Wordless Wednesday...Two Months Home

A Baby Bath...

With baby J's cast, it is easier to bathe him in the sink, and little M loves it...

She loves to watch, she helps, she asks to scrub baby J...

You cannot imagine her joy when I told her she could wash her baby in the sink after I washed baby J one day. Yes, we do have one baby...

She was thrilled. I even let her use the rest of the almost empty bottle of soap.

This baby got washed four times. Four. It was super clean after all the bathing hooha.



Yes, that's a paper towel...it's to "keep baby modest." Ha.

This might be a regular Summer activity! Especially since it makes my girl smile like this...

Dancing...

Have you guys seen my little M dance?



Have you seen how she can get down?

Have you seen the pure joy on her little dancing face?

Have you ever seen someone so happy?

Have you seen how she puts her whole body into her dancing?

Sometimes I ask her to do a dance, just because...because I love it, and because it makes me laugh. But also because it makes her laugh, and I love that, too!

I wish I got as happy about anything the way little M gets happy about dancing.

This girl makes me laugh... love her.

Baby Daddy...

I thought I already loved him...

More than it was possible to love a person.

But seeing him be such a good father to my babies...

Makes me love him even more.

Happy Father's day!

Color Of The Week...

This week the cast is black...

Also this week I think I am pretty much over casting.

This is unfortunate because we found out today that baby J will be having more than eight casts. Right now they are hoping his foot will be ok with twelve, but there could be more. This means that instead of only needing two more casts after today...we are now only halfway done. I am so sad for him.

And then...after all those weeks are done, he will still need to have a small surgery to sever his achilles tendon....AND THEN...six more weeks of casting! We might as well settle in, and embrace the cast, because it will be with us for the foreseeable future.

Baby J did much better this week. No one got spit on or punched, anyways, except the cast. At the very end, when they were cleaning him up, baby J rattled off something in Chinese that sounded very disgruntled, and then slapped his cast. Bless it.

Heard...

Mommy, did you know that Jaguars are very good swimmers? Not like other cats, right? ~ little M

Chinchillas are not good swimmers, but they have fluffy fur to keep them warm! ~little M

Right now I'm a fairy...and my fairy wings are wet, so I can't fly. Isn't that sad? ~little M

Right now I'm pretending to be a pterodactyl, but my pterodactyl name is M, though, so you can still call me that. ~ little M

Mommy, please be careful! My wings are very delicate! ~ little M

Can we talk?
Um, no, not you, mommy. I was talking to baby J. ~ little M. Okay then.

Hmmm...maybe J would be happier in China ~ little M

Oh my goodness. He is trouble! ~ little M

Mommy, he's looking at me. ~ little M, after 4pm, when things happen.

Mommy, he's breathing on me. ..~ little M. Ugh.

Mommy, he's touching my ha-and. ~ little M. Seriously. After four is not my friend.

No touchy! ~ baby J, after four.

Mommy, can you move your bottom a little? I think you are squishing my kitty's cheeks! ~ little M, and I was not aware at all that I was sitting on her kitty.

Well, that looks amazing! ~little M, admiring a picture she had just colored.

Mommy? Do you need rescuing? ~ little M, when she heard baby J tickling me.

Now that I am a Kindergartner, can I drive the car? ~ little M.

I think I am almost a grownup today, because it is my last day of pre-k! ~little M

Mommy, look at that! It's like our car had a little baby! ~ little M. Our SUV is in the shop for repairs, and our rental car is a tiny little economy.

Mommy, I am going to help daddy to take out the trash, but don't worry. J will be here. He can be a friend for you for right now! ~ little M

Umm, daddy. What shape is that? ~ little M, watching the husband make pizza dough.
What do you mean? It's a circle! ~the husband
Well I don't think so! I don't even think that's an oval! ~ little M

Xie Xie! Xie Xie! (Shay shay...thank you in Chinese) ~baby J, every day when I sweep the floor, he follows along behind me, and thanks me. Weirdo.

The Graduate...

Can you believe we officially have a Kindergartner? Yeah, me neither!

Little M's class had a little brunch in the morning, so baby J and I went to cheer little M on.

Do you think she was happy to see us?

It was cute to see her doing her morning routine, like spelling and days of the week.

The kids got capped up for their little graduation ceremony.

All of the adorableness was almost more than I could take!

She got her little pre-k certificate, and she was done!

Do you love how cute they all are?

Also, I think maybe the boy next to little M is terrified to go into Kindergarten... ha!

We are so proud of how far our little girl has come this year! When she started the school year she had been hearing for barely two months. Now, she is speaking in sentences as well as any kid in her class!
I know we owe a great deal of that success to her wonderful teachers...

The First And The Last...

Let's just talk for a minute about how much little M has changed this year, ok?

I loved her hair this short. It was adorbs, and super easy to keep cool when it's hot out.

Can we also talk about those little fat creases on her wrists and elbows? I love them, and I miss them so much...

I thought she was such a big girl, going off to pre-k.

I'm going to be a mess when she heads to to Kindergarten.

On the last day of pre-k...



We have to pull her hair back all the time now, because it is hot, and someone is insisting that their hair be grown out "just to the middle of my back mom, not as long as Rapunzel." Well. Ok, then.

Her baby fat is almost all gone, and she is turning into such a girl. She feels so grown up now. Just ask her, she'll tell you!

I'm so proud of how far she has come in a year! Now to prepare myself for Kindergarten! Ugh. Why won't she just listen to me and stay little?!

Wordless Wednesday...The Four Of Us.

Photo cred: John Chase...our favorite photographer!