Birthday Party #1

Caroline's party this afternoon started off our weekend of birthday fun. Grace was beyond excited to go not only because it was at Kangazoom, but also because her favorite person in the whole world was going to be there...her cousin Emma! I wish I'd had my video camera out and ready the moment they saw one another. They both screamed each other's names and big hugs followed. It was so sweet.

After the girls were finished squealing and hugging, Grace was determined to go down the giant slide. She was such a big girl climbing up the ladder all by herself, and every time she came down the slide she said "let's do it again and rock and roll!" By the end of it all, her cute little pony tail that I'd worked so hard to do was a mess. Oh well.

Bonnie Banah had a great time, too. She's not quite old enough to eat birthday cake, but she loved singing happy birthday to Caroline. What a fun day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Since she doesn't own a green dress and we're going through a serious dress phase right now, I had to convince Grace to wear a skirt today. It was tough, but I managed. The idea of pinching leprechauns may have been part of the reason she agreed. And the green and pink "flower bow" she got to wear in her hair certainly didn't hurt!

George didn't mind his green flower bow! He may have been worried about those pesky pinching leprechauns, too...

Bonnie's 6 Month Check-up

Truth be told, Bonnie is closer to 7 months than she is to 6 months, but she had her 6 month doctor's visit this afternoon nonetheless. It's always a treat to get to bring both kids to the doctor at the same time. Not to say that's it's completely awful, just a bit more of a challenge.

At her age, Grace naturally assumes that any time we make a visit to the doctor she is going to get "sticks". We had had a long talk in the car about how this was not an appointment for her and that she was only there to help the doctor make sure that Bonnie is growing up healthy and strong, yadda...yadda. I then made her promise that she would be very good (and quiet) during the appointment so that I could talk to the doctor. Dr. Jeff, to be exact. She agreed and I actually believed her. Ha! Not 5 minutes...no, seconds after the nurse took us back into the room she was asking all sorts of questions and trying to grab all the equipment. Fantastic. She probably picked up some horrid virus and we'll be back on Thursday for a sick appointment. Then again on Monday because Grace has given said horrid virus to Bonnie.

Anyway, as soon as Dr. Jeff walked through the door Grace bolted to the bench and sat down as fast as she could. Did I mention that she's not a fan of going to the doctor? Well, she eventually remembered her purpose for being at the appointment and immediately started helping. "Hey, Dr. Jeff, jewels are too small for Bon to play with. Dr. Jeff, Bonnie likes to eat breakfast with me. Dr. Jeff, are you going to look in Bon's ears? Are you going to see bee stings or butterflies and flowers? Dr. Jeff...Dr. Jeff...Dr. Jeff..." Wow.

Needless to say, it was sort of a long appointment, but after all that Bonnie is, thankfully, a healthy 6 (7) month old who is growing up just as she should!

Stats are:

Weight - 17 lbs. 6.4 ounces; 63rd percentile

Length - 26 inches; 41st percentile

Head circumference - 17.5 cm; are you ready...88th percentile

Whew!

Another busy weekend.

We kicked off Saturday with our usual pancake party courtesy of Gracie and her daddy. Then, after a quick trip to the gym, Bonnie and I were off to her 6 month photo shoot. I absolutely cannot wait to see her pictures! She wore the most adorable bright green tutu that I found for a steal and a bright purple flower in her hair. Then she had a fast wardrobe change into a lavender crocheted dress with a purple polka dot bow. Matching, of course. Very girly. Very cute.

Sunday, I got to get out for a few hours and go to Aunt Ellie's baby shower. It was a lot of fun and she got a LOT of great stuff. Now we just need that sweet baby boy to get here!

Meanwhile, the girls got to spend some quality time with their favorite dad.

Bonnie's new favorite trick is to roll over onto her her belly. Exactly one week ago, this was her least favorite thing in the world. She would scream and immediately flip right on over to her back. All of a sudden, she can't get enough tummy time. She is even trying to pull herself forward. This is WAY earlier than when Gracie started to do the same thing. I had a feeling this was going to happen! Boy, are we in trouble...

Breakfast with the girls

This is pretty much what it looks like every morning at our house. Gracie always wears her best accessories at the table, and Bonnie always wishes she could eat the same thing her big sister is eating. Biscuits and milk were todays featured menu items, and Grace inhaled 1 1/2 of them. I could barely even finish one!

Another May Family Movie Night

A perfect end to a perfect weekend. So it's Monday night and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it, okay?

Friday night I was so tired that I begged my parents to keep the girls so I could get to bed early. Thankfully, they agreed, and I was asleep at 8:50pm! I haven't slept that much in a REALLY long time.

Saturday morning, Corey and I got to enjoy breakfast at Goldberg's. Just us. Haven't done that in a really long time, either.

Sunday, Corey took Gracie to church and afterwards to the OK Cafe for blueberry pancakes and chocolate milk. Bon and I stayed home. That afternoon, I took off on an Easter dress hunt. The cost really adds up when you have to buy 2! Fortunately, I found two matching dresses for not too much money that I'll have monogrammed. Duh. After naps, we took advantage of the nice weather and went on a family walk. I'm definitely ready for spring, now!

We continued, or rather, resumed our once-a-month (we may have skipped February) May Family Movie Night extravaganza. The feature of the evening was none other than Annie. I have to give credit to Corey for choosing this one because Grace loved it. Although it was extremely long (2 hours and 7 minutes, exactly), she has been singing "Hard Knock Life" all day long. All day long. Seriously, this child is going to be on Broadway one day.

And, Bonnie got to join us very briefly at the beginning. Okay, so it was just for pictures, but soon enough she'll be able to stay awake past 7pm and partake in movie night, too.

The kid has better clothes than I do.

We had play group this morning, and I'm pretty sure my friends think the only outfit I own is a brown velour sweat suit. Not true! I have them in plum and pink, too. Besides, it's all about the kids now, right? Well, all of Bonnie's clothes are hand-me-downs. I'm sure I'll never hear the end of that once she's old enough to realize it. At least they're good hand-me-downs, right?!

Let it snow...again!

Weatherman called for another "winter storm" and advised everyone in metro Atlanta to head to the grocery store and cancel all travel plans. Pshaw. When I woke up this morning, all we were getting was winter rain. Until...

the raindrops started turning into snowflakes! Grace was so excited and wanted to get outside as fast as possible to play in (eat) the snow.

After putting Bonnie down for her nap, we hurried to get dressed. We may have been in a little too much of a rush because Grace almost forgot to put her jacket on. She managed to remember her snow boots, though, and eventually everything else, too.

She had so much fun eating the snow,

making snowballs,

eating the snow,

running around,

eating the snow,

and playing with mommy. A very nice neighbor driving by noticed that I was struggling to take your standard "stretch out the arm to try to get a picture of the two of us" pose and stopped to help us out.