The Left Side

The Bug's current favorite phrase is, "On the left side." Everything is "on the left side." I had just brough up the highchair out of storage and was cleaning it off. Here was our conversation:

Mom: This is the baby's chair.
Bugs: It's kinda like my chair. [She points.] There's my chair, on the left side.
Mom: Yup - you're right.

She makes me laugh.

Destiny

Meet "Big B." He and the Bug are destined to marry. DH and Big B's daddy have been friends since high school, so they've been planning this arrangement for over 2 years now. Big B is actually a couple of months younger than Bugs, but in the end age doesn't really matter, right? Their first "date" was to see the Christmas Light displays this past holiday season. I mean, come on...they've already played husband and wife on TV and have even thought about buying their first home. Check it out!

Aren't they the cutest little actors you've ever seen. :)

Oh, Bugs...if you only knew of our plans for you...

New Blog Design

I owe my new blog design to SJH Blog Design. Thank you!

The Joy of Discovery

Our Little Man just discovered the toys over his head!

Ah the simple joys in life! Watching an infant learn and grow is so fun!

2-Months

Here is our little man at 2-months of age.

He is getting to be quite the little chunk.

Already wearing most of his 3-6 month clothes!

I love the way his face lights up and he starts kicking when he sees me.

I love the way he makes all sorts of faces before a sound comes out of that adorable mouth.

I love the way he calms right down in my arms (only if that belly is full).

I love how he smells.

I love those big blue eyes.

I love the way my DH cares for our kids.

I love the way Bugs is beginning to share her parents and appreciate the little guy. He still loves her, minus those little "accidental" falls right on him. :) He recovers pretty quickly.

Here's the Bug in his car seat.

What a silly little goober!

I love my husband and children. Today is a good day. (Minus the tempertantrum.)

Little Man

Our little man is growing so fast! He is becoming more alert and has such beautiful big blue eyes. DD is warming up to him too, except that she isn't allowed to be around him right now (see post below). Here are some recent pictures.




Here he is, awake. Like his mowhawk?

Someone was feeling a little left out of this photo shoot.

Sickness and Snow

Hi! Well, I know it's like I've fallen off the face of the planet, but I'm still here. I thought taking care of two kids was hard until last week when DD came down with croup. She wanted me to hold her all the time, while also taking care of a 4-week old, and trying my very best to not have here cough on him. Man, telling a two-year-old to not touch her baby brother just makes her want to do it more, but if he got sick...man, now that would be bad! Anyway, the doctor told us that the cool air would be good for her, so when it snowed last Saturday we bundled her up and braved the newly fallen snow. You can tell in these pictures that she wasn't feeling too good, but she still had fun.

At first we had here completely bundled, just like Randy on A Christmas Story. I didn't see it happen, but DH said that she bent down to touch the snow and her face went right down with her little bum in the air (like a triangle). DH picked her up and she said, "Daddy help." DH then help wipe the snow away from her face. Wish we could have caught that on film!

We decided to remove the coat so she could at least move around. Here she is trying to make a snowball.

Happy faces - well mostly happy.

I was trying to show her how to catch a snowflake in her mouth. I look ridiculous, I know, but I didn't want to get snowflakes in my eyes!

A report of her health as of today - she's recuperating well. I know she's feeling better because she's back to her usual 2-year-old ways. I need to capture that look she gives me when I ask her not to do something, yet she does it again anyway with that mischievous look on her face.