Had to take a pic - - can't believe we are getting gas this cheap! It's crazy how much the price of gas has come down... We need to go on a road trip!
The boys being boys. Maxwell has tackled Hayden.
My sleeping babies. How sweet is this?
Max has like 4 different hats on
Emmalyn is doing a great job feeding herself. I still make her baby foods but we are also giving her more foods to feed herself than we did with Maxwell.
Emmalyn ready to cheer on the local team. Go cowboys!
Maxwell made this ornament at school with his school pic (we didn't end up buying any of these pictures so this is the only one we'll get)
We celebrated his last day of school for the year with Momma picking him up from school and going out to get ice cream.
Peter and I took both the kids furniture shopping for a new TV console. It's harder to shop with two kids! Emmalyn is in the stroller but Maxwell just walks by us which means he's harder to contain and keep his hands off everything.
Emmalyn continues to grow and do new "exciting" things -
Her tastes are really expanding. Her favorite thing to chew on lately is shoes...any kind of shoes...it's like she's drawn to them. I have to be super aware and keep them aware from her. GROSS!
Her second tooth on her left on top broke through on Dec 20 which is good because she's been fussy and not sleeping well.
She is standing a lot, pulling up and walking along things, and also climbing over things.
Will all that new moving, she's also falling down but that doesn't seem to bother her most of the time.
Sometimes she will give "kisses" (big open mouth kisses).
Her favorite toy is the activity table.
She loves her binky. (Max did NOT, so I'm nervous about having to eventually break her from it someday.
She's a momma's girl but certainly lights up for her daddy, Uncle Joe, and Aunt Brittany when she sees them.
When I sing to her she is starting to sing back to me.
She has now learned how to scream.
Can blow raspberries
She makes sounds like "gah gah" and maybe some "buh buh" and "ma"? (at least that's my interpretation.
Here's what we had going on during the week of 7-21 through 7-27...
Sneaky hand wiggled out of the swaddle. Doesn't she look comfortable?
We went on a walk. Max loves his new big trike!
Two kiddos out enjoying the weather
Always smiling
Daddy is so funny!!!
I hit the shopping jackpot. I just happened to go into JCPenney when they had just dropped their clearance items prices. Everything that was on clearance was 1.99!!! I loaded up on clothes for Max and Emmalyn (I bought stuff up to 3 sizes bigger than their current size. Who can pass up 1.99?! That's cheaper than a consignment sale!). I also got some extra stuff for presents/Hayden/Landen. When the cashier went to tell me what I saved, she stopped and goes, "I don't think I've ever been able to tell someone that they have saved this much." :) I LOVE A GOOD DEAL!!!! The best deal was a great blazer for Max that was originally 45.00!
Max's eyes are really pretty. They have this ring of brown around the center followed by green and then the outer circle is a dark blue. It's so hard to capture how pretty they are on camera. Add the beautiful colors with some great lashes and you have some future girl's daydreams. :)
My tomato plants are hanging on. It's tough in the summer heat but I am babying them to try and get something out of them. I had a few little tomatoes that were growing and one started going red. I was soooooooooo excited!
The next morning I came out, all excited because my tomato should be ready to be devoured! This is what I found...someone had already eaten half my tomato! Those stinkin' birds!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGH! All I want is a homegrown tomato, man!! I can't win. :(
Maxwell wanted to give his sister a hug...
Then he wanted to help burp her...
...And touch her
I wanted to get a cute picture of the two of them and of course she spits up just at the right time.
My kiddos
We went and visited my friend Sarah and Max's friend S. The boys had fun taking turns in the garage with this hot wheels car. One boy would be the "driver" and the other would be the "fixer" and fix the engine or pump up the tires. They did a great job taking turns and swapped back and forth more than 10 times.
Working on the tires
Silly smiles. It's so hard to get his genuine smile lately.
Life with a 3 month old can be full of "natural" fun and surprises. I wanted to get a video of her talking. Go ahead, watch these. :) The first two are short but oh so fun.
Video - First try
Video - Second try
Video - And finally, we get what I was going for...
Cuddles at bedtime. Max loves to cuddle Emmalyn with their heads together.
We went out to dinner. Emmalyn does much better than Max did at this age with going out to eat. She's pretty pleasant and easy going (especially if she can watch a tv which is great because they are everywhere in every Dallas restaurant, it seems).
She prefers to stand this way - one foot in front of the other
Max wanted to ride this ride at Toys R Us. He wanted us to put money in so it would really "go". This was the first time he ever had an interest in it going.
Love the band-aid on his ear? He was acting like he had an ear infection so I put some essential oils on a cotton ball and put a band-aid over it. It may have looked funny but it worked! The ear infection quickly went away.
Emmalyn update -
I caught her staring at her hands. It's fun that she's finally realized she has them!
She SCREAMS at night during diaper changes (before I nurse her).
We went to the athletic club twice this week so Peter could work out and Max and I could swim. We put Emmalyn in the day care there. Both times I was called over the loud speaker to come to the Fun Club. When I got there she was throwing a fit, screaming, and not calming down. It was a bummer because we only got in about 20 minutes of swimming before they would call me. I'm worried that she was freaking out so much but the girls there are really encouraging and tell me to keep bringing her back because she will get used to it and eventually be okay.
She still spits up a ton! (did you see the video?) It doesn't seem violent though so I'm not worried about it be acid reflux. Apparently some babies just spit up a lot.
She is great at playing on her play mat.
Some mornings she will just hang out happily in her crib cooing and being happy.
She is so loud!
Max update -
We put the protective sheet on Max's bed this week so that we could start to try and have him nap in underwear instead of diapers and he stayed dry during his nap the first time!
Kallie update -
I'm losing my hair like crazy. I know it's normal post pregnancy and that it's just the hair that didn't fall out when I was pregnant but it's seriously crazy. I have to clean my brush out each time I use it, I pull out clumps of it in the shower. It's gross and awful.
Wife, Mom, and Career Woman. Trying to succeed at all three. Enjoy cruising, time with friends and family, and sleeping. Busy life doesn't leave time for as much fun as in the past but that's okay, it's still a good life.
