Shea at Two Months

Just Keep Swimming...

This summer, we have enrolled Lucas (our little waterbug) in swim lessons at Emler Swim School. He and three other kids go to Miss Kerin's class each Monday. Unlike most of the kids his age, Lucas has absolutely ZERO fear of the water. (Hence, the need for swim lessons). In three weeks of lessons, he has already started going underwater and holding his breath for 3 seconds. He loves swimming around in his little noddle boat, kicking with his fins, and standing on the platform in the middle of the pool. One of these weeks, I will get pictures during class, but lately I have been taking that opportunity to feed Shea. Oh well!  Here is is getting ready for his first day of class...

Even though we don't have a pool in our neighborhood, we have been having fun in our teeny tiny blow up pool in the backyard. Shea LOVES the water (maybe the only thing she loves), so we look forward to cooling off there (and anywhere else we can swim) for the next few months.

Here are some shots from our first pool day of the summer:

Texas Rangers!

For Phil's birthday back in February, I purchased tickets for he and Lucas to see the Astros and Rangers play a game this summer at the ballpark in Arlington. On Father's Day weekend, the day finally arrived. Lucas could NOT have been more excited! Here they are sporting their gear from their respective teams :)

According to Phil's report, they had a GREAT time. Lucas loved seeing everything at the ballpark, eating his chicken and fries (his favorite eating out food), cotton candy, and Dr. Pepper, and participating in the wave. For a two year old, I am pretty impressed that they stayed into the 8th inning on a Friday night. I think about half the time was spent walking around, but the other half was spent in the seats watching the players come up to bat and clapping when everyone else in the crowd did, too. He got to pick a special souvenir, and came home with a miniature Rangers baseball bat. Now, he plays baseball every day, pretending to hit a ball and run the bases around the couch in our living room. He also brought a little moose home for his baby sister...so sweet!

Now if Phil could just convince him to root for the Astros instead of the Rangers, baseball life in the Hlavaty house would be perfect :)

Fathers Day Celebrations

This year, Phil got to celebrate Father's Day as the Daddy of TWO!

I asked Lucas where if he wanted to take Daddy bowling or golfing for Father's Day, and he picked golf. Surprise!  So, we packed up the family and headed to Top Golf in Allen, a really cool driving range with games and food, sort of like a bowling alley.  Lucas LOVED it :) (And Daddy had a great time, too, don't worry!)

Here he is checking out his kid sized golf clubs...

It took him a little while to get the hang of swinging with a club that was taller than him, but by the end of the night, our little golfer was cracking balls 30 or 40 yards straight ahead. 2030 Masters, here we come!!!

Shea came, too...here's what she did for most of the day:

Here are my two golfers posing together...so cute!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!  WE LOVE DADDY!

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Lucas: End of School

In all the chaos of having a new baby, I neglected to post about the end of Lucas's school year at Greenville Oaks. Even though we have decided to switch schools next year, I cannot say enough wonderful things about his experience there this year. His teacher, Miss Missy, was wonderful. Lucas LOVED her and still asks just about every day if he gets to go to school and see her. We love you, Missy!

The kids' end of the year program was a Sesame Street theme, and Lucas's class was the Rubber Duckies. I will try to post the (hilarious) video on here when I get a chance. Hardly any of the kids sang, a few squeaked their duckies, and Lucas's best buddy Ryder screamed the WHOLE time. Lucas just looked confused :) But, they were ADORABLE in their duck costumes, so it was all worth it, right?!?

My shy little ducky...

Performance close up.

The whole class. And, by the way, isn't the set awesome?!?

Maybe my favorite...Ryder screaming, Lucas leaning over to check on him, and Harper telling Lucas to FACE FRONT!

Since he has been out of school, Lucas has filled his days with lots of exciting activities, like...

Playing hockey and soccer outside with his new net. (And golf, and baseball, and swinging, and pretty much anything else that can be done outside).

Hanging out with his sister and Baby Ella.

Making cookies with Mimi!

And eating cookie dough!

Generally being an awesome big brother to Shea. (My new favorite pic, by the way!)

Shea is One Month Old!

How did that go by so fast?!? I surely don't remember 30 middle of the night feedings! Anyway...you may remember the month-by-month animal photos that we did for Lucas. I loved those (and the resulting photo book) so much that I wanted to do the same for Shea. We got her two animals of her very own and took the first shots this morning:

She is a little slouchy, but here is the best look at the camera shot:

For comparison, here is Lucas:

Her face is definitely a little fuller, but they actually look pretty similar when she isn't scrunched up :)  Their one month growth stats were virtually identical. Shea weights in at 8 lbs. 11 oz. Lucas was 8 lbs 10.5oz...so, the same). Shea is about 21.5 inches tall. Lucas was 21 inches. This puts her at a healthy 40th percentile all around. Dr. Moulton says she is doing great, and commented once again on how "healthy" her lungs sound. (In other words, LOUD). We are working on moving her over full time to formula, due to my health complications this time around. She seems to be reacting better to the "gentle" formula for now, so we are hoping that she can stay on that once we fully transition.

Here are some more shots from the last couple of weeks at the Hlavaty house...

Super Big Brother Lucas has been AWESOME with his new little sister!

Mom keeps making Shea wear these annoying fabulous hair bows...

Hanging out with big brother at story time.

Shea's first 0-3 month clothes from her fabulous wardrobe, courtesy of Eloise White :)

And, just for fun...we caught almost the same shot of both kids staring down their animals at their one month photo shoots :)