Well he has made the crawling leap! When I went to pick him up from the sitter he crawled to me from the other side of the room!

special fort

finally caught it!

first day of 5th grade

beautiful Emery Claire

Lil Angel and Charlie

Little Buckaroo's sitter

(she keeps that little girl when he is not there)
She will also keep both kids overnight

Uncle Curtis

feeding Daddy

Memaw and kiddos

Grandpa with both babies

Oh my goodness! It has been four months since I last posted...

Little Angel

1. spending her second night at a new little friends house (when i went to pick her up they asked if she could stay another night)
2. is no longer going to after school care (next year they won't have for her age anyway) I pick her up at the house at 3 and take her back to help me clean classroom and then we go get Little Buckaroo together. It will probably be good to get some alone time together
3. now has a zebra print/flower room with the futon for her bed
4. is going to start getting an allowance per my husband's suggestion
5. can make Little Buckaroo laugh-really hard!
6. seems to be enjoying being a big sister but I can also see some regression to some degree trying to compete with a baby
7. still wants me to tuck her in, read a devotion, and read a few pages of a book (currently Alice in Wonderland from Target for $1)
8. has become more and more affectionate as her separation from her grandmother has now reached almost 5 months
9. calls me Mum occasionally but most of the time does not call me anything at all (don't knwo how but does) but will sometimes refer to me as her mom
10. has not seen her "other Mom" for probably six months
11. is going to have to start wearing bed alarm again (retrain her bladder at night)
12. likes to clean her play house
13. can do a walk over and front hand spring
14. wants to get up and wash and dry hair in the mornings
15. scored really good on grade level state testing
16. is growing her hair out again (as long as she keeps bangs clipped off face)
17. is quite independent-gets self ready and picks out own clothes etc
18. is glad to have a little girl cousin
19. likes to listen to music but knows to change station if something unsuitable comes on
20. wants to help with Little Buckaroo-sometimes too much
21. is switching three classes!
    
22. lost her grandpa- Papaw in May right after we finalized termination of visitation and decided to go visit him in hospice
23. we are enjoying Gilmore Girls, coloring, Nicolas Spark movies, painting nails, and walking around neighborhood with friends

Little Buckaroo

1. can say "Momma", "Daddy", "Bub", and "Hey"
2. is eating little piece of meat, little piece of fruit, yogurt, cottage cheese, shredded cheese with yogurt or cottage cheese to make it stick together, peas, Cheerios, puffs, yogurt bites
3. prefers cold water, juice, and formula out of sippy
4. has been taking a bottle with cereal at night
5. usually eat one jar of meat (3 oz) with a little baby food dinner (4 oz) for dinner
6. can stand up in crib
7. can pull up on new toy Aunt Courtney sent over
8. can use a combination of crawl, sit, scoot, turn to move
9. has gotten pretty clingy as of recently-pretty stopped up with allergies (just like his Dad and sister) and murmers "Momma" as he is trying to get to me
10. LOVES bath time. so much in fact that on weekend we often take 2-3 "bath" usually after self feeding sessions
11. can somewhat scoop and bring spoon to his mouth
12. is starting to put rings back on instead of just take off
13. will stack blocks
14. is generally a very happy lil guy unless he does not feel good
15. pretty cuddly when tired and sometimes just cuddly
16. has eight teeth so we are now brushing teeth!
17. has moved to a convertible car seat because is over 20 lbs
18. likes to jump in his exersaucer and Johnny Jump It
19. goes to sitter three days, my mom one day, and stays with me one day
20. moves feet when you hold his hands
21. likes to somersault
    
22. is a people person. his sitter says people always talking to him when they are out and he is always smiling at people when we go shopping
23. has gotten an attitude if you take something away or he falls over (very normal lol)

Me

1. paycut at work has its benefits-four day work week
2. get to spend Friday with my lil man
3. learned that you have to put parking break on before you put car in park in order to do any good. lol.
4. need to get motivated to clean closet
5. am halfway through Master in Early Intervention but having financial issues so sitting out a semester
6. thinking about commissioning a toddler bed for later on with fence post, star and moon cut outs, and rivets so night light can shine through head board
7. excited about Christmas with one year old and 6 month old niece
8. hoping it works out with prospective couple friends
9. been doing E Mealz off an on but when I do it really helps: http://www.e-mealz.com
10. hoping to start walking off some baby weight after work-have mp3 all loaded with "Booty Music"

Hubby

1. still hates his job
2. is trying his hand at the stock market on his free time
3. still working on his 1968 truck with Turino engine
4. loves to fish
5. adores his children
6. can fix anything! washer, transmission, lawn mower, weed eater, air conditioner, etc.
7. wants to open his own car business where he fixes and sells vehicles and can spend more time with us
8. right now has a pretty crummy schedule: closing tonight and Friday. overnight Sun night, Monday night, and Wednesday for inventory (a lot of weeks he goes in around 4 am)
9. brought out Lonesome Dove for the umteenth time but I love it too
10. is hoping something will give so he can get a different job and another car (his is running on threads)