My Little World

playtime

Sylvie is having fun this morning on her activity mat.  She likes to knock the toys around with her feet.  Several times she has fallen asleep after playing.  Nice.  

I love this picture of Chris and Dalton from the 4th.  Yes D needs a haircut but right now we are going with the long shaggy look :o)  

Here is my other cutie.  He loves his Dr Pepper.  

3 months old

I missed the first two months of taking Sylvie's monthly picture with this teddy bear.  I had honestly forgotten about this bear.  Chris gave it to me when we were dating.  She is getting sweeter as she grows! 

At 3 months old:

1.  She loves to be on the go....in the van, stroller, errands it does not matter.  She likes to be out and about.  She usually sleeps but if not she loves looking at the changing scenery.

2.  She is sleeping 10 hours a night.  (Except last night she woke up at 4am)

3.  She loves to listen to me talk.  Talking to her, talking on the phone or talking to whoever is in the room.  

4.  Her hair is coming in nicely except for the bald spot on the back of her head.  

5.  She loves flinging her legs up in the air, like she is doing a tummy crunch.  She has not discovered her feet at the end of them yet though :o) 

6.  She loves, loves, loves to stand up.

7.  She drools and makes bubbles like a mad woman.

8.  She is trying to be a thumb sucker.  I am not too excited about this, only because it is a very hard habit to break later.  I give her the paci and she likes it too.  

9.  I have to be careful where I lay her down.  When I lay her down on her back, she digs her heals in and can scoot across the floor.     

Here is the big girl:

Sylvie Cooks

Well this is Sylvie helping me cook :o)

I love it when after she has fallen asleep and her paci just rolls out of her mouth.  Cutie!

a little shopping

Sylvie and I went and did a little shopping today.  She is rapidly outgrowing her 0-3 mth clothes.  Sad really, many things she only wore once or twice.  My favorite store today was baby gap.  They had exactly what I was looking for: comfy knits, way cute, and on sale.  I got these 3 outfits for $37.  The blue shorts and flower onsie is my favorite. 

The boys are in summer mode full swing.  So far they have already been to a sleep over, carnival, and countless hours outside playing in the slip n slide.  (Dalton calls it a "slipping slide" which I think is way cute.) I am making the boys rest right now.  We are going to the drive-in tonight.  They are playing a great double feature: Up and Night at the Museum, the second one, whatever it is called. 

Sylvie has her 2 mth appt tomorrow.  Can't wait to see how much she weighs.  She is getting so big!  

2 months old!

Look at me.  I am two months old!!

Busy Saturday

It was a really fun, sunny, busy Saturday.  I am exhausted. First we all packed up and spent most of the day at the ball field.  The boys had a double header since so many games have been rained out.  They played great.  Peyton made an awesome touchdown and Dalton got an MVP medal.  I did not get pictures of the touchdown, I was too busy screaming and cheering.  

Listening to coach.  Dalton is #6.

Snack/social time.  How many kids can fit in the one chair?

Then we went to Red Robin for lunch.  Yummy.  After that we went to a birthday party for Reese....she is One Year Old today!!  I love this cake.  I will remember this for Sylvie's first birthday.  

The wonderful spread of food.  

And most importantly, the birthday girl.  

This entire week is going to be crazy busy.  Tomorrow we have two more games. This is the last week of school so there is going to be a lot of year end events.  Monday is the first grade awards ceremony and picnic.  Third grade is doing a year end party but I need to see which day that is.  

Catching Up

Ok so I have been trying to blog the last couple of days and every time I get in front of my laptop, Sylvie objects.  Hmmm.   We made a quick trip to Virginia for my brother's wedding.  It was wonderful!  Michael and Julie are a wonderful couple.  So we are back and next week is the last week of school for the boys.  They are so excited.  I am just wondering how my days are going to be.  Getting them up and to school early makes me start my days early so I can get things done while Sylvie sleeps.  If I do not get up and have a productive morning I am going to get so behind....and I get really anxious when I get behind on things that I need to do.  But we have a lot of fun things planned for June!  

Ok so here are some random pictures of what we have all been up to:

Sylvie smiling at her Nannie.

The boys playing in the creek.

Two monkeys climbing a great tree.

Sylvie taking in a nap with her Daddy.

Horns and Colds

This picture of Dalton makes me laugh out loud.  He was in the bath last night and we started to play with his hair.  We have done the mohawk thing a million times so we need a new twist to it. I am not sure if we were making horns or spikes.  The one that was cracking me up the most was the spike he was trying to make out of his bangs.  He kept going crossed eyed trying to work on it. Then he really looked crazy.  Too funny!

My sweet baby girl has a cold.  I knew it was going to happen sooner than later.  With two big brothers in school, germs are rampant. Dalton missed school Thursday and Friday with Strep Throat.  Sylvie is a trooper though.  She is sleeping more and eating a little less with the cold. Hmm...not bad for a baby not feeling 100%.  Last night she started in her bassinet but laying flat was not comfortable for her so I moved her to her car seat and she slept great.  I hope she feel better soon.  

It is supposed to be gorgeous weather this week.  Nice change from the rainy spring we have had.  I plan to enjoy it.  

Michelle + Chris = Forever

Remember doodling silly little things like this all over your notebooks in school.  Good times!  I have been married to this very patient, understanding, wooonderful man for 12 years today.  I love him and the wonderful life we have built together.  

I had to go back to our vacation pictures from October to find a picture with him in it.  I really do need to have more pictures with he and I in them.  ALL the pictures are of the kids. 

has it been over a week

First a picture of sweet Sylvie from yesterday. Is she not perfect....well her Mommy thinks so.  

Today I got my first real smile.  The kind that was a response to her Mommy, not just in her sleep.  It made my heart melt!   I love this sweet baby girl so much.  Hopefully I can catch it on film soon so I can share it. 

   

We had a good day out and about.  Sylvie and I went to Old Navy, Target and Starbucks.  Just a few of my favorite places.  I have not taken her to Hobby Lobby yet.  That is definitely one of my happy places.  The sales are not great this week so we will wait and see next week.

  

The boys are excited about the end of the school year.  They are on the count down to summer break!  Fun things are planned. 

 

I did buy the Odyssey that I test drove last week.  LOVE IT.  I love all of the extra room and features that it has.  I also have a new term.....DVD Coma.  The boys are usually so wild and silly in the car.  Like to the point I want to jump out the window.  They were always having a blast but as the driver on the EARLY morning drives to school, I was not having nearly as much fun.  Now they have space between them and entertainment.  The natives are silent.  Ahhhh peace.  

 Ok I must get some sleep now.