Monday, June 8, 2009

Lukas Erectus

We decided to get Luke one of the Bumpo seats to help strengthen his muscles so that he can start sitting up. He really enjoyed viewing the world in a vertical position for a change. Unfortunately, Mr. Thunder Thighs is just about too big for it. When I tried to get him out, his chunky thighs got stuck. Guess we'll need to find something a little bigger for our gigantor.
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Bromance

Just a precious moment shared between my handsome boys.
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Arts and Crafts

Before summer vacation started, and Sean would be home every day, we decided to take advantage of his absence and go ahead and get started on his Father's Day gift. Here's a picture of Izzy decorating the coozie we got him. I gave her each letter and showed her where to place them. Then, I let her loose to pick out other stickers. She was determined to "do it by myself".
She decided Luke could use a little sprucing up and put a few stickers on him. He seemed to enjoy being accessorized until....
the girly stickers came out. No girly pink hearts for him. Oh, get used to this Luke. I'm sure the day will come when she'll make you wear one of her princess dresses. Poor little guy!
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Little Miss Independent

Thanks to all of mommy's hype, Izzy has really bought into the whole being a big girl thing. Any time a new baby enters a family dynamic, one would expect the older sibling to regress a little. Thankfully, all our efforts have prevented this from happenincg and Izzy's been becoming more and more independent. She now takes baths by herself. We of course watch her down the hallway and help out with complicated tasks but we don't hover over her anymore and instead let her enjoy her free play time in the tub. She even drains the water out when she's ready to get out. An added bonus is her bath time has been reduced...I guess it's not as much fun if there's no audience.
Izzy is also sitting in a regular chair now for her meals and is using regular utensils...she's quite proud of that. She's still learning her big girl manners but making great progress. Sean and I have to constantly remind ourselves, she only 3. We're holding on to the hope that at four, they get easier, right?
Since Izzy no longer needs her booster chair, Luke has moved right on in and now hangs out with the family during dinner. He made it a few minutes before we lost our appeal for him and he dozed off. Izzy can't wait for him to start solids so that she can feed him. Another lesson in patience for all of us.
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Weekend update

We had a busy weekend, but unfortunately, neglected to take our camera to capture the fun stuff. On Saturday, we went to a baby shower and got to see some old and very dear friends. Izzy and I, of course enjoyed all the deserts most as we both indulged for the special occasion. Thankfully, there aren't any pictures of that! Below is just one of probably many more pictures to come of Izzy holding Luke. I haven't yet figured out if she truly loves to hold him this much or just loves the opportunity to have her picture taken again..."Take my picture, Mommy."
Luke's been getting stronger and stronger. He can lift himself up and even rolled over twice last week. I think he just got lucky, though, because despite his efforts, he hasn't been able to repeat this accomplishment. He's has reached the stage where he wants to be sitting upright at all times to see everything that's going on. While I appreciate his curiosity, my arms do not...he's one heavy baby! I can't quite recall who gave me the boppy when I was pregnant with Izzy, but thank you whomever you are. Nursing would be quite the workout without it!
A rare photo of Mommy and her babes...I'm finding that with all my mom friends, we are very rarely in pictures anymore. Partly due to being self-conscious about our post baby bodies and partly because most dads seems to forget to capture these precious moments. Dads, forgive my gross generalization...I said most, not all. I'm trying to not fight the camera anymore no matter how terrible I look for fear that when my kids are older, they won't have to wonder where mommy was during their childhoods.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Snow White's work is never done

Like most little girls, Izzy loves dressing up like the Disney princesses. Her absolute favorite costume is the Snow White costume Sean bought for her for a quarter at a yard sale. Yesterday she got the cleaning bug and decided to clean up a bit for mommy. I'm training her well although she still leaves her socks and shoes around the house like her daddy.
Izzy and I were playing around with the camera and I told her to give me a big smile. Ofted when I tell to her to smile, she gives a very fake looking smile so to solve that issue, I told her to give me a hot fudge sundae look...it was perfect!
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