Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Dishwasher fun

The other evening Kevin sent me this photo while I was at church.

winniedishwasher

Immediately, I remembered this photo:

DSCN2272

Eden climbed into the dishwasher when she was 13 months old. Winnie's doing it before she's 8 months old. If I thought Eden was a busybody, look out, self, Winnie's in town!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Where, oh, where does the time go?

Time is just flyin' by! Is this what all those old people mean when they say it goes by faster than you think?

Jeez.

Anyway, here's some stuff that makes me laugh. Or least, chuckle to myself.

Donut face
2012 11 21 eden donut 03

Ruby riding
2012 11 21 winnie ruby 05

Daddy spinning
2012 11 24 eden daddy dancing 02

Photo posing boredom (and a sneak peek at our Christmas cards this year)
2012 11 24 family feet 05

Toodles!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream...

Life in a nutshell:

* Halloween was a bust because both children were sick. Boo.

* I turned 30. Woo. (Now I'm officially a grown-up.) Kevin threw me a surprise gathering and it was lovely.

* Winnie turned 7 months old and grew 2 teeth.

* Eden is talking her head off all. the. time. And thinks it's hilarious to fart and say "Smells in here!" And she loves Elmo. Thomas the Tank Engine has been demoted.

* Kevin's going to Saudi Arabia from May 1, 2012 till May 2013. We are not going with him. We're staying here in Alabama. I love ya, Mom, but I don't want to move back in.

* We're going to Germany for Christmas to see our friends, the Petersons. Eden isn't coming. I'm sad. And glad.

* I'm tired. Winnie's not a sleeper. Apparently this isn't my fault, though. Kevin's parents told me they used to have to put him in their (heated and cooled) basement and let him cry all night long when he was a baby because he just wouldn't sleep. I'm not there yet with Winnie, but if I start asking for a basement-digging shovel for Christmas, you'll know why.

That's all. Here're the photos.

Going for a ride in the laundry basket.
DSC_0080

7 months old
DSC_0075

I may be wrong to leave out Sparty. Eden may just love Sparty as much as Elmo.
DSC_0064

Mmmm, peas.
DSC_0050

Blowing out my candles with the help of some little people
DSC_0045

This was our Halloween.
DSC_0019

Does anyone remember this photo of Eden?
Eden's first Halloween

Well, I love love love this pumpkin costume. Unoriginal but extremely cute! I think I'll try to take photos of all our children in this thing and maybe make a collage or something.
DSC_0003

That's all. Toodles!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Isn't it funny...

...how when you say something won't happen, it does?

Case in point: telling you guys I probably wouldn't be able to post for a while. Well, hot dog, I upload some photos last night during the (only) 90 minutes both children were asleep at the same time, so here's our life lately in photos. Not too motivated to type a big story. Most photos are self-explanatory. Enjoy!

2012 10 11 winnie 6 months old 02
Winnie at 6 months old

2012 10 15 winnie eating solids
More solid food adventures (and don't I look awesome!)

2012 10 19 winnie napping foot 01
I love an errant foot out the crib.

2012 10 24 eden dirty feet
For those of you who don't know, this is what typical 2-year-old feet look like after an afternoon playing outside. Dirty is putting it mildly.

2012 10 24 eden playing outside 08
It's always nice to have a reading buddy.

2012 10 24 winnie hair
Winnie's hair - mostly baby chick fuzz with a nice sweep of darker comb-over.

2012 10 29 pumpkin painting 08
Painting our pumpkins with fingerpaint

2012 10 29 winnie 6.5 months old 04
Six and a half months old - what a goober.

They may be sick and not sleeping well and driving me crazy, but they melt my heart. :)

P.S. Happy Halloween. Ours stunk. Hope yours was good!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

M. I. A.

Sorry it's been a while. It'll probably be a little longer, too. The past month hasn't been great. Sleep and health have been poor. My children are sick. A.G.A.I.N. What have I been doing wrong? Jeez, it's frustrating. Especially working on a couple hours of sleep a night.

Bleth.

Sunday, October 07, 2012

Lots of firsts!

The last week or so has been filled with a lot of firsts. I'll share the most dramatic first.

Eden got her first hair cut. Now, before I post before and after photos, let me get on my defensive mommy soapbox for a minute (consider yourself warned). Now I understand that I have been blessed with a child with an abundance of hair. I know I am lucky to have a little girl who has always had a LOT of hair. However, the hair had surpassed the pleasant phase to the annoying phase. It would be get caught in her armpits and she couldn't turn her head. It got caught in her mouth and made her gag. It would (warning: grossness ahead) string itself in her poo and hurt coming out. She had to hold it out of her eyes all. the. time. So the pragmatic side of me made a decision (with Kevin's blessing) to cut it all off. I was completely torn between keeping my child's beautiful hair in cute pigtails and admiring the natural curls (which I don't think about a lot right now because it still makes me want to cry) and allowing my child to live life without being obstructed by her hair. It was just too much hair for a toddler. So I took her to get it cut off. I'm still very sensitive about this because all I hear is "I can't believe you cut it off! It was so beautiful!" I know that, people! It was painful to watch it get cut, but life has been so much easier without it. So I guess if you don't mind me borrowing a lesson from Thumper's mother, if you don't have something nice (or supportive) to say (i.e. "It's so cute short!"), then don't say anything at all (i.e....*crickets chirping*...).

Thank you. My apologies for my ranting. And now I will proceed.

Before her hair cut:

2012 10 02 eden winnie couch 01

After:

2012 10 04 eden first haircut

And now for some more firsts:

Eden went to the dentist for the first time. She was fine till the dentist wanted to look in her mouth. Then when he was done, she was fine again. Ah, the magic of balloons and stickers.
2012 10 03 eden dentist

Winnie ate solids - on purpose - for the first time (Eden's feeding her crackers, bread, and peanut butter don't count in my book). She had mashed banana.
2012 10 03 winnie first solid food 01

She wasn't a big fan.
2012 10 03 winnie first solid food 05

2012 10 03 winnie first solid food 11

Eden got her first tricycle ($10 from a consignment sale - woohoo!). She doesn't quite understand the pedaling and steering yet but she loves her "bi-see-cle."
2012 10 05 eden tricycle 03

2012 10 05 eden tricycle 05

Last but not least, Winnie sat up unassisted.
2012 10 06 winnie sitting up

Then she fell over. Then today she pulled herself up unassisted. I swear tomorrow she's going to start walking.

In other current events, we went to the fair (don't you love how well my children are posing for the photo?):
2012 10 06 fair 04

We went to the pumpkin patch:
2012 10 06 pumpkin patch 02

And Eden started learning early about the importance of breastfeeding:
2012 10 07 eden pumping 01

Yes, that's Eden with my breast pump.

And finally, because I couldn't pass it up, I have to show you this sign we saw at the fair. Yes, Alabama strikes again.

2012 10 06 fair  sign 06

Do Not Inter.

Don't worry, Alabama. I don't really want to anyway.






Friday, September 28, 2012

Our House is a Very Very Very Fine House

My children are growing.

2012 09 18 eden 01

Yesterday Winnie was born...wasn't it yesterday?

2012 09 18 winnie PB cracker 02

(That's peanut butter graham crackers - yes, you read that right - on her cheek next to the dog toy rope in her mouth. We're very picky about what goes in our 5-month-old's mouth around here.)

2012 09 18 eden 03

My 2-year-old says things like "I likey booby, Momma!" 

Thank you, Eden. I like your boobies, too.

2012 09 18 eden 02

This girl clearly is a thrill seeker. "Gitchoo, Momma? Gitchoo?" (Translation: Run after me!)

2012 09 21 eden playground 11

Gigantic slide? Scared all the way down, but she'll go on them over and over.

2012 09 21 eden playground 14

She gets this sense of adventure from her dad.

2012 09 21 eden playground 21

My kind of adventures are more low key.

2012 09 21 eden playground 22

A great craft project...a hunt for great shopping bargains...a trip to the carwash...these are my thrills.

2012 09 21 winnie playground 07

Seeing my 5-month-old lay on her back one day then crawl across the floor the next. That's my thrill.

2012 09 21 winnie playground 17

Watching my 2-year-old go pee-pee in the potty after telling me she had to go. That's my thrill. 

2012 09 23 eden 01

Discovering Eden in a preemie-size (yes, preemie) onesie after a nap one day. That's my thrill.

2012 09 23 eden preemie onesie 01

Returning from the laundry room to discover my 2-year-old figured out how to cut her own hair. That's my (very unwanted) thrill.

2012 09 24 hair shots winnie 01

(To combat the sadness, we took funny pictures using Eden's cut hair. I know, I know. You almost can't handle the amount of excitement in our lives.)

2012 09 24 hair shots kevin 08

2012 09 24 hair shots cam 12

Yes, that's our life.

2012 09 24 winnie  5 months 01

Thrilling every single minute.

2012 09 24 winnie  5 months 06

Toodles!