Monday Monday.....

Is there anything better than a baby wearing sunglasses?!?!!

Sunday was so nice - we took a cruise down the driveway

Dan has had a thorn in his cheek for the past few days from clearing out all the brush around the pond..

I don't know if he'll agree - but I think it's totally worth it!

Anna doesn't often last long enough on foot to see the horses...

so Dan let her hitch a ride

and a few videos..

Anna was singing "the Final Countdown' on the way to the food store

Luke was making the loudest happy baby screams

and then Anna was saying Happy Birthday to Uncle Jon on Saturday...

I don't know what order any of these are in.. but those are the 3 videos we've got

Quick before I go home........

Good Friday - AND BOY IS IT GOOD!

Anna is learning about 'Cheese' and timing..

we're starting to get it down pat!

Uncle Jon got the girl a lip stick (chap stick) from Germany -

and she thinks she is HOT STUFF putting it on

Now for the painfully cute pictures -

I couldn't pick which ones to put up

so all three are here

...a warm round of applause for...

the bunny ears

the alert bunny

the silly bunny
the stunned bunny

St Pat's & the up coming Easter

with St. Patrick's Day behind us - we can finally focus on Easter...

and the cute bunny ear barrettes that we've been ITCHING to wear!

the 'in the house' installment

On St. Patrick's Day we went to the D's house... now - for those of you who don't know - here's the skinny
Michelle & I went to nursrey school together...
her father & mine were the only ones laughing at the little song we had to sing to our parents -
and we've all been friends since
Michelle & I were pregnant at the same time - she was due 3 weeks after me
My being two weeks late - and her being a week early..
we met up in the delivery room (she showed up before me)
and we ended up having our kiddens the same day -
the same doctor -
the same horrific c-section (she had it worse..)

These are good side-by-side comparisons of two babies
same age
same doctors
same percentages (both are in the top 90%)
ones a girl
ones a boy

and we threw Anna in the picture for some scale..

Luke's noggin is just about the same size as his sister who is 18 months older..

Luke slept through the whole thing.. and Anna so graciously held his pacifier

St. Patrick's Day

Well - its the boy's first St. Pat's day - and he's got a drinking hat!

Not to be outdone...

Anna has beer-goggles

This was Sat. night at the foodstore..

prep-sleep for the big St. Pat's parade

and the two tough guys cruising with the strollers...

in public none-the-less!!!!!!!

Bunny & Buddah

we went to see the Easter Bunny yesterday -

it was a TOTAL SUCCESS (see december's Santa Visit...)

I was barely able to get the girl out of there..

Luke, on the other hand, goes with the flow..
Found an unflattering angle for the boy..
but then again, stuffed against a pillow will give anyone a few chins
Honestly, I don't think he needs all that much help

This was the first try...

Luke's got the Calabrese Blinking Gene!

quick!

This would have been such a funny picture of Anna -

until I saw poor Luke in the background being neglected

Anna found a doll that we were hiding

we hid it b/c it's a little bit creepy -but she just LOVES it so much we couldn't toss it

and this is the girl being insane

a few more..

just a few more..

Anna was having a healthy dinner of katsup and toes..

Napping is one of my favorite times of day..

this day was a two-fer

one was a tongue-out-motorcycle-position nap

...and the girl was holding on for her dear life...
inappropriate? yes
were we all excited to be wearing panties? yes
holding the bottle like a chimp? yes

quick narration with the video..

Anna LOVES her brother so much -

and Anna loves to have her picture taken

but when you take her picture - you have to show her how it looks

so - here she kisses Luke, kisses me, and then yanks the camera out of my hand to look..

Friday is finally here!

well, after a grueling 3 day week -

I'm happy to say that it is FINALLY friday!

wink

Here are my updates...

this is my view in the morning when I'm getting ready for work

BIG BIG BIG event last night

Luke finally got his hands on that sneaky monkey on his activity mat

after weeks of being out of Luke's reach - he grabbed him last night - and in revenge -

chewed his little monkey hands

Luke and his new hat

his first old man hat

Anna was taking Elmo for a walk in his car seat last night

she just so happened to be naked We were out and about yesterday -
and this was the view of the back seat...
a thumbsucker
and an egg shaker..
Anna has shaky-eggs that she shakes while we sing..
and when I say we - I mean me (note pacifier)

Luke and his best friend in the world -

blue dog