Random Pics for August

Not a whole lot going on, but thought I'd throw up some pics.

There is one in there of Emilie after her first bath, which she did great. No crying or screaming.

Others are from a local metro park we like to go to. Evelyn was having some fun while Emilie was being fed.

Phrases I've uttered recently:

Yes, so I've been MIA for a few months and let me assure you all it was not planned. I'll give a somewhat detailed explanation at a later date, but I assume most of you all know I wound up in the hospital for 3 weeks before Ems was born due to pre-eclampsia. (with a short 3 day vacation at home....) David's done most of the blog work lately, which i am totally Ok with right now. I don't think I have the functioning brain capacity to come up with anything witty right now. Anyway, it's been interesting around here lately. But, with the hour being as late as it is and Ems most definitely starting to remind me that it's closing in on her 1 AM feeding I'll make this quick.

1) Emilie went in for a weight check on Tuesday and she now weighs 5# 11oz!!! Yes, the Dr. was most surprised and quite pleased she was doing so well. I was shocked because I definitely didn't expect her to gain over a pound. That preemie formula really does the job. (She still looks like *Starvin' Marvin' when naked though; albeit not as dark skinned.) She does seem to be developing the reflux though which isn't a big deal it just means she gets to take prevacid like Bug did. It takes a few days for the meds to work but hopefully by this weekend we'll start seeing some improvement. :)

2)The fun things I've uttered this week:

"Evelyn stop licking the door!" (her response was; "But I'm cleaning it!" That's just peachy, toddler spit as Windex......)

"Evelyn don't let Emilie suck on your nose!!!!" (yeah totally never thought I'd say that in a million years....)

3) She routinely asks if she can "pet" Emilie. I'm not sure whether or not she realizes that Emilie isn't a cat.....
Oh and she tried to put me in time out today after I put her in time out......

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*For those of you who don't know......Starvin' Marvin was a character on South Park. The four South Park boys decided to send in a donation to adopt a starving Ethiopian child hoping to in return receive a "teicho sports watch" in recognition of their donation. instead the company actually sends one of the kids instead of the watch. Cartman names him "Starvin' Marvin"

Zoo Trip

We actually went to the zoo before Labor Day, just didn't get the pictures posted. The day before going to the zoo Evelyn got a "big sister" gift of a ViewMaster. It immediately became a hit!!! The next day we had to take it to the zoo. Evelyn proceeded to take pictures with it of all the animals we saw. :) You can see it in both pictures.



We rode the carrousel, which Evelyn loves, sorry no pictures this time. At the aquarium we got to see the diver in the tank feeding the fishies. Still afraid to be up near the glass while the diver was immediately on the other side, but did finally go up to the glass. She got the diver to wave directly at her a few times, which she was excited about.

Happy Labor Day ... my pool!!!!

Today turned out to be a HOT one, so we cleaned up the pools and made a time of it. Evelyn started splashing and throwing her toys from one pool to the next, and constantly hopping back and forth between the two. Then moved on to her bubbles which she loves. Her little sister came out and had one of her many bottles (ugh ... every 3 hours). Daddy had put up the awning so Emilie was able to enjoy some shade with a very nice breeze, which I think she really enjoyed as she promptly fell asleep. :)





Later Mya and Carson came over to enjoy a swim and a trip or two down the slide into the pool. Mya is growing so fast, it's hard to believe she's a whole year younger than Evelyn. Carson wasted no time in doing what little boys do best in pools ... SPLASHING!!! While Mya didn't seem to mind at all, Evelyn chose to cheer Carson on from the relative safety of her chair under the awning. :)








I thought the first two of Carson were great. The first looks like he's laying on top of the water, while in the second he appears to be standing on the water.

Disclaimer: sorry that the pictures aren't the greatest, the darn camera man forgot to adjust the lighting settings from indoor to outdoor.