Monday, December 1, 2008
Backstage at the Nutcracker
Friday, November 28, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Mommy's New Toy
Yesterday Mommy stole Daddy's Best Buy gift card and got a digital flip video camera. It's fantastic! Quin loves it...although he clearly wants to be recorded and watch himself on camera at the same time. I'm pretty sure Uncle Michael did that back in the day. I can remember singing songs and watching myself on TV and the Gibbons family has the embarrassing evidence. I can only hope to embarrass my children as much with these videos in the future :) Here's one at bath time, it doesn't get more embarrassing than naked, right?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Two for Two
Monday, July 21, 2008
More Quin-isms
Hi Auntie - Can I have whatever you're eating?
Hi Mama - I'm so cute, ignore the mess in the living room.
Hi Dada - Did you see the mess in the living room? Someone should really take care of that.
Cream! - As in ice cream or cool whip. Good with boo-berries, stah-berries, pickles, pizza, etc.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Seep Mama's Bed, The "I Stuck" Quin-a-logue
So a million and 5 things have happened since the last post but I don't feel like getting into that right now so I'll just give you some cute Quin-isms for now:
- I stuck! - as in get me the you-know-what out of my car seat, high chair, time out, etc
- Uh Oh! Rocket stuck! - Quin's first sentence & a fun game. Don't be fooled, you are NOT supposed to get Rocket unstuck or a riot ensues
- Mama fix - put my train back together the way its supposed to go so I can make a mess of it again
- Baby Chicken - Ok, we're pretty sure he's saying "Baby Tristan"
- Grammie or Auntie - can I talk to someone who will give me what I want, please?
- I coming! - we think this is a warning because it usually means he's about to walk in on you in the bathroom or attack you from behind. Either way, you're supposed to be ready to play when he gets there.
- Pizza, mmmm yummy! - said whenever anyone walks in with a pizza box or if you ask Quin what he wants for dinner
- Seep Mama bed - said at 3am or at bedtime to indicate that he is not going to sleep in his crib without at least trying for mama's bed first
- Yucky juice - what mama tries to give him instead of the regular Capri juice boxes
- Mik - anything in a sippy cup that is not easily identifiable
- Mama juice or mama mik - coffee
- Dada juice - usually Miller Lite or Sam Summer
- I King of the Mountain! - used when he stands on any rock, hill, pile of dirt, etc
- Mama rock, Dada rock - you two stand on your rocks, its time to play King of the Mountain (see above)
- Luh you, miss you - often said with much prompting by mama, or with no prompting to his cars and trains
There are so many more but both boys are asleep so I need to shower. They only sleep at the same time when the stars are aligned just so! More on our adventures of late another time.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
No longer a newborn
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The John Deere Exhibit
Quin enjoying a Capri Sun. They are a rare occurance in our house as the first thing he does is squeeze the pouch after I get the straw in.
What animal is Quin so interested in here? This is actually the John Deere exhibit, otherwise known as the "there are no animals here its just a truck so can we please move on" exhibit.
But no, we could not leave. It took A LOT of bribing to get him to move on! And here is Tristan being adorable and super well behaved.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Easter
Easter morning began bright and early (6am) with both boys already in our bed. I got up with Quin and tried to distract him with iTunes while Joe and Tristan slept. Alas, I made the mistake of playing the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song thus ensuring Quin would bolt for the living room. I momentarily thwarted him by closing the double doors but, as they are glass, he saw that there were presents in the other room and ran around the other way. He was so cute! As you can see, he loved his rocket and his chocolate car. At one point the other Easter baskets got in Rocket's flight path and had to be sacrificed for the good of the mission. Other than that, he was very well behaved while we waited for Daddy and Tristan to get up.
Quin was miserable for the first hour or two due to an interupted nap, but he recovered well. By the end of the day he was smiling and even giving his baby brother kisses!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Eye Spy
My poor little guy had to go to the eye doctor Monday to see a retinal specialist. No major concerns, but, since he was born a little early and was oxygen deprived at first, they wanted to be sure that everything was OK. It was torture. He couldn't eat for 2 hours before the appointment and then it was an hour and a half before we could be seen because they had to put drops in and wait for his eyes to be dilated. Then, just when he was starving, they took him into the room and asked me to leave!!! It was terrible. They had to pry his eyes open and hold him down. I could hear the poor thing screaming from 2 waiting rooms away! Thankfully, it's over and his eyes are fine. An hour later, he was fed, happy, coo-ing away and smiling. I, on the other hand, was still upset about the whole thing until that night. Who am I kidding, I'm still upset about it! In other news, I have had a lovely woman from Early Intervention coming to teach me infant massage and, since I started giving him massages, he's been sleeping through the night! No lie, the very first night I did a massage before bed and he slept from 10pm to 6am. Now, I give him a bottle and a massage at 9:30, he's out by 10, and doesn't even stir until 6:30am. It's fabulous. I can't believe what a good baby he is! Now if I could get Quin to sit still for a massage...