Where do they learn this???

I'm on my way to work and holding Alexis in my arms trying to get a kiss goodbye. She finally gives in but as she pulls away she places her hand again my cheek and gently pushes my face towards Pete, who is standing beside me, to give him a kiss!!! So sweet. Where do they learn this stuff??? Melted my heart. Such a precious moment.

Daycare

Well it's been one week now that the kids are going to a new daycare just 3 blocks from the house. Day one had a few bumps but other then that they are doing great! Nice to have found a replacement after having Jeevan. She truly is one of the most amazing people I know and a heart of gold. We miss her.
It must be a good sign if Alexis is standing at the top of the stairs shaking the baby gate to get going to daycare! I think the timing has worked out really well. We were very lucky to have had the extra help from Pete's mom for the first 6 months that I was back to work. We couldn't have done it without her. The only sad part is how she took Nate to swimming lessons and Lexi was at the drop in center and then after class they would go pick her up and bring her into the pool. I hope that Nate remembers all that special time with his Nanny.

What is that in the toilet???

So 2 summer's ago Nate was playing with my cell phone at the park as we were at the top of the hill above the pool... you know where this is going... you know when that little part at the back of your brains thinks something BAD is about to happen and warns you of pending disaster? Yup he throws the phone, down the hill, across the concrete and into the pool! I moved as fast a Mother caring a infant can, jumped in the pool to save the sunken cell phone... guess what! The phone SURVIVED!
Well today was a different story. Alexis got my phone cause Nate took it off the charger and as I'm bathing Nate, Alexis comes into the bathroom and starts to play in the toilet... What is her deal with playing in the toilet? I go to pick her up to move her so I can close the lid but what is she reaching for in the toilet??? OMG! My cell phone is sitting at the bottom of the toilet o_O !!! I reach in and dry it of and shut it down ASAP! Crap (pardon the pun) but at least that toilet doesn't get used yet. After a day on the heat vent the phone works! Maybe my crappy ass razor phone is better then I thought?!? Still makes for a good story, bloody kids!

911....

So in the middle of Nate throwing a daily tempertantrum.... and Mommy not paying attention to the "beep beep beep" of the phone keys that Alexis has in her hands... the phone rings and to my surprise it's a 911 operator. To make a very ackward story short, a very cute cop comes to the house to make sure there is no one in trouble... does that include the toddler with a bad temper??? Cause he's in trouble all right!
Upon checking the phone, Alexis dialed 91111111111111111. Son of a b%#ch! Yup she is a trouble maker. The best part was when the cop came and she flirted with him... OMG! Did she do that on purpose? She must take after her Mother with a move like that ;)

My New Man!!! Before and After

Before

After

I Broke the Baby...

Well I took on the task of building Alexis's new crib all by myself! I did it too! No instructions and I figured it all out. I'm not just another pretty face you know but SMART TOO!
Little miss awoke from her nap and I sat her in her new crib. She is not crawling yet but she rocks forward on her left leg. Well she rocked a little too far and too fast and "SMACK" right into the top crib rail! YIKES! She ate wood basically... my poor baby girl. She gave me a bucket of tears, a blood curdling scream and a blood stained t-shirt :..( Break my heart. Well after a little first aid of a wet cloth wrapped around an ice cube for her to suck on to sooth her I took a look and OMG! That tiny bit of skin on the inside of the upper lip "the frenulum" is STUCK between her front teeth. I cringe at the site and panic! OMG, I have to take her to the ER or the Dentist. I broke the baby! Well after a little Internet reading it turns out this does happen as strange as it is but I will have to take her in to the Dr's or the ER to see if they can release it if it doesn't on it's own or they may have to cut it but it's worse for the parents then the child and it's not painful apparently. Kinda like a big piece of steak meat stuck between your teeth I guess?

Pearly Whites!

Well on Sunday we got the first showing of a bottom tooth only to bite me a few days later but on Wednesday we have the top 4 showing, mostly the front 2 and one on the side coming in! Oh how my boobs tremble with fear, HA HA HA! No really she bites HARD! The blood on my bra proves it ;)
For now the breast feeding shall continue until she calls it quits or until I can't take it anymore. We'll see who gives in first... Alexis or Mommy???

Only Nate can make her giggle

OMG! Can it be? Is it Freedom I smell???

After many failed attempts to get Alexis on the bottle I think we have success! I know stay calm, it's only been 3 days and 3 bottles, one per day but she has taken them from both Peter and I so I'm pretty stoked. We tried different brands, Advent and Born Free and she seems to prefer the wide mouth bottle style or is it the nipple style that she likes better? At any cost I'm trying to stay calm as this leads to me getting a little freedom and not having to time it out from a feed, go do something and be back in time before she needs more milk and a cranky husband, hee hee hee. I have pumped and stored some milk but know I have to pump like mad to get lots of milk as I'd like to get her to a min of 9 months of just boob juice before we do formula. But if it becomes to much of a chore and I feel like a cow being milked then I will most definitely crack open the formula. With the new freedom comes some worry that she'll ween from me. Her brother did at 9 months almost to the day so I think I'd like to go 9 months or longer if I can with her. There is nothing more natural or bonding then breast feeding a baby and I truly have had my share of plugged ducks woes to have some of the joy that comes with it.

I have a little mouse...

I'm in the closet off the kitchen, our pantry I guess and I see a Halloween foil wrapped chocolate that has been chewed into!!! I grab it and on closer examination I see the very familiar teeth pattern of a toddler! Yup I have a little mouse on my hands. Sneaky little bugger. I throw out the foil chewed through candy but the blonde in me leaves the other two behind.
A few nights later I see a very quiet Nate at the closet and immediately I know what he is up to. I sneak up behind him and ask him what he is doing and the look of sheer guilt is priceless. One of those moments when I wish I had a video camera rolling. I take the chocolate away and grab the other. He of course freaks but I unwrap the last one and give it to my wee man which in turns gets a big "mmmmmmm chocolate" as the drool and chocolate leak from the corners of his mouth. Oh how I have bread a chocolate hound. Like Mother like son ;)
Oh well still better then going for foil wrapped chocolate Santa's that a dear friend of mine did in a desperate chocolate craving which ended in a very unhappy result, ROFLMAO!