Weekend Wrap Up

Mom and Dad got to go out this weekend with friends-there will be no pictures shown.

What you do get to enjoy are Brooke & Caroline.

Who looks like the 'big' sister here?? I swear they will be the same height when Caroline hits two.

Carolina (as she is called around here) has her 9 month check up tomorrow-stay tuned for the much anticipated 'stats'.

Happy Weddng Shower Lynn :)

Today we hosted a shower for my cousin Lynn. She is getting married this Fall and we are SO happy for her! Everyone had a great time...a few pictures to share.

The amazing cake.

White and silver (the brides colors) with a light tribute to Disney (Lynn's-and her entire families-favorite vacation destination)

Brooke, flower girl to be, had a blast too :)

Can't wait for November!

Short & Sweet

Today I made my daily stop at Mobile to get my $.66 (including tax) caffeine fix. Imagine my surprise when the clerk informed me that I owed $1.02. What?? Disappoint set in when I had to put away my exact change and run my debit card for a measly dollar and change. Apparently the $.66 special on fountain drinks only runs through the summer. They will have new promotions through the winter months, though, to 'keep me excited.'

Yeah...that was a quote.

What is the exciting special you ask?? Car Wash's. A $10.00 car wash for only $4.00 (but only when the Rams win...). I am totally pumped. I love to get my car washed when it is raining, snowing, sleeting and the ground is covered in ice. Their marketing division is genius....

QT here I come...

Dance Class

Dance Class starts today-we are ready.

Watch for her new 'shake' move at the end :)

Poker Face

I know I have mentioned it before, but Brooke is a big Lady Ga Ga fan. I have her Aunt's Tracie & Maggie to thank for this obsession. I happen to have her mega hit Poker Face on a cd in my car. As soon as we get in the car now, it is immediately requested.

"Mom....a little Poka Face please??"

At times, yes, I do let her listen to her favorite jam. I am ok with it for the time being, since this is how she sings the words in the car.

Real Lyrics

"Can't read my, can't read my"
"No, he can't read my Poker Face"


Brooke's Lyrics

"Caroline, Caroline"
"Oh, Caroline....Poker Face"

She is dead on with her "p-p-pa poker face" though.

I will be heading to the store shortly to purchase Kidz Bop.

So long Sophie

Poor Caroline.

She had a rough labor day.

It started out with the loss of a new, dear friend...Sophie. While we were at a friends birthday party, Caroline must have dropped her buddy out of her stroller. Mom & Dad totally missed the drop and by the time we went back inside to find our new pal...she was gone. We checked out the entire building-even lost and found-but we think that someone found her and decided to keep her :(

We hope that she has a new friendly home.

I am not sure who was more upset...Caroline, me or Gary (when he saw me freaking out and I finally filled him in on how much she was. I had a coupon, though.)

After that drama we thought Labor Day weekend would be calm and relaxing. We had plans to go to Innsbrooke with my family on Monday. Gary was actually off work so we were excited!!

Caroline had other plans, though. She barely slept more then 30 minutes in her crib Sunday night. She was a snotty mess with a fever on the side. By this morning, I knew she was fighting off more then a cold. After a quick trip to Urgent Care we found out she had an ear infection. The good news, though, was that it was in its early stages so she will be on the mend soon :)

Here's to a short week!!

9 Months In & 9 Months Out

Welcome Caroline!!!

9 Months later


Still sweet...even cuter

Hard to believe friends, but Caroline is officially Nine Months. She has been out longer then she was in..and we couldn't love her more :)

So, what is Miss 3/4 of a year up to these days.....

Well, we all know that Ms. C is mobile and has been for sometime. She keeps us busy with crawling...standing...crawling up the stairs...scaring me that she will fall down the stairs...walking while holding onto furniture...and so on. Will she walk before Brooke's 10 month time frame? Maybe. But perhaps she will just crawl faster...she is an individual after all.

Caroline also likes her mealtimes. She has graduated from only pureed food to 'big' girl food too. She is a huge fan of Cheerios and/or Puffs (the kiddo food addiction of choice) as well as carrots, peas, green beans, noodles and bananas. She really isn't too picky.

She still loves the bottle. I wish that they made pacifiers that were identical to her bottles. I would purchase at least 24. If she could have ten bottles a day I think that she would. Too bad girly can only have four with a mere five oz each or she'll lose her lunch (thanks reflux).

We are still working on the 'sleep' thing. She heads to bed around 7:15-7:30 and stays asleep until around midnight or so. She usually wakes us up one to two times a night. Not for cuddling, not for a pacifier......but girl wants her bottle. Well, mom is tough and, well, I don't want to totally cave..so she still gets a mini-bottle at night. As soon as you hand it to her in her crib she is back to dreamland. If it works...it works.

Caroline has also been teething. Oh how I hate teething. I feel SO bad for them. I cannot imagine what is must feel like. I throw a fit when I have a simple toothache...but having multiple teeth come through my gums at the same time? Ouch. Caroline tends to react to teething much worse then Brooke did. It lasts for days and days with a full on running nose, low grade fever and rash by the mouth. I cannot wait until these top two are fully in and she is back to her happy girl self!

Now for her stats.

Nothing official as our 9 month appointment isn't until the 14th, but I did put her on our scale at home and she weighed in at 23 lbs. Not to shabby for the "I can't gain any weight" gal we brought home 9 whole months ago! I will update on her height and percentiles when we see the DR in a few weeks.

Three more months until we are ONE.

Blows.My.Mind

That also means that Christmas is only 113 days away...scary.