Project Santa Hat Photo went better than I anticipated (considering Owen HATES wearing hats unless it’s HIS idea)… These were the two keepers from the five-minute session.
Happy Belly Time
Cute shreepy baby
Holiday Party
I’m gonna get it!
Comfy at Costco
Testing out a huge beanbag at Costco. I tried it, too—but it was hell to get out of by myself! We might have bought it if it wasn’t $140.
Annual Christmas Photo
It’s not too bad for a 10-minute process!! Maggie is the only one not cooperating—well, that and the flash, since I had it set for three-pics-at-a-time and my battery was dying. But it’s still a pretty good pic!
And then when we were done, Owen wanted to take some pictures. So he took this one! (Basically he just pressed the button and the camera did the rest—but he was still proud!)
Big Brother/Little Sister
Now that Owen actually likes Katie, I bought some Big Brother/Little Sister shirts for them to wear in sibling photos (yes, I’m THAT mom)!
First, we just set Katie on Owen and lots of rolling around and laughing ensued.
I love his look—like he’s 16 and saying I’m too cool to be here doing this. Or maybe even Watch it, this is my little sister and I’ll hurt you if you mess with her.
Then some smiles!
And then each kid with their own B. 🙂
Daily Santa Countdown
Santa’s beard is slowly filling up!
Burp cloth babushka
Owen is sad.
Wait until you hear why he’s sad. He actually says that all the time (though doesn’t cry all the time) and it’s such a strange thing to say we figure he had to have heard it somewhere but we haven’t figured it out yet. Or I guess he could have come up with it on his own…?
Snuggle Dog
Look who’s a big girl!
Holding her own bottle! She grabbed it right out of Tom’s hands!
Santa Penguin
This is where Owen decided the Santa hat should go. 🙂
Camera placement FAIL
After dinner I held Katie next to Owen and she kept grabbing at his head and his hair and he was laughing hysterically. I tempted fate by grabbing my phone and quickly trying to set it up to record (I needed two hands to hold Katie) while Owen was still in the mood, so-to-speak. Unfortunately, you can’t see much of Katie, but you can hear Owen’s hysterical laughing.
Picnic!
Owen wanted to have a picnic, so who am I to say no? (We used the remnants of the Chik-Fil-A breakfast Tom brought home for me.)
Katie sputtering with grabby hands
The jiggly camera work is all due to her grabby hands. 🙂
No bribery necessary!
Owen gets new cars
And Katie got some new bibs but she doesn’t make for a good video!
Thank you, Wendy and Toby!
Of course as soon as I stopped recording…
Wow. These are cool. This is the coolest helicopter ever.
Owen: Mom, the white car and blue car are sad.
Me: Why are they sad?
Owen: The red car won the race.
This helicopter is HEAVY. The cars are light.
Today’s parenting fail.
Katie just fell off the couch. From what I saw rushing into the room from 10′ away (I was in the office and she was on the couch), she landed face first on a blanket so wasn’t hurt and only cried for about five seconds (I think of shock more than anything) but of course now I feel horrible. She’s just getting too wiggly/mobile to leave alone—even propped up/locked in with pillows.
Katie is 5 months old today!
Aaaaand it’s my turn.
My throat started hurting Friday night and Saturday I was achy and was thinking I had the flu (especially since I just got the flu shot) so last night Tom looked at my throat and said he thought it might be strep. 🙁
Of course, urgent care was closed (the card I was just given last week with their hours was wrong) so I suffered for the second night but was able to get in first thing this morning. And it was before the drop-off daycare was open so I had both kids with me.
And it wasn’t strep (yay!) but was pharyngitis (ugh). So at least now I have drugs. And hopefully this is the last sickness in the house for awhile…
And again with the pink eye.
Katie’s right eye started to weep again…which is exactly how her pink eye started the last time. We had finished the recommended full five-day course of drops…but apparently it either wasn’t quite enough or she got reinfected. Sigh.
What’s worse is she’s now caught on to the drops and hates them and slams her eyes shut and squirms like the dickens. Poor kid.
Lorax Acting
Owen loves acting out scenes in the movie and singing along in different parts. Here he is pretending to be the main character Ted 1) putting on the goggles and 2) riding the motorcycle.
Tummy time!
Tonight was the first night she lasted more than a few minutes without getting screechy! (The frog was a gift to Owen from Aunt Beth and Uncle Jim—now passed down to Katie!)
The Lorax
We recently got The Lorax DVD and Owen loves it. LOVES IT. It’s really cute and has catchy music so I don’t mind that we’ve watched it eight times in the last week, including twice today. 🙂
This is usually how it goes down, every time:
Me: Owen, what movie do you want to watch?
Owen: Lorax, he talks to trees.
Then he laughs and dances at all the same parts…but each time we watch it he talks about it more and asks questions. I love it.
November photos are online!
I’ve been a little off schedule due to sick kids and Tom’s new temporary work hours…
>>> http://owenkatie.shutterfly.com/pictures
I don’t wanna!
I can’t remember what he didn’t want to do, but this is how he expressed it.
Good morning?
Me: Owen, Katie’s looking at you.
Owen: NO! No more looking at me!
Owen: Is it time to play the game?
Me: No. Why don’t you come in here with us?
Owen: No, I’ll stay in my room.
Me: Owen, can you put your underwear on please?
Owen: NO! NO MORE UNDERWEAR TONIGHT!
Me: Owen, please go let Maggie out.
Owen: Please not.
Me: Owen, do you want to watch The Lorax?
Owen: NO!! ……. Yes.
Poor little sick girl
For the most part she’s doing pretty well…but there are times she just looks so tired and pathetic…
Then she fell asleep holding the wipes.
