Go Galaxy!

Jack just finished up his first season of soccer a couple weeks ago. Overall he had a good time playing and definitely improved as the season progressed. He was probably on the most laid back team in the whole league, and that was definitely a good thing. Anna had a great time playing with her friend, Finley, and Sam loved running on the sidelines. After his last game we had a pizza party and all the kids got medals. He was pretty excited about that and even took his soccer medal to show and tell that week at school.

Jack started out as goalie in this last game. Like father, like son!

Celebrating Two

Sam's actual birthday was Saturday and we wanted to do something fun as a family so we loaded up the car and headed to EdVenture in Columbia. We've never been before because I was waiting for just the right time and this was perfect. Grammy even surprised the kids and met us there to have fun with the kids on Sam's special day.

The birthday boy is ready to ride!

Sweet girl just hanging out in the big stroller for the first time.

Sam was petrified of the giant boy (Eddie, for those of you familiar with EdVenture) when you first walk in the door, so we quickly moved past him into the firetruck.

Anna soon beggad to go shopping (that's my girl!) so we moved on to the grocery store next.

After shopping, we stopped by the farm to plow the field, pick peaches, milk a cow, gather eggs, and let Grammy rock Lucy for a while.

After that we cooked, worked on a construction site, did a little plumbing, played upstairs and had a snack, went back downstairs to cook, clean teeth, and do an operation.

We specifically saved the water fun for last and that was a good thing because everyone was soaked by the end and had to change clothes.

Sam mostly enjoyed splashing his face and drinking (I know - EWW!) the water.

After we changed everyone into dry clothes we headed to Groucho's in Five Points for lunch. Sam didn't get to choose his birthday restaurant, Mama and Daddy did, and boy was it good!

Lucy napped through most of lunch and then woke up talking.

After Groucho's we headed to Krispy Kreme for a special birthday doughnut, but poor Sam just couldn't hang with the big kids. He didn't even flinch when we got him out of the car, so he just slept right though dessert while everyone else celebrated for him.

This is one tired guy!

Once we got home, Sam was awake and ready to go, so he finally got his birthday doughnut while we sang happy birthday to him.

After that we gave Sam his birthday gift, a water table, and filled up the pool for the first time this year. Everyone had a great time playing in the water.

It was a super fun day for all of us and I think our new two year old had the most fun of all!

Stats

Both Sam and Lucy had well-visits today and I want to make sure I record their stats somewhere.

Lucy
15 lbs 6 oz (90%), 25 3/4 in (95%)

Sam
28 lbs (50%), 33 1/2 in (25%)

So our baby girl is long and chunky and our big boy is short and stocky. Amazing how two kids from the same family (who even look alike) are built so differently!

Four Months

We interrupt the blogging about a certain two year old to celebrate a mini-birthday because these pictures are a lot less overwhelming to sort through. Lucy turned four months old on Sam's second birthday and she continues to light up the room. With the exception of about four nights spaced sporadically throughout the past month, she's been sleeping through the night (11 hours) now pretty consistently. She rolled over three times (front to back) on Mother's Day and hasn't done it since. She's pretty close to rolling over from back to front, but that heavy head continues to weigh her down. She enjoys tummy time when on the boppy, but if she's directly on the floor, she's done with it in about five minutes. She drools like crazy and we've had to pull out the bibs. He hair still stands straight up, and her tongue continues to hang out of her mouth a good bit of the time. She seems to have Sam's rosy cheeks, but has her sister's big eyes and looks more and more like Anna every day. She has great big grins, but our camera is so slow it's difficult for me to capture in a picture. I promise I will keep trying, though!

Ok, now back to regularly scheduled two year old birthday blogging. Up next - our super fun day celebrating our big boy!