Finally! Some pictures...

One of David's MOST FAVORITE things to do is make Chocolate Chip Cookies. Seriously. We make them probably twice a week (he begs me everyday). Ya, not exactly helpful with the losing of baby weight. He loves it though, so I love to do it with him. He barely ever wants to eat the finished product but boy does he love the dough.


Emily's first experience having big girl food, Rice Cereal. She's not really sure what she thinks.

She decided she was a fan. Here, she's got her lips tight together so she can force air out of them making a funny noise. It's a new thing she does when she's happy lately. She kept doing it, spraying goopy Rice Cereal all over the place!

Well, after a day of rice cereal we figured she was ready to move on to bigger and better things. Nothing like a good Hotdog! (like brother, like sister?) Oh, don't worry! It's just pretend!

This picture is so funny to me! She just looks like a miniature lady! She's getting so good at sitting up.

One day last week I had a client coming at 5:00. At 4 I decided to bathe the kids and get them in their jammies since I would be occupied with my client until well into the evening. I figured this way they would be all ready and would still be able to be put to bed on time. Well, I guess they rely on their bedtime routine more than I thought cause this is what happened at 4:45.


Naked Emily! I left Jason to watch the kids while I collected on my Mother's Day massage. This is how she was when I got home. She had had a blow out and I guess Jason couldn't find any clean clothes?? Dads are so funny! I do have to say though, that I just love her little rolls!

My friend Lisa let me borrow her baby walker for Emily. Emily never really got a chance to try it out though, because a certain little guy was completely intrigued with it. That is, until he got stuck in it! I had to give it back to Lisa!

Tidbits from David's World...

Today David escaped outside AGAIN (it's been a real problem lately) and Jason caught him. We put him in the naughty chair (like the 20th time for the same offense) and I started to explain, yet again, why he couldn't go outside alone. I said " David you can't go outside without Mommy or Daddy, it's dangerous. You could get hurt, or you could get lost and Mommy and Daddy would be SO sad." Jason said " Ya David, someone could steel you." I said "Jason I don't think he knows what that means." So Jason elaborated by saying "You would have to live with someone else. Would you want to live with someone else??" As we're having this intense teaching moment, we expect him to reply with a quick and sad, yet somewhat frightened "NO!" But what do we get? ... ... A quick and blatant "YES!" We had a good laugh!!

David has been going around all day acting as the noise police. Every time I've done anything that makes a sound: using the mixer, starting the washing machine, or even loading dishes into the dishwasher he comes running to me saying "Mom, stop that right now! Emily is sleeping!" (whether she is or not) I would like to believe that he's being a concerned big brother but really I just think he's heard it so many times that he thinks we aren't aloud to make ANY noise!

Alot of times when I take David out for walks I run into neighbors and friends and I'll stop to chat for a minute. Well, I guess a few times I've pushed David past his patience limit while waiting for me to continue our walk because the last few times we've been on a walk and we're approaching ANYONE, even if it's a service man, David says "No talking Mommy!" Oh brother! He is a character!

Warning: Potty talk ahead

Yesterday I was changing Emily's dirty diaper and David was sitting right there. In the middle of the change I said "Wow! Stinky, Ems!" David piped up in reply "Ya, makes me want to throw up!!" I laughed for about 5 minutes! It still cracks me up just thinking about it!

This afternoon I was changing David's dirty diaper and I noticed a rash on the inside of his upper thigh. After cleaning him up, but before fastening his new diaper, I moved my head in closer to get a better look and make sure it wasn't anything threatening and he said "No, Mommy! Don't see my poop!" Besides the fact that it was already cleaned up- does he think I usually wear a blind fold when I change him? It's a little late for modesty!

Diet Dr. Pepper. Not so good...

For two year olds, that is. It all started when I was doing my friend Jen's hair. She knows of my insane love and "need" for Diet Dr. Pepper and actually shares a similar love affair with Diet Coke. As a friendly gesture she brought me a 44 oz DDP (as I affectionately like to refer to it). Now, a 44 oz drink is rather large and I was just getting started with her hair so I'm thinking it will last me through the duration, and then some. Well, I took a healthy sip and then set the cup on the table. About a half hour later I went to refresh myself and the cup was nowhere to be found. Hmm, I thought. "I could swear I put it right here", I said. Just then I glance into the living room to see none other but the 'sneaky' David sitting on the couch with an all but empty 44 oz cup. Oh, yes. All gone except the last 7% (backwash). Ok, so really there was like an inch or two left on the bottom but that was probably just melt-off from the ice! "Oh my gosh!" I said to David. "Doesn't your belly feel sick?" I asked. He replied with a perky "No!" I stood there in disbelief. Even I would feel sick after drinking all of that. The day went on, I finished Jen's hair and that evening Mel and Grayson came over to visit. Right away Mel noticed David was quite 'excitable', if you will. Laughing and jumping and running! At first I thought he just had lots of energy since he'd been cooped up most of the day but once I watched him closely I agreed; this was the effects of some serious caffeine. Since he didn't have a nap that day I expected him to go to bed pretty easily. He did- sort of. He went to bed but woke up after one hour because he heard some beeps. I hadn't heard anything so I told him it was a car outside. I got him back to bed and he woke up again a little later telling me there was an egg on the floor in his bedroom. What? I had no idea what he was talking about and I just figured he'd had a weird dream. By now I'm realizing he obviously wasn't sleeping well. He looked rather bright-eyed considering he hadn't had a nap. I decided to let him stay up until he felt sleepy. This was at 10:30ish. At midnight (after 2 movies and 2 snacks) I started feeling freaked out. When the heck was he going to crash? I know some adults can't even tolerate caffeine(I just don't happen to be one of them!) so the more and more I thought about it the more I began to worry that he really wasn't feeling well. Then I started to wonder if it could be more dangerous than I thought...so I called poison control! I felt a little silly but I really was concerned and just wanted some peace of mind. Turns out he didn't even come close to consuming a dangerous amount and the lady said he would just be restless until it was completely out of his system. Well, finally at 1:30am I decided he was tired! I was changing his diaper for bed when all of a sudden he started getting all upset about a hat on the ceiling and he kept saying it was going to fall!! Wow! To this day I have no idea what that was all about but it was really scaring him so needless to say, I slept in David's bed and he slept in mine with Jason. We all fell into a peaceful slumber at about 2am. FINALLY!
So, everything ended up fine-thank goodness. The next day he was back to himself, although, he still talks about the hat on the ceiling. He's actually been quite sensitive to scary things and certain noises the last few weeks. His little cousin who is just a bit older has been going through the same thing, so I'm thinking it's just a phase. A phase that was aggravated by caffeine and lack of sleep causing partial hallucination? Yikes. As far as the DDP issue is concerned, I'm much more aware of where I set the cup and David doesn't get so much of a sip these days. He hasn't hardly even asked and when he does I just say "No, It makes you feel yucky, remember?" Then he asks for Milk. That's more like it!

Precious moment of the day...

Today I was sitting on the couch feeding Emily and David had been playing in his room for probably 5 or 10 minutes. All of a sudden he ran out into the living room and he said "I miss you mommy!" I said "Well, I'm just right here, bud." "Oh! I'm not sad anymore!", he said, and he turned around and ran off!

The 'no news' news!

David has even taken a vacation from trouble (what?) so I can't turn to him for a supply of entertainment! I do have to say though, that I'm loving the warmer weather and it has been so nice to spend more time outside with the kids.
In other news- Emily is now the queen of rolling over! Well, all most. She's pretty close anyway. It's more like a flip than a roll, but I'm still a proud mommy none the less. She's also having great fun with her feet these days. She tries persistently to get them in her mouth but her short little legs just won't reach.
As far as David is concerned, we've had NO success with the potty yet. He just isn't interested. I'm pretty sure he just thinks we're crazy to suggest he stop what he's doing to run into the bathroom when he could just enjoy the luxury (if you can call it that) and convenience of going right where he is. Maybe some new Spiderman underoos will do the trick?!
I'm very excited to report that Jason now has ONLY 2 more semesters to go until...GRADUATION?? Serious? I didn't think it would ever be close! THE END IS NEAR!!!
As for me- just the usual for the most part. Lately I've been trying to rekindle some good habits that have fallen by the wayside and do some things for myself as well. It's funny how once you have kids you sort of lose your identity. Well, I definitely have an identity as a mother and I LOVE that, but once I'm not with my kids I actually feel kind of awkward, like I don't know who I am or how to be outside of motherhood anymore. So I'm trying to find that again- just get to know myself again. I'm just trying to read more, spend more time on hobbies, and to consciously take a little time to myself each day where I just think about things that I like, how I feel, what gets me thinking. We'll see how it goes.
Well, that's all I've got for now. I'm sure David will start in with his silliness again any minute now and that always makes for good "post" material. -Til next time!