doctor!

This week gets a little easier for us. No doctor appointments until next week (Izzy's 2 month check-up), I only have to work 1 night and Saturday, and we start the week off right by going to the Twins Game tomorrow night with my mom and brother while Eric's parents babysit the kids. Should be a lot of fun!