Easter Fun

Egg Hunt 2010 from Cecilia Harvey on Vimeo.

Bella's Easter egg hunt was much more successful this year than last. Braxton didn't participate much though since he can't even roll over yet, let alone go searching for plastic eggs. Anyway, we decided to put stickers in most of the eggs instead of candy. That was the best $1.99 investment we have ever made.
Those stickers kept Bella quiet through the entire first session of General Conference, and she was still playing with them 10 hours later when it was time for bed. Yes, they were slathered on every surface in our house including carpet, couch, sibling, and our limbs, but she LOVED it. It took us half an hour to clean them up. The first thing she asked when she woke up this morning was, "Where did the stickers go?" They are in the garbage, Love.

Another Trick up her Sleeve

Cartwheel Attempts from Cecilia Harvey on Vimeo.

We showed Bella how to do Cartwheels. I think she lacks the upper body strength, and a couple other things. I'm confident she'll figure it out sometime in the next couple years.
On another note: I've felt 10 times better than I thought I would recovering from a C-section, but every now and again I discover things that I can't really do anymore, like a cartwheel. The incision area is really tight, so I have to bend my legs when I do it. Bella will have to find someone else to show her how to do it right.

2 Month Results for Braxton

Monday was Braxton's 2 month birthday. He spent part of it at the doctor getting shots and measurements. Here is the final result.

Weight: 10 lbs 11 oz (up 15% from his 2 week appointment. Now he's in the 25th percentile)
Length: 22.1 in (25th percentile)
Head: 38.4 cm (25th percentile)

According to to the numbers, his height, weight and head circumference are very proportionate. Way to go Brax!

Put Me in the Zoo

We took Brax to the zoo for the first time a couple weekends ago. I can't say he got much out of it, but Bella sure enjoyed it. This time she not only knew the animal sounds, but she did the accompanying animal dance too. Her favorites are the monkey and tiger.
The carousel was still her favorite part. The cougar wasn't her first choice. She wanted the tiger, but an ambitious little boy with the same hope was quicker. Bella had to settle for the tiger's stripe-less cousin. Brax had to ride whatever animal was next to Bella, which happened to be an anteater. I don't think it lessened his enjoyment though.

Interview with Bella

I set up an interview with Bella for those of you who want to know how Bella is these days. It was hard to get her to stay still very long, so I hope you don't get motion sickness. Bella was working hard doing somersaults before I did this (see the previous video), as is evident by her messy pig-tails. Also, this video is like four minutes long, so get your popcorn ready and go to the bathroom before you hit play.

Interview with Bella March 19, 2010 from Cecilia Harvey on Vimeo.

p.s. if you notice the scabs and bruises on her face don't dial the DCFS. She has become very daring/ reckless in the past two weeks, which includes jumping off beds and landing face first. We don't beat her, and we try to stop her ahead of time. Alas, the girl is faster than we are.