More pictures!

Hello! We've been having a nice visit with Curtis's parents - they all say hi :)

We made a trip to WalMart and out to eat tonight, and I dressed Lucy up for the occasion :)

And then took some pictures of her in her cute little outfit!

Lucy was up a lot last night; I'm thinking growth spurt...she just seemed hungry! Maybe she'll give me some longer breks tonight!

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Ours was so special. I have to admit, I was the first one up this morning and it was hard not to wake up everyone else!

Here is Toby with all his Christmas goodies:

And Lucy with her Christmas fun (yes she's trying to nurse off the bunny, lol. It was time for her to eat but mama wanted to get in a quick picture :)
Here is a picture from before the Christmas Eve service last night. Not the greatest pic, but it's nice to have one with all of us in it.

A picture of Curtis and my favorite gift this year :)
Toby in his new playhouse on the back porch:
We really did have a great Christmas. We opened most the gifts this morning, then stopped for breakfast (I had made an egg casserole last night and monkey bread), then finished up. Toby had a light lunch to hold him off, then we had a big dinner at 4:30 - turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, and sweet potato souffle. Yum!

I still hear Toby playing in his crib...I guess just too much excitement to wind down :)

I hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas. We sure did!

RIP Coral Beauty

I am sad to say we lost our coral beauty yesterday. Curtis rearranged the tank and added some new rock, and with all the murky water, he couldn't always see his fish. Either he accidentally hit the fish with a rock or all the murky water made him sick, either way, he died yesterday afternoon. I think Curtis is more irritated at the monetary loss than anything. We will replace him, sometime after the new year.

But while rearranging he had some fun with the clownfish. They kept trying to attack him (and got in one good bite!)

Toby lounging in his chair and singing to Christmas tunes
Lucy's 1 week picture
A close up of her cute little face!
I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve already. Time has really snuck up on me this week! Curtis and I are both really excited about playing Santa this year...Toby is 0ld enough that he should really enjoy Christmas morning. He has already opened a present from his Secret Santa and he is still loving that one gift - imagine his face when he wakes Christmas morning and there are presents under the tree!

Anyway, have a wonderful weekend! It is rainy and damp here. Go figure - the first day in a week in the 60's (aka, nice enough for Toby to really run around outside a while) and it's damp and rainy. I think the poor boy is getting sick and tired of the house...he pointed to the car this morning and said "Go, go"...not sure where he wanted to go, but he definitely is sick of being here!

My Christmas Babe

More pics :)

Today was good. Last night Lucia actually went a 4 hour stretch! Of course she was probably exhausted from sitting up with Daddy until 2am - she's quite the night owl right now. We're working on that though, and hopefully in a few more days she'll "get it" that day time is for play and night time is for sleep. One can hope, anyway.

We ventured out for the first time today! With Toby I was more than happy to stay home for the recommended 4 weeks, but I feel much better this time around (and I don't trust my husband to buy nursing bras for me) so we made a quick WalMart run. Lucy was happy to nap in her sling the whole trip and Toby sat in the cart seat was usual. It was a quick trip, but it still tired me out and I took a nice long nap this afternoon to make up for it.

Ok, time for an anecdote. When we first brought Toby home from the hospital, we did laundry non-stop. It seemed like everytime we laid him down in the crib his diaper would leak and we would need to wash the sheets so we'd have a clean set for the next time. We did NOTHING but laundry for the first weeks. Now this time we're doing cloth, and while we hoped it might stem some of those leaks, we were fully expecting to do nonstop laundry again.

And we are - but not from sweet little Lucy. No, she has yet to leak through on her sheets, although I'm sure that time is coming soon. The reason we're washing the kids clothes 1-2 times a day is from dear little Toby again. The boy has figured out how to wriggle out of his pants and undo his diaper, and apparently it's his newest favorite game in the mornings and naptime. Of course, he manages to pee all over the bed while the diaper is off, too, so once again, we're washing clothes and sheets ALL the time.

Hopefully, we have a solution. We bought a zip-up pajama from WalMart today and put it on him backwards at bedtime. We don't think he can reach the zipper, so *maybe* we'll be saved from doing yet ANOTHER load of laundry first thing tomorrow morning (we've done his sheets twice already today). The little stinker. You can't help but laugh though - who'd have thought getting undressed would be so much fun?

Taking a Break

My arms are rather full lately :) My daughter, Lucia Nadine, was born last Saturday, December 15th. I did finish one baby hat while in the hospital, but since we've been home I just haven't been in the right mood to pick up my needles. Maybe once I'm getting more sleep and start thinking straight again.

Day 4

I know this is blurry, but I liked the pic under the tree...I may play around and try to get a better pic sometime this week.

This is Lucy and mama yesterday...Toby is in the chair behind us eating his snack :)

We went to the pediatrician today - she's back to her birthweight! Yay! We are also in cloth full time now - and we have no disposibles for backups. She sure has a fluffy bum! But that's ok - she's still too small for 0-3 month clothes, so with her big cloth diapers, the 0-3 m pants actually fit!

Toby had a good day yesterday and today - well, excepting his skipped nap today. Still, he loves Lucy so much already - he was pretty mad when I left with her for the ped's!

Well, enjoy the pics and I will post more another time!

Posting Record

Yes, this is a record breaking 3 posts in one day! But I got a cute picture tonight and wanted to share it too :)