Labor Day

This post is really late, but I wanted to post some pictures of Labor day of the kids. We went to Meg's apartment with our best pals. Meg has such a great apartment to entertain at. The apartments have a kid pool, a kid water pad area, covered areas with grills,a fridge,and tv's. We barbequed and swam with the kids and our friends. It was such a fun day. Julian loved the water, he even fell asleep. Bella is getting so good in the water. She is not scared in the least bit and can kick and move around. Here are some pics..

Julian is 3 months

I know I say this all the time but... where has time gone?? Julian is now 3 months old! He seems to grow more and more every day. He still amazes me how fast he was able to hold his head up and move around. He really likes to sit up on the couch. The problem is, he pushes himself forward so someone must sit right in front of him because he really wants to move himself around. He is still eating and sleeping so well. He loves to eat, and I am still breast feeding. He is sleeping from about 8:30 until 6:30. He still is not sleeping during the day for more than about 20-30 minutes at a time, but that is because he sleeps so much at night. He is doing so well at Bernies' house. She just loves him and says she can't help but hold him since he's such a snuggler. He is now laughing and smiling so much. He loves to be around people and as long as he is being held, he is a happy guy. He has rolled over twice now and remains very active. I think this lil guy is going to be crawling and walking early like his sister. In fact, when we go get him from his crib in the morning, he is always turned half way or all the way around from the position that we put him down in. It's pretty crazy that he is already maneuvering around like that. He is still really big for his age and has huge hands and feet. You can see how big he is in the picture below with Annelle's grandma. Here are some 3 month photos...




Julian trying to sit up all by himself

Bella and Julian picture at 3 months

So as I was uploading pictures for my last blog, I came across these two photos of Bella and Julian both at about 3 months. I couldnt believe how much they looked alike. When I look at Julian, I don't think he looks so much like Bella. However, when I look at old photos, theyh really do resemble each other so much. Here is the picture of each of them side to side, both at 3 months.

Brother and Sister love

Bella loves her brother so much. She is so good with him, I am so proud of her. She never ever gets jealous and loves to hold him in bed. If we are all hanging out, she insists that Julian sit next to her. I really hope they are close throughout their lives because the brother/sister love they have right now makes my heart melt. When Julian sees her, he smiles ear to ear. Our sitter tells us how protective Bella is of her brother with the other kids. The pictures below are adorable. The first is of Julian wearing Bella's flower hat. We were all playing kitchen in her room and she decided to put this hat on Julian..it's hilarious. The big sister torture begins so early! I can relate, I loved torturing my little sister. The next few photos are of them hugging each other. I love my babies so much, they make life so enjoyable for us..

Football season

The Hoovers love love love Football (along with almost all other sports), and we get very excited when football season starts. For football kickoff, we had our football friends over for carne asada and had a great time :0 We also get excited for U of A football. HEre are some photos of the kids in their cute football team gear. ..

Future Wildcat Princess

Julian wearing his "I watch ESPN with daddy " shirt

videos

Below are some cute videos of our babies. The first is of Julian cooing, he is such a vocal lil guy. Next is a video of Bella dancing to Dora. She looooves to dance and sing. The last video is of Julian in the tub. He loves his baths and he gets so excited in it. I know I have blogged about how active he is, but this is a good video to actually see what I am talking about. Enjoy!

Julian's 2 month appointment

Julian's 2 month appointment was almost 2 weeks late due to the Dr. having to reschedule and me starting back at work. We were anxious to get him in because we were taking bets on how much he weighed. I was dead on, the chunka weighs 15 POUNDS!! I can t believe how big he is. He was 23 inches. He was in 95th % for weight and 50th for height (kind of weird). He had 4 shots..boooo and general check up. The Dr said she is not concerned about his weight since he is breast fed and its easy to digest and he will burn it off easier. Dr Rampley was squeezing and kissing him as all people do when they hold him because he is so squishy :) He is over a pound bigger than Bella was at this age and she was chubby! He is such a fun baby and so happy. He has been sleeping 9 hours at night without waking up, which is awesome because I have officially started back at work. We are on a pretty good schedule now. He is eating every 3 hours, about 6 times a day. He sleeps from about 9:15 until 6:15 am. He eats and then goes back to sleep until about 10 am. However, next week he will go to the sitter so he and Bella will have to wake up early. Should be interesting! I thought I would attach a cute video of our lil guy listening to Mommy sing to him as he sings along :)