End of Summer Catch Up: Part 2

Our second destination was Midway, Utah. This is where John and I spent the first 6 months of our marriage and it still has a special place in our hearts. Our boys love it there too - so many fun adventures just outside your door. The beautiful scenery isn't too bad either...

John took the boys to this park every morning while Sadie and mom got ready for the day. They thought it was heaven.

Our first activity was the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point with some of our cousins. They loved seeing the huge dinosaur bones, but the big hit was the sand and water area...

(These are not the best pics...we took them on John's phone, but you get the idea.)

And then there was MORE sand at the end of the museum to dig for fossils...

On the way back for the night, the boys wanted to stop at Bridal Veil Falls...

Ben was seriously SO EXCITED about this. He even tried to climb up where the people are behind him in the picture, but we didn't let him get too far. Mo thought it was pretty cool too...

Another day, we decided to check out the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. It was pretty hot out, but we still had fun...

More to come of our time in Utah: Gateway Discovery Museum, and Olympic Park!

End of Summer Catch Up: Part 1

Another month has flown by without a single blog post... a lot happened in the past month too, so I better catch up before I get too behind.

First of all, Benny boy had a birthday at the end of July...

He had been asking if it was his birthday yet for months (time is a hard concept to grasp still) because he wanted to get a "big" bike now that he can ride without training wheels...

I still can't believe he's 5 already! There was a time when I wasn't really sure either one of us would survive the "torturous 3's", but here we are and I can tell the 5's are gonna be "fabulous".

We had his birthday party a little early because his actual birthday was the day we left on our summer vacation road trip to Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The first day was about a 12 hour drive to southern Colorado to visit my mom's family and go to the Manassa Pioneer Day Celebration. The boys loved going to the parade, on the carnival rides, and playing with their cousins in Granny and Papa's back yard. They seriously spent hours upon hours out there "building" stuff on Papa's work trailer. This was Sadie's first trip to Manassa and we just had to get a 4 generations picture of all the "Darlenes"...

Darlene Gay, Brenda Darlene, Brianne Darlene, and Sadie Darlene

Sadie especially enjoyed napping with GG and listening to the live music in the park while her brothers were at the carnival...

After a couple days of "Celebrating" in Colorado, we headed out on the road again (this time about 8-9 hours) to our next destination: Midway, Utah. 

To be continued...

Comparisons

I was just looking through the boys' baby pictures and couldn't resist comparing these 2 side by side...

 

Ben was such a chunk!

So who does Sadie look like?

Side note: Apparently my babies are getting progressively hairier each time... if there's a #4, it might come out looking like teen wolf!

Sadie - 2 Months Old!

The theme song at our house lately:
Sadie, Sadie, pretty little lady...

 Or there's Matt Mo's version (which I prefer):
Sadie, Sadie, pwitty wittle wady...

She had her 2 month well check today and here are her new stats:

Weight: 11 lbs. 12 oz. - (70%)

Height: 23 inches - (70%)

Head: 15.25 inches - (50%)

And here's what she's up to at 2 months old:

• She loves to swing in her chair and loves her binky 
• She loves to be on her tummy (or in mommy's arms)
• She's a good sleeper... she's even gone for a 7 hour stretch the last 4 nights (hallelujah!)
• She's somewhat serious, but happy, and she has a stellar smile
• She still has her full head of dark hair and gets complimented on it everywhere we go!
• She's cooing and more alert - likes to look at the fan, her swing mobile, and her crazy brothers
• She's a little poop machine - pretty much every feeding... that's A LOT of diapers!
• She likes to take baths and have her hair washed, but she is NOT a fan of the pool... yet.

The past 2 months have flown by... slow down already! We just love this "pwitty wittle wady" and are enjoying every minute with her!

Stats

We spent our morning at the doctor's office for 2 well check ups.  First up was Matt Mo. He thought he was pretty cool getting measured and getting his vision tested. And he LOVED showing off his baby sister to all the nurses. Here are his stats...

Matt Mo:
3 years old
Weight: 35 lbs 8 oz - 85%
Height: 39.5 inches - 90 %

Then it was Sadie Bug's turn. I was excited to see how much she had grown from a couple weeks ago because I could tell she had put some meat on her bones...she loves to eat!  Here's the comparison from her 2 check ups...

Sadie:
2 weeks
Weight:  7 lbs 14 oz - 35%
Height: 20.25 inches - 45%
Head: 13.5 inches - 11%

4 weeks
Weight: 9 lbs 2 oz - 55%
Height: 21.25 inches - 60%
Head: 14.5 inches - 50%

She's definitely a little smaller than both the boys were at this age, but at the rate she's going, I'm sure she'll catch up soon (unless I kiss her cute little face off first)!