Halloween (a little late)

We had a wonderful Halloween this year! Some of the "have it all together" moms hosted a neighborhood Halloween party with bouncy houses, pumpkin decorating, face painting and a pizza dinner with enough goodies to make fifty kids (and their parents) sick. It was the perfect Halloween event for an almost two year old who isn't quite ready to walk up to houses and do the whole trick or treat thing. Hill discovered candy and most importantly tootsie pops for the first time. She couldn't quite understand taking the wrappers off the candy before she ate it, so I got to deal with the repercussions of that for several days after, if you know what I mean. As far as her costume is concerned, I promised myself that I wouldn't obsess over it like I did last year, and I didn't. Well, I didn't obsess for as long as I did last year because mom "won" it on Ebay much quicker than she won the octopus. It's just so hard when your child has such a strong personality and you feel like you have to find the costume that matches it perfectly. So what did I think matched her personality? A pig, of course. It wasn't so much about the animal itself, but the costume just looked like it was made for her, I can't describe it. Anyway, she was pretty cute and she knew it too. Oh, I keep forgetting I have another baby, but his stories aren't nearly as interesting as Hill stories. He stayed at home while Lolly and Aunt Claire babysat. I had a pumpkin costume for him but I didn't even bother putting him in it, so no pictures. I promise my next post will be about baby Baylor.

Big Sister Hill

Hill is doing great as a big sister! There was definitely some adjustment time the first couple of weeks where she was acting out and having a hard time at school, but those moments have been reduced to her normal two year old tantrums. She hasn't once acted out toward Baylor and she is so sweet with him. Every morning she says "Where Bader, I see him". She also loves to tickle his "toot(foot)". She does try to sit with me every time I am nursing and has even tried to nurse a couple of times herself. I just keep telling her that big girls drink milk from a cup. We have been having some issues at nap time and as every mother knows, those are cherished times (for the mom) and we are trying to work through our issues ASAP. For instance, when I went in to get her from her nap last week this is what I found.


As soon as she saw me she said "Look, my biper(diaper), I nekkid". I disciplined her then ran and got my camera ;-)
I thought that was bad until the next day when I went to get her from her nap and she was standing on the floor next to her crib. I almost had a heart attack! I never heard her banging around in there and I couldn't believe she'd climbed out. She seemed pretty shocked too and immediately ran to me saying "I sowry, I sowry". Now I am a nervous wreck every time I put her in the crib. I am not ready for tackling the big girl bed yet!

Then last Friday while I took a shower, I locked Hill in the room with me so she couldn't mess with Baylor in his moses basket. I normally spend my whole shower trying to keep her from getting in with me, so I knew something was going on, but wasn't worried too much and actually felt like I had enough time to wash the conditioner out of my hair. Here was the scene I walked into.



She had opened almost every pad in the package and stuck them to the floor. The bad thing is that she was so entertained, I encouraged her to keep working on it so I could dry my hair and put on makeup. When Kyle got home from work we headed straight to the Bennett's house for dinner, which is always entertaining.


I didn't have time to pick up Hill's little project before we left the house. Big mistake! When we got back home that night, our front door was wide open. With all of the burglaries in Homewood recently, we thought the worst. Kyle put me and the kiddos back in the car while he called the police to come check it out. Well, check it out they did, including Hill's "pad project". No telling what they were thinking about me. Luckily, our house hadn't been broken into, but I sure was embarrassed!

All Over the Place

A lot has happened since my last post, Baylor will be 1 month old tomorrow, I can't believe it. I really don't have time to write about everything, so I'll just leave you with some pictures of the past few weeks.











There are definitely some events that deserve their own posts, so stay tuned for Halloween, Reflux, and Hill stories.