A Plague Upon Both Our Houses

The good news is that we moved out of Mimi's house earlier in the week. The bad news is that we brought H1N1 Swine Flu with us. Before I could even weigh the pros and cons over getting them the H1N1 vaccine, the virus has swept through our family like a hurricane. H1N1 is a nasty little virus, as nasty as the swines it comes from. We're all feverish, coughing, runny-nosed and achy and it's no fun at all. Even Miss Callie has it, with the addition of a double ear infection. Mimi has it, too, so there's no one to even help us, not that I'd want to expose anyone to this! So, if you want my opinion about whether or not to get the H1N1 vaccine...just look at these sad, sick little faces and then decide:(

Three Months Old!

Um, what-the-hell?! How has it been three months already? I could swear I went to bed in the hospital just last night and woke up this morning with a three month old. Callie continues to be the sweetest baby on the planet. We're all enjoying her so much. It's been magical watching the lights turn on in her, so to speak. She notices and interacts with everyone, especially Ben and Emily! We're anxiously awaiting her first laughs and loving every minute with our gorgeous girl=)


Three months old and oh-so-pretty!

Callie says, "Ok, enough with the camera".

"I'm serious, lady! Put.It.DOWN! Don't make me come over there."

Fun Fest

Ben and Emily had a great time at the church's annual Fun Fest this year. Here are some cute shots=)

Compare & Contrast #2

Here are all my babies at almost 3 months old=) I think it's safe to say that Callie is looking much more like Ben these days!

Thank-you, Nina and Auntie Colleen!

My completely awesome cousin Maureen(Ben's godmother(aka nina)) and my Auntie Colleen gave Ben the BEST birthday present. They renewed our Children's Museum membership!!! We upgraded it to include my mom and my cousin as alternate adults and as a perk, we also get to bring 2 people FREE each time we go. If anyone wants to be our guests, let me know! We'd love to take you along=) My cousin and mom came with us today for a short visit and everyone had a great time as expected. Here are my favorite pics from the afternoon!


"Nina" and Callie

I love wearing Callie in my loveyduds wrap=) She obviously loves it too!


OMG, so cute. Emmie saw these realistic animal puppets and was scared. It took A LOT of explaining and coaxing before she'd even come near them, let alone touch them! Once she realized they were just stuffed animals, she loved 'em up. It was very cute seeing how apprehensive and cautious she was with them, though!

Once she loved 'em up, she decided I needed to give them some lovin' too. If I catch H1N1 or some other plague from those effing stuffed animals I am going to be PISSED. It was obvious they receive A LOT of lovin' on a regular basis! Scruffy is another way to put it;)



Mimi performed an impromptu puppet show to the delight of Ben and Emily! What a good grandma! She was totally uninhibited for the sake of entertaining her babies=)

Ben's typical expression when in the water area!

Jeepers, creepers! Where'd she get those peepers?!

Sisters

As we near the three-month mark of Callie's young life, it would appear that Emily is starting to adjust to life in the middle! We haven't had any major Callie-attacks in weeks(the last one involved Emily biting Callie's poor little foot:( Poor baby!) and as Callie grows and becomes more and more interactive, Emily(and Ben, naturally) seem to be enjoying her a lot! She sings and dances for Callie, wants to hold her often and talks about her to me much more. She loves to ask me, "Baby Callie's my little sister? I'm her big sister, mama?". Hopefully the love fest continues for awhile yet. Here are some adorable pictures I captured the last time Emily "held" her baby sister. Look how big they both look!

Pump It Up Party

Ben had an awesome party at Pump It Up this year! He got to invite 15 of his friends and we spent a very energetic hour and a half jumping, bouncing, running, laughing and shrieking=) The kid got far too many cool presents and basically had the best birthday yet! Thank-you to everyone who joined us! We hope you had as much fun as we did!