June

Some June high (and low) lights in pictures...

I'm probably being too task oriented about this but...

Lily got the messiest she ever has in food 

(I'm not a big fan of this, by the way)

"Cha-Cha's baby" was born!!

I am hoping we'll see them again soon b/c Peter is really into babies and often wants to "hold Lily"  but doesn't understand she won't just sit/lay there anymore.  So I think Steed will be an easier hold.  :)

I lost Peter at the new Children's Museum in Short Pump- yes, for about 10 min.  We left soon after that.  I just don't think we are the museum type.

Peter fed Lily her first ever grits and eggs- a love affair began!

Lily got her first birthday gift in the mail

"My Own Fairy Tale" from Aunt Carrie and Uncle Matt

Peter took the bus to the mall with Daddy

I followed them in the van and stalked them :)

and after dinner at Chick Fil A, he got to drive the whoo whoo

(then began hand mouth and foot virus that eve... & a seizure)

Lily learned to put the phone/her hand to her ear and say "HI!"

That's all I've got... Its past my bedtime!

Father's Day Weekend

lily's first official swim

(before the jelly fish arrived)

(peter is putting the net in the water)

(the boy likes to drive things)

(this may be one of my new fav pics)

(hi daddy)

(kiss)

(i wanna go high!)

have i mentioned how much i love my husband?!  he is the best dad!  it is obvious in how much they adore him.  he is so good to me too & great about helping with them SOOO much on the weekends.

and my dad (& dad-in-love)... also so wonderful... i am so very thankful.

Sadly, it was our last weekend to spend with Alvin (we celebrated Glenda's birthday).  He went to be with Jesus on 6.26.10.  He was such a good dad to Holly and a friend to everyone.  We enjoyed so, so many great vacations and weekends with Alvin.  We are thankful that we'll see him again but OH, we will SO miss him.  

philippians 1:21  to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Maddening

I think motherhood can make you crazy.  This morning was a pretty easy one... Lily slept in, Peter watched TV while I showered, cleaned up a little.  It was 10am and we were all close to being ready so I thought we'd make a Target run.  Lily had a fever yesterday afternoon but I thought if it was down, she was acting fine, I'd take her in the infant carseat to "contain" her.  I turned off the TV and had Peter come upstairs with me to get Lily up, put their clothes on.  Peter was playing nicely with Lily's new Noah's Ark so I went back down with Lily to give her b'fast while he played.  After feeding Lily her cereal/yogurt, I left her there with raspberries while I went back up to Peter.  He had the nearly empty container of glycerin suppositories in his hand, top off!  (Lily's been constipated again so I gave her 1/2 of one last eve and 1/2 this am.)  I asked him what he did with them, if he ate them?  He says "YES!" (in his happy voice).  I was able to walk around upstairs and find some of them on the floor so it looks nearly as full as it had been but its just so hard to tell.  So I ask him how many he ate and he says "TWO" in his happy voice.  Great!  Who knows if he's telling the truth?!?  Not sure exactly how this next part played out b/c its vague in my mind at this point....  After telling Peter that we do NOT eat them or ANY medicine, we give it to Mommy or Daddy, he ends up downstairs (maybe I was still searching for suppositories?).  In the meantime, Lily is crying hysterically downstairs b/c I've left her alone (and she's teething, not feeling great, has separation anxiety).  As I go back down and into the kitchen, I see the Milk of Magnesia jug (that had been on the kitchen table) with the top off sitting by the kitchen sink.  Peter!  I tried to be calm and decide how to approach it.  I asked if he drank any and he said yes.  I asked what it tasted like (thinking maybe he'd say "it taste bad!")... he said "It tasted like candy!" (in his very happy, pleased voice).  UGH! To give him a little credit, I am thinking maybe he realized he shouldn't have had it so put it on the counter by the sink.  And I can tell that not much is gone.  He has some on his bare chest but it doesn't look like there is any in his mouth.  But still the issue that he could have drank some... Honestly, I wasn't too worried about the actual "meds" he'd taken, it was more of the principal.  So being the great mom I am, I took him to the bathroom with a spoon and thought I'd try to get him to throw up.  I was able to get a few good gags but he never threw up.  As all of this is happening, Lily is STILL crying like crazy.  Its maddening.  Peter and I discussed that he would NEVER take or touch those things again.  
Peter wanted to, needed to rest so I directed him to the couch.  Lily is still crying so I nurse her to calm her but she's still crying after she finishes.  She also has a poo.  So I take her upstairs, she wants nothing to do with the diaper change (tho wearing a poopy diaper also makes her fussy).  She kicks and screams, arches her back as I attempt to change her, her feet in poo, poo on my hand, poo on changing pad.  Eventually, I just let her stand as I finished.  She finally calmed down and was ready to go back to sleep 1.5 hours after she'd gotten up.  So both of mine were sleeping again by 11:30am.  
I did end up calling Poison Control, just to be sure and at the insisting of my husband.  They said indeed, it could only cause diarrhea.  

Birthday Girl

How has it been a month since I posted?

This girl just turned ONE!

I made this super easy little tutu for her...

We celebrated at the River with all of my mom's family... Gram & Pop joined us and Gram took this beautiful picture (with her "real" camera) of the brown-eyed birthday beauty at her party. 

(little rememnants of hand, mouth, and foot virus on her chin)

More pics to come after unpacking, laundry and uploads...

Breaking Through

This is the little girl (& profile) I'm in love with...

She turned 11 months old this week...

what's happened to my baby?

She's learned to blow kisses and give kisses when asked.  I'll gladly take a face full of saliva.

She's been working on ALL 4 top teeth for the last few weeks.

It's always a little sad for me (and her- though not in these pics) to see those baby gums disappear... and a little girl emerge.

It's been looking pretty painful but some airplanes and tickles (and the occasional Tylenol) have helped!

Oh, she's so sweet.  Can she be my little girl forever?

Keeping Cool

So this is probably what a lot of our pics from this summer will look like...

sporting the free Pampers sunglasses- love it!

the "cool" face

Lily has mastered crawling with her knees up so they don't scrape the cement.

He's totally loving the pool- he's so entertained by it!

How sweet is this pic- I love, love, love the swirl of a baby's hair- I think I'd get mine cut short if it would look & lay like Lily's does in the above pic!

attempting a together pic

We've had some "guests"--- Fields and Emily

The Brown girls have also joined us this past week but we forgot to take pics.  :)

Good times, good times.

Girls Outting

We had an overnight at the river house with 3 ladies and 5 little girls (11 mo, 11 mo, almost 3, 4 and 5) from our small group...

Ruby & Lily

a bath together, of course!

look at their skin tones- this is all natural for Ruby--- their names sorta fit!!

We had a fried dinner in Urbanna on the way back...