Catching Up

Loads has happened since the last post. I have a challenging time updating because my computer won't upload pictures to blogger at home, so I have to send things to myself at work to try and do it. There's a lot of stress at home right now too. But the kiddos are amazing and a blessing, and I am thankful every day that I have them in my life.

Aaron is 7 1/2 months, and starting to eat some solids. He's not a big fan -- yogurt is really all he'll eat-- so here he is with yogurt face. :) He's my happy boy. Two teeth are coming through on the bottom, and he's crawling. He likes to try to catch his sister.

Big girl is 3 1/2 years old now. She got a bike for her "half"  birthday and loves it. Here we are at the park on the "big girl" swing at a playdate last Saturday, and she's having a great time. She went "camping" with Mommy in the back yard this weekend too (those pics will be forthcoming) and had a lovely time. 

Emma's Haircut

We took the plunge! Emma has been asking to get her hair cut for a couple of weeks, starting for the first time when Aaron pulled her hair and then asking again when the wind would blow her hair into her face.

In order to make sure she really wanted it done, I bought a super-cheap doll with long hair and then the two of us proceeded to give the doll a haircut. She thought it was awesome, and still wanted to do it. So we talked and talked and talked it over, and I caved. She's never had the back of her hair cut since she was a baby.



We first took her to Cookie Cutters, which is a kid's haircut place, but they were booked with appointments and couldn't fit us in. The next place was too busy. At this point I was ready to give up, but we had built her up with anticipation and she really wanted it done, so we tried one last place. They could take her right away, so she hopped in the chair and did really well. She listened to the lady and never once fussed, and she LOVES her new hair. Absolutely loves it. And I love it too.

 
 


We only got 8 inches, which is too short for Locks of Love, but it was long enough for the Pantene donation, so we sent it off last week. She was excited to know her hair will help another person.
 

Much Needed Update

For some reason I cannot upload pictures on my home computer, so I thought I'd bring my camera to work and try to upload a few pictures from here. Little Aaron is now 20 weeks old, and such a sweetheart. He giggles and smiles, and loves sitting up. His preference is to be standing or sitting with help. He really, *really* wants to eat too, but we're going to make him wait until closer to that 6-month mark.
  

 He's really growing like a weed -- he's fitting in 9-month clothes now.

The drama of daycare will be over soon. For those who didn't see on FB, our daycare at CSCC is closing due to budget cuts, and will be closed June 15th. We were lucky -- we were able to get spots for both kids at our old daycare, but it means $400/month more and longer travel time.

I'm not sure if it will work out. I'm panicked, but for many reasons I can't put here, I do want them in childcare right now. 

Emma absolutely adores her little brother, and they are getting along so well. He can be in a really bad mood, crying, upset and the moment he sees her, he stops crying and starts to smile and laugh. She eats it up -- tickles him, brings him toys, etc. She's such a good big sister.
 

Weekend Fun

Minus all the gross sickness that we've had (bronchitis for the two adults, cold/snot for both kids, fever on and off for Aaron, and I'm still fighting off this ear infection), we had a nice weekend. I made a reversible cape for Emma so she could pretend she was a super hero.

They are adorable together. We got matching PJ's for the two of them, but Emma spilled OJ on hers and Aaron puked on his, so we'll have to do that picture at a later time. 

Great Big Sister

She is really such a sweet big sister, even if she mushes her brother sometimes. :)

Emma is Three!

Sometime in the middle of our big trip to see family, Emma turned 3 years old. I can't believe the last 3 years went by so fast!

This year she has been obsessed with Toy Story, so for her birthday she had a Toy Story themed "party." I say party in quotes because we were supposed to be at Grandma and Grandpa Lewis's house, but we got stuck in the blizzard in Nebraska and stayed 2 nights in York, Nebraska at a hotel. Luckily we had the party supplies with us,  and the manager of the hotel let us have a mini-party there. 

Daddy went to the Wal-Mart, which was open, and got a Christmas cupcake cake for her birthday since the Toy Story cake was in Chicago. :) She still had fun -- there was a little girl at the hotel who was the granddaughter of the manager, and she and Emma played. She even got a gift for Emma! It was a really fun day, even if we were stuck in the snow.

How my big girl has grown.... our hands at 3 years and 3 days old. From the picture below, at about 3 weeks of age. 

It's going to be a pretty amazing Christmas. I think we're so lucky to have the two kids we have, and I'm so grateful to be celebrating the holiday with them.