"Winter" in Texas

The winter weather has been so mild here in Texas! It's been in the 50s and 60s, and even the 70s some days. Yahoo! 

I'm so so so lucky to be able to work from home. I am able to nurse Coen while I work. This is my view after I'm done nursing. Usually he will nap for a bit on me while I work, which makes working so much more enjoyable.

Right when we got home Coen had his two month check up. He weighed 10 lbs 9 oz (11th percentile) and was 22.5 inches (23rd percentile). Basically he's a tiny perfect little dude.

One day I left Coen in the swing and came back to find him looking like Santa Claus. He has reflux and spits up a lot. At his checkup the doctor gave him antacid medicine which helps him be more comfortable and I think also helps with the volume of spit up.

 Despite the reflux, Coen is one happy baby. Sorry that half the pictures in this blog post are just of Coen smiling. But not really sorry.

 Yeah.

 I love how he smiles with his whole body.

 The first week we were back Ava had a cold and she gave it to the whole family. I got pretty sick with the chills and a sinus infection. Luckily we have 1:00 church so we took advantage and stayed in bed all morning that day. I think that is one of my favorite things in the world, just staying in bed on the weekend.

 Little man was cute as can be in this little outfit.

 I bought this shirt before I had Coen because it cracks me up.

 We went out to Chilis on MLK day.

 Brent got Ava back into potty-training and she was pretty excited about her panties. She ran up to show Coen and I snapped a picture because I thought it was so funny and cute that she already wants to show Coen everything.

 Ava's favorite thing to do is dress up and dance. She requests that I sing the "shrek song" constantly.

 My beautiful girl.

 We need to get her in dance classes ASAP!

 Just a little mother-daughter mirror selfie.

 You can tell he has a big sister because he bathes in a pink tub. He's cool with it.

 One day while I cooked dinner Ava set up an elaborate picnic and entertained herself for a while.

 Brent taught Ava about selfies.

 These cheeks.

 He just looks at me with these eyes all day. I'm a little gaga over him.

They asked me to teach Relief Society, and it went pretty well I guess. I felt like a real grown up doing that and then having two kids on my hip. Also, I practiced doing my makeup how Laura taught me. Do I look like I'm pushing 30? Because I am. And it's really weirding me out.

Coen was doing this while I was trying to work one morning.

 And this.

I'm really loving the rolls his thighs are getting. Brent doesn't like them so much, so I guess it's a mom thing to want baby rolls?

 Ava was doing a good job potty-training but still wouldn't do #2 on the potty. Brent one day told her he would give her a ring pop, the blocks from grandma, and a princess show if she would do it. So then, she did it! And she hasn't had an accident since. She was so proud of herself, and we were too! And she did not forget anything Brent had told her she would get.  Here she is with her ring pop.

 Here she is with her blocks from Grandma. I had forgotten about this part of the bargain, but a toddler never forgets.

 Lately during quiet time Ava gets in a dress up and plays in her room. Usually she puts on this purple dress up.

 It was so warm, we went to the park one day to play.

 Coen was happy to be outside.

 We went to Target one night because I wanted to buy myself some presents with some of my Christmas bonus form work. I bought all sorts of random things I've been wanting like cosmetics, hair stuff, a table cloth, and placemats.

Coen is starting to talk to us. A video: 

Coen in his dinosaur outfit

 I couldn't get over the sinus infection from way back when, and then I came down with pink eye. So it was time for a trip to the doctor. I took both kids by myself- it was the first time I took them alone in public. I was finally brave enough! They were good, and I even went to the store afterwards. Here I am at the doctors, keeping it under control.

Just cute.

 I went to the library with the kids and as we were leaving Ava requested I take her picture with the statue out front. She posed all cute.

 Our friends from the library invited us over to their house that evening. They are a cute couple with a little boy younger than Ava. Adam is getting his phd in psychology at UNT and loves movies. Lisa is super cute and fun. When I met them at the library a few months ago I came home and told Brent, I just found us some best friends :)

Adam and Brent took the kids to the park while Lisa and I got the food ready.

 Fun times.

 On Sunday after church the kids looked adorable, so we took a few pictures.

We went on a walk to the park because it was in the 70s!

Coen's hair is coming in, if you can tell from this picture! It's way blonde and sticks straight up.

Little buddy helping me work.

Coen started doing his first giggles a week before he turned 3 months. Here were his first ones I heard, and he was laughing because he blew out an outfit just after I had given him a bath!

We got take-out one day and since Ava is crazy about picnics, we made a picnic in our kitchen. She was really happy about it!

One day during quiet time Ava decided that she wanted to build a house with all of the totes that hold all of her stuff. So she emptied all of the ones she could reach. Ugh. She got a time-out.

 "Look Coen! Princess dress!"

 Coen just sat in his swing for almost an hour and a half the other night while we cooked and ate dinner. He is such a good baby I have to pinch myself.

 I felt totally brave and I went grocery shopping with BOTH kids while Brent was at school.

Ava in her aunt Laura's dress from the Philippines

Ava let me do pigtails, and she felt beautiful.

 I noticed that we all matched!

Then Brent got home and he had stripes on too. 

We invited our new friends from the ward over for pizza and a movie. They are so sweet and have 4 kids- the youngest 2 are our kids' ages.

Video of Ava playing peek a boo with Coen

So that was our January in Texas! We were pretty blessed with good weather and cute kids!