Frozen Yogurt Pops

We found out two weeks ago that Em is going to need a second round of ear tubes and her adenoids removed. Her canals are still so small that they can't clear fluid out of her ears. She had another not so stellar hearing test and they are hopeful that this will get her hearing back within an acceptable range. Poor little thing doesn't go into surgery until 10:00 tomorrow, and she can't eat or drink anything after midnight. Any thoughts on how to distract a 2 year old
who won't get milk or breakfast in the morning? I'm making these ...


...today in hopes that they will help with the sore throat she is going to have tomorrow. Oh, and did I mention that David will be out of town tomorrow. Tomorrow was their first available appointment, and I didn't want to wait another two weeks to get her in, so it should be interesting day. Thankfully, David's parents are watching Wesley for me in the morning. Wish us luck!!

Looks Like Wesley is a DaDa's Boy!

I Love Spring!

Where's Wesley?

Wesley is on the move, and into everything. Can you find Wesley in the picture below?


Can you see him now? Yea - took me a second too. Thought I had lost the baby!


He climbed back there to get to the only electrical outlet in the entire house that didn't have a safety plug on it. Little stinker!

It's All Fun And Games...

...until your big sister hurls a stuffed cow at your stomach.

Catch Up

Wesley has discovered the fun of football.  Although it looks like he only wants to play if he can chew on the football.

Put me in coach!

Emilee has enjoyed staring out the window at the rain...

...and patiently waiting for "Birds!" to fly into the backyard.

Wesley thinks that the sun rises and sets with his "big" sister.  She loves to make sure that he is happy and to give him kisses on the nose.  

We are in the process of enforcing the use of the fork while at the dinner table.  As you can see, Em is "using" the fork in her right hand, while picking up lasagna with her left hand.

Sometimes this kid is too smart for her own good!

For Stephanie - Saw This And Thought of You!

Wesley Is Loud!

This kid is really starting to get his personality, and his voice. Wesley is loud! Turn your volume up all the way, and that is how he sounds in real life. Watch how he screams anytime I try to close in with the camera.

Been Busy

We've been a little busy the last two weeks.  David switched jobs and his old company told him they didn't need him to work for his last two weeks, but they would continue to pay him for them.  Tremendous!  I had a honey do list that was needing some attention!  Unfortunately, we weren't as productive as we would have liked - David brought home the flu his first week off.  Yuck - not fun!  After we all got over that, we cleaned out closets, painted our room, painted Wesley's room, threw away a bunch of crap that was cluttering up my house, and were able to convince David's parents to watch the kids for a night while we utilized some of his Marriot points for a little getaway.  

Dave is a great painter.  He does the middle, and I do the edges.

Just because he's so cute, here's a picture of Wes...

...and one of Em.

Can you find what doesn't belong in this picture?  My 2 year old loves to throw things - she doesn't bite, spit, or hit - so I can't really complain too much.  If you have a kid that has to throw things in the house, I would highly recommend getting her a ball like the one in the above picture.  It can hit pictures and not break them, fly over the kitchen island and not knock everything off onto the floor, and bounce off of computer screens leaving no damage.  It can also get stuck in flower arrangements.  Em is still working on expanding her vocab, but she does have one word down - ball.  She will scream it at the top of her lungs until you follow her to wherever it is that she has gotten the ball stuck and retrieve it for her.  Way to use your words Em!

Em loves to hang out on the floor with her "little" brother Wesley.  We went in for their 2 year and 9 month check up last month.  Wesley weighs only 4 pounds less than Em, is 3 inches shorter, and has a head that is only 1 1/4 inches smaller than Emilee's.  I don't think that little brother is going to stay little for long!

I love Texas!  I love that it can be a sunny 80 degrees in February.  The kids and I spent some time in the backyard playing and working on the flower beds. 

Back to Wesley's ginormous noggin - the hat that he is wearing is 18 months, and it was still a little small.  I had to move him into the shade on the patio so his scalp wouldn't get burned!

This picture will be extremely amusing to my family.  I still hear stories of how I loved to eat dirt as a kid.  I would dump flower pots over my head and have a blast.  Please take note of the DIRT surrounding Em's mouth in the above pic.  I turned around from weeding the flower bed to see her chomping on this piece of compost...

...like it was a sandwich!  AGHHHH!  I was scraping dirt and pieces of twig out of her mouth for the next 5 minutes.  

These are starting to bloom...

...and the tulips and daffodils are almost done.

I love spring - even if it starts in February this year!

She Is Still Cute...

...even when she is making a mess!