Baby Pictures

Sorting through some baby pictures we decided Mary does look a little like her mommy.

That's me being held by two of Mary's namesakes; Mary Ellen (my grandmother) and Ellen (my mother).  Also my grandfather who shares a middle name with Luke; Virgil William and Luke William.    Really loving looking back!  Next we need some more baby pics of Daddy!

Found the toys!

She is growing up to fast already!

When you can't pick just one

Post them all.  Enjoy the sweetness that is our missy miss.

Supertaster

The boys sometimes get to watch the chow.com super taster with us.  They have recently really embraced the concept of rating the food they eat.  Today at lunch James rated the cookie as superb, the day old pizza as keen and the grapes as tolerable.  And just for good measure he remarked if he had been served zucchini it would have been ghastly.  

And for good measure, our latest crafts: word girl condiment gun and paper iPhones.  Hilarious! 

Two visitors and a smile!

They were in town less then 48 hours, but we managed to squeeze in chess, trips to the playground and a big smile from Miss Mary just for Aunt Julia. 

Birthday Party

15 nerf guns + pinata + cupcakes + pizza = a lot of tired kiddos (and parents)

At one point it became boys versus girls, where all the girls claimed the upper deck and the boys were forced to take cover behind the fence. So much fun!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday James!

 

Shots and Tears

Mary had her 2 month visit today.  She is staying right on her growth curve, weighing in at 12 pounds and 9 ounces (75%) and measuring 23.5 inches (95%). She was sweet as pie until the shots, but even then she was a brave girl and only cried a little.  Her poor brothers, on the other hand, almost fell apart during the shots.  They had been so proud to tell the doctor all about their beautiful baby sister and tell all the ways they help her.  Then came the shots. I am not going to name names, but there was one brother screaming "why are they doing that to her?!?" over and over, while one brother plugged his ears and may have had a few tears.  One brother may also have declared that his little sister would NOT be having any more shots. It is easy to see how much this little girlie is  adored by her bothers.

Mary and her brothers

A few pictures of my babies...who do you think Mary looks like? Can you tell who is who?

 

 

 

2 months

Walking and Talking

Today during our morning walk we again were discussing more children and pets:

Luke: Mommy, we just need a few more kids and then we would have 8. Also, if puppy doesn't die we would only need 2 more dogs to have 3.

Me: Luke, if we had 8 kids where would they all sleep?

James: they could share our bunk bed or sleep in the floor in my room.

Luke: yeah, on the floor.

Me: do you really think someone would want to sleep on your floor?  Would you like too?

Luke: No.  But they might.  

James: they could share my bed!

Luke: or we could just get a bigger house with a bigger yard.

James:  they could just share my bed! (Kinda annoyed that Luke didn't share his  vision)

Somehow in the whole conversation the fish was dropped out of the equation.  So maybe Luke does want more siblings, and not just a fish as previously thought.

To end, some pictures of sweet Mary.  She loves her playmate...especially her guard dog.