Dhillonina?

For some strange reason, Laela has called Dhillon, Dhillonina. I know. Really weird, but it is just when she is acting coo-coo! Anyway, we put one of Laela's head bands on Dhillonina the other day...Ta-da! It is the true Dhillonina! What a handsome little guy...BLING and ALL!

Carrot day!

Today we tried carrots. Went a little better...Happy Saturday!
Love,
Dhillon (AKA "Buddy" in our house)
:)

Laela and our week!

Laela has been so funny lately. She is loving school and coming home to tell us everything she does during the day. This last week they were learning about outer space and patterns. WOW! She is so into patterns every where we go. Funny stuff from a 3 year old! Oh. This week we took Allie to doggie school so she could get some exercise and because it was supposed to rain. WOW! I got good sleep while she was gone. No clawing at me while the thunder and lightning was going on. Woohoo. But...we did start to miss her after three days. When she got home on Friday, Laela was missing in action. This is where I found her... She was loving on Allie. Just hanging out, talking and smiling (both Allie and Laela). Notice the sleeveless summer dress and sandals too! This girl insists on wearing SHORT sleeves, dresses, and/or sandals EVERYDAY. It does not matter if it is 25 degrees. She does not care. Well, of course that is not going to fly with me, so needless to say...we have witnessed a few crazy fits. One way we have solved the problem. She changes into a dress and/or short sleeves and/or sandles the minute we get home. More laundry for us, but WAY less harsh on the ears and nervous system!
Also from school, Laela LOVES pretending to play school or anything that she can think of that has to do with school. Here, she read us the book book before bed time. Notice her finger position (which she just taught daddy how to properly hold a book tonight) and her very serious storytelling face. This makes my heart happy. I LOVE IT! :)
Ro and Laela made this contraption the other morning before I woke up. Not sure what it is? It is a stadium, of course! There is a REAL stadium being built by us and they check it out every morning. They have been tracking the progress and Laela can not wait to go sit on the seats inside the stadium! Ro just can't wait for football, but I know they will have a blast together when it opens!

Dhillon is 4 months...

I say this all the time, but I must say it again...TIME FLIES! Dhillon is growing so fast and we are constantly doing things. Sometimes I feel like I blink and he has grown 2 inches longer. AH! How is it even possible? Either way...that is what happens and we are enjoying life with two.Dhillon is one chill kind of guy. He is so different than Laela; yet we love them both so very much. Here are Dhillon's stats and info for 4 months...

Weight: 16 lbs 13 oz (83%)
Length: 26in (84%)
Head Circumference: 17 1/4 in (86%)

•He wears a size 2 diaper.
•He is in size 6-9 months in clothes.
•He wears size 1 shoes.
•He drinks 4, 6 oz breastmilk bottles and ends the day with an 8-10 oz formula bottle each day.
•We have tried oatmeal and rice cereal for about two weeks now, but he does not like it. Tonight we tried green beans and that went MUCH better. (Please excuse the pink bib. We are reusing some of Laela's old ones and of course he has on the pink one for pictures. HA!)
•Since he spends most of his awake hours at school, he has really grown to love the ladies that take care of him. Ro says that he has started practically jumping into their arms each morning. It makes me kinda sad, but at the same time I know it is good.

Dhillon LOVES to sleep with a blankie. He pulls the blanket over his head and he is out! When he first did this, I worried and I would uncover him. By the time I would close the door and get to the monitor, he would have the blanket back over his face. AH! I guess he just feels secure that way!

Who is a great sleeper?

DHILLON ROHIT MURTHY!!!
I just have to mention that D has been sleeping about 12 hours every night! He has been doing this for a couple weeks, but I just didn't take time to blog about. That's all. Just wanted everyone to know how freakin' wonderful our little buddy is doing!

Around here...

It has continued to stay pretty busy around here. Because of that...most of our pictures are snapped on our phones and sent to one another or quickly posted to Facebook. Well...now I want to share with everyone!Laela is still in the ponytail and headband phase. The other day she ROCKED a side ponytail! I love that girl! Laela also got this hat for Christmas and she sported it the other day.


Most mornings, I leave before Dhillon wakes up...so Ro will occasionally send me a HAPPY picture!

Cousin Pictures plus a few...

Since Dhillon was born, we thought it was time for cousin pictures! We dressed up the kids and headed out...These are a few of the pictures I took. More to come from the photographer...
Girl Power...Sisters...
The big guy in the bunch got tired very quick...The Fatheree's...

Oatmeal for D...

This past week I tried oatmeal with Dhillon. He was so funny because he really just wanted to watch football on t.v. during the entire meal! I stripped him down, popped him in the Bumbo, and we tried it out. He didn't eat too much before he got fussy. I think he was just too tired from school and the long day. I really think that he is going to be an awesome eater, we just have to do it before the evening!

Hockey game with Laela...

During the MLK holiday, I was able to get both kids to school, go to work for a few hours, and then get in some Laela time! I picked her up early, early from school and we met Liam and his mommy for lunch and the Allen Americans hockey game. These two goofballs have such a love/hate relationship. It is crazy because they almost act like brother and sister sometimes. Either way, I loved spending this time with Laela and she loved the fact that she did not have to take a nap that day! Liam is very knowledable about hockey and I loved learning from him! Thanks for the invite Parker's. We had a great afternoon with y'all.

Dhillon's first day of school....

Today Dhillon started going to daycare with Laela. Of course, he goes to the baby room, and Laela goes to the big girl class. (Laela thinks she has to tell people that, so people know they are not in the same class. It is too funny!) Before I forget, here is a picture of Laela before her first school day back when she was a baby. Laela started school at 7 weeks old whereas Dhillon started at 12 weeks old. Anyway, we had an hour earlier start this morning. D woke up at 4:00 instead of his usual 5:00. Ro fed him, put him back to bed, got ready and ended up having to wake him back up to put him in the carseat. He was not a happy camper about that. Ro dropped both kiddos off to school this morning. He said it went great! Laela wanted to help with Dhillon and make sure she knew where he was at, so she went in and checked out the baby room too. Ro said she was a great helper! The teachers are all super nice. The lead teacher has been in this baby room the past 13 years, so she practically owns the joint and is like a baby whisperer! :)

At pickup, of course the ladies said he had a great day. There were times of crying and lots of no sleep time, but he did drink all of his bottles and had several wet diapers. I guess that makes for a successful day in baby world! He does miss his Aunt Karri holding him and loving on him during the day, but he will grow to love these ladies at daycare too. I know they will quickly fall for his calm personality, loving hazel eyes, and sweet, cuddly hug!