Ultimate Baby wrap

Gloria often "hangs out" with me while she's sleeping. A few of you have asked what it is that I wear and how it works. I know she looks a little off here, but believe me, she's comfortable. I am also so comfortable wearing this. It may look like a lot but it's very easy to put on once I got used to it. And she can ride comfortably while she's awake as well. If you're interested, I got it here at Amazon

Tally me banana...

...Daylight come and I want to go home. Or sleep rather. I want to go to sleep. Remember a long time ago when I said Gigi was sleeping through the night? well, that only lasted that week. She apparently loves nursing in the middle of the night. Of course, it hasn't really been a big deal since I just put her in bed with me and go back to sleep. Last night she was up and crankier than normal. Turns out she has an ear infection. Noah never had ear infections so this is new to us. She had her 6 month checkup today and the doctor gave us some antibiotics. So with her meds hopefully she'll be feeling better in no time.
Back to her checkup. She's 14lbs 4 oz, 50% and 26 inches long, 75%. Long and skinny. doctor says she's perfect.

And speaking of bananas. Noah eats bananas again. It's the weirdest thing. He's avoided them for so long.

Wally and I celebrated our 6th anniversary yesterday along with Mothers Day. We went out for breakfast and enjoyed Jazz on the Green at the Lakeridge Winery. It was wonderful. The "kids" got me a new set of pots and pans. (Don't worry, it's what I wanted.)

Happy Mother's Day to all my mom friends.

Words words words

Here are some of Noah's words that I wanted to capture

Ni - this is his all-purpose word for when he doesn't know what to say. Often it means, "I want" "Put the baby here" and "Down"
Cawr - for every moving vehicle he sees. Sounds very Bostonish
Ki-Ki - Kitty cat
Mommy, Daddy, Baby, Gigi - the people he loves most
Pea - Please
tank oo- thank you
Way- Wayne, our neighbor
Noah - himself or Nyla (our neighbor)
Sissy - you'd think this means "sissy" but since we never call Gloria that, it means, "this way" since we're always telling him to go this way
Buh-bye
By-e - Bike
Boo- Book
Dink - Drink

These are a few of my favorites so far. I may have to add to the list later.

Movin right along

I call her my stealth crawler. I never see her do it, but somehow she gets from one area to another. She's also sitting up, propped, pretty good.



 

At the car wash

A train! A train!

A couple of weeks ago I took Noah to Mount Dora for a train ride. They have a passenger train that does a scenic route and I thought it might be fun. We sat in the open air car where there were no windows. It was a nice relaxing way to kill the day with the kids.



 

For the love of Toes

Gloria loves to suck on her toes. More so than I ever remember Noah doing it. As soon as she hits the changing table, those toes are headed for her mouth. Anywhere else she can get comfy too. I think she prefers her toes even to her thumb.



 

Good Night, Sweatheart

Noah loves to play "night night" Too bad he doesn't want to stay in bed when it's really time to go to sleep! Here he is reading to Gigi.



 

Yes sir, that's my babies

 

Budding artiste

Today Noah and I painted. Much thanks to Jan who gave me a huge roll of her school paper. I laid it out on the floor and let him go to town. The paint is very washable, so don't worry, none of it is on my floor or walls. We learned some names of colors too in the process.

The mess is best

Don't worry, I cleaned Noah up too.

Cheese Head

Today we had a turkey and cheese sandwich for lunch. For some reason, my beloved child decided to glob the cheese together and smash it in his hair. So, after lunch, he needed a bath. I'm sure everyone else will find this humorous.

Oh, those evil eyes!

A new meaning of cheese curds.

So not happy with soap in his eyes

Ah, much better. A cleaner, happier Noah.