milestones

I feel a little bad about it ...

cause I used to record and make a huge deal about EVERY SINGLE one of Danna's milestones when she was our only kid. Carina I kept up with fairly well and with Brynn I sloughed a bit but was fairly regular. Now I have to make a conscious effort to document the major accomplishments of the new baby.  Life has just been so fast paced since he's been here.

So here they are..

Pics of the first day we fed Mr. Cale solids--at 4 months old.

we were only semi successful but he WAS a huge fan of eating his bib ...




And he can now sit up like a pro at almost 5 months

 And here's  Cale's 1st successful eating venture.  Oatmeal and apple juice ... Yum! 

this is the face he gives when we play peek-a-boo! ha ha terrified and then laughs it off...

Oh!

and I am OH SOOOO HAPPPPPY!! 

cause the beautiful Brynn is completely potty-trained.

And even better was she practically did it by herself--well kinda.

Isn't this picture awesome? I love it. cutie pie.

And Cale's last milestone is that he learned to pinch--  just today.

he is on my lap, and my arm is red and 

about to fall off 

so I must go.

till next time!

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Easter 2013

What to say about Easter ...
we got through it.

I had grand plans originally, though, mind you.

Grand plans like:

• making adorable Easter baskets out of fluffy stuffed animals (that I saw instructions for on a blog years ago)
• making matching Easter dresses for the girls with a matching bowtie for the Cale-meister
• or maybe just buying matching dresses
• just hairbows then?
• or even making it to the store on my own for some jelly beans and chocolate bunnies

None of the above actually happened though. Life has seriously been all I can handle--and barely then. I know--I've become THAT mom.

Easter Eve (actually Friday night since I do all Easter Bunny stuff on the Saturday before Easter)
I may have been mistaking this holiday for Halloween because I was totally witchy.
I was seriously fed up and annoyed and feeling very mental.
So I avoided doing anything--let my kids watch movies late, avoided housework of any kind, didn't make dinner and definitely did not prepare for Easter Bunny morning. I went to bed late too which is just dumb when you're getting the amount of sleep I'm getting.

I got up 4 or 5 times with the fussy baby during the night.
After the last time, probably sometime around 4 in the morning I couldn't get back to sleep and decided to raid the pantry and the basement and be a less-than mediocre Easter Bunny instead of forgetting it completely.

Good thing I'm a hoarder.

I had 2 bags of m&m's, a thing of lifesavers, and a half a bag of marshmallows in the shape of bunnies. I threw in some fruit snacks and dollar store wands that I found in the stash of stuff I'd lost before Christmas and then found again. The baskets were all random and mismatching.  I had eggs from Easter last year, filled a few up and called it good.

Funny how little it takes to completely astound and excite children.

They ate candy before breakfast.

Then we decided last minute to try to make it to the city egg hunt. 

                       

It was over in about 1 minute flat.

And it was insane--seriously what are we trying to teach our children?!?

Carina was competitive--very much Mike's daughter.

Danna was cautious but determined.

Brynn absolutely just loved being part of the experience. She was giddy.

 Brynn only did get 2 eggs--not that that distinguished the enjoyment for her at all. She even gave them away to Danna and was just as happy to be there. (Though I should conclude with the fact that she ate pretty much all the candy from everyone's baskets anyway--the stinker)

And I did end up having a good time watching them all despite being tired and still a bit grumpy. And by Sunday (actual Easter) I was able to feel the reason for the season.

He lives!
and I'm so utterly happy to know that.

Changing Internet

Which means I'll be writing all my posts from the iPad for awhile.



  There's WAY too much to get done around here. (As usual)
So here's a pic for the day.

Now off to laundry, and dishes, and potty training, and picking up that empty yogurt cup on the floor...  Eeesh!