New Ride

Daddy: "What's Gracie doing?"
Momma: "The remote to the bassinet mobile is on the table, she's trying to get it."
Daddy: "Bassinetmobile?! That's it, I'm taking the bassinetmobile to grandma's tomorrow."
He then proceeds to sing the batman theme song.

Can You Believe

My baby is two months old? Me neither!

Here's the skinny on Brianna:

• She has a big mouth. I mean that literally. Just before she starts to cry, she gives the BIGGEST frown. Daddy calls it her Muppet frown because no one has a mouth big enough to imitate it. I've been trying to get a pic, but it's so fleeting! Of course, her smile is just as big and will light up the darkest room.
• She is a really good baby. The "experts" say babies cry for at least three hours a day? Yeah, I'd say she's got more like three hours a week. OK, that may be a little exaggerated, but she's really a good, quiet baby.
• She l.o.v.e.s. to be held. If she had it her way, she'd be in someone's arms 24/7. It doesn't matter who, she just wants to be held.
• She hates laying flat and therefore sleeps in her bouncy chair or swing every night. But, she'll sleep all night as long as she's in a sitting position.
• She likes tummy time, but only for a few minutes.
• She LOVES her big sister. Even though she's usually about to get pounced by Gracie, Bri's face simply lights up when she sees her coming. Gracie feels the same, and is always "sharing" her blankie with her (putting it on her face) and giving her kisses (by crawling/jumping on her first).
• She loves to tell stories in her babbling baby talk.
• She found her thumb at about three weeks, and still finds it often. Although Gracie always sucks her left thumb, Bri always finds her right one.
  

Toddler Sculpture

Momma's so proud.

This is Why

We have to make sure the bathroom door is firmly latched!

Yes, she was putting it in the toilet. Yes, she was playing with it once it was in the toilet. EW.

Fist Bump

Josey and Daddy taught Gracie how to do a fist bump over Thanksgiving. After a while, Daddy taught her how to make it "explode" after being bumped. I tried to catch it on video, her face lights up when she opens her fingers to make it explode.

Christmas Cheer

I'm thinking if I ever get a house, I'll be the guy on the right.

You're NOT Helping.

The girls and I went to the store yesterday. Usually, being in public settles them both down as they people watch and check everything out. Apparently yesterday was opposite day. As I'm trying to quickly get everything on my list the baby is screaming, Gracie's not happy either. I can handle my kids screaming. Even in public, I can keep my cool with them. They are little, they don't know better and that is their primary way of communicating their feelings to me. By the time I left, however I was c.r.a.b.b.y. Not at my kids, at all the people that felt the need to STOP me in the aisle to tell me "Oh, he's not happy!" or "Someone's hungry!" I got really sick of saying "She's fine, she just has gas." Seriously people, you don't need to try my patience, my kids are already doing a fine job of that.