Addison vs Ava at 2 months

Here are some pictures of Addison around 2 months old:

This is the best comparison I can get with their pictures. Addison is on the left and Ava on the right. I think they look a little alike, but not as much as I did at first. Addison has my coloring (pale skin, blue eyes and lighter hair) and Ava has Jordan's (darker skin, brown eyes and dark hair) but Addison's features are just like Jordan's and Ava's are more like mine. They are opposites. I think they share similar noses and lips and big cheeks. I know I'm super biased but I think they are both just BEAUTIFUL!

 

I don't have any really good pictures of Addison at this age smiling. She was apparently not as co-operative with posing for her pics as Miss Ava is.

I just love both my girls to pieces!

Ava is 2 months old!

I can't believe my baby is two months old already! She has grown so much! Here are her stats from her doctor's appointment:

Weight: 13 lbs 1 oz (91%)

Length: 23.25 inches (76%)

Head Circumference: 40 cm (76%) 

Ava is cooing and making lots of little noises and they are so precious!

Ava started smiling around 6 weeks and is such a happy, smile-y little baby now. She also started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks old (anywhere from 8 to 12 hours!!!) when she started sleeping in her crib all the way across the house in her nursery. She does better in the car now and doesn't scream as much while we are driving. We took Ava to the beach at 7 weeks for the first time and she loves to swim in the pool. Sadly, I didn't take any pictures of her in her little swim suit or out on the beach (we spent more time shopping and napping than we did on the beach, but in our defense, it was slightly chilly and raining most of the time).

Addison still loves her baby "sissy" and is doing so good with her. She still gets a little jealous when certain people hold her baby and she'll tell them to "give her back to Mommy!" so that they can hold her instead!

Pregnant Friends

 

So I don't know if I mentioned before or not, but my co-worker and friend, Stacey, was also pregnant when I was.

In fact, we were only due two days apart (me on March 30 and Stacey on April 1) and both having little girls.

We joked the whole time that we would end up having the babies on the same day and that maybe we could share a hospital room and split the bill (unfortunately doesn't work that way)! :)

Well, while I was in the hospital and in labor, I got a text from my other co-workers saying that Stacey was on her way to the hospital because her water had broken! I was just in shock that we were actually going to be in labor at the same time and that there was a very big possibility that the girls would be born on the same day!

Well, amazingly, they did!

Ava came at 3:09 pm (8 lbs 4 oz) and Emily Grace came at 10:30 pm (7 lbs 4 oz).

I just thought that was too good a story not to share! It was so much fun to share the experience with someone that you get to see for 8 hours a day, everyday! And now we're getting to share the newborn and jealous toddler experiences together. Our girls will get to share a birthday each year and I think that is so much fun!

I was also pregnant at the same time as my friend LeeAnn with both Addison and Ava, just a few weeks apart.

Addison and Salem were born 3 weeks apart.

Ava and Sekaiah were born 5 weeks apart.

We also get to share lots of the same experiences with our kids and it's lots of fun!!

I'm so thankful for all of my friends (and their children) that are in the same place in their lives as I am and all of the fun times we share together!!

Addison's Beach Birthday

Addison had her 3rd birthday at the beach! She had such a fun time! She played in the water and sand (which she likes now "with her shoes off"), played "pup pup"(putt putt, which she loved. She abandoned the club after hole 3 and just threw the ball!), swam "like a mermaid" in the pools and chilled in the stroller while we hit up the outlets and shopped!

She opened presents that we brought along with us and loved them!

Addison got a free Happy Birthday doughnut (with sprinkles) from Krispy Kreme and wore the hat for a lot of the day.

Mom was drinking a fruit slushy and she dropped her cup. After if flipped in the air a few times, she caught it. On her thumb! Poked a hole right through the cup! It was quite funny!

Here's the Birthday Girl table! We had the condo decked out with tons of balloons and steamers. It was lots of fun for a little last-minute run to Walmart party! Addison enjoyed it!

Here are some videos from the party.

Happy 3rd Birthday to my Big Girl!! I love you Addison Kate!