2 month and 18 month check up

Today Emily had her 18 month check-up. She is now 22.36 lbs and 31.25 inches. She stayed in the same percentages as last her 15 month check (19 for weight and 33 for height). She did very well and did not cry that much. She did have to get a shot but just one. Shaun had is 2 month check-up today. He is 13.41 lbs and 24 inches. He went up almost 2 lbs in one month and grew another inch. Compared to Emily he is about where she was at 4 months. The question is whether he will stay at this rate and be big or will he slow down like Emily did. Only time will tell.

We are leaving for Florida tomorrow. Below are pictures and a video of Shaun talking. Sorry the delay in posting. It's busy around here with 2 kids which many of our friends know. Emily is learning more words ever day. She likes to point the birds and planes in the sky. She also says animal sounds whenever she sees that animal. We were in the grocery store the other day in the pet food isle and every time she saw a cat she would say meow. It was funny. Shaun is more awake these days and is cooing and smiling more. He still has all his hair as you can see in the pictures.

Emily just had to draw all over herself with her brown marker.

Shaun's 1 month visit

Shaun is now 1 month old and weighs 12 lbs and is almost 23 inches. I thought those were pretty good numbers until I heard how much his cousin had grown in 1 month. My nephew Hugh went from 8 lbs to 11 lbs in 1 month. Now that's impressive. Shaun is doing good. He is trying to hold his head up and is staying awake more during the day. We had to put Shaun on soy formula because he has a sensitive stomach like Emily had when she was his age. We recently took some family photos. Both Emily and Shaun did not cooperate, but we got some cute pictures. We were at the Johnson's for Zoe's birthday party this past weekend and all the kids went swimming in just their swim diapers. Emily had alot of fun. She was splashing everybody. At one point she was the only baby in the pool.

Now Brad turned off the camera before he finished his comment but the whole comment goes " We've got the pole dancer and the mud wrestler." He is referring to Zoe as the pole dancer since she was hugging a pole in Florida this past January and Emily as the mud wrestler since she was rolling around in the pool.

More pictures

Here are some pictures of both Emily and Shaun. We recently bought Emily a chair that's her size and here's a picture of her in it. Everybody is doing good at our house. Shaun is awake more these days but still sleeps a lot. right now he sleeps pretty well through the night and usually in his crib. Brad takes the late night shift and I take the early morning. That gives us at least 4 -5 hours of straight sleep for the both of us which works for us.

Here's a daddy's girl in the making.

The boys of the house taking a nap. Typical male behavior.

Finally a picture with Shaun awake.

Emily enjoying her car ride.

Shaun with his great aunt Diane.

POW! BANG! Batman!!!!

Brad prefers Batman but Shaun looks cute in his Superman outfit as well.

Marilyn, Tom and Emily strolling down the street in Newport.

Here's a fun video if Emily saying waffle.

Shaun Alexander Mack

Sorry for the late update. Shaun was born on 6/8/10 at 12:29pm. He weighed in at 10lbs 15.7 ounces (basically 11lbs) and was 22in in length. He came out with a full head of hair which surprised both of us. We knew he would be big but I was expecting him to be bald. I'm sure it will all fall out and come in another color. We are all doing well and adjusting. There is a picture of me the day before we went to the hospital so you can see how big I got towards the end.

I did not forget about Emily. Here she is coloring on the floor. she likes to lay down on her belly and color. Its really cute and funny.

Last post before the hospital

Here are some pictures of Emily and of the baby's room. Everything is good here but we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the newest Mack. We will post pictures of him once we have some. Enjoy these for now.

Busy and lazy

Well, we have been busy lately but I also rather get to bed early some nights then post. That's why it has been so long since my last post. Emily is changing everyday. She finally has moved into her forward facing car seat, which she enjoys. She is walking much better now almost running but not quite there yet. She is starting to say more. Emily can say hello, bye, baba for her bottle, ba for ball, pretty close to saying flower and row(she likes the song row, row, row your boat), yes and no. She also started saying animal sounds. Her best ones are lion, sheep and cat. We are working on others. she is also starting to do the motions for the wheels on the bus and says t,t,t when the horn toots in the song. Its really cute.

We went to the Johnson's house for Easter. Emily took a ride on her first swing and loved it. I have a video of her below. we had our first ear infection. Emily went to the doctors because of a cough and came out with a double ear infection. She never had a fever and never really pulled on her ears like kids usually do so we had no idea there was an infection. But she is all cured and better now. I think Emily might be growing since she has been taking her naps earlier than usual and is crankier than usual. Hopefully that is the case or we are hitting the terrible twos really early.

Here are some pictures and videos.