Baby Straight Jacket

I just giggle when Nate is all swaddled up like this.

Nate's Best Friend

Nate loves his playmat & smiles up at his friend the star every time he sees it. Quite cute!

Silly Squirrel

Conversation this evening on the way to the store.

Zoe: "Mommy, what's that?" (referring the little dead fluffy puppy in the middle of the road)

Me: "What's what?" (So far, Tony & I have both managed to avoid teaching her anything about death & I don't really think this is appropriate time to discuss it. In this instance, I attempted to cleverly answer a question with a question, but 4 year olds are persistent.)

Zoe: "Oh, yeah, it is a squirrel."

Me: "Really."

Zoe: "Yeah, he must be sleeping. Silly squirrel sleeping in the road. He doesn't even know there are cars going by."

Me: "What a silly squirrel."

At this point, she went on to another subject & forget all about the silly sleeping squirrel. One of these days we'll cover the subject of death, but for the moment, we'll stick with the sleeping.

Frog in Our Window

As I was closing our front door tonight, I noticed this little teeny-tiny frog sitting on the outside ledge of our sidelight window. At first, I thought it was a Littlest Pet Shop toy. It must have made quite the leap to get up on the window...at least 4 feet. I almost went & woke up Zoe to see it, but we all know that you never wake a sleeping baby/child unless you really, really, have to...

Nate @ 8 weeks

I can't believe how much Nate has changed already.

Time really does fly & they do grow up so fast.

The left photo is the day we came home from the hospital & the other is now in the same outfit...

Happy Birthday Sarah!

This afternoon, we helped cousin Sarah celebrate her 6th birthday at Bounce U. Zoe had a great time & Sarah got some great gifts. Nate remained relatively unimpressed although he seemed to enjoy the loudness of it all.

Sorry about the photo quality...for some reason, Tony had the camera flash set to Slow Synchro - not so great when there is lots of action going on...

Head Obsessed

For some reason, Zoe really is obsessed with Nate's head & is constantly touching it. A few weeks ago, I joked she was going to rub off what little hair he has. Now, I think, she might actually do it.

Top Ten Words at Our House

1. Stop
2. Stop
3. Zoe
4. Stop
5. It
6. Stop
7. Go
8. To
9. Your
10. Room

**To be fair, a few of the "stops" have been for Nate & there is an occassional few yelled at Alex when he is scratching the stairs.

Not again...

For some reason, I think this picture is hilarious. Nate's expression is totally saying to me, "Hey, there's that crazy lady again with that thing that makes my eyes hurt..."

He was smiling at me prior to this & I was trying to get a picture of that, but no such luck.

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Zoe, singing to Nathan this morning...

"Rock-a-bye baby in the treetop, along came a tornado & knocked the baby out."

Happy Birthday to Me!

Zoe's 1st Day of School

Nate @ 6 weeks

Parent/Child Day

For Parent/Child Day today at her preschool, Zoe wore her big sister shirt.

She **loves** her big sister shirt and wants to wear it almost everyday. Tony has told her that she is still a big sister even if she doesn't wear the shirt (just in case this is the reason for the obsession).

Happy 11th Birthday Kayli!

At Red Robin

Go Bucks!

OSU - Ohio Football Game

Although the game wasn't the prettiest, our seats were pretty good.

Flat Bottom Girls

Conversation with Zoe while changing Nate's diaper.

Zoe: "He has a cute little bottom."

Me: "Yes, he does."

Zoe: "It is a strange little bottom. Our bottoms are not like that. They're flat."

Me: "Well, that's what makes him a boy."

Zoe: "Is Daddy's like that?"

Me: "Yes."

Zoe: "Does it hurt him when you put the diaper on?"

Me: "No."

Zoe then lost interest and left the bathroom. This is first time she's questioned the fact that Nate looks a little different than her...

At the Splash Park

This afternoon, we took a quick trip to the splash park. Zoe & Daddy had fun playing in the water while Nate & I observed.