Friday, February 17, 2012

"When I was a little girl..."

Kelly has taken to telling stories that begin with "When I was a little girl..."

Funny in and of itself, but then she always finishes the sentence with some outrageous lie. For example:

"When I was a little girl, a giraffe used to bite my fingers."

"When I was a little girl, I used to ride the train to Philadelphia and I used to go to work."

"When I was a little girl, I was a police officer riding on a horse and there was a big crash and I was on a motorcycle."

These little girl stories have inspired me to start telling them about things I actually did as a little girl. And somehow Shannon and I have started making a list of the amazing technologies that have come along and changed our lives forever. For example:

"When Mommy was a little girl, computers that didn't know how to talk to each other but now we have the Internet."

"When Mommy was a little girl, you used to put a key in the door of your car to make it open but now we have remotes."

"When Mommy was a little girl, you couldn't see the pictures on your camera and you had to take a little part called to film to the store."

"When Mommy was a little girl, nobody had cell phones and you had to wait until you got to a house and use a phone that was attached to the wall."

That last one totally blows her mind. She has come up with some very alarming situations ("But what if you needed to see when Daddy was coming home?" "But what if you were on a walk?") that prove her point that humans really shouldn't have been able to survive without constant phone access.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Seamus: Three Months



The big guy just keeps getting bigger! At three months, Seamus is 16 pounds and filling out his 6 month clothes. And, after a week of exploding diapers, I realized it was time to move him up to size 3 already!



This picture is to demonstrate that he is so stinkin' cute. I love three months... the smiles, the laughs, the frantic attempts to make their hands do something, anything, oh-there-we-go-in-the-mouth.



The boy continues to eat well and is sporting some pretty hefty rolls. He's sleeping well too. For the most part, we'll put him down for the night around 10 and he'll go to morning with only one feeding between 3-4.

He's not rolling yet (which is FINE by me!) but is kicking up a storm on his back so I think it's not far off. He's got a strong neck and great balance... maybe he'll sit before he rolls! We put him in the Bumbo seat for the first time this week and he did great.

He's a talker. The girls love making him say "goo" and he loves words with "uh" sounds. Bubba Gubba always gets a smile from him.

Seamus LOVES his mobile and is my first baby who likes the baby swing. Which are good things because its crazy around here and being able to put him down happily means the world.

Love you, Seamus!


Rewind: Christmas 2011

It started as a Top Ten list but I ended up with...

Top Thirteen Things I'll Remember About Christmas 2011:


1. Seamus' first trip to see Santa


2. Our annual Hershey Park day with Marty and Stefanie



3. A new tradition: Cookie Decorating Party



4. Shannon's Christmas Show at St. John's.



5. Early Christmas in Ohio





6. The girls learned Jingle Bells, Batman Smells.

7 . Christmas Eve... chaotic but cute



8. Watching the Nutcracker with Seamus during his late night awake period

9. Christmas morning smiles





10. Christmas Day with the McGee's including Colorado cousins Veva and Dev





11. Playing with the new toys... lots of store with the cash register!

12. NYC trip to see Angelina Ballerina's Christmas Musical and having a blast with Just Dance)





13. Being so sad when "the crazy house" took its decorations down.