Already?

My newest baby is five months old. Yep, already. I have been putting off this post because, really, what can you say? She is no longer my grumpy lumpy kind of baby. She sits and plays with toys, reads manuals and puts together Ikea furniture. Stuff regular babies do. She gives me that look of sheer boredom if she's not being challenged or entertained enough to meet her standards. Which are pretty high. I mean, she is my kid... She is at that age where she gets more fun every day. Her newest trick is the removal of her socks. She thinks her bare toes are awsome. Who can blame her? They're pretty cute toes! So, for now we are just trying to enjoy the new emerging personality. Embrace her independence and hope for the best. It doesn't help the my other baby is going to be three years old next week. There is too much independence being had by my children right now. Both fun and scary for mom. I try not to think about it too much, I tend to get weepy.

Guess where we went!

If you guessed Chuck E. Cheese, then you would be absolutely correct! Jacob wanted this cup and I thought it was funny, so my mom bought it for him. Such a lucky boy! We ate pizza and cotton candy, played numerous games and picked prizes! How else would one choose to spend their Saturday evening?

We finished setting up the kid's room. Emrick's crib shall remain in our bedroom until further notice. The bunk bed is up and the dressers are full. Decorations on the walls. It's very simple and beautiful. I may or may not post pictures at some point. I also rearranged the living room and dining room a tad. It was a bit of work, but totally worth it! We got a new night stand next to our bed. Funny how little changes can make such a big difference!

We had Jacob's picture taken today. I have all sizes, just let me know what you need! No one contacted me about Emrick's pictures so I have taken to handing them out to strangers on the street. Not true, but it could be slightly entertaining. I am planning to get family pictures done soon. September at the latest. I kind of want Emrick to be able to sit up by herself for family pictures. She is getting really close! Close enough that she was buckled into the front of the cart at Target today and rode with no problem! I sit her on the floor with her Boppy pillow around her and she sits fine, until she decides to attack her feet or dig her heels into the rug and throw herself backwards. She is a very spontaneous kind of baby. Can you believe she will be five months old tomorrow? Wait for a post on that...

Lucky

Today while driving home from my parent's house, Jacob and Emrick were in the back in their car seats laughing hysterically at each other. And I thought to myself, how lucky am I to be able to experience this? What a beautiful thing, the giddy laughter of my children.

Strike a Pose, Baby!

Emrick posing nicely for a picture with her new Hawkeyes T-shirt. I love her chubby chubby baby thighs and take every opportunity I get to show them off with mini skirts! I'm sure she'll appreciate it when she gets bigger. But really, what an adorable baby! Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about Jacob. He just doesn't lend himself to photography very well.

We have been busy around here, but getting absolutely nothing done. That's pretty much the story of my life. I went through the kids' closet and cleaned out all the clothes that don't fit any more and put all of the clothes for them to grow into into neatly labeled storage totes. Dishes, laundry, and general house tidying has become overly consuming. The second it gets done, Jacob or Burger goes and undoes it. I am getting used to dealing with it.

A video and some pictures

Emrick making a funny face! What a ham!

Emrick in her new hat! I bought it at Old Navy the other day. I know it's a bit early for hats of the winter sort, but it was too stinkin' cute to just leave at the store!!

I took this video a week ago, but never posted it here. It is on my facebook, however.
So glad today is Friday! We had a really great week, very relaxing and pretty easy going. Jacob has been behaving himself like a rock star and Emrick seems to be in a better mood most of the time now! Yay! We haven't got any concrete plans for this weekend. Just excited to have Burger home to hang out with.

Are you guys tired of seeing pictures of my kids yet?

All on a Wednesday Morning

Yesterday evening we went to Carlos'O'Kelley's with my dad and had dinner. When we got home we had some surprise company that was very pleasant! If any of you read this, thanks for visiting and come again anytime! Today we are waiting for Megan to bring her little boy to play with us while she moves into her new apartment. Should be an entertaining day.

I woke up in kind of a grumpy mood. I was up twice last night with Emrick and she just wasn't tired last night. She wanted to play and be entertained. Sorry kid, not at one o'clock in the morning! Jacob made his way into our bed at five this morning. Not sure what's up with that. He's been doing that for the past couple weeks now. I usually make him go back to his own bed, but at five in the morning we only have forty-five more minutes to sleep so I just let him stay there. I'm a little groggy and my head hurts a bit. We'll see how this day plays out.