That's my Boy

I heard both Amelia and William on the monitors in our bedroom (yes, we still use a monitor with William because he wakes up in the night still from time to time and we can't hear him from our room. The kids' room are on the other side of the house from the master bedroom and it is possible we would not ever hear them crying.) a few days ago. Since no one was crying, I took a moment to enjoy the moment of luxurious solitary laziness. However, we had places to be so the moment didn't last long (and you've seen what Amelia can do to a crib). William tends to get upset when he hears me in Amelia's room, so I usually go in and get him up and take him into Amelia's room. She always does a little happy dance in her crib when she sees William.

I opened the door to William's room and he was still laying in his bed. As my eyes adjusted to his darkened room, I saw that he was looking at a book while laying on his bed. After several seconds, William popped his head up and said "Oh! Hi mama! I'm just reading to my cars!"

And sure enough, he had six cars all lined up on the bed facing the book he was reading to them.

We're in trouble...

this baby girl is mobile...and these pictures are from several weeks ago (2 maybe?) Time to rechildproof. I wasn't aware that we had unchild proofed, but turns out we've gotten a little soft!

Worn Out

William has finally stayed the same size long enough to wear something out...

It's a Rough life

Amelia pooped on me twice today. You'd think I would be getting better at this. Or at least better than she is at the pooping part.

And then I got run down by William on his trike today and have the bruises and scrapes to show for the collision.

I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

grandma&grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa were here...well almost a month ago now. They came to help us with a BIG party we had at our house! The invitation said:

Come celebrate with us!
Kelly turned 30 years old! John turned 30 years old! William is 2! We have a new baby girl, Amelia! We've been married for eight years! We finished our basement!

This cooler entertained William for a LONG time. Longer than some of his toys have. Open the lid. Shut the lid. Open the lid, insert [whatever is laying around]. Open lid, take item out. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Kids reading books with Grandpa. I have some VERY funny video footage or them reading together, but it on my parent's camera. So, I'm waiting for them to send it. hint, hint.

Happy readers!

I don't have any other pictures because we were SO busy having fun the rest of the time!

Sibling Sweetness

If you would have told me how much fun it is to have two kids, I would have done it 100 years ago. Why didn't you tell me?

MESSY

Being a Mama means you aren't ever sure what you day is going to be like until you get up and get started.

Some messes are a given. No matter how many times I fix the rugs in the evenings, our cats always ...well, I'm not sure what they do. But, the rugs are always all over the place in the morning. Also a given is with my eyes half shut, I will trip over them at least twice a week.

Some messes are more of a ...surprise, if you will.