Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Lions, Elephants, Bears Oh My!!!

So Mary and Faye left us boys alone to fend for ourselves due to the cabin fever being on the verge of inducing hallucinations and erratic behavior.

That said this is one of the lovely results of leaving me alone with my boys. SMILE LEWIS! :-)




Of course, as soon as Bailey saw the camera was out, he was posing, smiling, and waiting for his picture to be taken. The little ham couldn't let his brother have a picture taken and he miss out on the fun! :-)

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas Morning...

...well, we've been snowed in for the last 5-6 days now and it's been a little crazy. Fortunately, we had done a little shopping for Bailey a couple of weeks ago (normally, I'm totally a last minute shopper!)...so we had gifts for him to open...take a look! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! xoxo

Monday, December 22, 2008

Arctic Blast '08-Part 2

Well, we've been snowed in now for about 4 days. I've never been snowed in this long in my life! Here are a couple of pictures I've taken since we've been trapped. This first one is our driveway...the others are our neighbors' driveways with drifts about 7 feet high. Crazy Troutdale wind has been blowing like crazy...about 25-30 mph sustained with 40-50 mph gusts! The last picture is Bailey having a "snack" of a bowl of snow...hey! he asked for it!



Sunday, December 21, 2008

Dare I say...he's sleeping through the night?!

Lewis has been consistently sleeping at least 7-8 hours each night. I hate to even say it out loud because I don't want to jinx it but...

And he's just cute to boot! :)

Friday, December 19, 2008

Vintage Bailey & Grandma conversation...

We've been snowed in for the last several days...it's really annoying just in general but particularly frustrating for a very active 2 year old. On Wednesday, Grandma was changing Bailey's poopie diaper (potty training is hit-and-miss...it was obviously a "miss" on this day) and this is what she had to say to him about it: "STINKY, Bailey! This diaper stinks so bad, I don't think Santa is going to come." Nice. I hope this helps many of you understand why I'm such a unique individual.

This morning I overheard this exchange between Bailey and Grandma:

"Bailey! Where are you going with my 'mote (that's what he calls the TV remote)?!"

slam, slam, BEEP!

"Um, Grandma...he just put your 'mote in the washing machine...and turned it on." (my contribution to the chaos)

"BAILEY!!!!"

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Arctic Blast 2008

Yes, that's what they call it in Portland when we get an inch of snow...supposedly we're supposed to get up to 3 inches today...the freeways are already shut down (I'm not even joking)...so basically, we're snowed in. What a hoot! Bailey wanted to go outside this morning so I bundled him up in whatever we could find (we don't exactly own snow clothes here) and took him outside. He thought the deck was a mess and it needed to be cleaned up. As soon as I dislodged his frozen broom, he started sweeping all the snow off the deck.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

What fun!

Tonight we took Bailey to see the zoo lights and ride the zoo train. What a fantastic moment in Mommyhood! He was so excited to see all the lights and the choo-choo train. He wasn't too sure what to think when we got on the train and it started off. His eyes were as big as saucers and he was just taking everything in. He's so smart and expressive (gee, wonder where he gets that?!) so anytime we experience something for the first time, everyone has as much fun as he does. He had his two-year-old checkup today at the doctor. He only weighs 23 lbs and he's 32" tall. He's in the 5th percentile for weight and the 8th percentile for height. In the pediatrician's words "he's a little guy". But he's way ahead of the curve developmentally and the doctor was very impressed with his language abilities (again, where did he come by THAT?!).


All in all, he's doing great and loves his baby brother. He got a new toddler bed yesterday so I'm sure there will be fun fiasco stories to post about this new adventure!


Sunday, December 7, 2008

Happy Birthday, Bailey!

Bailey *loves* (and I mean *LOVES*) Thomas the Train. We bought him this (click on the word "this" for a link to the website) Thomas play table for his birthday. He has seen it a few times at Toys R Us and we could hardly pull him away. Here is a video from this morning of him seeing his present for the first time. His party is this afternoon so I'm sure we'll have at least one more post today...stay tuned!



Tuesday, December 2, 2008

It's birthday week!

Last night we invited all of Bailey's grandparents over for a little birthday party for Bailey. Grandma Nancy was in town for a few days so we were especially excited that she was able to join us. As you can see from the pictures, Lewis is growing like crazy. He woke up on Sunday morning like "Oh! This is what you dragged me out here for!" and has been smiling and very alert all of the sudden. It's pretty cute. Enjoy!




Grandma Nancy