thirteen. [and 10 days overdue]

thirteen? WHAT?

We are talking pounds here people. That would be the weight of the baby miss! WOWZERS! I believe someone is going to follow in the footsteps of their big bro...super eater...

Thursday [the 7th, hence the 10 days overdue note in the title] Isla received her first round of shots (my poor baby), and she did amazing. A good scream and then a cuddle and snooze. Such a trooper.

Smiles are a constant now. We are fortunate to have such an amazing smiley baby. She is currently sleeping through most nights (OH YAH)! It is quite the gift to get a full nights sleep at 9 weeks. We are very proud of the little lady...and I do trust that she is not just teasing us and it will continue!

its bruce...

Buke is Bruce! Yes I know how excited you all are to know that. Ha.

We were watching "Shark Tale" this afternoon and as a shark came to the screen...Si yelled out..."its Bruce"! Soooo...where did Bruce come from? NEMO!!! I am so excited that we have figured this out. I do not know why Bruce the Shark has entered our home life...but for the time being, he is here!

eight weeks and counting

How did we get here so quickly? In less then a week now...little miss will be 2 months old! TWO MONTHS! Filled with love, joy, late nights, cries and smiles. What more could we possibly hope for in a little girl? She is simply precious...

10 things we love about you!

ONE You love to be held as often as possible
TWO You started to smile at 6 weeks and enjoy sharing
THREE You Squeak! Lots and often. Your big bro was a fan of this as well
FOUR You love your swing (thank goodness)
FIVE You like to stay up til about 9pm but have started to snooze right through til about 7am. Cant complain about that!
SIX At your last appointment you were 11 lbs 15 ozs (hello chunky monkey)
SEVEN You love to dance
EIGHT You bring a smile to all of our faces
NINE You have the most precious little face with dimples and all. We just want to maul you 24/7

TEN...you chose us and we thank you for it. we cannot imagine it any other way!

where's buke?

Have you seen him? Cause I am trying hard to find him...hehe...

Okay, I know you must be wondering what I am talking about. Well, I believe our son may have let his imagination run a little wild. A few nights back he had a tough night and since he will not sleep with his door closed...and woke up looking for Buke. At first I thought he was telling me that he had to puke, yes lovely I know...but that is what I thought he was saying. Once we established that was not the case, we tried all morning to figure out what he was saying...

At this point we have settled on Buke. Simon will say things such as "Buke is coming over", "where Buke go", "Buke right there" (and point at a door etc). Its a little freaky actually! ha. We dont talk about Buke unless Si brings him up, but I sure would love to know what is going on in that mind. Who knows, maybe he is just messing around with us. Kids are smart yah know!

I will take some snaps of him today...we have been so busy with the move and family in town that I have not been behind the camera much.

Off to locate Buke...

you've got the cutest little baby face.

I could spend an entire day looking at this precious little girl...

She has the cutest grin! When she shares it with us (which has she been doing quite often), it shows off the tiny little dimple in her left cheek and I cannot help but smile. Its amazing how a simple smile from such a tiny person can light up an entire room.

Now, as much as this girl loves to share her smiles...she also has the most ADORABLE little pout face...hehe. She can make herself look so darn sad. I think it's her "look at me mama" face and we adore it just as much as those sweet little grins.

Dont grow up too fast baby miss miss...

summer lovin'

Its fantastic to finally be seeing the sunshine for more then a few brief moments. So far, we have not had much of a summer...but it makes me appreciate these amazing sunshine filled days that much more.

We ventured out to the water park late yesterday. Simon LOVES the water park, he is constantly asking to go...however yesterday was the first time he really went into the water! He usually enjoys observing from the sidelines and running whenever the water comes too close. I think having daddy by his side yesterday was a huge help in reassuring him that all would be fine...even if he got a little wet!

I did not take my camera with me (next time)...but I do have a few recent snaps of the 2 youngest. The eldest have been too busy unpacking and getting settled...so we will hopefully get some shots of them next week.

As for the move...it is taking far longer to get settled then I would like. The reality of 2 young kids sure does hit when you are try to get anything done! The garage is full of boxes and will likely remain that way for sometime...ah well...who needs to be organized? Oh wait...ME!

chillin' outside

I dont think this boy loves anything more then hanging outside. Okay, maybe sports...and his dad! I snapped a few photos only a couple of days before we moved and wanted to share before I totally forgot...

Will post later about "updates".

Tell me he does not look devilish in the last photo! He had water on his face and I just love how his eyebrows spiked up...