The Blissful Life of the Bandermanns

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Charli Suttyn: 2 Months

You are such a sweet baby! I just can't believe you're 2 months already! Here are a few things about you this month:
*At your 6 week checkup you weighed 12 lbs 10 oz. and are 23.5 inches long. You are in the 90% in height and 89% in weight with a head circumference of 53%. Such a big girl!
*You have been sleeping so well! Usually you sleep from about 9 pm to 6 am, which allows mommy lots of needed sleep!
*Your schedule during the day is great too. You eat, play for 30-40 minutes, and then sleep for 1/1.5 hours every 3 hours. This makes you and I both happy!
* You are cooing and laughing (small adorable laughs) more and more. Our hearts just melt when you give us one of your precious smiles and daddy can always seem to get a laugh out of you with his hoot owl sound that he loves to do.
*You love your changing table. We can always get you to talk to us while you're lying there waiting. We call you "tom cat" when you do this because you sound just like one (Ansley did this too, that's where the name came from)!
*You love to be swaddled. It's like your cue to go to sleep and almost every time you go down without a fuss.
* You've been to your first wedding (Kurt and Lindsey's) and a trip to St. Louis to the City Museum with the Bandermann crew. You were so good!
*You have the sweetest little dimples in your knees. They are just precious.
*You have a good amount of hair, especially in the back and a perfect little bundle of hair on top. I love to sit and run my fingers through it!
*Nursing is going so much better! We have finally gotten each other figured out. :)
*You are so content (unless it's time to eat) and very go-with-the-flow. This is so great considering your sis loves to go be on the go all the time!
*Your sis is enamored with you and you with her. I can't wait to see how your relationship grows. It gets me so emotional thinking about it!
*Binkies (Ansley calls them "pinkies" because they're pink in color :))are not really your favorite, but occasionally we can get you to take one.

Charli Suttyn you are such a dream. We are so thankful for you and can't wait to see your sweet personality bloom in the coming months. Thank you Lord for another sweet miracle!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Ansley's 3rd Birthday!!!

I can't believe I'm even writing that title right now. Seriously, it is break-ing.my.heart. But oh what a happy day it was! Ansley's one request...."mommia, for my birfday can I have wots of children come to my house?" Well, who could refuse that request and how funny that she referred to her friends as children?! Oh that girl! So, we invited all her little buddies and had quite a day! She also wanted a Rapunzel party, so I went into high gear trying to get it together, with lots of help from my MIL and mom (executing a party gets a little more difficult with a newborn)! I thankfully had lots of help and had somewhat of a vision as to what I wanted to do, but of course, I'm CRAZY and thought I could once again do her cake. I say this EVERY year....I will NEVER do that again, too much goes into it, BUT for 3 years now....I persuade myself to give it another go (I swear it's like childbirth). And Jason says every year....I'll pay someone, whatever the cost, I'll pay them! Ha! Our kitchen always gets tore up in the process, which is definitely a pain (on top of trying to get your house ready, decorations up, and food ready). Whew! But this year....the reward was in seeing Ansley lay her eyes on it for the first time. "Oh mommy, it's just beautiful!" Those are the moments that make it ALL worth it! Ok, enough about the silly cake. On to the PAAAARTAA!!!

This girl had one AWESOME day!

Ansley's party attire: Skirt from Zullily ($8) and her shirt was from Hobby Lobby ($1), the 3 was made with my Silhouette!

Ansley's Tangled cake made with an Oatmeal container (tower), Rice Krispie treats (roof) , and cake (bottom tier)

The presents!

The treat table

Birthday banner

The canopy and sphere chandeliers made with balloons and yarn

The four of us

Our basement has never been so packed!

My beautiful bestie :)

My cousins

She was sooo excited to dig into her cake

All her little buddies gathered around to see her blow out the candles

She loved us singing "Happy Birthday" to her

Blowing out her 3 candles

Ansley still enjoying her piece of cake. Ha!

Present time!

Charli was there! She just got passed around for most of the party. ;)

Pony rides for the princess and all her friends

The playground was a big hit too

And the pool....oh the fun! This picture makes me so happy! Ellie and Ansley are such great friends!

She is a water baby

Love this one....Trevor spraying the girls!!!

Someone lost their diaper! It's not a party until someone's lost their diaper. Ha!

It was such a wonderful day of celebration. Ansley was so excited and had such a fun time. We are so thankful for our friends and family that helped celebrate the life of our little princess, Ansley. :)

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Charli you are such a beautiful little baby! We feel so incredibly blessed to have been gifted another sweet girl. God is so good! Here are some highlights of your first month:

*Much of this first month we were simply trying to wake you up. You are quite the sleeping beauty! The first several weeks you slept all of 22 hours in a day!

*You have such long fingers and toes and the same little nose as your sister, Ansley.

*At your 2 week check-up you weighed 8 lbs 9 oz. (50%) and 21.5 inches (89%)

*We have no trouble burping you and you hardly spit up. We can simply sit you upright and you always let out a big one. Ha! I'm so amazed by this because you're sister was so stingy with hers and spit up ALL the time! It's the little things....:)

*You are such a little smiler already and you have the sweetest little dimple on your right cheek. Those precious smiles may just be gas, but we'll take them!

*You aren't much on nursing (you gave mommy quite a time for the first week), but after some diligence, we worked it out. ;)

*Bathtime is a favorite of yours. I haven't heard you fuss once and I think you really enjoy it. Even when daddy gives you his famous scrub down!

*You look long and skinny to most of us, you have a sweet little double-chin, strawberry blonde hair, dimples on your thin little knees, adorable little ears, and beautiful blue eyes. You are just precious!

*You love to coo with daddy and you're in love with your sister. She can usually calm you down and she loves to call you sugar doll or Charli Aden (we have no idea where the name Aden came from).

*So far so good with your sleeping at night. You usually go down around 9:30 and sleep until around 4am. During the day you eat about every 3 hours.

*You love your swing! We didn't use the swing much with Ansley, but it seems to really entertain you. You smile so big at the birds chirping.

Charli you have been such a sweet little baby. It has been so fun to watch you grow in just the short month that we've known you. We love you so much and can't wait to see your personality come to life in the coming months!

Hospital Pictures of Charli's BIRTHDAY!

Get ready for picture overload! Here are some of the hospital pictures from Charli's arrival. I can't say it enough....we feel so blessed by our new baby Charli.

Just arriving at the hospital at 6 am on June 1st. Ready to meet our little Charli Suttyn!

I made Jason a survival kit with all his favorites....Habanero barbeque almonds, cheddar chex mix, sugar free Reese's, eclipse gum, Powerade Zero...just to name a few :)

Ansley got one too....a sisters book, paint pens, juice drinks, glow stars for her room (she's been asking for stars on her ceiling), and lip glosses.