Diaper Cakes

My newest venture is making Diaper Cakes.

Check it out! http://www.handmadeforkimmy.com/diapercakes.htm

Eating Fool

AJ has become obsessed with her feet. She just loves to grab onto them and hold on for dear life. I don't know if she's waiting for the ride to start or what. So Stephen put these velcro rattles on her ankles. I think it just made her mad :)

I've been trying to feed AJ baby food for a few weeks now but she just spits out everything I put in her mouth. I tried again tonight and BINGO! We started with bananas and she LOVED those! She darn near ate the whole container! Then halfway through Lil S decided he wanted to be in on the action so he got up on the counter next to her. After that AJ just wanted to stare at her brother. She cracks me up because sometimes she just looks at him with this look like "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!"

4 month Checkup

AJ went in for her 4 month checkup today. She got 5 SHOTS! Poor baby :) She took it rather well and only cried for a little bit. Don't feel too sorry for her, she really milked it when we got home and Daddy was here. Lil S waited in the waiting room because he can't stand hearing her cry. Mind you, I gave him the option of staying home with daddy but noooo he wanted to come with us! Daddy had to stay home and wait for the TV repair guy to show up in case you're wondering :)

Tomorrow is swim lessons once again. I'm still positive that Lil S will get the hang of this. I don't expect him to be an olympic swimmer, all I ask is that he stick his head in the water! Oh well...

Hurricane Dolly hit land several hundred miles south of us. And yet we've noticed quite a bit of wind and humidity. This afternoon we even had a little downpour. Man I wish it would rain!!!!!!!

The Mighty Bumbo

This contraption is called a Bumbo. It's basically a baby seat made out of foam rubber. It's awesome because Little Miss Independent can sit unassisted anywhere she wants. Which means I can get things done in the kitchen where before there was nowhere to put her. Big S told me about it when she was first born and I thought it was the stupidest thing I'd ever heard of. Point for Daddy!!!

Her Royal Highness

Well Seniorita Cranky-Pants strikes again. She manages to get her way one way or another and today was no exception. Here she is lounging in brother's dirty ol' chair.
And tonight daddy was trying to feed her but she was wiggling and didn't want to be held so he put her in this big bowl and carried her around in it. Here she is trying to hold the bottle even though she's not quite coordinated enough yet.

Lil S was finally feeling better today so he managed to get out of him jammies and eat some real food. Tomorrow we're going to try and actually leave the house for the first time this week! I think we're all getting cabin fever :)

Captain Stewart

We are redecorating Lil S's room with a pirate theme. We repainted the whole room including his bed and there's going to be a map of the world on one side and octopus tentacles on the other. It's coming along slowly, but it's going to look sooo cool! I'll post pictures when we're done.

Poor Lil S has been sick all day today. He's thrown up everything but his liver. He spent the day on the couch with a large bowl and a wet rag. He looked so cute I wanted to take a picture but Big S wouldn't let me :) We rented a couple of movies and put the room decorating on hold until he feels better. Which better be soon because he has swim lessons on Tuesday and, sick or not, he's going! I know, mother of the year :)

Speaking of swim lessons he did very well on Thursday. He managed to tread water for a second or two which I think is huge! I don't think he even realized what happened. He wasn't paying attention when the instructor let go of him and he instinctively started flapping his arms and legs and it worked!

AJ seems to be feeling better but I don't want to jinx it so I'll update on her in a few days.

Talkative Little Munchkin

Today AJ is 16 weeks old! We had quite an interesting conversation during bathtime, so naturally I grabbed my camera :) I plan to ask her later what she meant by all this... Sorry its so long, but its worth it!

So it is now 9 pm and princess has finally gone down for the night...hopefully. I think she may have been trying to tell me in this video what she wanted for dinner! Because boy can that girl eat! I went to the store today and bought her a variety of different baby foods to try. So far her favorite is brown rice cereal mixed with formula. The peas, carrots, and sweet potatoes did not go over well AT ALL! Which is funny because those were Stewart's favorites! I also took a peek in her mouth tonight to look at the thrush and spotted a few teeth trying to cut through! That would explain the constant fussiness, but means that I still have a while before she's happy once again :(