16 months

busy
crazy
exhausting
independent
screamer
hugger
kisser
talker
singer
elmo lover


some words to describe my son a t 16 months. he now says mommy and daddy...no more mama and dada. he climbs on the table at least three times a day. he pulled the playroom tv off the stand. the pushes every button he can touch...loves the light switches. he recognizes and love's elmo but doesn't really watch anything. i think he may have some musical talent...no kidding! now he doesn't really sing all the words, some words but more like the notes and tune. he sings the climb (he knows the long notes), abc's, happy birthday (the "cha cha cha "part but it's "da da da"), it's a hard knocks life (the last verse), phineas and ferb, gitchi gitchi goo (the baby, baby part). i'll get some video up soon . it's hilarious!

my pixie

so here's the after courtesy of my friend michelle. i think it's going to be really cute when the short bangs and sides grow out a bit :) i think i had the same hair cut back in '78! one of her school mates said it looked like a boy :( she said "no it doesn't! i'm a girl!" i so remember being told what a cute little boy i was back then. today she said she hates her head :( oh my girlie...i love you so. xxoo

how much can one mommy take?

and why does it all happen at once? i don't have the answer...but i need a vacation!

two friday's ago lily has 104.4 and a sore throat. i'm pretty good at diagnosing her now...strep throat or uti. strep - uti + but since she's had three cases in less than a year she was referred to an ent. saw him last week. no tonsillectomy yet :) but one more case this year they're coming out.

i start feeling a cold coming on that weekend. really knocks me down for a few days. not good since i am crazy busy with work and have a 5k and triathlon sprint coming up.

last friday jack comes down with a fever. he is miserable for the weekend. sunday afternoon it reaches 105.2 for the second time. off to the er. i'm starting to feel a little nauseous as we wait. as the nurse is taking blood from jack i can't hold it back any longer. i run to the bathroom and puke. now scott is sitting with his sick baby and sick wife at the er. jack's ok. his fever finally broke on tuesday with a rash following.

i spent the day in bed on monday, scott on tuesday and ava on wednesday. phew...that was rough.

tuesday while jack and scott were napping i was trying to catchup on some work. ava comes into my office and said "mommy, look what lily did!" i turn and see this....

"OMG! where is your sister!!!!!" i cant' believe it! what was she thinking! i'm frantically running around the house searching for lily. "ava why in the world did you let her do this to you? you have no hair left!" i finally find lily, asleep on the couch. "ava, did you cut your own hair?" "yes" as she bursts into tears. "it's ok honey, you look beautiful."

so i guess she went into her room, sat a the vanity, looked in the mirror and cut all the hair she could reach. at least she put it in the trash :) stay tuned for the new do!

my boy and his rash...he really doesn't have a butt!

so then.....

friday night the girls are playing and i hear a scream. lily grabs her mouth and yells that ava pulled both her teeth out. apparently she was biting a scarf and ava pulled it. then voila...

my toothless wonder! i woke her up to take these. she thinks she looks like a vampire. i love that she has a lisp! my girl will never look the same. i'm going to miss my little gap tooth girl and her little chicklets!

diy halloween costumes

love these costumes from martha stewart.
i love this one for jack and i
wouldn't he make the perfect lobster!

ava wants me to be a buzzy bee with her so i may do this

cute!
fun!

easy!

my helper

ava's been in a helper phase lately. she's always cleaning her room and bathroom. last week i found her changing the laundry. ..

stop.drop.roll

the truth is i don't think i'll ever catch up so i'll start with today! scott spent yesterday at lily's class but i forgot my memory card for the camera! luckily my great friend amanda lives around the corner and brought me her rebel! I can't believe it...i've never been so careless with my gear. thanks for coming to the rescue amanda! i don't have those images off her camera yet but i did have all my gear this morning at ava's school. these guys were so funny. some wanting to tell you everything and some very careful to not make eye contact. they love it when he crawls around and lets them touch his gear.

i was taking a quick class shot when one of the girls yelled "silly face!" gotta love those 4 year olds!