Signs of spring

Buds galore!!! Our grass is turning green.. .just in time for our open house of which no one is going to show up. Don't you just love my optimism??

Vote on mullet boy

Back view of mullet


front view of out of control hair
So.... cut it? Or leave it for now? He is almost 6 months. Hair has never been trimmed. He was basically born needing a haircut. I don't think he has lost any of the hair he was born with. I am torn. 1/2 of me wants to cut it and make him look more boyish and the other half wants to leave him in all of natural babyness. VOTE!

Happy peanut free potty trained to you

Not only is Keira peanut free due to a peanut allergy. She also can't eat anything produced in a facility that produces peanuts or anything produced on equipment that also handles peanuts. This means that she can't eat alot of store bought baked goods. It has never bothered her until recently. She was very disappointed to not be able to eat some cake at a recent birthday party so I promised her we would a cake together for her that she could eat. She helped me make a chocolate chip that was delicious. She wanted to light candles and sing and since it wasn't any one's birthday we sang Happy Potty Trained to you!!! Why not? We needed to celebrate something with cake so we celebrated the fact that she is potty trained. Fun fun!

Israel joins us at the table

Now that Israel can almost sit he is big enough to join us at the table. He loves sitting with us and chewing on toys or sipping on water. I'm going to hold off on the food for a bit as he just got over crying over gas pains so I am not crazy to mess up his gut just yet and of course he is still spitting up alot.

Saturday it was over 70 degrees and beautiful out. Yesterday I knew it wasn't as warm but I didn't realize it was as cold as it was. We went for a walk and Israel's hands were freezing so Mike stuck him in his jacket to keep him toasty.

Keira random March 2010 pics

making cookies

playing "wedding" and pretending to be "Blessed Mary" at the same time.

Love love love 60 degree weather in March. So does Keira. She got to play outside all day today and spent most of the day barefoot. This dress- "striped dress" as Keira calls it is her favorite dress to wear besides her purple Dora princess dress. She asks to wear this dress every single day. She wears it so often that I will admit to taking awhile to wash it as sometimes I just need to see her in something different. It barely fits and I can't for the life of me figure out why she is so obsessed with it. Another favorite thing of hers is books. Yesterday when I told her it was time to play outside she grabbed a stack of books and sat down on the deck to play outside ( aka read books on the deck). She takes her books to the breakfast table, to the potty, to bed, outside, in the car, to church. They are always with us. Toddlers and their obsessions. Its so cute to watch.
I remember when I was younger I also would carry a stack of books around the house, as soon as I finished reading one book I picked up the next book in the pile.

Israel's page

Nope not tired. Definitely not tired.



Getting some sun on that white baby skin! I think its the first time his skin has been exposed to the sun.

Picture less... and diaper less

Mike replaced my laptop with a new one and forgot to get me a photo card reader so no photo's until it comes in the mail. Ack!
Our highlight of the week is Keira is potty trained!!!! Yippee me! Only one baby in diapers. She is doing great and even wearing undies at night. I know their will be plenty of accidents in our future but it does feel somewhat freeing to know that she can use the potty. Alot less diapers to wash too. Now I don't have to worry about finding her shorts for the summer that will fit over her big cloth diaper butt.
Israel is busy practicing his new skill of rolling over and is getting close to be able to sit up by himself. I have been dairy free for him for months now but am doing a dairy trial with him. So far it has caused some increase in spit up but no colicky type behavior. We will see how if goes. He is watching us eat with a new intensity that's hilarious to watch. He opens his mouth every time I grab my water glass. He wants to try food but I am going to hold off for a few months at least since he has a sensitive belly and is still spitting up.
Almost 2 weeks on the market and still nada on the house. Mike and I are discouraged but continue to pray for God's will and direction... and hope that includes a more spacious place to live. We have about 40 properties in our MLS folder on save. Properties we have some interest in and would love to look at but we want to receive an offer before we do that.

8 days

on the market and nada. Nothing! No interest. Blah! Not good for pessimistic ole me!

Happy 5 Months Little Monkey Boy

Just random

outside

We have had some great 50 degree weather lately. Its been heavenly!

Cousins

Keira feeding baby Ileana

Ileana is 6 weeks and Israel 5 months.

Israel's Room Furnished and Complete

Its decorated! Sort of. I didn't hang any pics just in case we end up moving. We actually moved Israel up to his room and amazingly he seems to sleep better. Better for him anyway. He goes to bed around 630ish and wakes up about 3 times between 630 pm and 630 am. So 3 times I walk up the stairs get him out of his crib, sit in the rocker, nurse him and put him back to bed, come downstairs and fall asleep. Yeah its not as much fun as it sounds but I actually get more sleep than when he is in our bed so I guess its all good. I try not to think about the fact that when Keira was 5 months she would go to bed at the same time and sleep till 4 or 5 am, nurse once and then go back to sleep till 7 am. Boys. They are needier from birth!

Faces

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