4.5.12

A rare still moment.

4.4.12

Paige loves swinging. I know she only looks moderately impressed, but she laughs and laughs when you push her. :)

4.3.12

I didn't take any pictures today. Today was a bit of a gong show. I was up until 4:30 with some sort of stomach bug. Both kids were driving me bonkers, so we went for a walk. It was so nice. Quiet. Well, kind of. Wyatt walked almost the entire way (an hour long walk) and talked the entire time. He also waved at everyone. And almost everyone waved back, which made him SO happy. I kind of don't want him to grow up now. Because what happens when someone you don't know waves at you now? I don't know about you, but I get confused and annoyed. "Who was that? Do I know them? Why were they waving? Was that a wave or a finger?" No happiness here. Anyway, both kids kept their hands to themselves the entire time, which was such a novelty since Wyatt's been getting more aggressive with Paige again, and Paige is learning to push ALLLLLLL of Wyatt's buttons ("Let me grab your hair! Glasses! Shirt! Pants! Can I smack you? Scratch you? Try to bite your feet?"). For a moment there, I almost began to mourn the end of my mat leave in May, but then we got back inside and the usual chaos began again.

One thing I cannot wait for when I go back to work? Going to the bathroom alone. No one bringing me a Nintendo DS and asking me to turn it on. No one trying to climb my leg while I am ON THE TOILET. No one playing with the toilet paper or making a beeline for the toilet brush. I may even dream about this tonight.

But, I'll still miss these ridiculously awesome kids like crazy. Even the one who just threw up on my pillow.

4.2.12

Haircut day! I've lost track, but I think this is the 4th or 5th time I've cut her bangs. For those of you who are wondering, I've never cut anything but her bangs, she brought the angled bob in all on her own. ;)
For the record, it is freaking HARD to cut a baby's hair. At least this baby. Josh actually had to cup her face in his hands to keep her from getting a scissor to the ear. So squirmy!

4.1.12

I swear I did not pose her like that, ha ha.
Well, look who's going down the slide!

Hanging out in the swing (and the sun!).

We went for a nice long walk this afternoon, then back outside after Paige's nap. I convinced Wyatt to go down the slide once, and I'm not entirely sure what I did differently (if anything at all), but suddenly he just wanted to do go down the slide, over and over again. We always had to catch him at the bottom, until right before we needed to go in - I had Paige in my arms and Josh was "spring cleaning" Shrek's uh....contributions to the backyard, so neither one of us could catch him. He went down twice and landed on his butt both times he came off the slide. He doesn't want to stop himself with his feet if he's going down alone , but he wasn't too upset by it, so it was a win for everyone. Well, maybe except Josh, who was stuck picking up dog crap.

3.30.12

I'm going to have to cave. I was hoping to avoid child safety locks on every cabinet in the house - with Wyatt it wasn't much of an issue - but it's been clear from day 1 that these kids are polar opposites, so I shouldn't be surprised. Sure, it's annoying that several times a day, Paige pulls 20+ books out of the cabinet, but the real issue is that she chews on all of them. And on an hourly basis, I am fishing literature out of her mouth. Not exactly how you are supposed to "devour" books.

3.28.12

Just standing around...