I can't wait for bows to stay in her hair. This one falls out.

Matthias loves playing in the dirt.

She has the biggest, prettiest smile.

Things have been a little crazy around here. We have decided to put our house back on the market, so we are going to be spending this weekend getting the house ready and then putting it officially on the market next weekend. We are also traveling to Springfield to visit Jon's family. His Aunt and Uncle are coming into town and it will be there first time meeting Charley. Other than that Jon has been working his second job a little more often. We did get to enjoy a date night a couple weekends ago, which was so nice. We went out to eat at the Olive Garden, played some video games, and caught a movie...The Time Traveler's Wife...it was my turn to pick : ).



Charley is doing great! She is now smiling all the time, and beginning to giggle. It's such a fun time since she is now becoming more responsive to us. She is also starting to make little noises. She is getting so big as well. She is filling out her 0-3 month clothes and we know it won't be long before she moves up to 3-6 month clothes. It's hard to believe that she will be 3 months old on the 16th of this month.



Matthias has now gone on the potty twice! We are really excited that he may be ready to start actually potty training. The two times he has gone is only because I have sat him on there proactively. He also tells me sometimes when he is going potty and knows when he is wet or stinky. We are hoping to start potty training him within the next couple of weeks. We were going to start this weekend, but now with trying to get the house ready to put on the market we are going to push it back a couple of weekends. Other than that Matthias is doing great.



Justus, unlike Matthias, is no where near ready to potty train. We thought he might get jealous when Matthias got candy for going on the potty and want to do the same...but that wasn't the case. Of course he was really mad that he didn't get candy, but still wanted nothing to do with the potty. We don't know when we are going to start potty training him. Hopefully not long after we start Matthias. Justus is continuing to do great though. He is starting to remember more things...songs on the radio, people, places, etc. He loves the zoo and mentions it all the time and then lists the "manimals" that he sees when we are there.

Hopefully I will get some pictures posted in the next couple of days.

Charley had her 2 month well child visit this week. She now weighs 11 lbs. 12 oz. and is 22 5/8" long...both in the 75th percentile. The doctor said she looked great! She also received two shots, which made for a cranky baby the rest of the day. She is continuing to sleep through the night...usually close to 12 hours. She is also doing very well at holding her head up.

This week has gone pretty smoothly...although Justus has been quite the bully at the Y this week. He is not so good with sharing...as I'm sure a lot of 2 year olds aren't, but Justus resorts to pushing and throwing things, which is never a good thing. We are hoping it is just a phase...and that we can figure out an effective way of disciplining him when he acts like that...especially when we aren't around to correct it immediately. Matthias has been doing well this week. He did have a little case of the sniffles earlier in the week, but it seems to have passed. He was a little extra cranky and had a runny nose, but both have seemed to clear up.

We are heading to the zoo tomorrow morning and then the kids are off to Mt. Vernon for the evening so that Jon and I can enjoy a date night. We aren't sure what we are going to do yet, but we are looking forward to going out to eat by ourselves...no sippy cups, crayons, or diaper bags.

He loves his little sister.

She is getting so good at holding her head up.

Heading to a wedding.

They love watching cartoons in our bed.

She has the biggest smile.

Brushing his teeth...well, getting ready to.

She has wild hair...and I love it!

Charley will be 2 months old on Sunday! I can't believe it. Time is going way too fast. She is now smiling, which I just love. She has the biggest smile...it's so cute. I will have to post a picture of it soon. She is doing much better lately as far as colic goes. She definitely isn't crying as much now, and I think most of her crying now is typical crying. She still has her cranky moments, but they aren't very common. She is still sleeping through the night...usually 10-12 hours. I'm very thankful for that!!

We have started introducing Justus to the potty...with his clothes on. We have to bribe him with candy to sit on it, but it's the only way we can get him to sit on it willingly. We had bought a candy machine for the boys for Christmas, and there are M&M's in there...Justus loves getting his penny after sitting on the potty and getting his candy out of the machine. We will probably continue this for a couple of weeks, and then start trying to get him to sit on the potty without a diaper. We'll see how it goes. In other Justus news, his new favorite phrase is "I cryin". He fake cries and then he tells us, "I cryin". It's kind of cute because it is totally fake and we know he is just wanting attention.

Matthias is doing great as well. We have been letting him sit on the potty for candy as well...mostly to make his brother want to sit on the potty. Hopefully it will turn into two boys being potty trained at the same time...that would be wonderful. He's getting so big and is talking more and more. He is still our happy-go-lucky little red head.

Other than that...life is going great. Life is about to get a lot more crazy with the Blues season getting ready to start. Jon works at Scottrade Center for those of you who didn't know. It will be an adjustment since he really hasn't been working his second job much this summer...maybe once a month. It was nice having him home especially while Charley had colic and required a little extra attention. Hopefully I can get some pictures posted in the next few days.

Our precious little girl. She makes this face all the time.

He's just too cute!

Waiting for the choo-choo.

Here we go!! They loved it!

Having fun on the train

Her first night in her crib

We were trying so hard to get a family picture. Justus wouldn't cooperate, and Matthias refused to put the ball down...so this is what we got.

Having fun at the park

Jumping on the suspension bridge

It's been a great week! Charley is now 7 weeks old. Charley turning 6 weeks old meant that we were able to go back to the YMCA. I was super excited since that meant I could get out of the house...and get back to working out on a regular basis. Anyways, Charley is doing great...we are still waiting for that first smile, which should be coming any day now. She is still pretty fussy, but the colic seems to be getting a little better. She has her moments, but she is definitely crying a lot less and for shorter amounts of time. One great trade-off is that she is now sleeping 8-10 hours a night. She goes to bed between 8 and 9 and then gets up sometime around 6:30 a.m. It's been great!! She has had this schedule for almost 2 weeks, which also means she has been moved into her room.



Justus is doing really well. He is getting so good at remembering things...songs, names, places. We are still working on the alphabet and we have started to work on shapes and colors. We'll see how it goes. We haven't started potty training just yet, but we are pretty sure he is ready. He is starting to be annoyed by his diaper, but not quite to the point where he asks to have it changed. He gets embarrassed about going to the bathroom also. We aren't quite sure how we are going to tackle potty training just yet, but however we do it we know we need to do it soon.



Matthias has turned into quite the chatter box lately. He is learning more and more words, and will even repeat some words when we say them. He is our happy-go-lucky little boy. He seems to always have a smile on his face...not to say he doesn't have his moments.

Other than that things are going pretty great. Life with three kids can get pretty crazy at times, but nothing that is too overwhelming. Hopefully I will get some more pictures posted later today.