Home Alone!

Today was my first day alone with the babies, it did not go so well. Your probably thinking about time, Guice is 3 weeks old. The problem is not staying home with Guice it's Emery Jai. I have mentioned she is a little high drama, right? E.J. expects one on one attention, she has had it her whole life. So today was a sad day for her. At one point she decided she needed to breastfeed. I gave her milk in a big girl cup, she preceded to spit the milk out everywhere including on me. She also decided she needed to take a bink, she has never had a bink Guice doesn't take one either. But regardless today Emery took a bink. Which was fine by me, at least she wasn't screaming. I know it is just going to take sometime to adjust, i just hope the adjustment happens sooner than later!
In retrospect we came out OK. The kids were both fed and semi clean and I think there was less time with crying than without (it might have been 50/50), what more can I expect with a newborn and a 18 month old?

I thought it would be good to post a few cute pics to remind myself just how cute they can be!

What a sweetie!

Showing off for Mrs. Sherry & Uncle Ron Ron,
thanks for her hog shirt she LOVES it!

Play Date!!

My dearest and oldest friend and I got our little ones together for a play date last Friday. Lindsay and I first met in Mrs. Newland's Kindergarten class, we became fast friends. It was so neat to have our kids together playing and being friends! Emery Jai did ok, it helped that Rodney is the sweetest baby I have ever seen. E.J. did require one time out for what I will refer to as heavy handed patting :). All joking aside she did very well. She even shared her prized possession, a stuffed Mimi that No-no bought for her. Guice did not really get in on the action, he just hung out with his Mommy and ate and ate and ate.

Rodney & Emery Jai.

Playing with the Mimi! thanks to linzi for remembering to take pics & emailing them to me!

Red Hair Again!

It looks like we might have two red heads in the family! Over the last week or so more and more red has shown up in Guice's hair. It is a much darker red than Emery Jais', but still red. 90% of the time when we go out at least one person says something about E.J.'s red hair. I can only imagine the amount of looks and comments two red headed kids would get.

Happy Baby!

Guice has already changed so much in just two short weeks! He is really starting to get chunky, I had to let the straps out in his car seat today. He is the sweetest baby! Guice hasn't had a single episode of inconsolable crying, he is so good. He smiles all of the time, he has also started to hold his head up.
Mr. Smiley!!

Breaking News....

Guice lost his umbilical cord! I know everyone has been standing by checking the blog hourly for this post :). But it is a huge deal, I am happy that I don't have to A: clean it every diaper change and B: look at it any more, I think it is completely gross. It is sad because he is not so "new" now. I am way more aware of just how fast time flies by when you have little ones. I think if I could have anything in the world it would be that time moved a little bit slower. I want my kids to grow up, I honestly look forward to seeing who they are as adults. I just think it goes by way way to fast. Although I will admit some times time stands still. For example the hour before nap time, the 30 min. before your husband (aka help) gets home from work, when your kid throws a fit in public, the fit might only last a number of seconds but it fells like an eternity!

Enjoying Time In Arkansas...

thanks erica for taking and posting pics!

Were Here!!

We left Sunday at around 9:30 we got to NeNa's at 5:00. The babies traveled great. Guice has already began meeting family! His Great Grandmother thought he was beautiful! Guice also met his Great Uncle Jesse and Great Aunt Annette. Its so good to be here! Of course Emery Jai is loving it!She is so happy to be around the mimi's. We are having a great time!