are you kidding me?

In case you need a laugh this morning, here is the post for you...

As you know, Jeff and I recently bought a new home, and while the house doesn't need "work" by any means, we are changing a few things to make it our own.  One of those is the master bath vanity - we need two sinks.  As a result, we went to an appointment at the bathroom store this weekend to make choices about vanities, lights, etc.  The visit was going well, or as well as to be expected with both Lily and Carter helping make bathroom choices.  Lily was exploring, but not hurting anything or making too much noise, and Carter was happily chewing on Sophie the giraffe.  As we went back and forth between the counter where we were writing down our choices and the multitude of showroom bathrooms, we were pleasantly surprised with how things were going.  Until...(keep in mind this is Saturday, so this place is filled with other customers and employees) we hear "Mom, Dad, you guys!  Someone come wipe my butt!"  Um...excuse me?  Jeff and I basically dropped everything and ran to the little showroom bathroom where the voice was coming from only to find Lily, sitting on the potty, happy as a clam.  Yep.  You got it.  She pooped in the middle of the showroom in a non-functioning potty.  I mean, we lost it.  We stepped out of the little bathroom and laughed until I started to cry.  We told Lily that she should not go potty in these toilets, but really how could we be mad?  She didn't go in her pants and she took the initiative to go before she had an accident.  The man helping us thought it was hilarious (luckily) and said that in all his years they always talked about this happening but Lily was the first.  Good work, Lily.  Anyway, Jeff carried her to the real potty to finish and I then had to clean up the poopy potty.  Good thing I have such a well stocked diaper bag.  I am not sure how I will show my face there when we go back next time...

Four Months!

Four months into our journey with Carter...he is fabulous.  He is a mammoth compared with Lily, but then again, who isn't right?  (well, maybe not her cousin Hallie :))  At his check up he weighed in at 16 pounds and 7 ounces, which seems huge considering Lily was 16 pounds 4 ounces at one year, but his weight only put him in the 67th percentile.  His height (or length I guess) is 26.25 inches and for this one he is much higher on the growth scale, thanks to Jeff, and falls in the 89th percentile.

Carter still nurses like a champ and typically goes to bed between 7:00 and 8:00, gets up once in the night to nurse, and then sleeps until about 6:00a.m. At which point he and I usually hang out in bed so I can dose while he nurses again.  We have tried rice cereal with Carter one time, but his doctor said we didn't need to worry about it because he is growing just fine, so we will take it slow with food.

He is much louder than last month.  He "talks" a bunch but doesn't have any words yet.  He LOVES to watch Lily and Lily usually likes to play with him, but doesn't really understand that Carter can't play everything she would like him to play.  "Carter is not very good at catch Mommy, he not catch it to me..." Really Lily?  Carter isn't throwing you the ball?  Who knew a four month old couldn't do that? (she still uses catch for both throw and catch despite our best attempts to explain and use the words correctly).

Carter still loves the Jungle Night Club but has recently taken to the Stein - a favorite of Lily as well as their cousins Will and Hallie.  He enjoys reading books, chewing on everything, drooling on everything, toys that make noise when you shake them, his giraffe lovie named "Raf," nursing, rocking, being sung to, and of course, Lily.

Carter is the smiliest baby ever which makes each moment with him just a little more fabulous than the last.  He is becoming quite a wiggler and can now Houdini his way out of his swaddle completely so we just wrap his legs at nap or night.  He is very close to rolling over unassisted, but doesn't really try very hard to make it happen - maybe that is because Lily is always right there so he doesn't need to get anything himself.

I think he is talking on the phone here...

how ridiculous is this one?

you can still see the bandaid from his doctor appointment in this one

A disheveled Lily woke up from her nap and interrupted the photo shoot...she is also four months old apparently 

can't get enough of these chubby legs

It was only this big...

thumb sucking

Swinging!

Carter's first ride in the swing!

Happy Father's Day!

A happy, happy Father's Day to all those wonderful dads out there who are a part of our lives!

And thank you for all that you do to help our children...

Dad's ponytail

Grandpa Butch blowdrying

Grandpa Paul playing dress-up

And a special Happy Father's Day to this wonderful Dad, too!

Uncle Tom building a snowfort

Touch a Truck

Thursday evening we went to an emergency vehicle show at The Shoppes at Grand Prairie and it was awesome!  Not only was it totally free, there were tons of things to look at, climb on, and do while we were there.  We also totally lucked out and actually got to see a helicopter take off while were there.  

At least no one pooped...

Check out this link to Erin's Blog, Chasing Roots.  It is my guest post about visiting the library...

At least no one pooped...

Zoo

Last weekend we finally went to the zoo; something we had been planning on doing for way too long and it was wonderful!  Carter was a champ in the Chariot and Lily loved the animals, played on the playground, ate a picnic lunch and used "lots of new potties!"  Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day.

Daddy, you stand here. 

Now!

Ahhh!  A rhino!

I will not ride in the stroller...I will walk! (and she did all day)

Feeding the birds - this really creeped me out, but I did it! 

Lily caught one on her stick! 

This guy drools a ton

Yep, it is so funny because someone just farted...I will let you guess who :)