Lainey in the jumperoo

Here is little miss Lainey jumping in her jumperoo thing. Look at those thighs!

Lainey's Faux hawk!

So, I know this is a bit mean, but I couldn't help taking some pictures of Lainey's hair. Don't worry, I just did it for a picture. I wouldn't really have her out in public like this, but Andy and I got a laugh out of it. It is so much fun to dress her up and stick stuff on her...poor Lainey!

Spring is here.....

So the weather here has been beautiful so we decided to take advantage of it. We got Ethan's slip'n slide set up and let him slide his happy butt away. He was soon the attraction of the neighborhood. It was pretty much his first time on one and he had about9 people coaching him on how to slide. Ethan lives for that kind of attention so he loved it. Lainey has been super fussy the past couple days. We have tried each and every formula on the market. Annie gave up eating dairy (not an easy task). But after several hundred dollars and 87 types of formula we finally found that nothing really works and have accepted the fact that we just make fussy babies. She still manages to be a very happy baby though. Annie is still very tired and frustrated but still manages to be happy and beautiful (I dont know how she does it). I will put some pics of Ethan on the the slip'n slide and little baby Lainey. She loves to hold her hands at her chest when she eats and she is learning to hold the bottle herself!

Ethan is ready for summer!

Ethan oh so gracefully came plummeting down the stairs in his new snorkel gear. Luckily, he didn't get hurt, but I told him it probably wasn't a good idea to wear his flippers when going down the stairs. We took some pictures of his "gear" sans the goggles. They were temporarily lost i.e. Ethan had taken them in the shower and we forgot about it. Thanks so much for the snorkel gear Grandpa J and Grandma Reading. I am sure that he will use it tons this coming summer! I told him that flippers do not belong in the bath tub, they don't fit, but try telling that to a headstrong 5 year old! Much Love to all-annie

Lainey is not the short fat girl anymore!

As everyone can tell she is still a chub, BUT she is also quite long as well! She is in the 95th percentile for both weight and length. She is 24 inches long and a whopping 16 lbs! The doctor said that she is doing very well and just to keep it up. He said not to nurse her during the night anymore because she really doesn't need it nutritionally, but its easy to say for him, he isn't the one up with the little munchkin! We were up at our normal time today, but we did have quite a good night. She slept from 7:30 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. (YIPPEE!!!), but after that was up every hour until I just said, "okay, let's go downstairs and watch infomercials". She is hanging out in her exersaucer right now, she loves it. Thank goodness! Well, off to have another cup of coffee....Here is a funny video of Lainey having her first taste of rice cereal...I thought that since she likes her bottles cold, she would want her cereal that way too. Boy was I wrong! Once we heated it up, Andy couldn't shovel it in fast enough!

I am NOT a morning person..or a night person for that matter

Here are a few recent pics of Lainey...
So, what is with little miss Lainey and sleep....she was doing 6 hours at 2 months old and now I am lucky if she goes 4 hours at a time. I have always been such a good sleeper, but my kids, they have other things in mind. I am usually up at 5:00 in the morning for the day and can I tell you, it sucks! Coffee has become my best friend these days. Lainey has her 4 month appt. tomorrow and we'll see what the doctor suggests. I am excited to find out how much our little chunky butt weighs. Any guesses?

Okinawa Zoo!!

So we took the kids to the Okinawa Zoo today. One of the few places on the island that we have not been yet. Ethan, the little animal lover had a great time. He was able to ride a horse and absolutely loved it. There were a bunch of strange animals that I had never seen before. The Giant Anteater really weirded me out. Those things are so strange. The Zoo itself was pretty nice. There were enormous hills that we could barely get the stroller up and down. The kind of hills that the fat people in the states would complain about and would have the whole zoo rebuilt so they could cruise around on their jazzy's. Lainey just slept in Annie's arms most of the time and I was busy taking pictures. Anyway I hope that the blog is enjoyed. I figured it would be an easy way for everyone to see what we are up to whenever they want!