All I have to say is ants, ick.

Okay I have more to say, we get ants every year with warm weather, and they are back. Dan read that you can get rid of them with baby powder, and since we have two short ones it seems like a better plan then poison. It seemed to work too! Our nice train of ants going up to our kitchen is gone and the ants have been squished that we found. Hopefully they stay away!

So my Mom and I took Desmond and Eloise out yesterday to get Desmond’s 2 year pictures done. We tried to get a picture or two with Eloise and Desmond together, it didn’t work well, but we did get one. The rest are just Desmond hamming it up.

Desmond and Eloise

Sitting in a chair

Playing with Blocks

Sitting

In a Wagon

Big Grin

Throwing a Ball

I am so cute!

So as noted by the previous post Desmond is slowly potty training. He has gone pee in the potty at least once a day for the past 3 or 4 days! We are slowly getting there it seems. It will be odd to have a child out of diapers if he keeps this up. It will be nice though.

So we are very very slowly working on potty training/learning with Desmond. He has decided he likes to sit on the big potty, so we bought him a potty ring, and he likes to sit on it at least once a day. He still hasn’t done anything in the potty, but he likes to sit on the potty, which we figure is a good first step.

Anyways last night Dan put him on the potty, and the child got himself reading materiel to look at while he was up there. Dan had to take pictures, since it was really amusing to watch the two year old read the gaming magazine on the potty.

So the reason Eloise seems so tiny, is because she is. We just had her 1 month appointment today. She is doing well developmentally, we think she may have reflux though, we’re going to keep an eye on it and if it is still not better when we get back from Atlanta we’re going to put her on Zantac to see if it helps her. She is tiny at 8 pounds 8 ounces, which means she’s been gaining about 7 ounces a week, which is good, but since Desmond was 11 pounds at this point in time she seems really small. She is in the 25%tile for weight and 50%tile for height, 25%tile for head circumference as well, so overall she is doing well, she is just small.

At birth 7 pounds 5 ounces and 19 3/4th inches
At 1 month 8 pounds 8 ounces and 20 3/4 inches

We had Desmond’s 2 year appointment today, and Eloise’s 1 month appointment as well. Desmond is doing great, he is in the 50%tile for height and weight. He is doing wonderfully developmentally and had no problems. He was even good about getting his finger pricked for a hemoglobin test and when he got his DTaP. All in all he is doing great.

Anyways here are his stats from birth to now.
At birth he was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 3/4 inches
At one months he was 11 pounds and 23 inches
At two months he was 14 pounds and 24 1/2 inches
At four months he was 17 pounds 13 ounces and 26 1/2 inches
At 6 months he was 19 pounds 13 ounces and 27 inches
At 9 months he was 22 pounds 3 ounces and 29 inches
At 1 year (12 months) he was 23 pounds 8 ounces and 30 inches
At 15 months was 23 pounds 10 ounces and 31 inches
At 18 months he was 26 pounds and 33 inches
At 2 years he is 27 pounds 8 ounces and 35 inches

After Easter at my Aunt’s we stopped at my in law’s on the way home and had dinner with them. I realized I have no real pictures of them with Eloise, they see her at least once a week, but I keep ending up not taking pictures. So I took a few while we were there. So here she is with them.

Eloise with Dada

Eloise with Dadi

For Easter we went down to my Aunt Mary’s house. We planned to get there before we did, but we haven’t quite learned how long it takes to go places with the two of them, especially for the whole day.

We had fun while there, Eloise met some of her Aunts and Uncles and her MomMom the Great! Desmond got to run around and hunt for eggs with the rest of the smaller kids that were there. A good time was had by all, and pictures were taken. So here they are.

My cousin Elizabeth holding Eloise

Eloise with MomMom the Great (my Grandmother, her Great-Grandmother)

Eloise with my Aunt Mary

Desmond playing with some of the eggs he found (they were plastic)

Desmond playing in the backyard with a soccer ball

Today is Eloise’s one month birthday. It is weird to think that one month ago at this time I was in labor with her. She has fallen into our routine fairly well so far, though her brother is having a bit of trouble with the invader still.

Happy One Month Eloise!

No pictures yet, but she has been smiling for about the past 3 or 4 days. She has also hit awake for part of the day stage , so she actually looks around and plays a bit now rather then just eating and sleeping.