baby.love

slobber.is.cute

Sometimes a little slobber on your chin can be completely adorable.

i.can't.know

Where the normal individual uses the phrase, "I don't know."  Amelia uses the phrase, "I can't know." 

Example:

Me:  Amelia, where did you put your bunny?
A: I can't know!

Will she ever grow out of it?  I can't know, but {unfortunately} I'm sure she will.

quote.of.the.day

Disclaimer for Claire:  I love you.  Please don't hate me for posting this, but it is too funny not to be remembered.  You'll thank me later.  That last statement may or may not be true.

Setup:  I'm in the kitchen.  Claire's in the bathroom.

"Mom!  I think I must have eaten skunk.  My poop smells just like skunk!"

I can't make this stuff up, people.  The child is stinkin' funny. :)

finger.sucker

See? Now it's the fingers. After this week, I'm convinced she's going to be a finger-sucker like her big sister, Meredith. {Enter sigh...Meredith is 6 and we're still working on getting those fingers out of her mouth in the middle of the night.} I'm not sure which fingers they will be, but fingers for sure. She currently has no preference: right hand, left hand, two fingers, three fingers, maybe just one. There's no rhyme or reason with the finger-suckage.

Oh, and she rolled over from her belly to her back 3 times today! And we had her weighed this evening...only 9 lbs. 6 oz. She's eating well and sleeping well and cooing and laughing out loud {ok, just twice, but it was seriously one of the cutest things EVER}.

Bottom line: I have a tiny, adorable baby.

rainy.day.ideas

(photo circa 2009)

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who sent me rainy day activity ideas. I think we're going to have lots to do this summer when it rains! :)

Outside (as long as there is no lightning):
-play in the rain
-jump in rain puddles
-walk in the rain with umbrellas
-make sidewalk paint and paint the sidewalk
-play on the covered deck

Inside:
-build tents on the furniture
-pretend camping
-books on CD
-read books (lots!)
-movie and popcorn
-bake something and eat it (cookies, cake, banana bread, pudding, pie, etc.)
-wii
-manicures/pedicures
-legos
-indoor picnic
-nerf gun freeze tag
-puzzles
-dress up
-tea parties
-any type of arts and crafts (paint, beads, paper mache, finger paint with pudding, etc.)
-act out simple stories
-puppet shows

Outings:
-library day
-bounce time at the new ice rink
-go out to lunch

thumb.sucker

Ladies and Gentlemen!!! {drumroll please} We've got ourselves a thumb sucker.

Or maybe fingers. Who knows. I seem to catch her slobbering up her digits on both hands these days.