I swear that having children makes brain cells disappear. Today I spent 20 minutes scouring my house on the hunt for a bottle. I was feeding Anderson and he fell asleep so I laid him down. But, as usual, he woke back up 5 minutes later and wanted more to eat. But I could not find the bottle anywhere. Literally, it had been 5-10 minutes since I had set the bottle down, but I could not find it anywhere. I looked and looked in every room, behind every cushion, and throughout my refrigerator... no bottle. I was starting to feel like I had lost my mind as I could not recall what I had done with it after I laid Anderson down... 5 minutes ago! Finally I gave up and was going to make another bottle and when I opened to the cabinet to get it out... there was his bottle. I had capped it and put it back in the cabinet... the cabinet!?!?!? What in the world was I thinking? And I couldn't even recall in my memory when I had put it there. So sad... so, so sad.
On another note, this weekend was CRAZY! I will post the pictures as they give you some idea of what we did over the past couple of days. Short version - six little blonde girls (ages 2-5), a month old baby, Kings Island, night at a hotel with swimming and pizza, The Newport Aquarium, and a family cookout. Despite its craziness- it was so fun to see the girls spending time together and to visit with the family! We love you all and hope to do it again soon!
She calls him bubby. I don't know why but she won't even let Greg and I call him bubby... "he's my bubby" she tells us. The first question people ask me these days is how she is with him. Really, she is amazing with him. She doesn't seem to be jealous hardly at all. The only thing she says is when Greg or I tell Anderson we love him, she will give us this terribly pouty face and ask sadly "don't you love me?" As soon as we reassure her that we love her too - she smiles and moves on. This afternoon was absolutely beautiful so we pulled out a blanket and spent some time in the sunshine. Love these kiddos!!
I have to admit that I am loving staying home with the kiddos. I also have to admit that I love that Ava is back at Trish's three days a week and Anderson and I can have some time together. It is nice to not have to share him or ignore him so that I can attend to her needs. She is a blast, but she is ... um... demanding. She is finally pedaling her bike so that it can move forward. The coordination of this task has taken some time for her so this is a big accomplishment. You can see the pride beaming out of her in the photo above. She still needs me to walk beside her and help her steer because has to concentrate so hard on her pedaling that she tends to drive herself into the grass. Anderson is still working hard at his daily routine of eating and sleeping. From time to time we get to see his eyes and at his one month appointment he weighed 10 lb. 13 oz. He is growing, but looks like he may have inherited his daddy's 'chicken legs.' Even Ava has taken to calling him 'chickie legs.' Not much else at our house except the much anticipated arrival of Auntie Megan and Uncle Kyle... and "what is that boys name again" (Ava)... Carter! Ava told her babysitter this morning that they are coming to visit tomorrow and they will be sleeping in mimi and papa's bed (our spare room). We can't wait to see you guys and we even had our carpets cleaned so Carter won't have to crawl through our filth! :)
daddy! Every year on the weekend of Greg's birthday we go to the Greensburg fair (in the town where Greg grew up). We have gone every year since Ava was born and this year she talked for weeks about riding the ferris wheel with her daddy for his birthday.
playing ski ball... daddy didn't do so good, but he managed to win her a dolphin
terrified all the way down...
Mimi loves this one... says it looks like he is telling her a secret. :)
