enJOYing the little things . . .

Little Stinker, Jumping Monkey and Overly-Emotional Mommy

This is how I found Clarkie one afternoon last week when I went to check in on him during naptime. Unbeknownst to me, the little stinker rifled through my nightstand before he decided to settle down for his nap in my bed. I must admit that I find this toddler boy's antics to be quite amusing.


Pictures of Miss Cadence with her new bed from Ama & Papa. Cadence was thrilled that I let her jump on her bed because she knows that jumping on furniture is a no-no. Gotta let the kid break in her bed, right? Funny since her favorite book right now is Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow.


Our sweet Rocket boy is nine weeks old today. He smiles and coos at us all the time. He even smiles while he sleeps. Rocket is still quite the sleepyhead, but he stays awake for longer periods of time. About two weeks ago he discovered his pointer finger. So cute! He's already outgrown most of his newborn sized clothing, and I was crying huge tears when I packed up his onesies and sleepers last week. Overly-emotional? Yes. That would be me. Sigh...

Mimi

Mimi is what my kids call their Auntie Aimee. One of the best things about my sister besides the fact that she's a good shopping partner and that she makes me laugh when she laughs because she cries huge tears when she laughs is this . . .



. . . she takes the best pictures of me with my kids. :o)

*As promised, Easter photos HERE.  (I know you've been waiting, Bryan.  Haha.)

*Thankfully, we managed to get through this week without anyone getting sick.

*The weather is supposed to be in the 70s/80s all weekend long. Happy weekend!

Two months old already

I love his smell. I love how he grunts all the time. Quite loudly, actually, that sometimes he surprises me with the noises that comes from his little body. His soft skin, his wacky hairline and the two cowlicks on top of his head. He smiles and coos at us all the time. Mostly for my mom and at the ceiling fan in our family room. I love how he frantically cries when he's hungry as if to say, "I'm starving, Mama. Feed me already!" Love how he kicks his legs and props his head up with his hands during tummy time. Yes, tummy time. Already. I'm so not ready for him to grow out of the teeny tiny baby stage.

Cadence's fever finally broke today. Doctor's still trying to figure out what she has/had. Hoping that the boys and I don't catch it.

Totally enjoying the series Planet Earth on the Discovery Channel - are you watching it? Utterly amazing. I've been watching the episodes on Discovery's high-definition theater channel, and the quality of images that we get on our HD plasma is unreal.

Mid-month Garden at Two Peas is going up tomorrow. Can you believe we're already halfway through April?

Picture Shares

Been a crazy few weeks.  Kids were sick.  I was sick.  Just when I thought we were all finally over being sick, Cadence wakes up with a tummy ache and a fever to go with it.  Sigh . . .  Wanted to share these pictures since there's not much else to share.

These were taken on Clark's birthday at Sabbath School.  It's really cute - the kids get to blow candles on a fake plastic cake (my sister and I think it's the same one that my church has used since I was little, hee!) and then afterwards the celebrant (or in our case, the celebrant's big sister) passes out treats to the rest of the kids.  Real cute.

My sister's hubby shares the same birthday as Clarkie.  Here's the bigger birthday boy attempting to get a decent picture with Cadence and two very active toddler boys.  Didn't work out too well, haha.  And my Rocket boy in his super cute outfit from my sweet friend Jamie and her family.

Will try and share some Easter pics when I get a chance.  Happy Wednesday!

Belated birthday post

I've been sick all week so I'm a little slow sharing anything of our celebration of Clark's 2nd birthday. Here's a picture of our boy with his Bob the Builder cake and hat. I just love the expression on his face. It was pretty much Bob the Builder day from the cake to the decorations to the gifts (DVDs, t-shirts and toys, oh my!) - and it was just us. I guess you could say I'm crazy-silly when it comes to matchy-matchy theme stuff. Hey, our Clarkie was one happy boy on his special day and that made this momma's heart very happy indeed.