Laughing

Noelle had fun last night laughing with Ivy.

You can hear Noelle's laugh become more forced as the video goes on, but she sure loved seeing Ivy laugh back.

On Vacation

A few weeks ago Corey went to Chicago for a job fair.  After three days on my own I was very glad to see him.  Noelle is hit or miss with naps these days.  When she doesn't nap it makes for a very long day (and a grumpy girl in the evening).  I had Corey take the camera to document his trip.  This is one of four pictures I got back (all were of his coke).  Silly.

A few days after Corey got back from his trip his internship ended so we had ourselves a little vacation.  It was nice.  We got a few projects done here and there and just enjoyed being home.

Speaking of Noelle not napping sometimes--this is what we found at like 5 PM one night when we were fixing dinner.

We went to Mesa one day for a get-together our friend had.  Noelle had a ball swimming and jumping on the trampoline.  She has mad when Corey made her go inside when a haboob ran through (apparently one ran through Tucson a few weeks prior but we didn't notice as we were inside).  I had gone inside to get Ivy probably two minutes prior and it was sunny blue skies.

Despite the heat we went to the zoo one day.  It was hot.  Noelle had fun seeing the animals again.  Ivy was just a hot little bundle in the stroller (can you see the peacock behind them?).

Later Noelle took the stroller and Ivy came with me.  Hello Tiger.

It's been a fun week of playing with the girls.  Corey and I were just joking how we're going to go back to real life.  I can't possibly take care of two kids again after all this time?  Corey's thinking the same thing about class and homework.  It's funny how fast we adapt to something nice.

Ivy is four months already!  Time is going by much faster this time around.  She is such a cutie.  Her hair is getting a bit crazy some days and sticks up all over (except for her cute little curl in front).  I could put some piggy tails on this cutie... maybe I'll try later this week just for kicks.

She's doing great, the doctor himself said she was perfect.  She's about average for weight (which is double her birth weight now) and in the 90th percentile for height.  She didn't like her shots, but who does?

Noelle is loving life most of the time.  She is very considerate of things around her.  She often comes to me and tells me something got a bonk.  Today her foot got a bonk.  She proceeded to kiss it and hug it and said "love you foot".  She is a little fish.  She loves swimming, the splash park, playing with water outside, and especially baths.  She likes pretending to be a mermaid and putting her bath toys to bed (she uses the washcloth as a blanket).  She loves pulling the plug, but hates when the water is all gone.

Third

Today Corey embarked on his third year of law school.  Third year out of three.  Final year.  

Almost done!  We are proud of the work he's done and hope to have a great next few months.  We have a feeling it's going to go by quickly.

A List

It has been a while since I made a list.

Ivy:

-Loves to blow spit bubbles (to the delight of her sister)

-Has a small birthmark on the back of her neck

-Holds her hands a lot

-Loves her thumb (we tried and tried to get her to use her pacifier...)

-Likes to hold hair (her own hair, my hair, Noelle's hair--she's not picky)

-Is almost always smiling when you get her out of bed

Noelle:
-Likes movies a lot.  Her absolute favorite might be Incredibles, but this week she loves WALL-E and Up too
-Loves playing with water
-Is kind of a picky eater
-Loves Cinnamon Toast cereal (when she says it it's "swimmon toast")
-Likes to help cook with mom
-Likes to try to help dad fix things
-Talks all day long
-Says "excuse me" when she coughs
-Loves to tell Ivy what she's doing ("Ivy, Noelle watch funny Up", "Ivy, Noelle a coughin"...)
-Her favorite food is probably french fries or candy, neither of which she gets often
-Her current favorite game is pretending to sleep (I tuck in a few toys and her and she pretends to sleep, and then wakes up "mo-ning!"

Sitting Around

I tried to take some pictures of Ivy this afternoon but they are a bit fuzzy.  Perhaps it's time to clean the sticky fingerprints off my camera lens.  P.S. Developers of the blu ray discs did not do enough testing around how sticky toddler hands could affect viewing--one sticky print can halt the whole movie!

Ivy has some poofy hair today!

Noelle hates to be left out of anything.  "Hi Ivvvvy!"

A week or so ago Noelle wanted to sit on her potty seat (with clothes on, she doesn't like actually using it).  She has decided the Bumbo (what Ivy is in) is a potty too (it's just a seat really).  What else would she have done but request an impromptu potty seat picnic with her sister?  What a goof :)

Sweet Noelle

Today Noelle and I were playing after nap time (but still during Ivy's nap) on our bed.  We were just chatting mostly, so I thought I'd pull out the camera for fun so you can see what Noelle is like when she's calm (despite what grandparents see via webcam, she is calm some of the time).  She is a cutie.  

I think her molars are finally settling in so we are getting this version of Noelle more often (thank you!!!).  She is such a sweetie when she wants to be.  Her spunky side still gets plenty of light--don't worry.

Also, notice anything about this?  Heh!

I noticed that two pictures I took were really similar, so I entered the 21st century and made a gif.

P.S. Grandma Karen, Noelle wants to know if she can get a little hair cut at Christmas.  We were chatting about that a bit on the video you may have noticed.  She saw her Dad get one the other day and has been talking about it a lot.  We told her Grandma Karen sometimes cuts hair.

Read On

The other day on our way to pick up some dinner Noelle was saying something in the car that we couldn't figure out.  Well later that night she was giggling to herself in bed and Corey realized she was saying "read on!".  


Why was "read on" so funny?  Well, she's recently become a fan of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and Marcel the Shell with Shoes on, Two... Anyway, in the second one the shell says "read on" and apparently she just thought about it later on and thought it was hysterical.  Here is a little clip of her over the monitor: