irina sings her ABC's

High School Friends

myself, mary & stephanie

Last week our friend Steph came into town to see her family for the the Thanksgiving holiday. She made some time to visit with us, it was a fun night with yummy food and great company!

Ft Worth parade of Lights

We took the kids to see the parade last week and had a great time, it was pretty cold but I made sure we all had on 3layers of warm clothes. When I say "kids", I obviously just mean Irina, since Crew doesn't care about anything except food right now. We also took her to Barnes & Noble to read some books in the kids corner. Even though it was a cold night we had fun.

Irina & Crew

Irina has been a great helper lately and wants to be a mini-mommy to Crew. She wants to hold him, burp him and so many other things! It can be very helpful at times but she has slowly turned into bossy-mommy. She tells him to not spit up, not to kick his blanket off and to go to sleep right now. This is something that Im working on with her, I tell her she cant be demanding and to settle down when she goes on a rant. For the most part she obeys and it has made me wonder if I too am a bossy-mommy.

Crew Smiles

Crew smiling and squealing for mommy!

Painting away

Irina LOVES to paint, reading and painting are her favorite things to do right now. I like to make her pudding paints so they're safe in case she gets hungry while creating her work of art. We usually paint outside but we really wanted to use our new Learning Tower! I found it for a STEAL on craigslist and the whole family already loves it. I can see it being very handy when Irina helps me bake and cook. They also sell different kits that attach to the learning tower, making it an easel, chalkboard and play house. It is by far one of the best deals I've come across. You'll never guess what I paid for it! Jeanine- You can't guess since you already know ;)


http://www.thetoyhunt.com/children-furniture-learning-tower.html

Crew at 1mth and 2mths

Crew is growing SO fast! It makes me feel good as an exclusively breast feeding mommy but SO SAD that hes not a newborn anymore. It seems to go by faster with the second baby, I cant imagine how a third or fourth fly by! He found his hands sometime last month and is coo-ing and squealing when we talk to him. He is such a sweet baby, he is so laid back; we think he gets that from his Daddy. He is in a size 2 disposable dipe and mainly wears 6mth clothes, some of his 3-6mth clothes still fit. Im not sure how much he weighs at this point, at 8weeks he weighed 13lbs 3oz. He is sleeping great also, since he was newborn he would sleep 3 to 4hrs at time at night and by 10weeks he was sleeping 7hrs at night.


1mth old

2mths old