Look mama, I can do it! GG has really been trying to eat on her own and gets pretty upset sometimes if I try to help her. Today, she got impatient with the whole spoon thing after she'd already gone through a bowl of soup, so she decided to try to drink her yogurt from the bowl. It doesn't look it, but she has improved.
Today is Pepe's cousin's 30th birthday. Alex is the godfather of both of our children and their family is very special to us. His youngest child also shares his birthday, Annalise, who turned 1 today, so it was a big celebration. This photo just kills me! Look at little Alex's face when his Daddy turns to him after his face got smooshed into his cake! (a long family tradition on my husband's side)
"Daddy! Be a horsie!!"
On an unseasonably warm day, a boy and his buddy, Petie, getting a hug. Max is on the other side, if you look close, you can see his pink tongue giving Jack lots of kisses.
Another "tutu day", this time the princess found her prince, *ahem*, I mean, er, her frog.
Jack goes bibless. He's been doing better and better with some foods at not bathing in it at the table, so we decided to let him try. Even with angel hair spaghetti, he didn't do too bad at all! Big boy.
An unseasonable pretty day for January 31st. 71 degrees! We played at the park after Marley's 4th birthday party. I couldn't get any photos of the birthday girl, but GG was happy to say "cheese" over and over : ) while she was joyfully hunkered down into her comfy swing.
Our godson, Andrew's 4th birthday party! It is a family tradition on my husband's side for the birthday person to take the first bite of cake. It is also tradition for someone to push the birthday person's face into the cake. But Andrew? oh, no. He VOLUNTARILY launched his face into that cake when mom turned to get a knife (see her covering her face?) Hilarious.
We had a playgroup at the museum today with LLL. Jack finally got up on the horse. GG was on and off, but never long enough to capture a shot.
okay, just about every photo is of Jack or GG, so I thought I'd show an image of another staple around here. Coffee. I can't afford to throw away the coffee that I don't get to when I get super busy, so I usually refrigerate it and put it over ice later. Lately, this little piece of kitchen gadgetry has been my best friend. I whip up my coffee with some ice and it becomes an ice-creamy treat. It's a great pick me up at around 1am when I've got just a little work left to go before I can head for bed. I know there's lots of other things I can do with this Magic Bullet, I hope I can make some time to find out. The hubby bought this a couple years ago when I was making baby food all the time. It IS pretty awesome.
I had a feeling she would understand earning a sticker for picking up now. And she did! As soon as I asked her if she wanted one for picking up, she ran to the drawer and pointed where they were and she wanted to pick out her own and put it on by herself. She was so excited. I didn't even have a chart for her yet, so we borrowed one of brother's. Big girl.
GG took a nasty header into the train table yesterday. I saw the whole thing like it was slow motion but could not catch her in time. She hit her face full force, all her weight into the edge of the table. I seriously thought for a little while I might have to take her in for a scan. Her nose swelled up, split from the base where it's attached to her face and bled just a little inside, too. She did the cry where nothing comes out and she just shook all over. It was horrible. This was her first real blood-drawn ouchie. She was over it within 1/2 an hour and she didn't even have the black eyes I thought for sure she would have after her nap : )
Painted toast with homemade soup.
food coloring can be so fun!
Jack only asked for help on a few pieces, but he is putting most of his puzzles together by himself. Big boy!
(please excuse his mismatched outfit. He was warm and toasty in his pjs and it's awfully cold in the mornings so I didn't force him to completely redress when he woke up)
Okay, so this is a great example of why I'm doing this Project 365 (and thank God for my iPhone). I know, some of you are going to think this is a completely inappropriate photo, but most of you moms will relate. My little girl wanted to sit on the potty for the first time today (and not just on the lid). Not only did she want to sit on it, she didn't want to get down! And not only did she not want to get down but she actually WENT in the potty later that night! She was so proud of herself that she was dancing around and giggling! And I WAS PROUD OF HER TOO!! big girl! When she has a baby girl she will understand why I was so thrilled to put this picture up of our 16th day of 2009, what a big and proud day : ) love you, GG!
First pony tail ever!
I thought GG's piggies were starting to look pretty long, so I thought I'd give a pony a try and it fits (lilttle, but it fits)
This was a big day! GG's first time without a safety seat! She was cruising all over that tub, having a great time, no fear whatsoever. (luckily I got one shot- in 80- where they were looking, smiling, and actually accidentally covering all their important parts! yay)
Our friends, the Smiley's came over today for a short visit and lunch. Jack loves playing with Marley and talked about it all day the day before in anticipation.
You know it's time to put the decorations up when someone starts to think they're toys. It will be 7 weeks tomorrow. We're finally well enough everything is coming down. I love Christmas, but it will be nice to have my house back.
Couldn't get them both in one shot and both images are too funny to me, so I'm putting them both up, what the hey.
How 'bout that "do"?
The time honored tradition, passed down from generation to generation-- the bubble bath mohawk. GG wears it well, I think.
Note: still having accessory battles of will.
It was tough to choose one picture for today since it was Daddy's birthday, but I think this image captures just how much Jack enjoyed it!
I stopped today to just marvel at all the Christmas cards we received this year. (still have some late arrivals coming in) This is one of my favorite parts of Christmas.
I hate our camera. It takes the crappiest photos sometimes and it's hard to tell until you download them.
Jack gets a safety rail for his bed from the Three Kings. Wow! A big boy bed!
Daddy helping Jack and GG write their notes to the Three Kings. We decided to do this over the weekend instead of on the 6th (the Epiphany) so Daddy could be here in the morning.
Little shoes under the tree with notes to the Three Kings. This is an Epiphany tradition from Daddy's side of the family in Mexico.
GG screeches for the tutu anytime she spots her closet open. She wears it over anything and everything for as long as you will let her. Try to take it off, and you've got a huge battle of wills on your hands.
Really excited about peanut butter and jelly. I try to do this every Friday now because I know they love em. Can't complain too much that it isn't good for them. We use organic peanut butter, sugar free preserves and whole wheat bread and yes, they eat the crust. Look how happy she is! (she refused to give up the accessories for lunch. This is happening more regularly now.
The kids were starting to feel better after their nasty bugs over Christmas so we all decided to have a fun bubble bath. You can tell by GG's face she still isn't completely over it. By now, I was catching it. Still, tried to make it a good time.
