The happiest baby on the block

I couldn't help but take a few pictures of my happy baby this morning. She is all grins and giggles and its melting my heart!!

Lil' P

Since today Presley is actually 4 months- I thought I'd snap a few photos :)

Where go?

The new obsession in this house is hiding.... Everywhere.... "I hide"....

Van loves to "hide" anywhere he can, but usually its in plain view with his face hidden.

He likes to put his blanket over anything and everything and say "where go??".

He, like many children, thinks that if he hides his face you can't see him. This is quite humorous when its time to go to bed, or do anything else unfavorable and he hides his eyes thinking he is now undetected.

Have I mentioned that I ADORE this boy??

These are the sounds that the animals make

Vander LOVES youtube. Usually it is "E I E I O" which consists of just about any video with a farm, or a horse or any animal for that matter. But today he was pretty darn thrilled about the "Animal Sounds" video. He is growing up so fast and I love watching him learn new things every day! He is getting very good at learning tunes to songs and actually starting to sing along at the right times. Its adorable and I love him :)

20 & 4- The crazys

Man oh man... It is craziness in this household! But truthfully, we wouldn't have it any other way. While Joel and I both try to juggle working full time and being full time stay at home parents at once.. These two continue to bless our lives and make it all the stress worth it!

The last 4 months have flown by! I can hardly believe that Presley is already 4 months! Where does the time go??

What are these little crazy nuggets up to these days?....

Presley Brooke-  4 Months

- Has rolled over from front to back and back to front. She is constantly rolling all over

- LOVES to smile and flirt.

- Super ticklish and giggles like crazy

- Loves to goo, especially when you talk back to her while shes doing it

- Is always trying to shove both fists in her mouth

- Rarely cries, but when she does its the saddest cry ever

- Will sleep through just about anything- Can't imagine why ;)

- Loves her Bumbo

-Loves getting kisses

-Loves to sit up straight and watch everything going on around her

- Already loves tv... Ekkk

Vander Lee- 20 Months

- A total GOOFBALL- He keeps us laughing all day every day

- Thinks he is the funniest person alive- probably because we are always laughing

- Loves to be the center of attention- Always making sure everyone is watching him

-Loves "E I E I O" more than life itself. Any show with horses and a farm is considered E I E I O

- Very tender hearted and cuddly

- Always is pointing at things and identifying what they are

- Words we hear alot in this house.. "Gaga" (Jessica), "Guys" (Car/Keys), "sississ" (Horsies) "Mow" (Cow)

- He is straight up obsessed with Horses

- Starting to put together small  3-4 word sentences

- Any drink is "wawer" (water), doesn't matter if its milk, soda, juice... its WATER ;)

- No means No, No means Yes... the only way to tell the difference is his tone of voice and his eyebrows..

- He loves chicken and pancakes... He asks to eat both multiple times a day

- He loves to sleep on the floor of his room with his blanket over his head

-Loves to hide and be found

Fishie

We had the pleasure of watching Biko (Maddux and Reeses pet Betta fish) for the past week while Tarah and Drew went to Costa Rica. Over the week, Vander would ask multiple times a day to feed the fish. We would also walk into the kitchen to him balancing dangerously on any object he could find to boost himself high enough to look at the fish. He loves the fish and LOVES feeding it even more. So we thought... What the heck- lets buy the poor kid his own fish!

So last night we take a trek to Petsmart where Vander picks out his very own white Betta fish!

Talk about a cheap way to entertain a toddler on a Saturday night! Its like a mini zoo, but free! :)

He was in heaven looking at all of the animals and mostly the fish- and in the end, he got to take home his very own! As of right now, the fishie has been named "ssssss"- probably steming from the snake that he saw in the cage at Petsmart that absolutely TERRIFIED him.... Another name may be determined shortly.

I'm sure this is the first of many many fish in the Ingram house.

Hot and Muggy Saturday...

Today it is hot.. and muggy... and cloudy- But Van was adament about playing outside! Why do I live in this state?? Arizona is so friggin hot in the summer- ugh!

Anywho... We had some fun playing on the back patio with some bowls of water and kitchen supplies. Who would have thought this would have been SO fun?? Cheap entertainment on a hot muggy day!

 The face you get when you ask Vander to say "Cheese"... note to self.. this is not an effective way to get a natural smile for a photo :)

Sissy Jumpin

Today baby P had her first experience with the Johnny Jumper! Vander loved it and she seemed quite happy bouncing around in it too. Shes a strong little monkey!

 Van giving baby sis kisses :)

Presley Brooke - 3 Months - The peanut

Well...don't I suddenly feel like the worst mom ever.. Here I am posting the 19th Monthly update on Vander- and I realize that I haven't posted a single one for my little 3 month old sweetheart.

I also just realized that I haven't sent a birth announcement either- so now I feel like a super schmuck. I really do love you very much Presley, life is just a lil hectic!

Anywho- I don't even know where to begin with this little girl... She is INCREDIBLE. We always said that Vander was a tough act to follow, and we were pretty much doomed with this 2nd baby. But I think Presley has possibly shown up her big brother.

This little angel has been sleeping through the night for a month and a half now (Starting at 6 weeks) and even before 6 weeks she would only wake up once, every morning at 4am to eat. She now goes to sleep every night around 10 and wakes up at about 9 every morning. She wimpers when shes hungry, shes whines when shes tired- but it is rare that she will all out CRY about anything.

She loves to smile, she loves to kick and she loves to try to shove both her fists in her mouth at the same time.

She hates her carseat and she loves TV. Both opposite of her big brother who loved his carseat and couldn't care less about the TV.

So now the question is... do we DARE attempt baby #3? Or just call it good with our two amazing kids :) We feel so blessed!!!

3 Month Stats:
23 1/2 Inches - 50%
9lbs 15oz - 10%
13 Inch Head - 10%

Vander Lee - 19 Months- The helper

I think nearly every month I think to myself "This is my FAVORITE stage". But now I have realized, its true.. the older he gets, the more I just ADORE him. His personality is just so infectious and I just absolutely love my little boy.
Vander is constantly happy! He runs around with a giant grin on his face at almost all times. He is tender hearted and loves to spend time with his family. He loves his little sister and is so sad when she cries. He has become quite the little helper lately. He wants to help with absolutely everything. It generally ends up making a 1 minute task take about 10 minutes, but seeing him so excited about helping is well worth it. His newest favorite is to help make pancakes. He cracks the eggs, pours the milk, mixes the batter and loves every second. Aside from his sweet desire to help with everything- this is what my little man is up to these days...

-He is obsessed with his blankee- STILL- only the obsession is growing...
-He loves to distroy his room and pull everything out of the dressers if we leave him in there awake too long
-He loves to sing songs, but doesn't know all the words, so alot of the time he just mumbles to the same tune as a song. His favs are twinkle twinkle and Old MacDonald
-A new word he has learned quite well the last week... "MINE!".. OY VEY!!
-He will repeat almost anything you ask him to say
-He is an all star saying please and is getting pretty good at Thank you also.
-He likes to pull you to whereever he wants you to go. He'll grab your hand and just pull you around
-His favorite snacks of all time are gold fish and fruit snacks. He could have those two for every meal :)

He has become so interactive and so fun. Such a blessing to our family!!
We love you Van man!