Alivia at 2 months old

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

July

Playing with Daddy

Sisters

Running through the sprinkler at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Hangin' out

Wauwatosa fireworks on the 4th of July



Its been a fun month in our household...busy, but fun. 4th of July we went to the Wauwatosa parade. Addison loved seeing the firetrucks and the horses. After the parade we went to the annual Hagopian-Smith 4th of July picnic, where there were TONS of kids to play with. Addison had a blast! She was definitely ready for a nap when we got home. A late nap was good for her, so she could stay up for her first fireworks. Addison loved the fireworks, she talked about them for days afterwards. Alivia enjoyed sleeping through them.

We went to the zoo a few weeks ago for the first time in months. We need to get there more often (seeing as its only 5 minutes away and we have a Zoopass), Addison loves to go see the animals. The monkeys and the elephants are her favorites right now.

Alivia is growing like a weed! She is almost grown out of any 3 month clothes! She's been a really good baby for us. Not sleeping through the night just yet, but not doing too bad. She usually gets up just once to eat and then goes back to sleep. She's had her first smiles in the last few days and is really starting to coo and "talk" to us more. She's such a cutie! Addison has adjusted well to having a little sister and loves to help take care of her.

The last week or so has brought some big changes for Addison. We started potty training last week and she has done very well with it! We had several puddles on the floor the first day, but since then she has done very well with keeping her big girl underpants dry! She has enjoyed going potty on the toilet so much that she sometimes like to tell us every 5 minutes that she has to go, oh what a fun game! But she's getting the hang of it! Yay, we'll only have one child in diapers!! :)

Along with the potty training, we (by we, I mean Tom and I) decided it was time to be done with the Nuk (pacifier for those of you that don't call it a Nuk). So, I cut the end of it off on Saturday...it was hard for me to do it, knowing how she was going to take it, but I did it. The first two days were tough, but she seems to have gotten better with it. However, she seems to have decided that if she doesn't have her Nuk she is not going to take an afternoon nap. We're still trying to make her take one, but she mostly ends up playing in her room for an hour. Which to me is still an hour to myself (mostly). Bedtime is tough too, it takes about 2 hours for her to settle down and finally fall asleep. That was a little better last night, we'll see what tonight brings! Tom and I are making mental notes to ourselves that we are not going to let Alivia go as long with her Nuk as we did with Addison! We are learning from our mistakes...the older child is always the test child right?? :)

Thats it so far for this month...will post more in the near future! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

This week at the Scharlau's

Our little water bug! Addy loves the pool- she is totally fearless, which is a little scary for us! But we are happy she likes the water!

Alivia's first bath in the kitchen sink! Big sister Addison was there to help.

Babies make the greatest faces :)

Alivia Grace has arrived!

Alivia Grace Scharlau

Wednesday June 10th

7:25 AM

10 lb 2.4 oz 22 inches

Still waiting...

Unfortunately, I don't have much to report. Baby still hasn't decided to join the outside world! I will be going to the OB tomorrow afternoon and I am hoping she will induce me. Until then, I am trying to keep myself busy around the house...

Happy 2nd Birthday Addison!

Addy and Milo playing with the new sand & water table.

Playing with the new tea set out on the patio. She sits like such a little lady doesn't she?

The morning of Addison's birthday party, we let her get a little practice in on her new tricycle. She'll need a little more practice! She just doesn't quite get the pedaling thing yet. Good thing there is a handle that goes on the back to let Mom and Dad push and steer!

Addy digging in momma's soon to be vegetable garden. She's my little garden buddy!

Addison's new big girl bed. She has been in her new room for about 3 weeks now and has done very well with the new bed. We have a little decorating to do still, but she loves her room! She had no problem giving up the crib in the baby room! Lets hope she still feels the same way when the baby moves in!

Addison's birthday party was lots of fun! We had a great day, sunny but not too warm. She got lots of new stuff to play with outdoors, which will hopefully keep her entertained in the backyard this summer! Addison had chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream for her birthday this year. She did a good job keeping herself clean this year! I probably didn't even need to take her dress off! It was a fun,yet exhausting day for everyone- mom and dad especially! We were thankful to have Monday off to clean up and rest!

Now that Addy's birthday has past, we can focus on getting Baby #2 out! We had an ultrasound two weeks ago to estimate the size of the baby, and it's definitely another 8 pounder. I guess I am destined to have big babies! The ultrasound tech said that this one has a lot of hair too. I'm excited about that! It took Addy 18 months to grow any hair that I could do anything with! So I went to the doctor today, she said things are moving along (not fast enough for me though). I'm at 3 cm. If I haven't gone into labor by next week Tuesday, we'll try inducing. I am trying to keep busy with cleaning and laundry, etc around the house (not to mention working 12 hr days still) to get things going!! I would love for things to get started tonight! Waiting is so hard this time around. I don't remember being this anxious to be done with Addison.

Well, the next time I post it will be to introduce Baby Scharlau #2!